Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 12
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +12
    Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

    GLASGOW ZINE LIBRARY, SCIO 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
    Total income £95,398 £171,398 £191,538
    Total spending £58,467 £114,557 £167,473
    Surplus/deficit £36,931 £56,841 £24,065
    Established: 4 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Museums, parks, historical sites
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of citizenship or community development
    • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','the promotion of equality and diversity
    Where it operates
    • Scotland and other parts of the UK, main operating location: Glasgow City
    Who it helps
    • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

    Who's supporting them? ?

    Donations from Grant Makers ?

    We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation£80,000
    National Lottery Heritage Fund£62,808
    The Foyle Foundation£29,000
    Scottish Government£14,244
    National Lottery Community Fund£9,984
    Foundation Scotland£3,000
    Corra Foundation£2,500
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
    £29,000 10/07/2023
    towards core costs over the next 12 months
    Foundation Scotland - Govanhill After School Arts and Crafts Club
    £3,000 16/02/2023
    To support the delivery of a youth based arts project in Glasgow/
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Core Support for Glasgow Zine Library
    £80,000 03/10/2022
    Glasgow Zine Library is a community space, self-publishing library and archive working with adults and young people, artists and marginalised community groups to provide affordable and accessible ....more
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Glasgow Zine Library, SCIO
    £62,808 02/09/2022
    #DYC Preserving Community Stories
    National Lottery Community Fund - Glasgow Zine Fest 2022: Young Producers Programme
    £9,984 28/01/2022
    This project will give 12 young people aged between 16-21 years from the library's local community the opportunity to create and run public events to be delivered during the 9th Annual Glasgow Zine ....more
    Corra Foundation - Enabling_Neighbourhoods_Fund-21/1294
    £2,500 08/06/2021
    Towards the costs associated with delivering activities in your local community.
    Scottish Government - Glasgow Zine Library
    £14,244 15/07/2020
    Detailed description not provided.
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 22/07/2020, number: SC050309
    Filing Record
    2 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    32-34 Albert Road, Glasgow, G42 8DN

    Objectives

    The organisation’s purposes are: To advance the arts, heritage and cultural sector through the self-publication of zines as a means for artistic, community and personal expression, by providing affordable and relevant workshops and activities rooted in making and maintaining at-cost printing. To promote equality and diversity by providing facilities and services with the aim of benefitting the diverse range of our returning and anticipated participants, and providing agency to groups who are underrepresented. To advance citizenship and community development by promoting the production and appreciation of zines and Do It Yourself (DIY) culture to communities in Glasgow and wider Scotland, and providing the Glasgow Zine Library as a space that will deliver community resources and programmes of educational events, including our annual festival Glasgow Zine Fest.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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