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Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

POSTCODE EARTH TRUST 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/12/17 31/12/18 31/12/19 31/12/20 31/12/21 31/12/22
Charitable activities
Donations & Legacies
Other Income
Investment Income £5,998 £12,873 £1,714 £1,846 £29,816
Total income £9,123,523 £9,719,226 £8,944,603 £8,106,025 £45,378,770 £44,428,950
Charitable activities spending £3,433,331 £3,059,780 £2,807,200 £11,071,292 £14,615,077
Fundraising costs 70% 68% 68% 68% 68% 67%
Other spending
Total spending £8,915,998 £10,041,190 £9,136,126 £8,320,902 £41,701,584 £44,366,832
Surplus/deficit £207,525 -£321,964 -£191,523 -£214,877 £3,677,186 £62,118
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Established: 9 years

www.postcodeearthtrust.org.uk

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
GiG Classification
  • Poverty relief
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Where it operates
  • UK and overseas, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
Who it helps
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Directors (5)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 42-68
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 15/07/2015, number: SC045749
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/07/2015, number: SC510917
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

People's Postcode Lottery, 28 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4ET

Objectives

The Company is incorporated for charitable objects and purposes only with the intention of providing public benefit in Scotland or elsewhere, and in particular the Company is established to promote: 3.1 The advancement of education. 3.2 The advancement of citizenship or community development. and 3.3 The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science.

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