01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC004620
- Status
- Not Submitted
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 1
- Postcode
- G2 1QQ
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The charity is set up to provide financial support to members and their families (which it does through providing grants to those in need), to support apprentice coopers (which it does through purchasing tools for the apprentices) and to provide support to the people of Glasgow and surrounds (which it does through making grants to other service providing charities).
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
3.1 To provide support to craftsmen coopers and ex-coopers (who are not members of the incorporation) and their dependants where need is clearly shown. 3.2 To encourage the continuation of the trade of cooperage in Scotland, particularly through links with established cooperages. 3.3 To provide prizes, educational assistance and support through the Earl of Wessex Awards to those engaged in the trade of cooperage and related industries. 3.4 To develop and strengthen links with other coopers' incorporations and companies. 3.5 To maintain the tradition of the trade of cooperage through the retention of artefacts and historic material. 3.6 To support the wider objectives of the House. 3.7 To make gifts to charities, particularly those related to projects in Glasgow. 3.8 To develop youth and educational strategies principally for young people in Glasgow, particularly through schools, youth organisations and uniformed groups. and 3.9 To provide support to members of the Incorporation, their dependants and the surviving spouses, partners, sons and daughters of the deceased members who are in need of assistance.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 May 2025 | £0 | £0 | 1 | Not supplied |
| 31 May 2024 | £45,833 | £97,181 | 1 | 20 October 2024 |
| 31 May 2023 | £44,663 | £111,828 | 1 | 20 November 2023 |
| 31 May 2022 | £31,750 | £84,897 | 1 | 5 February 2023 |
| 31 May 2021 | £30,403 | £65,000 | 1 | 22 February 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
- www.incorporationofcoopersofglasgow.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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