01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC008017
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- G52 9DP
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Our charity was established in 1954 for the purpose of creating a national fellowship of bowlers. Every year, on application to the Trustees of the charity, discounts are given to purchase bowling aids to help aged and disabled bowlers continue to play bowls. This coming year in April, our website will show what bowling aids are available, and where members can go to buy them at the discounted rate of 30%. For more expensive aids eg bowling buggies, grants are given to the applicant club to purchase the equipment. In the event that the buggy is no longer needed by the club, it reverts back to the charity for onward use by another applicant club. The charity also gives emergency and bereavement grants, all at the discretion of the trustees.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of public participation in sport
- 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 or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
The Trustees shall hold and administer the whole funds of the Scottish Bowlers Fellowship for charitable purposes namely, to give financial assistance towards the maintenance, education and/or benefit of widows, orphans and/or dependents of deceased members of the fellowship who are in necessitous circumstances through ill health or other causes beyond their control all as the Trustees shall in their sole discretion consider deserving.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 October 2025 | £29,954 | £34,434 | 0 | 27 January 2026 |
| 31 October 2024 | £29,876 | £45,060 | 0 | 21 January 2025 |
| 31 October 2023 | £28,115 | £33,038 | 0 | 2 February 2024 |
| 31 October 2022 | £35,689 | £30,294 | 0 | 2 May 2023 |
| 31 October 2021 | £18,373 | £20,592 | 0 | 28 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
- PO Box 5615, GLASGOW, Glasgow, LANARKSHIRE
- Website supplied to OSCR
- scottishbowlersfellowship.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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