Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 4
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

ONEKIND CHARITY 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 14 years
(28 years as a company)
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/12/17 31/12/18 31/12/19 31/12/20 31/12/21 31/12/22
Charitable activities
Donations & Legacies £457,254
Other Income
Investment Income £1,496 £1,428
Total income £230,973 £194,813 £147,066 £473,450 £218,771 £475,389
Charitable activities spending £269,595 £308,787
Fundraising costs 0%
Other spending
Total spending £250,292 £255,590 £252,233 £269,875 £283,381 £308,787
Surplus/deficit -£19,319 -£60,777 -£105,167 £203,575 -£64,610 £166,602
Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The advancement of animal welfare
Where it operates
  • Scotland and other parts of the UK, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
Who it helps
  • Other defined groups

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
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Making a difference for Wild, Companion, Farmed and Laboratory Animals
£34,000 26/05/2022
Making a difference for Wild, Companion, Farmed and Laboratory Animals in Scotland. Funding would allow improvement to the welfare of farmed, domestic and wild animals in Scotland. The charity will ....more
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - ‘A Good Life’ Ending Cruelty to Scotland’s Animals
£20,000 27/05/2020
The programme will cover the major wild animal, farm and pet welfare policy issues that are live in Scotland today through improving and strengthening public policy via investigations, campaigns and ....more
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - OneKind animal welfare policy programme
£29,775 25/05/2016
The OneKind animal welfare policy programme aims to improve the welfare of wild and companion animals in Scotland through improving public policy
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Policy Director Core Funding
£20,000 27/05/2015
The application is for core funding towards the work done by the OneKind Policy Director. The Policy Director plays a pivotal role within our organisation and is crucial to the success of our policy ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (8)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 31-72
  • MCPHEE, Rosie
    Appointed: 2021
    Occupation: Financial Crime Analyst- Barclays Bank
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 26/02/2010, number: SC041299
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/06/1995, number: SC158471
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

50 Montrose Terrace, Edinburgh, EH7 5DL

Objectives

The objects for which the Company is established are the advancement of animal welfare, the protection of animals from cruelty and the prevention of animal suffering. and in furtherance of these objects the replacement of all animal experiments with non-animal alternatives

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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