Finance Score: 4

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 2

Spending falling: -1
but now stabilising: +1
Volatile income
spending growth: -1
Future income +5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 9

CAITHNESS BROCH PROJECT

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker and there are significant future grants due to be received
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period but has stabilised more recently
Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

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	£40,690	£32,506	£53,401	£162,317	£33,550	£20,918
Total spending	£34,023	£42,326	£11,458	£171,870	£22,008	£19,742
Surplus/deficit	£6,667	-£9,820	£41,943	-£9,553	£11,542	£1,176

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Established: 8 years
(10 years as a company)

www.thebrochproject.co.uk

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

Purposes

The prevention or relief of poverty
The advancement of education
The advancement of citizenship or community development','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Where it operates

Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Highland

Who it helps

No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Who supports 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
Foundation Scotland - The Big Broch Build
£8,300	06/07/2023 5	To undertake survey work and pre-planning processes on the site selected to build a replica broch and visitor centre.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Caithness Broch Project / Wick High School
£2,311	23/10/2021	We would create a colouring book for and about Caithness students from Wick High School. The book would be sold locally and primarily aimed at younger children.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Caithness Broch Project
£1,172	03/09/2019 12	To fund speaker fees, travel costs and materials for a number of archaeologically-inspired talks and activities to be held at Lyth Arts Centre across October 2019.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Caithness Broch Project
£6,000	01/03/2017 5	To fund archaeological investigations (fieldwalking, geophysics, and test-pitting) at Bruan Broch, near Lybster, and related school visits.
National Lottery Community Fund - Bringing Brochs Alive
£10,000	23/11/2016 12	This group aims to advance education, citizenship, community development, the arts, heritage, culture and science. They will use the funding to engage a consultant to carry out options appraisal of ....more This group aims to advance education, citizenship, community development, the arts, heritage, culture and science. They will use the funding to engage a consultant to carry out options appraisal of three sites which they have been offered on which to build a replica broch, a dry-stone, tower-like structure originally built during the iron-age. The project will provide training opportunities in stone masonry and dry stone walling, employment during construction and a major visitor attraction for the area.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Caithness Broch Project
£1,000	19/03/2016 9	To contribute to the cost of constructing a large Lego broch, which will then tour local schools.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (7)

Current Directors appointed

Age Range of Directors: 29-64

AITKEN, Chris
Appointed: 2019
Occupation: It Teacher

HERRICK, Robin
Appointed: 2017
Occupation: Consulting Engineer

LILLEY, Kirsty Marie
Appointed: 2022
Occupation: Student / Tutor

MACKAY, Dawn Catherine
Appointed: 2019
Occupation: Architectural Technician

MACLEAN, Iain Kenneth
Appointed: 2013
Occupation: Self Employed Builder

MACRAE, Peter George
Appointed: 2020
Occupation: Deputy Head Of News, Bbc Scotland

MCELROY, Kenneth Graham
Appointed: 2015
Occupation: Student

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 29/01/2016, number: SC046307
Registered at Companies House on 15/10/2013, number: SC461601

Filing Record

5 returns made; AR17: 22 days late,

Main office

, KW14 8NN

Objectives

The company’s objects are: To benefit the Caithness public by advancing education, community development, heritage, and culture, and the relief of poverty, and by encouraging people to learn about, record, and become involved in the heritage of Caithness through: (a) providing opportunities for all ages and abilities to learn about the rich archaeological heritage of their communities. (b) developing an understanding of the archaeological heritage through recreating a broch(s) or other structures. (c) creating archaeological records from the company's activities (e.g. recording, surveying, excavation), for public access now and in the future (e.g. website, public archives). (d) offering a range of activities to suit all interests and to allow progression including courses, above ground surveys, excavation, post-excavation activities and archival research. (e) providing tools and knowledge to enable people to make contributions to, and manage their local heritage. (f) working with other individuals, organisations, government bodies, quasi-autonomous organisations, museums, schools and projects to further the above aims of the Caithness Broch Project.

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