Finance Score: 7

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 7

Strong growth: +2
Future income +5
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Narrow trustee age band: -2
Gender balanced board: +3
Multiple returns filed late: -3

Overall weighted support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 11

WADAJIR SOMALI COMMUNITY CENTRE

We carry out the following activities:Home Work Club ProjectWomen's Health Project Elderly Womens Luncheon ClubAdvice Advocacy & Information Youth ProjectsTraining CoursesESOLMother Tongue Classes We cover different areas within Tower hamlets.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years, despite a decline more recently
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there only 4 trustees?
The Board has little diversity in terms of age
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
31/03/24		£66	£58	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/23	*	£58	£71	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£48	£44	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21	*	£66	£69	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20?	*	£63	£64	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18	*	£63	£69	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£76	£60	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16		£70	£64	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15		£70	£77	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14		£79	£83	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13	*	£93	£95	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12	*	£100	£107	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/11	*	£100	£107	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/10		£107	£103	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/09	*	£85	£80	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/08	*	£58	£56	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/07	*	£35	£29	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/06		£25	£20	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05	*	£33	£32	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 20 years

www.wadajirsomali.org

wadajir2003@yahoo.co.uk

07508537892

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Practical support, advice & companionship

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Tower Hamlets,

Who it helps

People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

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

City Bridge Trust	£35,020
London Marathon Charitable Trust	£24,500
Trust for London	£18,862
DCMS	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Wadajir Somali Community Centre
£35,020	05/04/2023 24	£35,020 over two years (£17,000; £18,020) for a weekly Elderly Women’s Luncheon Club, covering a 16 hours p/w Project Manager, 8 hours p/w Cook and related project overheads.
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Wadajir Youth Inclusive Club
£24,500	22/02/2023	towards the delivery of free sporting activities for Somali children and young people.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000	23/09/2020	"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....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."
Trust for London - Wadajir Somali Community Centre
£18,862	19/08/2020 6	The funding is for the salary towards a full-time advisor to increase the capacity of its advice service in addition to training, a cleaner and IT equipment to respond to COVID19
Trust for London - Wadajir Somali Community Centre
£45,000	21/02/2018 36	The funding is for an accessible advice and guidance project to support vulnerable Somalis in Tower Hamlets who need support to resolve pressing social welfare issues before they escalate. Also to support Somalis to understand and access mainstream ....more The funding is for an accessible advice and guidance project to support vulnerable Somalis in Tower Hamlets who need support to resolve pressing social welfare issues before they escalate. Also to support Somalis to understand and access mainstream support and to become more empowered in resolving their own issues.
National Lottery Community Fund - Wadajir Homework Club
£9,354	11/04/2017 12	This project will run a twice weekly pilot of supplementary school sessions which will support families from the Somali and wider community. This will provide additional educational support and improve chances in life.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 44-59

AGRAM SHIRA MUSE Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Student

HODAN AHMED LIBAN Appointed: 2014, Occupation: House Wife

LUUL MOHAMED JAMA Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Nurse

SAHRA ABI DIGALEH (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Community Worker

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/07/2004, number: 1104972
Registered at Companies House on 14/07/2005, number: 05509129

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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR23: 212 days late, AR21: 164 days late, AR20: 193 days late, AR18: 366 days late, AR13: 11 days late, AR12: 376 days late, AR11: 11 days late, AR09: 194 days late, AR08: 35 days late, AR07: 48 days late, AR05: 183 days late,

Main office

156 St. Leonards Road
LONDON
E14 0QZ

Objectives

(1) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED SOMALI COMMUNITY OF TOWER HAMLETS IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY(2) TO PROMOTE GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SOMALI COMMUNITY OF TOWER HAMLETS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, AND TO PROVIDE RELIEF FROM FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND SOCIAL AND /OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF ITS RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES; AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE FULLY IN THE LIFE OF THEIR COMMUNITY IN WAYS WHICH ADDRESS AND ALLEVIATE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE(3) TO RELIEVE THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS ARISING FROM CIVIL WAR IN PARTICULAR OF THOSE DISABLED AND ELDERLY SOMALI RESIDENTS OF TOWER HAMLETS AND SURROUNDING AREA(4)TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THOSE SEEKING AND THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOMALI COMMUNITY OF TOWER HAMLETS.

Data Sources

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