Finance Score: 9

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 9

Reasonable growth: +1
Fundraising costs low: +3
Future income +5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Overall weighted support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 24

NOURISH (SCOTLAND)

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending since inception
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/03/19	31/03/20	31/03/21	31/03/22	31/03/23
Charitable activities	£16,387	£23,338	£9,153		£7,970
Donations & Legacies	£209,925	£389,367	£514,185		£444,394
Other Income	£34,238	£8,920	£23,170		£82,699
Investment Income
Total income	£260,550	£421,625	£546,508	£555,702	£535,063
Charitable activities spending	£288,685	£331,908	£461,658		£561,240
Fundraising costs			0%	0%	1%
Other spending
Total spending	£288,685	£331,908	£463,818	£596,319	£566,527
Surplus/deficit	-£28,135	£89,717	£82,690	-£40,617	-£31,464

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Established: 7 years
(12 years as a company)

http://www.nourishscotland.org

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy

Purposes

The prevention or relief of poverty
The advancement of citizenship or community development
The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation','the advancement of environmental protection or improvement

Where it operates

Scotland and other parts of the UK, main operating location: City of Edinburgh

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Heritage Fund	£181,257
Joseph Rowntree Foundation	£151,000
Esmee Fairbairn	£142,376
Tudor Trust	£87,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Nourish Scotland
£181,257	31/10/2023	Public diners - back to the future
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Nourish Scotland
£60,000	29/07/2021 6	Towards project costs a collaborative programme of events that will raise the profile of sustainable food and farming as a means to mitigate climate change at COP26.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Nourish Scotland
£2,000	05/03/2021	as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Tudor Trust - Grant to Nourish Scotland
£25,000	09/12/2020	over one year towards the co-ordination of a global programme of local dialogues between farmers and city authorities on sustainable food systems, to feed in to international discussions on food and climate change, including COP 26
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Nourish Scotland
£50,000	07/07/2020 16	Towards work that will lead to a declaration by up to 500 global cities, ahead of and during COP26, to commit to a more sustainable food system
Tudor Trust - Grant to Nourish Scotland
£60,000	07/07/2020 24	over two years as continuation funding towards the core costs of work towards a fairer and more sustainable food system in Scotland
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Nourish Scotland
£32,376	05/05/2020 6	towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Nourish Scotland
£151,000	30/11/2019 36	Making Rights Real
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Nourish Scotland
£197,185	18/06/2019 36	Towards core costs enabling the organisation to continue to influence Scottish food policy and practice to create a more sustainable food system for Scotland.
Thirty Percy Foundation - Grant to Nourish
£45,000	06/01/2019	Funding to support a collaborative independent enquiry on food, farming and climate to build consensus on the pathway for Scotland. Developing templates for action at individual business level and identify necessary areas of funding, legislation and ....more Funding to support a collaborative independent enquiry on food, farming and climate to build consensus on the pathway for Scotland. Developing templates for action at individual business level and identify necessary areas of funding, legislation and policy requirements.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Nourish Scotland
£60,000	20/06/2018 24	over two years as continuation funding towards key salaries to build community input and partnerships via the Scottish Food Coalition, to support the implementation of a sustainable food system for Scotland _x000D_
Tudor Trust - Grant to Nourish Scotland
£60,000	19/02/2016 24	over two years towards the salary of a co-ordinator for the Scottish Food Coalition to engage local communities and develop a Sustainable Food Atlas
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Nourish Scotland
£191,305	25/11/2015 36	Towards the cost of influencing Scottish food policy through building and supporting civil society coalitions, particularly on environmental sustainability and rights-based, participative approaches to tackling food poverty.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (5)

Current Directors appointed

Age Range of Directors: 37-68

CONWAY, Sarah
Appointed: 2023
Occupation: Administrative Coordinator

ELLIS, Joycelyn
Appointed: 2018
Occupation: Consultant

FLINT, David
Appointed: 2022
Occupation: Responsible Investment Reporting Analyst

GOLDIE, Lindsey
Appointed: 2023
Occupation: Hr Consultant

RITCHIE, Peter John
Appointed: 2012
Occupation: Farmer

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 23/03/2018, number: SC048239
Registered at Companies House on 14/02/2012, number: SC417014

Filing Record

4 returns made; AR20: 37 days late,

Main office

1 Summerhall Place, Edinburgh, EH9 1PL

Objectives

The objects of the Company are to carry on activities which benefit the community and in particular (without limitation) to: to advance environmental protection by promoting sustainable food systems to encourage and support communities in: actively participating in development of public policy as it relates to food and agriculture. and developing sustainable local food networks to promote and strengthen the voice of voluntary and civil society organisations working on improving the food systems to prevent and relieve poverty, with particular emphasis on food poverty and insecurity to promote and advance right to food as a fundamental human right

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