Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 0
  • 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: 4 ?

EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL CULTURE SUMMIT FOUNDATION 

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:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 30/09/17 30/09/18 30/09/19 30/09/20 30/09/21 30/09/22 30/09/23
Total income £179,481 £407,070 £208,668 £350,049 £146,799 £655,597 £10,131
Total spending £155,399 £467,732 £175,874 £311,480 £181,369 £560,467 £99,045
Surplus/deficit £24,082 -£60,662 £32,794 £38,569 -£34,570 £95,130 -£88,914
Established: 10 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • School support organisations
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Where it operates
  • UK and overseas, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
Who it helps
  • 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 (9)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 48-74
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 19/05/2014, number: SC044864
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/04/2014, number: SC474473
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR21: 2 days late,
Main office

, EH3 9EE

Objectives

(a) the advancement of arts and culture and the advancement of education by (i) the organisation and promotion of an international summit held periodically in Edinburgh to discuss and promote the role of arts and culture in Scotland and internationally and (ii) the promotion of private and public support of the arts and culture. and (b) to promote such similar charitable purposes, objects or institutions in such proportions and manner as the Trustees shall think fit. The expressions 'charitable purpose' or 'charitable object' shall mean a charitable purpose under section 7 of the 2005 Act which is also regarded as a charitable purpose in relation to the application of the Taxes Acts and a 'charitable institution' shall mean a charity in terms of the 2005 Act which is also regarded as a charity in relation to the application of the Taxes Acts, or a charity under the law of any other jurisdiction which is also regarded as a charity in relation to the application of the Taxes Acts, provided that nothing in these Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Company other than in furtherance of a charitable purpose.

Data Sources

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