Overall GiG Score: 4 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 4
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +4

    HEART OF SCOTSTOUN LIMITED 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
    • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
    Established: 12 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 01/04/18 01/04/19 01/04/20 01/04/21 01/04/22 01/04/23
    Total income £120,543 £177,155 £233,383 £174,971 £201,412 £207,041
    Total spending £131,151 £149,758 £179,047 £157,124 £214,062 £233,651
    Surplus/deficit -£10,608 £27,397 £54,336 £17,847 -£12,650 -£26,610
    What it does
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    Who it helps
    • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
    Purposes
    • The advancement of citizenship or community development
    • 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
    • Glasgow City
    • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

    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£24,102
    Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
    CAF£10,000
    National Lottery Community Fund£9,888
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Scottish Government - Heart of Scotstoun Limited
    £14,738 22/03/2021
    Detailed description not provided.
    CAF - Grant to Heart of Scotstoun Limited
    £10,000 04/06/2020
    3
    Grant to Heart of Scotstoun Limited to support the organisation through COVID19
    Scottish Government - Heart of Scotstoun Limited
    £9,364 18/05/2020
    Detailed description not provided.
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £20,000 06/12/2019
    Heart of Scotstoun - Keeping our Heart Beating
    National Lottery Community Fund - Food@Heart
    £9,888 16/08/2019
    12
    This group will use the funding to improve their community café. The café offers volunteering opportunities and provides affordable food for the local community.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Heart of Scotstoun Community Centre
    £148,943 20/11/2018
    36
    This group will use the funding to deliver community activities to people living in Scotstoun. Activities will include a community café, a men's games club, yoga for mental health, a parent and ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - The Back Green @ Heart of Scotstoun (Community Spaces Scotland)
    £250,000 25/03/2014
    24
    The 2 year project will develop an unused space behind Heart of Scotstoun Community Centre creating a community garden with a greenhouse, fruit trees, raised beds and growing areas for community use. ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - The Back Green @ Heart of Scotstoun (Community Spaces Scotland)
    £10,553 18/03/2013
    12
    This grant is for development funding so that the project can be progressed to apply for Second Stage funding.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Sounds and Structures
    £10,000 01/06/2011
    12
    This group provide social and recreational activities for local people in the Scotstoun area of Glasgow. The group will use the grant to manage and deliver a public carnival in Summer 2011 which will ....more
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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 08/12/2011, number: SC042792
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    64 Balmoral st , Glasgow, g14 0bl

    Objectives

    a) To advance community development and regeneration by the establishment and management of a community centre. b) To provide recreational facilities and support the provision of recreational services for the benefit of the community and the public in general. c) To facilitate and encourage volunteering opportunities at the community centre

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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