Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 0

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: 7

ELLON CASTLE GARDENS

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:

There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Data adjusted to reflect year end change

Period ending	31/05/17	31/05/18	31/05/19	31/05/20	31/12/21	31/12/22
Total income	£73,891	£86,662	£93,143	£129,917	£122,108	£170,380
Total spending	£172,880	£121,976	£256,670	£116,028	£96,759	£163,737
Surplus/deficit	-£98,989	-£35,314	-£163,527	£13,889	£25,349	£6,643

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Established: 10 years

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

Purposes

The advancement of education
The advancement of citizenship or community development
The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','the advancement of environmental protection or improvement

Where it operates

Aberdeenshire

Who it helps

No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Directors (7)

Current Directors appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 39-71

CRAIGON, Alison, Dr
Appointed: 2019
Occupation: Research Scientist

GILL, John
Appointed: 2022
Occupation: Retired

GOSPEL, Jane
Appointed: 2021
Occupation: Communications And Marketing Professional

JOHNSON, Alexander Ewan
Appointed: 2023
Occupation: Director

KERR, David Joseph
Appointed: 2019
Occupation: Oil And Gas Consultant

MANSON, David Alexander
Appointed: 2020
Occupation: Chemical Engineer

TAYLOR, Flora Ann
Appointed: 2023
Occupation: Director

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 05/06/2014, number: SC044907
Registered at Companies House on 30/05/2014, number: SC478866

Filing Record

4 returns made; AR20: 233 days late,

Main office

11 The Square, Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeenshire, AB41 9JB

Objectives

(a) to promote and advance heritage, culture and environmental protection or improvement for the public benefit, in particular (but without limitation) by restoring, maintaining, permanently preserving, and making accessible to the public the Scheduled Ancient Monument which is Ellon Castle Gardens, in order to conserve and facilitate access to a place of historical interest and encourage interest in local history while also encouraging the conservation of the natural environment for the benefit of the local community and the wider public through the promotion of gardening, plant management and conservation works in relation to Ellon Castle Gardens or any other similar gardens which operate in order to advance heritage (?heritage gardens?). (b) to advance education in relation to heritage gardens, by educating, advising and encouraging members of the public in relation to matters relating to heritage gardens. (c) to promote heritage gardens at all levels of cultural and educational life in Scotland and elsewhere, and to advance community development by increasing or promoting the involvement of individuals in community activity through the provision or promotion of heritage gardens. and (b) to promote such similar charitable purposes, objects or institutions in such proportions and manner as the Trustees shall think fit.