OSCR Scottish charity profile

The WASPS Trust

ActiveCharity number SC022115
Registered19 November 1993
Main locationGlasgow City
Legal formTrust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC022115
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
26
Postcode
G1 5HZ

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

'the advancement of education','the advancementof the arts, heritage, culture or science'

Charitable purposes

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

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

To advance the arts, by (a) establishing, managing and maintaining studio and workshop facilities for artists in Scotland (b) encouraging the cross-fertilisation of ideas among artists occupying the facilities managed by the Trust and (c) promoting public interest in, and appreciation of, the arts. and in each case, either directly or by providing financial and/or other support to charities (including, without limitation, Workshop and Artists Studio Provision Scotland Limited (incorporated under the Companies Acts with registered number SC062117. a Scottish charity, with Scottish charity number SC001351) (“WASPS Limited”) which further any of the above aims.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£2,904,407£2,046,738£0£0£857,669£0£1,069,253£0£1,069,253£02619 November 2025
31 March 2024£2,518,633£825,003£0£1,687,089£6,541£0£965,339£650,000£315,339£02614 November 2024
31 March 2023£2,875,700£345,916£0£432,985£2,083,623£13,176£2,690,978£1,935£2,689,043£02628 November 2023
31 March 2022£4,816,384£2,612,349£0£403,291£1,790,173£10,571£2,501,427£99,864£2,401,563£02615 December 2022
31 March 2021£3,024,175£1,329,946£0£289,880£1,404,349£0£1,912,022£20,863£1,891,159£02612 October 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 Briggait, 141 Bridgegate, Glasgow
Website supplied to OSCR
www.waspsstudios.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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