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Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 6
  • Volatile income
  • spending growth: -1
  • No PartB
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

COVE PARK 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained


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Established: 32 years

www.covepark.org

Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Data adjusted to reflect year end change
Period ending 31/12/17 31/12/18 31/12/19 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Charitable activities £346,884 £69,506 £25,676 £105,350
Donations & Legacies £1,059,716 £823,179 £406,121 £604,498
Other Income
Investment Income £172 £3,987 £5,342 £4,603
Total income £254,519 £1,407,496 £896,672 £437,139 £611,697 £714,451
Charitable activities spending £493,108 £746,911 £367,185 £680,880
Fundraising costs
Other spending £52,387 £33,248 £64,060
Total spending £301,673 £545,495 £780,159 £431,245 £613,871 £680,880
Surplus/deficit -£47,154 £862,001 £116,513 £5,894 -£2,174 £33,571
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • The advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Where it operates
  • UK and overseas, main operating location: Argyll And Bute
Who it helps
  • Other defined groups
  • 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
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£29,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
Foundation Scotland£4,504
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Cove Park
£4,504 08/03/2021
To fund the provision of computer hardware and software, enabling the organisation to continue their adapted response to COVID-19.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£29,000 01/07/2020
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Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 15/10/2019
Cove Park: An Application Towards the Organisation's Core Costs
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Cove Park
£4,190 19/11/2018
We're providing creative workshops for older people. Money will be spent on freelance artist fees, materials, refreshments and transport.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Hands On Cove Park: Outreach and on site
£60,000 16/07/2018
24
International artist residency Cove Park will test a community outreach programme featuring off-site creative taster sessions delivered in and with community partner venues alongside an extended ....more
Robertson Trust - The costs of the Hands On Programme
£15,000 13/12/2017
The costs of the Hands On Programme
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Cove Park
£3,900 22/06/2017
A heritage project celebrating the 50th anniversary of Rosneath Primary School in Argyll & Bute
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Hands-On Cove Park
£60,000 17/11/2015
24
Based on Argyll and Bute, Cove Park hosts residencies for nationally and internationally acclaimed artists in all disciplines. They will develop a new year-round programme, Hands-On, offering arts ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (13)
Current Directors appointed

Age Range of Directors: 35-81
  • LATZKY, Eric
    Appointed: 2023
    Occupation: Communications / Public Relations Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 01/01/1992, number: SC029530
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/10/1999, number: SC201042
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Peaton Hill, Cove, Argyll & Bute, G84 0PE

Objectives

The advancement of education. The advancement of arts, heritage, culture or science. The advancement of environmental protection and improvement.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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