Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

CLAN DONNACHAIDH SOCIETY

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

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
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 £48,426 £120,040 £106,913 £43,493 £48,244 £108,395
Total spending £82,836 £120,342 £107,630 £48,449 £40,159 £44,638
Surplus/deficit -£34,410 -£302 -£717 -£4,956 £8,085 £63,757
Established: 11 years
(20 years as a company)
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
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Where it operates
  • UK and overseas, main operating location: Perth And Kinross
Who it helps
  • People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
  • 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 (10)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 48-86
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 02/10/2013, number: SC044296
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/05/2004, number: SC267317
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR19: 3 days late,
Main office

Clan Donnachaidh Centre, Bruar, Pitlochry, Perthshire, PH18 5TW

Objectives

.1 The Charitable Purposes & Powers of the Society ('the Charitable Purposes & Powers') are: 3.1.1 to promote the history, heritage, traditions and sentiment of the Clan Donnachaidh in Scotland and elsewhere in the world. 3.1.2 to promote education of the public generally and to conduct educational research programmes, publications and the creation of other materials conducive to the Objects. 3.1.3 to provide, maintain and administer facilities for the advancement of education and for the conservation and preservation of the lands, buildings, traditions, museum, records and artefacts of whatever nature relating to the Clan Donnachaidh, including without prejudice to the foregoing generality the acquisition, development, promotion and maintenance of a museum and a collection of historical records and artefacts of whatever nature. 3.1.4 to advance education, arts, heritage and culture by supporting educational establishments and other charitable bodies and by giving from time-to-time grants, prizes, subscriptions and donations. 3.2 The Society shall have powers, but only in furtherance of its Charitable Purposes, as expressed in Schedule 1 annexed to these Articles.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator

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