Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 5
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +5
    Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

    AOIFE'S SENSORY BUS 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 03/04/21 03/04/22 03/04/23
    Total income £49,341 £77,402 £62,714
    Total spending £30,833 £31,330 £65,503
    Surplus/deficit £18,508 £46,072 -£2,789
    Established: 4 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Financial or material assistance
    Purposes
    • 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: South Ayrshire
    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
    The Clothworkers Foundation£15,000
    True Colours Trust£5,000
    Co-Operative Group£3,817
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Aoife's Sensory Bus Charity
    £15,000 24/10/2023
    Refurbishment of a bus, so that it will become a sensory bus for a charity which works with children & young people with varied sensory needs in South Ayrshire
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Aoife's Sensory Bus
    £1,902 21/10/2023
    We aim to continue visiting schools and community events throughout Ayrshire to allow children with complex/additional support needs, access to our mobile sensory bus.
    True Colours Trust - Towards the costs of sensory equipment and running sessions
    £5,000 27/06/2023
    Towards the costs of sensory equipment and running sessions
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Aoife's Sensory Bus
    £1,915 22/10/2022
    We plan to provide opportunities for children and young adults to access sensory equipment on a mobile bus, so it can travel to the communities that they live in.

    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 22/06/2020, number: SC050233
    Filing Record
    2 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    35 Fairfield Park, Monkton, Prestwick, Ayrshire, KA9 2FD

    Objectives

    4The organisation's purposes are: to provide a unique opportunity for young people in Ayrshire who are living with sensory impairments and/or other ASN who are in need of sensory experiences to access this facility via Aoife's Sensory Bus.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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