Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT GROUP

??? Supplemantary school??? Provision of positive activities to the youth;??? luncheon club for the elderly refugees;??? Guidance, mentoring services to young people and their families??? Promotion and integration of refugee families into mainstream services and schools;??? Information, advice and resource centre for matters relating to Somali language and history
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender 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

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
30/11/23£463£358£104n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/22£322£305£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/21£282£218£64n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/20£234£180£54n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/19£153£138£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/18£104£89£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/17£52£49£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/16£72£64£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/15£63£63£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/14£56£49£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/13£51£42£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/12*£20£19£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/11*£23£29£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/10?£39£35£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/08£41£31£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 18 years

www.esdeg.org.uk

info@esdeg.org.uk

02085744918

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Academic support
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Brent, Ealing, Hounslow, Somalia,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People

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
National Lottery Community Fund£351,089
Esmee Fairbairn£261,615
John Lyon's Charity£136,000
BBC Children in Need£123,421
City Bridge Trust£86,180
People's Health Trust£33,381
Greater London Authority£26,849
The Foyle Foundation£20,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Greater London Authority - Cost of living coffee morning and lunch club
£26,849 02/11/2023
Baby/child/elderly friendly sessions where our multi-lingual culturally-responsive staff who have lived experience will provide inclusive 1-2-1 support and IAG (information advice and guidance) empowering isolated/digitally excluded deprived women ....more
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£20,000 28/04/2023
to provide one year of intensive professional personalised tuition for 25 children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Education Skills Development Group (ESDEG)
£23,783 30/01/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
National Lottery Community Fund - Reducing exclusions:Tech incubator+mentoring+counselling to YP and families
£196,469 27/01/2023
This project will use this funding to continue and expand their work supporting young people from the BME communities at risk of exclusion in West Ealing. The project will provide mentoring family support and free representation.
National Lottery Community Fund - ESDEG Refugee Elderly Luncheon Club
£9,984 16/12/2022
The funding will be used to run a lunch club for older people who are refugees or asylum seekers. The project aims to support people's wellbeing enable them to build social ties and provide access to support including access to public services.
John Lyon's Charity - Uplift grant to Education and Skills Development Group
£8,000 05/12/2022
Cost-of-Living Uplift
People's Health Trust - ESDEG Refugee Elderly Project
£7,847 17/11/2022
24
This two-year project offers weekly luncheon club for older women from Black and Minoritised Ethnic refugee backgrounds living in Northolt in the London borough of Ealing in West London. The project aims to foster stronger social links among local ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Education & Skills Development Group
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - Inclusive Yoga/Zumba for Women and Girls
£9,165 20/05/2022
A 6 month Yoga/Zumba project to reach 60 new users who are disadvantaged black and minority ethnic women & girls from Northolt and Southall and are axious and have a fear of exercise.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Education & Skills Development Group
£118,786 03/02/2022
This project will deliver mentoring support for young people from refugee backgrounds in Ealing, Hounslow and Brent and support them to stay in school, improve attainment and raise confidence and self-esteem.
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Education and Skills Development Group
£120,000 18/11/2021
West London Supplementary Schools Project
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Education Skills Development Group (ESDEG)
£237,832 02/11/2021
36
Towards core costs to support work, and improve policy and practice, linked to the intersection of racialised communities and children with special educational needs.
True Colours Trust - Towards support for families of children with SEND
£5,000 14/09/2021
Towards support for families of children with SEND.
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Education and Skills Development Group
£4,000 21/06/2021
Entrepreneurship fun summer workshops
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Education & Skills Development Group (ESDEG)
£45,760 22/04/2021
towards the salary costs of the organisation manager, part-time mental health co-ordinator and overhead costs, as outlined in your application
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding
£15,300 17/02/2021
6
The Education and Skills Development Group (ESDEG) is a registered charity established in 2006 to help address the needs of Southall's Somali community. Since its inception, ESDEG has expanded its services to members of all faiths and ethnic groups, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting refugee & BME Children and families with SEND and learning disability
£9,660 28/01/2021
11
The funding will be used to employ a family specialist support worker who is a professional SEND Practitioner and to purchase specific sensory play equipment. The project aims to work with families with children who have SEND and/or learning ....more
People's Health Trust - Supporting Refugee Elders
£25,534 20/01/2021
24
This existing two-year project aims to relieve isolation of refugee elders living in Southall and nearby neighbourhoods through weekly lunch club sessions at the Southall Resource Centre, London and one-to-one support for elders living alone or in ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,932 30/09/2020
"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
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Education & Skills Development Group
