Overall GiG Score: -3 ?
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 2
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +2

    BANCHORY & DISTRICT MENS SHED 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
    Established: 9 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/08/17 31/08/18 31/08/19 31/08/20 31/08/21 31/08/22
    Total income £1,351 £7,546 £11,851 £67,427 £5,374 £4,751
    Total spending £179 £4,824 £2,159 £74,627 £8,882 £10,557
    Surplus/deficit £1,172 £2,722 £9,692 -£7,200 -£3,508 -£5,806
    What it does
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    Who it helps
    • Older People
    • People with disabilities or health problems
    • Other defined groups','Other charities or voluntary bodies
    Purposes
    • 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: Aberdeenshire

    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
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Banchory and District Men's Shed
    £1,125 22/10/2022
    One of our members is a retired silversmith who would like to pass on his skills to our men's shed members and to the local community.
    Robertson Trust - The Men's Shed Refurbishment
    £7,000 30/06/2019
    The Men's Shed Refurbishment

    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 28/08/2015, number: SC045943
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    19 Hillcroft Road, Banchory, Aberdeenshire, AB31 5TF

    Objectives

    The purpose of the organisation is to provide recreational facilities and advance the social needs, health and well being of men of all ages and backgrounds living in Banchory and surrounding areas By: a) Creating, developing and maintaining a facility, namely a Men's Shed. b) Offering opportunities for men in the Banchory area to meet and undertake creative, physical, purposeful and recreational activities of their choice. c) Reducing isolation of men in the area thus contributing to their physical and mental wellbeing. d) Developing the capacity of men in the Banchory area to share their skills and knowledge with others in the community.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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