Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

PREGNANCY COUNSELLING & CARE (SCOTLAND) 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • 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
Established: 27 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 £97,847 £125,691 £130,364 £172,459 £98,382 £128,551
Total spending £102,941 £126,574 £133,510 £121,820 £97,625 £92,924
Surplus/deficit -£5,094 -£883 -£3,146 £50,639 £757 £35,627
Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The advancement of health
  • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Where it operates
  • One or a few bases or facilities serving people who come from a broad area, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
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
Scottish Government£27,383
Corra Foundation£25,000
Foundation Scotland£6,345
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£5,482
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
Women's Fund for Scotland£4,461
DCMS£2,775
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£1,000 29/03/2023
Core costs
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Pregnancy Counselling and Care (Scotland)
£2,482 26/04/2022
Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 08/07/2021
towards core costs over the next 12 months as the organisation embeds a new operational structure post-COVID-19 (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Pregnancy Counselling & Care (Scotland)
£3,000 16/04/2021
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Small Grant unrestricted core costs
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Pregnancy Counselling & Care (Scotland)
£2,000 10/12/2020
to help cover the cost of delivering an online and telephone counselling service for the three month period between January and March 2021.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Pregnancy Counselling & Care (Scotland)
£1,570 29/09/2020
to contribute towards the cost of online training for four counsellor trainees.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,775 16/09/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Pregnancy Counselling & Care (Scotland)
£2,775 16/09/2020
To contribute to the cost of Pregnancy Counselling and Care?s office adaptations to enable longer term remote working for staff and remote delivery of counselling services for their clients in ....more
Corra Foundation - HDG-20/4280
£25,000 06/08/2020
towards the material aid service.
Scottish Government - Pregnancy Counselling & Care (Scotland)
£5,883 11/06/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Women's Fund for Scotland - Grant to Pregnancy Counselling and Care (Scotland)
£4,461 23/04/2020
To cover the cost of the Managers salary for 3 months due to loss of income from their charity shops and to allow the project to continue to support beneficiaries.
Scottish Government - Pregnancy Counselling & Care (Scotland)
£21,500 09/04/2020
Detailed description not provided.
DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
£10,000 01/02/2019
The demand for the services that we provide has grown in recent years. We currently do not have the resources to react quickly to incoming referrals for either one of our services. We expect that ....more
Women's Fund for Scotland - Project Expansion
£10,000 10/12/2018
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to contribute towards expanding the service in Edinburgh.
Robertson Trust - The running costs of Lifeline Pregnancy Counselling (Scotland)
£30,000 29/03/2018
The running costs of Lifeline Pregnancy Counselling (Scotland)
Corra Foundation - HDA-17/197
£5,000 08/06/2017
Towards the salary of the part-time Manager
Robertson Trust - The running costs of Lifeline Pregnancy Counselling (Scotland)
£30,000 31/01/2015
The running costs of Lifeline Pregnancy Counselling (Scotland)
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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: 35-81
  • KAHRS, Tuva
    Appointed: 2021
    Occupation: Publishing; International Relations
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 24/03/1997, number: SC026943
  • Notes: Previous charity name Lifeline Pregnancy Counselling (Scotland) 24/03/1997 to 22/09/2017.
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/03/1997, number: SC173781
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

1 Waterfront Avenue, Edinburgh, EH5 1SG

Objectives

The Company's objects are:- To provide relief, care and assistance, especially professional counselling, for anyone in need or suffering, in any way, either physically or psychologically, as a result of: Pregnancy, childbirth, miscarriage, termination, stillbirth or infertility. and to supply material aid to those in need and their dependents.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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