OSCR Scottish charity profile

Drumchapel Friendship House

ActiveCharity number SC052256
Registered18 January 2023
Main locationEast Dunbartonshire
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC052256
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
G15 6AR

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Th charity was set up principally to support and encourage integration into the local community by asylum seekers and refugees and to alleviate poverty among the group. We do this by: - facilitating a weekly lunch held at Friendship House - collection and distribution of food bags from the Drumchapel Food Bank - distribution of donated clothing & household items - organising workshops and events

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

a)The prevention of relief from poverty by the provision of a food bank and clothing donations in which in return those supported will donate and volunteer in the community when they are able to do so. b)The advancement of education by the provision of English speaking for other languages (ESOL) classes to learn English which will help settling in the area and help them become part of the wider community and other courses which will help with employability skills and general wellbeing and safety within their own homes. By also working with Thriving Places, Glasgow Clyde College and other partners to support people into work and further education. c)The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage by challenging loneliness and isolation through the procession of weekly meetings with the asylum seekers and refugees from around the world and allow friendships and supportive relationships to grow

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

3 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 January 2026£0£00Not supplied
31 January 2025£17,670£9,358030 October 2025
31 January 2024£37,649£30,581031 October 2024

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
1/1, 24 Belsyde Avenue, Glasgow
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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