KAYD SOMALI ARTS AND CULTURE

Registered charity 1170441 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KAYD, Kayd Somali Arts and Culture Limited

Kayd seeks to promote arts, culture and heritage, particularly (but not exclusively) Somali arts, heritage and culture, for the benefit of the public, including (without limitation) musical, literary, dramatic, performance, dance and visual arts particularly, but not exclusively, by organising and delivering arts and cultural events and festivals.

Objects

1.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1.1.1 TO PROMOTE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE, PARTICULARLY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) SOMALI ARTS, HERITAGE AND CULTURE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION) MUSICAL, LITERARY, DRAMATIC, PERFORMANCE, DANCE AND VISUAL ARTS PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY ORGANISING AND DELIVERING ARTS AND CULTURAL EVENTS AND FESTIVALS; 1.1.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC (PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN SOMALI HERITAGE, CULTURE AND THE ARTS), INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION) MUSICAL, LITERARY, DRAMATIC, PERFORMANCE, DANCE AND VISUAL ARTS, PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH WORKSHOPS, DEBATES, DISCUSSIONS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES; AND1.1.3 TO PROVIDE FOR THE RECREATION OF PEOPLE INVOLVED AND/OR ENGAGED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CHARITY BY PROVIDING SERVICES AND FACILITIES TO THEM 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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small operating surplus of £1,412 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £352,870 against total expenditure of £351,458. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £44,644, which the document notes helps for future spending, and confirms there are no uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 17/02/2024, 17 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr MICHAEL WALLSchair
• Abdul Abdillahi Mohamed
• Dr GIULIA LIBERATORE
• Dr Katherine Baxter
• RASHID SHEIKH ABDULLAHI
• Rhoda Ibrahim Cllr · trustee of 1 other charity
• Zahra Ahmed

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMUNITY ARTS RHAYADER AND DISTRICT.

• COMMUNITY ARTS RHAYADER AND DISTRICT income £146k
• THE MANCHESTER SOMALI ISLAMIC CULTURAL TRUST income £593k
• SHALLAL income £147k
• RAWD CIO income £221k
• BRADFORD CULTURE COMPANY LIMITED income £26.8m
• LONDON SHARAD UTSAV income £93k

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