## Trustees’ annual report and financial statement 

## For the year ended 31 March 2026 

The Trustees, who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act, submit their annual report and the financial statements of Hodan Somali Community for the year ended 31 March 2026. The Trustees confirm that the annual report and financial statements of the charity comply with current statutory requirements, the requirements of the charity's governing document and the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) "Accounting and Reporting by Charities" issued in March 2005. 

**Full name:** Hodan Somali Community 

**Other names by which the charity is known:** 

None 

**Registered company number:** 8179170 **Registered charity number** : 1150732 

**Principal address:** Office 10, Canalside House 383 Ladbroke Grove London W10 5AA 

## **Trustees** 

Priscilla Hon: Chair, Mahdi Ali: Treasurer, Sahra Jama: member Shukri Hassan:  member, Kaltun Ahmed: member 

## **Other Members:** None 

**Secretary** : Khalid Ali, who is the director of the organisation 

## **Bankers** 

## **Independent examiner** 

HSBC Iqbal Hossain 25 Notting Hill Gate BK Community Accountant Ltd London Arches 420-421, Burdett Road W11 3JJ London E3 4AA 

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## 1. Objectives and Activities 

## **1.1. Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document** 

Hodan was established for the benefit of the Somali community living and/or working in Kensington and Chelsea and surrounding boroughs. The charity’s purposes are to relieve poverty, to advance education and to provide or assist in the provision of recreation and leisure activities, to improve the conditions of people’s lives. 

**1.2. Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in accounts[1]** 

- **Holistic Advice, Information, and Support Service** for the Somali and wider BAME community in west London. We have continued to provide a holistic, person-centred service to address a wide range of urgent matters, including housing, welfare, utilities, employment, health and social care, non-regulated money guidance, and signposting to other providers where appropriate. We are continuing our befriending service. 

We have continued expanding and improving the service, focusing on: 

- Active outreach and service delivery with the Arabic-speaking community in West London, complementing our historic focus on Somali speakers. This strategy has both increased and diversified our service user base. We are delivering it through a new trilingual (Somali-Arabic-English) advice worker post that has been funded through a multi-year grant from the Trust for London. 

- Prioritising the appointment-based model, while also continuing to offer drop-ins and other modes of service delivery (home visits and a telephone helpline) for clients that need them. 

Supporting service users with the transition to Universal Credit has been a key feature of the work in 2025/26. All staff members have been upskilled in this respect. 

In addition to the general operations of the Advice, Information, and Support Service, we also carried out the following projects in 2024-25: 

- **Actively Reducing Isolation for Seniors (ARISE):** The final year of this project, funded by the National Lottery Reaching Communities Fund, ran until January 2025. It has now ended and we have submitted the final report. The project met its goals of reducing social isolation among the most vulnerable and marginalised members of our community (including older people with disabilities, chronic mental or physical health difficulties, social isolation, poor literacy, and/or poor English language skills) through a combination of digital literacy training and free fitness classes. 

   - In addition to the two digital literacy workshops conducted during the year, we have integrated digital literacy training seamlessly into our regular advice and information service, by deploying volunteers to train service users on various aspects of using a 

> 1 NOTE: The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. 

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smartphone or tablet while they wait in the queue to see an adviser. 

- We have continued to provide digital access to service users at the Hodan office by allowing them to use our office tablets, our printer, and our Wi-Fi connection for free. 

- The ‘Social Space and Wellbeing Project for Women’ is continuing to offer four fitness classes per week. A trained and experienced fitness instructor provides one session of ‘Zumba on Zoom’ (online video call), two in-person Zumba classes, and one ChairBased Exercise class for service users with limited mobility. All classes are free and include social time and, for the in-person sessions, refreshments. 

We are intending to submit, and have drafted, a new application to the Reaching Communities Fund for multi-year funding with the provisional title of ‘Active Together: Women’s Health and Community Connection Programme’. Reflecting the updated priorities of the scheme, this new bid will have a stronger focus on the Social Space and Wellbeing Project, with supporting elements such as health education and peer support. There will still be a place for digital literacy, with a focus on helping people to navigate mainstream services such as booking GP appointments, ordering repeat prescriptions online, and acknowledging the complex social, economic, and environmental contexts of health (e.g., overdue energy bills ® disconnection of utilities ® cold home ® poor health). 

