Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 2

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Static board: -3
Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: -1

YOUTH ENGAGING SPORT

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male
The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/03/18	31/03/20	31/03/21	31/03/22	31/03/23
Total income	£26	£0	£0	£0	£0
Total spending	£357	£353	£353	£353	£353
Surplus/deficit	-£331	-£353	-£353	-£353	-£353

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Established: 15 years

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

Technical, vocational and continuing education

Purposes

The advancement of health
The advancement of citizenship or community development
The advancement of public participation in sport','the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended

Where it operates

Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Aberdeenshire

Who it helps

Children or young people
No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

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
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - RPA Simplified Countryside Stewardship
£6,755	01/04/2022	The main priority for Countryside Stewardship is to protect and enhance the natural environment, in particular: increased biodiversity; improved habitat and expanded woodland areas; improved water ....more The main priority for Countryside Stewardship is to protect and enhance the natural environment, in particular: increased biodiversity; improved habitat and expanded woodland areas; improved water quality; improved air quality. Other outcomes supported are: protection against flooding and coastal erosion; maintaining the historic environment; improved landscape character; climate change adaptation and mitigation. Countryside Stewardship supports Defras 25 Year Environment Plan for our country to be the healthiest, most beautiful place in the world to live, work and bring up a family. It also supports Defras Strategic Objective of a cleaner, healthier environment, benefitting people and the economy. Countryside Stewardship gives incentives for land managers to look after the environment and is made up of the following elements: Higher Tier agreements for land that requires more complex management tailored to the individual site and now includes woodland maintenance; Mid Tier agreements that provide a range of options and capital items that together help to deliver a broad range of environmental benefits; four Wildlife Offers that provide a simpler set of options to help improve the wildlife on farms; Capital Grants that provide grants for boundaries, trees and orchards, water quality and air quality; Woodland Management Plan grant to help create a UK Forestry Standard (UKFS) compliant 10-year woodland management plan; Woodland Tree Health grant to help restore and improve tree health; Facilitation Fund which supports individuals who bring together groups of farmers, foresters and land managers to improve the environmental outcomes in their area; Protection and Infrastructure grant which provides grants for woodland infrastructure.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (7)

Current Directors appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 33-76

BUCHAN, Michael
Appointed: 2017
Occupation: Electrician

CRUICKSHANK, Bill
Appointed: 2017
Occupation: Retired Teacher

CRUICKSHANK, Iain
Appointed: 2017
Occupation: Account Manager

DEAN-PERRIN, John
Appointed: 2009
Occupation: Optometrist

DOWNIE, Shirley
Appointed: 2017
Occupation: Business Owner

SINCLAIR, John Alexander
Appointed: 2017
Occupation: Business Director

THAIN, Andrew
Appointed: 2017
Occupation: Distiller

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 27/04/2009, number: SC040441
Registered at Companies House on 27/01/2009, number: SC354111

Filing Record

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

24, Balnagowan Drive, Aboyne, AB34 5GT

Objectives

The Charitable Purposes of the Trust ('the Charitable Purposes') are: (a) to promote, manage and improve the physical and mental health, fitness and education of young people in Ballater and Upper Deeside. and (b) to provide, or assist in the provision of, recreational facilities for the public generally and specifically for young people in Ballater and Upper Deeside, with the object of improving their conditions of life. and (c) to advance community development and regeneration in Ballater and Upper Deeside.

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