BRITISH SOMALI CO.MMu￿1Ty
Financial stalements & Tn￿tee r¢ports
For the year endin8 31 March 2021
Charity Registration Number: 1099490
BRITISH SOMALI COMMUNITY

Page
Legal and administrative information
TTU8te¢s' report
24
Independent examtner's ffport
Statement of fuwi¢ial activities
Balance sheet
Notes to the accounts
8-11

BRITISH SOMALI COMMUNITY
Legal and Adminisiraiive Inf0M￿tIOn
For Ihe year ending 31 March l)21
Sthius:
The organi5alion is a charitabl¢ company limiied by guarnntee.
incoryw)rnted on 18 Decernb¢r 2(K)2 and re8iStercd ss # charity
on 19 August 21MM.
Company number..
0463)527
Chariiy NUrn￿r.
l(W45YJ
Regisiered 0￿￿¢ &
7.9 Crowndale Road
London
Nwi ITU
TN$￿¢8.
osob MoFAmed
Ztinab Abdi Muse
Rahma Mao
Dr Sana On
Sucdi H&shi
Chair
Vice Chair
Tre&surer
Secretary
Member
Member
nkets:
Nattvesl BAn
Camden Town Branch
165 Camden High Strtet
London NWI ONW
Chartered Certified Ac￿lloWI15
40a Maygrove Road
London NW6 2EB

BRITISH SOMAU COMMUNITY
Trustees, Report
For ihc year endin8 31 March 2021
objecti
obiedives o( briiish Somali Cornmuntiy are to supFrgn and dcvelop education81
achicvemcnis, culiurnl aThl r¢crcaiional inlerelts of SA)rnali childT¢ll and young ￿0p1¢. tn &55151
in hcalih improvcm¢n13, of Somali wom¢n, wcll as to provide edwalion and Irdinin8 facilities
for Somali worncn lo enabl¢ ihem io participaic &8 auivc ciiizerk8.
Legal Sffti¢iure
BRrrisH SOMALI commuN￿y 15 a re8i*eTEd ¢harity and a company lirniled by 8uaranLee
and is swerned by its Metwjrnndurn and knicle5 0[A￿￿18110n da￿d 18 De¢ernber 2(xn.
The trus￿$. who aye a]80 dirthrn of the charitable comkwny. JubThit their In￿tee9, reprt and
fInU￿1￿ stalen￿nts for the year endirtg 31 Mar¢h 2021.
Pollaes..
Reservepllcy..
clwiry ¢urrenrly qjerntes with g¢n¢rnl TM¢NCS ac¢ount balances of
£65.(XX). The tTPJStKs aTe endeavouring to build up its donor base with a view lo
Iming sufficicnt ttaerv¢
Rtsk(s) rethv..
Thc In￿ bav¢ tecently Tcviewed the n￿101 lists fMLrd by ik Ghttrity. Thij
has resulted in efforts to increage charlty's donor b￿e.
Trxftses Reswibilities
Th¢ ¢ru8¢e¢J are Tesp)nsible for keq)inB Pr￿er aco)unling re￿ which diycloje at any iirne
the fInancial W￿ltIOn of the chariry and enxble ihem ￿ ¢nsuff ¢h* the fimnciai statement3
comply with the G)rnr•ni¢s Aa 2(XY
The tn￿ oversee pttparjlion of find￿1&1 slatemenl4 s¢leth $yi¢abk ¥u)Ulliing policies and
n￿ke judwents and aiimatrs thii Rwnablc I￿1 prydent ￿ giv¢ the In￿ stale of affairs of
th¢ ¢h3ri1y.
Trustees are tho responsible for safeguarding thc ol ihc charity. Tkny are ¢lccied and
Teplaced as sd oul in the memOra￿lum and Articles ol A&stKi¥4ti0n.