- **Lace Up Your Future’ – football coaching and life skills** . This two-year project funded by Awards for All is progressing well although the funded project ended as of February 2026, the football project is still ongoing, and partial funding has been secured to cover the pitch hire.. The project has offered football coaching, mentoring, and skills development for young people aged 16-25 who are unemployed or under-employed, primarily within the Black and Asian communities. It includes coaching to develop skills, confidence, and teamwork, as well as a small number of workshops focusing on specific employability-related skill areas. 

- We are also continuing to provide some **employability skills training for unemployed adults** – building confidence and self-esteem, job searching, CV writing, online applications, and the interview process – as part of an ongoing multi-year grant from the City Bridge Trust, which also provides some core funding for the advice service with a focus on income maximisation. 

- We were successful in securing a second grant from the Trust for London that began in 2025, to provide **Tailored Housing Advice and Income Maximisation Support** (THAIMS) to the Somali- and Arabic-speaking communities in West London from 2025-2028. 

- We have continued the project funded by the **Energy Redress Scheme** which helps disadvantaged service users to save money by saving energy, although we have had to negotiate a reduction in targets with the funder. This was due to only one staff member successfully achieving the Energy Assessment Level 3 qualification. We are on track to achieve the reduced targets, which correspond to a reduction in funding. 

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## 2. Achievements and Performance 

## **2.1. Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole** 

## **2.1.1. Reducing the Impact of Poverty and Disadvantage** 

We successfully completed the AQS reassessment process and our AQS Certification was renewed in December 2025 for a further two years, subject to submission and approval of the Internal Annual Review of Compliance in December 2026. The next assessment anniversary date is 17 December 2027. 

As in previous years, we have continued to provide services in the AQS Subject-Based Categories of _Welfare Benefits_ , _Housing, Employment_ , and _Health and Community Care,_ and the Client-Based Categories of _Disability, Older People, Refugees and Asylum Seekers_ , _Women_ , _Race Equality_ , and _Children and Young People_ . In addition to these specific categories, we have also provided advice relating to local services, education and training, confidence-building, social integration, energy saving, and other related matters. 

We maintained our work on income maximisation in response to the cost-of-living crisis, assisting people to apply for welfare benefits and other sources of financial or in-kind support from the central government or local authorities, through our ongoing funding from the Trust for London and City Bridge Trust. 

We supported 141 service users with 236 welfare benefit cases in 2025-26 (our largest matter category), making a total of 499 clients over the 3-year period from 2023-26, which has already exceeded the five-year project target of supporting 300 people by September 2028. we remain on track to exceed our target by a very significant margin. The total financial gain secured by our clients in cases that were closed in 2024-25 was £ 171,528.76, in comparison to the £278,508.94 secured in the previous year. The decrease was largely due to the time spent preparing for the leadership transition and training staff members to launch the Energy Redress project, as well as an increased focus on employability skills and the new football project for young people. We expect total financial gains secured by these clients to return to their former level in 2025-26. 

As in previous years, our work on income maximisation also had non-financial outcomes. These included, among many others, reducing stress, anxiety, depression and suicidal ideation; preventing eviction and homelessness; and helping people pay off arrears and avert court action. 

We maintained our focus on energy saving and delivered a total of 204 interventions, reaching 66 unique households. This included 33 home energy audits. 

We continued to work on housing issues with the Trust for London funding. This included advocating on clients’ behalf with local authorities, housing associations, or private landlords to secure necessary and often long-overdue maintenance or improvements to properties, including home adaptations for people with disabilities. 

## **2.1.2. Building Skills and Confidence** 

**Volunteer training and mentoring:** The final phase of the National Lottery funded ‘Actively Reducing Isolation for Seniors (ARISE) project brought the total number of project volunteers to 

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31 over four years. As detailed in previous years, these volunteers were mentored to work through the Digital Literacy Framework with service users and complete tracker sheets. 

