Overall GiG Score: 8 ?
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 4
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4

CREETOWN BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 15 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
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 £0 £88,250 £110,895 £151,867 £31,514 £27,695
Total spending £1,045 £11,808 £138,365 £177,725 £70,153 £28,915
Surplus/deficit -£1,045 £76,442 -£27,470 -£25,858 -£38,639 -£1,220
What it does
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems','Other charities or voluntary bodies
Purposes
  • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Where it operates
  • Dumfries And Galloway

Who's supporting 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 - Grant to Creetown Building Preservation Trust
£17,025 06/04/2022
To cover the cost of running a performing arts programme in the Quarrymen?s Arts Centre in 2022
National Lottery Community Fund - The Quarryman's Centre
£8,116 24/05/2021
This grant will be used for landscaping work and to create accessible parking at the newly completed Quarrymen’s Centre.
Robertson Trust - The Refurbishment of St. Joseph's
£20,000 29/02/2016
The Refurbishment of St. Joseph's

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (7)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Directors: 45-73
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 22/01/2009, number: SC040208
  • Registered at Companies House on 22/12/2008, number: SC352813
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Moorpark of Barr Farmhouse, Moorpark of Barr, Newton Stewart, DG8 6QE

Objectives

The objects of the Charity are the advancement of heritage through preserving for public benefit the historical, archetectural and constructional heritage that may exist in and around Creetown in buildings (including any part of a building, and any other structure or erection) of particular beauty or of historical, architectural or constructional interest ('the Objects')

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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