01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC047924
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 13
- Postcode
- G81 4AU
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The aim of the Golden Friendships Charity is Social Inclusion – many service users experience exclusion in their lives due to disabilities, ASN, lack of confidence, or loneliness. We promote opportunities for them to feel valued. By fostering an inclusive environment, the charity helps service users develop meaningful relationships, build confidence, and participate more fully in their community. This contributes to improved wellbeing and a greater sense of belonging. We provide opportunities for service users to meet others, build friendships, and develop meaningful relationships within their community. These opportunities support individuals to make positive choices about their lives and to recognise their value as active members of society. This support means service users have had significant personal development, progressing from extreme shyness and social withdrawal to increased confidence and active participation in group activities.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- 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 relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
4.1 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, being those in need by reason of youth, age, exclusion, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or any other disadvantage. 4.2 the relief of those in need by reason of age, exclusion, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or any other disadvantage. 4.3 the prevention or relief of poverty. 4.4 the advancement of community development.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 November 2025 | £552,066 | £503,904 | 13 | 8 July 2026 |
| 30 November 2024 | £592,787 | £463,422 | 13 | 21 July 2025 |
| 30 November 2023 | £532,397 | £439,926 | 13 | 5 July 2024 |
| 30 November 2022 | £403,261 | £314,408 | 13 | 27 April 2023 |
| 30 November 2021 | £384,119 | £202,307 | 13 | 20 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
- 18 Nairn Place, Dalmuir, Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, -
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.goldenfriendships.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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