COMMUNITY EDUCATION FORUM
We work with:Ethnic Minorities and socio-economically disadvantaged groups including, refugees and asylum seekersWe Provide: Supplementary Schooling Education, Info, Advice, Support, Advocacy & MediationWe Support: Housing, Health, Social Welfare Education, Training, Employment, Personal Development & Sustainable Community DevelopmentWe we work: Hammersmith & Fulham,and through out London.
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TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE, ETHNIC MINORITIES, REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SUFFERING SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGES.TO FURTHER OTHER SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £3,472 to £3,479 during the period, with total funds reaching £109,792. The charity reports no material issues coming to the examiner's attention regarding accounting records or compliance. The trustees confirm the accounts were prepared in accordance with the Charities Act 1993.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- 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
- Social media 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)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 4
- Government income: £9,373 — grants £9,373 (2); 16% of the £58,873 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 5
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 2
- Grant-making is its main activity
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 08/04/2024, 68 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).
Trustees
- ABDULAHI ALI ABUKAR
- AMINA OSMAN
- Badran Isse
- MAHDI AADAN
- Sundus Musa
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £59k | £59k |
| 31/03/2024 | £109k | £110k |
| 31/03/2023 | £85k | £90k |
| 31/03/2022 | £52k | £55k |
| 31/03/2021 | £31k | £42k |
Common questions
Is COMMUNITY EDUCATION FORUM financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £3,472 to £3,479 during the period, with total funds reaching £109,792. The charity reports no material issues coming to the examiner's attention regarding accounting records or compliance. The trustees confirm the accounts were prepared in accordance with the Charities Act 1993. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds COMMUNITY EDUCATION FORUM?
Funders whose own accounts filings name COMMUNITY EDUCATION FORUM as a grant recipient include H&F Giving, DR EDWARDS AND BISHOP KING'S FULHAM CHARITY.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| H&F Giving | FY2022 | £7k | Summer Essentials Fund |
| DR EDWARDS AND BISHOP KING'S FULHAM CHARITY | FY2022 | £6k | Grants to organisations |
| DR EDWARDS AND BISHOP KING'S FULHAM CHARITY | FY2025 | £5k | Grants to organisations |
| DR EDWARDS AND BISHOP KING'S FULHAM CHARITY | FY2026 | £5k | Grant to organisation |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 02/12/2021 | £98k | Community Response Education Project |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 24/09/2021 | £10k | Aurora Football Club |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 11/04/2019 | £9k | Waayeel@nubianlife |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 03/02/2004 | £48k | "The Somali Experience" |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| TRUST FOR LONDON | 1 | £175k |
| FRANCIS C SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £60k |
| THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | 1 | £4k |
| THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £2k |
Charities like this
- FURNESS MULTI-CULTURAL COMMUNITY FORUM
- COMMUNITY EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT AND ADVICE LTD
- HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM COMMUNITY LAW CENTRE LIMITED
- ETHIOPIAN COMMUNITY IN BRITAIN
- COMMUNITIES WELFARE NETWORK
- COMMUNITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION & LYNCX
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMMUNITY EDUCATION FORUM | £59k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| FURNESS MULTI-CULTURAL COMMUNITY FORUM | £222k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| COMMUNITY EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT AND ADVICE LTD | £86k | Under £60,000 | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM COMMUNITY LAW CENTRE LIMITED | £633k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| ETHIOPIAN COMMUNITY IN BRITAIN | £70k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| COMMUNITIES WELFARE NETWORK | £58k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |