Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 7

No PartB

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 7

SOMALI SENIOR CITIZENS CLUB

Day time lunch served six days a week, Monday to Saturday between 9.30 am to 4 pmProviding advice and information on social welfare services, networking with Tower Hamlet's law center, Housing Department and citizen's advice bureau.Health advice and interpretation services.Provide facilities for social activities and religious studies.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£73	£72	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/22	*	£51	£82	£-31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/21		£145	£111	£34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/20		£65	£54	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/19		£62	£62	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/18		£72	£57	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£45	£46	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£34	£40	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£42	£44	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£49	£49	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£60	£57	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£46	£45	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£55	£51	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£62	£63	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£56	£55	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£54	£58	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£52	£51	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£54	£49	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£46	£43	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£46	£43	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 21 years

sscclub1@gmail.com

07949244941

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Other individual and family services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Tower Hamlets,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

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

DCMS	£45,838
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£39,400
People's Health Trust	£10,398
CAF	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
People's Health Trust - “Connections” [Older Somali Post-COVID Recovery Project]
£10,398	07/12/2021	This two-year project is for older Somalis living in Tower Hamlets, London, who are experiencing isolation. It aims to enable a return to community life and improve physical, mental, and emotional ....more This two-year project is for older Somalis living in Tower Hamlets, London, who are experiencing isolation. It aims to enable a return to community life and improve physical, mental, and emotional health for older Somalis. It provides a range of weekly activities, including lunch club, walking exercise, and monthly training, such as skills training, health workshops, cultural/arts sessions, and visits to museums/heritage sites. Volunteer peer befrienders also run a befriending scheme. It delivers the activities in a hybrid approach in the home, community, and organisation’s centre.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£10,000	24/08/2020	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.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£35,838	23/07/2020	"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 Somali Senior Citizens Club (SSCC)
£5,000	02/07/2020 3	Grant to Somali Senior Citizens Club (SSCC) to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Somali Senior Citizens Club
£39,400	05/09/2019	Women of the sea
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Somali Senior Citizens Club
£31,800	02/08/2017	‘Surviving the Sea’ – Somali Seafarers history

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

JAMA OMAR (Chair) Appointed: 2014

MOHAMUD ABDI HUSSEIN Appointed: 2024

SULEIMAN ARALEH Appointed: 2017

AWIL MOHAMED JAMA Appointed: 2020

HUSSEIN M FARAH Appointed: 2017

MOHAMOUD ADAN GULAID

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/05/2003, number: 1097530

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
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR22: 7 days late, AR11: 17 days late, AR10: 37 days late, AR09: 747 days late, AR06: 57 days late, AR04: 145 days late,

Main office

Somali Senior Citizens Club
37 St. Matthew's Row
LONDON
E2 6DT

Objectives

THE ORGANISATION IS ESTABLISHED FOR ELDERLY PERSONS, PARTICULARLY SOMALIANS, LIVING IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS TO ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF POVERTY SICKNESS AND DISTRESS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ELDERLY PERSONS PARTICULARLY SOMALIANS LIVING IN LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS

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