01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC022887
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 17
- Postcode
- G4 0BA
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
GCU Students' Association exists to represent and support GCU students to have the best university experience. This is our Mission. All GCU students are automatically members of the Students' Association. We are constantly striving towards our Vision that you will have an outstanding experience that will live with you forever, and our Values are being Inclusive, Community, Student-Led, and Fun.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- 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 promotion of religious or racial harmony
- the promotion of equality and diversity
- any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
the prevention and relief of poverty of students the advancement of citizenship and community development the advancement of education the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture and science the advancement of health among students the organisation of recreational activities for students who have need of them by reason of financial hardship or other disadvantage the promotion of religious and racial harmony the promotion of equality and diversity the promotion of charitable fundraising activities
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2025 | £928,135 | £912,569 | 17 | 3 February 2026 |
| 31 July 2024 | £927,747 | £905,313 | 17 | 31 January 2025 |
| 31 July 2023 | £796,015 | £787,803 | 17 | 29 February 2024 |
| 31 July 2022 | £726,431 | £721,844 | 17 | 24 April 2023 |
| 31 July 2021 | £691,207 | £649,887 | 17 | 8 March 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
- 70 Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- http://www.GCUstudents.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Glasgow Caledonian University · SC021474
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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