Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 2

Strong growth: +2
Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 2

BIRMINGHAM COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS

Birmingham Community Solutions supports deprived communities in Nechells with housing issues, welfare benefits/entitlements, debt and financial matters, as well asunemployment. The project has helps these vulnerable migrants to lead a settled and integratedlife in the UK. Our strategy is a mixture of advice and practical support to encouragebeneficiaries to better access their

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

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income was lower than spending in the latest year

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
30/06/23		£11	£14	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
30/06/22		£11	£9	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
30/06/21		£10	£9	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
30/06/20		£10	£10	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
30/06/19	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
30/06/18?	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/07/17	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/07/16	*	£10	£1	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 9 years

ismahan045@yahoo.com

07982846080

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
Recreation
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Other welfare services

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Birmingham City, Coventry City, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, Warwickshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Birmingham Community Support for Refugees and Asylum seekers
£9,990	29/04/2022	The funding will be used to support people in the Birmingham communities who had been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic to access essential NHS services and financial support. The project aims to ....more The funding will be used to support people in the Birmingham communities who had been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic to access essential NHS services and financial support. The project aims to equip people to overcome language barriers cultural stigmas and financial circumstances to access these services .
National Lottery Community Fund - Fairer Society
£10,000	01/06/2016 12	The group will use the funding to provide welfare, housing and debt advice and employability guidance and support for people experiencing financial hardship. This will enable the group to increase ....more The group will use the funding to provide welfare, housing and debt advice and employability guidance and support for people experiencing financial hardship. This will enable the group to increase their capacity and meet the demand for advice and support services within the local community.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

ABDISAMAD ADE Appointed: 2020

FADILA CHABBAK Appointed: 2020

SHUKRI SHARIF Appointed: 2015

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/07/2015, number: 1162568

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
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

8 returns made; AR19: 208 days late, AR18: 573 days late, AR17: 457 days late, AR16: 54 days late,

Main office

Unit 5 Samara Centre LTD
214 218 Herbert Road
Small Heath
BIRMINGHAM
B10 0PR

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1)FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONG MEMBERS OF DEPRIVED COMMUNITIES OF BIRMINGHAM CITY, UNITED KINGDOM, BY PROVIDING TRAINING COURSES, ADVICE AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO ENABLE PEOPLE ACQUIRE BETTER SKILLS AND IMPROVE THEIR JOB PROSPECTS OR SET UP A BUSINESS AS WELL AS PROVIDING WELFARE BENEFITS AND MONEY ADVICE AND ASSOCIATED SERVICES (2)FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONG MEMBERS OF DEPRIVED COMMUNITIES OF BIRMINGHAM CITY, UNITED KINGDOM BY RUNNING SUPPLEMENTARY CLASSES IN ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS FOR UNDER ACHIEVING DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN AS WELL AS PROJECTS FOR IMPROVING LITERACY AND NUMERACY SKILLS FOR ADULTS. (3)FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AMONG MEMBERS OF DEPRIVED COMMUNITIES OF BIRMINGHAM CITY, UNITED KINGDOM BY RUNNING PROGRAMMES ON HEALTHY LIFESTYLES, SUPPORTING PEOPLE WITH SUBSTANCE MISUSE PROBLEMS AND PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY

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