Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 4

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 5

WORKS+

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been reasonable growth in spending since inception
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years

Financial issues to consider:

There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

Established: 6 years

www.worksplus.works

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Data adjusted to reflect year end change

Period ending	30/06/19	30/06/20	30/04/21	30/04/22	30/04/23
Total income	£180,371	£113,500	£101,890	£247,848	£247,848
Total spending	£125,085	£96,678	£93,596	£158,410	£158,410
Surplus/deficit	£55,286	£16,822	£8,294	£89,438	£89,438

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

Purposes

The prevention or relief of poverty
The advancement of education
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: Scottish Borders

Who it helps

Children or young people
People with disabilities or health problems
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

Foundation Scotland	£10,000
Co-Operative Group	£3,881
The Fore	£3,200

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Foundation Scotland - Works+ isolated young people digital support employability project
£3,000	10/08/2021	To fund staffing costs for an employability project targeting young people aged 16-24.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Works+
£3,881	24/10/2020	We would like to support and change the lives of some of the most isolated and disadvantaged young people in the Scottish Borders.
The Fore - RAFT COVID-19 response grant to Works+
£3,200	02/07/2020 36	Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to Works+, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Works+
£5,000	18/06/2020	to contribute towards the salary costs of three full-time project workers as part of Works+ employability programme.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Works+
£2,000	31/01/2020	To pay 6 months rent for young gentleman who is going into further education and has lost his Universal Credit.
Corra Foundation - HDA-19/73
£5,000	01/02/2019	Towards the salary of the full-time Senior Operations Manager
Robertson Trust - Operations Manager's salary
£14,500	04/12/2018	Operations Manager's salary

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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 07/06/2018, number: SC048445

Filing Record

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

C/O The Focus Community Centre, Livingstone Place, Galashiels, Scottish Borders, TD1 1DQ

Objectives

The organisation's purposes are: to further the education and training of persons and in particular, but not exclusively, young persons by providing them with opportunities of work experience and of such training facilities and educational courses as will enable such persons to acquire and develop professional, vocational and special skills. to prevent or relieve poverty by working with people in need to help them develop the confidence, skills and knowledge to move forward to a positive destination of employment, training, education or volunteering.

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