01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC027124
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 4
- Postcode
- DD1 5RB
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The charity provides facilities , and a lunch club on tuesday's and saturday's for members of the community. All are welcome. The charity encourages members to use the garden facilities and get involved in growing and harvesting food, which is incorporated into the lunch club menu. Other events that the community can get involved in include: Qui Gong, Kumon classes, tango and flamenco dancing. The charity is currently running a recycling workshop program for younger people who can come and learn how to recycle and raise awareness. A local Indian dance class is also present, and continues to look for new members. Various cultural events occur during the year which are open to all members of the community
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 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 disabilities or health problems
- People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
(a) Promote the benefit of the inhabitants and primarily the ethnic minority inhabitants of Dundee and the surrounding area~ without distinction of sex or sexual orientation or race or of political or religious or other opinions by associating together the said inhabitants and the Local Authorities, voluntary and other Organisations in a common effort to: (i) Advance the education of the said inhabitants (ii) Provide facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation for the said inhabitants in the interests of social welfare with the object of improving their conditions of life (b) Establish or secure the establishment of a community centre at 2 Russell Place, Dundee, DD3 7RU, or such other location as may be decided from time to time and to maintain and manage the same (whether alone or in co-operation with any local or other person or body) in furtherance of the above object (c) Promote such other charitable purposes as may from time to time be determined
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £57,626 | £50,833 | 4 | 16 November 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £46,299 | £60,950 | 4 | 12 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £44,181 | £50,888 | 4 | 12 November 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £61,372 | £54,507 | 4 | 7 November 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £98,031 | £78,750 | 4 | 13 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
- Dudhope Centre, 5 St Mary Place, Dundee
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.bharatiyaashram.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
No direct external links on this profile. The official OSCR record and source documentation are available through BritDB’s dedicated source page.
05 Provenance
Source for this profile
© Crown Copyright and database right 2026. Contains information from the Scottish Charity Register supplied by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. BritDB is an independent service and does not claim to be the Scottish Charity Register.