Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

EAST RENFREWSHIRE CULTURE & LEISURE LIMITED 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

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
Charitable activities £8,263,000 £8,903,000 £9,663,000 £6,586,000 £10,603,000
Donations & Legacies
Other Income £61,000 £2,314,000
Investment Income £17,000 £10,000 £91,000
Total income £8,293,000 £8,931,000 £9,770,000 £8,910,000 £10,068,000 £10,736,000
Charitable activities spending £9,077,000 £9,911,000 £9,968,000 £8,981,000 £12,122,000
Fundraising costs
Other spending £18,000 £20,000 £14,000 £1,000 £28,000
Total spending £9,095,000 £9,931,000 £9,982,000 £8,982,000 £11,108,000 £12,150,000
Surplus/deficit -£802,000 -£1,000,000 -£212,000 -£72,000 -£1,040,000 -£1,414,000
Established: 9 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Sports activities
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • The advancement of public participation in sport','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
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: East Renfrewshire
Who it helps
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteer Housebound Project
£6,100 17/04/2020
12
This group will use the funding to provide a library service to housebound people in East Renfrewshire.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Connections
£10,000 17/01/2018
12
This group will deliver a series of creative and mindfulness workshops for adults at risk of social isolation.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure Trust
£8,200 27/03/2017
SSB Ebb and Flow; Industrial Heritage in East Renfrewshire

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (9)
Current Directors appointed

Age Range of Directors: 45-75
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 19/06/2015, number: SC045726
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/09/2014, number: SC486489
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR20: 38 days late,
Main office

East Renfrewshire Culture & Leisure, Dickie Building, 1 Burnfield Avenue, Giffnock, G46 7TL

Objectives

2.1 The Company will promote, advance and further Charitable Purposes and activities through the provision of services which enhance and contribute to the health, fitness and personal development and wellbeing of the residents of East Renfrewshire (and beyond) including, but not limited to, educational, sporting, culture and heritage based community activities.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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