01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC014288
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 17
- Postcode
- G22 5ST
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
1. To relieve the needs of people who have a disability, encompassing any form of mental and/or physical disability, illness, 2. To provide facilities for recreation and leisure activities to people who need such facilities due to infirmity or disablement, aiming to improve their quality of life. 3. To alleviate unemployment through supportive employment services. 4. To relieve poverty, especially among disabled individuals. 5. To advance education, with particular focus on topics relevant to disability. 6. To promote training that enhances employable skills. 7. To support additional schemes and charitable projects.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
4 The company’s objects are to: (a) To relieve the need of people who have a disability (the word ‘disability when used in these articles, shall be deemed to include any form of mental and/or physical disability, illness or impairment). (b) To provide in the interests of social welfare facilities for recreation and other leisure time occupation available to people who have need of such facilities by reason of their infirmity or disablement with a view to improving their conditions of life. (c) To relieve unemployment for the public benefit in such ways as may be though fit, including assistance to find employment. (d) To relieve poverty, particularly among people with a disability. (e) To advance education and, in particular, with regard to matters which are relevant to disability and people who have a disability. (f) To promote training in skills of all kinds, particularly such skills as will assist individuals in obtaining paid employment. (g) To promote, establish, operate and/or support other schemes and projects of a charitable nature. (h) To promote and/or provide training in skills of all kinds, particularly such as will assist those who are substantially or permanently disabled by reason of age, ill health, poverty or other identified need or persons who assist those who are substantially or permanently disabled by reason of age, ill health, poverty or other identified need, in pursuing an independent life and their general integration with the community generally.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £460,242 | £436,629 | 17 | 16 June 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £417,387 | £474,230 | 17 | 16 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £337,662 | £359,425 | 17 | 30 March 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | £331,579 | £364,261 | 17 | 31 July 2023 |
| 31 March 2021 | £351,822 | £368,954 | 17 | 8 December 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
- 74 Closeburn Street, Possilpark, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.possobilities.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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