Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 8
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +8
    Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

    TEAPOT TRUST 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently

    Financial issues to consider:

    • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
    • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
    Established: 13 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
    Charitable activities £1,511 £13,053 £15,330
    Donations & Legacies £260,964 £343,811 £343,291 £373,818 £349,278
    Other Income
    Investment Income £1 £5 £95
    Total income £313,238 £358,472 £358,521 £375,350 £362,486 £379,455
    Charitable activities spending £335,892 £415,179 £304,367 £198,425 £235,292 £298,717
    Fundraising costs 9% 4% 27% 25% 31% 31%
    Other spending
    Total spending £363,131 £429,802 £402,907 £292,642 £347,837 £415,208
    Surplus/deficit -£49,893 -£71,330 -£44,386 £82,708 £14,649 -£35,753
    Listed activities
    • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    Purposes
    • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
    Where it operates
    • Scotland and other parts of the UK, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
    Who it helps
    • Children or young people
    • 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.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    Scottish Government£138,697
    Foundation Scotland£38,198
    Robertson Trust£30,000
    DCMS£9,882
    National Lottery Community Fund£7,655
    The Grocers' Charity£5,000
    Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£5,000
    CAF£5,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Teapot Trust
    £3,000 01/12/2023
    Donation from The Path Fund Donor Advised - Donation for two 8 week blocks of small group work. One in Edinburgh/ East Lothian and one in Newcastle. All as described in Sarah Randell email of ....more
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Teapot Trust
    £2,500 06/02/2023
    Donation from The Leckie Family Fund
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Teapot Trust
    £500 18/01/2023
    Donation from The Path Fund Donor Advised. Donation towards the Elsewhere Garden consultation / stakeholder engagement process.
    The Grocers' Charity - 2022-Teapot Trust SCIO
    £5,000 29/04/2022
    towards programme costs to extend the reach of an online art therapy service in the Scottish Highlands for one-to-one art psychotherapy sessions for children and young people with a chronic or ....more
    Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Teapot Trust SCIO
    £5,000 17/03/2022
    Running costs for an Art Therapy Provision at Great North Childrens hospital in Newcastle and online for children across the North East
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Teapot Trust
    £5,000 14/12/2021
    To provide one-to-one art therapy sessions for children and young people.
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Teapot Trust
    £1,000 12/12/2021
    Unrestricted donation for use at the discretion of the Trustees of the Teapot Trust. From Tom Ward.
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Teapot Trust
    £400 02/12/2021
    Donation from the Path Trust
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Teapot Trust
    £500 28/10/2021
    From the Fountainhall Trust. The donation is unrestricted.
    Scottish Government - Teapot Trust
    £27,940 07/04/2021
    Detailed description not provided.
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Teapot Trust
    £1,000 10/02/2021
    Donation from The Leckie Family Trust
    Scottish Government - Teapot Trust
    £24,624 18/01/2021
    Detailed description not provided.
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Teapot Trust
    £4,375 12/10/2020
    To expand our provision of online art therapy to children and families across the Highlands of Scotland.
    Foundation Scotland - Core Costs
    £15,000 06/10/2020
    To cover the costs of core staffing.
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £9,882 10/08/2020
    "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
    CAF - Grant to Teapot Trust SCIO
    £5,000 12/05/2020
    3
    Grant to Teapot Trust SCIO to support the organisation through COVID19
    Scottish Government - Teapot Trust
    £45,613 12/05/2020
    Detailed description not provided.
    Scottish Government - Teapot Trust SCIO
    £40,520 23/04/2020
    Detailed description not provided.
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Teapot Trust
    £4,923 14/04/2020
    To provide professional online art therapy sessions and online resources to children and young people living with chronic physical conditions which also cause adverse mental health.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Community Art Therapy Pilot
    £7,655 16/01/2020
    1
    This group will use the funding to pilot a series of art therapy taster workshops and focus groups for children and young people with chronic health conditions, and their families.
    Robertson Trust - The Art Therapy for Children in Scottish Hospitals
    £30,000 23/08/2019
    The Art Therapy for Children in Scottish Hospitals
    Corra Foundation - HDA-19/63
    £4,500 01/02/2019
    Towards delivery of art therapy sessions for children and young people attending the Child Psychiatric In-Patient Unit at the Royal Hospital for Children Glasgow.
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £15,000 28/11/2017
    Teapot Trust - Professional Art Therapy - Core Funding Application
    Corra Foundation - HDA-17/378
    £3,599 05/10/2017
    Towards delivery of art therapy sessions In Glasgow for children and young people who have life-long incapacitating conditions, thus closing the appeal.
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    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 10/11/2010, number: SC041885
    • Notes: This SCIO was incorporated on 14 December 2016 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by SC041885 The Teapot Trust, which was a charitable trust registered as a charity since 10 November 2010.
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    The Drying House, Eskmills Park, Musselburgh, EH21 7PQ

    Objectives

    Purposes 3. The purposes of the SCIO is to enhance the lives of children, young people and their families who are suffering the impact of any chronic or long-term condition, including ‘hidden’ health conditions, e.g. Rheumatic disease. Main activities: 1. To provide art therapy and creative wellbeing interventions through which children and young people are supported to explore and express their feelings, build resilience and develop positive coping strategies. a. To build a mutually supportive community where connections and relationships are facilitated. 2. To work within the UK, meeting children, young people and families’ needs in any appropriate setting (including hospitals, mental health facilities, community venues and online) – often in partnership with others. a. To best meet these needs, children and young people can be supported individually, with their family members or in small peer support groups, as appropriate. Wider impact: To promote wider and lasting public benefit within and beyond the charity’s core community of interest: 1. To improve public and professional understanding of the impact of art therapy – often effective where traditional talking therapies have failed. 2. To build an evidence base to support advocacy and influencing work at government level. 3. To work with colleagues in public health for parity between physical and mental health.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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