01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC030804
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH12 9DT
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Provide, construct, improve and manage houses for persons who are aged, infirm, disabled or handicapped (whether mentally or physically) and any associated amenities specially designed or adapted to meet their disabilities and requirements.
Charitable purposes
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- People with disabilities or health problems
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
(i) to provide, construct, improve and manage, and to encourage and facilitate the provision, construction and improvement of, houses for persons in necessitous circumstances and, without prejudice to the foregoing generality, to provide serviced housing to persons in necessitous circumstances (ii) to provide, construct, improve and manage, for persons who are aged or infirm or disabled or handicapped (whether mentally or physically) and in need of housing and any associated amenities specially designed or adapted to meet their disabilities and requirements, such housing and any associated amenities (iii) to provide, for persons who are in necessitous circumstances and who are in need of such services, services of any description in arranging or carrying out works of maintenance, repair or improvement to the houses of such persons, and to encourage or facilitate the carrying out of such works (iv) to provide care and support to, and care and support services and facilities to, any such persons who are referred to in sub-paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) above
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £791,055 | £395,863 | 0 | 19 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £802,822 | £382,938 | 0 | 5 September 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £787,793 | £1,067,536 | 0 | 16 October 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £812,185 | £1,007,199 | 0 | 26 September 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £782,541 | £382,098 | 0 | 5 October 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
- Ground Floor West Suite, Lochside House, 3 Lochside Way, Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.arkha.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Ark Housing Association Limited · SC015694
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
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