Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 9

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Static board: -3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 5

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
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

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	*	£24	£20	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/22		£17	£15	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/21		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/17	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/16	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/15	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/14	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/13?	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/10		£16	£16	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£5	£5	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£13	£16	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£21	£23	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£34	£23	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£10	£19	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£21	£6	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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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

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

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 works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 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	£62,004
Sport England	£4,867
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
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 ....more 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 ....more 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 well as teaching about healthy living and dietary requirements to stay fit and healthy.
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 ....more 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 impact of COVID-19.

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

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