01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC030910
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 9
- Postcode
- G53 6EW
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Bureau provides a comprehensive Advice & Information service which is free, confidential, impartial and independent and non judgemental to all service users. We will continue to tackle poverty and promote social justice. Greater Pollok CAB is a link and a lifeline to people who have nowhere else to turn, our client group are amongst the most economically disadvantaged in the community, many of our clients live on stat benefits or low incomes and many are not comfortable asking for help from what they preserve as being government organisations. The Bureau offers practical assistance to clients and ensure they are kept involved and fully informed.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
- 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
The company's objects are to promote any charitable purposes for the public benefit in Glasgow South West ('the area of local benefit) and elsewhere, by: (i) The advancement of education by providing clients with information, clarification and understanding of legislation and their legal rights and responsibilities. (ii) The relief of those in need by assessing clients entitlement to welfare benefits, by providing assistance in claiming benefits and by assisting them to appeal against refusal to benefits and by doing so ensure they do not suffer from poverty. (iii) The advancement of civil and human rights by ensuring that people do not suffer through ignorance of their civil and human rights and by taking such actions as are intended to redress the situation and redress wrongs and restore justice. (iv) Advancement of health by providing a comprehensive advice service which deals with all aspects of clients problems and alleviates the injury, stress and anxiety caused by unsolved problems. (v) Advancement of community development by recruiting, training and developing local citizens to be volunteers in and for the Citizens Advice Bureau who in turn assist members of the public in their community and in doing so contribute to the development of their community.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £322,668 | £337,883 | 9 | 31 March 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £357,524 | £345,967 | 9 | 27 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £374,218 | £362,302 | 9 | 20 September 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £416,933 | £402,984 | 9 | 2 November 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £383,173 | £353,686 | 9 | 8 September 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
- Pollok Civic Realm, 27 Cowglen Road, Pollok, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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