Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

DUNDEE SOCIAL ENTERPRISE NETWORK 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Total income £159,910 £153,348 £109,185 £63,270 £59,422 £58,430
Total spending £241,283 £210,001 £129,406 £74,545 £48,431 £49,855
Surplus/deficit -£81,373 -£56,653 -£20,221 -£11,275 £10,991 £8,575
Established: 11 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Social & legal advocacy
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Dundee City
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation
Who it helps
  • People with a particular ethnic or racial origin

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Directors (6)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 28-63
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 17/04/2013, number: SC043943
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/11/2014, number: SC491013
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

c/o The Factory Skatepark, 15 Balunie Drive, Dundee, DD4 8PS

Objectives

4 The objects of the Company shall be to advance community development, promote the voluntary sector and the effectiveness/efficiency of charities, and advance education, by 4.1 providing opportunities for social enterprises to learn how to run their businesses better (including - but without limitation - by facilitating action learning and the exchange of information). 4.2 providing opportunities for social enterprises to grow their businesses (including - but without limitation - initiatives that identify trading opportunities and facilitate joint trading opportunities). 4.3 promoting goods and services provided by social enterprises. and on the basis that the business of the company will be carried on for the benefit of the community within Dundee.

Data Sources

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