Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

AN TALLA SOLAIS 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
Established: 15 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/12/17 31/12/18 31/12/19 31/12/20 31/12/21 31/12/22
Total income £85,557 £95,674 £68,126 £87,479 £110,993 £90,079
Total spending £82,897 £85,367 £84,680 £58,802 £83,526 £94,231
Surplus/deficit £2,660 £10,307 -£16,554 £28,677 £27,467 -£4,152
What it does
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Highland

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Robertson Trust£18,000
Scottish Government£14,760
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
Foundation Scotland£4,370
National Lottery Community Fund£3,420
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 10/07/2023
towards core costs over the next 12 months
Foundation Scotland - Animate Ullapool
£1,970 28/02/2023
To fund the delivery of a programme of six mindfulness and creativity workshops in Ullapool to combat loneliness and isolation.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to An Talla Solais
£2,400 15/04/2022
To engage an experienced mentor to help staff and volunteers develop a five-year strategic plan to ensure the development and sustainability of the arts centre.
National Lottery Community Fund - At home in the forest (Navigate project)
£3,420 08/09/2021
This project will help local residents to get to know a new aspect of their local area through outdoor art activities. The group will work with people in a rural community to increase mental ....more
Scottish Government - An Talla Solais
£14,760 27/01/2021
Detailed description not provided.
Robertson Trust - The Dolphin Arts Project
£18,000 30/05/2019
The Dolphin Arts Project
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Developing participatory approaches through a new curatorial framework
£30,000 06/03/2017
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An Talla Solias will test a new curatorial framework designed to better reach local audiences including families, people with lower incomes, and the elderly. It will use this experience to embed a ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (9)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 49-66
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 12/03/2009, number: SC040348
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/08/2008, number: SC346470
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR17: 17 days late,
Main office

Market Street, Ullapool, Ross-shire, IV26 2XE

Objectives

The Company's main object is to carry on activities which benefit the community and in particular (without limitation to administer, co-ordinate and promote a broad range of artisitic activities which are socially inclusive encouraging the full participation of our communitites. to develop a range of learning programmes in the arts which will make a significant contribution to the opportunities for lifelong learning available to both people resident in our communities and also to those who wish to visit and study in the area. to encourage the sustainable development of the arts in ways which protect and enhance the physical, social, economic and cultural environment. to establishment and equip an arts centre based in Ullapool and/or elsewhere within the Highlands of Scotland. to develop a visual arts exhibition space and studio facilities. to liaise closely with our communities, funding organisations, development agencises, and other interested parties.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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