01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC010473
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- G1 1UH
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
It is set up to help relieve individuals in need, specifically due to age, ill-health, disability or poverty. During FY24/25 the charity has made payments to beneficiaries and made donations to other charities and projects run by the Trades House of Glasgow.
Charitable purposes
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
- any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
Constitutional objectives
The Funds of the Incorporation shall be exclusively appropriated after defraying expenses of management, and of defending its rights and interests, to charitable, benevolent, and any other good and pious uses, which may tend to the advancement of the common weal of the Burgh, but primarily to the support of indigent members, widows, and unmarried daughters of members, and orphans of members under 15 years of age, with power in extreme cases to make allowance to children even above 15 years of age. but all grants and allowances shall be at the discretion and during the pleasure of the Master Court, and shall not in any one year exceed the free annual income of the Incorporation for that year.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2025 | £33,411 | £47,712 | 0 | 19 March 2026 |
| 30 June 2024 | £31,706 | £40,871 | 0 | 20 March 2025 |
| 30 June 2023 | £38,835 | £43,809 | 0 | 8 November 2023 |
| 30 June 2022 | £30,859 | £40,514 | 0 | 17 November 2022 |
| 30 June 2021 | £31,802 | £32,224 | 0 | 4 November 2021 |
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
- The Trades Hall, 85 Glassford Str, 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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