Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 7
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All female board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

RELATIONSHIPS SCOTLAND - FAMILY MEDIATION HIGHLAND 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • Spending has increased 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 dynamic in terms of composition
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely female
Established: 36 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
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 £63,152
Donations & Legacies £228,492
Other Income
Investment Income
Total income £186,018 £211,717 £236,291 £200,259 £250,841 £291,644
Charitable activities spending £228,275
Fundraising costs
Other spending
Total spending £164,354 £209,317 £208,616 £214,836 £228,155 £228,275
Surplus/deficit £21,664 £2,400 £27,675 -£14,577 £22,686 £63,369
Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
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
  • Children or young people
  • Other defined groups

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£135,800
BBC Children in Need£30,917
National Lottery Community Fund£9,656
Scottish Government£8,281
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Relationships Scotland - Family Mediation Highland
£135,800 25/08/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of the 'Children & Young Person's Counselling Service' and the 'Family Support Worker Service', for young people and parents affected by parental separation and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Children & Young Person's Counselling Service
£9,656 17/08/2021
The group will use funding to continue to provide their established counselling service for children and young people who have been negatively impacted by parental separation and family restructuring.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Relationships Scotland - Family Mediation Highland
£2,403 17/06/2020
COVID19 - This grant will fund technology and office changes to support 38 children and young people affected by family conflict or domestic abuse who are isolated due to Covid-19, helping reduce ....more
Scottish Government - Relationships Scotland - Family Mediation Highland
£8,281 28/04/2020
Detailed description not provided.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Relationships Scotland - Family Mediation Highland
£28,514 21/05/2019
36
This project provides therapeutic 121 support sessions for children and young people who have been affected by family conflict or have been subject or witness to domestic abuse. They will improve ....more
Corra Foundation - HDA-18/275
£5,000 07/06/2018
Towards the children and young people's counselling service.
Robertson Trust - The Children & Young Person's Counselling Service
£30,000 01/06/2018
The Children & Young Person's Counselling Service
Corra Foundation - HDA-17/201
£4,188 08/06/2017
Towards delivery of the Children & Young People's counselling service, thus closing the appeal.
Corra Foundation - HDA-16/179
£4,064 07/04/2016
to cover the running costs of the Children and Young Persons Counseling service, this closing the appeal
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Relationships Scotland - Family Mediation Highland
£47,164 01/03/2015
This project helps children and young people affected by their parents separation and/or family amalgamation by providing a counselling service. This will help them to cope with their situations ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Relationships Scotland - Child Contact & Family Support - Highland
£315,304 06/08/2014
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (9)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Directors: 36-67
  • FUERST, Amy
    Appointed: 2021
    Occupation: Deputy Manager Inverness Womens Aid
  • ROSS, Helen
    Appointed: 2017
    Occupation: Senior Ward Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 12/09/1988, number: SC013780
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/12/1997, number: SC181290
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

46 Church Street, Inverness, IV1 1EH

Objectives

Subject to that over-riding qualification, the company's objects are:- (i) To offer a range of services including family mediation, child contact, neighbourhood dispute resolution and other relevant support interventions to assist and support families and individuals through separation and other situations of crisis and conflict. In particular to (a) offer services to children and young people, parents, step-parents, grandparents, adoptive parents and others in the extended family circle who require support during family break up or conflict and (b) offer services to individuals who require support during neighbourhood disputes or other conflict. The company also aims to (a) assist families to find amicable solutions to problems and issues raised by separation and / or conflict and (b) assist individuals to find amicable solutions to problems and issues arising from conflict. (ii) To promote a comprehensive and co-ordinated community service in the Highlands designed to meet the special needs of such persons referred to at Article 3.1 (i) above and to provide mediation and counselling with the objects specified at (a) above. (iii) To promote and encourage co-operation with and amongst and support for courts, statutory and voluntary bodies and all organisations and individuals involved in any way with such disputes. (iv) To work and campaign for the understanding and improvement of the rights and interests of such persons referred to at Article 3.1 (i) above persons. and (v) To promote and encourage research into and study of matters connected in any way with these objects

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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