01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC037844
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- over 250 volunteers
- Staff
- 2,145
- Postcode
- G1 1LH
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Glasgow Life is a charity set up to benefit everyone in the city. The reason we exist is to: 1. Improve people's mental and physical wellbeing through culture and sport. 2. Support the city’s visitor economy and enhance its reputation as a great place to live, work, learn, and visit. 3. Generate funds through culture and sport programmes. We then re-invest in the charitable activities which support our vision.
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
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
4.1 To advance the arts, heritage, culture and science. 4.2 To advance education. 4.3 To advance public participation in sport which involves physical skill and exertion. 4.4 To advance health. 4.5 To promote civic responsibility, volunteering, the voluntary sector and/or the effectiveness or efficiency of charities. 4.6 To provide recreational facilities, and organise recreational activities, where such facilities/activities are available to members of the public at large with the object of improving their conditions of life. 4.7 To relieve those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. 4.8 To advance citizenship and community development (including urban regeneration) by harnessing the cultural and leisure assets of Glasgow, the contribution made by activities in furtherance of paragraphs 4.1 to 4.7, and a range of other measures, to increase vibrancy and promote positive perceptions of Glasgow as a place to work, live, study play, visit and invest - in a common effort with other public, private and third sector partners to address issues of social, economic and physical deprivation across the City of Glasgow, including health inequalities, social exclusion and unemployment. 4.9 To advance such similar charitable purposes as the directors may consider appropriate from time to time. through the provision of services (including those entrusted to it by Glasgow City Council) which contribute to advancing well-being (primarily the wellbeing of residents of Glasgow) including (i) the operation, management and development of museums, art galleries 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, scientific/research programmes and educational projects. (iii) the operation, management and development of libraries and the 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 participation in healthy exercise).(maximum text reached, further full information can be obtained directly from the Charity)
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 2025 | £151,659,000 | £16,930,000 | £125,354,000 | £6,694,000 | £2,681,000 | £0 | £151,345,000 | £7,197,000 | £144,148,000 | £0 | 2,145 | 6 November 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £174,925,000 | £27,395,000 | £138,275,000 | £6,942,000 | £2,313,000 | £0 | £165,366,000 | £7,511,000 | £157,855,000 | £0 | 2,145 | 11 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £146,242,000 | £18,479,000 | £119,298,000 | £7,469,000 | £996,000 | £0 | £159,955,000 | £7,766,000 | £152,189,000 | £0 | 2,145 | 15 January 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | £123,430,000 | £17,650,000 | £102,706,000 | £3,030,000 | £44,000 | £0 | £132,855,000 | £3,892,000 | £128,963,000 | £0 | 2,145 | 12 October 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £117,019,000 | £9,176,000 | £105,647,000 | £2,067,000 | £129,000 | £0 | £115,110,000 | £3,165,000 | £111,945,000 | £0 | 2,145 | 9 December 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
- Commonwealth House, 38 Albion Street, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.glasgowlife.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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