01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC047694
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- G3 8HB
OSCR note: This charity has been established to replace Lenzie Benevolent Society (SC011877). Lenzie Benevolent Society (SC011877) intends to wind up and pass its assets and liabilities to Lenzie Benevolent Society SCIO (SC047694) which is a SCIO.
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Society’s charitable purposes are the prevention or relief of poverty. the advancement of education. the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science. the advancement of public participation in sport and. the provision of recreational facilities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended. The Society through its charitable purposes provides public benefit to the inhabitants of Lenzie and surrounding areas and also, where the trustees consider that special circumstances apply, to benefit such persons who are living outside the area but are connected with it in some way through parents or otherwise. The main aim of the charity, was the assisting in relieving of poverty through monthly grants to approved applicants experiencing hardship or privation. Special grants were also awarded to other worthy causes meeting the criteria of the Society’s charitable purposes.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the advancement of public participation in sport
- 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
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
- 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
4 The Society through the various purposes set out below provides public benefit to the inhabitants living within the area marked by the boundaries on the map annexed and signed as relative hereto (hereinafter referred to as 'the area') and also where the trustees consider that special circumstances apply to benefit such persons who are living outside the area but are connected with it in some way through parents or otherwise. declaring that such purposes must be exclusively charitable in accordance with the provisions of section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and which are also regarded as being a charitable purpose in relation to the application of the Taxes Acts: These purposes are as follows and shall be exercised by the trustees in their sole discretion through the application of grants or by such other means as the trustees consider to be appropriate in order to assist in: 4.1 preventing or relieving poverty. 4.2 the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or privation or some other disadvantage. 4.3 the advancement of education in such manner as the trustees shall consider appropriate. 4.4 The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science. 4.5 The advancement of public participation in sport. 4.6 The provision of recreational facilities or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons within the area for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended. 4.7 The trustees can also make donations to such bodies that are registered with either the Charity Commission or the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator that have purposes which will enable the body in question to improve the conditions of life of the inhabitants living in the area in some way.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2024 | £63,101 | £93,304 | 0 | 26 September 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £65,948 | £73,721 | 0 | 18 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £69,481 | £78,247 | 0 | 26 July 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £420,279 | £63,697 | 0 | 15 September 2022 |
| 31 December 2020 | £63,774 | £57,220 | 0 | 30 September 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
- c/o AAB Group, 133 Finnieston 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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