Overall GiG Score: 16 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 6
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

CLUED UP PROJECT 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 20 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 £495,749 £761,986 £649,337 £784,943 £890,934
Donations & Legacies £5 £120 £656 £1,550
Other Income £2,000 £1,000 £1,000
Investment Income
Total income £495,814 £763,097 £654,511 £787,773 £849,677 £893,065
Charitable activities spending £518,204 £449,053 £534,743 £410,195 £604,274
Fundraising costs
Other spending £158,515 £175,888 £212,838 £251,217
Total spending £518,204 £607,568 £710,631 £623,033 £722,807 £855,491
Surplus/deficit -£22,390 £155,529 -£56,120 £164,740 £126,870 £37,574
What it does
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Fife

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Clued Up Project
£45,000 24/11/2021
Seeking a contribution to help pay for the essential running costs of our services, in order to help support some of Fife's most vulnerable and neglected young people affected by substance misuse.
Scottish Government - Clued Up Project
£9,500 16/06/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Corra Foundation - PDI-18/475
£158,366 04/10/2018
Contribution towards continued salaries and running costs for the CU Excel programme. Delivering outreach services and drop in services for young people with substance use issues support to access ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth Auchmuty Project
£317,095 04/10/2018
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This group will deliver a three year young people led youth project in Auchmuty. Young people aged 12 to 18 will take the lead in this Our Place initiative where they will contribute to the local ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Young People will decide on a Name
£6,300 18/09/2017
35
Our Place Auchmuty Youth Project
Corra Foundation - PDI-15/77
£395,913 08/10/2015
to support the salaries and running costs of the partnership CU Excel project supporting vulnerable young people who are risk or have their own drug and/or alcohol issue

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (6)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 47-76
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 16/12/2003, number: SC035036
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/03/2008, number: SC340206
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

The Bunker, 441 High Street, Kirkcaldy, Fife, KY1 2SN

Objectives

4.1 to advance the well-being of young people, under the age of twenty-five, in the Fife area by providing a comprehensive, youth friendly, drug/alcohol support and information service. 4.2 To advance the health of young people by encouraging them to make positive lifestyle choices to improve their conditions of life and assist them to prosper into responsible and active members of their own communities and society as a whole.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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