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

RUTHERGLEN AND CAMBUSLANG FOODBANK (SCIO)

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently

Financial issues to consider:

Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/03/22	31/03/23	31/03/24
Total income	£65,352	£102,280	£67,227
Total spending	£36,710	£68,005	£100,273
Surplus/deficit	£28,642	£34,275	-£33,046

Established: 3 years

http://www.rutherglencambuslang.foodbank.org.uk/

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

Community food services

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: Glasgow City

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
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Rutherglen and Cambuslang Foodbank
£1,588	21/10/2023	We'd like to buy food items we haven't received enough of from donations in order to provide nutritionally balanced food parcels to people in need.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Rutherglen & Cambuslang Foodbank
£5,000	24/10/2022	Emergency grant
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Rutherglen & Cambuslang Foodbank
£14,445	12/12/2018	New foodbank manager

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 28/06/2021, number: SC051084

Filing Record

1 returns made; all on time

Main office

17 Kincath Avenue , Rutherglen , Glasgow, G73 4RP

Objectives

The objects of the Association are: To relieve the poverty and the suffering and distress of persons in the communities of Rutherglen and Cambuslang by providing free food and in such other ways as the trustees from time to time think fit.

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