Overall GiG Score: 13 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 11
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
    • Grant maker support: +11

    BRISTOL SOMALI RESOURCE CENTRE (BSRC) 

    Somali Resource Centre is community based not for profit organisation which provides a wide range of services to assist migrant communities acclimatise to UK environment.We provide training with the aim of breaking down psycho-social barriers and bring equality and diversity alive. We offer practical support to migrants to enable them develop skills and confidence in accessing mainstream services.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
    • 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 and a Community Foundation and there are significant future grants due to be received

    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: 15 years

    somalicentre.co.uk

    info@somalicentre.co.uk

    01179077994

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    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£262£212£50n/an/an/an/an/a5
    31/03/22£252£162£90n/an/an/an/an/a4
    31/03/21£285£137£148n/an/an/an/an/a8
    31/03/20£92£69£22n/an/an/an/an/a6
    31/03/19£64£60£4n/an/an/an/an/a5
    31/03/18£67£66£2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17£49£58£-8£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16£63£61£2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15£72£58£13£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£52£58£-7£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13£61£63£-2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/12£51£44£7£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/11£51£44£7£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/10£36£24£12£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    What it does
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    Who works here?
    • 5 volunteers
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Bristol City,

    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
    Henry Smith Charity£124,000
    Quartet Community Foundation£105,384
    Lloyds Bank Foundation£102,250
    DCMS£18,476
    CAF£3,500
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol Somali Resource Centre
    £3,525 02/06/2023
    As advised by donor towards debt advice.
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol Somali Resource Centre
    £4,900 01/03/2023
    To part fund the costs of the pre-application planning work for a new community centre and housing development in Barton Hill.
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol Somali Resource Centre
    £40,000 27/01/2023
    We are asking for funds to employ a part-time impact and fundraising officer. Their role will include monitoring and evaluation, recording impact and ongoing fundraising for the organisation.
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Bristol Somali Resource Centre
    £2,250 14/12/2022
    One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Bristol Somali Resource Centre
    £50,000 07/12/2022
    24
    Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Bristol Somali Resource Centre
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol Somali Resource Centre
    £20,000 22/09/2022
    To offer holistic support to alleviate the impact of the increasing cost of living and to work with other hubs to help residents access support.
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol Somali Resource Centre
    £7,500 30/06/2022
    Towards advice services to meet increased demand during the cost of living crisis
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol Somali Resource Centre
    £4,710 07/06/2022
    As advised by donor towards debt advice.
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol Somali Resource Centre
    £9,049 17/03/2022
    11
    To employ an administrator/finance officer that will help the director to spend more time on the strategic direction of the organisation and linking with other organisations and initiatives.
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Bristol Somali Resource Centre
    £124,000 10/03/2022
    36
    towards three years' running costs of an organisation supporting people who are socially disadvantaged, in particular but not limited to, Somali immigrants and refugees who are living or working in ....more
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol Somali Resource Centre
    £2,850 16/06/2021
    As advised by donor towards debt advice.
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Recovery grant to Bristol Somali Resource Centre
    £50,000 03/12/2020
    24
    Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Bristol Somali Resource Centre, awarded under the Foundation's Racial Equity funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to support ....more
    DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
    £18,476 03/12/2020
    The Community Match Challenge is an £85M fund aimed at supporting the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) in their COVID response. Awards were made to philanthropists, foundations and ....more
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol Somali Resource Centre
    £10,000 29/07/2020
    To re-engage with the community and re-establish activities that was disrupted by the coronavirus by recruiting a Project Coordinator and extra volunteers.
    CAF - Grant to Bristol Somali Resource Centre
    £3,500 10/07/2020
    3
    Grant to Bristol Somali Resource Centre to support the organisation through COVID19
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol Somali Resource Centre
    £2,850 18/06/2020
    As advised by donor
    Quartet Community Foundation - "Talking Across the Generations" : Somali Inter-generational Conversations
    £3,000 10/08/2017
    4
    Toward a peer support programme "Talking Across the Generations", where Somali families can talk about adjusting to life in Britain, with the aim of giving a voice to untold and unshared ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (5)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Age Range of Trustees:
    • FATIA GURE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Social Worker
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/03/2009, number: 1128721
    • Registered at Companies House on 11/12/2008, number: 06771265
    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
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    14 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    43 DUCIE ROAD
    LAWRENCE HILL
    BRISTOL
    BS5 0AX

    Objectives

    1 THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR WITHIN THE CITY OF BRISTOL BYA) THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, GENDER, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR RELIGIONB) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITYC) PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS, IN PARTICULAR INCLUDING THOSE OF SOMALI ORIGIN OR HERITAGED) CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLICE) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY2 TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO PEOPLE OF SOMALI ORIGIN OR HERITAGE LIVING AND/OR WORKING WITHIN THE CITY OF BRISTOL, IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.3 THE PROMOTION OF RACIAL HARMONY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BYA) PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPSB) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS, AND IN PARTICULAR INCLUDING THOSE OF SOMALI ORIGIN OR HERITAGEC) WORKING TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    THE CITY OF BRISTOL

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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