KULAN SOMALI ORGANISATION
## FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Clarity Number:[1108997]
PERIOD ENDING 31 MARCH 2025
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## **Officers and Professional Advisers**
Trustees **Registered Office**
**Roda Jama Warsama Saeed - Chairlady Awrala Mumin Sheikh Mohamed Ibrahim Yousuf**
**The Stowe Centre, 258 Harrow Road London, W2 5ES**
**Accountants**
J-Accountancy and Consultancy Limited Community Accountants 38 Richardson Court, Studley Road London, SW4 6RZ
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## **Trustees Report**
**Period Ending 31 of March 2025**
The Trustees present their report and financial statements of the period From 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025
## **Trustees**
The trustees who served the charity during the period were as follows:
**1. Roda Jama Warsama Saeed - Chairlady**
**2. Awrala Mumin Sheikh**
## **3. Mohamed Ibrahim Yousuf**
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## **1. Management Committee Report**
**KULAN SOMALI ORGANISATION** is a voluntary group established on 22 of July 2002 to support the needs of Somali and minority community in the UK
- The organisation’s Objectives as laid out in its constitution are:
- The relief of poverty and distress of Somali and other migrants in London by means of advice on issues of welfare benefit, housing, health and Advocacy.
- The advancement of education and employment of the beneficiaries
- The provision of English language training and supplementary education for children
- The promotion of Somali culture and history amongst the community and the provision of creational activities
## **2. Achievement and Performance**
Kulan Somali Organisation has achieved the following outcomes:
## **Spotlight Holiday clubs**
The organisation provided holiday clubs during Christmas, Easter and Summer holidays to 38 children aged 5-16 years on low income. We delivered different healthy eating and physical activities workshops and arranged different exciting trips. The children have gained so many different skills and knowledge on the importance of healthy eating and staying active and have incorporated it in their daily lives.
## **Kulan Half term clubs**
The organisation provided clubs during the half term in February, May, October to 33children aged 5-16 years on low income and who just miss the threshold to be eligible for free school meals at school. We delivered different healthy eating and physical activities, workshops and arranged different exciting trips. The children have gained so many different skills and knowledge on the importance of healthy eating and staying active and have cooperated it in their daily lives.
We were funded by Westminster council and supported by Young Westminster Foundation **“Starts with you” project**
For this project we delivered Health Education Workshops, collaborated with local healthcare professionals and educators to deliver informative presentations and facilitate discussions, Physical activities delivered by professional fitness trainer, and we provided healthy snacks
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during the activities and workshops to 26 women from the global majority. The participants felt more healthy, active and have gained knowledge and awareness on different health conditions and the support and services available for them to access within the community.
The project was funded by Westminster Council and supported by the Global Majority grant team.
## **Environmental Project**
The organisation delivered a climate change and environment protection Project funded by the London Community Foundation. We run about 21 workshops on climate change literacy and environment protection, campaign on climate change, and environmental protection in the local area by distributing educational leaflets with clear motivational messages to the public, undertook, cleaning up activities of local public areas including public parks and protected watershed tools, plant fruit trees and flowers in residents' gardens as trees provide clean air and help combat climate change.
We also encouraged participants to reuse bags instead of always buying new ones for shopping, educate users on ways to recycle cans, plastic bags etc.. by disposing them of in facilities provided by recycling companies in the local areas, advised participants to avoid taking Cars or carpool when possible. The project benefited 120 people.
## **Advice, information and referrals**
We Provided advice, information and referral services on housing, benefits, debt and money, pensions, family issues, mental health, and wellbeing support to the Global Majority in different languages living in Westminster. The service supported about 260 people make informed choices and improve their lives physically, emotionally, financially, and socially.
We were funded by Westminster Council.
## **Inside out outdoor festival 2025**
We delivered 2 Events which took place on the weekends. Where four different cultures came together Somali, Ethiopians, Eritrean and Moroccan to showcase, perform and deliver fun and engaging cultural activates to the BAME community in particular families living in Westminster. Over 180 individuals attended. Individuals from different cultures attended with their friends and families and were engaged and involved in all the fun activities, **Volunteering opportunities**
We have increased the organisations’ volunteering opportunity by recruiting 4 women, 3 young people to support the organisations work.
