SOMALI SENIOR CITIZENS CLUB

Registered charity 1097530 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Day time lunch served six days a week, Monday to Saturday between 9.30 am to 4 pmProviding advice and information on social welfare services, networking with Tower Hamlet's law center, Housing Department and citizen's advice bureau.Health advice and interpretation services.Provide facilities for social activities and religious studies.

Objects

THE ORGANISATION IS ESTABLISHED FOR ELDERLY PERSONS, PARTICULARLY SOMALIANS, LIVING IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS TO ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF POVERTY SICKNESS AND DISTRESS.

Area of benefit: ELDERLY PERSONS PARTICULARLY SOMALIANS LIVING IN LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS

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

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Latest income
£87k
Latest spending
£83k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of income over expenditure of £4,505 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a deficit in the previous year. The trustees consider performance satisfactory but note that increased funding is required to sustain services and maintain prudent reserves. Free reserves are held at £9,452.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: London Borough of Tower Hamlets
“London Borough of Tower Hamlets 36462” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: prudent level of reserve (held: £9k)
“maintain a prudent level of reserve to support its continuing activities.” — page 5
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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£87k£83k
31/03/2024£58k£72k
31/03/2023£73k£72k
31/03/2022£51k£82k
31/03/2021£145k£111k

Common questions

Is SOMALI SENIOR CITIZENS CLUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of income over expenditure of £4,505 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a deficit in the previous year. The trustees consider performance satisfactory but note that increased funding is required to sustain services and maintain prudent reserves. Free reserves are held at £9,452. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SOMALI SENIOR CITIZENS CLUB?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOMALI SENIOR CITIZENS CLUB as a grant recipient include EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2023£1kCore Costs and Provision of Emergency Support

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund26/02/2025£18kConnecting Women (Older Somali Women’s Community Support Pilot)
Postcode Lottery29/03/2024£23kUnrestricted Funding
UK government09/10/2020£2kVSCE CMC Fund
UK government24/08/2020£10kVSCE CMC Fund
UK government23/07/2020£36kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Heritage Fund05/09/2019£39k"Women of the sea"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund02/08/2017£32k"‘Surviving the SeaÂ’ – Somali Seafarers history"