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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • All female board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

THE EDINBURGH CLOTHING STORE

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 female
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/01/18 31/01/19 31/01/20 31/01/21 31/01/22 31/01/23
Total income £33,661 £26,962 £34,361 £22,534 £16,372 £33,025
Total spending £24,517 £24,870 £26,502 £24,902 £23,000 £24,136
Surplus/deficit £9,144 £2,092 £7,859 -£2,368 -£6,628 £8,889
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Established: 17 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
Listed activities
  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Provides financial or material assistance
Purposes
  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Where it operates
  • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
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 (6)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Directors: 36-80
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 13/03/2008, number: SC039409
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/01/2008, number: SC336251
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

7 Greenbank Crescent, Edinburgh, EH10 5PE

Objectives

To advance the relief of poverty by the collection and distribution of clothing, bed clothes, curtains, towels and general household goods for the benefit of members of the public referred to the Company by caring agencies.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator

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