Overall GiG Score: -7 ?
Finance Score: -10
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 3
  • Dormant: -10
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +3

    HELPING HAND G78  

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

    Financial issues to consider:

    • This charity appears to be dormant
    Established: 6 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    This Charity appears to be dormant
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/07/19 31/07/20 31/07/21
    Total income £12,982 £13,342 £11,839
    Total spending £12,097 £9,329 £11,643
    Surplus/deficit £885 £4,013 £196
    What it does
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    Who it helps
    • Children or young people
    • People with disabilities or health problems
    • People with a particular ethnic or racial origin','No specific group, or for the benefit of the community','Other charities or voluntary bodies
    Purposes
    • The prevention or relief of poverty
    • The advancement of environmental protection or improvement
    • 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: East Renfrewshire

    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.

    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    National Lottery Community Fund - Helping Hand G78
    £4,501 09/03/2021
    12
    This group will use the funding to provide people in need with furniture and other household items.
    Scottish Government - Helping Hand G78
    £5,500 29/04/2020
    Detailed description not provided.
    Robertson Trust - Running Costs
    £3,000 25/10/2018
    Running Costs

    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 12/07/2018, number: SC048539
    Filing Record
    2 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    Unit 8, 8 Bowerwalls Place, Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, G78 1BF

    Objectives

    2 The organisations purposes are: 2.1 to prevent or relief of poverty. 2.2 the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. 2.3 the advancement of environmental protection or improvement

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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