Overall GiG Score: 17 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 7
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

THE WELL MULTI-CULTURAL RESOURCE CENTRE 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation
Established: 13 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/05/17 31/05/18 31/05/19 31/05/20 31/05/21 31/05/22
Total income £110,390 £138,611 £74,037 £176,586 £219,021 £206,227
Total spending £105,904 £114,323 £112,480 £133,630 £158,502 £159,530
Surplus/deficit £4,486 £24,288 -£38,443 £42,956 £60,519 £46,697
What it does
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
Purposes
  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development','the promotion of religious or racial harmony','the promotion of equality and diversity
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Glasgow City
  • 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
Henry Smith Charity£120,000
Corra Foundation£45,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£35,000
Scottish Government£16,719
Foundation Scotland£15,000
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations£7,500
Women's Fund for Scotland£4,056
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Foundation Scotland - Women's ESOL English Classes and Trips
£15,000 20/07/2022
To cover the cost of running language classes
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£20,000 24/06/2022
The Well Multi-Cultural Resource Centre
Corra Foundation - HDG-20/5394
£40,000 10/12/2020
Towards general running costs of the Advice Service
Women's Fund for Scotland - Grant to Well Multi-Cultural Resource Centre
£4,056 23/09/2020
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To contribute towards the salary of a Deputy Manager to safely re-establish their regular women-only group work activities ((digital) ESOL English classes, Toddler group and Chai & Chat group); ....more
Scottish Government - The Well Multi-Cultural Resource Centre
£3,770 06/09/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Scottish Government - The Well Multi-Cultural Resource Centre
£12,949 17/04/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 17/01/2020
The Well Multi-Cultural Resource Centre Core Costs
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - Welfare Rights Specialist Surgery
£7,500 12/12/2019
The Well proposes to work in partnership with Southside Housing Association (SHA), paying them directly for a Welfare Rights Specialist to be based in The Well half a day per week to deal with a full ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to The Well Multi-Cultural Resource Centre
£120,000 10/12/2019
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towards three years' salary of the Manager, plus a contribution towards running costs, of an organisation that provides support and advice to residents of Govanhill and surrounding areas in Glasgow
Corra Foundation - HDG-19/548
£5,000 01/06/2019
Towards the running costs of the centre.
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - Staff/Volunteer Training & Support particularly relating to impact of Welfare Reform
£2,618 29/10/2018
Increase Depute Manager's role by 4 hours to implement following strategy over the course of 6 months. Provide Staff & Volunteer Training in following: Half Day in house Universal Credit Training ....more
Corra Foundation - HDA-18/24
£5,000 01/02/2018
Towards running costs of the centre.
Robertson Trust - the salary costs of the Project Manager
£45,000 31/01/2017
the salary costs of the Project Manager
Corra Foundation - HDA-16/613
£6,000 06/10/2016
towards the salary of the full-time Manager
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (8)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 43-70
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 10/05/2011, number: SC042300
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/05/2011, number: SC398700
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

53 Niddrie Road, Glasgow, G42 8NT

Objectives

i. the advancement of citizenship or community development and prevention or relief of poverty, the advancement of education, the promotion of religious or racial harmony, and the promotion of equality and diversity by the provision of a high quality drop-in information and advice service, primarily for the benefit of the diverse communities in and around, but not exclusively the G41 and G42 postcode areas of Glasgow. ii. to provide opportunities for local Christians to meet with their neighbours of other faiths and cultures and thereby build positive relationships between the faith communities, and iii. provide a resource centre for churches and others to foster respect and value diversity.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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