Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -8 ?

AQUATIC COLEOPTERA CONSERVATION TRUST

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely male
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/10/17 31/10/18 31/10/19 31/10/20 31/10/21 31/10/22 31/10/23
Total income £1,404 £2,676 £2,702 £61 £8,600 £1,746 £876
Total spending £7,607 £7,171 £5,652 £4,973 £2,340 £6,005 £4,790
Surplus/deficit -£6,203 -£4,495 -£2,950 -£4,912 £6,260 -£4,259 -£3,914
Established: 18 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy
Purposes
  • The advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Where it operates
  • Scotland and other parts of the UK, main operating location: East Ayrshire
Who it helps
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Directors (7)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 38-80
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 25/10/2006, number: SC037556
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/10/2006, number: SC310150
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

3 Eglinton Terrace, Ayr, KA7 1JJ

Objectives

To promote the advancement of environmental protection or improvement

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator

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