Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -7
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

THE BAYHEAD BRIDGE CENTRE 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board is completely male
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/07/17 31/07/18 31/07/19 31/07/20 31/07/21 31/07/22 31/07/23
Total income £9,660 £53,831 £36,219 £26,395 £42,566 £111,640 £93,451
Total spending £16,455 £9,660 £0 £39,811 £27,816 £66,107 £85,600
Surplus/deficit -£6,795 £44,171 £36,219 -£13,416 £14,750 £45,533 £7,851
Established: 17 years
(19 years as a company)
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Community services
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • 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','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Western Isles
Who it helps
  • Children or young people

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Directors (3)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 61-63
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 15/06/2007, number: SC038317
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/02/2005, number: SC279340
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

, HS1 2EB

Objectives

(a) To provide or assist in the provision of facilities for the advancement of education and in the interest of social welfare for recreation or other leisure time occupation in an effort to improve the conditions of life of the inhabitants and particularly young persons of the Western Isles of Scotland. (b) To provide or assist in the provision of housing in the Western Isles for people in necessitous circumstances and particularly homeless young persons. In fbrtherance of the above objects the Company shall seek to develop and manage a new purpose-designed centre preferably on the site of the existing Bridge Community Centre in Stornoway.

Data Sources

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