01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC024900
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- G1 5HD
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Glasgow Independent Studio (GIS) is based at Trongate 103 in Glasgow city centre. The organisation has two main functions. to provide affordable studios for artists and to offer space for exhibitions and projects (in Glasgow Project Room). The objects for which the Charitable Company is established are. to promote, maintain, improve and advance education, particularly by the encouragement of the Arts, including painting, drawing and sculpture. To present, promote, organise, provide, manage and produce exhibitions and open days, as are conductive to the promotion, maintenance and advancement of education or to the encouragement of the Arts and to formulate, prepare and establish schemes therefore. To advance Scottish contemporary painting by commissioning and exhibiting challenging work embracing all forms and styles. To encourage and explore all appropriate methods to develop mutual creative equality and trust between Artists to maximise creative potential.
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
To promote, maintain, improve and advance education particulary by the encouragement of the Arts including painting, drawing and sculpture.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2025 | £55,541 | £54,672 | 0 | 16 February 2026 |
| 30 June 2024 | £54,274 | £49,453 | 0 | 5 February 2025 |
| 30 June 2023 | £51,879 | £53,937 | 0 | 19 March 2024 |
| 30 June 2022 | £53,574 | £43,731 | 0 | 21 March 2023 |
| 30 June 2021 | £27,056 | £50,893 | 0 | 25 February 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
- Glasgow Independent Studio 4th Floor, 4th Floor, 103 Trongate, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.gis.uk.com
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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