OSCR Scottish charity profile

Edinburgh Chinese Elderly Support Association

ActiveCharity number SC016886
Registered3 August 1989
Main locationCity of Edinburgh
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC016886
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH18 1HE

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To provide welfare, educational, and companionship services to older members of the Chinese community in Edinburgh and the surrounding areas through lunch club and engaging activities and outings

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development
  • the promotion of religious or racial harmony
  • 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

  • Older People
  • People with a particular ethnic or racial origin

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The objects of the Association are to relieve poverty, further the health, and advance the education of person within the Chinese Community in the area of benefit, and to promote racial harmony within the wider community in Lothian.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£3,798£7,513022 December 2025
31 March 2024£4,351£8,522023 December 2024
31 March 2023£3,799£7,496026 December 2023
31 March 2022£100£1,470029 December 2022
31 March 2021£503£1,08106 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
c/o Netherhouse, Green Lane, Lasswade
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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