SOMALI INTEGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1167198 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SIDA; SIDA UK

our mission is to help the Somali Community, improve the quality of their lives and enable them to play a fully empowered and effective role in wider society by bringing people together, sharing knowledge and co-ordinating activity and opinion.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£63k
Latest spending
£75k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received approximately £60,000 from the London Borough of Southwark Council and £16,000 from The National Lottery, maintaining a reserve of approximately £11,000. The trustees report that the charity has remained prudent and solvent, sustaining support for over 1,700 beneficiaries despite cost of living challenges. Per the Co-ordinator’s review, the organization continues to operate as a stable service provider for the local community.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: London Borough of Southwark Council
We received our main grant from LB Southwark of c£60K per year and we received c£16k from The National Lottery’s community cost of living fund — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: contingency in the event of any unforeseen circumstances (held: £11k)
we also have a reserve of c£11k that we have been growing as a contigency in the event of any unforeseen circumstances so as to not halt operations — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Djibouti · Ethiopia · Kenya · Somalia · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£63k£75k
31/03/2024£85k£85k
31/03/2023£83k£76k
31/03/2022£202k£191k
31/03/2021£146k£110k

Common questions

Is SOMALI INTEGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity received approximately £60,000 from the London Borough of Southwark Council and £16,000 from The National Lottery, maintaining a reserve of approximately £11,000. The trustees report that the charity has remained prudent and solvent, sustaining support for over 1,700 beneficiaries despite cost of living challenges. Per the Co-ordinator’s review, the organization continues to operate as a stable service provider for the local community. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery27/08/2022£20k“Life After COVID” (The Somali Crisis Recovery Initiative)
London Borough of Southwark01/04/2019£56kGrant to Somali Integration and Development Association
Sport England24/08/2017£10kHealthy Living Project