Overall GiG Score: 2 ?
Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 8
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Very static board: -5
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8

WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICES 

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 gender
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending is declining
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 23 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 £124,111 £174,269 £252,344 £248,364 £73,060
Donations & Legacies £194,400 £194,400 £194,400 £194,400 £194,400
Other Income
Investment Income
Total income £318,511 £368,669 £446,744 £442,764 £463,519 £267,460
Charitable activities spending £335,374 £352,958 £403,462 £377,921 £232,582
Fundraising costs
Other spending £4,460 £4,380 £4,750 £4,860
Total spending £339,834 £357,338 £408,212 £382,781 £303,136 £232,582
Surplus/deficit -£21,323 £11,331 £38,532 £59,983 £160,383 £34,878
What it does
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Who it helps
  • Other defined groups
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The promotion of equality and diversity','any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: West Dunbartonshire
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

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£107,700
Scottish Government£71,676
Foundation Scotland£8,985
Alex Ferry Foundation£5,000
Corra Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Expanding the reach of the Be-More Enhanced Befriending Service
£107,700 19/04/2021
This project will see the continuation and development of the existing Be-More Befriending service. The project will continue to work with adults ages 60 + with a range of complex needs with an ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to West Dunbartonshire CVS
£2,000 04/03/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Scottish Government - West Dunbartonshire Council For Voluntary Services
£14,000 18/05/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Alex Ferry Foundation - AFF communuity grant
£5,000 13/05/2020
community grant
Scottish Government - West Dunbartonshire Council For Voluntary Services
£10,000 20/04/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Scottish Government - West Dunbartonshire Council For Voluntary Services
£47,676 15/04/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to West Dunbartonshire Council For Voluntary Services
£5,000 02/04/2020
To help meet the previously un-budgeted call costs as volunteers are now being asked to use their own personal telephones to make calls and check in with staff at the end of each day. The grant will ....more
Foundation Scotland - Men Befriending
£3,985 23/03/2020
the grant will contribute towards the running costs to continue the ?Men Befriending? service.
Corra Foundation - HDG-19/291
£5,000 01/06/2019
Towards delivery of the new mental health befriending project.
Robertson Trust - Mindset Project
£45,000 11/09/2018
Mindset Project
The MSE Charity - Grant to West Dumbartonshire CVS
£3,575 15/04/2018
Dementia Friendly West Dunbartonshire - Financial Support Initiative
Tudor Trust - Grant to West Dunbartonshire CVS
£90,000 21/03/2018
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over three years towards the start up of Mindset, a befriending volunteers service for people with mental health issues in West Dunbartonshire
National Lottery Community Fund - Be-More: Expanding befriending support in West Dunbartonshire
£123,060 20/02/2018
35
This group will use the grant to establish a bespoke befriending service for adults with complex needs. They currently operate a generic befriending service and have found through user and volunteer ....more
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - Connecting Care-Centred Communities
£10,000 23/10/2017
The project will increase the digital skills of older people in West Dunbartonshire, focussing on those who live in a supported homely-setting ie sheltered housing and care home facilities. It will ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Welfare Links West Dunbartonshire
£70,311 11/12/2013
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Welfare Links West Dunbartonshire
National Lottery Community Fund - The Banter
£10,000 09/12/2010
12
This organisation will publish a magazine entitled 'The Banter'. This is a not-for-profit music and lifestyle magazine written by young volunteers. The magazine will contain articles on fashion, ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (6)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 56-89
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 06/07/2001, number: SC032003
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/07/2001, number: SC221005
Filing Record
4 returns made; AR20: 63 days late,
Main office

Suite 1, Arcadia Business Centre, Miller Lane, Clydebank, G81 1UJ

Objectives

To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of West Dunbartonshire and in particular the advancement of education, the furtherance of health and the relief of poverty, sickness and distress by the promotion of the voluntary sector within the area so that the conditions of life of the aforementioned inhabitants may be improved.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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