Overall GiG Score: 12 ?
Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 9
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +9

    COMMUNITY ONE STOP SHOP 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
    • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation
    Established: 5 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
    Charitable activities
    Donations & Legacies
    Other Income £300
    Investment Income £1
    Total income £201,238 £209,085 £225,594 £269,128
    Charitable activities spending £221,868
    Fundraising costs 2%
    Other spending £444
    Total spending £215,685 £156,465 £158,519 £228,606
    Surplus/deficit -£14,447 £52,620 £67,075 £40,522
    What it does
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    Who it helps
    • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
    Purposes
    • The prevention or relief of poverty
    Where it operates
    • City of Edinburgh
    • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

    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£205,113
    Scottish Government£26,560
    Foundation Scotland£19,500
    Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations£5,806
    The Grocers' Charity£5,000
    The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£3,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    The Grocers' Charity - 2023 Grant - Community One Stop Shop
    £5,000 21/06/2023
    to support people experiencing hardship and crisis to access emergency food, toiletries, household items, and items for babies and small children, like nappies and formula, and access employment ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Development and Advice Work
    £114,807 17/02/2023
    This group will use the funding to continue delivering advice support and food provision for people in Broomhouse and the Calders. Services form a crisis response as well longer-term support which ....more
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Community One Stop Shop (COSS)
    £1,966 22/10/2022
    We run services such as buying extra food for the foodbank and a pantry top-up service.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Foodbank and The Community Pantry
    £6,514 17/06/2022
    This group will use the funding to reduce financial stress isolation and improve health/wellbeing by continuing to provide a foodbank and expanding the community food store creating a sustainable and ....more
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Community One Stop Shop
    £15,000 24/06/2021
    To contribute towards supporting the Community One Stop Shop?s Employability Service through funding a proportion of the Development Worker?s salary.
    The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Community One Stop Shop
    £3,000 10/03/2021
    12
    Small Grant unrestricted core costs
    National Lottery Community Fund - Community One Stop Shop - Administrator Post
    £9,792 19/02/2021
    12
    This group will use the funding to pay for their part time administrator.
    Scottish Government - Community One Stop Shop
    £8,940 28/01/2021
    Detailed description not provided.
    Scottish Government - Community One Stop Shop
    £11,020 16/12/2020
    Detailed description not provided.
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Community One Stop Shop
    £4,500 03/12/2020
    To run a six month pilot of a membership Community Pantry serving the Broomhouse and surrounding communities in the West of Edinburgh, offering access to food with dignity by helping make their ....more
    Scottish Government - Community One Stop Shop
    £6,600 18/05/2020
    Detailed description not provided.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Community One Stop Shop
    £74,000 11/02/2020
    23
    This group will use the funding to continue their Development Worker's post for three years, enabling them to continue to provide a range of services to the community of Broomhouse in South West ....more
    Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - Access for All
    £5,806 25/11/2019
    We are seeking funding to allow us to deliver a dedicated Black and Ethnic Minority advice provision. At the moment we offer a mainstream advice service 5 days a week, an emergency drop in and an ....more
    Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - In your Community
    £9,725 02/11/2018
    This funding would allow us to provide the service for another year. It would also allow us time to review and monitor the services and prepare for future funding applications that would allow us to ....more
    Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - In your Community
    £9,920 10/11/2017
    We are seeking funding to allow us to deliver, develop and test a dual outreach approach at two locations in Edinburgh. We will deliver our three primary services, - namely, Advice Provision, ....more
    Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - COSS - In the Community
    £5,000 03/07/2015
    Detailed information not yet available.
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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 29/03/2019, number: SC049181
    • Notes: This charity was established to replace Community One Stop Shop Project (SC033454). Community One Stop Shop Project (SC033454) has now wound up and passed its assets and liabilities to Community One Stop Shop (the SCIO) (SC049181).
    Filing Record
    3 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    3 Broomhouse Market, Edinburgh, EH11 3UU

    Objectives

    5 The organisation's main purpose is consistent with furthering the achievement of sustainable development. The organisations purposes are: The prevention and relief of poverty of the inhabitants of Broomhouse, Sighthill and Parkhead without distinction of political, religious or other characteristics by: 5.1 Coordinating the Local Authorities, service providers, voluntary organisations and inhabitants in a common effort to support local people by various means. and 5.2 Supporting and providing advice in the interest of social welfare with the object of improving the conditions of the life of said residents.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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