01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC047779
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 51-100 volunteers
- Staff
- 2
- Postcode
- G21 2AR
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
We provide basic daily essentials to enable beneficiaries to meet their basic daily needs. The goods provide range from clothing, shoes, furniture and electricals, household textiles, personal care and disability goods, to name but a few. We support people aged birth to pension from all nationalities who are in financial hardship or poverty. We also support and advocate for people in-work poverty who do not qualify for any governmental support
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
- People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
- Other defined groups
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The relief of those in need by the storage and distribution of clothing, toys and other goods to families in poverty or in need. and if the service cannot meet the needs of the client they will signpost a suitable service who can, and refer the client on.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2025 | £51,252 | £58,156 | 2 | 24 April 2026 |
| 31 July 2024 | £101,099 | £74,693 | 2 | 14 April 2025 |
| 31 July 2023 | £53,441 | £129,980 | 2 | 29 April 2024 |
| 31 July 2022 | £82,598 | £66,349 | 2 | 25 April 2023 |
| 31 July 2021 | £166,907 | £108,021 | 2 | 31 January 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
- 261 Forge Street, Germiston, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- gn1bfss.com
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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