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Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

WEST COLLEGE SCOTLAND FOUNDATION 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/07/18 31/07/19 31/07/20 31/07/21 31/07/22 31/07/23
Total income £205 £31 £12 £0 £0 £0
Total spending £181,986 £3,576 £1,137 £362 £0 £0
Surplus/deficit -£181,781 -£3,545 -£1,125 -£362 £0 £0
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Established: 10 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Colleges and universities
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
Where it operates
  • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: Renfrewshire
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems','People with a particular ethnic or racial origin','Other charities or voluntary bodies

Who supports 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: 61-75
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 19/03/2014, number: SC044743
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/03/2014, number: SC472412
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

, PA3 4DR

Objectives

The support of students at West College Scotland and the advancement of further education generally for the benefit of the general public in the West region, including the provision of physical buildings and facilities and improvement of the learning environment of the West College Scotland Campuses and the provision of grants and bursaries to enable young people and adults to access guidance, support, further education and training in the West College Scotland Campuses

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Scottish Charity Regulator
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