Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 3
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +3
    Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

    TEMPLE OLD KIRK FRIENDS [SCIO] 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 28/02/21 28/02/22 28/02/23
    Total income £2,905 £21,173 £10,966
    Total spending £222 £1,813 £12,240
    Surplus/deficit £2,683 £19,360 -£1,274
    Established: 4 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Museums, parks, historical sites
    Purposes
    • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
    Where it operates
    • Midlothian
    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
    The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Temple Old Kirk Friends SCIO
    £20,000 30/11/2021
    5
    Temple Old Kirk urgent repairs
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Temple Old Kirk Friends [SCIO]
    £1,500 15/07/2020
    11
    To fund workshops to train volunteers in the practical skills and understanding needed to take on the long-term management and conservation of the Temple Old Kirk churchyard, thereby improving access ....more
    Foundation Scotland - Temple Old Kirk Friends (Interpretation Boards)
    £1,500 17/07/2019
    2
    To install two interpretation boards in the Old Kirk. (Oct 2020 - changed to purchase and installation of one covered noticeboard)

    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 06/02/2020, number: SC049931
    Filing Record
    2 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    , EH23 4SH

    Objectives

    The organisation's purposes are: 4.1 To preserve and enhance Temple Old Kirk in order to make its heritage value more accessible to a wider and more diverse audience. 4.2 To build capacity within the community to engage productively with local government and heritage organisations in order to initiate preservation works to the stone fabric of the Old Kirk and develop a programme for the repair and protection of culturally significant headstones in the churchyard. 4.3 To regenerate and increase the positive value of the contribution of Temple Old Kirk to the conservation area to which it belongs and provide a focal point for the local community and population within Midlothian as well as other parts of Scotland and the UK. 4.4 To maximise the positive social impact from the restoration of historic monuments by creating new experiences to attract new audiences, and to offer historical insight into the relation between community, individuals and place across different periods and time intervals. 4.5 To increase the social potential of Temple Old Kirk along with its vitality and relevance for the wider community by generating a range of opportunities for volunteering and skills development in fundraising and heritage management, including conservation, documentation and archive practice. 4.6 To build resilience in response to the challenges of heritage conservation in a rural area with limited resources and to promote innovative solutions that will make the conservation project more sustainable in the long term.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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