Overall GiG Score: 9 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +7

    ABOVE ADVENTURE 

    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
    Established: 11 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/08/17 31/08/18 31/08/19 31/08/20 31/08/21 31/08/22
    Charitable activities £3,453 £4,257 £1,831
    Donations & Legacies £397
    Other Income £497,673 £9,064 £1,556,617
    Investment Income £282,302 £1,496,216
    Total income £47,550 £137,575 £286,152 £501,930 £1,507,111 £1,610,091
    Charitable activities spending £135,446 £1,106,626
    Fundraising costs
    Other spending £159,842 £1,240,617
    Total spending £38,225 £140,518 £159,842 £135,446 £1,240,617 £1,106,626
    Surplus/deficit £9,325 -£2,943 £126,310 £366,484 £266,494 £503,465
    What it does
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    Who it helps
    • Children or young people
    • Older People
    • People with a particular ethnic or racial origin','No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
    Purposes
    • 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
    • Operations cover all or most of Scotland, main operating location: East Ayrshire

    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
    William Grant Foundation - Climbing Centre Phase 2
    £55,000 15/04/2022
    Contribution to the capital costs of the transformation of the Grange Church in Kilmarnock into a (social enterprise) climbing centre; plus an additional unrestricted contribution.
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £50,000 22/01/2021
    Changing Lives Through Climbing - West of Scotland Climbing Centre
    William Grant Foundation - Revenue funding 2019
    £17,250 06/05/2019
    5
    For recruitment consultant fees and Project Manager costs from July to November 2019. This grant relates to the organisation's plans to develop the Grange Church in Kilmarnock into a climbing and ....more
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £15,000 05/12/2018
    Main Grants award
    Corra Foundation - HDA-18/443
    £5,000 04/10/2018
    Towards the salary of a part-time Senior Climbing Instructor to deliver and expand the Outreach Programme- No Limits, conditional on receiving written confirmation that the post has been recruited.
    Robertson Trust - The capital costs of the Bouldering Centre
    £125,000 12/06/2018
    The capital costs of the Bouldering Centre
    Robertson Trust - The salary costs of the Outreach Co-ordinator
    £45,000 21/11/2017
    The salary costs of the Outreach Co-ordinator
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Above Adventure
    £30,000 10/08/2017
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    This project will work with a range of young people disadvantaged by disability, mental health, NEET, young carers or living in an area of deprivation. They will provide climbing lessons on a mobile ....more
    Corra Foundation - HDA-16/528
    £4,000 04/08/2016
    towards the salary of a part-time Project & Volunteer Co-ordinator (20 hours), conditional upon written confirmation that the appointment has been made
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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 12/08/2013, number: SC044195
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    The Grange Church, Woodstock Street, Kilmarnock, KA1 2BE

    Objectives

    The organisation's purposes are to provide recreational facilities and/ or recreational activities in Kilmarnock and other areas in Scotland, to help improve the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended (i.e. those persons who have need of them by reason of their age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage).

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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