Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 1
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

EDINBURGH COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT TRUST

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • 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
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 30/06/18 30/06/19 30/06/20 30/06/21 30/06/22 30/06/23
Total income £77,290 £110,962 £49,621 £31,939 £42,072 £29,624
Total spending £117,611 £126,580 £92,981 £31,898 £43,171 £38,958
Surplus/deficit -£40,321 -£15,618 -£43,360 £41 -£1,099 -£9,334
Established: 11 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
GiG Classification
  • Colleges and universities
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems','Other defined groups

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following 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 Edinburgh College Development Trust
£3,850 26/06/2019
£3500 restricted donation for the Edinburgh College Development Trust Student Group Grant and £350 unrestricted donation to support running costs

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (7)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Directors: 37-69
  • BAKSHI, Srishti
    Appointed: 2023
    Occupation: Strategy Consultant, Development Sector
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 13/02/2014, number: SC044657
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/02/2014, number: SC469307
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Edinburgh College, Milton Road Campus, 24 Milton Road, Edinburgh , EH15 2PP

Objectives

3.1 the advancement of education generally. and 3.2 the support of learners at Edinburgh College, including the provision of physical buildings and facilities and improvement of the learning environment of the Edinburgh College campuses.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving

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