KULAN SOMALI ORGANISATION

Registered charity 1108997 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KULAN

Based in Westminster. Aim to improve the lives of the Somali community in London.Activities include:information and advice service, employment support project NEET categorized individuals, supporting Somali prisoners well being and employment prospects.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND DISTRESS OF SOMALI COMMUNITY IN WESTMINSTER ARE OF LONDON BY PROVISION OF ADVICE ON ISSUES OF WELFARE BENEFITS, HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, HEALTH AND ADVOCACY. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE SAID BENEFICIARIES BY FACILITA0TING THE PROVISION OF ACCESS TO LANGUAGE CLASSES AND OTHER FORMS OF TRAINING AND EDUCATION INCLUDING THE CULTURE AND HISTORY OF SOMALIA. THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH AMONG THE SOMALI COMMUNITY BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND HEALTH WORKSHOPS. THE PROVISION FACILITIES AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE SAID COMMUNITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: 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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total surplus of £56,608 against total income of £224,981, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £26,400. The trustees note that inflation has inflated operating costs, but the charity remains solvent with net assets of £105,410. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue in business.

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 5 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses 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 09/03/2024, 38 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Roda Jama Warsama Saeedchair
• Awrala Mumin Sheikh
• Mohamed Ibrahim Yousuf

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COUNCIL OF SOMALI ORGANISATIONS.

• COUNCIL OF SOMALI ORGANISATIONS income £135k
• KAFAALO FOUNDATION income £10k
• LIVERPOOL SOMALI COMMUNITY income £30k
• LONDON MUSLIM SUPPORT NETWORK income £247k
• THE MANCHESTER SOMALI ISLAMIC CULTURAL TRUST income £593k
• THE SUNNI MUSLIM ASSOCIATION (SOUTH LONDON) income £66k

Side by side with its peers

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