01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC032549
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- over 250 volunteers
- Staff
- 1,349
- Postcode
- ML3 0EW
OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on 03 April 2023 as a result of the conversion of a charitable company (Company number: SC225702], company name: [SOUTH LANARKSHIRE LEISURE AND CULTURE LIMITED]).
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture SCIO is a not-for-profit Scottish charity responsible for the operation, management and development of indoor and outdoor sport and leisure facilities, community halls, arts venues, country parks, libraries and a museum and associated initiatives and events throughout South Lanarkshire. We work in close partnership with our main funder, South Lanarkshire Council, to ensure the highest possible service is offered to residents and visitors to the area. The business delivers services in the following main areas: • Sport and Physical Activity (leisure centres, swimming pools, Development Services, ice rink and Active Schools) • Cultural Services (community halls, venues, school lets and Arts Development) • Libraries and Museums Service • Outdoor Recreation (outdoor pitches, Outdoor Learning and Adventure, water sports centre, country parks and golf).
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the advancement of public participation in sport
- 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
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The SCIO's purposes are: 4.1 To advance the arts, heritage, culture and science. 4.2 To advance public participation in sport. 4.3 To provide recreational facilities, and organise recreational activities with such facilities/activities being made available to members of the public at large with the object of improving their conditions of life. 4.4 To advance education. 4.5 To advance health. 4.6 To advance citizenship and/or community development (which may include the promotion of civic responsibility, volunteering, the voluntary sector and/or the effectiveness or efficiency of charities). 4.7 To relieve those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. 4.8 To promote, establish, operate and/or support other similar schemes and projects which further charitable purposes. through the provision of services (including those entrusted to it by South Lanarkshire Council), which contribute to advancing well-being (primarily the wellbeing of residents of South Lanarkshire) including (i) the operation, management and development of galleries, museums and other facilities which provide public access to collections of works of art, antiquities and objects of scientific interest. (ii) the development and delivery of arts and cultural activities and events, artistic programmes, and educational projects. (iii) the operation, management and development of libraries and provision of library and archive services. (iv) the operation, management and development of indoor and outdoor sports facilities (including arrangements to facilitate access to such facilities by those on lower incomes or having special needs and to encourage wider pa1ticipation in healthy exercise). (v) the development and delivery of sports activities and events directed towards wider participation in sport. (vi) the development and de livery of community learning and adult learning initiatives. and (vii) the delivery of services focused on social renewal and the needs of young people.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £36,408,000 | £37,091,000 | 1,349 | 8 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £41,387,000 | £41,568,000 | 1,349 | 12 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £39,947,000 | £44,724,000 | 1,349 | 21 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £33,137,000 | £37,919,000 | 1,349 | 21 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £29,652 | £33,424,000 | 1,349 | 6 June 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
- Floor 5, Council Offices, Almada Street, Hamilton
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.slleisureandculture.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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