Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 4
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

ARDOCH DEVELOPMENT TRUST 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years, despite a decline more recently
  • 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 £25,508 £42,105 £19,115 £62,687 £26,444 £56,114
Total spending £10,657 £20,592 £54,779 £49,611 £24,608 £49,225
Surplus/deficit £14,851 £21,513 -£35,664 £13,076 £1,836 £6,889
Established: 16 years
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 prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','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
  • Stirling
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 significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Foundation Scotland - Ardoch Development Trust - Burnfoot cluster Devolved Fund for Braco & Greenloaning
£10,229 10/10/2023
12
To support a range of charitable community projects that will benefit those living, working or visiting the Braco & Greenloaning area, via the devolved Fund.
Foundation Scotland - Ardoch Development Trust - Burnfoot cluster Devolved Fund for Braco & Greenloaning
£3,203 30/03/2023
To support a range of charitable community projects that will benefit those living, working or visiting the Braco & Greenloaning area, via the devolved Fund.
Foundation Scotland - Ardoch Development Trust - Burnfoot cluster Devolved Fund for Braco & Greenloaning
£4,094 07/12/2022
To support a range of charitable community projects that will benefit those living, working or visiting the Braco & Greenloaning area, via the devolved Fund.
Foundation Scotland - Ardoch Development Trust - Burnfoot cluster Devolved Fund for Braco & Greenloaning
£2,842 27/01/2022
To support a range of charitable community projects that will benefit those living, working or visiting the Braco & Greenloaning area, via the devolved Fund.
Foundation Scotland - Ardoch Development Trust - Burnfoot cluster Devolved Fund for Braco & Greenloaning
£3,758 09/07/2021
To support a range of charitable community projects that will benefit those living, working or visiting the Braco & Greenloaning area, via the devolved Fund.
Foundation Scotland - Ardoch Development Trust - Burnfoot cluster Devolved Fund for Braco & Greenloaning
£2,710 14/05/2021
2021 Burnfoot North contribution (corrected: 2020 Rhodders contribution, transferred in 2021)
Foundation Scotland - Ardoch Development Trust - Burnfoot cluster Devolved Fund for Braco & Greenloaning
£3,702 22/09/2020
2020 Burnfoot North contribution.
Foundation Scotland - Ardoch Development Trust - Burnfoot cluster Devolved Fund for Braco & Greenloaning
£6,292 27/04/2020
2019 payment (transferred 2020) comprising Burnfoot North and Rhodders contributions.
Foundation Scotland - Ardoch Development Trust - Burnfoot cluster Devolved Fund for Braco & Greenloaning
£6,139 31/01/2019
2018 payment (transferred in 2019)
Foundation Scotland - Ardoch Development Trust - Burnfoot cluster Devolved Fund for Braco & Greenloaning
£5,942 16/02/2018
2017 payment (transferred in 2018)
Foundation Scotland - Ardoch Development Trust - Burnfoot cluster Devolved Fund for Braco & Greenloaning
£5,744 17/02/2017
2016 payment (transferred in 2017)
Foundation Scotland - Ardoch Development Trust - Burnfoot cluster Devolved Fund for Braco & Greenloaning
£5,614 28/09/2015
2015 payment
Foundation Scotland - Ardoch Development Trust - Burnfoot cluster Devolved Fund for Braco & Greenloaning
£3,200 21/11/2014
2014 payment.
National Lottery Community Fund - Braco and Greenloaning Play Park Improvement Project
£10,000 15/01/2010
12
The trust will install a children's playground in each of the villages of Braco and Greenloaning. This grant will pay for surfacing costs and play equipment.
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How is it governed?

Directors (12)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/12 persons

Age Range of Directors: 33-83
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 09/06/2008, number: SC039636
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/02/2007, number: SC317301
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

, FK15 9LA

Objectives

1. To manage community land and associated assets for the benefit of the Community and the public in general as an important part of the protection and sustainable development of Scotland's natural environment, where 'sustainable development' means development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. 2. To provide in the interests of social welfare, facilities within the Community for recreation and other leisure time occupation available to the public at large. 3. To advance education and in particular to promote opportunities for learning for the benefit of the general public. 4. To advance education through promotion of the arts. 5. To preserve, restore and improve the environment in t through the provision, maintenance and/or improvement of public open space and other public amenities and other environmental and regeneration projects (but subject to appropriate safeguards to ensure that the public benefits so arising clearly outweigh any private benefit thereby conferred on private landowners). 6. To provide or assist in the provision of housing for people in necessitous circumstances within the Community. 7. To relieve poverty particularly among the residents of the Community. 8. To promote training, particularly among residents of the Community, and with particular reference to skills which will assist the participants in obtainingpaid employment. 9. To encourage, stimulate and support volunteering principally in the Community. 10. To preserve, for the benefit of the general public, the historical, architectural and constructional heritage that may exist in and around the Community in buildings (including any structure or erection, and any part of a building as so defined) of particular beauty or historical, architectural or constructional interest. Text exceeds limit.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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