OSCR Scottish charity profile

Glasgow School Of Art

ActiveCharity number SC012490
Registered30 November 1896
Main locationGlasgow City
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC012490
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
405
Postcode
G3 6RQ

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Delivery of education, research and knowledge exchange

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The objects for which the School is established is the advancement of education, and in pursuance thereof the School is established to continue and take over the assets and liabilities of the Art School which has existed in Glasgow since 1842, latterly under the name of 'THE GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART AND HALDANE ACADEMY', and to advance, for the public benefit, the education of the public in the sphere of art including, without prejudice to the foregoing generality, art, fine art, design, and architecture and, in furtherance thereof, to provide for the giving of lectures, conducting of seminars, holding of conferences, to undertake research, and the promotion and support of exhibitions and to provide educational facilities and instruction and information on all matters connected with the sphere of art and of the objects of the School. The objects for which the School is established are wholly and exclusively charitable purposes.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 July 2025£60,446,000£52,601,00040530 March 2026
31 July 2024£47,780,000£48,118,0004057 April 2025
31 July 2023£47,110,000£44,727,00040518 April 2024
31 July 2022£44,335,000£43,723,0004052 March 2023
31 July 2021£38,360,000£46,680,00040520 April 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
167 Renfrew Street, Glasgow
Website supplied to OSCR
www.gsa.ac.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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