BRTfisH SOMAtJ commu￿
Tn￿, Report (continued)
For the year ending 31 Ma￿h 2021
Ac¢ivi¢ies dndAcAle￿￿cn
The charily is managed by 7 woman elected women In￿[¢¢ mernbe￿, and ￿rrentlY 15 Staffed by
6 parl-tirne ¢mployccs as well as 35 r¢8ular volunteers. Due to ihe Council funding cuts from
December the Charity's service provision has to face challenges and offi¢¢ opening hours have
changc¢J io Mot5day - ThU￿dayS in oifice (tKiween 9am-5pm) plus Saiurday and WKk
evCnin￿ lor onlinc supplcmenlary SCI￿01 ond par¢ni sessiong. The ¢harity'$ we¢k¢nd work on
ramily and children has been reS￿led ihank¥ ID John LYOAS Charity and BBC children in Need
and LB Camden.
Th¢ ¢ore of ihe eharity's work eontinu¢s to be in the f*ld of providitt8 edue&tio￿l
recrcatiortal •¢liviiies fr)r young people and porents as well as providin8 multi-i8ency SUPFKTrrt
scrvices io lamilics, health aw¥r¢ne5s aThJ semijws ¢mFx)w¢rin8 women to build confidenL% and
Stron8 VOIQ lo spcak out lor issues inclvdin8 Female Genitsl Mutilalion (FGM).. fknwesti¢
Violence and Men￿1 Healih. as well as advic¢ and advocw in the areas ol education, soci
servic¢ ¢rainin8> employmenl. pL)lice and viminal justice. A newly Youth Safely projeci funded
by LB Carnd¢n Task Force w&$ w up in mid ihi5 yeu to 5UPW>rt families 8gains1 ihc
disproFQrtionaie youih knif¢ ¢rim¢ in Ihe Sornali Communiiy in Camden.
COVID.19 lrnfft¥c¢.' Alihough COVID- 19 challenging, BSC ￿n11n￿¢d its s¢rvi¢e to ihe
community ViTlually. For example, the 5upplemenw SchrKJl, Youth Wety proj¢¢L Parents
5&ssioThs and m051 of mcctings artd workshops were online. Administrgtive tLsks and one to on¢
advise plac¢ 41 lh¢ BSC orfice following NHS guidelin¢s of s￿111 dIsts￿ing and
sanitatson. BSC also ini¢nsively ¢ncoura8ed the communily to take the COVID vaccinauon
through working with tb¢ Public Healih and Camden Council. A8 the COVID-19 irnpb
disprowrLionaily affecied ihe BAME con]munilies in Catnden. we h&d l(we5 of tamilie5 And
friends in the Sornali commtsnity. Bui there was a of comrnuoity COnLVlion I￿j
cooperation ￿ oveTv)nK COVID.19 impAcL
BSC volunteets hav¢ been distsibuling fc￿ and ore io eldeTly and vuJn¢Table people.
We have Tx¢ived Camden COU￿11 and L￿ndon Funding r¢8owc¢s io ￿n[inUt the seTvice
provision and suptx)rt th¢ collullunily during th¢ Itxkdown in the year 3)20 ihai enabled BSC 10
continue suppr)ning the Ll)llllllunity to oveKxw the of COVtD. 19
Supplementary SCI￿1 - Core PToiect whith 8rowin8 and develr4)in8 over 25 years and is
shifting from the historical fTom children from Sonllli Coryuuunity only to be a rnulti-
ethnic Communities scknl du¢ to the gft)win8 number of it8 4dmbMion thildren fTom
div¢r5e conllnuniti¢5 (Ben￿1. Atabiq E&qt gnd Horn Arri￿). The s¢hcK)I runs currently on
Saturdays * BSC new Qn¢Te which is in iht heart of Camden ihat 81tTa¢t¢d many families. The
school activili¢5 expanded to work in partnership wilh ILxal primary and sch(￿)1$ in
areas of working with parenls through un achievenwkL behiviour Jnd learning difficulties.
truancy and other suptxjrt parents from the community may need ThBr¢ is a plan ts) ¢xpand it
due oversubscription and wailing list as well &s the increasingly need of the disadvaniapj
young peopl¢'s educatlott 4ttainment and eng4g¢m¢nL
Fam￿ Siwp?rt Project - a Val￿ble suviLY covering oM)si xtivities &8 ESOL and Sewing
dasses. Itol advise. Pu¢nts seminars. worksTrw and multi agen¢i¢s working ￿ enable parenls
8JJd f8mili¢s I(£￿ statutory and voluntsry service. It h25 bryrat on faTrilie5 sUP￿rt
neetL$ though cuts 2016 by LB Camden has affected.

