Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 3
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +3
    Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

    ON CALL AFRICA SCIO 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
    • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years
    • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
    Established: 14 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Data adjusted to reflect year end change
    Period ending 30/06/17 30/06/18 30/06/19 30/06/20 30/12/21 30/12/22
    Charitable activities £4,010
    Donations & Legacies £389,428 £1,795,978
    Other Income
    Investment Income
    Total income £73,337 £87,376 £119,376 £393,438 £549,536 £1,817,312
    Charitable activities spending £139,497 £1,651,938
    Fundraising costs 1% 5% 2%
    Other spending £20,388
    Total spending £78,783 £79,362 £105,781 £144,327 £494,860 £1,708,760
    Surplus/deficit -£5,446 £8,014 £13,595 £249,111 £54,676 £108,552
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of health
    • The saving of lives
    Where it operates
    • Overseas only, main operating location: Glasgow City
    Who it helps
    • People with disabilities or health problems

    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
    The Fore - Grant to On Call Africa
    £28,800 01/04/2020
    24
    In parts of Sub-Saharan Africa there are 16,000 people for every doctor (compared to 400 per doctor in the UK). On Call Africa was founded by doctors and international development professionals to ....more

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 08/06/2010, number: SC041546
    • Notes: This SCIO was incorporated on 11th December 2015 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by On Call Africa (SC041546), which was a Trust registered as a charity since 8th June 2010.
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; AR21: 40 days late, AR20: 113 days late,
    Main office

    272 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4JR

    Objectives

    The organisation's purposes are the advancement of health in rural areas of need in Africa where the population have little or no access to medical services.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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