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Black Swan

SC055320Registered charity from 21 May 2026
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address Suite 30
6 Harmont Row
Glasgow
Postcode G51 3BA
Website No Link Provided
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The organisation is established for the following charitable purposes, in accordance with section 7(2) To advance employment and personal development, particularly (but not exclusively) for young people and adults who are unemployed, under-employed, socially excluded, or otherwise disadvantaged. To advance citizenship and community development - by supporting individuals to develop life skills, confidence, resilience, and leadership, enabling fuller participation in society and equipping individuals to live positive, responsible, and constructive lives within their families and communities, through mentoring, vocational training, volunteering opportunities, and participation in community initiatives. To advance employability by providing mentoring, coaching, enterprise education, skills development, and practical support to help individuals move into employment, self-employment, or further education. To relieve poverty, injustice and financial hardship, particularly by supporting individuals who face barriers to economic participation through lack of opportunity, skills, experience, or confidence and by supporting individuals whose lives have been affected by addiction, homelessness, unemployment, injustice and social disadvantage, helping them to access accommodation, training, and support services. To advance equality of opportunity, including by supporting those facing disadvantage due to social, economic, educational, or personal circumstances.
Operations:
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 21 May 2026
Main Operating Location: Glasgow City
Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"
Beneficiaries: "Children or young people"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Jennifer Gibson
Colin Girvan
George Murdoch
From 09 March 2026, OSCR is required by law to publish the names of a charity’s trustees as part of its Scottish Charity Register entry. We are also required to publish each charity’s annual report and accounts as received from this date, which may include the names of certain individuals. The only exceptions to publication are where a charity or one of its charity trustees applies for this information to be excluded, and OSCR is satisfied that publishing it would jeopardise the safety or security of a person or premises.

If the charity trustee information on a Register entry appears blank, this may mean that an exemption applies or that the charity has not yet provided the required details to OSCR. Supplying this information will become mandatory as part of future annual submissions.
Copyright

From 30 June 2025, OSCR began collecting charity trustee information through OSCR Online. Providing this information is a legal requirement for all charities. The names of trustees will be published on the Scottish Charity Register from early 2026 to promote transparency and strengthen public trust in the sector.

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  • the names of a charity’s trustees (exemptions apply)
  • its annual report and full accounts, if submitted after 9 March 2026
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