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Praise Gathering

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC039779
Status
Active
Reporting
Up to date Last filed June 4, 2026. Filing history
Registered
Aug. 7, 2008
Legal form
Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Address

Address
c/o TC Alexander Sloan Limited
Accountants and Business Advisers
180 St Vincent Street
Glasgow
G2 5SG

Contact

Website
praisegathering.org.uk
Screenshot of the Praise Gathering website

Activities

'It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations','It carries out activities or services itself'

'the advancement of religion'

The charity's core activity is the 500 voice Christian choir known as Praise Gathering which holds annual June concerts (2 of) in Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. The concerts also feature the Praise Gathering Youth Choir which has around 65 members ranging in age from 8 to 15. Each concert attracts an average audience of 1,650 excluding choir members. Ahead of the concerts, the Praise Gathering choir holds 10 weekly rehearsals in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee. Registration for choir members opens each November via the charity's website and attracts an average of 500 singers drawn from approximately 200 churches across West, Central Scotland and Fife. As indicated in the Directors' Report, around 200 tickets for the concerts are purchased by donations from choir members and given to guests who are clients or contacts of a number of charities operating in Glasgow and Edinburgh and who otherwise would not be able to afford the cost of a ticket.

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

Objectives: The objects for which the Company is established is the advancement of the Christian faith and the financial support of Christian Ministries in the United Kingdom and worldwide and in furtherance thereof the Company shall seek to build up the Body of Christ and Christian witness through worship and praise at Christian events.

Geography

Main operating location
Glasgow City
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
Oct. 31, 2025 June 4, 2026On time £141,646 £143,565
Oct. 31, 2024 March 26, 2025On time £109,644 £104,385
Oct. 31, 2023 June 13, 2024On time £43,362 £49,668
Oct. 31, 2022 July 11, 2023On time £113,821 £111,333
Oct. 31, 2021 Nov. 2, 202294 days late £1,056 £4,925
Oct. 31, 2020 July 28, 2021 £20,298 £15,072

Due dates are 9 months after the year end, OSCR's deadline, so they don't allow for any extension OSCR has granted.