Charity Details

Culture and Sport Glasgow

SC037844Registered charity from 20 February 2007

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Charity Information:

The Name the Charity is Known By Glasgow Life

Address Commonwealth House
38 Albion Street
Glasgow

Postcode G1 1LH

Website www.glasgowlife.org.uk

Regulatory Type Standard

Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/

Object:

4.1 To advance the arts, heritage, culture and science; 4.2 To advance education; 4.3 To advance public participation in sport which involves physical skill and exertion; 4.4 To advance health; 4.5 To promote civic responsibility, volunteering, the voluntary sector and/or the effectiveness or efficiency of charities; 4.6 To provide recreational facilities, and organise recreational activities, where such facilities/activities are available to members of the public at large with the object of improving their conditions of life; 4.7 To relieve those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage; 4.8 To advance citizenship and community development (including urban regeneration) by harnessing the cultural and leisure assets of Glasgow, the contribution made by activities in furtherance of paragraphs 4.1 to 4.7, and a range of other measures, to increase vibrancy and promote positive perceptions of Glasgow as a place to work, live, study play, visit and invest - in a common effort with other public, private and third sector partners to address issues of social, economic and physical deprivation across the City of Glasgow, including health inequalities, social exclusion and unemployment; 4.9 To advance such similar charitable purposes as the directors may consider appropriate from time to time; through the provision of services (including those entrusted to it by Glasgow City Council) which contribute to advancing well-being (primarily the wellbeing of residents of Glasgow) including (i) the operation, management and development of museums, art galleries and other facilities which provide public access to collections of works of art, antiquities and objects of scientific interest; (ii) the development and delivery of arts and cultural activities and events, artistic programmes, scientific/research programmes and educational projects; (iii) the operation, management and development of libraries and the provision of library and archive services; (iv) the operation, management and development of indoor and outdoor sports facilities (including arrangements to facilitate access to such facilities by those on lower incomes or having special needs and to encourage wider participation in healthy exercise);(maximum text reached, further full information can be obtained directly from the Charity)

Operations:

What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:

Glasgow Life is a charity set up to benefit everyone in the city. The reason we exist is to: 1. Improve people's mental and physical wellbeing through culture and sport. 2. Support the city’s visitor economy and enhance its reputation as a great place to live, work, learn, and visit. 3. Generate funds through culture and sport programmes. We then re-invest in the charitable activities which support our vision.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Constitutional Form Date: 20 Feb 2007

Main Operating Location: Glasgow City

Number of Staff: 2145

Number of Volunteers: over 250

Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of health", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "the advancement of public participation in sport", "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 relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"

Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community", "Other charities or voluntary bodies"

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	£117,019,000	£115,110,000	09 Dec 2021	Yes
31 Mar 2022	£123,430,000	£132,855,000	12 Oct 2022	Yes
31 Mar 2023	£146,242,000	£159,955,000	15 Jan 2024	Yes
31 Mar 2024	£174,925,000	£165,366,000	11 Nov 2024	Yes
31 Mar 2025	£151,659,000	£151,345,000	06 Nov 2025	Yes	Published accounts can be found on the Companies House 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:

First Name	Last Name
Holly	Bruce
Janet	Bradley
Annette	Christie
Eva	Bolander
Glen	Gribbon
Shahid	Hanif
Siobhan	Nairn
Kieran	Turner
Linda	Pike
Anita	Salwan
Iain	MacRitchie
Kay	Morrison
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