Trustees. Report (continu￿)
FOT the year ending 31 MaTcth 2021
E￿￿￿rth8 & sirts ProAe¢t Excitin8 pmgram TunNng for IIK 2nd year aimed to equip
Women lo have a Ynice, build confid¢Jvx, knowled8e ond experienc¢ for lud¢rship and discuss
and 5UPPOrt co￿￿med and girl'5 issues.
Youih Safer) Parthership Pgreni Supprt Progrnm fujmled by L B Qmden Cove￿ rnnge ol
activilies addressing parent's needs for issues T¢loied ￿ iheir children and young ￿0P1¢ in areas
of youth di.wrder gnd ¥lcolKJl and kniffe crirne. Alw supp)rting ih¢ir education o¢hievemeni
and cmploymeni
Women He41ih - Drop in - Health aciiviiie$ designed to cater women's health n¢ed$ Ihrou8h
¥1￿*￿-[￿r ¢nvimnm¢ni ￿ physirnl exercise. healih wcllbein& Pirtnetship Menthl He81¢h pcer
iuprMTrrt ¥oqsinns aJMI IK8lih e￿In& Henna and rn&55ag¢ & beauly.
FuKdln8
Thc Ifuii¢&i ¢xpye￿ ih¢ir Ihnks ¢0 all funding 48¢ncie5 ind individuals ihal h•ve help¢d th¢
Lhuriiy to d¢v¢l(yp and PTovid¢ ILS cnKial Servi￿ lor tb¢ local communily. Spe¢ial ihanks go io
Ihc fi?Ili?wing #g¥ncie% ih•l lh¢ chrity during this FI￿ncilI ycar: ￿)ndOll Borough of
Camdgn, John Lyun's CTharity: LIBC Children In Need and Ihose n¢X listed here who h&ve
a)nirihu￿￿ and ¥ur4MYrt¢d In Ihc wffk of ihc ¢h3rity in kind or by financial ￿l￿nCZ.
Thi% ￿'￿)rt W&4 ￿p￿liV¢(l by IIK Iwrd and Nignc￿ on ILI t￿h￿r by..
Datc: 15 June 2021
Osob Moharned jchairj
7-9 Cmwndale Road. LMth)n, NWI ITU

Inde￿ndent eX￿nIn¢r,S
For th¢ year ¢ThJin8 31 March 2021
I reÉx)rt on th¢ 4ccounlS ol lh¢ choriiy lor the year ended 31 March J)21, which ar¢ sel Out on
pagcs 5 10 6.
ReS￿lIve re.fWNL¥ibiliii¢s of Irli￿et3 and examiner
The irus1¢￿ (who alx) ihe diffctots of ihe wmpany for ihe purw)s&s of company law) are
rtsp)nsible for th¢ preparn¢ioTh of acLThn¢s. The In￿lee5 consider ihat art audil is tx)I r¢quired lor
Ihis year unthr section 43(2) of the ChaTili&s Act 1993 Iihe 1993 Act) and that an independ¢ni
examination As n¢¢d¢d.
Having s81isfied mys¢lf Ihit charily ts not subjed to audii under compAny law and is ¢ligible
for independenl examin•iion, il is my yes￿r￿1b1]I.Ly to.
examine ihe 4cwints umJ¢r seaion 43 of the 1993 Acl.
to lollow the ￿¥￿￿￿Te5 ltiid down in th¢ Ben¢rnl Diyeaions given by the Charity
conuti1￿10Th under section 43(7Xb) of ihc 1993 Act. and
To St￿e wheiher F4nicuJar mallers h&v¢ iome w my al*￿10n.
My examination was carried oul in tttothnc¢ wilh the g¢nernl Diredions 8iven by the Charity
Cotnmission. An examination indudes a Ytview of the 4ccounting record5 ke￿ by ¢h¢ charity
and t comparison ol the aco)unts PTwnfed with re￿￿15. Li 8150 indudes wnsiderntion of
any unusual iietns or di5Glosures in the I￿)Unty and expl*n8tions you &$ iryst¢es
concerning any such nthitern. The Pr￿re5 Ufjdertak￿ do N)t provide all the ¢videnc¢ that
would be required in An audit And consequendy ￿ opinion is given as to whether the •coJun
pre5enl 4 'true and fAir view. and the rep)rt is limit￿ to th(￿¢ matt¢n set out in the $tat¢moni
below.
IndependentexAmlner's *leme*l
In connection with rny eX￿]natIOn. no ￿￿$ter come to my aiientioffj which gives me
it￿nable (ause io Ixliev¢ thai in Jny Makri￿ TeSt*d the TequATernents.'
To k¢¢p accounting records in ac<otdance with sedion 386 of thc ComtY4nies Ath 2LM)6. and
To prepar¢ accounts wh￿h acroTd wilh ihe a¢counlin8 comply wilh ¢he accounling
Tequir¢ments of sedion 3￿ of the Cornwbi&S Aci 2(￿ and with ihe meihods and principles
of ihe Si*emeni of Re￿MMended A¢￿￿￿1￿8 and R¢wrtiDg by Ch¥rili¢s have noi
D￿. 15 June 2021
Iss8 Associates
Chartered Qrtified ALwunillnlS
40a Maygrov¢ Road
London NW6 2EB
ISSA ASSOCIATES
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40A MAYGA()KyE LONDON N•W6 2EB
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OBILE tr44 1017931 322W24
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BRZTJSH SOMAU cOMMUli￿Y
Stste￿*￿t DfFJDwxi*I knivilies
Forthe yeareThl¥ 31 March 2021
No¢es Unttstslrted R¢s¢rtded
2021
Total
21)20
Tot41
rnAwrces
19.613
159.029
178.652
128,482
Tothl In¢on*
159.029
178 652 12&482
Clk'iriahL'
93
113543
3J30
84,481
99J80
4,1(X)
Totsl Resoums FJp2Thlpd
L￿Ad)￿l￿Tri
N¢1 &Jr th >
FuTrJ bakn ai l A￿1￿)
1&685
71156
53.662
9).841
75.861
24,￿1
51,0(
1kn5 af 31 M*r&lOII
I25￿17 ￿7￿2 75161

