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

    SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES INITIATIVES SCIO 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
    Total income £21,312 £33,440 £32,062
    Total spending £15,150 £29,551 £34,569
    Surplus/deficit £6,162 £3,889 -£2,507
    Established: 4 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of citizenship or community development
    • The advancement of environmental protection or improvement
    Where it operates
    • Operations cover all or most of Scotland, main operating location: Fife
    Who it helps
    • Children or young people
    • 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
    Foundation Scotland£9,282
    Corra Foundation£2,875
    Scottish Government£2,000
    Co-Operative Group£843
    Woodward Charitable Trust£500
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Foundation Scotland - Educational Games Resource_and mentoring experience for trainees
    £2,382 07/02/2023
    to cover the cost of two teenage trainees working together to design and create eight nature connecting games, culminating in an e-book, over a period of twelve weeks.
    Foundation Scotland - Deepening our Nature Connection_next steps
    £2,500 25/01/2022
    To deliver experiential training across the organisation to enable a more coherent and dependable delivery to our service users and to research a 6th and final year for the 17/18 year olds in the ....more
    Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
    £500 11/11/2021
    Core costs
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to SCI at Earthship Fife
    £843 23/10/2021
    We want to create an AR trail in the grounds with information and activities to increase peoples well being and sense of belonging - heightening connection to themselves, each other and nature itself.
    Corra Foundation - Enabling_Neighbourhoods_Fund-21/1458
    £2,875 20/07/2021
    Towards the costs associated in delivering activities in your local community.
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Sustainable Communities Initiatives SCIO
    £2,400 15/12/2020
    to contribute towards the cost of running an outdoor mentoring project.
    Scottish Government - Sustainable Communities Initiatives SCIO
    £2,000 22/06/2020
    Detailed description not provided.
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Sustainable Communities Initiatives SCIO
    £2,000 23/01/2020
    to contribute towards the cost of piloting a new project called ?Youth Climate Stories?.
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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 21/01/2020, number: SC049877
    • Notes: This charity was established to replace Sustainable Communities Initiatives, SC034819. Sustainable Communities Initiatives, SC034819 has now wound up and passed its assets and liabilities to Sustainable Communities Initiatives SCIO SC049877 which is a SCIO.
    Filing Record
    2 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    The Cottage, Monimail, Letham, Cupar, Fife, KY15 7RJ

    Objectives

    4 The organisation's purposes are: 4.1 to advance the education of the public by raising awareness of the need for, and the benefit to the community of, creating more sustainable lifestyles incorporating the protection of the natural environment and conservation of resources. 4.2 In furtherance thereof the association shall: Promote and demonstrate the benefits to be derived from sustainable living. Increase awareness of the need to minimise waste. Support and encourage community participation in sustainability projects.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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