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Scottish Women's Budget Group

SC050221Registered charity from 17 June 2020
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Charity Information:
The Name the Charity is Known By SWBG
Address SWBG c/o The Poverty Alliance
3rd Floor
94 Hope Street
Glasgow
Postcode G2 6PH
Website www.swbg.org.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
3 Purposes The SWBG purposes are to advance education and the promotion of equality and diversity through: 3.1 working with women, communities, statutory and voluntary agencies, trades unions and other partners - including government - to build capacity of understanding of gender budgeting and increase engagement in the budget process. 3.2 developing training in gender budget analysis to show how public spending can be made more effective and responsive to the lives of women in Scotland. 3.3 training and awareness raising of gender budget analysis methods and how they might be applied in local and national government budget processes. 3.4 advocating for greater equality for women and men in Scotland by engaging with the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Government to make decisions about how public money is spent fairer and more equitable. 3.5 supporting and disseminating research on the impact of gender budget analysis to enable understanding and application.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
SWBG that aims to promote gender analysis in public policy and finance decisions through budgetary processes. SWBG brings together a wide range of women from across Scotland who have an interest in women’s equality and want to achieve better gender equality in our society. We do this by:  Supporting capacity building and awareness raising within Local Authorities through tailored training and support on gender budgeting;   Advocating for the use of gender budgeting at the national level;  Gathering evidence and publishing research to influence government’s policies and investment;  Working with other women’s groups. Some of these groups include Glasgow Disability Alliance, Making Rights Real and Fa’side Women and Girls, Amina (Muslim Women’s Resource Centre), MECOPP and the Young Women’s Movement.  
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 17 Jun 2020
Main Operating Location: Glasgow City
Number of Staff: 2
Number of Charity Trustees: 6
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the promotion of equality and diversity"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2021 £40,336 £15,527 06 Oct 2021 Yes
31 Mar 2022 £78,532 £37,353 02 Dec 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £132,469 £147,115 13 Dec 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £137,299 £119,198 13 Dec 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £201,117 £164,181 09 Dec 2025 Yes Visit Charity's Website
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
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