All the volunteers have improved their own digital literacy skills and learnt to deliver digital literacy training, which is a highly marketable skill. They have also benefited from exposure to Hodan’s AQS-accredited Advice and Information Service through working with service users who are waiting in the queue to see an adviser. This has given them a wider range of experiences and skills that they will be able to draw on when seeking other employment, for example: 

- Reception work 

- Customer service 

- Customer relationship management (the two former volunteers who became paid staff members have learned how to use the Advice Pro platform) 

- Working with people experiencing multiple disadvantage 

- Self-directed learning 

- Mentoring new colleagues 

- Office administration 

- Events management (e.g., organising workshops) 

- Social media and marketing 

- Working in a busy, fast-paced environment 

- Time management 

- Communication skills 

- In some cases, translation between English and Somali, or English and Arabic, respectively 

Some former volunteers are now undergoing further training (e.g., teacher training), others have succeeded in securing full-time or part-time employment, and one is employed as a Hodan staff member. 

**Digital literacy skills:** A total of **162 unique service users** were supported with digital literacy skills by the volunteers and staff at Hodan over the four-year project project. This includes those who attended at least one 1:1 appointment, and those receiving digital literacy support during their regular interactions with the advice service (some people engaged in both modes). The attendance at public workshops was as indicated in the table below. 

**Overview of public workshops conducted throughout the project** 

|**Date**|**Year of**<br>**project**|**Topics covered**|**Number**<br>**of**<br>**attendees**|
|---|---|---|---|
|May2022|1|General digital literacy, focus on foundation skills|18|
|January2023|1|General digital literacy, focus on foundation skills|19|
|July2023|2|Flexible to meetparticipant needs|22|
|December 2023|2|Flexible to meetparticipant needs|21|
|July2024|3|Basic skills: alarms, Internet, WhatsApp|21|
|July2024|3|Openingand usingan e-mail account|18|
|June 2025|4|Flexible to meetparticipant needs|27|
|November 2025|4|Digital literacyand the Universal Credit transition|33|



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Of the 162 participants completing a baseline assessment, a total of 130 (80%) received at least one subsequent review. A total of 113 (86.9% of those reviewed) recorded a skill gain of 1 point or more between the baseline and the first review, and 120 (92.3% of those reviewed) recorded a skill gain of 1 point or more between the baseline and their most recent review, as determined by comparative assessments with the Hodan Digital Literacy Framework. 

The percentage of people reaching each of the review milestones is indicated in the table below. 

|**Milestone reached**|**Number**|**Percentage **|
|---|---|---|
|First review|130|80.2%|
|Second review|56|34.6%|
|Third review|26|16.0%|
|Fourth review|8|4.9%|
|Fifth review|2|1.2%|



As previously discussed, there are two alternative interpretations for a gain of 1 point in this metric: (a) the difference between doing a specific task independently and doing it with help, or (b) the difference between doing it with help and being unable to do it at all. 

## **Digital access** 

We have continued to provide our service user community with Internet access, not only through their own devices, but also by offering all service users free access to Hodan’s office space, printer, and WiFi password during our opening hours. During this time, we also make our tablets available for people who want to practice their skills or learn new ones. 

The importance of this service should not be underestimated. In recent years, many cafes and fast-food outlets have quietly stopped offering free Wi-Fi - either providing no Internet connectivity at all or requiring customers to sign up for expensive commercial services, such as EE Wi-Fi, that charge by the hour or by the day. This culture change has largely gone unreported in the media and is a consequence of the widespread assumption that everyone has an electronic device with an unlimited data plan. In fact, the subscription rates for unlimited data are unaffordable for a large proportion of our service users. Some people have no mobile data at all, e.g., due to arrears on their contract. 

## **Self-reported benefits of digital literacy training and digital access** 

Combining digital access with digital literacy training is an important aspect of a difference that seems small at first sight but makes a significant contribution to people’s lives. There was a particular focus on the Universal Credit transition: staff supported service users to complete their initial applications for Universal Credit and subsequently to keep their journals updated, which is of vital importance for benefit retention. 

