Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 10
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

SOMALI ADVICE LINK

Providing advice/support to clients facing challenges accessing services - SAL aims to serve people of Somali descent living in Manchester. We provide key services to members, including advice/support, regarding: debt, housing, health, benefits, education/employment/training, council & referral services. We also offer basic English language, IT & workclub to any individual regardless of origin.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£132£100£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£105£103£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21*£153£105£48n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£55£56£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£51£49£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£41£30£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£29£36£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£45£49£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£36£39£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£23£20£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 12 years

www.somadvicelink.co.uk

hali@sadvicelink.co.uk

07436535233

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Legal & financial advice
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Manchester City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities

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£89,876
Lloyds Bank Foundation£60,222
DCMS£29,512
AB Charitable Trust£15,000
Barrow Cadbury Trust£12,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund£10,000
Forever Manchester£4,840
CAF£4,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Somali Advice link
£10,000 02/08/2023
Sharing Somali Heritage
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Somali Advice Link
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Somali Advice Link
£15,000 06/10/2022
An unrestricted grant of £15,000. Somali Advice Link provides holistic support to the Somali community in Manchester through employment, welfare, education, housing advice and ESOL courses.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Somali Advice Link
£50,000 08/12/2021
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Somali Advice Link
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Links
£9,285 23/07/2021
The organisation will recruit volunteers to deliver advice and support to migrants and asylum seekers in the local area with the aim of increasing capacity to handle increased demand for their service.
National Lottery Community Fund - Somali Women's Project
£60,878 11/06/2021
The organisation aims to serve people of Somali descent living in Manchester by providing advice/support to those facing challenges accessing services. Funding for the group will enable them to expand their services.
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£22,048 02/12/2020
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 grant making organisations to match funds raised on ....more
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - Somali Advice Link
£12,000 07/10/2020
5
To provide extra capacity to respond to increase demand as a result of the crisis.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£7,464 21/08/2020
"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
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Somali Advice Link
£7,972 24/07/2020
Grant to Somali Advice Link meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
CAF - Grant to Somali Advice Link
£4,500 16/07/2020
3
Grant to Somali Advice Link to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Somali Advice Link- Covid-19 Response
£19,713 26/05/2020
6
Somali Advice Link is a charity supporting isolated and vulnerable Somali and immigrant people in Manchester. Funding will enable the group to continue serving the community during the covid lockdown
Forever Manchester - community Links
£4,840 22/05/2020
Food parcels and shopping service
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Somali Advice Link
£4,200 13/12/2019
purchase of laptops and printers for a charity which works with disadvantaged minority communities in Manchester
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Somali Advice Link
£15,000 20/09/2019
12
Somali Advice Link is asking for funding for a Business Development Worker, to run community consultations events and achieve OISC registration (Level 1) to strengthen and broaden their services for refugees and people seeking asylum.
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteers Training Project
£10,000 28/02/2018
12
The organisation will build the capacity of their volunteers so they can deliver information sessions and skills training for the Somali community, with the aim of improving access to information, advice and guidance and increasing employability.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Somali Advice Link
£60,000 07/09/2017
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing information and advice via a drop-in and outreach service to disadvantaged people from the Somali community in Manchester
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Debt & Income maximisation project
£10,000 15/04/2015
12
Project Summary : This organisation will use the funding to deliver a Debt and Income Maximization advice service project to tackle difficulties faced by the members of the local community, by providing advice and support with debt management and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteer Advocacy & Training Project on welfare reform
£10,000 21/03/2013
12
Volunteer Advocacy & Training Project on welfare reform
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

  • DELAINE FERGUSON Appointed: 2015
  • MAXAMED IBRAAHIM Appointed: 2012
  • MUHAMMAD RIZWAN QAYYUM Appointed: 2022
  • MUHAMMAD SIDDIQUE SULAIMAN (Chair) Appointed: 2022
  • OMAR BARKHAD OSMAN Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/04/2013, number: 1151476
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
10 returns made; AR21: 1 days late,
Main office

UNIT 7
CARIOCCA BUSINESS PARK
2
HELLIDON CLOSE
ARDWICK
MANCHEST

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF SOMALI COMMUNITY IN MANCHESTER BY:1. PROVIDING ADVICE SERVICE AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT TO MEMBERS ON MAINSTREAM ISSUES OF DAY TO DAY NEEDS BOTH LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY. 2. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS 3. THE PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH 4. THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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