Overall GiG Score: 12 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 12
  • No PartB
    • Grant maker support: +12

    SOMALI WELFARE TRUST 

    The organisation provides support to the Somali community in the following areas:- Welfare Rights, Social, Housing and Debt Advice & Service- Advocacy Support- Community Research & Policy Making.- Health Support Services tackling mental health, physical health, sexual health matters.- Employability Services Inc ICT Training, ESOL, Job Search Programme- Community Integration Activit
    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
    Established: 18 years

    somaliwelfaretrust@gmail.com

    0208 553 7969

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?

    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£244£148£96n/an/an/an/an/a10
    31/03/22£195£172£24n/an/an/an/an/a10
    31/03/21£246£174£73n/an/an/an/an/a10
    31/03/20£68£72£-4n/an/an/an/an/a5
    31/03/19£93£73£21n/an/an/an/an/a10
    31/03/18£71£62£10£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17£88£68£20£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16£28£36£-8£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15£67£55£12£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£19£49£-30£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13£66£59£6£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/12£63£43£20£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/11£43£41£2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/10£23£21£2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/09*£22£33£-10£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/08£49£38£11£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/07£9£13£-4£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    What it does
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Recreation
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    Who works here?
    • 10 volunteers
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
    How it operates
    • Other charitable activities
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    Where it operates
    • Barking And Dagenham, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets,

