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Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +5
    Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

    THE VALE OF LEVEN TRUST 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
    • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation
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    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/03/19 31/03/20 05/04/21 05/04/22 05/04/23
    Total income £3,528 £3,332 £22,546 £144,232 £163,659
    Total spending £974 £4,233 £8,214 £72,142 £121,204
    Surplus/deficit £2,554 -£901 £14,332 £72,090 £42,455
    Established: 7 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
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    Listed activities
    • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy
    Purposes
    • The advancement of citizenship or community development
    • The advancement of environmental protection or improvement
    Where it operates
    • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: West Dunbartonshire
    • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation
    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.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    National Lottery Community Fund£124,760
    Co-Operative Group£6,884
    Corra Foundation£5,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months    		 To be used for
    Corra Foundation - Enabling_Neighbourhoods_Fund-21/1209
    £5,000 08/06/2021
    Towards the costs associated with delivering activities in your local community.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Vale of Leven Trust
    £124,760 19/04/2021
    This group will use the funding to create a walking and e-bike active travel hub in Alexandria. The aim of the project is to support the local community to improve health and wellbeing through ....more
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Vale of Leven Trust
    £6,884 24/10/2020
    We aim to provide a fun social event, one Sunday afternoon every month, focused primarily, but not exclusively, on the older population.

    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 18/07/2017, number: SC047591
    Filing Record
    4 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    The Vale of Leven Trust, 9 Mitchell Way, Alexandria, , West Dunbartonhsire, G83 0LW

    Objectives

    The organisation's main purpose is consistent with furthering the achievement of sustainable development. The organisations purposes are: 5.1 To preserve, restore and improve the environment in the Vale of Leven and its environs, through the provision, maintenance and / or improvement of public open space and other public amenities and other environmental and regeneration projects. 5.2 To manage community land and associated assets for the benefit of the Community and the public in general as an important part of the protection and sustainable development of Scotland's natural environment, where 'sustainable development' means development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

    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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