HARINGEY SOMALI COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1090709 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Haringey Somali Community & Cultural association provides housing, welfare rights & health, advise and support to Somali refugees and asylum seekers. The Association also runs housing floating support services that cater for vulnerable Somali adults. Other services of the Organisation include mother tongue and supplementary classes as well as the organisation of summer trips and cultural events

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF REFUGEES AND THEIR FAMILIES IN GREATER LONDON AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HARINGEY, AND PARTICULARLY FOR PEOPLE OF SOMALI ORIGIN BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH ND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS.

Area of benefit: GREATER LONDON AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HARINGEY

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£118k
Latest spending
£103k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net surplus of £14,507 and unrestricted reserves of £53,733. The trustees report that the organization aims to hold reserves for at least three months of expenditure and is currently on track to meet this aim. The independent auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view of the charity's affairs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Haringey Council (38% of income)
“Haringey Council SP 45,000.00” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Aflah Accounting Services. 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£118k£103k
31/03/2024£104k£99k
31/03/2023£89k£89k
31/03/2022£62k£73k
31/03/2021£107k£72k

Common questions

Is HARINGEY SOMALI COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net surplus of £14,507 and unrestricted reserves of £53,733. The trustees report that the organization aims to hold reserves for at least three months of expenditure and is currently on track to meet this aim. The independent auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view of the charity's affairs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Aflah Accounting Services.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund11/10/2024£20kHSCCA Core costs.
City Bridge Foundation13/06/2022£197kGrant to Haringey Somali Community and Cultural Association
UK government05/10/2020£45kCoronavirus Community Support Fund