East African Association

Registered charity 1080303 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WAABERI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION, WAABERI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (WACODA), WAABERI CULTURAL ASSOCIATION

General advice for the public, Football training for the children and young people, supporting orphans with their education in Somalia and other casual programmes mainly for the benefits of the Somali disadvantaged people including refugees and asylum seekers.

Objects

THE ASSOCIATION IS ESTABLISHED PARTICULARLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF SOMALIA REFUGEES IN NEED LIVING IN SOUTH LONDON TO RELIEVE POVERTY, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, PRESERVE AND PROTECT HEALTH AND PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

Area of benefit: SOUTH LONDON

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £32,716 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Total funds carried forward increased to £8,883, with tangible assets valued at £5,317 and cash at bank at £108. The trustees confirm that the accounting records were kept in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 and the accounts comply with applicable regulations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

• 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
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Hussein Mohamud Husseinchair
• Abukar Mohamed
• Guiled Aden
• Maryan Abdulkadir

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

Operates in: Croydon · Djibouti · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Lambeth · Somalia · Southwark · Wandsworth

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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