Finance Score: -7
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • No supporters identified
    Overall GiG Score: -7 ?

    THE ABC FOUNDATION  

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years
    • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
    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 £56,308 £53,780 £40,000 £121,862 £7,830 £7,830
    Total spending £55,248 £660 £9,870 £28,068 £36,370 £36,370
    Surplus/deficit £1,060 £53,120 £30,130 £93,794 -£28,540 -£28,540
    Established: 8 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
    GiG Classification
    • Poverty relief
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of health
    • The advancement of public participation in sport','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
    Where it operates
    • Scotland and other parts of the UK, main operating location: East Lothian
    Who it helps
    • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

    Who's supporting them? ?

    We have no records of donations from grant makers.

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 23/08/2016, number: SC046803
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; AR19: 49 days late, AR18: 74 days late,
    Main office

    Seton Court Cottage , Whim Road, Gullane, East Lothian, EH31 2BD

    Objectives

    The SCIO will promote, advance and further its charitable purposes by operating as a 'grant giving' charity which will support financially and otherwise charities, community groups and others (such beneficiaries principally but not limited to be found in Scotland) which charitably further the purposes detailed at 7.2 and provide public benefit with a primary (but not exclusive) focus on (a) the provision of education for children, young people and adults from low income backgrounds, (b) the support of organisations which help children, young people and their families deal with a wide range of health related issues and (c) provision of sport, leisure and wellbeing programs that work with children and young people from low socio-economic backgrounds. 7.2 For the purposes of the 2005 Act the following charitable purposes are (i) particularly relevant and (ii) are the charitable purposes identified as applicable from section 7 of the 2005 Act:- 7.2.1 the advancement of education. 7.2.2 the advancement of health. 7.2.3 the advancement of public participation in sport. and 7.2.4 the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
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