ELAYS NETWORK

Registered charity 1141157 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ELAYS NETWORK LTD

ELAYS NETWORK IS A MULTI-PURPOSE CHARITY THAT SERVES AS MODEL ORGANISATION REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITIES OF WANDSWORTH AND LAMBETH SINCE 2003. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION. ADDRESSING INEQUALITIES THROUGH COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION, DEVELOPMENT AND ADVOCACY. WHILE HELPING TO PROMOTE ACTIVE CITIZENS

Objects

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, CHILDREN AND YOUNGPEOPLE OF SOMALI ORIGIN NOW LIVING IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF WANDSWORTH BY PROVIDING ADVICEAND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS AMEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES ANDCAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLEINDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION;(C) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLELIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY ORDISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THECONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £32,147 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £79,309 to £47,162. The trustees confirm the organization is prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Unrestricted funds decreased from £20,580 to £8,535, while restricted funds increased slightly from £58,729 to £47,162 (note: total restricted funds carried forward is £47,162 in balance sheet, but SOFA shows restricted funds brought forward 58,729 and carried forward 1,986? Wait, SOFA shows Restricted Funds brought forward 58,729, Net movement (56,743), Carried forward 1,986. Unrestricted brought forward 20,580, Net movement 24,596, Carried forward 45,176. Total 47,162. The health narrative should reflect the deficit and the drop in unrestricted reserves.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mohamed Ismail Alichair
• AHMED ADAM
• Dr Abdul Khaliq Ahmed Hassan
• Istarlin MOHAMED
• Leila FARAH

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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