Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • No supporters identified
    Overall GiG Score: -6 ?

    WEST END GROWING GROUNDS ASSOCIATION (SCIO) 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Spending is declining
    • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
    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 £3,862 £27,898 £23,049 £9,251 £9,251 £3,329
    Total spending £846 £19,713 £18,698 £10,505 £10,505 £3,653
    Surplus/deficit £3,016 £8,185 £4,351 -£1,254 -£1,254 -£324
    Established: 7 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Community services
    Purposes
    • The prevention or relief of poverty
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of health','the advancement of citizenship or community development
    Where it operates
    • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Renfrewshire
    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','Other charities or voluntary bodies

    Who supports them? ?

    We have no records of donations from grant makers.

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 22/09/2017, number: SC047768
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    10 John Neilson Institute, Oakshaw Street West, Paisley, Renfrewshire, PA1 2DE

    Objectives

    4 The organisation's purposes are to: 4.1 Prevent food poverty by improving availability of freshly grown food while increasing knowledge of nutrition, cookery and horticulture. 4.2 Improve community health and wellbeing by encouraging appreciation of, and interest and participation in, horticulture. 4.3 Engage in educational activities that promote an understanding of horticulture and the nutritional benefits of local sustainable own-grown food production. 4.4 Encourage community development and cohesion by managing, improving and rejuvenating spaces and buildings that allow access and use, primarily, for the enjoyment and benefit of members and the local community.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
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