Finance Score: -8
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 3
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -9 ?

CHANCE FOR CHANGE 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years
  • 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
Established: 14 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/03/16 31/03/17 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Charitable activities £5,258
Donations & Legacies £497,815 £602,394 £448,485 £424,249
Other Income
Investment Income £156
Total income £499,971 £670,590 £678,913 £497,971 £607,652 £448,485 £349,905 £424,249
Charitable activities spending £355,936 £517,437 £483,318 £290,333
Fundraising costs 2% 0% 4% 3%
Other spending £200,933 £49,264
Total spending £417,555 £676,567 £722,427 £558,254 £539,559 £495,668 £403,368 £339,597
Surplus/deficit £82,416 -£5,977 -£43,514 -£60,283 £68,093 -£47,183 -£53,463 £84,652
Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
Where it operates
  • UK and overseas, main operating location: Outwith Scotland
Who it helps
  • 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
Comic Relief - Sports against Trafficking
£130,000 28/04/2020
36
Pioneers of Change is a trafficking prevention programme which aims to reduce the number of Malawian girls who end up in sex work, forced labour or as slaves as a result of trafficking. The programme ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Chance for Change (C4C)
£21,000 24/10/2016
Vehicle for a charity which provides outdoor and adventure activities in Edinburgh
National Lottery Community Fund - Rites of Passage - Inspiring the Next Generation
£418,656 15/09/2015
48
This project will enable young adults aged 18 to 28 with challenging life stories (such as homelessness, drug or alcohol misuse, etc.), who are ready and willing to take control of their lives but ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (3)
Current Directors appointed

Age Range of Directors: 48-64
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 23/03/2010, number: SC041351
  • Registered at Companies House on 22/01/2010, number: SC371656
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR21: 43 days late, AR20: 144 days late, AR18: 40 days late, AR17: 404 days late,
Main office

34 warrender Park Terrace (3f1), Edinburgh, EH9 2DQ

Objectives

the company's objects are the advancement of health, education and citizenship or community development in the United Kingdom and overseas

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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