Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 9
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

HELM TRAINING LIMITED 

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

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 42 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 £547,104 £586,050 £634,767 £473,480 £467,373
Donations & Legacies £221,835 £137,800 £334,131 £357,733
Other Income £840
Investment Income £2,010 £2,406 £1,505 £477 £1,792
Total income £770,949 £730,948 £970,403 £831,690 £1,034,113 £834,490
Charitable activities spending £762,527 £726,723 £829,669 £787,241 £1,006,420
Fundraising costs 2% 4% 3% 6% 9% 13%
Other spending £7,346
Total spending £777,979 £756,441 £861,397 £835,763 £998,664 £1,121,750
Surplus/deficit -£7,030 -£25,493 £109,006 -£4,073 £35,449 -£287,260
Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
Where it operates
  • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: Dundee City
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • 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
Henry Smith Charity£180,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£60,000
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£53,000
Robertson Trust£45,000
Scottish Government£32,350
Foundation Scotland£18,315
The Clothworkers Foundation£17,300
National Lottery Community Fund£9,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Foundation Scotland - Helm Autocare
£10,000 24/11/2023
to contribute to instructor staff costs, unit rental and equipment/resources to deliver training for young people to gain skills in car mechanics and MOTs
National Lottery Community Fund - DIY Lunch Club
£9,000 24/05/2023
The organisation will use the funding to run a lunch club for the young people at their training facility to teach healthy cooking and nutrition skills. This will involve giving the young people a ....more
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Helm Training
£13,000 06/05/2022
Jubilee Grant Restricted Project Funding
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Helm Training
£180,000 18/03/2021
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of a project providing support to disadvantaged young people in Dundee.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Helm Training Limited
£40,000 03/03/2021
48
Main Grant unrestricted core costs
Scottish Government - Helm Training Limited
£25,000 16/12/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Helm Training Limited
£3,815 04/11/2020
to provide PPE to enable young people to take part in skills development courses in person, and to provide online access and distance learning for those who are required to self-isolate
Scottish Government - Helm Training Limited
£7,350 15/06/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Helm Training Limited
£4,500 01/05/2020
To contribute to the purchase of laptops to allow the organisation?s staff to work remotely and to continue to offer employability support and training opportunities to disadvantaged and disengaged ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Helm Training
£17,300 07/11/2019
purchase of tablets and accessories for an charity which works with disadvantaged young people in Dundee
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£60,000 15/10/2019
Spick & Spanners - A Social Enterprise to inspire achievement
Robertson Trust - The Supplementary Programme
£45,000 10/09/2019
The Supplementary Programme
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 16/05/2018
Helm Training - Dare to Dream
National Lottery Community Fund - Local Adventures Community Excursions
£10,000 27/04/2018
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This group will use the funding to deliver an excursion programme for young people in Dundee aged between 15-18 years old. The programme will centre around arts, music and sports activities and will ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Helm Training
£90,000 07/12/2017
36
towards three years' running costs of a project supporting disadvantaged young people to gain further skills in Dundee, Scotland
Robertson Trust - the Life Coaching and Mentoring Project
£30,000 31/01/2015
the Life Coaching and Mentoring Project
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Helm Training
£28,666 05/08/2009
36
Towards Project costs Towards the salary of a link worker and a contribution towards sessional crèche trainer worker costs.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (9)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 43-67
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 26/04/1982, number: SC008580
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/07/1986, number: SC099885
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

The Sea Captains House, 48 St Andrews Lane, Dundee, DD1 2EY

Objectives

(a) to promote the welfare and to advance the education and skills of (i) disabled people and (ii) people whose employment prospects are impaired by the lack of education and/or training (hereinafter referred to as 'educationally disadvantaged') in Scotland by whatever means may be deemed appropriate including, without prejudice to the foregoing generality, the promotion, establishment and maintenance of one or more centres for the benefit, education, advancement and general welfare of disabled or educationally disadvantaged people in Scotland. (b) to promote and encourage the provision of more adequate public facilities for disabled or educationally disadvantaged people and to advance the education and awareness of the public in Scotland of the needs of disabled and/or educationally disadvantaged people. and (c) to promote, encourage and assist in research into ways of improving and furthering the welfare, education and skills of disabled or educationally disadvantaged people generally. In carrying out the above objects, the Company shall have regard, particularly but not exclusively, to the benefit, education, advancement and general welfare of young disabled and/or educationally disadvantaged people.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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