Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Very static board: -5
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -11 ?

THE DAVID WILLIAMSON RWANDA FOUNDATION 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
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 £1,898 £1,940 £513 £1 £11 £0
Total spending £6,009 £416 £346 £285 £96 £51
Surplus/deficit -£4,111 £1,524 £167 -£284 -£85 -£51
Established: 15 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
GiG Classification
  • Other welfare services
Purposes
  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health','the saving of lives','the advancement of citizenship or community development','the promotion of religious or racial harmony','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
  • UK and overseas, main operating location: Glasgow City
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 (4)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 54-75
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 12/03/2009, number: SC040345
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/03/2009, number: SC356241
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

, G2 2QZ

Objectives

The Company's objects are:- 3.1 The prevention or relief of poverty. 3.2 The advancement of education. 3.3 The advancement of health (including the prevention or relief of sickness , disease or human suffering. 3.4 The saving of lives. 3.5 The advancement of citizenship or community development (including rural or urban regeneration and the promotion of civic responsibility, volunteering, the voluntary sector or the effectiveness or the efficiency of charities). 3.6 The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation. 3.7 The promotion of religious or racial harmony. 3.8 The promotion of equality and diversity. 3.9 The advancement of environmental protection or improvement. 3.10 The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage (including relief given by the provision of accommodation or care). and In furtherance of the foregoing objects, the Company will endeavour to enhance and improve the lives and experiences of those who are disadvantaged through poverty, lack of education, ill-health, or any other reason all whether in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or elsewhere in the world but mainly in Rwanda, Africa.

Data Sources

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