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Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Volatile income
  • spending growth: -1
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +5
    Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

    RENFREW ASSOCIATION OF GROWERS AND GARDENERS 

    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

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained
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    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 30/04/18 30/04/19 30/04/20 30/04/21 30/04/22 30/04/23
    Total income £68,871 £27,344 £109,502 £5,851 £64,639 £54,393
    Total spending £36,262 £24,320 £35,997 £47,122 £53,595 £57,750
    Surplus/deficit £32,609 £3,024 £73,505 -£41,271 £11,044 -£3,357
    Established: 8 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of citizenship or community development
    • The advancement of public participation in sport
    Where it operates
    • Renfrewshire
    Who it helps
    • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

    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 - Broadloan Gardens - Sustain Scale and Expand
    £98,460 13/01/2022
    This group will use the funding to sustain and expand their community-garden activities by retaining the services of their Community Development Officer and their Community Gardener over the next two ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteer training programme
    £5,250 14/12/2021
    The group will provide a programme of training and learning activities for their members volunteers and people in the community over a 12 month period.
    Corra Foundation - Enabling_Neighbourhoods_Fund-21/1761
    £2,900 26/08/2021
    Towards the costs associated with delivering activities in your local community.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Transfer
    £105,876 29/08/2019
    11
    Transfer

    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 15/04/2016, number: SC046479
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    Broadloan gardens, 84 Broadloan, Renfrew, PA4 0BY

    Objectives

    The charitable purposes of the SCIO ('the Charitable Purposes') are: the advancement of community development through provision of and participation in community garden spaces in a sustainable and inclusive manner. the advancement of education of the general public in agriculture, horticulture, sustainable development and the protection and improvement of the natural environment through good environmental practices by supporting, encouraging and seeking to improve gardening of all kinds in Renfrew West and the surrounding area and through the provision of community garden spaces particularly in horticultural and ecological matters, by encouraging and teaching a range of outdoor skills and pursuits, promoting the benefits of the natural environment and living more sustainably. to advance environmental improvement through the growing of food locally, leading to a reduction in carbon footprint, increased resilience, and opportunities for recycling organic and other materials and by promoting the benefits of and demonstrating a range of good environmental and horticultural practices such as organic growing, composting, and through reducing, re-using and recycling of resources.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
    Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

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