## **Coffee & Tea mornings**
We delivered Coffee and Tea sessions where everyone was welcome to come and socialise. Through these sessions, we were able to support 25 women, 5 young people and 8 men who were unemployed get into work by supporting them look for and apply for jobs. 29 individuals felt less isolated and have made long term friendship from the sessions. More than 150 individuals signed up to our available activities/workshops.
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This service was delivered by volunteers from our organisation, and we had free access to a venue provided by Queens Park community council.
## **Food and Non-food distribution**
We distributed food and non-food items on a weekly basis to our beneficiaries.
We support about 60 individuals weekly.
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## **3. Plan for 2025-2026**
1. We will continue to offer our Advice and referrals sessions in different languages to be able to support about 90 individuals in need of advice and support on housing, benefits, debt and money, pensions, family issues, mental health and wellbeing.
2. We will continue to deliver more face to face and telephone befriending workshops and activities to 30 participants.
3. We plan to deliver workshops and activities to raise awareness about climate change and possible activities and actions to undertake locally to protect the environment. In total 120 individuals will participate and benefit from this project.
4. We will continue to offer Coffee and Tea sessions delivered by volunteers to provide a safe and welcoming space for 40 individuals to attend on a weekly basis.
5. We will continue to run more workshops on health to enable services users to improve and be in control of their overall health and wellbeing.
6. We will continue to provide physical activities weekly for 40 individuals to become physically healthy and encourage them to include 30 minutes of physical activities in their daily routines.
7. The demand for our food and non-food distribution is very high as we are only able to support limited individuals, and it is on a first come first serve basis. We plan to apply for funding to run a weekly food club to assist 120 people.
8. We will seek support to deliver employment sessions to train and support residents back into work this year. We anticipate helping 18 women, 12 men and 6 young people.
9. We will continue to deliver mentoring, physical activities and wellness activities to families with their children to build stronger healthier and happier families. We anticipate helping 35 individuals.
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10. We will continue to deliver holiday clubs to children on low income on healthy eating and physical activities which are interactive, fun and engaging and arrange fun trips. We anticipate helping a minimum of 28 children and a maximum of 52 children each half term.
11. There is a huge demand from families to deliver homework activities. We plan to seek support to deliver after school homework clubs to improve 35 children and young people school performance and those preparing for either sats or GCSEs.
## **4. Kulan Somali Organisation’s Strategic 2025-2026**
The year has been relatively challenging with the increasing level of inflation which inflated the organisation’s operating cost. However, we have been able deliver some of the main core activities of the organisation
## **5. Financial Review**
In this Financial year we had unrestricted income of £3300 and restricted income of £221681. Total income was £224981. We had a surplus of £2200 on the unrestricted income and £54408 surplus on the restricted income. The charity had unrestricted reserves of £26400 and restricted reserves of £79010. At the end of 24/25 total Reserves were £105410.
## **Restricted reserves were for continuing projects over the period 2024-2025**
## **6. Public benefit statement**
In shaping our objectives for the year and planning our activities, the trustees have considered the clause 17 of the Charity Act 2011 and the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.
The above achievements demonstrate the public benefit arising from the Charity’s activities.
## **7. Reserves Policy**
The organisation ’s reserves policy is to maintain a level of unrestricted and undesignated reserves equivalent to 3-6 months' turnover
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## **8. Risk Management**
The trustees have assessed the major risks to which Kulan Somali Organisation is Exposed and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate exposure to the major risks including risk assessment, maintaining a risk register, which is reviewed annually.
## **9. Investment Policy**
The Charity does not produce a sufficient surplus to invest, as priority must be given to building our unrestricted reserves.
## **10. Plans for future periods.**
We have developed a strong fundraising strategy to generate income from trusts, foundations, and individual donors to increase support to users throughout the period 20242025
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## **11. Trustees’ responsibilities**
Charity law requires trustees, to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of the affairs of the company and of the results of the company at that period. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently.
