01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC036162
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 51-100 volunteers
- Staff
- 22
- Postcode
- G42 7QP
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Govanhill Baths Community Trust is a grassroots charity set up to save and restore the historic Govanhill Baths and to use it as a hub for wellbeing, arts, heritage, and community action. We work to improve health, tackle inequality, and bring people together in one of Scotland’s most diverse areas. Through creative projects, mental health programmes, youth work, and community events, we empower local people to shape change in their neighbourhood. Alongside campaigning for the reopening of the Baths, we run the Deep End arts space, the People’s Pantry, community gardens, and festivals, creating inclusive spaces that support resilience, pride, and social justice.
Charitable purposes
- 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 promotion of equality and diversity
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
- People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
4 The company has been formed to benefit principally the community of Govanhill ('the Community') with the following objects: (1) The advancement of community development (including the advancement of urban regeneration) principally within the Community. (2) To create and promote for public use a Wellbeing Centre in the property formerly known as Govanhill Baths incorporating its present contents and to do so through a variety of sporting recreational, wellbeing and cultural activities and other relevant activities as the directors from time to time decide. (3) To advance health, both physical and mental, and address health inequalities and social isolation to support people to live happy, healthy and enriched lives. (4) To promote equality and diversity by providing accessible facilities and a diversity of activities. But only to the extent that the above purposes are consistent with furthering the achievement of sustainable development.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £834,522 | £764,573 | 22 | 11 September 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £758,100 | £747,076 | 22 | 16 January 2025 |
| 31 March 2023 | £895,392 | £977,855 | 22 | 4 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £842,925 | £815,152 | 22 | 31 March 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £795,126 | £488,846 | 22 | 26 November 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
- 126 Calder Street, Govanhill, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.govanhillbaths.com
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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