Blindcraft Trust Fund
- Country
- Scotland
- Charity number
- SC043029
- Status
- Active
- Registered
- March 26, 2012
- Legal form
- Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
Address
- Address
- Glasgow City Council
Corporate Finance
Ground Floor
40 John Street
Glasgow
G1 1JL
Activities
'It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals','It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations'
'the prevention or relief of poverty','the advancement of education','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage'
The Blindcraft Trust issues a number of grants to organisations that work with blind and visually impaired people, in order to achieve its goals of advancing education and relieving poverty though training/provision of skills for blind individuals, and supporting other organisations that benefit blind or visually impaired people.
Beneficiaries: 'Children or young people','People with disabilities or health problems','Other charities or voluntary bodies'
Objectives: to advance the education of individuals of all ages who are blind or visually impaired with particular support being given to children from birth to 19 years of age who have a right to statutory education, declaring that no support shall be given in respect of any matters for which a local authority has a statutory duty. 2. to relieve poverty amongst individuals who are blind or visually impaired and in particular unemployed persons through the promotion and/or provision of training and skills of all kinds and particularly such skills as will assist such residents in obtaining paid employment within the mainstream working environment, declaring that particular support will be given to the Blindcraft Factory run by Glasgow City Council for those who are blind or visually impaired. 3. to promote, establish and/or support other projects and programmes of a charitable nature for the benefit of individuals who are blind or visually impaired, including the advancement of the education of the public in general in relation to individuals who are blind or visually impaired, providing such other projects are ancillary to the activities carried on by the Trust in pursuit of the objects (1) and (2) above
Geography
- Main operating location
- Glasgow City
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
Finances
| Period end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £16,013 | £148,419 |
| March 31, 2024 | £16,636 | £211,492 |
| March 31, 2023 | £17,570 | £151,014 |
| March 31, 2022 | £16,006 | £185,766 |
| March 31, 2021 | £16,012 | £26,306 |