01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC048790
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- G82 9AZ
OSCR note: Previous name-Sarbat Da Bhala from 26/10/2018 to 23/04/2019
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Provides legal aid representation for those that cannot afford it, mostly providing legal aid in India.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The organisation's purposes are: 4.1 To promote the relief of hardship, poverty and sickness amongst people who are being or have been detained in any part of the world outside of the European Union. 4.2 To provide funds to individuals who are detained in prison outside the European Union to provide legal advice and advocacy in that country. 4.3 To provide funds to the families of prisoners so detained to alleviate hardship through loss of breadwinner. 4.4 To provide funds to organisations from time to time that are concerned with drug and alcohol awareness programmes and relief of families so afflicted. 4.5 To raise funds worldwide for use in line with the organisations purposes
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2025 | £36,713 | £30,474 | 0 | 29 May 2026 |
| 1 September 2024 | £40,218 | £37,846 | 0 | 12 May 2025 |
| 1 September 2023 | £22,833 | £32,670 | 0 | 6 May 2024 |
| 1 September 2022 | £34,683 | £80,684 | 0 | 8 May 2023 |
| 1 September 2021 | £24,186 | £48,359 | 0 | 23 May 2022 |
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
- PO Box 5216, Dunbarton
- Website supplied to OSCR
- https://www.facebook.com/SikhLegalAssistanceBoard
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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