Finance Score: -20
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • Dormant: -10
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
  • Return overdue: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -23 ?

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Analysis by Giving is Great

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Latest return is overdue

Financial issues to consider:

  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
  • This charity appears to be dormant
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Data adjusted to reflect year end change
Period ending 31/12/17 31/12/18 31/12/20
Total income £1,872 £516 £0
Total spending £2,370 £700 £300
Surplus/deficit -£498 -£184 -£300
Established: 14 years
Scottish Charity Regulator
This Charity appears to be dormant
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
GiG Classification
  • Financial or material assistance
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development','the advancement of public participation in sport','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage','the advancement of animal welfare
Where it operates
  • UK and overseas, main operating location: West Lothian
Who it helps
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees

Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 02/07/2010, number: SC041619
Filing Record
2 returns made; all on time
Main office

, ML4 3NJ

Objectives

The purposes of the Trust are the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. and the advancement of animal welfare. health. education. citizenship or community development. and the arts, heritage, culture or science.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
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