SOUTH LONDON SOMALI COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Charity number: 1097706
Charity reporting is up to date (58 days late)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Information, Advice and Guidance - Housing, Social, Debt, Immigration, Education and Employement Youth Diversionary activities - Football sports club, cultural songs and dances Family and Parental Workshops - Bi - monthly services Old Persons Program - Coffee mornings Community Projects - Local Drug KHAT services, Citizenship training and exams. Translations and Interpretation, Cultural class

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 August 2024

Total income: £18,310
Total expenditure: £18,300

People

6 Trustee(s)

1 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Croydon
  • Lambeth
  • Merton
  • Sutton
  • Wandsworth

Governance

Registration history:
  • 28 May 2003: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • SOSOCOM (Working name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints 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
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

4 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
CHARITY CHAIRMAN Chair
None on record
BOARD MEMBER AND TREASURER Trustee
None on record
BOARD MEMBER Trustee
None on record
CHARITY COORDINATOR Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/08/2015 31/08/2021 31/08/2022 31/08/2023 31/08/2024
Total gross income £13.20k £18.78k £19.42k £17.18k £18.31k
Total expenditure £13.10k £18.71k £19.32k £17.08k £18.30k
Income from government contracts £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 August 2024 27 August 2025 58 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2024 Not required
Annual return 31 August 2023 27 August 2025 423 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2023 Not required
Annual return 31 August 2022 27 August 2025 789 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2022 Not required
Annual return 31 August 2021 27 August 2025 1154 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2021 Not required
Annual return 31 August 2020 Overdue Charity reporting is overdue by 1644 days
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2020 Overdue Charity reporting is overdue by 1644 days
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 25 APRIL 2003

Charitable objects

A. FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF SOMALIS AND OTHERS RESIDENT OR INTENDING TO RESIDE IN SOUTH LONDON BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH ADVICE, ASSISTANCE, REPRESENTATION, COUNSELLING, TRANSLATING AND INTERPRETATION SERVICES IN MATTERS SUCH AS MONEY, DEBTS, WELFARE BENEFITS, HOUSING, HEALTH, ASYLUM, IMMIGRATION, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT. B. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF SOUTH LONDON AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THOSE INHABITANTS WHO ARE SOMALIS OR OF SOMALI DESCENT BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE SO THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

SOUTH LONDON

Contact information

Address:
5 UPPER GREEN WEST
MITCHAM
SURREY
CR4 3AA
Phone:
02086406661
Email:
ABDIRISAK_hassan@hotmail.com
Website:

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