We conducted an end-of-project evaluation session with service users in January 2026, which attracted 33 participants in total. This was intended as a focus group, but the number of attendees was much larger than would be expected in a typical focus group setup, with the added complication that some service users arrived late and others left early. This resulted in a more fluid discussion with the evaluator about the benefits of the different project activities, any suggestions for future projects, and any challenges encountered during the project. As in previous 

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years, the participants in the evaluation session listed many different digital literacy skills that they had personally found helpful. These, organised according to the modules of the framework, were: 

- **Module 1, Digital Foundation Skills** : switching the device on, telling the time, setting or cancelling alarms, changing the display settings and accessibility settings, changing passwords 

- **Module 2, Communicating** : opening an email account (along with specific uses of email accounts, e.g., receiving messages from schools, the council’s housing service, and other service providers); WhatsApp (used for contacting family and friends overseas, sharing photos, and taking photographs of documents to share with Hodan staff in requests for translation assistance); SMS, phone, FaceTime, Zoom, Facebook 

- **Module 3, Finding and Handling Information** : Google, weather forecast, YouTube (for recipes, learning to cook, learning how to do henna painting, etc.), Somali news channels, information about prayer times 

- **Module 4, Maintenance, Help and Support:** downloading and installing new apps, understanding what to do if their tablet stops working 

- **Module 5, Using Public Services:** GP appointments, prescriptions, paying utility bills online, paying for school meals, applying for Universal Credit and updating UC online journals 

- **Additional Module A1, Shopping, Travel & Banking:** bus times, online banking (including checking and printing bank statements) 

- 

As before, the spontaneous reporting of skills from all the major sections of the framework reinforced the value of this tool for identifying and tracking useful skills. Service users reported that they had been very satisfied with the project and there was nothing that they would have wanted to change, other than longer opening hours and more workshops. 

## **2.1.3. Mental, Physical, and Social Wellbeing** 

## **Befriending** 

The Befriending Service continued to support a core group of around 40 clients in 2025-26, We are still committed to supporting this core group of regular service users who are socially isolated, experience low mood, and/or are bereaved. 

## **Wellbeing and Social Space for Women** 

As before, the Wellbeing and Social Space Project activities – Zumba and Chair-Based Exercise – were very well received. The women greatly appreciated the opportunity to participate in healthy exercise in spaces that felt safe and comfortable, especially in the light of the increase in racism and xenophobia in the wider society, which made some of them feel apprehensive about attending a mainstream gym or fitness club. This led to benefits for both mental and physical health – feeling less stressed, less depressed, happy/joyful (with some specifically mentioning that the instructor’s smiling face ‘lifted them up’ or made them feel good), experiencing fewer aches and pains, feeling energised, or less stiff. 

The social aspect of the classes was highlighted as strongly positive, with some of the participants saying that they were ‘like a family’. The social outcomes of the classes included new friends, feeling more connected, and feeling more isolated or less lonely. One person commented on the fact that the classes provided a good opportunity for women from different backgrounds to mix together and learn about each other’s cultures. 

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The careful attention paid to accessibility – including online classes, Chair-Based Exercise, and Zumba Gold – made exercise achievable even for people with mental health difficulties and/or reduced mobility. Specifically, the ability to participate in the online classes with the camera switched off helped to improve access for people who lacked the confidence to do exercise in public. 

Several participants said that the project had made it possible for them to access health and fitness activities that would otherwise have been unaffordable for them in the context of the costof-living crisis, by offering classes that were free of charge. 

We explored the possibility of expanding the Wellbeing and Social Space Project to provide swimming classes, through an application to the Movement Fund (Sport England). This has not yet been successful because of difficulties in finding a suitable space for the classes that can be guaranteed for women only, including lifeguard provision. We have identified a possible partnership for hiring female lifeguards but are still struggling to identify an appropriate pool facility. We will continue to pursue this project and seek funding in 2026/27 as there has been consistent and repeated demand for it from service users. 

