Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 1
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Overall weighted support: +1
    Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

    COWAL HIGHLAND GATHERING

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/12/18 31/12/19 31/12/20 31/12/21 31/12/22
    Charitable activities £304,158 £312,417 £309,480
    Donations & Legacies £4,230 £9,300
    Other Income £4,563 £3,700 £516
    Investment Income
    Total income £315,051 £328,103 £78,816 £78,816 £328,411
    Charitable activities spending £336,252 £320,394 £341,455
    Fundraising costs
    Other spending
    Total spending £336,252 £320,394 £77,758 £77,758 £341,455
    Surplus/deficit -£21,201 £7,709 £1,058 £1,058 -£13,044
    Established: 7 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Amusement and recreation services
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of citizenship or community development
    • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','the advancement of public participation in sport','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
    Where it operates
    • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Argyll And Bute
    Who it helps
    • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

    Who supports them? ?

    Donations from Grant Makers ?

    We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Scottish Government - Cowal Highland Gathering
    £9,250 24/04/2020
    Detailed description not provided.

    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 31/10/2017, number: SC047875
    • Notes: This SCIO was incorporated on 24/07/2018 as a result of the conversion of a charitable company (Company Number: SC132245 Company Name: Cowal Highland Enterprise Limited)
    Filing Record
    4 returns made; AR18: 26 days late,
    Main office

    54-56 Hillfoot Street, Dunoon, Argyll, PA23 7DT

    Objectives

    3.1 The company's objects are: 3.1.1 To advance the arts, particularly those associated with Scottish culture. 3.1.2 To advance education and provide and/or promote training, particularly in relation to skills associated with Scottish cultural, recreational and sporting activities. 3.1.3 To provide recreational facilities and organise recreational activities, with such facilities/activities being available to members of the public at large with the object of improving their conditions of life. 3.1.4 To advance public participation in sport. 3.1.5 To advance community development. 3.1.6 To promote, establish, operate and/or support other similar schemes, which further Charitable Purposes, for the benefit of the community within the Cowan Peninsula.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving

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