01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC043029
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- G1 1JL
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Blindcraft Trust issues a number of grants to organisations that work with blind and visually impaired people, in order to achieve its goals of advancing education and relieving poverty though training/provision of skills for blind individuals, and supporting other organisations that benefit blind or visually impaired people.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- People with disabilities or health problems
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
to advance the education of individuals of all ages who are blind or visually impaired with particular support being given to children from birth to 19 years of age who have a right to statutory education, declaring that no support shall be given in respect of any matters for which a local authority has a statutory duty. 2. to relieve poverty amongst individuals who are blind or visually impaired and in particular unemployed persons through the promotion and/or provision of training and skills of all kinds and particularly such skills as will assist such residents in obtaining paid employment within the mainstream working environment, declaring that particular support will be given to the Blindcraft Factory run by Glasgow City Council for those who are blind or visually impaired. 3. to promote, establish and/or support other projects and programmes of a charitable nature for the benefit of individuals who are blind or visually impaired, including the advancement of the education of the public in general in relation to individuals who are blind or visually impaired, providing such other projects are ancillary to the activities carried on by the Trust in pursuit of the objects (1) and (2) above
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £16,013 | £148,419 | 0 | 22 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £16,636 | £211,492 | 0 | 9 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £17,570 | £151,014 | 0 | 30 November 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £16,006 | £185,766 | 0 | 22 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £16,012 | £26,306 | 0 | 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
- Glasgow City Council, Corporate Finance, Ground Floor, 40 John Street, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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