Overall GiG Score: 8 ?
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +4

BRITISH SOMALI COMMUNITY 

Supplementary SchoolParents Support ProjectElderly Somali WomenÔÇÖs ProjectYoung Somali WomenÔÇÖs ClubVolunteers Health Outreach ProjectFamily Trips and VisitsSomali WomenÔÇÖs Health Drop-inCultural Celebrations
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

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
Established: 21 years

www.britishsomali.org

info@britishsomali.org

020 7383 2803

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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£97£91£6n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/22*£26£80£-54n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/21£159£87£72n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/20£128£104£25n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/19£94£125£-32n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/18*£79£77£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£72£104£-32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£94£76£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£131£91£40£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£59£70£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£118£81£37£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£85£95£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£112£109£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£109£92£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£116£115£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£137£123£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£119£123£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£104£74£30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£79£108£-30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£79£108£-30£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 25 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Camden,

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
Camden Giving£19,486
National Lottery Community Fund£9,650
John Lyon's Charity£4,300
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - The Towards Recovery Project
£9,650 05/08/2022
The funding will be used to host in-person recovery cafe activities deliver recovery courses and provide one-to-one support for people who are in recovery from addiction. The project aims to support ....more
Camden Giving - Employment Advice & Support Project
£9,900 21/10/2020
6
This funding is for an employment advice and support project for Somali and BAME women and young people struggling to access the employment market, especially in the Covid era.
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to British Somali Community
£4,300 13/08/2020
12
British Somali Community Summer Holiday Project
Camden Giving - British Somali Community Centre
£9,586 26/06/2020
3
This project will support a programme of advice, support and guidance sessions for over 100 families and women, young people, and elderly residents in Somers Town, King's Cross & Camden, ....more
Trust for London - British Somali Community
£41,000 06/06/2018
24
The funding is to use the social action model to explore and challenge issues around ‘Violence Against Women and Girls’ in the community. A programme of 3 interlinked components will create a ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 28-75
  • OSOB MOHAMED (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Voluntry Teacher
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/09/2003, number: 1099490
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/12/2002, number: 04620527
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR22: 14 days late, AR18: 3 days late, AR17: 3 days late, AR16: 10 days late, AR10: 1 days late, AR08: 1 days late, AR07: 161 days late, AR06: 28 days late, AR04: 135 days late,
Main office

BSCC
7-9 CROWNDALE ROAD
LONDON
LONDON

Objectives

A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH SOMALI COMMUNITY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY SOMALI WOMEN, CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN SUCH CHARITABLE WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF CULTURAL EDUCATION AND BY EDUCATIONAL TRAINING:B) TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE HEALTH OF SOMALI WOMEN;C) TO PROVIDE, OR TO ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH SOMALI COMMUNITY AND TO ENABLE THEM TO PLAY A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN SOCIETY AND:D) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SAID COMMUNITY AS TRUSTEES SEE FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED, BUT INPRACTICE CAMDEN, LONDON.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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