Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 5

Multiple Deficits: -2
Future income +5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 11

LIVERPOOL SOMALI COMMUNITY

- Elders support work (hot meals, dementia support)- Support work with young people with health/mental health needs- Community culture and heritage- General community support and signposting (benefits, housing, employment, education advocacy)

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
The Board appears to be 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
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 34 years

LIVESOMCOM@YAHOO.CO.UK

07788235820

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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		£22	£18	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/22		£11	£24	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/21		£40	£29	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/20	*	£11	£13	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/19		£13	£9	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/18		£22	£20	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£15	£15	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£27	£27	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£19	£18	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£5	£6	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£19	£19	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£9	£13	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£41	£49	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£51	£42	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£45	£42	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£23	£34	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07?	*	£44	£46	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£27	£30	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£21	£13	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Liverpool City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
2 volunteers

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
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Liverpool Somali Community
£23,400	12/07/2023	Towards running costs, administrator salary, part-time sessional worker wages
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Liverpool Somali Community
£5,000	15/04/2021	Towards the salary of the Administrator and rent
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,953	07/09/2020	"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 ....more "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Liverpool Somali Community
£10,240	01/11/2018	Towards the salary of an Administrator and rent
National Lottery Community Fund - WELCOME! Advice and Support for new arrivals and elders
£10,000	30/11/2016 12	The funding will be used to provide a weekly advice and information service for new Somali arrivals, refugees and asylum seekers. The aim of the project is to help people settle in Liverpool and ....more The funding will be used to provide a weekly advice and information service for new Somali arrivals, refugees and asylum seekers. The aim of the project is to help people settle in Liverpool and understand access to benefits and entitlements.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

ABDULLAHI ALI Appointed: 2012

ADAN ABDULLAHI SHIRREH Appointed: 2012

AHMED HIRSI Appointed: 2017

ALI AHMED HUSSIEN Appointed: 2017

AHMED SHARIF JAMAL Appointed: 2021

DEQ GUTALE Appointed: 2021

HUSSEIN OMAR AHMED Appointed: 2022

ISMAIL MOHAMED Appointed: 2020

MAHAMUOD ADAM Appointed: 2012

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/11/1989, number: 702142

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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR20: 1 days late, AR17: 42 days late, AR16: 185 days late, AR15: 82 days late, AR11: 11 days late, AR10: 534 days late, AR07: 182 days late, AR05: 1053 days late, AR04: 1410 days late,

Main office

Liverpool Somali Community Centre
57 Granby Street
LIVERPOOL
L8 2TU

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE ASSOCIATION IS TO RELIEVE NEED AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AMONG THE SOMALI COMMUNITY IN LIVERPOOL, TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC RELIGION, AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION FOR THOSE MEMBERS OF THE SAID COMMUNITY WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH MEMBERS OF THE SAID COMMUNITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LIVERPOOL

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