01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC030131
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 51-100 volunteers
- Staff
- 24
- Postcode
- G431NE
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Home-Start Glasgow South (HSGS) is a leading family support charity working across Glasgow South. Each year, we assist in the region of 300 families and 700 children. We believe that “childhood can’t wait” and that every child deserves the best possible start in life. We deliver person centred support, to vulnerable children up to the age of 8 and their families. Our support model is based on providing volunteer support directly within the family home, for up to three hours each week. Our main programme • Intensive Family Support Work • Weekly antenatal and perinatal groups across Glasgow South • Specialist activities for Dads • School based support • Housing support Evidenced and relationship-based support • Circles of Security • Baby Steps
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of health
- the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
a) to safeguard, protect and preserve the good health, both mental and physical of children and parents of children. b) to prevent cruelty to or maltreatment of children. c) to relieve sickness, poverty and need amongst children and parents of children. d) to promote the education of the public in better standards of child care within the area of Glasgow South and its environs.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £629,532 | £659,921 | 24 | 16 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £575,579 | £643,866 | 24 | 13 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £613,168 | £583,383 | 24 | 6 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £598,588 | £557,417 | 24 | 24 October 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £681,701 | £623,868 | 24 | 28 October 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
- Pollokshaws Burgh Hall, 2025 Pollokshaws Road, Pollokshaws, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.homestartglasgowsouth.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Home Start UK · 1108837
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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