Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +2
    Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

    ST MARY'S FOR ALL  

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
    • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    Established: 9 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/10/17 31/10/18 31/10/19 31/10/20 31/10/21 31/10/22
    Total income £24,748 £27,261 £28,463 £41,779 £31,044 £51,212
    Total spending £18,525 £20,439 £29,426 £32,714 £31,991 £48,853
    Surplus/deficit £6,223 £6,822 -£963 £9,065 -£947 £2,359
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of citizenship or community development
    • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','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 promotion of religious or racial harmony
    Where it operates
    • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: South Lanarkshire
    Who it helps
    • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
    • Other charities or voluntary bodies

    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 - collaborating communities
    £10,000 28/09/2022
    This charity will employ a development officer to continue the engagement of volunteers and the wider community who meet in St Mary’s hall in Hamilton.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Rebuild Connections
    £9,200 16/03/2021
    5
    The group will use funding to continue delivering their virtual connections activities. The group provide check-in's and virtual coffee mornings for people who use their community facility and work ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - virtual connections
    £8,380 01/05/2020
    6
    This group will use funding to develop their virtual connections during the current COVID-19 crisis by providing check in and virtual coffee mornings for people who use their community facility. They ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - community connections
    £5,500 28/05/2019
    12
    This group will use the funding to consult with their local community around the projects/activities they would like to see delivered at their Hamilton-based community hub.

    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 14/10/2015, number: SC046051
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    4A Auchingramont Road, Hamilton, ML3 6JT

    Objectives

    4.1 to provide recreational facilities and organise recreational facilities with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities and activities are primarily intended including, without limitation: 4.1.1 to provide space for the use of St Mary?s Episcopal Church Hamilton including for the purposes of Sunday school provision, Messy Church, informal services and social events. 4.1.2 support facilities for families in need and ex-offenders. 4.1.3 provision of space for weekly alcoholic anonymous groups. 4.1.4 café and gathering space for other groups run activities pursuant to the organisation?s charitable purposes. and 4.1.5 community events for members of the local community. 4.2 to advance education in partnership with our charitable partners through the provision of a training base at the organisation?s facilities. 4.3 to advance community development in partnership with organisations the majority of which are in the voluntary sector by: 4.3.1 encouraging community information to be shared in the space provided by the organisation, in which uniformed organisations and volunteers will be active, and 4.3.2 promoting community groups using the organisation?s facilities. 4.4 to advance the arts, heritage and culture with the provision of music, dance, literature and art exhibitions in the organisation?s facilities. 4.5 to promote religious harmony through the support of inter-faith activity which can be developed in the organisation?s facilities which has a spiritual aspect. and 4.6 to advance any of the above purposes or objects by the giving of grants or loans or the provision of credit or other forms of assistance, financial or otherwise, to persons undertaking projects, initiatives and/or activities which further any of the above purposes or objects and which are wholly charitable within the meaning of the Taxes Acts and section 7 of the 2005 Act.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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