Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 5

Volatile income: -3
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 2

FUNERAL LINK

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile recently

Established: 6 years

www.funerallink.org.uk

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/08/19	31/08/20	31/08/21	31/08/22
Total income	£137,940	£72,596	£97,808	£67,138
Total spending	£101,698	£78,291	£72,101	£80,201
Surplus/deficit	£36,242	-£5,695	£25,707	-£13,063

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

Purposes

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: Dundee City

Who it helps

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

Scottish Government	£26,123
National Lottery Community Fund	£19,962
Robertson Trust	£7,500
Foundation Scotland	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Foundation Scotland - Funeral Support Service
£5,000	20/01/2023	To contribute towards the salary of a Funeral Support Worker, who will support bereaved clients living in financial hardship who have experience of bereavement.
National Lottery Community Fund - Say Something Dundee
£9,998	30/08/2022	The organisation will use the funding to continue to run activities and awareness raising in the community around funeral poverty and end of life care. The aim of the project is to ultimately produce ....more The organisation will use the funding to continue to run activities and awareness raising in the community around funeral poverty and end of life care. The aim of the project is to ultimately produce a bank of community resources to help reduce funeral poverty and give people better control of end of life circumstances.
Scottish Government - Dundee Funeral Support Service
£18,843	13/01/2021	Detailed description not provided.
National Lottery Community Fund - Funeral Link Locality Connections
£9,964	20/11/2020 7	This group will create resource packs for people who have recently been bereaved in Dundee. The pack will be co-designed by people with lived experience of funeral poverty and will provide practical ....more This group will create resource packs for people who have recently been bereaved in Dundee. The pack will be co-designed by people with lived experience of funeral poverty and will provide practical information on funeral planning applying for financial support and looking after your mental health.
Scottish Government - Funeral Link
£7,280	15/05/2020	Detailed description not provided.
Robertson Trust - the salary costs of the part-time Support Workers
£7,500	30/04/2019	the salary costs of the part-time Support Workers

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 07/09/2018, number: SC048691

Filing Record

3 returns made; all on time

Main office

The Circle, Dudhope Castle, Barrack Road, Dundee, DD3 6HF

Objectives

The organisation's purposes are: 4.1 To operate a service in support of clients who are in need by reason of their age, ill-health, disability or financial hardship who have been bereaved and are struggling financially and emotionally at a time when they have difficult decisions to make in arranging a dignified send off for their loved one. 4.2 To undertake such other similar charitable activities which may be helpful to the aforesaid persons.

Data Sources