01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC003224
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 1
- Postcode
- G2 1QQ
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
To grant relief to members and their families who may be in need. It achieves this through the awarding of grants. It also promotes intertest in the history of Glasgow through the holding of an annual lecture and the awarding of an annual prize for a significant piece of published work.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The encouraging of non-burgess citizens of the City of Glasgow to qualify for membership of one or other of the Craft Guilds of the said city To grant relief to members of the Society and their widows in old age and indigent circumstances
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2025 | £18,155 | £22,036 | 1 | 24 December 2025 |
| 5 April 2024 | £40,434 | £19,728 | 1 | 25 September 2024 |
| 5 April 2023 | £19,742 | £18,620 | 1 | 10 December 2023 |
| 5 April 2022 | £13,344 | £21,431 | 1 | 29 December 2022 |
| 5 April 2021 | £194,499 | £13,526 | 1 | 2 January 2022 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- Monteith Solicitors Limited, 9 George Square, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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