Finance Score: -7
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

THE EMBO TRUST (URRAS EURABOIL) 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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:

  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 14 years
(16 years as a company)
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/05/17 31/05/18 31/05/19 31/05/20 31/05/21 31/05/22 31/05/23
Total income £115,720 £302,533 £904,794 £18,094 £15,923 £22,623 £17,073
Total spending £43,248 £9,745 £89,520 £60,327 £46,743 £58,061 £64,776
Surplus/deficit £72,472 £292,788 £815,274 -£42,233 -£30,820 -£35,438 -£47,703
Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The advancement of health
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','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','the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Where it operates
  • Highland
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
Robertson Trust - The Community Hub
£20,000 31/08/2016
The Community Hub
National Lottery Community Fund - The Village Lifeline
£999,999 11/08/2016
24
This group will refurbish the Embo Old School to create a village hub which will contain a convenience store/Post Office, a franchised café with a space for community activities, and office ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Village Lifeline
£35,195 15/05/2015
12
The Village Lifeline
National Lottery Community Fund - The Fourpenny Runrig Project
£10,000 26/01/2015
12
Not Available

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (7)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 28-80
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 29/03/2010, number: SC041360
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/09/2007, number: SC330264
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR20: 272 days late, AR19: 70 days late,
Main office

8 MacLeod Terrace, Embo, IV25 3QA

Objectives

4.0 The Company has been formed to benefit the community of Embo and District as defined by the postcode units IV25 3HZ, IV25 3PP, IV25 3PR, IV25 3PS, IV25 3PT, IV25 3PU, IV25 3PX, IV25 3PY, IV25 3PZ, IV25 3QA, IV25 3QB, IV25 3QD, IV25 3QE, IV25 3QF, IV25 3QH, IV25 3QL, IV25 3QQ, IV25 3QS ('the Community') with the following Purposes ('the Purposes'): 4.1 To manage community land and associated assets for the benefit of the Community and the public in general. 4.2 To provide, or assist in providing, recreational facilities, and/ or organising recreational activities, which will be available to members of the Community and public at large with the object of improving the conditions of life of the Community. 4.3 To advance community development, including urban or rural regeneration. 4.4 To advance the education of the Community about its environment, culture, heritage and/or history. 4.5 To advance environmental protection or improvement including preservation, and conservation of the natural environment, the promotion of sustainable development, the maintenance, improvement or provision of environmental amenities for the community. 4.6 All of the above purposes as given in Articles 4.1 - 4.5 shall be carried out following principles of sustainable development, where sustainable development means development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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