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

    THIS IS ISLAY SCIO 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/05/20 31/05/21 31/05/22 31/05/23
    Total income £1,900 £2,580 £3,005 £19
    Total spending £1,518 £222 £1,897 £1,710
    Surplus/deficit £382 £2,358 £1,108 -£1,691
    Established: 5 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Performing and visual arts
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of citizenship or community development
    Where it operates
    • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Argyll And Bute
    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 This Is Islay Podcast
    £6,957 21/10/2023
    We would like to use podcasting to engage with young volunteers to develop their confidence and skills in digital media, empowering them to produce their own podcasts and be heard.
    National Lottery Community Fund - This Is Islay Podcast
    £2,575 16/03/2021
    12
    This group will use the funding to establish their volunteer-driven community podcast into regular information resource for the communities of Islay & Jura.

    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 26/09/2019, number: SC049646
    • Notes: This charity has been set up to replace WWW.THIS IS ISLAY LTD (Company Number 597472) You have advised us that WWW.THIS IS ISLAY LTD intends to wind up and transfer the assets and liabilities to This Is Islay SCIO –SC049646.
    Filing Record
    2 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    , PA49 7UR

    Objectives

    Purposes 4 The organisation's purposes are to advance citizenship, community involvement, education and training by: 4.1 providing resources and facilities to research, produce and broadcast podcast material, relevant to and concerning the communities of, the islands of Islay and Jura. 4.2 to identify and support suitable training in the production and broadcast of podcast material. 4.3 to encourage and support collaboration with other organisations to ensure as wide a participation by the local community in the production and broadcast of these podcasts.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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