01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC029961
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 18
- Postcode
- G51 3LB
OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on 27 January 2017 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by SC029961 - Starter Packs Glasgow, which was an unincorporated association registered as charity since 20 March 2000.
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Starter Packs Glasgow started in March 2000 as a charity that was designed to support people moving on from homelessness and into a new tenancy. A pack of essential household items would be delivered when the recipient was given the new keys to their new home. The packs were designed to help people settle in quickly, alleviate the financial burden of having to buy all these items at one time along with the stress that goes with it and help break the cycle of homelessness. In the last financial year we directly supported 1600 Households across our city (2400 people, 600 of whom were children). This year has seen the number of pack referrals rising again and demand on our service continues to grow.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
4.1 To prevent or relieve the poverty, suffering and distress of anyone who has been homeless and/or in need by providing them with a starter pack of household goods upon moving in to a new tenancy. 4.2 To relieve those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. 4.3 To foster, promote and support the advancement of environmental aims through the recycling and re-use of household items and furniture rather than seeing these items sent to landfill.
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 2025 | £498,660 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £505,082 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 18 | 22 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £469,461 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £473,965 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 18 | 29 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £451,866 | £23,698 | £189,776 | £238,392 | £0 | £0 | £451,695 | £159,274 | £292,421 | £0 | 18 | 20 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £407,587 | £31,318 | £189,446 | £186,823 | £0 | £0 | £407,970 | £147,384 | £260,586 | £0 | 18 | 30 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £340,378 | £27,843 | £232,154 | £80,381 | £0 | £0 | £346,610 | £127,018 | £219,592 | £0 | 18 | 21 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
- 47 Burleigh Street, Govan, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.starterpacks.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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