Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All female board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

OCHIL YOUTHS COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely female
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Total income £147,319 £148,407 £192,751
Total spending £102,443 £139,823 £171,422
Surplus/deficit £44,876 £8,584 £21,329
Established: 4 years
(7 years as a company)
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Financial or material assistance
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: Clackmannanshire
Who it helps
  • Children or young people

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
BBC Children in Need£75,171
Garfield Weston Foundation£40,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,744
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation£5,000
Foundation Scotland£4,000
Co-Operative Group£2,573
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Ochil Youths Community Improvement
£1,072 21/10/2023
Our project will support our young people to meet regularly and lead the way on community improvement. Previous projects have included litter picks and community planters.
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to Ochil Youths Community Improvement
£5,000 28/04/2023
12% of the salary costs for an organisation supporting young people in Clackmannanshire, Scotland.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Ochil Youths Community Improvement
£1,501 22/10/2022
We'd like to pay for two youth workers to teach young people to cook, gain qualifications and learn how to use those skills to benefit their community.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Ochil Youths Community Improvement (OYCI)
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£20,000 30/09/2022
24
Weston Youth Grant
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Ochil Youths Community Improvement (OYCI)
£41,671 02/09/2022
This grant will empower children and young people from Tillicoultry to deliver Social Action in their community.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Ochil Youths Community Improvement (OYCI)
£2,500 01/09/2022
9
This project will provide the opportunity to develop and grow a community partnership with your local McDonald’s restaurant. This will support disadvantaged children and young people to reach ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Ochil Youths Community Improvement (OYCI)
£30,500 31/01/2022
Young people impacted by living in a rural area will have access to a range of regular activities including drama, coding and volunteering. Young people will have more fun, feel less isolated and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Young Connections
£9,744 04/11/2021
The group will use the funding to increase the hours of an existing Development Officer whose role will be to increase attendance amongst hard to reach young people.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£20,000 29/10/2021
24
Weston Youth Grant
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Ochil Youths Community Improvement (OYCI)
£4,000 12/06/2020
0
To fund a contributon to the core costs of running the organisation and supporting young people.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Ochil Youths Community Improvement (OYCI)
£4,893 22/11/2018
6
To fund the development of a series of community pop up events and workshops for young people, including coaching/mentoring of the young people, sessional staff, materials and venue hire.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Ochil Youths Community Improvement (OYCI)
£15,000 09/02/2018
To enable OYCI to progress leadership development with young people in the Hillfoots, increase opportunities for young people to link with community councils, and support the establishment of a new ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (5)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 23-57
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 24/04/2020, number: SC050114
  • Registered at Companies House on 22/06/2017, number: SC569454
Filing Record
2 returns made; all on time
Main office

, FK13 6DX

Objectives

The company’s objects are: (a) The advancement of education (b) The advancement of citizenship or community development

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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