Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 8

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 13

SOCIAL ORGANISATION FOR UNITY AND LEISURE (SOUL)

The main work for SOUL is to organise support young people through providing activities for children from disadvantaged backgrounds.This includes, Sports, social and economic programmes. we hope to engage young people through creative methods, to keep them off the streets and away from ASB and into positive routes, through workshops, employment and education support.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
30/03/23		£308	£303	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	90
30/03/22		£182	£176	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	60
30/03/21		£59	£58	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
30/03/20		£12	£10	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
30/03/19	*	£14	£6	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
30/03/18?	*	£15	£14	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/17		£9	£9	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/16	*	£11	£11	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/15	*	£11	£11	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/14		£9	£9	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/13		£7	£7	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/12	*	£17	£17	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/11		£4	£4	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 14 years

souluk.co.uk

info@souluk.co.uk

02080641351

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Technical, vocational and continuing education

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout London,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
90 volunteers

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	£73,148
DCMS	£9,990
Henry Smith Charity	£2,750
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund	£1,450

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Social Organisation for Unity and Leisure
£2,750	23/06/2023	towards the cost of a trip to Margate beach for 120 children from disadvantaged communities in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Social Organisation for Unity and Leisure
£1,450	16/11/2021	Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Strive up
£9,968	12/11/2021	The funding will be used to provide an employment and mentoring programme to NEET BAME members of the community. It will provide weekly mentoring sessions to enhance employability skills with ....more The funding will be used to provide an employment and mentoring programme to NEET BAME members of the community. It will provide weekly mentoring sessions to enhance employability skills with tailored support allowing people to overcome hurdles and barriers. The project aims to promote peoples mental health remove barriers gain new skills and increase confidence.
National Lottery Community Fund - Rapid Covid Response
£63,180	29/03/2021	The project is using funding to support local communities in Tower Hamlets who are identified as vulnerable and in need of help. The funding will be used to provide a foodbank collection sourcing and ....more The project is using funding to support local communities in Tower Hamlets who are identified as vulnerable and in need of help. The funding will be used to provide a foodbank collection sourcing and dropping off of essential home supplies baby food and nappies women's essentials and children's activity packs.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£1,000	26/03/2021	Core costs.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,990	06/10/2020	"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 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."

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

SHIPON MIAH

JAMIL TROFDER Appointed: 2022

MOHAMMED HUSSAIN AHMED

SHAMIM MIAH Appointed: 2018

SUFIA ALAM Appointed: 2023

TAMANNA BEGUM Appointed: 2022

TOMAS TADESE KEFELA Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/01/2010, number: 1133445

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
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

13 returns made; AR19: 45 days late, AR18: 117 days late, AR16: 90 days late, AR15: 28 days late, AR12: 312 days late,

Main office

Collingwood Community Centre
Orion House
Barnsley Street
LONDON
E1 5RB

Objectives

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 21 LIVING IN TOWER HAMLETS BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF;A ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;B ADVANCING EDUCATION;C RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT;D PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

TOWER HAMLETS

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