## **2.2. Performance against human resources targets[2]** 

## **2.2.1. Recruitment** 

Both recruitment targets for 2025/26 have been met: 

- Recruit six new short-term and two medium- to long-term volunteers for Digital Literacy Skills 

- Recruit, induct, and train new Bilingual Advice & Outreach Worker (English/Arabic) 

## **2.2.2. Induction and remuneration** 

The induction and remuneration target for 2025/26 was met: 

- Hodan to become a member of the Living Wage Foundation. 

## **2.2.3. Supervision and support** 

The supervision and support targets for 2025/26 were not met and should be considered for inclusion in the new strategic plan for 2026-29: 

- The effectiveness of support and supervision systems within the organisation is evaluated, with recommendations for improvement 

- Actions taken as a result of the evaluation are reported back to staff and Trustees 

## **2.2.4. Training and development** 

The following target for Training and Development was not met and should be considered for inclusion in the new strategic plan for 2026-29: 

## - New Advice and Outreach Worker to receive training in Mental Health Awareness 

2 See 2023-26 Strategic Plan for details. 

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## **2.2.5. Management and engagement** 

The following target for Training and Development was not met and should be considered for inclusion in the new strategic plan for 2026-29: 

- Establishment of Service User Forum as a formal mechanism for feedback and continuous improvement 

## **2.2.6. Evaluation and review** 

The incoming Executive Director has taken over responsibility for routine M&E activities, with consultant support where necessary. 

We have completed and submitted the Year 2 monitoring report for the Bridging Divides project funded by the City Bridge Trust, the project evaluation for the summer activities funded by John Lyon’s Charity, and the final evaluation for the ARISE project funded by the National Lottery Reaching Communities Fund. 

The following targets were not met and should be considered for inclusion in the new strategic plan for 2026-29: 

- Full review of values-centred evaluation framework 

- Volunteer satisfaction is evaluated (including exit interviews for any who state an intention to leave, where possible) along with destinations of ex-volunteers 

## **2.3. Performance against targets for continuous improvement of advice service** 

The annual review of all policies and standard operating procedures has been completed and only minor amendments were required. 

An unmet target for the advice service was to expand the marketing plan to increase the visibility of Hodan and ensure that other charities and social enterprises, including those serving the wider ‘BAME’ community, are aware of our offering. This is now an even higher priority, as the Energy Savers project involves ambitious targets of 100 home visits for energy audits, 200 in-depth advice sessions, 100 telephone calls or ‘virtual visits’, and 150 people reached with ‘light-touch’ advice on saving energy, e.g., stalls at events. The new Trust for London bid also requires some specialist marketing to diversify our service user base. 

Creating a new marketing plan should be a focus in 2026/27 and may require more specialist support, e.g., an internship or dedicated consultancy, as Hodan does not currently have the human resources to support this activity. Trustee support may be required. 

## **2.4. Performance against Operations targets** 

## 2.4.1. Skills Development 

The following targets have been met: 

- Increase the number of unemployed or precariously employed people receiving employability-related advice and skills development to 40 

- 

- Submit final report for ARISE project 

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- Audit volunteering records, workshop attendance records, and skills tracking spreadsheets for Digital Literacy; supplement mid-term report if needed 

- Conduct volunteer recruitment session at LIS to increase active medium/long term volunteers to five, building on ARISE mid-term report 

The following target was not met and should be considered for inclusion in the new strategic plan for 2026-29: 

- Conduct in-person or online workshop to share digital literacy resources and expertise with Elays Network and Kulan Somali Organisation 

## 2.4.2. Wellbeing and Social Space 

All attendance targets have been met. 

