Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Fundraising costs high: -3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

THE MANCHESTER SOMALI ISLAMIC CULTURAL TRUST 

To promote the Islamic religion; To promote the culture and language and the Islamic traditions of the Somali community; To establish or secure the establishment of an Islamic centre and to maintain and manage such a centre for the furtherance of the above objectives.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but very substantial unrestricted reserves are available
  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£860£223£637£223£1,716£1,71692.2435
31/03/22£331£176£155n/an/an/an/an/a35
31/03/21*£304£176£128n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/20£193£180£13n/an/an/an/an/a45
31/03/19*£407£210£197n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/18*£163£144£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£73£108£-35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£71£64£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£87£33£53£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£93£59£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£70£57£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£67£42£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£78£43£35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£30£22£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£319£52£267£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£78£42£37£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£79£48£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06?*£75£35£39£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/05?£1£0£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£4£0£4£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 26%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 100%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 92.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 55 months
Quick Ratio: 0
Asset Split ?
Established: 27 years

01612486143

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Other religious associations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Manchester City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 4 employees
  • 35 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/10/1997, number: 1064859
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR21: 205 days late, AR19: 1 days late, AR18: 14 days late, AR17: 1 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR12: 1 days late, AR11: 2 days late, AR10: 44 days late, AR07: 195 days late, AR06: 1 days late,
Main office

THE MANCHESTER SOMALI ISLAMIC
CULTURAL TRUST
UNITY HOUSE
42 GREAT SOUTHERN STREET
MANCHESTER
M14 4EZ

Objectives

(1) TO PROMOTE THE ISLAMIC RELIGION(2) TO PROMOTE THE CULTURE AND LANGUAGE AND THE ISLAMIC TRADITIONS OF THE SOMALI COMMUNITY(3) TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ISLAMIC CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE SUCH A CENTRE FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS

Defined Area of Benefit:

CITY OF MANCHESTER

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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