Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 1

Spending falling: -1
but now stabilising: +1
Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 7

ELPHIN, LEDMORE & KNOCKAN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LTD

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period but has stabilised more recently
Income has been volatile recently

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/07/17	31/12/18	31/12/19	31/12/20	31/12/21	31/12/22
Total income	£7,250	£20,915	£13,757	£15,852	£1,694	£10,006
Total spending	£6,020	£20,819	£3,803	£11,864	£7,013	£4,100
Surplus/deficit	£1,230	£96	£9,954	£3,988	-£5,319	£5,906

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Established: 14 years

www.elkcal.co.uk

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

Social clubs and similar

Purposes

The advancement of education
The advancement of citizenship or community development
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

Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Highland

Who it helps

Children or young people
Older People
People with disabilities or health problems','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
National Lottery Community Fund - Elphin Community Hall kitchen improvements
£7,463	08/10/2019 11	This group will use the funding to upgrade the kitchen of Elphin Community Hall with new storage space, white goods and washing facilities.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (11)

Current Directors appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 39-75

BROWN, Richard William
Appointed: 2024
Occupation: Teacher

DONALDSON, Heather Jean
Appointed: 2023
Occupation: Company Secretary

LEITH, Gemma Roisin
Appointed: 2023
Occupation: Housewife

LEITH, Linda
Appointed: 2023
Occupation: Retired

MOYNE, Gabriel
Appointed: 2021
Occupation: Blacksmith/Knifemaker

O'KEEFE, Ann Elizabeth
Appointed: 2017
Occupation: Owner/Operator Hospitality Business

PIERCE, Diane Noelle
Appointed: 2024
Occupation: Teacher

PURSEY, Russell Andrew
Appointed: 2023
Occupation: Retired

ROTHNIE, Josie
Appointed: 2024
Occupation: Cleaner

VENTERS, Andrew Neil
Appointed: 2014
Occupation: Fisherman

WOODSFORD, Catherine Jane
Appointed: 2016
Occupation: Retired Rgn

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 10/01/2011, number: SC042007
Registered at Companies House on 06/07/2010, number: SC381507

Filing Record

5 returns made; AR19: 64 days late,

Main office

35 The Boundary, Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3 0YA

Objectives

To acquire the old Assynt Primary School building and its associated land in Elphin and to convert and operate it as a community centre for the use of the full and part-time residents of the townships of Elphin, Knockan, Ledmore, Lyne and Benmore and their neighbourhood in the Highland Council area of Scotland without distinction of age, race, or sex, or political, religious or other opinions, including: i) use for the social welfare of the local community and meetings, lectures, exhibitions, classes and other forms of recreation and leisure time occupation and arts and literature. ii) encourage training and the advancement of education. iii) encourage the study, understanding and exposition of the Assynt region's history, culture, natural history, geology and geography. iv) any other purposes that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes.

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