Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 6

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
All male board: -3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 1

MERSEYSIDE SOMALI AND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

-We provide a community centre that is open 12 hours per day, 7 day week-Lunch club for the elders serving a daily average of 10 breakfasts, 20 lunches and innumerable hot drinks-Advice sessions on: Welfare rights, Health and drugs, Benefits, Jobs and training and Housing.-an advocacy and interpreting service for dealing with the authorities

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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		£96	£151	£-55	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/22		£125	£172	£-47	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/21		£136	£194	£-58	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/20		£54	£89	£-35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/19		£62	£120	£-58	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/18		£83	£121	£-38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£93	£144	£-51	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£62	£101	£-40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£547	£94	£453	£1	£463	£471	60.2	1	0
31/03/14		£106	£97	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£47	£48	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£54	£54	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£54	£55	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£53	£53	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£55	£64	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£50	£46	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£52	£49	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£29	£43	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£40	£42	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 29 years

somalicommunity22@hotmail.com

01517273000

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

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

GiG Classification

Other individual and family services

How it operates

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

Where it operates

Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
5 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£108,836
DCMS	£19,744
John Moores Foundation	£14,000
CAF	£5,400

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Merseyside Somali Community Association
£6,000	03/05/2023	Towards the Advice and Advocacy Worker's salary
National Lottery Community Fund - Reach Out
£9,560	06/08/2021	The funding will be used to deliver group based one-to-one and social media support sessions for members of the Somali Eritrean and Sudanese communities with a focus on mental health sexual health ....more The funding will be used to deliver group based one-to-one and social media support sessions for members of the Somali Eritrean and Sudanese communities with a focus on mental health sexual health and female genital mutilation. People will be provided with the opportunity to discuss issues important to them in confidence receiving advice information and signposting with the aim of promoting wellbeing across communities.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£14,780	19/08/2020	"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."
CAF - Grant to Merseyside Somali and Community Association
£5,400	29/06/2020 3	Grant to Merseyside Somali and Community Association to support the organisation through COVID19
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£4,964	29/05/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Merseyside Somali Community Association
£8,000	27/01/2020	Towards the salary of the Co-ordinator/Advocacy Worker and running costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Building Links 2019 - 2022
£99,276	29/08/2019 36	Building Links 2019 - 2022
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Merseyside Somali Community Association
£7,500	01/11/2017	Towards the salary of the Co-ordinator
National Lottery Community Fund - Building Links
£135,769	04/06/2015 36	The aim of the project is to develop a multi-cultural centre that will develop community cohesion through recreation, social, welfare and learning activities and services. This project will provide ....more The aim of the project is to develop a multi-cultural centre that will develop community cohesion through recreation, social, welfare and learning activities and services. This project will provide life and basic financial skills to beneficiaries, improve health and wellbeing through access to exercise and health awareness sessions, and support a more integrated community by encouraging young people to participate in specific recreational, leisure and cultural events.
National Lottery Community Fund - Building Links
£474,840	16/07/2013 24	Merseyside Somali Community Association want to upgrade their facilities to provide a community centre. Services will include adult education in languages, IT, citizenship and personal development, ....more Merseyside Somali Community Association want to upgrade their facilities to provide a community centre. Services will include adult education in languages, IT, citizenship and personal development, particularly aimed at unemployed people. Welfare and housing advice will be provided, health awareness and exercise classes, including healthy eating, plus the centre will provide leisure, religious and cultural celebrations.
National Lottery Community Fund - Building Links
£25,160	17/10/2012 12	Merseyside Somali Community Association want to upgrade their facilities to provide a multi-cultural community centre at the heart of an area currently seeing substantial re-development. To be called ....more Merseyside Somali Community Association want to upgrade their facilities to provide a multi-cultural community centre at the heart of an area currently seeing substantial re-development. To be called Building Links, the aim is to develop community cohesion through the provision of recreation, social, welfare and learning activities and services._x000B__x000B_T

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

ABDIHAKIM MOHAMOUD Appointed: 2022

ALI HASSAN MOHAMOUD Appointed: 2013

DAHIR OMAR SALIH Appointed: 2013

MOHAMED HASSAN EGE Appointed: 2013

MOHAMED HASSAN IBRAAHIM Appointed: 2022

AHMED ADAN FARAH Appointed: 2013, Other trusteeship: PARENTS' COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION LIMITED,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/01/1995, number: 1043679

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

19 returns made; AR17: 1 days late, AR16: 11 days late, AR13: 25 days late, AR10: 37 days late, AR09: 19 days late, AR08: 26 days late, AR07: 17 days late,

Main office

145 GRANBY STREET
LIVERPOOL
L8 2UR

Objectives

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF MERSEYSIDE WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, RELIEVE SICKNESS, RELIEVE POVERTY AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS

Defined Area of Benefit:

MERSEYSIDE

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