01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC023930
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 155
- Postcode
- G4 0UW
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
To relieve unemployment particularly amongst residents of the area served by Glasgow City Council, for the public benefit in such ways as may be thought fit, including assistance to find employment. To advance education particularly amongst residents of the area served by Glasgow City Council, including the sourcing or provision of training in skills of all kinds (particularly such skills as will assist the participants in obtaining paid employment). To relieve and/or prevent poverty particularly amongst residents of the area served by Glasgow City Council. To relieve those in need particularly amongst residents of the area served by Glasgow City Council, by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship, alcohol or drugs dependency, or other disadvantage. and To advance community development and regeneration particularly amongst residents of the area served by Glasgow City Council.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
- People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
To relieve and/or prevent poverty particularly among residents of the area served by Glasgow City Council ('the Operating Area'). To relieve unemployment particularly among residents of the Operating Area for the public benefit in such ways as may be thought fit, including assistance to find employment. To advance education particularly among residents of the Operating Area, including the provision of training in skills of all kinds (particularly such skills as will assist the participants in obtaining paid employment).To advance health particularly among residents of the Operating Area. To relieve those in need particularly within the Operating Area by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship, alcohol or drugs dependency, or other disadvantage. To advance community development and regeneration particularly within the Operating Area through: assisting in the planning of changes to the housing and physical environment as part of a' wider strategy for relief of the problems of poverty. the promotion of trade and industry, for the benefit of the general public. the promotion of security, public safety, the prevention of crime and the reduction of the fear of crime, particularly among residents of the Operating Area . To advance citizenship particularly among residents of the Operating Area .To preserve, restore and improve the environment particularly within the Operating Area through the provision, maintenance or improvement of public parks , public open space and other public amenities and other environmental and townscape projects, and in doing so, to seek wherever appropriate (but subject to appropriate safeguards to ensure that the public benefit so arising clearly outweighs any private benefit thereby conferred on private landowners) to carry out works of reclamation, remediation, restoration and other operations MAXIMUM TEXT REACHED CONTACT CHARITY FOR FURTHER DETAILS
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £8,596,042 | £9,640,161 | 155 | 4 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £7,897,714 | £8,169,705 | 155 | 2 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £9,854,143 | £10,860,509 | 155 | 13 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £9,422,233 | £9,693,622 | 155 | 25 November 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £9,441,211 | £8,688,580 | 155 | 17 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
- Ladywell Business Centre, 94 Duke Street, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.jbg.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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