SOS EDUCATION ORGANISATION

Registered charity 1100430 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A) Advancing education & employment opportunities through training & support programmes to disadvantaged Children & Adults from BME & New Migrant Communities.B) To provide recreational facilities for children & young people with the objective of improving their quality of life.C) Tackling racism & extremism ideologiesD) To promote African and Arabian culture through social & cultural events

Objects

1. THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BY A) PROVIDING COURSES ON TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE B) TEACHING THE SOMALI, ARABIC AND GREEK LANGUAGES C) PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE SOMALI CHILDREN IN MAINSTREAM EDUCATION3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN SOMALIA AND ERITREA BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION PROGRAMMES4. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY PROVISION OF ADVICE AND INFORMATION

Area of benefit: SOMALIA AND ERITREA

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£128k
Latest spending
£115k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the company reported an operating profit of £13,110 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a loss of £212 in the previous year. Net assets increased to £4,396, reversing a net liability position of £365 in 2024. The filing notes that the company is exempt from audit and has been prepared in accordance with small companies regime provisions.

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 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.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 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: Birmingham City · Somalia

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£128k£115k
31/03/2024£102k£103k
31/03/2023£32k£40k
31/03/2022£61k£66k
31/03/2021£64k£49k

Common questions

Is SOS EDUCATION ORGANISATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the company reported an operating profit of £13,110 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a loss of £212 in the previous year. Net assets increased to £4,396, reversing a net liability position of £365 in 2024. The filing notes that the company is exempt from audit and has been prepared in accordance with small companies regime provisions. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/04/2021£10kMental Health First

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SOS EDUCATION ORGANISATION£128k—0unclear—no doubt
SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY LIMITED FY2025£4.3m£130,001 - £140,000—above—no doubt
SUMMIT EDUCATION SOCIETY LTD FY2025£359k—0unclear—no doubt
SOS AFRICA FY2026£992k—0above—no doubt
SPRING EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY (SES) FY2025£195k—0unclear—no doubt
STUDENTS ORGANISING FOR SUSTAINABILITY FY2025£4.0m——below—no doubt

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