£35,420 02/09/2020
towards the cost of delivering services to young people and parents from the Somali community including the cost of Organisation Manager and Mental Health worker roles
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Education & Skills Development Group
£4,135 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund educational support for disadvantaged young people who are impacted by Covid-19 and support them to improve their life skills and confidence and self-esteem.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Education and Skills Development Group
£4,700 04/06/2020
We are applying funding to respond to the effect of Covid 19 on the community we work with, we secured small grant to provide food parcels but is now drying up and that is we are asking for this to continue supporting clients who are isolated and in ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£4,135 22/05/2020
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 and small organisations who can provide an ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Education & Skills Development Group (ESDEG)
£5,000 13/04/2020
A grant of £5,000 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Heathrow Community Trust - Support for the community, particularly refugees and asylum seekers, during Covid19.
£3,000 03/04/2020
6
support for those elderly and isolated members of the community, to continue befriending services where our project worker and volunteer engage vulnerable and isolated services remotely and provide support.
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Education and Skills Development Group
£4,000 13/02/2020
12
Entrepreneurship workshops for young people
National Lottery Community Fund - Mentoring for Secondary School Refugee Children
£134,976 08/12/2019
36
The funding will be used to provide mentoring support for young people, who are refugees, primarily boys of a Somali heritage. The project will be working in 6 secondary schools across Greenford and Southall, providing families with advice and ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Education & Skills Development Group (ESDEG)
£19,400 27/09/2019
36
£19,360 over two years (£9,680 per annum) towards ESOL classes to parents of the supplementary school participants – 2 tutors for 3 hours per week for 40 weeks and associated running costs.
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Education and Skills Development Group
£3,900 22/05/2019
12
Entrepreneurship fun workshops for young people
National Lottery Community Fund - Helping Refugee Elders escape isolation
£9,800 22/03/2019
12
The project aims to bring the local refugee community together through social interaction and provide a support and advice service.
People's Health Trust - Refugee Elders Luncheon Club in Southall
£25,510 27/07/2018
This two-year project delivered weekly social lunch-time group for Elders from mainly East African origin with refugee backgrounds at the Southall Resource Centre, London. The project helped to tackle isolation and support Elders to build links ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Education & Skills Development Group
£29,970 10/08/2017
36
Twice-weekly supplementary school for 240 children and young people aged 5-18, many experiencing poverty. Children and young people will develop their aspirations and self-confidence, form better relationships, and improve their social skills.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Education and Skills Development Group
£32,300 09/03/2017
24
towards two years' salary of a Mentor for children of refugee backgrounds in the London Borough of Ealing
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Education and Skills Development Group
£11,000 22/03/2016
12
ESDEG is a Southall charity supporting families, young people and adults with educational support, advocacy, information and guidance and employability support. It is requesting funding for business planning, trustee training and to become ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Education & Skills Development Group (ESDEG)
£24,890 16/03/2016
36
£24,890 over three years (£8,430; £8,230; £8,230) towards ESOL classes to parents of the supplementary school participants – 2 tutors for 3 hours per week each for 40 weeks and associated running costs.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Education and Skills Development Group
£18,800 26/04/2013
ESDEG is a local charity providing a range of support and activities for Somali and other BME communities in Ealing and Harlesden. This project is to provide a support service for young people aged 17-25 to assist their positive progression
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards the costs of a tutor for supplementary school sessions
£1,000 07/02/2013
Towards the costs of a tutor for supplementary school sessions for refugees and under-achieving children.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 33-73
  • DEIRDRE MARTIN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: University Administrator
  • KHADRA ABDILLAHI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Carer
  • MOHAMED ALI NUUR Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Accountant
  • ROSITA MARY THERESE CASPERSZ Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • SHAM ARUN-QAYYUM (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Ceo
  • TANYA SUSAN WHITE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired Headteacher
  • YASMIN IRROBEH Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Civil Servant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/04/2007, number: 1118721
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/11/2005, number: 05635779
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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR12: 3 days late, AR11: 39 days late,
Main office

THE RESOURCE CENTRE
FEATHERSTONE TERRACE
SOUTHALL
UB2 5AL

Objectives

3. THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE;1. TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF SOMALI REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS, AND OTHER BLACK & MINORITY ETHNIC (BME) COMMUNITIES IN UK, PARTICULARLY CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BY;A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING:B) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC;#C) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AND THE PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH; AND D) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE. 2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE IF THE HORN OF AFRICA, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES T IMPROVE SCHOOLS IN THE AREA.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN THE UK, AND IN THE HORN OF AFRICA.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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