01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC008919
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- G44 9AU
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Glasgow Music Festival Association actively encourages and develops interest and participation in amateur performing arts. Individuals and groups of all ages benefit from the Festival's unique performance opportunities. During the first two weeks in March, an annual Festival takes place in various venues across the city where performers in music, speech and drama, and dance are given the opportunity to perform in front of an audience and receive advice and feedback from experienced adjudicators, all members of BIFF (British and International Federation of Festivals). Every participant receives a Performance Certificate, and some receive a place certificate, a trophy (named) certificate or a monetary prize. There is a Last Night Concert where the best performances are showcased and prizes (monetary and trophies) awarded.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
(a) To promote and conduct Musical (Competition) Festivals in Glasgow and elsewhere. (b) To promote and conduct concerts, lectures, operas, theatrical performances, and such other educational enterprises as may tend to the attainment of any other of the objects of the Association. (c) To co-operate or affiliate with other musical enterprises in Great Britain and Ireland. (d) To acquire and receive such property of any kind whatsoever as may be though suitable with a view to the attainment of any of the other objects of the Association. (e) To establish a library of music, books and any other kind of publication. (f) To offer and give prizes for excellence or proficiency in any branch of the arts, or for any other reason, and to appoint examiners or adjudicators for the purpose of assigning such prizes. (g) To receive subsciptions, donations and other payments for the general objects of the Association and to expend or dispose of the same as the Association may deem fit. (h) To borrow, raise or secure payment of such sums of money as the Association in General Meeting may resolve. (i) To invest and deal with the funds or moneys of the Association in such manner as may from time to time be decided. (j) To do all such other things as are considered by the Association to be incidental or conductive to the attainment of the objects hereinbefore stated or any of them.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2025 | £28,641 | £30,921 | 0 | 9 July 2026 |
| 31 August 2024 | £26,858 | £32,223 | 0 | 20 November 2024 |
| 31 August 2023 | £27,083 | £22,588 | 0 | 3 April 2024 |
| 31 August 2022 | £18,935 | £22,696 | 0 | 22 June 2023 |
| 31 August 2021 | £7,700 | £7,205 | 0 | 30 May 2023 |
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 7057, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.glasgowmusicfestival.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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