Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

EDINBURGH NORTH CHURCH 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board is completely male
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/12/17 31/12/18 31/12/19 31/12/20 31/12/21 31/12/22 31/12/23
Total income £84,196 £83,412 £92,735 £99,177 £93,283 £130,162 £134,348
Total spending £83,822 £89,310 £93,518 £88,057 £98,828 £116,077 £134,678
Surplus/deficit £374 -£5,898 -£783 £11,120 -£5,545 £14,085 -£330
Established: 12 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
Purposes
  • The advancement of religion
Where it operates
  • UK and overseas, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
Who it helps
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Directors (4)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 45-71
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 06/07/2012, number: SC043274
  • Notes: Previous Charity name- The Stephen Trust From 06/07/2012 to 09/08/2018
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/04/2012, number: SC421202
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

, EH5 3NY

Objectives

The Church is established for the advancement of the Christian religion for the public benefit throughout Scotland and the world through the establishment of a congregation or congregations of Christian believers who will encourage, promote, establish and provide support (including financial) to: (a) wider Christian ministries. (b) the teaching of the Bible and Christian evangelism. (c) training and education in, and the development of, Christian faith. and (d) the relief of spiritual and physical poverty within a Christian context.

Data Sources

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