The targets relating to introduction of new activities (sewing, swimming, football for adult men) were not met and should be reconsidered in the 2026-29 strategic plan. Hodan should also consider whether or not to initiate partnerships with other organisations for mental and physical wellbeing-related services 

## 2.4.3 Family and Youth Work 

The following target was partially met, in that we delivered two excursions rather than three: 

- Fund and deliver 3 summer holiday excursions, with a focus on reaching out beyond the existing service user base; link to Strategic Marketing Objective 4 

The following target was not met and should be considered for inclusion in the new strategic plan for 2026-29: 

- Organise a Family Fun Day to raise awareness of Hodan’s services, with a focus on raising funds to boost unrestricted reserves 

## **2.5. Performance against fundraising targets** 

The total income for 2025-26 was £181,121.16 

Confirmed funding for 25/26 

Mercers 3 year: 72,703 

Postcode society: 25,000 

John Lyon’s: 4800 

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## **2.5. Performance against marketing targets** 

Marketing targets were suspended for 2025/26 pending a review. 

The Trustees are recommended to consider appropriate options for setting new marketing targets and achieving them in a timely way. There are several options to consider, subject to funding: 

- Recruit, induct, and train a part-time Admin and Communications Officer (0.2 or 0.4 FTE) to replace Nimo Arman, who has left to undertake a teacher training course. We do not currently have dedicated funding for this role and would need a successful bid to support it. 

- Recruit, induct, and train the new Advice Worker to have formal responsibility for marketing, above and beyond the existing requirement to conduct outreach in Arabic-speaking communities. This would reduce their availability for frontline advice work and would entail a change to the job description and person specification, which in turn might require approval from the Trust for London. 

- Recruit, induct, and train a new summer intern from the London Interdisciplinary School or elsewhere, with a specific focus on graphic design and marketing for the Energy Savers project (and outreach to new service user groups if an Arabic speaker can be found). 

- Hire a specialist marketing consultant with a short-term brief to create a marketing plan and social media strategy. 

- 

## 3. Financial Management and Reserves 

## **3.1. Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held** 

A Contingency Reserve is held in order to retain sufficient funds to cope with a worst-case scenario of a sudden cessation of all funding. In this circumstance the fund should be large enough to enable: 

- (i) Hodan to continue to operate for a period of **three months*** , this being a reasonable period of time decided by the Trustees to complete ongoing work and make arrangements for winding down; and 

- (ii) Hodan to cover any other costs involved in winding up. 

* This was amended from ‘six months’ to reflect current realities and funders’ desire for lower reserves. Our previous reserves policy was cited as the grounds for rejection of a funding bid. 

To allow the Trustees flexibility to deal with unforeseen opportunities or act to mitigate unexpected risks, such as a partial cessation or temporary reduction of funding, up to half of this Contingency Reserve may be diverted to an Urgent Opportunities Fund (provided that there is still enough funding left to cover winding-up costs). 

In the event that this is used, the Trustees should discuss a strategy for replenishing the reserves during the annual review. 

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The Contingency Reserve is an unrestricted reserve and does not include funds that have already been earmarked, e.g., for staff salaries within funded projects. 

## **3.2. Financial review** 

Hodan has developed a Fundraising Strategy built into its strategic plan and reviewed on a yearly basis.  The Treasurer is responsible for financial management and presents the organisation’s financial situation during trustee meetings. 

## **4. Structure, Governance and Management** 

|**Type of governing**<br>**document**|Constitution|
|---|---|
|**How is the charity**<br>**constituted?**|Charitable company limited by guarantee|
|**Trustee selection methods**<br>**including details of any**<br>**constitutional provisions**<br>**e.g. election to post or**<br>**name of any person or**<br>**body entitled to appoint**<br>**one or more trustees**|The management of the charity is the responsibility of the<br>trustees, who are elected under the terms of the governing<br>document of the organisation. The new Board of Trustees is<br>elected at Hodan AGMs by service users.  All registered<br>members have the right to stand for election as trustees<br>(members of the management committee).  The<br>management committee may in addition appoint not more<br>than three co-opted members but so that no one may be<br>appointed as a co-opted member if, as a result more than<br>one third of the members of the management committee<br>would be co-opted.  The management committee must<br>consist of no fewer than four and no more than eight<br>trustees.|
|**How are risks managed?**|Hodan has a risk management policy that is reviewed and<br>updated on an annual basis.  The risk management policy<br>has been revised to take into consideration the additional<br>public health risks from COVID-19.  We have also updated<br>our safeguarding policy to include measures for safeguarding<br>‘customers in vulnerable circumstances’, according to the<br>FCA definition.|
|**How are activities**<br>**reviewed?**|Hodan carries out a full evaluation of the advice service<br>every year, which covers compliance with organisational and<br>funder objectives, client satisfaction, accuracy and<br>appropriateness of advice, a review of trainingand|