- make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent.
- state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed,
- subject to any materials departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements.
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to assume that the company will continue on that basis.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable it to ensure that the financial statements comply with the charity Act.
They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps and detect fraud and other irregularities
Signed on behalf of the Board of Trustees
## **Roda Jama Warsama Saeed – Chairlady**
--------------------------------------Date: 28/08/2025 gu
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## **12. Independent Examiner’ Report**
I report on the accounts of the company for year ended 31/03/2025.
The trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The trustee consider that an audit is not required for this year and that an independent examination needed.
It is my responsibility to carry out procedures designed to enable me to report my opinion. My examination was carried out to ascertain that the accounting records kept by the charity are in accordance with the accounts presented with those records and that no unusual items or disclosures in the accounts come to my attention.
## **EXAMINER’S STATEMENT**
The financial statements agree with those accounting records kept by the Charity. Having regard only to, and based on the information contained in those accounting records, the financial statements have been drawn up in a manner consistent with the accounting requirements specified in the principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice 2011
## **Beugre Jacques NDouba**
Accountant
J-Accountancy and Consultancy Ltd 38 Richardson court, Studley Road London, SW4 6RZ
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The statement of financial activities includes all gains & losses recognised in the year. All incomes and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
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||**BALANCE SHEET FOR PERIOD ENDING 31 OF MARCH 2025**||||||||||
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|||Note|||||||£||
|**Tangible Fixed Assets**||||||3690|||3096||
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|**Cash at Bank & Hand**||106800|||106800|||36369|||
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|**Debtors**||0||||||83200|||
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|**Total current Assets**||**106800**|||**106800**|||**119569**|||
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|**Creditors:**|||||||||||
|**Amount falling due**|||||-5080|||-3400|||
|**Within one year**|||||||||||
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|**Net Current assets**|||||101720|||**116169**|||
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|**Net Assets**|||||**105410**||**119265**|**119265**||
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|**Unrestricted Funds**|||||26400|||19900||
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|**Restricted Funds**|||||79010|||62996||
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|**Total Charity Funds**|||||**105410**|||**82896**||
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## 13.
## **Notes to the financial statements Year ending 31st March 2025**
## **1. General Information**
The Charity is registered in England & Wales. The registered address is The Stowe Centre, 258 Harrow Road, London, W2 5ES
## **2. Statement of Compliance**
These financial statements have been prepared in compliance with FRS102,’ The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland’, the Statement of Recommended practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland(FRS 102) (charities SORP(FRS 102)) and the charities Act 2011.
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## **3. Accounting policies**
## **1. Incoming resources**
Voluntary income and donations are included in incoming resources when they are receivable except when the donors specify that they must be used in future accounting periods or donor’s conditions have not been fulfilled, then income is deferred. The income from fundraising ventures is shown gross.
## **4. Donated services and facilities**
Income from donated services and facilities is included in incoming resources at a valuation, which is an estimate of the financial cost borne by the donor where such a cost is quantifiable and measurable. No income is recognised when there is no financial cost borne by a third party.
## **5. Resources expended**
Resources expended are included in the statement of financial activities on an accruals basis, inclusive of any VAT, which cannot be recovered.
Expenditure, which is directly attributable to specific activities, has been included in these cost categories, where costs are attributable to more than one activity, they have been apportioned across the cost of generating funds on a basis consistent with the use of these resources.
Cost of generating funds includes salaries, direct expenditure and overhead costs of the staff who promote fundraising including events.
Governance costs are those incurred in connection with administration of the charity and compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements.
## **6. Funds**
Restricted funds are to be used for specific purpose as laid down by the donor. Expenditure, which meets these criteria, is charged to the fund together with a fair allocation of management and support costs.
Unrestricted funds are donations and other incoming resources received or generated for the charitable purposes.
## **7. Basis of preparation**
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The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis, as modified by the revaluation of certain financial assets and liabilities and investment properties measured at fair value through income & expenditure.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the entity.
## **8. Going concern**
There are no material uncertainties about the charity’s ability to stay in business.
