Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 4
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +4
    Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

    MISCARRIAGE SUPPORT (MISS)  

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
    Total income £23,908 £16,968 £56,250 £72,538
    Total spending £13,038 £16,232 £37,370 £66,459
    Surplus/deficit £10,870 £736 £18,880 £6,079
    Established: 5 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Services for people with disabilities
    Purposes
    • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
    Where it operates
    • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: Aberdeen
    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 significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Miscarriage Information Support Service
    £1,439 22/10/2022
    The aim for this project is to plan and design a safe and respectable area for bereaved parents to sit, reflect and feel at ease whilst thinking about their babies which they have miscarried.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Support for early pregnancy loss
    £84,800 03/08/2022
    This group will use the funding to continue to support women and families across North-East Scotland who have experienced miscarriage. They deliver a host of services including in-hospital support ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Miscarriage Services
    £10,000 21/09/2021
    The group will continue and expand their services for women and their partners who have experienced a miscarriage in their first or second trimesters including offering group and 1:1 sessions ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Miscarriage Information Support Service (MISS)
    £9,881 10/10/2019
    12
    This group will use the funding to continue and expand their services for women and their partners who have experienced a miscarriage.

    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 07/03/2019, number: SC049108
    • Notes: Legal name was Miscarriage Information and Support Service (MISS) SCIO from 07/03/2019 - 13/12/2021
    Filing Record
    3 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    , AB12 3JG

    Objectives

    The organisation's purposes are: 4.1 The relief of the needs of women and men affected by miscarriage in the north-east of Scotland and in furtherance of this by. 4.2 The provision and promotion of support groups and services of any kind. 4.3 Working in partnership with other bodies to further the objects.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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