Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 11
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 24 ?

THE ROCK TRUST 

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
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 33 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 £1,385,471 £1,164,280 £1,416,627 £1,958,096 £2,091,519
Donations & Legacies £362,560 £198,897 £307,489 £244,355 £590,587
Other Income
Investment Income £728 £1,468 £1,901 £641 £4,702
Total income £1,748,759 £1,364,645 £1,726,017 £2,203,092 £2,287,638 £2,686,808
Charitable activities spending £1,389,176 £1,383,741 £1,588,342 £1,821,721 £1,979,229
Fundraising costs 7% 12% 9% 7% 8% 7%
Other spending
Total spending £1,517,808 £1,544,586 £1,743,656 £1,970,897 £2,300,791 £2,178,159
Surplus/deficit £230,951 -£179,941 -£17,639 £232,195 -£13,153 £508,649
Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health','the advancement of citizenship or community development','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Where it operates
  • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
Who it helps
  • Children or young people

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
National Lottery Community Fund£506,870
Comic Relief£321,290
OVO Foundation£247,680
Henry Smith Charity£158,200
Garfield Weston Foundation£60,000
Robertson Trust£32,000
Dulverton Trust£31,239
Crisis UK£27,198
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Rock Trust
£158,200 08/02/2023
36
towards three years' running costs of the 'Live and Work Programme' for young people aged 16-25 affected by or at imminent risk of homelessness in West Lothian, Scotland.
Dulverton Trust - Youth Housing Hub
£31,239 08/02/2023
Youth Housing Hub
National Lottery Community Fund - UKPCOL - Youth Housing Hub Winter Drop-In
£6,870 07/10/2022
This group will increase staff capacity at their Winter Drop-in hub for young people at aged 16-25 years of age affected by and at risk of homelessness in Edinburgh.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to The Rock Trust
£300 12/09/2022
Donation from Foundation Scotland donor
Foundation Scotland - Grant to The Rock Trust
£200 01/08/2022
August donation from W Scott
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£40,000 24/06/2022
Core funding request
Foundation Scotland - Grant to The Rock Trust
£100 04/04/2022
Unrestricted donation from Judith Statt
Foundation Scotland - Nightstop West Lothian
£5,000 01/04/2022
To contribute towards the Nightstop West Lothian project.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to The Rock Trust
£100 04/10/2021
Donation from Judith Statt
Foundation Scotland - Grant to The Rock Trust
£100 09/08/2021
Donation from W Scott
Foundation Scotland - Grant to The Rock Trust
£100 04/04/2021
Donation from Judith Statt
Foundation Scotland - Grant to The Rock Trust
£5,000 11/11/2020
To pay for the cost of 75-80 unlimited data sim packages and up to 3 mobile phones for young people experiencing digital exclusion.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to The Rock Trust
£100 04/10/2020
Donation from Judith Statt
Foundation Scotland - Grant to The Rock Trust
£100 03/08/2020
August donation from W Scott
Scottish Government - The Rock Trust
£8,000 15/06/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Crisis UK - Grant to the Rock Trust
£27,198 01/05/2020
Part-time project worker to support young people now in temporary accommodation.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to The Rock Trust
£5,000 07/04/2020
To support young people who have been affected by homelessness in Edinburgh and Lothian with the provision of food and toiletries, gas and electricity top-ups, and health and wellbeing support.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to The Rock Trust
£100 04/04/2020
General charitable donation from Judith Statt.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to The Rock Trust
£1,000 26/03/2020
To support costs towards food and toiletry packages and pre-paid phone sims to ensure some of the additional challenges of the coronavirus crisis affecting young people at risk of homelessness can be ....more
Comic Relief - Increasing access to quality mental health service provision for homeless young people in Edinburgh
£321,290 21/01/2020
36
This project will increase access to quality mental health service provision for young people experiencing or at risk of homelessness in Edinburgh. It will also work with different stakeholders to ....more
OVO Foundation - Future Builders - Perth
£247,680 11/11/2019
Future Builders helps break the cycle of homelessness by equipping young people with the training and skills they need to live and work independently. This grant supported the launch of the project ....more
Robertson Trust - Health and Wellbeing Worker
£32,000 30/05/2019
Health and Wellbeing Worker
National Lottery Community Fund - Early Intervention Partnership
£500,000 20/05/2019
36
This project will complement strategic action plans on homelessness prevention by aiming to prevent the crisis from ever occurring. It will do this by reaching young people much earlier in their ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 08/05/2019
COMPASS
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Rock Trust
£105,200 13/06/2018
36
towards three years' running costs of the 'Compass Service' project providing health and wellbeing support to young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in Edinburgh
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Rock Trust
£107,003 02/03/2018
36
Help and support for 16 to 18 year old care-leavers, in one to one and small group settings. They will learn skills to help them maintain a tenancy, make successful transitions to independence, make ....more
Dulverton Trust - Care Leavers Project
£35,000 14/06/2017
Care Leavers Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Compass
£686,238 04/02/2015
36
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Compass
£625,208 20/04/2011
36
This project will allow the organisation to continue to provide support and progression opportunities for some of Edinburgh's most vulnerable young people in an established, safe and trusted ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (10)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Directors: 27-63
  • LANE, Sue
    Appointed: 2019
    Occupation: Civil Servant
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 09/09/1991, number: SC018708
  • Registered at Companies House on 23/09/1993, number: SC146616
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

55 Albany Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3QY

Objectives

(a) The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage by alleviating homelessness. (b) the advancement of citizenship or community development by raising awareness about homelessness. (c) the advancement of health by alleviating homelessness. (d) the advancement of education by raising awareness of and educating people on the issue of homlessness. and (e) the prevention or relief of poverty by alleviating homlessness.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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