Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

ISLINGTON SOMALI COMMUNITY

Islington Somali Community provides: advice, information and guidance, youth project, elderly project, Refugee Crisis Intervention project, workshops on different areas and work club
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

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£125£106£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£91£88£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£108£108£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£91£90£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£96£95£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£108£108£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£88£81£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£69£67£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£80£79£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£100£91£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£78£91£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£75£94£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£123£144£-21n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 14 years
(16 years as a company)

islingtonsomalicommunity.org.uk

co-ordinator@isc26.org.uk

02072720550

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Legal & financial advice
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Islington,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People

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£128,000
Trust for London£46,500
Greater London Authority£26,297
Cloudesley£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund£20,000
Cripplegate Foundation£9,000
The London Community Foundation£4,800
BBC Children in Need£3,305
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Somali Community
£10,000 20/02/2024
ISC Connect service
Greater London Authority - ISC Links
£26,297 03/11/2023
Since 2009 ISC Links has been a grassroots youthwork project engaging young Somalis in north London. Links engages hard to reach young people including those at risk of radicalisation or involved in gang activities. ISC re-connects them with ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Islington Somali Community
£128,000 30/05/2023
60
£128,000 over five years (£25,000, £25,750, £25,750, £25,750, £25,750) to Islington Somali Community to assist and advise Somali and East African refugees in accessing housing, immigration, health, and education services through a wide-ranging ....more
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Somali Community
£10,000 21/02/2023
ISC Connect
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Islington Somali Community (ISC)
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Trust for London - Islington Somali Community
£1,500 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-02.06.2020-8636
National Lottery Community Fund - ISC Links
£10,000 12/11/2021
The funding will be used to offer training and progression into employment through a ‘job club’ and links with local employers for young Somalis aged 16-21 in Islington. The project aims to re- engage young people with education and training ....more
Trust for London - Islington Somali Community
£45,000 14/10/2020
36
The funding is for salaries of staff and running cost for its advice service, to address social welfare issues faced by the Somali community in North London. In order to respond to the challenge of the pandemic, to expand its current advice services ....more
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Islington Somali Community
£9,000 14/09/2020
Covid-19 Crisis Funding for ISC Supplementary School
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Islington Somali Community (ISC)
£2,805 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This project will provide an online supplementary school support for Somali children and young people who are disadvantaged from the effects of Covid-19 on their education. It will help to increase their engagement in education and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - ISC Connect Plus
£10,000 29/05/2020
6
The project will deliver fruit boxes and prescriptions offer a phone and befriending service to isolated older people especially those from Somali communities.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Islington Somali Community
£4,800 09/04/2020
ISC urgently needs funding to fully move our essential services – particularly the ISC Advice Service online. Until now our advice service and other projects helping the most vulnerable people in our community have been provided face to face. Now ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Islington Somali Community (ISC)
£30,000 19/11/2019
36
This project will provide weekly after school and holiday activities for Somali children and young people. It will help to increase their engagement in education, reduce anti-social behaviour and raise their aspirations for the future.
National Lottery Community Fund - ISC Connect Plus
£10,000 03/05/2019
12
The funding will be used to provide health and social support and extend their befriending service for older people from the Somali community. The project aims to improve their wellbeing whilst reducing isolation.
Greater London Authority - ISC Links
£62,075 01/10/2018
ISC Links will engage with young Somalis at risk living in Islington. Many will have dropped out of education and none will be participating in any kind of sport. The project offer positive opportunities to take part in weekly sports activities as a ....more
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£62,075 01/10/2018
ISC Links To engage young Somalis at risk of anti-social activity and isolation in weekly sports activities to improve fitness, team work and leadership skills. The project will include a Job Club with mentoring support from other young people to ....more
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Somali Community
£8,773 19/09/2018
ISC Connect
People's Health Trust - ISC Connect
£14,007 08/02/2018
This existing one-year project built on work funded by the Trust. This enabled the project to extend the befriending and social activities offered to older Somali people by focussing the project on those older people with mental health issues in all ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - ISC Connect
£10,000 02/04/2017
12
The funding will be used to build capacity for the organisation’s volunteer base and provide engagement activities that focus on supporting older people from the Somali community who are isolated. The project aims to improve the way in which the ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Islington Somali Community (ISC)
£40,810 11/10/2016
36
To fund a mentoring project for young Somalis living in poverty in Islington, to increase confidence and self-esteem, reduce antisocial behaviour and help them access employment and education opportunities.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 24-88
  • AHMED TANI Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Accountant
  • BASHIR NUR Appointed: 2014
  • ESSA ALI (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Retired
  • FADHIYA ELMI Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Unemployed
  • GULED AHMED Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Student
  • ISMAIL EGAL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Security Guard
  • MUNA MOHAMED Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Care Worker
  • MUSTAFE AIDEED Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Student
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/07/2010, number: 1136720
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/02/2008, number: 06495712
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • 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
  • 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
13 returns made; all on time
Main office

225 -229
SEVEN SISTERS ROAD
LONDON
N4 2DA

Objectives

A TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF ISLINGTON AND THE SOMALI PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTSB TO ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTSC THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AND THE RELIEF OF THE DISABLED AND ELDERLY

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE LONDON BOROUGH OF ISLINGTON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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