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development, support and supervision, service effectiveness and efficiency, and Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (ED&I). The 2025/26 evaluation is overdue but will be delivered in Q1 of 2026/27 and subsequent due dates updated accordingly. **There is a need for a full review and consultation with service users to inform the new 2026-29 Strategic Plan.** 

Signed on behalf of Management committee by: Signed: ---------------------------------------                                  Date: 13/04/2026 

## Name :      Priscilla Hon 

## Position: Chair 

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## **Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of** 

## **HODAN SOMALI COMMUNITY** 

## **For the year ended 31 March 2026** 

I report on the accounts of the company for the period ended 31 March 2025, which are set out on pages 12 to 18. 

## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** 

The trustees (who are also the directors of the company for the purpose of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011(the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. 

Having satisfied myself that the charity is not subject to audit under company law and is eligible for independent examination, it is my responsibility to: 

- examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act; 

- to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions 

- given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and 

- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. 

## **Basis of independent examiner’s report** 

My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the 

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accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. 

## **Independent examiner’s statement** 

In connection with my examination, no other matter except that referred to in the above paragraphs, has come to my attention: 

(1)which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: to keep accounting records in accordance with section 386 of the Companies Act 2006; and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records, comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 and with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities have not been met; or 

(2)to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

Md Iqbal Hossain, FCCA 

B K Community Accountant 

420/421 Arches 

London 

E3 4AA 

Date: 13 April 2026 

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## **HODAN SOMALI COMMUNITY Statement of Financial Activities** 

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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**(Including income and expenditure account)**||||||
|||||**31 March 2026**|||||
||**Incoming Resources**|**Note**|**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**|**Restricted**|**TOTAL**<br>**Funds**<br>**2026**|**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**|**Restricted**<br>**Funds**|**TOTAL**<br>**Funds**<br>**2025**|
||**Donation and**<br>**Legacies**|**2**|**-**|**194,494**|**194,494**|**155**|**135,661**|**135,816**|
||**Investment Income**|**3**|**1,310**|**-**|**1,310**|**1,595**|**-**|**1,595**|
||**Total Income**||**1,310**<br>**=======**|**194,494**<br>**======**|**195,804**<br>**======**|**1,750**<br>**=======**|**135,661**<br>**======**|**137,411**<br>**======**|
||**Expenditure on:**|**4**|||||||
||**Charitable activities**||**278**|**132,372**|**132,650**|**82**|**162,924**|**163,006**|
||**Governance Costs**||**-**|**1,720**|**1,720**|**-**|**1,410**|**1,410**|
||**Total expenditure**||**278**<br>**=======**|**134,092**<br>**=====**|**134,370**<br>**======**|**82**<br>**=======**|**164,334**<br>**=====**|**164,416**<br>**======**|
||**Net Income & net**<br>**movement in funds**||**1,032**|**60,402**|**61,434**|**1,668**|**(28,673)**|**(27,005)**|
||**Reconciliation of**<br>**fund:**||||||||
||**Total funds brought**<br>**forward**||**36,110**|**91,507**|**127,617**|**34,442**|**120,180**|**154,622**|
||**Total funds carried**<br>**forward**||**37,142**<br>**=======**|**151,909**<br>**======**|**189,051**<br>**======**|**36,110**<br>**=======**|**91,507**<br>**======**|**127,617**<br>**======**|



## **TOTAL RECOGNISED GAINS AND LOSSES** 

The Charity has no recognised gains or losses other than the net movement in funds for the above period. 

The statement of financial activities also complies with the requirements for an income and expenditure account under the Companies Act 2006. 

