Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +6
    Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

    BERWICKSHIRE SWAP (SCIO) 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 30/06/21 30/06/22 30/06/23
    Total income £7,000 £2,762 £120,308
    Total spending £2,261 £3,205 £46,030
    Surplus/deficit £4,739 -£443 £74,278
    Established: 4 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Financial or material assistance
    Purposes
    • The advancement of environmental protection or improvement
    • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
    Where it operates
    • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Scottish Borders
    Who it helps
    • Other defined groups
    • 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.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    Foundation Scotland£22,880
    The Royal Countryside Fund£21,400
    National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
    Co-Operative Group£1,247
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Foundation Scotland - Berwickshire Swap Sorting
    £2,040 07/11/2023
    2
    To purchase storage boxes for clothes and equipment for the swap events, and a small sum for expenses for the sorting days. Thereby, offering a protective storage solution for donations and ensuring ....more
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Berwickshire Swap SCIO
    £1,247 21/10/2023
    We aim to run a series of children's clothes swaps where families can donate their outgrown children's items to the swap and they would then be able to take away as much as they needed.
    Foundation Scotland - Event and Emergency Parcel Running Costs
    £4,250 04/08/2023
    11
    To contribute to the cost of operational expenses to help deliver pop up events and emergency parcel service for vulnerable families in the Scottish Borders to reduce the impact of poverty and ....more
    Foundation Scotland - Office Equipment
    £1,938 22/05/2023
    12
    To enable the purchase of new electronic equipment that will facilitate the growth of a community group providing emergency clothing and clothing swap events particularly benefiting vulnerable ....more
    Foundation Scotland - Emergency Parcel Facilitator Costs Contribution
    £4,992 20/04/2023
    6
    To contribute towards the Emergency Parcel project.
    The Royal Countryside Fund - Salary Costs
    £21,400 06/04/2023
    This project will enable Berwickshire Swap to employ a Finance and Funding Officer between 22.02.23 and 31.01.25, 16 hours per week. This role is imperative for growth and efficient running.
    Foundation Scotland - 2023 Expansion - Core Costs Contribution
    £3,000 16/02/2023
    11
    To contribute to the costs of emergency clothes parcels, three pop-up clothes, toys and uniform events per month, and promotion and fuel costs, allowing them to expand and roll out services across ....more
    Foundation Scotland - Berwickshire Swap Premises
    £6,660 07/11/2022
    12
    To contribute to the rental costs of the Berwickshire Swap premises in Duns, from where a range of clothing, toy and household recycling and redistribution activities can take place, benefiting ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Berwickshire Swap Van
    £10,000 20/06/2022
    This group will use the funding to purchase a van to support their children’s clothes swaps around Berwickshire. The grant will also support initial fuel insurance tax and branding costs.
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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 19/06/2020, number: SC050223
    Filing Record
    1 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    Unit 4, Eyestore Ltd Phase 4,, Acredale Industrial Estate, TD14 5LQ

    Objectives

    5. The purposes of the charity are the relief of financial hardship in Scotland and England by the recycling and provision of furniture, clothes and other household items 6. The advancement of environmental protection or improvement by diverting clothing from landfill by sharing and reusing resources and also promoting sustainable clothing.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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