OSCR Scottish charity profile

Govanhill Family Support Group (Against Abuse - Drugs & Alcohol)

Known as Govanhill Family Support Group

ActiveCharity number SC040264
Registered10 February 2009
Main locationGlasgow City
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC040264
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
G44 5RD

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

We help our members through weekly meetings to discus any problems that may have come up we also try to have some one to one with anyone who has had a bad week with a family member who has an addiction, we have a caravan at Berwick Upon Tweed caravan park which we use for respite for our members so they can have a weeks holiday away from the stress of home life, at times we also arrange for a massage therapist to come to our meetings.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of health
  • 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

  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

To give information, advice, assistance, counselling and facilities to relatives/friends of people who use drugs. To promote a better quality of life for relatives/friends of drug users, including the promotion of leisure and educational facilities etc. To build up a network of support to drug users and their relatives/friends by associating with local services, organisations and inhabitants etc. To assist in the rehabilitation of the drug user. To assist in prevention activities. If there is a 'Centre': To secure the development, maintenance and management of the Centre for the carrying out of the activities of the Group in the promotion of the above aims and objectives.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2026£0£00Not supplied
31 March 2025£7,500£15,32702 December 2025
31 March 2024£14,009£23,672028 November 2024
31 March 2023£10,730£12,986025 October 2023
31 March 2022£34,600£15,406018 November 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
c/o Kings Croft Community Hall, 124 Glencroft Road, Croftfoot, Glasgow
Website supplied to OSCR
Govanhillfamilysupport.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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