Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 3
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

THE HAINING CHARITABLE TRUST

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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
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
Charitable activities
Donations & Legacies £345,670 £400,887
Other Income
Investment Income £79,570 £88,024
Total income £90,490 £107,966 £203,526 £479,780 £248,059 £263,235 £496,248
Charitable activities spending £225,618 £534,246
Fundraising costs 5% 3% 1%
Other spending £50,782
Total spending £100,741 £95,821 £139,076 £296,985 £415,514 £222,968 £539,779
Surplus/deficit -£10,251 £12,145 £64,450 £182,795 -£167,455 £40,267 -£43,531
Established: 14 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • 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
  • Scottish Borders
Who it helps
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to The Haining Charitable Trust
£25,000 14/03/2023
24
The Haining Mansion House: External Fabric Conservation Repairs

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (6)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 35-71
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 25/05/2010, number: SC041505
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/05/2010, number: SC378135
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR20: 64 days late, AR19: 35 days late, AR18: 20 days late,
Main office

Haining House, Selkirk, TD1 5LR

Objectives

3. The objects of the Charity are:- 3.1 the advancement education, 3.2 the advancement of the arts, heritage and culture, 3.3 the provision of recreational facilities, through the preservation of the heritage, cultural and archaeological, and amenity of the heritable property known as and forming the Estate of The Haining, Selkirk, Selkirkshire for the benefit of the people of the community of Selkirkshire and the wider public.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving

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