Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

COUNCIL OF SOMALI ORGANISATIONS

Our vision: To achieve cohesive, integrated and successful Somali communities in London.Our mission: To provide a strong, collective and credible voice for the Somali communities inLondon and eventually across the UK and to articulate the aspirations and interests of Somalicommunities and diaspora.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity only provides its support via other charities
  • There are only 4 trustees

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£384£366£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£312£265£47n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£427£407£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£67£82£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£95£82£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18*£79£88£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£115£98£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£101£99£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15*£101£73£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 11 years
(13 years as a company)

www.councilofsomaliorgs.com

kahiye@councilofsomaliorgs.com

0208 064 0161

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Legal & financial advice
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

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
National Lottery Community Fund£619,407
City Bridge Trust£157,250
The Legal Education Foundation£150,000
Trust for London£25,000
UK Community Foundations£19,752
The Clothworkers Foundation£10,000
The London Community Foundation£10,000
Greater London Authority£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Legal Education Foundation - UK Somali community legal resilience and capacity-building
£150,000 09/11/2022
To build the capacity of Council of Somali Organisations’ members from across England & Wales to give quality legal advice, through providing training and support on different areas of law ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Hub Building
£261,000 15/12/2021
The group aim to support the Somali community groups across London South East and the South West by providing advocacy support. Funding for the group will go towards core costs and enable them to ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Council of Somali Organisations
£10,000 06/01/2021
purchase office equipment for a charity supporting disadvantaged Somali community in London
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Council of Somali organisations
£10,000 04/12/2020
5
The funding is for an Information & Support Officer post supporting 20 Somali-led Mosques in London to promote health messaging in relation to Covid-19 vaccination and to combat anti vaccine ....more
UK Community Foundations - BAME Infrastructure Fund
£19,752 26/10/2020
Restricted funding for COVID-19 Relief (led by people of Black, Asian and/or Minority Ethnic Heritage)
Trust for London - Council of Somali Organisations
£25,000 18/08/2020
6
The funding is for CSO to support members to develop appropriate strategies and better communication policies and practices in response to COVID-19. The Communications Analyst will support CSO ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - UK Somali Community Covid-19 Quick Impact Projects
£358,407 03/07/2020
11
The Council of Somali Organisations is an infrastructure support organisation for the Somali Voluntary and Community Sectors. It aims to provide a collective voice for the Somali Community in the UK ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Council of Somali Organisations
£12,250 09/04/2020
A one-off, unrestricted grant of £12,250, equivalent to one regular quarterly payment for the organisation’s current grant. COVID19
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Council of Somali Organisations
£145,000 26/03/2020
36
£145,000 over three years (£49,000; £48,000; £48,000) towards a 0.6FTE salary and associated costs of a project to support SCVOs in influencing decisions affecting Somalis in London.
Greater London Authority - Grant to 'Council of Somali Organisations'
£5,000 10/12/2019
European Outreach Grant
Trust for London - Council of Somali Organisations
£150,000 05/06/2019
36
The funding is for the post of the Director to raise voices of the Somali VCOs in the London area and develop networking. It plans to introduce thematic engagement structures for raising the ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Council of Somali Organisations
£29,601 30/07/2018
36
Saturday Maths and English booster club for 75 10-15 years olds facing financial and language barriers in mainstream education. Young people will have increased self-belief, raised aspirations and ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Council of Somali Organisations
£14,900 25/07/2018
12
CSO is seeking funding towards AQS and London Youth Quality Mark accreditation, fundraising training, staff and trustee training, a governance review, a community needs assessment and to develop a ....more
London Catalyst - Council of Somali Organisations - 1
£4,000 30/11/2017
CSO Mental Health Bridge Project
Trust for London - Council of Somali Organisations
£150,000 02/03/2017
36
The funding is towards (1) Salary costs of Director's post (4 days per week). This postholder is key to implementing the overall strategic and operational priorities set out by the Board for the next ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Council of Somali Organisations
£50,000 18/03/2016
£50,000 as a final contribution towards the part-time salaries of a Business and Membership Development Officer (0.6 FTE) and a Research and Development Officer (0.4 FTE).
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 24-51
  • ABDIRAXMAN XIRSI (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Project Manager
  • DR FOWIA AHMED IBRAHIM Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Scientist
  • FADUMO SAEED Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Project Manager
  • MARIAM ALI ABDULLE Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/11/2013, number: 1154667
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/10/2010, number: 07405401
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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
9 returns made; AR18: 55 days late, AR15: 12 days late,
Main office

Hoxton Mix Ltd
86-90 Paul Street
LONDON
EC2A 4NE

Objectives

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN 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 BY:1. 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 ENABLE THOSE PROVIDERS TO ADAPT SERVICE ;3. PROVIDING EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TO SUPPORT AND ENABLE THE SOMALI COMMUNITY TO MAXIMISE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES;4. RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING THE SOMALI COMMUNITY AND THEIR CHILDREN, BOTH GENERALLY AND IN RELATION TO THEIR SOCIAL EXCLUSION;5. PROVIDING DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT, FORUMS, ADVOCACY AND GENERAL SUPPORT TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF THAT COMMUNITY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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