It is an Arms' Length External body from Glasgow City Council,[2] with operating responsibility for managing the arts, music, sports, events, festivals, libraries and learning programmes for the council.
[3] It is the 14th largest charity, by income, in Scotland,[4] and its formation has been described as “one of the highest profile transfers of functions from a council to a charitable Trust in the UK” and that “...the inclusion of libraries was unprecedented“[5] Culture and Sport Glasgow was formed as a company in December 2006,[6] and a registered charity from February 2007.
It is governed by a Board of directors,[18] consisting of: The Chair is Councillor Bailie Christie,[19] and the Chief Executive is Susan Deighan.
[20] There are a number of sub-committees, including: The majority of the income for the organisation is provided as a service fee from Glasgow City Council, with annual reports showing this is approximately 60% of income.
Glasgow Life is regulated in its charitable activities by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR), which publishes headline income and expenditure figures,[7] with full accounts available from Companies House.