LAMBETH SOMALI COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1102904 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LAMSOM

Providing much needed assistance to the Somali Community Members reside in Lambeth.we run variety of activities including education programmes for children, advice and bilingual advocay for mainly womens and elderly people. similarly we oraganise workshops about heath, environment, citzenship and other activities.

Objects

(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF SOMALIS IN LAMBETH AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY THE PROVISION OF AN INFORMATION AND ADVICE SERVICE. (B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF SOMALI CHILDREN IN LAMBETH AND SURROUNDING AREAS.(C )TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PERSONS RESIDENT IN LAMBETH AND SURROUNDING AREAS, PARTICULARLY PERSONS OF SOMALI ORIGIN WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH PERSONS.

Area of benefit: SOMALIS IN LAMBETH AND SURROUNDING AREAS

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Lambeth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £20,654 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £115,734 and resources expended of £77,322. Per the statement of financial position, the charity held unrestricted net assets of £68,638, comprising £69,127 in cash at bank and in hand. The filing notes that the company was entitled to exemption from statutory audit under the small companies regime.

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.

• 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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• 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
• Volunteer management

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

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 10/02/2024, 10 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ABDALLAH IDRIS
• ABDIRAHMAN MOHAMMED NUR
• Abdullahi Abdi Ali
• MOHAMED AHMED
• Mohamed Dahir Ismail

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

Operates in: Lambeth

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ISLINGTON SOMALI COMMUNITY.

• ISLINGTON SOMALI COMMUNITY income £147k
• LIVERPOOL SOMALI COMMUNITY income £30k
• SOMALI DISABILITY & ELDERLY SUPPORT GROUP income £110k
• British Somali Community Centre income £261k
• SANGAT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £288k
• WADAJIR SOMALI COMMUNITY CENTRE income £75k

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