OSCR Scottish charity profile

Glasgow & South Western Railway Association

Known as G&SWRA

ActiveCharity number SC046766
Registered3 August 2016
Main locationSouth Lanarkshire
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC046766
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
KA23 9LX

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The advancement of education and heritage by the promotion of study of and research into the Glasgow & South Western Railway, its constituent companies and its successors and the dissemination of information relative to the G&SWR

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Beneficiaries

  • Older People
  • Other defined groups
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

3.1 The Objects of the Assn shall be:- (a) The advancement of education and heritage by the promotion of study of and research into the Glasgow & South Western Railway its constituent companies and its successors (collectively referred to as 'the G&SWR') and the dissemination of information relative to the G&SWR. (b) To encourage, facilitate and co-ordinate research by members and others into the G&SWR and to publish and disseminate the results of such research. (c) To make available to members of the Assn and to the general public information relating to the G&SWR. (d) To arrange meetings, lectures, exhibitions, study visits and other activities in relation to the G&SWR. (e) To engage in such other lawful activities (including co-operation with, subscribing to, or affiliation with other bodies having purposes in whole or in part similar to those of the Assn) as may be conducive or incidental to the attainment of the foregoing Objects.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£9,324£7,13709 March 2026
31 December 2024£4,855£4,085018 April 2025
31 December 2023£6,089£5,461027 May 2024
31 December 2022£3,620£2,867013 April 2023
31 December 2021£4,107£3,270029 June 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
90 Ardrossan Road, Seamill, West Kilbride, Ayrshire
Website supplied to OSCR
www.gswra.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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