Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Static board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

GOVANHILL BATHS BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
UN SDGs
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Charitable activities £610,873 £4,484,197
Donations & Legacies
Other Income
Investment Income
Total income £50,000 £610,873 £104,546 £4,003,722 £4,484,197
Charitable activities spending £391,848 £5,737,319
Fundraising costs
Other spending £4,200
Total spending £29,332 £396,048 £129,225 £2,208,554 £5,737,319
Surplus/deficit £20,668 £214,825 -£24,679 £1,795,168 -£1,253,122
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 Community Fund£950,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£75,000
William Grant Foundation£25,606
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
William Grant Foundation - Clerk of Works - Capital Project
£25,606 11/12/2019
15
To meet the cost of employing a Clerk of Works to oversee work on site during the Govanhill Baths refurbishment project. Keywords: heritage building; community asset
National Lottery Community Fund - Govanhill Baths Wellbeing Centre
£950,000 19/07/2019
36
Govanhill Baths Wellbeing Centre
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£75,000 18/06/2019
Govanhill Baths Phase1 Refurbishment
Robertson Trust - Govanhill Baths Wellbeing Centre
£250,000 13/03/2018
Govanhill Baths Wellbeing Centre

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (5)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 51-74
  • SMITH, Gordon
    Appointed: 2017
    Occupation: Business Development Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 19/04/2017, number: SC047333
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/04/2017, number: SC562861
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

126 Calder Street, Govanhill, Glasgow, G42 7QP

Objectives

3. OBJECTS 3.1 The objects of the Charity are to:-' advance heritage through preserving for public benefit the historical, architectural and constructional heritage of Govanhill Baths, Glasgow:- 1) To rescue, repair and restore the architectural and historic merit of Govanhill Baths. 2) To promote for the public benefit the preservation (whether wholly or in part) of Govanhill Baths. 3) To advance education in relation to the built heritage of Govanhill Baths for the benefit of the community within Govanhill and its environs, as the directors of the company may consider appropriate from time to time. 4) To deliver benefits for all of the people living within the Southside Central and Pollokshields Wards boundary.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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