OSCR Scottish charity profile

St James the Less Scottish Episcopal Church, Bishopbriggs

Known as St James The Less Episcopal Church

ActiveCharity number SC023292
Registered1 January 1902
Main locationEast Dunbartonshire
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 4 November 2026
OSCR charity number
SC023292
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
G64 3EL

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The church’s principal objective is the advancement of religion - specifically Christianity. This is primarily a spiritual purpose, carried out for the benefit of the public. Other elements of public benefit (such as social benefits in the community) are the result of and flow from our faith and follow from the spiritual outworking of our Christian beliefs. The church’s principal activities include public worship in Christian sacrament and prayer, Christian education and charitable work.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of religion

Beneficiaries

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

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The Charge is established for exclusively charitable purposes, primarily for the advancement of religion and to provide public benefit

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
30 June 2026£72,144£0£0£0£0£0£76,961£0£0£0027 September 2026
30 June 2025£81,302£0£0£0£0£0£89,678£0£0£0027 March 2026
30 June 2024£230,180£0£0£0£0£0£110,003£0£0£0026 March 2025
30 June 2023£77,202£0£0£0£0£0£79,206£0£0£0028 November 2023
30 June 2022£76,648£0£0£0£0£0£81,116£0£0£0017 October 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
Hilton Road, Bishopbriggs, Glasgow
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church · SC015962
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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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