WADAJIR SOMALI COMMUNITY CENTRE

Charity Number: 1104972
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

We carry out the following activities: Home Work Club Project Women's Health Project Elderly Womens Luncheon Club Advice Advocacy & Information Youth Projects Training Courses ESOL Mother Tongue Classes We cover different areas within Tower hamlets.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £65,906
Total expenditure: £58,007

Total income includes £33,125 from 3 government grant(s)

People

4 Trustee(s)

6 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

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
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Accommodation/housing
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Tower Hamlets

Governance

Registration history:
  • 19 July 2004: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • WADAJIR SOMALI COMMUNITY (Previous name)
  • WADAJIR SOMALI COMMUNITY LIMITED (Previous name)
Company number:
05509129 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
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
Sahra Abi Digaleh Chair 23 March 2023
None on record
Hodan Ahmed Liban Trustee 10 February 2014
None on record
Luul Mohamed Jama Trustee 10 February 2014
None on record
AGRAM SHIRA MUSE Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £62.92k £65.63k £47.53k £57.92k £65.91k
Total expenditure £63.55k £69.05k £43.62k £71.38k £58.01k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A £16.27k N/A N/A
Income from government grants £27.75k N/A £16.27k £13.07k £33.13k

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 March 2024 30 August 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 30 August 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 30 August 2024 212 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 30 August 2024 212 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 09 December 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 09 December 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 14 July 2022 164 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 14 July 2022 164 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 12 August 2021 193 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 12 August 2021 193 days late Download Open in new window
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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.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 2 MAY 2003 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 30 JANUARY 2004 AND 7 APRIL 2004, AND CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION UPON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 17 JUNE 2008.

Charitable objects

(1) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED SOMALI COMMUNITY OF TOWER HAMLETS IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY (2) TO PROMOTE GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SOMALI COMMUNITY OF TOWER HAMLETS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, AND TO PROVIDE RELIEF FROM FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND SOCIAL AND /OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF ITS RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES; AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE FULLY IN THE LIFE OF THEIR COMMUNITY IN WAYS WHICH ADDRESS AND ALLEVIATE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE (3) TO RELIEVE THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS ARISING FROM CIVIL WAR IN PARTICULAR OF THOSE DISABLED AND ELDERLY SOMALI RESIDENTS OF TOWER HAMLETS AND SURROUNDING AREA (4)TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THOSE SEEKING AND THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS.

Area of benefit

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

SOMALI COMMUNITY OF TOWER HAMLETS.

Contact information

Address:
156 St. Leonards Road
LONDON
E14 0QZ
Phone:
07508537892
Email:
wadajir2003@yahoo.co.uk
Website:

www.wadajirsomali.org Open in new window