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106 Garrison Lane , Beardsley Green Telefax: 0121-7532524 Charity. No. 1100430, Comp. no.6308894 E-mail:sosedch@yahoo.co.uk.

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Contents Page
1. Mission Statement 2
2. Annual Review 2-3
3. SOS Education (SOS) 4-5
3.1 SOS Constitution 5
4. Legal & Administration 5
a. Management Committee 5
b. Signatories 5
c. Staff 5
d. Volunteers 5
e. Auditors & Accountants 6
f. Bankers 6
g. Solicitors 6
h. Registered office 6

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1. Mission Statement

2. Annual Review

STATEMENT

I would first like to start off by congratulating and thanking everyone who has been involved in the success of SOS Education Organization’s (SOS) development this last year. I am deeply proud to declare this report to be our fifth official Annual Report covering the period 2024 – 2025.

Since last year staff, committee members, volunteers and partners have been extremely busy to ensure the sustainability and growth of SOS

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During these difficult economic times. I pray that the hardship that many people are facing today, here in the UK and around the world, be eased. I know that many people are suffering due to the global economic fall, natural disasters, extremism and social injustice. Our prayers and thoughts are with them all.

The last year has not been very shining for SOS like previous four years. We have managed to survive from all the crises we have faced this year. No project has been successful although we tried some good projects. It is partly because of the National and/or the global one. We will be standing regardless of crises continuity and we all develop our community slowly but surely.

Starting with very little donations from the community and the Trustees, we were able to continue working for the community and deliver specialist services.

We do not want to vanish or to stop here. We wish to continue developing SOS by providing necessary and demanded services. We wish to be a ‘flagship’ organization for the Somalis and other African communities in the West Midlands and then potentially in the UK. Many people and mainstream organization’s believe we already are or have the potential to be so. This excites me very much and humbles me greatly as I know the struggles we faced from inception.

On behalf of SOS, and the Beneficiaries that participated in all of the project initiatives we would like to give a special thank you to the following organizations not only for their financial support but also for their advice, guidance and belief in our organization.

This year we will introduce a new Islamic school (Avicenna) for both boys and girls. Furthermore we have rearranged the use of the venues for different beneficiaries as we moved the Koranic school to Block G where they can concentrate their work without interruption.

Finally, as the Chairman of SOS I wish to express my appreciation and sincere thanks to everyone who has helped and supported our organization, these include, the Management Committee, volunteers, community members, community leaders, councilors, members of the press and public & private sector organizations.

In particular I would like to thank those individuals who have provided personal donations and would encourage them to continue in order for us to maintain services to the children who attend our Centre.

THANKYOU VERY MUCH EVERYONE!

Mohamed Dahir

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SOS Chairman

3. SOS Education Organisation (SOS)

SOS Education Organization is a Charity (Reg No.1100430) and a Limited Company by Guarantee (Reg No. 6308894) established in February 2003. The organizations aims and objectives are to support disadvantaged and hard to reach BME communities, particularly those from the new emerging communities of Birmingham i.e. Somali, Sudanese, Eritrean.

3.1 SOS Education Organization Constitution

The following are the key objectives of our Organization;

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4. Legal & Administration

Change of Management Committee

4.1 The Management Committee/Trustees

Mohamed Dahir (Chair) Mohamed Hussein (Treasurer) Ismail Sufi (Secretary) Said Askar (Member)

4.2 Signatories to organisation’s bank account

Mohamed Dahir

4.3 Staff Members

Said Askar Projects Manager

4.4 Volunteers

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Hawa Esse Abdirahman Said Mohamed Raajis

4.5 Auditors/Accountants

Globallink Accountants Ltd D 214-218 Herbert Road Birmingham B10 0PR

Solicitors

B.A SOLICITORS (Commissioners for oath) 436 Stratford Road Sparkhill Birmingham B11 4AD Tel: 01217734200

Registered Offices

SOS Education Organisation 106 Garrison Lane Bordesley Green

Registered number 06308894

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SOS EDUCATION ORGANISATION LIMITED

Report

and

Accou nts 31

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March 2025

SOS EDUCATION ORGANISATION LIMITED Registered number: 06308894 Directors' Report

The directors present their report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Principal activities

The company's principal activity during the year continued to be …

Directors

The following persons served as directors during the year:

Small company provisions

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions in Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

This report was approved by the board on 29 September 2025 and signed on its behalf.

