Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 7
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +7
    Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

    THE WILLOW TEA ROOMS TRUST 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
    • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
    Established: 10 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22
    Total income £2,348,259 £3,331,492 £486,061 £1,505,778 £46,109
    Total spending £752,972 £1,770,449 £773,474 £421,147 £618,152
    Surplus/deficit £1,595,287 £1,561,043 -£287,413 £1,084,631 -£572,043
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
    Where it operates
    • Glasgow City
    Who it helps
    • 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
    National Lottery Heritage Fund£745,288
    Wolfson Foundation£100,000
    Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Willow Tea Rooms Trust
    £249,260 21/03/2023
    Mackintosh at the Willow Post Covid 19 Accelerator
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Willow Tea Rooms Trust
    £246,028 05/05/2022
    The Willow Recovery, Reset and Development Project
    Wolfson Foundation - Grant to The Willow Tea Rooms Trust
    £100,000 09/12/2020
    WF Covid-19 Support Fund
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Willow Tea Rooms Trust
    £250,000 12/08/2020
    COVID 19 The Willow Tea Rooms Trust
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
    £50,000 24/07/2020
    Mackintosh at the Willow
    Robertson Trust - The capital costs of the Learning & Education Suite and AV Theatre, and salary costs of the Learning & Activity Officer
    £102,000 13/03/2018
    The capital costs of the Learning & Education Suite and AV Theatre, and salary costs of the Learning & Activity Officer
    Wolfson Foundation - Grant to The Willow Tea Rooms Trust
    £25,000 04/12/2017
    Restoration and interpretation
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
    £200,000 15/09/2017
    Mackintosh at the Willow
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Willow Tea Rooms Trust
    £4,939,200 27/09/2016
    Charles Rennie Mackintosh Willow Tea Rooms restoration, preservation and creating a legacy for future generations
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 16/06/2014, number: SC044931
    Filing Record
    4 returns made; AR20: 63 days late,
    Main office

    The Willow Tearooms Trust, 215 - 217 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3EX

    Objectives

    4.1 the advancement of the arts, heritage and culture through acquiring, restoring, preserving and maintaining the property at 217 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow ('the Property') designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and permitting public access to the Property. 4.2 the advancement of education through educating the public about the work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, the history of the Property and the role of Catherine Cranston as a key female entrepreneur in Glasgow.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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