Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 5

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 5

THE LEARNING SPACE

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 8 years

www.thelearningspace.co.uk

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	30/09/17	30/09/18	30/09/19	30/09/20	30/09/21	30/09/22
Total income	£46,168	£12,922	£21,891	£74,347	£51,711	£60,897
Total spending	£15,288	£25,133	£23,120	£44,393	£51,226	£73,938
Surplus/deficit	£30,880	-£12,211	-£1,229	£29,954	£485	-£13,041

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

Purposes

The advancement of education
The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Where it operates

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

Who it helps

Children or young people

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

Garfield Weston Foundation	£12,500
Robertson Trust	£9,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£7,450
Scottish Government	£5,359
Co-Operative Group	£5,067
Foundation Scotland	£4,000
CAF	£3,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£12,500	29/10/2021	Weston Youth Grant
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Learning Space
£5,067	23/10/2021	We wish to create a library for The Learning Space to support the education of local young people experiencing challenges and barriers to learning and development.
Foundation Scotland - Achieving qualifications at The Learning Space SCIO
£2,500	10/08/2021	To offer the young people who attend The Learning Space SCIO the opportunity to work through SQA NAT 5 courses and gain their National 5 qualification in Maths and/or English .
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid-19 Outdoor Garden/ Learning Area
£7,450	18/06/2020 12	This group will use the funding to enhance its garden space enabling a richer and more accessible outdoor learning experience for its young clients and a pleasant space to sit for the wider ....more This group will use the funding to enhance its garden space enabling a richer and more accessible outdoor learning experience for its young clients and a pleasant space to sit for the wider community..
CAF - Grant to The Learning Space
£3,500	01/06/2020 3	Grant to The Learning Space to support the organisation through COVID19
Scottish Government - The Learning Space
£5,359	12/05/2020	Detailed description not provided.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to The Learning Space
£1,500	17/04/2020	To purchase equipment to be able to offer online counselling sessions and to continue with educational experiences that young clients were participating in prior to lockdown in an online format ....more To purchase equipment to be able to offer online counselling sessions and to continue with educational experiences that young clients were participating in prior to lockdown in an online format including creative activities, keep fit sessions and coursewo
Robertson Trust - The salary costs of the part-time Practitioner
£9,000	31/07/2019	The salary costs of the part-time Practitioner
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Learning Space SCIO
£3,134	29/11/2017	We would like to create a sensory space to help fully meet the needs of the young people who attend.

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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 21/09/2016, number: SC046856

Filing Record

5 returns made; AR18: 1 days late,

Main office

The Old Post Office, Main Street, Gavinton, Duns, Scottish Borders, TD11 3QT

Objectives

The Learning Space has a clear purpose in helping the advancement of education of the young people it works with along with having a public benefit by providing support for children and young people with barriers to learning. Advancement of education : ? to create bespoke educational activities and experiences to enable the young person to develop, move forward and succeed within their learning. ? To provide support and understanding for children and young people with barriers to learning

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