Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

SHAPER CAPER LIMITED 

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
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 30/04/18 30/04/19 30/04/20 30/04/21 30/04/22 30/04/23
Charitable activities £324,094
Donations & Legacies £1,500
Other Income
Investment Income
Total income £90,010 £195,163 £186,434 £156,818 £238,560 £325,994
Charitable activities spending £315,339
Fundraising costs 1%
Other spending
Total spending £90,586 £201,682 £185,565 £140,306 £212,455 £317,321
Surplus/deficit -£576 -£6,519 £869 £16,512 £26,105 £8,673
Established: 7 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Where it operates
  • UK and overseas, main operating location: Dundee City
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems

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
National Lottery Heritage Fund£36,500
Scottish Government£31,040
Foundation Scotland£23,193
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust£22,190
National Lottery Community Fund£19,948
Women's Fund for Scotland£15,000
Rank Foundation£15,000
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations£9,999
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Foundation Scotland - sh-IF-t
£237 18/08/2023
Cost of uplift from Essentia Fund
National Lottery Community Fund - LGBTQ+ Activity Programme
£10,000 05/06/2023
This funding will be used to stage OutFest a partnership between the creative organisation Shaper/Caper and Dundee Pride which will take place in February 2024 as part of LGBT History Month. The ....more
Foundation Scotland - YAB-adaba-DO
£5,000 26/09/2022
To contribute towards the costs of a young-person-led, two day arts festival online and in Dundee in November.
Foundation Scotland - sh-IF-t
£9,000 09/08/2022
To support the provision of a weekly dance and art workshops with young people in Tayside and Montrose.
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Dance for Parkinson's Scotland, Dundee Hub
£12,820 15/03/2022
Proposing continuation of a full year of Dance for Parkinson's Scotland in Dundee. It includes a hybrid model of in-person and livestream access to the dance sessions; a social cafe gathering space; ....more
Women's Fund for Scotland - Young Creatives
£5,000 11/03/2022
To cover the cost of running employability sessions
Women's Fund for Scotland - Young Creatives
£5,000 11/03/2022
To cover the cost of running employability sessions
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - Digi Up!
£9,999 05/07/2021
Detailed information not yet available.
Corra Foundation - Enabling_Neighbourhoods_Fund-21/871
£2,650 09/04/2021
Towards the costs associated in delivering activities in your local community.
Scottish Government - Shaper Caper Limited
£18,534 20/01/2021
Detailed description not provided.
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Dance for Parkinson's Dundee
£9,370 05/10/2020
Support for continuation of weekly Dance for Parkinson’s Scotland Dundee Hub programme starting the face-to-face sessions in mid-January 2021, running for the year.
Women's Fund for Scotland - Grant to Shaper Caper Limited
£5,000 23/09/2020
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To cover the cost of running a series of practical and entrepreneurial skills development programmes.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,500 21/08/2020
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 Shaper Caper Limited
£2,500 21/08/2020
To continue the weekly online Dance for Parkinson?s Scotland Dundee Hub programme via Zoom, with accompanying befriending, mindfulness and social café sessions.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Shaper Caper Limited
£1,500 10/08/2020
to contribute towards delivering monthly dance, music, creativity and exercise sessions.
Rank Foundation - Resilience Fund Shaper/Caper 2020
£15,000 19/06/2020
To support core costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Online In Concert
£9,948 28/05/2020
7
This group will deliver online creative learning activities for people living in Tayside. Activities will include creative play sessions for children and families employability for young people ....more
Scottish Government - Shaper/Caper
£12,506 30/04/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Shaper Caper Limited
£4,956 02/04/2020
To provide online creative dance activities for children and adults and adapt existing live shows to a digital programme.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Shaper/Caper
£36,500 31/07/2019
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (8)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Directors: 38-57
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 25/11/2016, number: SC047014
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/04/2015, number: SC502566
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

Unit 6, Manhattan Works, Dundonald Street, Dundee, DD3 7PY

Objectives

The company's objects are: the promotion and development of the arts and culture, with the focus on dance, as entertainment, a leisure pursuit or career. using creativity as a tool to connect communities and enhance social justice, encouraging appreciation and participation by all sections of society. and to provide and promote education and engagement of the public, both in dance and though dance, with a focus on creative learning.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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