Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 7
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
    • Overall weighted support: +7
    Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

    ENFIELD SOMALI COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

    * Provision of advice, information and Guidance on housing, welfare benefits, employment, education & training, and immigration, Mother Tongue, Supplementary Classes and Home-school * Basic skills training* Job search and job brokerage, and volunteering opportunities* workshops on: Crime & drugs, health, community cohesion, Social and cultural events * Youth advice, sports activities
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received

    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income
    £k
    Spending
    £k
    Surplus/
    Deficit £k
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    31/03/23£83£75£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/22£69£78£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/21*£111£82£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/20£31£28£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/19£22£22£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/18£10£11£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/17*£14£14£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/16£23£20£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/15£20£21£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/14*£29£27£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/13£22£26£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/12£42£44£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/11*£46£43£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/10*£31£30£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/09*£25£24£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 17 years

    www.enfieldsomali.co.uk

    enfieldsomali@gmail.com

    02083736340

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Accommodation/Housing
    • Amateur Sport
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • Disability
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    GiG Classification
    • Other welfare services
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Enfield,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
    • People With Disabilities

    Who supports them? ?

    Donations from Grant Makers ?

    We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    City Bridge Trust£124,500
    DCMS£54,952
    Greater London Authority£10,000
    National Lottery Community Fund£9,750
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Greater London Authority - CSR 3 Round 2 Capacity Building Grant
    £10,000 20/09/2023
    The project seeks to address the amplified challenges faced by the local Somali community due to the cost of living crisis, which includes increased health inequalities, unemployment, debt, evictions, and emotional distress.
    City Bridge Trust - Grant to Enfield Somali Community
    £124,500 23/05/2023
    60
    £124,500 over five years (£32,100; £32,100; £22,300; £22,300; £15,700) to support the provision of targeted specialist advice and support services for Somali people, and others in need, living in Enfield to help them remain safe, independent, ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Enfield Befriending Support
    £9,750 15/07/2022
    The funding will be used to employ a befriending support officer who will work with older people in the Somali community. The project aims to meet the wellbeing and practical needs of community members who live in socially isolated circumstances.
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £54,952 05/10/2020
    "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (5)

    • CABAAS YUSUF Appointed: 2013
    • MOHAMED HERSI Appointed: 2020
    • OMAR MOHAMED ABDI Appointed: 2013
    • SALAADO H HASSAN
    • XASAN D XASAN
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/12/2007, number: 1122016
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Conflicting interests
    • Financial reserves policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Internal risk management policy and procedures
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding policy and procedures
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    15 returns made; AR21: 3 days late, AR17: 0 days late, AR14: 2 days late, AR11: 31 days late, AR10: 9 days late, AR09: 76 days late,
    Main office

    COMMUNITY HOUSE
    311 FORE STREET
    LONDON
    N9 0PZ

    Objectives

    A) TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE PUBLIC HEALTH, PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE TO MEMBERS OF THE SOMALI COMMUNITY IN ENFIELD.B) TO RELIEVE THE AGED AND THE DISABLED.C) TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE PERSONS RESIDENT IN ENFIELD, PARTICULARLY PERSONS OF SOMALI ORIGIN WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE FOR SUCH PERSONS.D) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF PUPILS, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO ARE OF SOMALI ORIGIN, AT SCHOOLS IN ENFIELD, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF SUPPLEMENTARY CLASSES.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    LONDON BOROUGH OF ENFIELD

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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