Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 12
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

SCOTTISH BALLET 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 46 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
Charitable activities £2,638,945 £2,439,905 £2,788,750 £249,801 £3,164,022
Donations & Legacies £4,961,012 £5,118,169 £5,340,270 £5,287,473 £5,269,947
Other Income £78,482 £45,871 £1,035,584 £25,969
Investment Income £4,543 £7,651 £7,135 £2,033 £4,354
Total income £7,856,705 £7,986,954 £8,498,673 £6,825,799 £8,334,889 £9,094,467
Charitable activities spending £7,338,874 £7,523,313 £9,462,952 £5,990,437 £10,611,663
Fundraising costs 5% 5% 6% 6% 5% 8%
Other spending £500,000 £17,430
Total spending £7,740,974 £8,431,794 £9,994,272 £6,343,790 £8,305,262 £11,327,636
Surplus/deficit £115,731 -£444,840 -£1,495,599 £482,009 £29,627 -£2,233,169
Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Where it operates
  • Scotland and other parts of the UK, main operating location: Glasgow City
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Foundation Scotland£176,250
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust£160,000
John Ellerman Foundation£120,000
The Foyle Foundation£39,400
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£39,400 28/11/2023
towards replacing inefficient lightbulbs with LED lighting
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Scottish Ballet
£12,000 19/10/2023
Donation from Kate Gemmell Fund
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Scottish Ballet
£25,000 12/06/2023
Donation from The Viewforth Fund Donor Advised, Next Generation Campaign
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Scottish Ballet
£15,000 09/06/2023
Donation from Gavin Gemmell Fund Annual
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Scottish Ballet
£12,000 22/08/2022
Donation from Kate Gemmell Fund. Directors Circle.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Scottish Ballet
£200 11/06/2022
Coppelia Fund. From Vivienne Parry
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Scottish Ballet
£25,000 07/06/2022
Yearly donation from The Viewforth Trust
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Scottish Ballet
£15,000 25/05/2022
Annual £10k +gift. Gavin Gemmell.
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Scottish Ballet
£20,000 29/01/2022
Towards the development of a dance programme for people living with long Covid.
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - SB Health: A Dance Health Social Prescribing Model for Scotland
£150,000 24/11/2021
Proposing to create a pathway for SB Health into more diverse mainstream health and social care settings, thus supporting a culture change in the health and arts sectors. Encourage more people who ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Close Dundee
£9,000 20/08/2021
The organisation will use the funding to run a series of ballet training sessions for young people in Dudhope Young People Inpatient Unit. This will help to provide an engaging and creative activity ....more
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Scottish Ballet
£50 01/08/2021
Donation from Ken and Helen Mackie
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Scottish Ballet
£1,000 26/07/2021
For the Fit For The Gods appeal, from The Viewforth Trust
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Scottish Ballet
£25,000 07/06/2021
Donation from The Viewforth Trust
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Scottish Ballet
£10,000 12/05/2021
Five Ballets donation from Gavin Gemmell
John Ellerman Foundation - Embed digital activity into Scottish Ballet’s core operation through organisational change, creative skills development and new and original work.
£120,000 28/01/2021
Towards the costs of embedding digital activity into their core operation through organisational change, creative skills development and new and original work.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Scottish Ballet
£1,000 05/12/2020
Donation from the Viewforth Trust for the Film Fund.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Scottish Ballet
£25,000 07/06/2020
Donation from The Viewforth Trust
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Elevate©: Bridging Funds (August 2020 – March 2021
£10,000 27/05/2020
Elevate is a completely unique dance health programme for people living with multiple sclerosis. Seeking to continue working with the base groups whilst developing a longer-term strategy. Immediate ....more
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Scottish Ballet
£10,000 12/05/2020
Five years - From Gavin Gemmell
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 27/12/2019
Dancers’ Health & Wellbeing Programme
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Scottish Ballet
£10,000 29/05/2019
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Scottish Ballet 50th Anniversary Digital Archiving Project
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - 40 Dance Sessions for people living with MS
£40,000 25/05/2018
A pilot ‘dance for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)’ Scotland project, involving 40 special dance sessions for people who are living with MS in Scotland. Working in two base locations and a satellite ....more
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Dance for Parkinson's Scotland(national expansion)
£30,000 29/11/2017
36
Following a hugely successful pilot year, Scottish Ballet and Dance Base in Edinburgh are keen to keep momentum and respond to national demand by expanding Dance for Parkinson's Scotland proposing to ....more
John Ellerman Foundation - Digital Season project
£90,000 24/11/2016
36
Towards the cost of producing and launching a Digital Season, offering existing and new audiences the opportunity to engage with ballet through a variety of digital mediums.
Robertson Trust - Scottish Ballet Community Engagement Programme
£75,000 31/08/2016
Scottish Ballet Community Engagement Programme
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Dance for Parkinson's Scotland
£5,000 25/11/2015
Using professional dance educators, Dance for Parkinson's classes will aim to make a positive impact on participants’ lives and will focus on addressing Parkinson’s-specific concerns such as ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (12)
Current Directors appointed

Age Range of Directors: 39-69
  • SAZAKLIDOU, Fani
    Appointed: 2023
    Occupation: Vice President, Digital Experience Design
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 15/08/1978, number: SC008037
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/07/1978, number: SC065497
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, Glasgow, G41 2PE

Objectives

The objects for which the Company is established are the establishment, maintenance and management in Scotland of a national ballet company for the purpose of public education by the promotion of the arts

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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