01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC049806
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 6
- Postcode
- G46 6UE
OSCR note: INCORP - You have advised us that Giffnock & Newlands Hebrew Congregation (SC016029) intends to wind up and transfer the assets and liabilities to Giffnock Newton Mearns Synagogue (SC049806) Previous charity name Giffnock Synagogue from 09 December 2019 to 11 June 2021. Previous name Glasgow Southside Synagogue from 12 June to 10 September 2021
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Charity is set up to provide a place of Jewish worship to the orthodox Jewish community. It runs daily services and has religious and social activities.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of religion
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- 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 promotion of religious or racial harmony
- the promotion of equality and diversity
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
1.1. The principal Object of the charity shall be to contribute to public benefit by arranging Jewish worship and religious ceremonies and enabling persons of the Jewish faith to participate in them. It shall also, both on its own behalf and in collaboration with others, promote religious harmony and good relations between the Jewish Community and other religious, ethnic and racial groups, promote the participation of the Jewish community in civic life, and contribute to the education of the general public about the Jewish religion and the Jewish community. 1.2. It shall have the power to undertake any lawful activity that is intended to further these Objects or any of the charitable purposes prescribed in statute or regulations, in particular, but not limited to, the advancement of education, religion, community development, heritage and culture, recreation, the promotion of equality, diversity, and religious or racial harmony, and other analogous purposes.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2025 | £451,236 | £457,531 | 6 | 19 May 2026 |
| 31 August 2024 | £487,477 | £443,577 | 6 | 27 May 2025 |
| 31 August 2023 | £435,370 | £487,006 | 6 | 29 May 2024 |
| 31 August 2022 | £0 | £0 | 6 | 15 May 2023 |
| 31 August 2021 | £0 | £0 | 6 | 30 March 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
- 222 Fenwick Rd, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.giffnockshul.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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