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home >> charity search >> merton somali community (mesco)
Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: -6
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Static board: -3
  • Multiple returns filed late: -3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

MERTON SOMALI COMMUNITY (MESCO)

For the public benefit of Greater London and Somalia, and in particular for the benefit of those members of the community who are Somali by relieving such persons who are in need by reason of poverty, sickness and distress, by advancing education and by providing and assisting in the provision of facilities for recreation and leisure time occupation in the interest of the social welfare.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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:

  • The Board composition appears to be rather static
  • Returns have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

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*£24£20£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£17£15£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13?*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£16£16£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£5£5£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£13£16£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£21£23£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£34£23£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£10£19£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£21£6£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 26 years

mescocommunity.org

MESCO.ORG@GMAIL.COM

02034900943

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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£62,004
Sport England£17,876
The Clothworkers Foundation£4,100
The Foyle Foundation£2,000
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£1,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Sport England - Legends Get Fit- Over 50's Multisports and Fitness Sessions
£13,009 18/03/2024
6
This project will provide free sporting sessions for older Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic men. Sports will include tennis, walking football, exercise and fitness and each session will run for 2 hours. Sessions will be delivered over 6 months, with ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Debt Welfare and Benefits advice
£53,104 07/03/2023
This funding will support this project to recruit a debt welfare and benefits advisor for the local Somali community. Sessions will seek to provide advice services in multiple languages provided in Somali Arabic and English.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£2,000 11/07/2022
towards ongoing costs over the next 12 months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Merton Somali Community (MESCO)
£1,500 18/05/2022
Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - Get Young People Fit Together
£4,867 16/05/2022
The project will hold weekend outdoor multi-sports sessions for the disadvantaged BAME young people in their community between the ages of 8-16. The project will hire two sports science coaches to introduce taster sessions in different sports as ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Merton Somali Community (Mesco)
£4,100 03/11/2021
purchase office equipment* for a charity supporting disadvantaged young people in Surrey excludes printer.
National Lottery Community Fund - mesco
£8,900 27/05/2021
The funding will be used to restart the organisation and establish the best routes to addressing issues within the Somali community deliver a translation services and promote the benefits of the vaccine. The project aims to respond to the negative ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

  • ABDULLAHI ADDO (Chair) Appointed: 2015
  • HIIS ABDULLE Appointed: 2018
  • MAHAD MOHAMED Appointed: 2017
  • NASRA HASSAN Appointed: 2018
  • OSSOB ALI Appointed: 2019
  • ZAKARIA ALI Appointed: 2019
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/08/1998, number: 1071152
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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR23: 51 days late, AR20: 10 days late, AR19: 47 days late, AR18: 99 days late, AR17: 218 days late, AR16: 583 days late, AR15: 949 days late, AR14: 1314 days late, AR13: 1679 days late, AR06: 10 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

VESTRY HALL
336 LONDON ROAD
MITCHAM
SURREY
CR4 3UD

Objectives

(1) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN GREATER LONDON AND ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE SOMALI BY RELIEVING PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS, BY ADVANCING EDUCATION AND BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT TOF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS FOR WHOM THE FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED. (2) FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF SOMALI REFUGEES WHO ARE RESIDENT OR WHO ARE INTENDING TO RESIDE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH FREE AND CONFIDENTIAL ADVICE, ASSISTANCE, REPRESENTATION, COUNSELLING, TRANSLATING AND INTERPRETING SERVICES IN MATTERS SUCH AS IMMIGRATION, MONEY DEBTS, WELFARE BENEFITS, HEALTH, HOUSING, SOCIAL SECURITY, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER LONDON AND ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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