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The Trustees of the Edinburgh South Asian Association

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC053260
Status
Active
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Sept. 28, 2026. Filing history
Registered
April 8, 2024
Legal form
SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

Address

Address
11/2 Brandon Street
Edinburgh
EH3 5DX

Activities

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

'the advancement of education','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended'

The Trustees of the Edinburgh South Asian Association was set up to enhance the levels of life satisfaction and improve the conditions of life of higher education students from South Asia or of South Asian heritage within the city of Edinburgh and at Queen Margaret University. We invite requests for funding from any organisations at any of these universities, and from elsewhere, to support activities that contribute to these goals by encouraging and supporting activities organised for these students that promote South Asian arts and culture, that create opportunities for social interaction or that provide information and advice with respect to the conditions of living in Edinburgh and the expectations of the academic cultures of Edinburgh’s universities.

Beneficiaries: 'Other defined groups'

Objectives: The organisation’s purposes are (a) to enhance the levels of life satisfaction and improve the conditions of life. (b) advance South Asian arts and culture. and (c) contribute to progress within Scottish higher educational institutions of students from South Asia or of South Asian heritage at any Higher Education Institution within the city of Edinburgh and at Queen Margaret University without discriminating in favour of or against those from any South Asian country, or in favour of or against those professing membership of any particular religion or discriminating on grounds of membership of any political party, or on grounds of gender or sexuality, by encouraging and supporting activities organised for these students that promote South Asian arts and culture, that create opportunities for social interaction or that provide information and advice with respect to the conditions of living in Edinburgh and the expectations of the academic cultures of Edinburgh’s universities.

Geography

Main operating location
City of Edinburgh
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
Dec. 31, 2025 Sept. 28, 2026On time £28,927 £140
Dec. 31, 2024 Sept. 26, 2025On time £0 £0

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