MIDAYE SOMALI DEVELOPMENT NETWORK

Registered charity 1148304 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MIDAYE SOMALI DEVELOPMENT NETWORK - DO NOT REGISTER - SEE 1098707

The organisation is running the following activities:1) Information, Advice and Outreach Support Servie2) Health Projects, Mental Health and Advocacy support3) Youth and children's Activities and Training4) Supplementary School5) Employment and Training Program 6) Women Forum7) Cares and families Forum

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE ETHNIC MINORITY PEOPLE PRIMARILY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) IN LONDON IN PARTICULAR BY NOT EXCLUSIVELY SOMALI WOMEN AND CHILDREN BY:(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING;(B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS;(C) THE PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH; AND (D) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £75,616 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by a decline in incoming resources to £786,336. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £68,917 are below the stated policy target of £120,000, representing a shortfall of £51,083. The filing notes a material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue due to difficulties in securing future grant funding.

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
• Investing charity funds 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (86% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/01/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amina Issa
• Hinda Dalmar
• Mazamed Cabdi Yusuf
• Najaah Adan

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DADIHIYE SOMALI DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION.

• DADIHIYE SOMALI DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION income £75k
• ENFIELD SOMALI COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £100k
• Sahamiye Foundation income £107k
• AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £625k
• SOMALI RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT FORUM income £91k
• YESODEY HATORAH GIRLS SCHOOL LIMITED income £2.5m

Side by side with its peers

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