Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -6 ?

THE EILEEN MCCALLUM TRUST

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/12/17 31/12/18 31/12/19 31/12/20 31/12/21 31/12/22
Total income £14,298 £9,651 £3,795 £4,561 £1,645 £518
Total spending £16,978 £19,757 £7,523 £4,375 £6,736 £3,610
Surplus/deficit -£2,680 -£10,106 -£3,728 £186 -£5,091 -£3,092
Established: 14 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
GiG Classification
  • Provides financial or material assistance
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health
  • 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 relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Where it operates
  • Operations cover all or most of Scotland, main operating location: Glasgow City
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Directors (5)
Current Directors appointed

Age Range of Directors: 41-87
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 03/06/2010, number: SC041537
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/05/2010, number: SC378595
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR19: 29 days late,
Main office

14 Lomond Road, Wemyss Bay, Renfrewshire, PA18 6BD

Objectives

1. the advancement of health including the prevention of sickness, disease or human suffering. 2. the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. 3. the advancement of education. 4. 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 for persons who have need of them by reason of their age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage, or available to members of the public at large or to male or female members of the public at large. 5. the advancement of any of the above purposes or objects by the giving of grants or the provision of funding to persons undertaking projects, initiatives and/or activities which further any of the above objects and are wholly charitable within the meaning of the Taxes Acts and also and section 7 of the Act or any statutory amendment or re-enactment thereof.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator

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