Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

CLYDESIDE INITIATIVE FOR ARTS LIMITED 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Charitable activities £268,195 £283,567 £204,934 £2,069,359
Donations & Legacies £5,000 £72,010 £102,830
Other Income
Investment Income £216
Total income £229,181 £321,823 £288,567 £276,944 £3,162,230 £2,172,405
Charitable activities spending £297,063 £337,674 £234,577 £1,167,781
Fundraising costs
Other spending
Total spending £236,303 £297,063 £337,674 £234,577 £578,625 £1,167,781
Surplus/deficit -£7,122 £24,760 -£49,107 £42,367 £2,583,605 £1,004,624
Established: 18 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Sports activities
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Glasgow City
Who it helps
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Who supports 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
William Grant Foundation£65,000
Scottish Government£46,299
National Lottery Community Fund£20,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - SWG3 Community Garden
£10,000 11/08/2023
The grant will fund improvements and equipment for the community garden as well as the delivery of an arts and nature workshop programme for people in Govan Partick and Yorkhill.
William Grant Foundation - BODYHEAT
£25,000 19/04/2022
A contribution towards extending the BODYHEAT renewable heating and cooling system into the Yard Works Studio at SWG3. Key words: energy; climate change; mitigation; ground source heat pumps; low ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Yardworks Govan
£10,000 13/08/2021
This project will develop a series of street art in Govan which aims to help address anti-social behaviour and the disconnect felt by young people from the time spent in COVID-19 lockdown. The group ....more
William Grant Foundation - Yardworks Street Arts Hub
£40,000 04/02/2021
A contribution towards the capital costs of a purpose built street arts / graffiti facility at SWG3 in Glasgow, to help grow the Yardworks street arts programme.
Scottish Government - The Clydeside Initiative for Arts Ltd
£46,299 13/05/2020
Detailed description not provided.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (6)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Directors: 46-63
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 04/01/2007, number: SC037703
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/06/2005, number: SC286669
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

100-104 Eastvale Place, Glasgow, G3 8QG

Objectives

To advance education, arts heritage and culture through promotion of the arts and in particular by ' the provision of affordable and accessible studios, exhibition space, performance space and other facilities for visual artists and musicians practising in Glasgow ' the development and delivery of an education programme through professional artists involving the local community, school children and people who are economically, socially and culturally marginalised ' the promotion of training in skills which are of particular relevance to employment in the cultural industries ' encouraging and assisting visual artists and musicians to fulfil their creative potential the development and delivery of a wide range of other projects, programmes and activities directed towards promoting and facilitating maximum participation in, and exposure to, the arts

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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