Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +3
    Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

    INVERNESS FOODSTUFF 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from a grant maker

    Financial issues to consider:

    • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 06/04/18 06/04/19 06/04/20 06/04/21 06/04/22 06/04/23
    Total income £39,862 £24,092 £50,571 £79,462 £92,179 £107,105
    Total spending £26,287 £27,054 £31,194 £146,634 £76,605 £107,202
    Surplus/deficit £13,575 -£2,962 £19,377 -£67,172 £15,574 -£97
    Established: 10 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Social & legal advocacy
    Purposes
    • The advancement of health
    • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
    Where it operates
    • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Highland
    Who it helps
    • Children or young people
    • Older People
    • People with disabilities or health problems','Other defined groups','Other charities or voluntary bodies

    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
    National Lottery Community Fund£17,350
    Crisis UK£5,000
    Foundation Scotland£5,000
    Co-Operative Group£2,798
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    National Lottery Community Fund - FEEDING THE HOMELESS & VULNERABLE
    £10,000 18/11/2020
    5
    This group will use the funding to deliver food provision to homeless and vulnerable people six days per week across Inverness.
    Crisis UK - Grant to Inverness Foodstuff
    £5,000 09/04/2020
    Catering chef salary and additional food
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Inverness Foodstuff SCIO
    £5,000 09/04/2020
    To employ a catering manager on a short term (13 weeks) basis to organise the preparation of food, oversee the kitchen and organise volunteers providing and delivering cooked meals to the most ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - INVERNESS FOODSTUFF SCIO
    £7,350 08/04/2020
    3
    This group will use the funding to increase their service for the next 13 weeks in Inverness.
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to INVERNESS FOODSTUFF
    £2,798 15/11/2019
    We want to recruit and equip a volunteer manager to oversee our 84 volunteers and liaise with our board of trustees.
    Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - IF Digital Skills Project
    £7,800 01/05/2017
    This project will target people who are homeless and living in temporary accommodation in the city centre of Inverness. It will complement current service delivery, and provide an opportunity for ....more
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Inverness Foodstuff SCIO
    £2,000 11/11/2016
    6
    to contribute towards the salary costs of a part-time Administrator, hall and kitchen rent, and purchasing IT equipment and stationery.
    Foundation Scotland - INVERNESS FOODSTUFF
    £2,000 27/01/2015
    11
    to contribute towards start up costs.
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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 10/11/2014, number: SC045221
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    Ness Bank Church, 1 Ness Bank, Inverness, IV2 4SF

    Objectives

    4. The organisation's purposes are to advance the health and relieve the need of (although not exclusively) the homeless in Inverness.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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