Sahamiye Foundation

Registered charity 1190376 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SAHAN FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL

At present the principal activities of the Foundation are (1) the prevention and relief of poverty; (2) the advancement of education; and (3) the advancement of health and the saving of lives, with a particular emphasis on pursuing those objectives in Somaliland and through the use of mobile and digital technologies.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported net outgoings of £176,333 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in unrestricted funds decreasing from £501,982 to £325,649. The trustees note that the charity does not need to hold reserves as the main donor provides funding when required. The financial statements were prepared under the going concern basis, with trustees expressing reasonable expectation of adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2023) to "below" (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 12192130

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• KAUSHIK, Shibani — director, appointed 14/11/2020on trustee list
• AHMED, Ismail Ibrahim — director, appointed 05/09/2019on trustee list
• ARTEH, Hayat Omer — director, appointed 05/09/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~12.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Ismail Ibrahim Ahmedchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Hayat Arteh
• Shibani Kaushik

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

Operates in: Somalia · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Sangam Foundation.

• Sangam Foundation income £238k
• SADAQAH-FOUNDATION income £129k
• AS-SALAAM HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION income £538k
• THE AMJAD AND SUHA BSEISU FOUNDATION income £1.6m
• SAO FOUNDATION income £812k
• SAHARA FOR LIFE TRUST income £185k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.