Mr Mohamed Dahir Director

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SOS EDUCATION ORGANISATION LIMITED Accountants' Report

Accountants' report to the directors of

SOS EDUCATION ORGANISATION LIMITED

You consider that the company is exempt from an audit for the year ended 31 March 2025. You have acknowledged, on the balance sheet, your responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts. These responsibilities include preparing accounts that give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company at the end of the financial year and of its profit or loss for the financial year.

In accordance with your instructions, we have prepared the accounts which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, the Balance Sheet and the related notes from the accounting records of the company and on the basis of information and explanations you have given to us.

We have not carried out an audit or any other review, and consequently we do not express any opinion on these accounts.

Global link Accounatants ltd Accountants

214-2018 Herbert Road Small Heath Birmingham B10 0PR

29 September 2025

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SOS EDUCATION ORGANISATION LIMITED Registered number: 0630889 Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025

Notes
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
3
Current assets
Debtors
4
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors: amounts falling due
within one year
5
Net current assets/(liabilities)
Net assets/(liabilities)
Capital and reserves
Profit and loss account
Company fund		 2025
£
545

4,017
13,427
17,444
(13,593)
3,851
4,396
4,396
4,396		 2024
£
545
-
4,334
4,334
(13,593)
(9,259)
(365)
(365)
(365)		 2024
£
545
-
4,334
4,334
(13,593)
(9,259)
(365)
(365)
(365)

4,334
(13,593)
(365)
(365)
(365)

The directors are satisfied that the company is entitled to exemption from the requirement to obtain an audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.

The member has not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Act.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

The accounts have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the special provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The profit and loss account has not been delivered to the Registrar of Companies.

Mr Mohamed Dahir Director Approved by the board on 29 September 2025

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SOS EDUCATION ORGANISATION LIMITED Profit and Loss Account for the year ended 31 March 2025

Turnover
Administrative expenses
Operating profit/(loss)
Profit/(loss) before taxation
Tax on profit/(loss)
Profit/(loss) for the financial year		 2025
£
128,095
(114,985)
13,110
13,110
-
13,110		 2024
£
102,105
(102,317)
(212)
(212)
-
(212)

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SOS EDUCATION ORGANISATION LIMITED Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025

1 Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with FRS 102, The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (as applied to small entities by section 1A of the standard).

Turnover

Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, net of discounts and value added taxes. Turnover includes revenue earned from the sale of goods and from the rendering of services. Turnover from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have transferred to the buyer. Turnover from the rendering of services is recognised by reference to the stage of completion of the contract. The stage of completion of a contract is measured by comparing the costs incurred for work performed to date to the total estimated contract costs.

Intangible fixed assets

Intangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulative amortisation and any accumulative impairment losses.

Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulative depreciation and any accumulative impairment losses. Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets, other than freehold land, at rates calculated to write off the cost, less estimated residual value, of each asset evenly over its expected useful life, as follows:

Freehold buildings over 50 years Leasehold land and buildings over the lease term Plant and machinery over 5 years Fixtures, fittings, tools and equipment over 5 years

Investments

Investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures are measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. Listed investments are measured at fair value. Unlisted investments are measured at fair value unless the value cannot be measured reliably, in which case they are measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. Changes in fair value are included in the profit and loss account.

Stocks

Stocks are measured at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost is determined using the first in first out method. The carrying amount of stock sold is recognised as an expense in the period in which the related revenue is recognised.

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SOS EDUCATION ORGANISATION LIMITED Notes to the Accounts

for the year ended 31 March 2025 Debtors

Short term debtors are measured at transaction price (which is usually the invoice price), less any impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts. Loans and other financial assets are initially recognised at transaction price including any transaction costs and subsequently measured at amortised cost determined using the effective interest method, less any impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts.

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SOS EDUCATION ORGANISATION LIMITED Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025

Creditors

Short term creditors are measured at transaction price (which is usually the invoice price). Loans and other financial liabilities are initially recognised at transaction price net of any transaction costs and subsequently measured at amortised cost determined using the effective interest method.

