OSCR Scottish charity profile

Glasgow MENA Cultural and Welfare Trust

ActiveCharity number SC043481
Registered11 October 2012
Main locationGlasgow City
Legal formTrust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC043481
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
15
Postcode
G4 0BZ

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charitable purposes The aims and objectives of GMCWT are as follows: a) To promote the advancement of education, including the teaching of languages relevant to the community for all. b) To organise recreational activities with the object of improving the conditions of life of the relevant community in Glasgow. c) To promote religious and racial harmony and understanding with a clear vision to develop a more cohesive and sustainable community by building partnerships with the local people of Glasgow and around.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • 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 religious or racial harmony

Beneficiaries

  • People with a particular ethnic or racial origin

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

a) To organise recreational activities with the object of improving the conditions of life ofthe growing MENA community in Glasgow. b) To promote the advancement of education, including the teaching of languages relevant to the MENA community for all. c) To promote religious and racial harmony and understanding with a clear vision to develop a more cohesive and sustainable community by building partnerships with the local people of Glasgow and Scotland.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£807,923£520,2001531 December 2025
31 March 2024£496,035£421,3171528 December 2024
31 March 2023£408,786£257,8801527 December 2023
31 March 2022£403,166£156,9751527 December 2022
31 March 2021£415,734£133,5481520 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
83-85 Lister Street, Glasgow
Website supplied to OSCR
www.menatrust.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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