Finance Score: -7

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 7

Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs high: -5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 6

DUNOON BURGH HALL TRUST

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

Established: 14 years

www.dunoonburghhall.org.uk

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/03/18	31/03/19	31/03/20	31/03/21	31/03/22	31/03/23
Charitable activities	£456,187	£191,971	£214,979	£383,734		£254,970
Donations & Legacies	£13,571	£8,264	£7,141	£7,265		£8,928
Other Income				£9,633
Investment Income
Total income	£469,758	£375,981	£350,376	£451,336	£492,178	£405,498
Charitable activities spending	£301,079	£389,866	£270,638	£118,336		£206,275
Fundraising costs		11%	55%	51%	36%	48%
Other spending		£24,158		£6,305		£9,698
Total spending	£301,079	£454,886	£463,070	£349,427	£388,410	£410,514
Surplus/deficit	£168,679	-£78,905	-£112,694	£101,909	£103,768	-£5,016

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Listed activities

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

Purposes

The advancement of education
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

Where it operates

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

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Heritage Fund	£103,500
Scottish Government	£51,400
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation	£9,522
National Lottery Community Fund	£7,000
Foundation Scotland	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Theatre Skills Programme
£7,000	21/06/2022	This group will install a more accessible theatre lighting system which can be easily operated by staff and local volunteers. The hall is a key arts and cultural centre in the Dunoon area hosting a ....more This group will install a more accessible theatre lighting system which can be easily operated by staff and local volunteers. The hall is a key arts and cultural centre in the Dunoon area hosting a varied programme of activity that includes performances exhibitions and community learning as well as being home to a number of community groups.
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Dunoon Burgh Hall
£9,522	26/05/2022	Victorian Theatres Small Repairs Fund
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Dunoon Burgh Hall Trust
£5,000	08/03/2021	To build more permanent outdoor space in their grounds in order to adapt their offering for ?the new normal?
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Dunoon Burgh Hall Trust
£48,900	28/08/2020	COVID19 Dunoon Burgh Hall Trust
Scottish Government - Dunoon Burgh Hall Trust
£19,400	16/06/2020	Detailed description not provided.
Scottish Government - Dunoon Burgh Hall Trust
£32,000	23/04/2020	Detailed description not provided.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Dunoon Burgh Hall Trust
£54,600	27/11/2019	Resilient Dunoon Burgh Hall Trust
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Dunoon Burgh Hall Trust
£10,000	20/03/2017	SSB Tour guides for a digital generation
National Lottery Community Fund - Dunoon Burgh Hall
£656,825	08/09/2016 60	Revitalising Dunoon Burgh Hall & Our Community
Robertson Trust - The Costs of the Capital Refurbishment Project
£80,000	31/08/2015	The Costs of the Capital Refurbishment Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Dunoon Burgh Hall
£42,300	15/05/2015 12	Dunoon Burgh Hall
National Lottery Community Fund - Cowal Tweed
£10,000	21/04/2015 12	Cowal Tweed
National Lottery Community Fund - Dunoon Family Creative Play Days
£10,000	28/05/2013 12	The trust will bring play workers together with arts practitioners to design and deliver a series of twelve creative play days for children (under 8 years) and their carers._x000B_

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How is it governed?

Directors (11)

Current Directors appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 54-86

ALLAN, George Oliver
Appointed: 2016
Occupation: Civil Engineer (Retired)

FORRESTER, Julie Campbell
Appointed: 2020
Occupation: Retired

GIRARD, Patricia Anne
Appointed: 2014
Occupation: None

LAWTON, Daniel John
Appointed: 2022
Occupation: Retired

MACINNES, Rosemary Anne
Appointed: 2013
Occupation: Restauranteur

MARSHALL, Thomas Bruce
Appointed: 2010
Occupation: Councillor

MARSHALL, William Hunter
Appointed: 2024
Occupation: Retired

MCINTYRE, Shona Margaret
Appointed: 2022
Occupation: Administrator / Baker

MCKENZIE, Christina
Appointed: 2024
Occupation: Midwife

MCKENZIE, Eileen
Appointed: 2021
Occupation: Teacher

NICHOLSON, John
Appointed: 2023
Occupation: Writer

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 13/04/2010, number: SC041392
Registered at Companies House on 25/03/2010, number: SC375576

Filing Record

5 returns made; AR21: 27 days late,

Main office

Dunoon Burgh Hall Trust , 195 Argyll Street , Dunoon , Argyll, PA23 7DD

Objectives

The company's objects are: (a) to advance heritage through preserving for public benefit the historical, architectural and constructional heritage that may exist in and around Dunoon and Cowal in buildings /including any part of a building, and any other structure or erection) of particular beauty or of historical, architectural or constructional interest, and in particular the Dunoon Burgh Hall. (b) by generally advancing the Dunoon Burgh Hall as a community and cultural resource to advance the arts and culture and to advance citizenship and community development through maintaining a cultural programme there (which shall include Music, Art, Film, Dance, literature, Photography) for use by and in participation with the local community in Argyll & Bute Council Electoral Ward 7 Dunoon and Argyll & Bute Council Electoral Ward 6 Cowal, as defined by the local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland, Fourth Ward Review 2007 and by members of the public in general. (c) The advancement of citizenship or community development /including rural or urban regeneration and the promotion of civic responsibility and volunteering). (d) the advancement of education. (e)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, and only in relation to recreational facilities or activities which are primarily intended, and only in relation to recreational facilities or activities which are primarily available to members of the public at large.

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