OSCR Scottish charity profile

Glasgow Afghan United

Known as GAU

ActiveCharity number SC044077
Registered14 June 2013
Main locationGlasgow City
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC044077
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
9
Postcode
G23 5AZ

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To bring Afghan people together through social events, celebrations (e.g. Afghan national events) and any other activities that will support the Afghan community to engage with local people in Scotland. 2. To help Afghan people (particularly refugees and asylum seekers) to access services by providing information about access to services and training as well as making them aware of their rights and responsibilities in Scotland.3. To ensure that all GAU members are included and can freely participate in GAU activities regardless of their language, sexual orientation, tribe, religion, gender or political opinion and therefore encourage to participate.4. To promote awareness to the wider community about Afghan culture and tradition, with a special focus on teaching these values to young Afghan people.5. To undertake charitable activities to relieve various forms of poverty and exclusion internationally and provide support for the people affected, with a special focus on doing so f

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the promotion of religious or racial harmony
  • the promotion of equality and diversity
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

1. To bring Afghan people together through social events, celebrations (e.g. Afghan national events) and any other activities that will support the Afghan community to engage with local people in Scotland. 2. To help Afghan people (particularly refugees and asylum seekers) to access services by providing information about access to services and training as well as making them aware of their rights and responsibilities in Scotland. 3. To ensure that all GAU members are included and can freely participate in GAU activities regardless of their language, sexual orientation, tribe, religion, gender or political opinion and therefore encourage to participate. 4. To promote awareness to the wider community about Afghan culture and tradition, with a special focus on teaching these values to young Afghan people. 5. To undertake charitable activities to relieve various forms of poverty and exclusion internationally and provide support for the people affected, with a special focus on doing so for the Afghan people in Afghanistan or elsewhere.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2026£305,067£283,496914 July 2026
31 March 2025£180,572£267,10691 May 2025
31 March 2024£217,590£258,900919 November 2024
31 March 2023£223,990£271,733916 June 2023
31 March 2022£262,764£153,14196 December 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
139 Saracen Street, Glasgow
Website supplied to OSCR
glasgowafghanunited.co.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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