BRllTSH SOMAU (f¥MMIJNrrY
BalAxt Sket
Forlkn y•*r•*Jl m•￿￿21￿1
2020
FIX4d47s￿s
172
269
Cash li t•r& li
167230
167,230
76.292
76.292
No¢ Cwr¢wtAAIrfi
166JXI
75592
166.702
75,861
Ilfj 317
40
53,662
21X)
75.861
￿77 ofthe Collpn*s X)%', Wk1 ￿de￿O*ed $476.
IAI ofttt stste otilhis Of￿ l￿11 li eTrl of
Is profaor hr year 11Ka)￿￿e wlh tlt Of$ea￿[S 394
reiits. Ilbry Ibmr￿] onp
I￿o￿d lry Ix*rd Ifyl yd cffj trj..
Iw6we
D•*.. 15 IY21
Rth￿ M. M*0

BRll75H sOMAUCY)MMUN￿y
F•rU* y¢•r¢Thlry31 M•Jrh 2•21
*rwJ be¢rtwepRd wlh Ik s￿¢￿N ofR&onxt*Nled Pr￿t*¢.
Acc•vrtth8 ABdRqwib$8ty ChArwles (Rebvd SOBP JJ1514ThJ Fimrr
12 If￿r(c5
Trte of IS% oftsir8#1 kn t4

Nol¢s to Ik kn•
F•rlhE ￿•re•￿a31 MwrhMI
2020
Toth)
Totsi
27.1
27,140
$45
54JTh)
34￿) 34JTr)
20,TrJI
iSofC4llthth(Pueffj spwxl
11925
32,ClYJ
24.954
17503
15J89
17,477
LB ofC•w•JsnCIiF
15J89
1814
1250
ii¥J
2,1
159
19
159,029
178.652
12&482

BRrnSHSOMAU COMMUNrrY
Notes to tht Acfou
Forl1* ye*re*dry31 M•rth2011
DlTrct U•rfl•l*
3121
Totyi
2020
To¢
RLmi ch¥
11.546
25.747
39.599 40.W2
1.170
1,550
1,614
6.513
7.390
15,180
.39J99
Porthts ￿pPort ¢{¥
SuppkmLmliry sch(K￿ Iii¢(x•
Yiluih prL4rf1
LiRht & h¢Yl
Prlnlln& P(>¢J8L.. Sl•lkThi¢ry
CJmd4M COVID-19
and JcllvSlK
TL.IiphM¥, IL*, Intvmot
1.014
7.Irw)
1932
2.932
699
3.421
5,016
1517
.1.421
296
515
1.396
1J43
83 $43 98.427
2021
Toral
Fwx15
Ji
172
426
Publiclly & promolMXII
Syndry ¢xpw
D¢pNclaikn
172
97
8JJ43
84.481
995
Audit A¢￿￿t￿neY
14
1.610
4.1(
.811
103,681
JtyE tsl th triTe￿reshkn (£gwI) furths ￿[1& ofsts7 *+bc dea￿1￿￿
P￿iErts Yn5(COVJ1%19) kb
io

Notes to tbe Aeeow*s
Forthe yeare*31 MwTrh2021
P•ld eH*ye¢
Siaff co￿$
2021
39599
40.402
Eryb)trs Nati)rnl Lyjsts
39599
40,402
Number of empb)Y¢y
2021
2020
NL4thr Nurther
the >ur was:
T*• Flxed Ajsets
Tot*1
AtlAptA2
7.614
7.614
Ai31 m1￿h2)21
7,614
D¢￿Ed
At I 2020
ClwFd Y
7J45
7J45
97
At 31 Much3)21
7.442
7.442
Net Bthk
At 31 march￿21
172
172
31 MaKh2020
269
Otr*rc7edkn
7(Kl
7(M)
li