01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC033138
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 6
- Postcode
- G1 1TF
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
We work with deaf and hearing actors, theatre makers, artists and young people. We reach out to those often excluded from the arts. Working more inclusively and collaboratively makes us think in radically different ways. It shapes who we work with. It inspires us to play with new ways of storytelling. It influences the stories we tell, and where and how we tell them.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- People with disabilities or health problems
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
In particular, the Company is established to advance public education by the encouragement of the performing arts, including without limiting the foregoing, the arts of drama, ballet, dance, mime, music and opera
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 | £366,709 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £333,396 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 6 | 11 September 2026 |
| 31 March 2025 | £276,689 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £256,361 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 6 | 20 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £439,829 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £361,297 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 6 | 16 September 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £272,384 | £4,131 | £267,094 | £0 | £1,159 | £0 | £295,164 | £3,617 | £287,773 | £3,774 | 6 | 12 October 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £259,831 | £0 | £247,211 | £0 | £25 | £12,595 | £260,266 | £1,263 | £252,997 | £6,006 | 6 | 17 October 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
- The Boardwalk, 105 Brunswick Street, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.solarbear.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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