Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 3

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 7

LISMORE COMMUNITY TRUST

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	30/04/17	30/04/18	30/04/19	30/04/20	30/04/21	30/04/22	30/04/23
Total income	£26,462	£15,799	£1,491	£8,602	£32,408	£6,603	£7,027
Total spending	£26,046	£7,100	£5,009	£1,910	£15,800	£24,671	£6,690
Surplus/deficit	£416	£8,699	-£3,518	£6,692	£16,608	-£18,068	£337

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Established: 14 years

www.isleoflismore.com

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

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

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Lismore Community Trust
£25,054	19/03/2020 11	This group will use the funding to deliver a number of community-led initiatives from their base on the Isle of Lismore. The project will provide a weekly activities programme and lunch club, a soft ....more This group will use the funding to deliver a number of community-led initiatives from their base on the Isle of Lismore. The project will provide a weekly activities programme and lunch club, a soft play zone, a youth club and an IT/Learning space. The one year project will engage up to 100 people with support from 15 local volunteers.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Lismore Community Trust
£1,956	20/09/2017 11	to contribute towards running costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Boxes of Info on Lismore
£8,960	15/09/2017 12	This project will renovate two phone boxes on either end of the island turning them into information kiosks. The phone boxes will house information on local amenities and services, as well as copies ....more This project will renovate two phone boxes on either end of the island turning them into information kiosks. The phone boxes will house information on local amenities and services, as well as copies of the ‘Lismore Guide’ an informational document that will drafted and printed by the local community as part of this project.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (8)

Current Directors appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Directors: 42-80

BACHUIL, Anita Jane, Baroness
Appointed: 2020
Occupation: Retired

LIVINGSTONE, Andrew Russell
Appointed: 2024
Occupation: Landlord

MACDOUGALL, Brona
Appointed: 2024
Occupation: Tax Advisor

MACDOUGALL, Peter
Appointed: 2022
Occupation: Farmer

MCGILLIVRAY, Archibald
Appointed: 2016
Occupation: Farmer

MCLUSKIE, Kathleen Elizabeth
Appointed: 2022
Occupation: Retired Academic

SAVILL, Laura
Appointed: 2023
Occupation: Self Employed

STEWART, Anna Marjory
Appointed: 2014
Occupation: School Driver

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 07/05/2010, number: SC041461
Registered at Companies House on 13/04/2010, number: SC376707

Filing Record

5 returns made; AR21: 21 days late,

Main office

Bachuil, Isle of Lismore, by Oban, Argyll, PA34 5UL

Objectives

The Company has been formed to benefit the community of the Isle of Lismore ('Community Area') with the following objects: (a) To manage community land and associated assets for the benefit of the Community and the public in general. (b) To advance community development, including rural regeneration within the community area. (c) To advance the education of the Community about its environment, culture, heritage and history. (d) To advance environmental protection or improvement including: (i) preservation, sustainable development and conservation of the natural environment, (ii) the maintenance, improvement or provision of environmental amenities for the Community, and (iii) the preservation of buildings or sites of architectural, historic or other importance to the Community. (e) To encourage, promote and support economic and social development, in the community area, that is demonstrably in the interests of the Community. (f) To seek to provide energy from renewable resources for the benefit of the Community. (g) To deliver local projects that provide employment and/or help create a useful resource base for the future. (h) To maintain and develop the Community and its culture. But only to the extent that the above purposes are consistent with furthering the achievement of sustainable development.

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