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Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -10
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Static board: -3
  • All male board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

GREATWAY FOUNDATION 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board is completely male
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static and has little diversity in terms of age
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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 £142,947 £25,272 £52,398 £37,822 £71,985 £55,457 £132,456
Total spending £136,157 £49,296 £52,917 £38,656 £57,294 £57,586 £133,307
Surplus/deficit £6,790 -£24,024 -£519 -£834 £14,691 -£2,129 -£851
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Established: 9 years
(14 years as a company)

www.greatwayfoundation.org.uk

Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
Purposes
  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of religion
Where it operates
  • Operations cover all or most of Scotland, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems','People with a particular ethnic or racial origin','Other defined groups','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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Corra Foundation£22,200
National Lottery Community Fund£20,000
Scottish Government£20,000
Foundation Scotland£9,600
Garfield Weston Foundation£7,500
DCMS£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500 03/12/2021
Edinburgh and Midlothian Transformation Path (EMTP)
Corra Foundation - HDG-21/1653
£22,200 30/09/2021
for the 'BAME Support For Mental Challenges' project which will provide intensive, trauma informed, whole family support using peer mentoring and group sessions.
National Lottery Community Fund - Say Aye to Hope
£10,000 29/03/2021
12
This group will use the funding for their mental health support services for the Black community in Edinburgh.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000 30/09/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Greatway Foundation
£5,000 30/09/2020
To provide appropriate support to African/Caribbean (priority) and other ethnic minorities in Edinburgh and Midlothian who are experiencing mental health issues; reside in poverty stricken home and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - BAME Covid Emergency Help - COVID-19
£10,000 05/06/2020
4
This group will provide telephone and online support to vulnerable members of the BAME community in Edinburgh who have been isolated since the start of the COVID-19 lockdown.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Greatway Foundation
£4,600 08/05/2020
This funding would enable the Greatway Foundation to provide supermarket vouchers and mobile phone top ups to families for the African and Caribbean community in Edinburgh affected by the Coronavirus.
Scottish Government - GREATWAY FOUNDATION
£20,000 22/04/2020
Detailed description not provided.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (3)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 61-68
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 20/10/2015, number: SC046065
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/01/2010, number: SC371877
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR18: 82 days late,
Main office

13a Bangor Road, Salvation Army Building, Leith, Edinburgh, EH6 5JY

Objectives

The Company is established to advance Christian Religious activities and to prevent as well as relief poverty. These activities will include but not limited to establishing churches and other places of Christian religious worship, and poverty alleviation programmes.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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