Taxation

A current tax liability is recognized for the tax payable on the taxable profit of the current and past periods. A current tax asset is recognized in respect of a tax loss that can be carried back to recover tax paid in a previous period. Deferred tax is recognized in respect of all timing differences between the recognition of income and expenses in the financial statements and their inclusion in tax assessments. Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognized only to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference, except for revalued land and investment property where the tax rate that applies to the sale of the asset is used. Current and deferred tax assets and liabilities are not discounted.

Provisions

Provisions (ie liabilities of uncertain timing or amount) are recognized when there is an obligation at the reporting date as a result of a past event, it is probable that economic benefit will be transferred to settle the obligation and the amount of the obligation can be estimated reliably.

Foreign currency translation

Transactions in foreign currencies are initially recognised at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of the transaction. At the end of each reporting period foreign currency monetary items are translated at the closing rate of exchange. Nonmonetary items that are measured at historical cost are translated at the rate ruling at the date of the transaction. All differences are charged to profit or loss.

Leased assets

A lease is classified as a finance lease if it transfers substantially all the risks and rewards incidental to ownership. All other leases are classified as operating leases. The rights of use and obligations under finance leases are initially recognised as assets and liabilities at amounts equal to the fair value of the leased assets or, if lower, the present value of the minimum lease payments. Minimum lease payments are apportioned between the finance charge and the reduction in the outstanding liability using the effective interest rate method. The finance charge is allocated to each period during the lease so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability. Leased assets are depreciated in accordance with the company's policy for tangible fixed assets. If there is no reasonable certainty that ownership will be obtained at the end of the lease term, the asset is depreciated over the lower of the lease term and its useful life.

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SOS EDUCATION ORGANISATION LIMITED

Notes to the Accounts

for the year ended 31 March 2025

Operating lease payments are recognised as an expense on a straight line basis over the lease term.

Pensions

Contributions to defined contribution plans are expensed in the period to which they relate.

2 Employees

2025 2024 Number Number

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SOS EDUCATION ORGANISATION LIMITED Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025

Average number of persons employed by the company
3
Tangible fixed
assets
Cost
At 1 April 2024
At 31 March 2025
Depreciation
At 31 March 2025
Net book value
At 31 March 2025
At 31 March 2024
4
Debtors
Trade debtors
5
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Other creditors		 5
2025
£
4,017		 4
Plant
and
machiner
y
etc
£
545
545
-
545
545
2024
£

-
2024
£

13,593

2025
£
13,593

SOS EDUCATION ORGANISATION LIMITED is a private company limited by guarantee incorporated in England. Its registered office is: 106 Garrison Lane

Bordesley Green Birmingham B9 4BS

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SOS EDUCATION ORGANISATION LIMITED

Detailed profit and loss account for the year ended 31 March 2025

This schedule does not form part of the statutory accounts

Sales
Administrative expenses
Operating profit/(loss)
Profit/(loss) before tax		 2025
£
128,095
(114,985)
13,110
13,110		 2024
£
102,105
(102,317)
(212)
(212)

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SOS EDUCATION ORGANISATION LIMITED
Detailed profit and loss account
for the year ended 31 March 2025
This schedule does not form part of the statutory accounts
Sales
Sales
Administrative expenses
Employee costs:
Wages and salaries
Volunteer esxpenses
Travel and subsistence
Premises costs:
Rent
Business Rates
Water
Light and heat
General administrative expenses:
Children's club
Speech therapy for children
Waste collection
Catering expenses
Project coordinaor
Hall hire for conference
Liability Insurance
Website
IT services
Play resourse
Repairs and maintenance
Water
Legal and professional costs:
Accountancy fees
Advertising and PR
Other legal and professional		 2025
£
128,095
48,958
4,681
-
53,639
39,565
-
-
1,272
40,837
380
1,497
690
530
-
1,800
419
462
-
-
12,656
1,500
19,934
500
-
75
575
114,985		 2024
£
102,105
28,738
23,652
120
52,510
34,668
352
435
1,822
37,277
-
869
1,364
4,559
404
312
1,077
546
2,414
11,545
500
450
35
985
102,317

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