## **9. Disclosure exemptions**
The entity satisfies the criteria of being a qualifying entity as defined in FRS 102. As such, advantage has been taken of the following disclosure exemption: No cash flow statement has been presented for the company.
## **10. Judgements and Key Sources of Estimation Uncertainty**
The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported.
These estimates and judgements are continually reviewed and are based on experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.
## **11. Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees to further any of the charity’s purpose.
Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular future project or commitment.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure declared by the donor or through the terms of an appeal, and fall into one of two sub- classes: restricted income funds or endowment funds.
## **12. Incoming resources**
All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when entitlement has passed to the charity: it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the
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transaction will flow to the charity and the amount can be reliably measured. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:
- Income from donations or grants is recognised when there is evidence of entitlement to the gift, receipts is probable and its amount can be measured reliably.
- Income from donated goods is measured at the fair value of the goods unless this is impractical to measure reliably, in which case the value is derived from the cost to the donor or the estimated resale value can be reliably measured.
## **13. Resources expended**
Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is classified under headings of the statement of financial activities to which it relates:
- Expenditure on raising funds includes the costs of all fundraising activities, events non-charitable trading activities and the sale of donated goods.
- Expenditure on charitable activities includes all costs incurred by a charity in under taking activities that further its charitable aims for the benefit of its beneficiaries, including those support costs and costs relating to the governance of the charity apportioned to charitable activities.
Other expenditure includes all expenditure that is neither related to raising funds for the charity nor part of its expenditure on charitable activities.
All costs are allocated to expenditure categories reflecting the use of the resource. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity.
Shared costs are apportioned between the activities they contribute to on a reasonable, justifiable and consistent basis.
## **14. Tangible Assets**
All fixed assets are initially recorded at cost.
## **15. Depreciation**
Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets, less its residual value, over the useful economic life of those assets as follows: Furniture & equipment 25% reducing balance.
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INCOMING RESOURCES
Unrestricted Restricted
Funds
Funds
Total Funds
2025
Total Funds
2024
Detailed Income
Westminster Council
61806
61806
44896
Newham Council
142324
142324
67640
London Community Found
17550
17550
Fundraising and donation
3000
3000
3000
5300
Total Incomin
Resources
224680
224680
117836
Detailed Expenditures on Charitable Attivities by Activity Type
2025
2024
Charitable Attivities
And Support Cost
Staff
35600
29560
Training & Trainer Cost
25200
14500
Volunteer & Travel
10500
9200
Rent/Venue Hire Hire
25500
18600
Compliance
2800
4300
Administrative cost
10600
9100
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|Community Activities||||51017||8800||
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|Accounting & Examination||||450||350||
|Depreciation||||2606||1032||
|Equipment||||3200||0||
|Publicity||||3100||||
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|Total||||**170573**||**95442**||
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## **16. Staff Cost**
The total staff costs and employee benefits for the reporting period are analysed as follows:
All of our employee’s only work within the project and work as a contract basis that shows on the training and trainer cost.
## **No employee earned more than £60,000 during the year 2025**
## **17. Trustee remuneration and expenses:**
SORP 2015 requires the following statements to be made:
The charity trustees were not paid or received any other benefits from employment with the charity in the year (2025: £nil). No charity trustee received payment for professional or other services supplied to the charity (2025: £nil).
## **18. Related parties:**
There are no related party transactions during the year.
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## **19. Depreciation of fixed Assets**
||**Tangible Fixed Asset** **s**|**Tangible Fixed Asset** **s**|**Tangible Fixed Asset** **s**||
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||**Equipment**|**Furniture &**||**Total**|
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|**COST**|||||
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|**At 1 April 2024**|3096|
0||3096|
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|**Addition**|3200|||3200|
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|**At 31 March 2025**|6296|
0||6296|
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**RECIATION**||||
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|**At 1 April 2025**|1032|
0||1032|
|**Charge for this period**|1574|||1574|
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|**At 31 March 2025**|2606|||2606|
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UE||||
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|**At 31 of March 2025**|3690|||3690|
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