Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • No supporters identified
    Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

    THE BASIL DEATH TRUST 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

    Financial issues to consider:

    • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
    Total income £71,008 £86,458 £72,727 £73,805 £70,225 £89,127
    Total spending £73,061 £84,563 £163,159 £183,803 £203,923 £250,215
    Surplus/deficit -£2,053 £1,895 -£90,432 -£109,998 -£133,698 -£161,088
    Established: 9 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
    GiG Classification
    • Museums, parks, historical sites
    Purposes
    • The prevention or relief of poverty
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of religion','the saving of lives','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
    Where it operates
    • Scotland and other parts of the UK, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
    Who it helps
    • Other defined groups

    Who supports them? ?

    We have no records of donations from grant makers.

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 11/03/2015, number: SC045474
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    , EH3 8EY

    Objectives

    The provisions of clause (Eight) (1) of the Deed of Trust shall be replaced by the following provisions which shall operate at the sole discretion of the Trustees for the benefit of the wider public within the United Kingdom such that the purposes of the Trust are:- The advancement of education through the provision of financial assistance to such nursery, primary or secondary schools and other educational establishments for pupils up to the age of eighteen as the Trustees shall consider appropriate to enable the recipient to: 4.2.1 Construct, enlarge, improve, maintain, repair and equip the educational premises in question including any grounds, gardens and other facilities held by the recipient. 4.2.2 Provide such teaching materials (in any form) and other equipment as may be required. 4.2.3 Fund whether in whole or in part the cost of any educational trips or excursions whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere for the benefit of the pupils. 4.2.4 Encourage an appreciation of music and the development of musical ability through the provision of musical tuition, instruments and related equipment and to enable the pupils to play, sing or perform whether alone or with others by whatever means in public or otherwise. 4.3 The advancement of the Roman Catholic faith through the provision of financial assistance to cathedrals, churches, chapels, other ecclesiastical buildings and cemeteries belonging either to the Roman Catholic Church or to other Bodies which support the Roman Catholic faith in order to construct, enlarge, improve, maintain, preserve, upkeep, repair, replace, restore and furnish such buildings, their grounds, and cemeteries, including for the provision, maintenance, preservation, upkeep, repair, replacement and restoration of furniture, musical instruments, religious objects and artefacts, books and other moveables used or to be used for the purpose of the celebration of Divine Worship according to the rites and rituals of the

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