MERSEYSIDE SOMALI AND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1043679 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MERSEYSIDE SOMALI COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

-We provide a community centre that is open 12 hours per day, 7 day week-Lunch club for the elders serving a daily average of 10 breakfasts, 20 lunches and innumerable hot drinks-Advice sessions on: Welfare rights, Health and drugs, Benefits, Jobs and training and Housing.-an advocacy and interpreting service for dealing with the authorities

Objects

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF MERSEYSIDE WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, RELIEVE SICKNESS, RELIEVE POVERTY AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS

Area of benefit: MERSEYSIDE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Liverpool, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£92k
Latest spending
£80k
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £12,169 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £92,455 and total expenditure of £80,286. The trustees state they have a reasonable expectation that the charity can continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, citing adequate liquidity and free reserves.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: National Lottery Community Fund (59% of income)
“National Lottery Community Fund - 53,737” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: one month of running costs and redundancy provision (reserves figure: £3k)
“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are free reserves at a level to cover redundancy provision and one month of running costs should no further funding be received.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 8
  • Government income: £12,092 — grants £12,092 (4); 13% of the £92,455 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Government income: £34,994 — grants £34,994 (2); 49% of the £71,584 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Government income: £8,600 — grants £8,600 (3); 9% of the £95,631 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Liverpool City · Sefton · St Helens · Wirral

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£92k£80k
31/03/2024£72k£139k
31/03/2023£96k£151k
31/03/2022£125k£172k
31/03/2021£136k£194k

Common questions

Is MERSEYSIDE SOMALI AND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £12,169 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £92,455 and total expenditure of £80,286. The trustees state they have a reasonable expectation that the charity can continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, citing adequate liquidity and free reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MERSEYSIDE SOMALI AND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MERSEYSIDE SOMALI AND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUNDFY2023£6k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUNDFY2025£5k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund06/08/2021£10kReach Out
UK government19/08/2020£15kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
UK government29/05/2020£5kVSCE CMC Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund29/08/2019£99kBuilding Links 2019 - 2022
The National Lottery Community Fund04/06/2015£136kBuilding Links
The National Lottery Community Fund16/07/2013£475kBuilding Links
The National Lottery Community Fund17/10/2012£25kBuilding Links
The National Lottery Community Fund20/10/2005£2kTrips

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOMALI SENIOR CITIZENS CLUB.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MERSEYSIDE SOMALI AND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION£92k—0above—no doubt
SOMALI SENIOR CITIZENS CLUB FY2025£87k—0unclear—no doubt
LIVERPOOL SOMALI COMMUNITY FY2025£30k—0above—no doubt
DARWEN OLD PEOPLES WELFARE ASSOCIATION FY2025£254k—0above—no doubt
ENFIELD SOMALI COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£100k—0unclear—no doubt
MARYBONE YOUTH AND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£209k—0below—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.