POVERTY CONCERN

Registered charity 1163477 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1. To promote for the benefit of the inhabitants of the London Borough of Enfield and surrounding areas2. To relieve poverty and improve health and education and promote human rights as set out in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child throughout the world 3. The relief of poverty in Somalia, Djibouti, Sudan, Eritrea, and Ethiopia or other organisations working to prevent

Objects

1. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF ENFIELD AND SURROUNDING AREA, THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS2. TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND IMPROVE HEALTH AND WELLBEING AMONG REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS, MIGRANT WORKERS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS LIVING IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF ENFIELD AND THE SURROUNDING BOROUGHS, AND TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG THE AFORESAID PERSONS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION, BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND EDUCATION.3. TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS AS SET OUT IN THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY ALL OR MANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:1) RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS2) ADVANCING EDUCATION CONCERNING HUMAN RIGHTS3) PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES4. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN SOMALIA, DJIBOUTI, SUDAN, ERITREA, AND ETHIOPIA BY PROVIDING: GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £12,388 for the year ended 30th June 2026, resulting in total net assets decreasing from £30,563 to £18,175. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy targeting at least six months of expenditure, with unrestricted funds held in reserve to ensure core activities can continue during unforeseen difficulties. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention to indicate non-compliance with accounting standards or company law.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• 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)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Khadijia Yussufchair
• IBRAHIM ISSAQ
• KHADIJA MOHAMUD
• Qadra Ali

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

Operates in: Djibouti · Enfield · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Haringey · Somalia · Sudan

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOURCE OF HOPE LIMITED.

• SOURCE OF HOPE LIMITED income £148k
• ENFIELD RACIAL EQUALITY COUNCIL income £46k
• B@TITUDE LIMITED income £102k
• GLOBAL POVERTY PROJECT UK income £1.6m
• SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES income £176k
• ISLINGTON PEOPLE'S RIGHTS income £516k

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