OSCR Scottish charity profile

Scottish Bangladeshi Welfare Association

Known as SBWA

ActiveCharity number SC051710
Registered27 April 2022
Main locationMidlothian
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC051710
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH12 5DS

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To promote social cohesion and cross-cultural awareness between the Scottish Bangladeshi community and other communities across Scotland by organizing regular national and cultural events throughout the year. To promote health and wellbeing of the Scottish Bangladeshi community across Scotland by organizing activities covering physical sports and mindfulness sessions. To provide social education to the young generations (under 16) from the Scottish Bangladeshi community across Scotland by organizing Bengali Language classes, educational excursions and activities on contemporary environmental issues.

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

Beneficiaries

  • 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

4 The organisation's purposes are: (4.1) To promote social cohesion and cross-cultural awareness between the Scottish Bangladeshi community and other communities across Scotland by organizing regular national and cultural events throughout the year. (4.2) To promote health and wellbeing of the Scottish Bangladeshi community across Scotland by organizing activities covering physical sports and mindfulness sessions. (4.3) To provide social education to the young generations (under 16) from the Scottish Bangladeshi community across Scotland by organizing Bengali Language classes, educational excursions and activities on contemporary environmental issues.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

4 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£0£00Not supplied
31 December 2024£12,503£3,363030 September 2025
31 December 2023£5,072£3,907029 September 2024
31 December 2022£0£0029 September 2023

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
West Maitland St Post Office, 4A West Maitland, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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