01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC000697
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 25
- Postcode
- EH3 9NH
OSCR note: Previous Charity name Nari Kallyan Shangho from 18-01-1998 to 25-04-2019
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Networking Key Services (NKS) is a health and welfare organisation working for South Asian women and their families living in Edinburgh. The vision of the organisation is to improve the quality of life for South Asians and the mission is to provide a common platform for South Asian women and the families to act collectively to raise health and welfare issues of relevance to them. The core values adopted by NKS are of equality, democracy and participation NKS is a leading organisation working to alleviate isolation and deprivation among South Asian women and their families and encourage them to become active citizens through capacity building in the communities. We work closely with grass root families that experience exclusion and lack of equal opportunities in accessing various services and seeking learning opportunities due to many challenges faced by them living in Scottish society. The factors determining the barriers faced are around race, religion, culture, language.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- 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 promotion of equality and diversity
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The objects for which the Company is established are to promote the benefit of South Asian women in Edinburgh without distinction of political, religious or other opinions by advancing the education of such women, providing recreation and leisure facilities for such women and improving the social welfare and conditions of life of such women.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £559,430 | £535,759 | 25 | 18 November 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £409,043 | £435,454 | 25 | 12 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £428,322 | £398,537 | 25 | 4 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £314,962 | £339,460 | 25 | 18 November 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £400,251 | £360,952 | 25 | 17 December 2021 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- Darroch Annexe, 7 Gillespie Street, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.nkshealth.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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