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

ABAN OUTDOOR LTD 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation
Financial Data
Period ending 30/11/22
Total income £91,367
Total spending £39,548
Surplus/deficit £51,819
Established: 2 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Highland
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation
Who it helps
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Who's supporting 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
Women's Fund for Scotland - Àban Girls Bike Club
£5,000 27/02/2023
To contribute towards a weekly cycling session for teenagers and young women in Inverness.
Foundation Scotland - Àban Girls Bike Club
£3,000 16/02/2023
11
To contribute towards a weekly cycling session for teenagers and young women in Inverness.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (3)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 24-61
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 19/11/2021, number: SC051413
  • Notes: Former Legal Name ÀBAN Outdoor LTD from 19/11/2021 - 03/04/2023
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/06/2021, number: SC700785
Filing Record
1 returns made; all on time
Main office

30 Grant Street , Inverness, IV3 8BN

Objectives

3 The organisation is established for Charitable Purposes only, and in particular, the charitable purposes are: 3.1 To advance education, including the development of character, personal growth and appreciation for the environment, by providing outdoor education, to include the Duke of Edinburgh's Award. 3.2 To advance citizenship, by promoting activities with a general theme of encouraging a sense of adventure and widening the opportunities available to young people to stimulate the social awareness and the provision of such activities to encourage practical service and commitment to the wider community. 3.3 To provide recreational activities to young people, by offering a range of local community based, outdoor activities with the aim of removing as many barriers as possible, addressing disparities & reducing inequality and improving the conditions of life.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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