Overall GiG Score: 14 ?
Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 9
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +9

    BELVILLE COMMUNITY GARDEN TRUST 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation
    Established: 9 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/10/17 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
    Charitable activities £11,945 £10,509
    Donations & Legacies £454,131 £315,216
    Other Income
    Investment Income
    Total income £156,420 £245,910 £202,257 £466,076 £345,880 £325,725
    Charitable activities spending £412,843 £337,905
    Fundraising costs
    Other spending
    Total spending £167,676 £240,558 £181,533 £412,843 £297,705 £337,905
    Surplus/deficit -£11,256 £5,352 £20,724 £53,233 £48,175 -£12,180
    What it does
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    Who it helps
    • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of environmental protection or improvement
    Where it operates
    • Inverclyde
    • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

    Who's supporting them? ?

    Donations from Grant Makers ?

    We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    Henry Smith Charity£153,000
    National Lottery Heritage Fund£67,800
    Scottish Government£54,995
    Department for Work and Pensions£22,720
    Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations£14,738
    CAF£7,000
    Foundation Scotland£4,390
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Belville Community Garden Trust
    £153,000 22/09/2022
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    towards three years' running costs of a community garden providing support for a disadvantaged community in Greenock, Scotland.
    Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - Belville’s Tech Share
    £14,738 01/07/2021
    Detailed information not yet available.
    Department for Work and Pensions - Belville Community Gardens Trust
    £22,720 01/04/2021
    Flexible Support Fund (FSF) is a locally managed budget to supplement existing services and tailor support to the needs of individuals in the local area. The local budget is the responsibility of the ....more
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Belville Community Garden Trust
    £67,800 22/03/2021
    NL20. Belville - rewriting our story
    Scottish Government - Belville Community Garden Trust
    £38,575 04/03/2021
    Detailed description not provided.
    CAF - Grant to Belville Community Garden Trust
    £7,000 24/06/2020
    3
    Grant to Belville Community Garden Trust to support the organisation through COVID19
    Scottish Government - Belville Community Garden Trust
    £16,420 18/05/2020
    Detailed description not provided.
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Belville Community Garden Trust
    £4,390 20/04/2020
    To contribute to the purchase of laptops and Wi-Fi dongles which will be loaned to disadvantaged young people living in Inverclyde to continue with their education studies during the Covid-19 lock ....more
    Robertson Trust - Running costs
    £40,500 12/03/2019
    Running costs
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Belville Community Garden Trust
    £7,600 08/08/2018
    YOYP Belville's Young Volunteers' Garden
    National Lottery Community Fund - Belville Community Garden Trust
    £90,000 14/05/2018
    59
    This trust will use funding to continue delivering a range of activities for the entire community from their community garden in Belville in the east end of Greenock. Activities will include life ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Belville Community Garden Trust - Volunteer Capacity Building Programm
    £10,000 25/01/2017
    12
    Belville Community Garden Trust - Volunteer Capacity Building Programm
    Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - Belville Community Garden Trust - Volunteer Capacity Building Programme
    £5,000 02/12/2016
    Our project aims to build a stronger, safer community focusing on improving lifestyles and health, primarily through gardening, horticulture and healthy eating. We aim to break down social barriers ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Belville Community Garden
    £53,584 18/09/2015
    24
    Belville Community Garden
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 02/10/2014, number: SC045148
    • Notes: Call from trustee, requesting an extension for submitting the AR and accounts
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; AR21: 49 days late, AR17: 3 days late,
    Main office

    53-57, Belville Street, GREENOCK, Inverclyde, PA15 4UN

    Objectives

    1.1.1 the advancement of community development through provision of and participation in community garden spaces in a sustainable and inclusive manner. 1.1.2 the advancement of education of the general public in garden design and construction, agriculture, horticulture, crafts, sustainable development and the protection and improvement of the natural environment through good environmental practices by supporting, encouraging and seeking to improve gardening of all kinds in Belville Street and the surrounding area and through the provision of community garden spaces particularly in horticultural and ecological matters, by encouraging and teaching a range of outdoor skills and pursuits, promoting the benefits of the natural environment and living more sustainably. 1.1.3 the advancement of environmental improvement through the growing of food locally, leading to a reduction in carbon footprint, increased resilience, and opportunities for recycling organic and other materials and by promoting the benefits of and demonstrating a range of good environmental and horticultural practices such as organic growing, composting, and through reducing, re-using and recycling of resources. 1.1.4 The promotion of such other charitable purposes as may from time to time be determined.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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