Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 0
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

MFM EDINBURGH (MOUNTAIN OF FIRE AND MIRACLE EDINBURGH)

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
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 £36,851 £34,620 £49,034 £29,461 £53,068 £49,653
Total spending £39,157 £34,949 £49,325 £28,106 £55,262 £50,098
Surplus/deficit -£2,306 -£329 -£291 £1,355 -£2,194 -£445
Established: 7 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Provides financial or material assistance
Purposes
  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of religion','the advancement of health','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: City of Edinburgh
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems','People with a particular ethnic or racial origin','Other defined groups','No specific group, or for the benefit of the community','Other charities or voluntary bodies

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Directors (4)
Current Directors appointed

Age Range of Directors: 62-69
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 08/09/2017, number: SC047721
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/03/2017, number: SC560369
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR18: 105 days late,
Main office

24 Beech Grove, Livingston, EH54 5JL

Objectives

2. The charitable purposes of the Company are: 2.1 The advancement of religion. 2.2 The advancement of education. 2.3 The advancement of health. 2.4 The prevention or relief of poverty. and 2.5 The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, homelessness, unemployment, financial hardship or other disadvantage.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator

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