Overall GiG Score: 7 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 6
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +6

    NETHERTHIRD INITIATIVE FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT (NICE) 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
    • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
    • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
    Established: 9 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/03/17 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
    Total income £39,979 £80,745 £109,545 £108,612 £0 £342,643 £220,268
    Total spending £12,492 £69,235 £108,604 £99,689 £0 £91,683 £173,807
    Surplus/deficit £27,487 £11,510 £941 £8,923 £0 £250,960 £46,461
    What it does
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    Who it helps
    • Children or young people
    • Older People
    • People with disabilities or health problems','No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of citizenship or community development
    • The provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended','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: East Ayrshire

    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£34,850
    The Clothworkers Foundation£30,000
    Scottish Government£22,200
    Foundation Scotland£20,000
    Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Foundation Scotland - Netherthird Community Nature Warden
    £5,000 27/02/2023
    To employ a part-time Community Nature Warden to educate the local community on the basics of gardening.
    National Lottery Community Fund - UKPCOL Warm Safe Place Netherthird
    £9,500 28/11/2022
    This group will use the funding to provide warm space activity at their community centre in response to the Cost-of-Living Crisis.
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £20,000 03/09/2021
    New Extension for Netherthird Community Centre
    National Lottery Community Fund - N.I.C.E
    £7,060 21/06/2021
    This grant will fund the Project Officer's salary for the Netherthird Initiative for Community Empowerment who run Netherthird Community Centre.
    Scottish Government - Netherthird Initiative for Community Empowerment (NICE)
    £18,000 18/11/2020
    Detailed description not provided.
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Netherthird Community Initiative for Community Empowerment
    £15,000 29/06/2020
    to contribute towards the salary costs of the Trainee/Volunteer Coordinator post.
    National Lottery Community Fund - N.I.C.E Project
    £10,000 27/04/2020
    12
    This group will run a programme of activities after securing the asset transfer of Netherthird Community Centre. They will recruit a development officer to support the delivery.
    Scottish Government - Netherthird Initiative for Community Empowerment (N.I.C.E.)
    £4,200 15/04/2020
    Detailed description not provided.
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Netherthird Initiative for Community Empowerment
    £30,000 04/02/2020
    construction of an extension for a charity which works with people recovering from substance or alcohol misuse in Scotland
    National Lottery Community Fund - Project Development Officers Salary
    £8,290 29/05/2019
    12
    This group will use the funding to part-fund an existing project development officer for Netherthird Community Centre who will manage existing and develop new activities in the Centre.
    Robertson Trust - The Project Development Worker
    £18,000 21/11/2017
    The Project Development Worker
    Corra Foundation - HDA-16/597
    £4,000 06/10/2016
    towards the salary of the full-time Project Development Officer to work with members of the community facing disadvantage, conditional upon written confirmation that the appointment has been made
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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 23/04/2015, number: SC045565
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    Acredale, John Allan Drive, Cumnock, East Ayrshire, KA18 3AG

    Objectives

    The organisation's purposes are: The advancement of citizenship or community development (including rural or urban regeneration and the promotion of civic responsibility, volunteering, the voluntary sector or the effectiveness or efficiency of charities). The provision of recreational facilities or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended. The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage (including relief given by the provision of accommodation or care). The advancement of education.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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