Finance Score: -7

Governance Score: -11

Support Score: 2

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
Spending falling: -1
Volatile income: -3
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
2 Trustees: -2
Narrow trustee age band: -2
Very static board: -5

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: -16

TOWER HAMLETS SOMALI ORGANISATIONS NETWORK

We provide capacity building for Somali community organisations based in Tower Hamlets.Our work entails: - Facilitate partnership, collaboration and good practice dissemination within our members- Improve skills, professionalism in Somali community service provision - This is done through training and one to one support. - Become a voice of Somali community service providers

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity only provides its support via other charities
This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
There are only 2 trustees
The Board composition appears to be very static and has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile recently

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
31/12/22		£6	£5	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/21	*	£4	£3	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/20	*	£75	£71	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/12/19		£80	£79	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/12/18	*	£24	£24	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	4
31/12/17		£71	£40	£32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	*	£42	£41	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15	*	£37	£53	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14	*	£79	£45	£34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 11 years
(18 years as a company)

www.thson.com

info@thson.com

02081230740

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Community services

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides services

Where it operates

Tower Hamlets,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	12/03/2021	Emergency Funding Request for Tower Hamlets Somali Organisations Network- Rebuilding Communities During a Pandemic
National Lottery Community Fund - Bouncing Back Together
£10,000	18/12/2020 11	The funding will be used to provide mentoring and support services for Somalian community groups. The project aims to enable them to adapt to the changing needs of local people during the Covid-19 ....more The funding will be used to provide mentoring and support services for Somalian community groups. The project aims to enable them to adapt to the changing needs of local people during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 49-60

SULIEMAN HASSAN Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Day Care Officer

SAEED NOOR Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Community Worker, Other trusteeships: HORNAFRIK INTEGRATION PROJECTS LTD, ADEEG COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/09/2013, number: 1153710
Registered at Companies House on 07/12/2005, number: 05648113

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

9 returns made; AR21: 152 days late, AR20: 24 days late, AR18: 328 days late, AR16: 27 days late, AR15: 8 days late, AR14: 23 days late,

Main office

Unit 9, 1-11
Assembly Passage London
E1 4UT

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE:A. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF OR CREED (IN PARTICULAR, MEMBERS OF THE SOMALI COMMUNITY) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY1 PROVIDING A LOCAL NETWORK GROUP THAT ENCOURAGES AND ENABLES MEMBERS OF THE SOMALI COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE WIDER COMMUNITY,2 INCREASING, OR CO-ORDINATING, OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE SOMALI COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS TO ADAPT SERVICES TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF THAT COMMUNITY.

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