ISRAAC SOMALI COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1170028 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ISRAAC, ISRAAC CENTRE

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SOMALI AND SOMALILAND COMMUNITY TOGETHER WITH OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS IN THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION FOR THOSE MEMBERS OF THE SAID COMMUNITY WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE O

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Latest income
£374k
Latest spending
£407k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource deficit of £32,477 for the year ended 21 April 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing from £556,415 to £523,938. The trustees have adopted the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) and the financial statements were subject to independent examination rather than audit. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £225,609 and restricted reserves of £298,329.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £140k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
21/04/2025£374k£407k
21/04/2024£400k£268k
21/04/2023£380k£220k
21/04/2022£239k£202k
21/04/2021£295k£176k

Common questions

Is ISRAAC SOMALI COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource deficit of £32,477 for the year ended 21 April 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing from £556,415 to £523,938. The trustees have adopted the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) and the financial statements were subject to independent examination rather than audit. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £225,609 and restricted reserves of £298,329. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ISRAAC SOMALI COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ISRAAC SOMALI COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include NETHERTHORPE AND UPPERTHORPE COMMUNITY ALLIANCE.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
NETHERTHORPE AND UPPERTHORPE COMMUNITY ALLIANCEFY2022£12kLive Lighter Extension
NETHERTHORPE AND UPPERTHORPE COMMUNITY ALLIANCEFY2024£5k
NETHERTHORPE AND UPPERTHORPE COMMUNITY ALLIANCEFY2023£5k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sheffield City Council24/01/2024£50kConnecting Communities - Main Grant
The National Lottery Community Fund20/01/2023£279kIsraac Empowering Futures
Sport England01/08/2022£10kJubilee Fund - Israac Togetherness
The National Lottery Community Fund04/03/2022£10kIsraac Advice and Support Service
The National Lottery Community Fund06/04/2021£10kISRAAC Health Well-being Project
The National Lottery Community Fund30/10/2020£30kSHEFFIELD BAMER COVID 19 ACTION GROUP
UK government09/10/2020£73kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund16/05/2019£40kISRAAC Development Grant (Development Grant)
The National Lottery Community Fund24/01/2019£10kSheffield African Women's Group
The National Lottery Community Fund20/04/2016£10kISRAAC Community Enterprise Centre: Architectural Appraisal and Busine