Finance Score: -21
Governance Score: -16
Support Score: 2
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Dormant: -10
  • Submission defaults: -10
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Very static board: -5
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: -35 ?

BROMLEY SOMALI COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION 

Learning & educational programme - Supplementary schools and Homework Support ClubDomiciliary care service Developing and supporting mentors and role models for young people.Welfare advice, information and support service for older people and families.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There have been multiple defaults for filing returns
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • There is a pension deficit of £0
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing and returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • This charity appears to be dormant
Established: 28 years

www.bromleysca.net

info@bromleysca.com

02035834021

Charity Commission for England and Wales
This Charity appears to be dormant

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
31/03/18£23£21£1£0£0£0n/a04
31/03/17£9£9£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£5£9£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£5£9£-4£0£0£0n/a05
31/03/14*£5£8£-3£0£0£0n/a04
31/03/13*£8£10£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£47£53£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£38£38£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£25£18£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£28£24£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£25£19£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£12£13£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£22£18£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£33£30£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£20£22£-2£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: NAN%
Liabilities/Income: 0%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: NAN%
Reserves/Spending: 0 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: NAN
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 4 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
Trust for London - Bromley Experts by Experience CIC
£45,000 06/06/2018
36
The funding is for us to further develop the work we do which has been funded by you, around building the campaigning skills of disabled people and local Deaf and Disabled People's Organisations and ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Bromley Somali Community Association
£29,550 13/11/2017
36
A supplementary school for children from the Somali community; many are refugees or from low income families. Classes and fun activities will help them improve their school grades, raise their ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Penge Somali Families Club
£9,980 02/08/2017
12
This project will deliver a programme of health and wellbeing activities that will support people from the Somali refugee community. This will address issues surrounding social isolation and mental ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/05/1996, number: 1055145
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR16: 9 days late, AR14: 33 days late, AR13: 400 days late, AR12: 658 days late, AR11: 220 days late, AR10: 52 days late, AR09: 97 days late, AR08: 12 days late, AR05: 17 days late, AR04: 72 days late,
Main office

196 High Street
Penge
LONDON
SE20 7QB

Objectives

(1) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE SOMALIS OR OF SOMALIAN DECENT BY EDUCATION AND BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS FOR WHOM THE FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED. (2) FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS FROM SOMALIA AND ELSEWHERE WHO ARE RESIDENT OR ARE INTENDING TO RESIDE IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH FREE AND CONFIDENTIAL ADVICE, ASSISTANCE REPRESENTATION, COUNSELING, TRANSLATING AND INTERPRETING SERVICES IN MATTERS SUCH AS ASYLUM, IMMIGRATION, MONEY, DEBTS WELFARE BENEFITS, HOUSING, HEALTH, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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