Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 2

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
All female board: -3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 7

INSPIRALBA LTD

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is completely female

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/08/17	31/08/18	31/08/19	31/08/20	31/08/21	31/08/22	31/08/23
Charitable activities					£102,323	£137,361	£105,886
Donations & Legacies					£805		£855,541
Other Income					£177,231
Investment Income
Total income	£171,583	£142,442	£123,073	£182,799	£280,359	£747,957	£961,427
Charitable activities spending					£271,321	£663,089	£934,389
Fundraising costs
Other spending
Total spending	£188,277	£138,910	£118,406	£171,424	£271,321	£663,089	£934,389
Surplus/deficit	-£16,694	£3,532	£4,667	£11,375	£9,038	£84,868	£27,038

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Established: 15 years

www.inspiralba.org.uk

Listed activities

It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

Community services

Purposes

The advancement of education
The advancement of citizenship or community development
The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','the advancement of environmental protection or improvement

Where it operates

Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Argyll And Bute

Who it helps

Children or young people
Older People
People with disabilities or health problems','People with a particular ethnic or racial origin

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
Scottish Government - InspirAlba Ltd
£18,080	10/06/2020	Detailed description not provided.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (6)

Current Directors appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Directors: 18-77

CHAMBERS, Tracy
Appointed: 2013
Occupation: Community Worker

CLARK, Ailsa Heather
Appointed: 2022
Occupation: Development Manager

COLE, Sharon Pamela
Appointed: 2022
Occupation: Finance Director

FORSYTH, Deirdre Catherine
Appointed: 2020
Occupation: Retired

HIGGINS, Ailsa Margaret
Appointed: 2023
Occupation: Public Servant

KARDASZ, Lena
Appointed: 2024
Occupation: Graduate Apprentice

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 16/07/2009, number: SC040666
Registered at Companies House on 26/05/2009, number: SC360204

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

, PA28 6LE

Objectives

(1) To advance community development and to promote the effectiveness and/or efficiency of charities and, in particular, through providing services to community-based non-profit distributing organisations, primarily those operating within rural Scotland (“the Operating Area”), with a focus on emerging, developing and established community enterprises. (2) To advance environmental protection or improvement, particularly within the Operating Area through discouraging the unnecessary depletion of natural resources through waste management, recycling and otherwise and through promoting education in the fields of sustainability. (3) To advance education and in particular by: A) researching, developing, facilitating and delivering training for community-based non-profit distributing organisations within the Operating Area. B) the provision of training and skills of all kinds (particularly such skills as will assist the participants in obtaining paid employment), particularly among residents of the Operating Area. C) fostering links with international organisations, exchanging information, and collaborating to advance the awareness of rural social enterprise. (4) To relieve unemployment, particularly among residents of the Operating Area for public benefit in such ways as may be thought fit, including assistance to find employment. (5) To advance heritage and in particular to protect the rural heritage of the Operating Area through promoting education in the fields of rural heritage, local studies and/or rural development and through collating information and carrying out research in those fields and the dissemination of the results of such research, all with a view to increasing understanding of rural regeneration issues. (6) To promote, operate and/or support other similar projects and initiatives which further charitable purposes primarily for the benefit of the community in the Operating Area.

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