OSCR Scottish charity profile

Glasgow Chamber Orchestra Society

Known as Glasgow Chamber Orchestra

ActiveCharity number SC022256
Registered21 September 1993
Main locationGlasgow City
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC022256
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
G4 9PJ

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

We are an amateur orchestra which undertakes rehearsals and public concerts for the entertainment and education of our members and audiences.

Charitable purposes

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

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The Objects of the Society shall be to promote, improve, develop and maintain public education in, and appreciation of the art and science of music in all its aspects by the presentation of public concerts of music mainly for small orchestra and recitals, and by such other ways as the Society through its committee shall determine from time to time. These objectives shall be pursued without regard to age, gender, presence of disability (physical or mental), colour, race, sexual orientation, nationality or creed notwithstanding the need to maintain our musical standards.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 June 2025£17,509£10,262014 January 2026
30 June 2024£15,876£9,45403 November 2024
30 June 2023£11,914£11,09104 November 2023
30 June 2022£7,987£10,93105 November 2022
30 June 2021£3,622£3,790010 January 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
26a Gladstone Street, Glasgow
Website supplied to OSCR
www.gco.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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