Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 3

Accounts overdue -5
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Return overdue: -3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: -5

BRECHIN COMMUNITY PANTRY

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Latest return is overdue

Financial issues to consider:

Latest accounts are overdue for filing

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/03/18	31/03/19	31/03/20	31/03/21
Total income	£8,824	£14,079	£12,620	£38,597
Total spending	£7,100	£9,680	£15,685	£24,309
Surplus/deficit	£1,724	£4,399	-£3,065	£14,288

Established: 7 years

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

Financial or material assistance

Purposes

The prevention or relief of poverty
The advancement of education
The advancement of health','the advancement of citizenship or community development','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Where it operates

Angus

Who it helps

Children or young people
Older People
People with disabilities or health problems','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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
Foundation Scotland	£6,670
Co-Operative Group	£2,923

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Brechin Community Pantry
£2,923	23/10/2021	We would like to create a developmental and training space for the Angus area for people involved in independent food hubs, to allow them to build their service using the Pantry model and resources.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Brechin Community Pantry
£4,700	20/01/2021 3	To support people in the local community with food and energy provisions, and mobile phone top ups.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Brechin Community Pantry
£1,970	18/05/2020	To provide the Brechin Community Pantry, a food bank, with funds to purchase additional stock to distribute over the coming 2 months as well as two sanitising stations and PPE for its volunteers
National Lottery Community Fund - Privacy project.
£10,000	24/03/2020 5	This group will install a private consultation room in its Community Pantry in Brechin. The room will enable people using the pantry to access one to one support or discuss personal matters with ....more This group will install a private consultation room in its Community Pantry in Brechin. The room will enable people using the pantry to access one to one support or discuss personal matters with staff and volunteers. In addition to this the group will install broadband and purchase IT equipment for people to use for job applications or applying for benefits.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Fridge and Freezers
£3,156	21/09/2018 12	This group will use the funding to buy new fridge freezers which will enable the group to offer food to disadvantaged families as well as enabling them to store food for use during periods of higher ....more This group will use the funding to buy new fridge freezers which will enable the group to offer food to disadvantaged families as well as enabling them to store food for use during periods of higher demand.

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 22/03/2017, number: SC047269

Filing Record

3 returns made; AR20: 155 days late,

Main office

, DD9 7RP

Objectives

the prevention or relief of poverty the advancement of education the advancement of health the advancement of community development the relief of those in need by reason of financial hardship

Data Sources

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