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Finance Score: -8
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 5
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

NEILSTON DEVELOPMENT TRUST 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending


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Established: 17 years

www.neilstontrust.co.uk

Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/12/16 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Total income £246,218 £231,817 £300,047 £274,974 £267,908 £120,955 £209,044
Total spending £411,229 £2,401,993 £375,793 £384,833 £372,863 £310,125 £214,458
Surplus/deficit -£165,011 -£2,170,176 -£75,746 -£109,859 -£104,955 -£189,170 -£5,414
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The advancement of environmental protection or improvement
  • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Where it operates
  • Glasgow City
Who it helps
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - The Bank Programme
£9,660 14/09/2021
The group will use the funding to run a number of community activities and events.
Scottish Government - Neilston Development Trust
£5,949 25/02/2021
Detailed description not provided.
Scottish Government - Neilston Development Trust
£49,266 20/05/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Neilston Development Trust
£2,803 04/08/2017
This project will change lifes by supporting people to keep in contact with friends, make new ones and participate in social activities.
Robertson Trust - The Building a Cycle Friendly Community Project
£7,500 23/05/2017
The Building a Cycle Friendly Community Project
Robertson Trust - The Building a Cycle Friendly Community Project
£15,000 31/10/2015
The Building a Cycle Friendly Community Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Getting real with the Neilston Charter
£10,000 21/01/2014
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Getting real with the Neilston Charter
National Lottery Community Fund - Banking on Neilston (Part 2)
£434,589 10/02/2010
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This project will refurbish and redevelop the facilities at The Bank community centre in Neilston, Glasgow. This will accommodate new services including a credit union and citizens advice, and will ....more
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How is it governed?

Directors (11)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Directors: 35-74
  • MURRAY, Ewan
    Appointed: 2023
    Occupation: Engineering Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 21/12/2006, number: SC037625
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/03/2006, number: SC299623
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR21: 160 days late, AR20: 10 days late,
Main office

The Old Bank, 84 Main Street, Neilston, Glasgow, G78 3EA

Objectives

4 The company has been formed to benefit the community of NEILSTON which comprises the area contained by all G783 postcodes (“the Community”) with the following objects: (1) The advancement of community development including the advancement of urban and rural regeneration (2) The advancement of citizenship and community development (3) The advancement of environmental protection and improvement, (4) The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage (5) Any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes But only to the extent that the above purposes are consistent with furthering the achievement of sustainable development

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
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