Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 0

Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: 4

THE WILLIAM SYSON FOUNDATION

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/12/20	31/12/21	31/12/22
Charitable activities
Donations & Legacies	£12,935,113
Other Income
Investment Income	£255,736	£322,790	£402,677
Total income	£13,190,849	£322,790	£402,677
Charitable activities spending	£486,209	£508,400	£619,392
Fundraising costs	1%	INF%	INF%
Other spending
Total spending	£568,853	£601,600	£690,289
Surplus/deficit	£12,621,996	-£278,810	-£287,612

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Established: 5 years

www.williamsysonfoundation.org.uk

Listed activities

It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

Purposes

The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Where it operates

Scotland and other parts of the UK, main operating location: City of Edinburgh

Who it helps

Other defined groups
No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Directors (6)

Current Directors appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 43-76

ARNOT, Ian
Appointed: 2021
Occupation: Head Of Corporate Communications

COCKBURN, Howard
Appointed: 2019
Occupation: Investment Manager

DOYLE, Roberta
Appointed: 2020
Occupation: Art Consultant

HOLLOWAY, James Essex
Appointed: 2019
Occupation: Retired

MORRISON, Maureen Stringer
Appointed: 2019
Occupation: Director

SYSON, Jonathan William Thomas
Appointed: 2019
Occupation: Investment Director

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 23/09/2019, number: SC049635
Registered at Companies House on 20/09/2019, number: SC642184

Filing Record

2 returns made; all on time

Main office

5 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh, EH3 8EJ

Objectives

the company's objects are: (a) the advancement of the arts, heritage and culture, including (but not restricted to) promoting, developing and ensuring the practice and enjoyment of the arts, including music, the visual arts, theatre and literature as the directors in their absolute and uncontrolled discretion think fit. (b) without prejudice to the forgoing generality, the charity will have a particular (but not exclusive) focus on Scottish organisations and individuals resident in Scotland.

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