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Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +5
    Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

    POLBETH COMMUNITY HUB SCIO 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
    • There has been strong growth in spending since inception

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
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    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/12/19 31/12/20 31/12/21 31/12/22
    Total income £176,506 £248,406 £271,640 £136,631
    Total spending £89,705 £207,345 £245,749 £209,376
    Surplus/deficit £86,801 £41,061 £25,891 -£72,745
    Established: 5 years

    www.polbeth.org

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Community services
    Purposes
    • The advancement of citizenship or community development
    • 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
    • West Lothian
    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
    National Lottery Community Fund£89,852
    Scottish Government£86,188
    Corra Foundation£4,445
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months    		 To be used for
    National Lottery Community Fund - A Counselling Space at Polbeth Community Hub
    £9,852 17/06/2022
    This group will use the funding to secure and expand the provision of a free counselling service to the community in West Lothian.
    Scottish Government - Polbeth Community HUB SCIO
    £43,841 10/03/2021
    Detailed description not provided.
    Scottish Government - Polbeth Community HUB SCIO
    £17,637 26/01/2021
    Detailed description not provided.
    Corra Foundation - HDG-20/1134
    £4,445 06/08/2020
    towards the project to increase take up of Scottish Child Payment.
    Scottish Government - Polbeth Community HUB SCIO
    £24,710 16/04/2020
    Detailed description not provided.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Polbeth Communtiy HUB
    £80,000 06/11/2019
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    This group will expand their community meals project, ensuring that for 50 weeks per year their local community have access to hot meals, either at community meals themselves or by providing ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Schools Out - Polbeth
    £10,000 09/11/2018
    12
    This group will use the funding to run an afterschool club for primary age children in Polbeth and West Calder.
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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 13/12/2018, number: SC048906
      • Notes: This charity was established to replace Polbeth Village Hall Community Education Association (SC026037). Polbeth Village Hall Community Education Association (SC026037) has now wound up and passed its assets and liabilities to Polbeth Community HUB SCIO (SC048906) which is a SCIO.
    Filing Record
    3 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    Polbeth Community Hub, Polbeth Village Hall, Polbeth, EH55 8SD

    Objectives

    The SCIO's purposes are to benefit principally the community of Polbeth, West Lothian which comprises the Polbeth Community Council area ('the Community') with the following objects: 4.1 The provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities within the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons who the facilities or activities are primarily intended. 4.2 The advancement of community development (including the advancement of urban*/ rural* regeneration) principally withln the Community. But only to the extent that the above purposes are consistent with furthering the achievement of sustainable development

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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