    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£417,792
    Tudor Trust£128,275
    DCMS£72,540
    Trust for London£65,070
    Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
    The London Community Foundation£43,955
    City Bridge Trust£29,744
    Garfield Weston Foundation£22,500
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Tudor Trust - Grant to Somali Welfare Trust
    £90,000 15/04/2020
    36
    over three years as unrestricted funding towards the core running costs of a Somali community centre in Ilford, London
    National Lottery Community Fund - MH - Ilford Youths Summer Splash
    £10,000 04/08/2023
    The funding will be used to deliver 12 weeks of activities for young people. The project aims to give young people a focus and opportunity to take part in activities which keep them safe.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Community Rebuilding Project
    £387,900 27/01/2023
    This project will use funding to support the local Somali community. The funding will enable the organisation to focus on 2 key areas as they gradually emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic. The first is ....more
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Somali Welfare Trust
    £50,000 07/12/2022
    24
    Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Somali Welfare Trust
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Somali Welfare Trust
    £2,250 07/12/2022
    One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
    Trust for London - Somali Welfare Trust
    £4,070 29/09/2022
    This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-02.06.2020-8616
    National Lottery Community Fund - Community Wellbeing
    £9,932 22/07/2022
    The funding will be used to deliver financial literacy training for people from the Somali community. The project aims to provide people with the tools and confidence to manage budgets whilst ....more
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Somali Welfare Trust
    £10,000 14/07/2022
    refurbishment of hub and purchase of IT equipment for a charity supporting disadvantaged young people in Redbridge
    Tudor Trust - Grant to Somali Welfare Trust
    £4,275 15/12/2021
    as a development grant to support an organisation working with Somali people in Ilford to prepare a strategic plan
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £15,000 08/10/2021
    Somali Welfare Trust - Core Funding Application
    Tudor Trust - Grant to Somali Welfare Trust (COVID19 Grant)
    £30,000 04/10/2021
    over 18 months as additional funding towards salaries for an organisation working with the Somali community in Ilford, East London, to support their continuing response to the Coronavirus pandemic
    Tudor Trust - Grant to Somali Welfare Trust (COVID19 Grant)
    £2,000 17/06/2021
    as emergency funding towards food and essential items for vulnerable and homeless people and families in Ilford, London, during the Coronavirus pandemic
    City Bridge Trust - Grant to Somali Welfare Trust
    £29,744 22/03/2021
    towards the salary and oncosts for the Operations Manager and overhead costs as outlined in your application
    Tudor Trust - Grant to Somali Welfare Trust
    £2,000 22/03/2021
    as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
    National Lottery Community Fund - Community Digital Inclusion Project
    £9,960 19/03/2021
    9
    The funding will be used to purchase IT equipment and employ a digital skills tutor to run 10 hours of weekly one to one digital and small group sessions for adults from the Somali community in ....more
    The London Community Foundation - Grant to Somali Welfare Trust
    £10,000 27/11/2020
    3
    The funding is to provide essential food parcels to vulnerable families living in Redbridge who are facing serious food poverty. Providing food packages will support families through the coming tough ....more
    Trust for London - Somali Welfare Trust
    £61,000 14/10/2020
    36
    The funding is for the continuation of SWT’s free Information and Advice Service for the Somali Community in Redbridge.
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £54,760 22/09/2020
    "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 ....more
    The London Community Foundation - Grant to Somali Welfare Trust
    £17,780 11/09/2020
    The funding is for the provision of mental health counselling support using talking therapy for Somali Women who faced intense stress, depression and anxiety as a result of the isolation, family ....more
    DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
    £17,780 11/09/2020
    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
    The London Community Foundation - Grant to Somali Welfare Trust
    £11,525 10/07/2020
    The funding will enable us to determine in detail the impact of Covid-19 on the Somali Community so that it enable SWT to be better prepared in terms of having a stronger online infratstructural ....more
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Somali Welfare Trust
    £5,000 07/07/2020
    COVID19 : purchase IT equipment for a charity supporting Somali and other BAME Communities in Greater London
    The London Community Foundation - Grant to Somali Welfare Trust
    £4,650 20/04/2020
    The funding is for to help vulnerable and lonely asylum refugees, Single Parents and families with mental health illness to have access to basic food provisions that will help in restore independence ....more
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £7,500 20/03/2020
    SOMALI WELFARE TRUST - CORE COSTS
    National Lottery Community Fund - SWT Leadership Building Blocks
    £10,000 18/01/2019
    12
    The project will provide practical skills sessions for Somali women. The aim is to increase level of confidence, help address social exclusion and increase opportunities.
    Trust for London - Somali Welfare Trust
    £44,000 04/10/2017
    36
    The funding is to support SWTs Welfare Advice and Information Service who aim to improve the Somali and other Refugee families living standard, financial circumstances and quality of life by tackling ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Redbridge Community Against FGM - The Champion Advocates Programme
    £10,000 07/06/2017
    12
    This project will use funding to deliver a new series of workshops and outreach initiatives to raise awareness of the lifelong effects of female genital mutilation. This will improve levels of ....more
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Somali Welfare Trust
    £29,460 09/03/2017
    36
    This 3 year grant will fund supplementary education for children from families experiencing poverty, overcrowding, and whose parents speak little English, raising their attainment, improving their ....more
    City Bridge Trust - Grant to Somali Welfare Trust
    £42,000 12/09/2016
    36
    £42,000 over three years (3 x £14,000) for ESOL tutor fees, and project management costs to deliver ESOL classes to Entry- level and Level 1 standard for Somali Refugee women.
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Somali Welfare Trust
    £9,740 26/05/2016
    12
    The charity supports the Somali community as well as other communities with many being refugees and asylum seekers including new arrivals. They provide a range of services. Providing development ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Somali Community Healthy Eating Awareness Project
    £10,000 27/03/2013
    12
    This is a project by a charity in Redbridge. The group will use the funding to deliver healthy eating and cookery workshops for disadvantaged people from the Somali community. This will raise the ....more
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Somali Welfare Trust
    £30,000 21/01/2013
    The advice and information service supports the Somali refugee community. They experience poverty, poor English language skills and cultural barriers. They become aware of their rights and ....more
    Sport England - Somali Mothers Sports Splash
    £8,260 02/01/2013
    Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Somali Mothers Sports Splash'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports.
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Somali Welfare Trust
    £9,850 28/05/2012
    24
    towards two years' running costs of a Somali Mother's Advice & information project in Essex and the London Borough of Redbridge
    Nationwide Foundation - Grant to Somali Welfare Trust
    £5,000 25/11/2011
    Salary costs for DV Advice Worker who provides housing and finance information and support to Somali women from the refugee community who experience domestic violence
    National Lottery Community Fund - Somali Youth Engagement Project
    £10,000 30/03/2010
    12
    A project by this group in Redbridge to provide peer education workshops to support young Somali people from disadvantaged backgrounds. The project will provide information sessions and workshops on ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/11/2005, number: 1112146
    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
    • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
    • 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
    17 returns made; AR09: 95 days late,
    Main office

    SOMALI WELFARE TRUST
    ROOM 12
    CARDINAL HEENAN CENTRE
    326 HIGH ROAD
    ILFORD
    ESSEX

    Objectives

    TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AND TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF SOMALIS IN REDBRIDGE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, ASSISTANCE, REPRESENTATION, COUNSELLING AND TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION SERVICES IN MATTERS INCLUDING HEALTH, HOUSING AND WELFARE BENEFITS.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    REDBRIDGE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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