01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC034940
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 16
- Postcode
- G40 4TL
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The principal activity of the charity is the promotion,,support and development of activities and programmes in the Bridgeton are and its envrirons. Also to provide facilities for social welfare and leisure for local people
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- 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
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- People with disabilities or health problems
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
To relieve poverty and those in need by reason of financial hardship or other disadvantage. To advance health , sport and education and in particular to do so for the young and the unemployed. To promote and/or provide training in skills of all kinds, particularly such skills as will assist the obtaining of paid employment. To provide 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. and To advance citizenship or community development through the furthering of the foregoing purposes so as to provide benefit resulting in a high quality of life, people fulfilling their potential in terms of education and training, good health, employment, recreation and general well-being, in a clean environment and with ready access to good, well coordinated support services.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £242,684 | £282,719 | 16 | Not supplied |
| 31 March 2025 | £213,580 | £257,896 | 16 | 22 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £225,013 | £271,389 | 16 | 27 June 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £245,999 | £276,394 | 16 | 31 July 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £205,314 | £247,096 | 16 | 2 September 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
- 68 Dale Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.bclc.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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