01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC029881
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 51-100 volunteers
- Staff
- 23
- Postcode
- G40 1BP
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Glasgow Women’s Library is the only Accredited Museum in the UK dedicated to women’s lives, histories and achievements, with a lending library, museum and archive collections and innovative programmes of public events, projects and learning opportunities.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The objects for which the Company is established are the advancement of education and the relief of poverty of women who are often thus affected because of the discrimination they are subjected to
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £606,258 | £42,439 | £512,788 | £33,284 | £3,686 | £14,061 | £816,460 | £23,176 | £793,284 | £0 | 23 | 29 October 2026 |
| 31 March 2025 | £610,307 | £64,629 | £492,520 | £25,218 | £7,460 | £20,480 | £772,716 | £7,895 | £764,821 | £0 | 23 | 2 October 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £1,280,398 | £76,383 | £1,139,201 | £25,952 | £20,300 | £18,562 | £803,670 | £8,301 | £795,369 | £0 | 23 | 18 September 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £513,919 | £57,632 | £415,215 | £21,607 | £8,817 | £10,648 | £768,425 | £18,717 | £749,708 | £0 | 23 | 25 October 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £633,455 | £39,145 | £564,911 | £8,662 | £195 | £20,542 | £716,641 | £6,677 | £709,964 | £0 | 23 | 15 November 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
- 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.womenslibrary.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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