Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

PENICUIK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST LTD

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Total income £36,884 £37,369 £38,449 £283,610 £130,512 £126,621
Total spending £38,425 £37,628 £35,748 £94,056 £98,358 £83,690
Surplus/deficit -£1,541 -£259 £2,701 £189,554 £32,154 £42,931
Established: 18 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
Where it operates
  • Midlothian
Who it helps
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Scottish Government - Penicuik Community Development Trust
£52,000 16/04/2020
Detailed description not provided.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

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

Age Range of Directors: 44-88
  • CARRIÓ, Vicen
    Appointed: 2019
    Occupation: Geological Conservator And Preparator
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 26/03/2007, number: SC037990
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/06/2010, number: SC380626
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Penicuik Community Development Trust Ltd, Pen-y-Coe Press, 7 Bridge Street, Penicuik, Midlothian, EH26 8LL

Objectives

Objects 4 The company has been formed to benefit principally the community of Penicuik which comprises those living in postcode EH26 (“the Community”) without distinction of any protected characteristic defined in Part Two, Chapter 1, of the Equality Act 2010 (age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or beliefs, sex, sexual orientation), by actions with the following objects: 4.1 to advance community development. 4.2 to advance education. 4.3 to advance the arts, heritage, culture and science. 4.4 to provide facilities, or assist in the provision of facilities, available to the members of the Community and to the public at large, for recreation and other leisure time activities in the interests of social welfare so that the conditions of life may be improved. 5 The company’s objects are restricted to those set out in article 4 (but subject to article 6). 6 The company may (subject to first obtaining the consent of OSCR) add to, remove or alter the statement of the company’s objects in article 4. on any occasion when it does so, it must give notice to the registrar of companies and the amendment will not be effective until that notice is registered on the register of companies.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving

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