Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 7
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

PILLAR KINCARDINE 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 31 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Total income £52,274 £67,770 £122,073 £79,121 £138,051 £108,953
Total spending £70,070 £75,085 £77,551 £78,912 £90,040 £119,865
Surplus/deficit -£17,796 -£7,315 £44,522 £209 £48,011 -£10,912
Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Aberdeenshire
Who it helps
  • People with disabilities or health problems

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Tudor Trust£47,000
Corra Foundation£45,500
Co-Operative Group£18,908
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Pillar Kincardine
£7,456 22/10/2022
We would like to deliver two projects where people disadvantaged by poor mental health can develop coping skills, build peer support networks and better self-manage mental health.
Corra Foundation - HDG-21/1639
£40,000 30/09/2021
unrestricted funding.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Pillar Kincardine
£2,000 18/02/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Pillar Kincardine
£11,453 15/11/2019
We want to deliver two community projects to provide education, change attitudes and encourage empathy around mental health issues.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Pillar Kincardine
£45,000 21/06/2019
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over three years as unrestricted funding for a charity supporting people with mental health difficulties across Kincardine in North East Scotland
Corra Foundation - HDG-19/500
£5,500 01/06/2019
Towards the rent of the premises.
Corra Foundation - HDA-18/298
£5,000 07/06/2018
Towards rent and running costs.
Robertson Trust - The core salary costs of Pillar Kincardine
£51,000 13/03/2018
The core salary costs of Pillar Kincardine
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (6)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 39-68
  • REID, Tom
    Appointed: 2023
    Occupation: Financial Controller
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 29/03/1993, number: SC005244
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/03/1993, number: SC143552
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

F9, Sherriff Court Building, Dunnottar Avenue, Stonehaven, AB39 2JD

Objectives

To relieve the poverty, suffering and distress and to further the health of persons in Aberdeenshire South and its environs who have mental health problems.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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