OSCR Scottish charity profile

Friends of the River Kelvin (SCIO)

Known as FORK (SCIO)

ActiveCharity number SC049907
Registered30 January 2020
Main locationGlasgow City
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 4 November 2026
OSCR charity number
SC049907
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
101-250 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
G11 5JF
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OSCR note: SC049907 - Friends of the River Kelvin (SCIO) was established to replace SC028920 - Friends Of The River Kelvin

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Friends of the River Kelvin’s purpose is to protect and enhance the River Kelvin and its natural surroundings by: Volunteer activity, advocacy, and lobbying Promoting and facilitating access for local residents and communities to the natural environment along the course of the River Kelvin, working with and supporting partners who operate on other stretches of the river Helping local communities to develop greater knowledge, understanding and care for the local natural environment Protecting and enhancing natural habitats for the benefit of wildlife and local communities

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • 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 advancement of environmental protection or improvement

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

1. The advancement of environmental protection and improvements of the River Kelvin, its tributaries and immediate environs for the benefit of the public now and in the future. 2. The advancement of education, both formally and informally, in the history, geology, geography, biodiversity and other riparian features of the River Kelvin, its tributaries and immediate environs, namely the Kelvin Valley. 3. The advancement of citizenship or community development (including rural or urban regeneration) through projects and initiatives, in partnership where appropriate, that encourage stewardship of the length of the River Kelvin and its breadth of geographies, communities, etc. 4. The organisation and provision of recreational and leisure facilities and activities with the objects of: (i) improving the conditions of life for people of all abilities for which the facilities and activities are primarily intended (ii) to encourage correct use of the facilities and engagement in activities appropriate to the environment, and (iii) to benefit and further protect and improve the River Kelvin, its tributaries and immediate environs (as per 4.1).

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£6,853£0£0£0£0£0£11,340£0£0£0030 September 2026
31 December 2024£1,794£0£0£0£0£0£7,179£0£0£0030 September 2025
31 December 2023£16,434£0£0£0£0£0£7,648£0£0£0030 September 2024
31 December 2022£1,289£0£0£0£0£0£2,181£0£0£0029 September 2023
31 December 2021£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0028 September 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
Flat 0/1, 19 Havelock Street, Glasgow
Website supplied to OSCR
www.fork.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied
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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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