Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 7
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +7
    Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

    KILMARNOCK YMCA PLUS SCIO 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
    • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
    Established: 7 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
    Total income £27,377 £35,950 £61,918 £62,213 £61,387 £34,465
    Total spending £10,655 £40,190 £37,446 £56,950 £89,787 £41,573
    Surplus/deficit £16,722 -£4,240 £24,472 £5,263 -£28,400 -£7,108
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    Purposes
    • The provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
    • 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: East Ayrshire
    • This charity is based in an area of extremely 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£29,826
    The Clothworkers Foundation£14,500
    Scottish Government£9,355
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Kilmarnock YMCA Plus SCIO
    £14,500 20/09/2023
    Purchase of a small transit van for a charity which works with disadvantaged young people in East Ayrshire
    National Lottery Community Fund - Community Cafe
    £10,000 26/04/2023
    This group will use the funding to staff their new Community Café as it moves towards being a self-sustaining facility.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Community Activities
    £9,950 13/12/2021
    This grant will be used to provide new activities for the community at their centre in Kilmarnock. It will also fund an artificial lawn for their new community garden.
    Scottish Government - Kilmarnock YMCA Plus SCIO
    £9,355 04/03/2021
    Detailed description not provided.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Growing Beyond Tomorrow
    £9,876 30/09/2020
    9
    This group will deliver golf sessions for disadvantaged young people. The project will help them develop new skills and provide social opportunities.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Strengthening communities through effective volunteering
    £10,000 17/01/2018
    12
    The group will use the funding to recruit a full time volunteer co-ordinator who will recruit, train, place and manage volunteers to develop the current services and deliver a programme of new ....more
    Robertson Trust - The salary costs of the Volunteer Coordinator
    £40,500 19/09/2017
    The salary costs of the Volunteer Coordinator
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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 31/08/2017, number: SC047693
    • Notes: Kilmarnock YMCA Plus SCIO (SC047693) was established to replace Kilmarnock YMCA (SC025608) Kilmarnock YMCA (SC025608) has now wound up and transferred its assets to Kilmarnock YMCA Plus SCIO (SC047693)
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    40 Soulis Street, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, KA3 1AP

    Objectives

    4 The organisation is established for charitable purposes only for the benefit of the people of the Kilmarnock area of East Ayrshire and in particular the purposes shall be: 4.1 The provision of the YMCA in Kilmarnock as a recreational facility for improving the conditions of life of primarily, but not exclusively, the youth of Kilmarnock. and 4.2 The relief of those in need by reason of loneliness by providing, among other things, drop-in centres and recreational outings.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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