"It will be unable to provide any further childcare services, mental health support and general assistance to those who might require it"
Liquidators have been called into an award winning Scottish charity.
TFN understands that Saheliya has gone bust and is being would up.
The charity was a specialist mental health and well-being support organisation working with women experiencing racial inequality in Edinburgh, Glasgow and other parts of Scotland.
In 2016 it won Charity of the Year (pictured above) at the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations’ Scottish Charity Awards.
Judges were impressed by its wellbeing service and learning centre which develops employability skills.
It had worked with 936 women - including asylum seekers and refugees - from 39 different countries over the previous. It also launched a nursery in a bid to develop its social enterprise income.
The cause of its demise is still not clear. TFN has been unable to contact anyone involved in the charity and its phone lines are ringing out.
FRP Advisory was appointed Joint Provisional Liquidator at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on 13 June.
An email, seen by TFN, reads: “Unfortunately, the charity has closed with immediate effect and will be unable to provide any further childcare services, mental health support and general assistance to those who might require it.
“The affairs of the company/charity are now being managed by the Joint Provisional Liquidators.”
FRP Advisory was asked for comment, but has not provided one so far.
Saheliya is still listed as ‘active’ on charity regulator OSCR’s register. Its last published accounts (for 31 March 2024) showed its income slightly falling behind its spending.
It didn’t file an annual return in March this year.
On Companies House, Saheliya is listed as ‘active’, but the register there shows that a provisional liquidator was appointed on 18 June, with the charity’s official address changing from its Mcdonald Road, Edinburgh, headquarters to that of FPR Advisory, also in Edinburgh.
It Companies House histing also shows some signs of senior management turnover in its last few months, with various appointments and terminations at director level listed from February to May.
Its social media accounts also went quiet in February with no postings since then.
