01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC009411
- 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
- G83 8EP
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
We promote the work of women in the visual arts and provide spaces for meeting, networking and encouraging members and their associates. We encourage partnerships with the wider artistic community in Scotland and abroad. Archives of the GSWA/GSLA are now stored with the Mitchell library and we are supportive of the art community especially recently in Trongate 103 in their struggles with the collossal rent rises they are resisting.
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 makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The promotion of interest in Art and particularly in the work of women artists, fostering this interest by such means as the holding of exhibitions and other functions periodically.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2025 | £17,799 | £18,064 | 0 | 1 June 2026 |
| 31 August 2024 | £8,974 | £5,631 | 0 | 6 May 2025 |
| 31 August 2023 | £10,517 | £8,134 | 0 | 16 April 2024 |
| 31 August 2022 | £8,717 | £11,044 | 0 | 4 April 2023 |
| 31 August 2021 | £12,592 | £12,985 | 0 | 14 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
- Nether Haldane, Stirling Road, Balloch, Alexandria
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.gswartists.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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