Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +7
    Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

    HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS ENVIRONMENT FOUNDATION 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
    • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

    Financial issues to consider:

    • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/12/17 31/12/18 31/12/19 31/12/20 31/12/21 31/12/22
    Total income £8,900 £0 £0 £119,499 £230,521 £119,433
    Total spending £0 £9,007 £100 £59,045 £153,497 £192,089
    Surplus/deficit £8,900 -£9,007 -£100 £60,454 £77,024 -£72,656
    Established: 12 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of environmental protection or improvement
    Where it operates
    • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: Glasgow City
    Who it helps
    • Children or young people
    • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

    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
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Highlands and Islands Environment Foundation
    £5,000 10/10/2023
    Donation from Kinlochaline Fund
    Dulverton Trust - HIEF grants: coastal and marine and freshwater
    £90,000 07/06/2023
    HIEF grants: coastal and marine and freshwater
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Highlands and Islands Environment Foundation
    £5,000 26/09/2022
    Donation from Kinlochaline Fund
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Highlands and Islands Environment Foundation
    £5,000 24/08/2021
    Donation from the Kinlochaline Trust
    Dulverton Trust - HIEF Green Match Fund campaign - Big Give Green Match Fund 2021
    £10,000 09/06/2021
    HIEF Green Match Fund campaign - Big Give Green Match Fund 2021

    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 22/03/2012, number: SC043026
    • Notes: previous Legal name - West Highland Coastal Trust from 22/03/2012 to 08/09/2020
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    Kinlochaline, Morvern, Oban, PA80 5UZ

    Objectives

    ‘The organisation’s purposes are: To advance environmental protection and improvement, through the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment within Scotland, in particular but not exclusively by monitoring and protecting natural habitats and biodiversity, in the land and in the sea and establishing marine protected areas. and To advance education, with a particular focus on education relating to conserving, protecting and improving the physical and natural environment of Scotland through the dissemination of information about conservation, protection and improvement activities including waste, water and energy usage’

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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