01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC048288
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 5
- Postcode
- G21 4TD
OSCR note: This charity was established to replace Scottish Wider Access Programme (West And Central Scotland Consortium) - Swap (SC025833) Scottish Wider Access Programme (West And Central Scotland Consortium) - Swap (SC025833) has now wound up and passed its assets and liabilities to Scottish Wider Access Programme (West) SCIO (SC048288) which is a SCIO
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
To encourage adults who left school with no or few qualifications to return to education and progress to higher education. We achieve this by working in partnership with colleges and universities in the West of Scotland. By providing a broad range of access programmes with college partners developed for adult returning students. University partners provide degree progression routes for these programmes. Encourage students to return to education by sharing the success of our students. We work to promote social justice by highlighting the impact of adults retuning to higher education.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
Beneficiaries
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
- People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The organisation's purposes are to promote the advancement of adults into education, with a focus on adults from widening access backgrounds, by means of access programmes specifically tailored to enable them to progress onto higher education.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 April 2025 | £131,009 | £102,734 | 5 | 23 January 2026 |
| 30 April 2024 | £190,705 | £153,315 | 5 | 22 January 2025 |
| 30 April 2023 | £231,746 | £242,810 | 5 | 15 January 2024 |
| 30 April 2022 | £209,127 | £199,885 | 5 | 18 January 2023 |
| 30 April 2021 | £180,561 | £166,690 | 5 | 17 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
- 123 Flemington Street, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.scottishwideraccess.org/west
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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