The notes on pages 19 to 26 form part of these accoun 

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## **HODAN SOMALI COMMUNITY** 

## **BALANCE SHEET** 

|**HODAN SOMALI COMMUNITY**<br>**BALANCE SHEET**|**HODAN SOMALI COMMUNITY**<br>**BALANCE SHEET**|**HODAN SOMALI COMMUNITY**<br>**BALANCE SHEET**|**HODAN SOMALI COMMUNITY**<br>**BALANCE SHEET**|**HODAN SOMALI COMMUNITY**<br>**BALANCE SHEET**|**HODAN SOMALI COMMUNITY**<br>**BALANCE SHEET**|**HODAN SOMALI COMMUNITY**<br>**BALANCE SHEET**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**AS AT 31**|**MARCH 2026**|||||
||**FIXED ASSETS**|**Note**||**2026**||**2025**|
||||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
||**Office Equipment**|**10**|-|-|**8,213**|**10,267**|
||||||||
||**Debtors**|**11**|**7,500**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**Cash at Bank**||**179,924**|**-**|**-**|**117,009**|
||**Cash in hand**||**-**|**-**||**341**|
||**Total Current Assets**||**-**|**187,424**|**-**|**117,350**|
||||||||
||**Creditors and Accruals**|**12**|**-**|**(6,586)**|**-**|**(0)**|
||**Net Current Assets**||||**180,838**|**117,350**|
||||||**189,051**<br>**=====**|**127,617**<br>**=====**|
||**Net Assets**||||||
||||||||
||||||||
||**Unrestricted Funds**||**-**|**37,142**|**-**|**36,110**|
||**Restricted Funds**||**-**|**151,909**|**-**|**91,507**|
||**Total Funds**||||**189,051**<br>**======**|**127,617**<br>**======**|



## **Exemption from audit** 

For the year ending 31/03/2026 the company is entitled to exemption from the requirement to obtain an audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 and that members have 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. 

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The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions in Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 applicable to company’s subject to the small companies’ regime. 

These accounts were approved by the Board of Directors and Trustees on 13 April 2026 and were signed on its behalf by: 

Signed --------------------------------------- 

Name :      Priscilla Hon Position: Chair 

The notes on pages 19 to 26 form part of these accounts. 

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## **HODAN SOMALI COMMUNITY** 

## **Notes to the Accounts** 

**For the year ended 31 March 2026** 

## **1.  Accounting Policies** 

The principal accounting policies are summarised below. The accounting policies have been applied consistently throughout the year. 

## **1.1 Basis of Accounting** 

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the applicable Accounting Standards and the Statement of Recommended Practice “Accounting and Reporting by Charities” published in March 2005 and the Companies Act 1985. 

The company has taken advantage of the exemption in Financial Reporting Standard No. 1 from the requirement to produce a cash flow statement on the grounds that it is small company. 

## **1.2 Incoming Resources** 

Income from activities, 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 donors’ conditions have not been fulfilled, then the income is deferred. The income from fundraising ventures is shown gross, with the associated costs included in fundraising costs. 

## **1.3 Resources Expended** 

Resources expended are included in the Statement of Financial Activities on accruals basis, inclusive of any VAT that cannot be recovered. 

Expenditure that 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 categories on a basis consistent with the use of those resources. 

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## **1.4 Going Concern Basis** 

The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis, as in the opinion of the director and trustees, there are no issues arising which would suggest any other basis as being more appropriate. 

## **1.5 Depreciation** 

Depreciation is provided using the following rates and bases to reduce by annual instalments the cost, less estimated residual value, of tangible assets over the estimated useful lives: 

Furniture, Fixtures, Fittings and Equipment - 20% on reducing line basis. 

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## **HODAN SOMALI COMMUNITY** 

## **Notes to the Accounts** 

## **For the year ended 31 March 2026** 

## **2. Income from donations and legacies** 

|**Grants, donations, and legacies:**|**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**|**Restricted**<br>**Funds**|**2026**|**2025**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**SMALL DONATION**||**-**||**155**|
|**CLOTHWORKERS FOUNDATION**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**6,400**|
|**JOHN LYONS CHARITY**|**-**|**4,800**|**4,800**|**5,000**|
|**ENERGY REDRESS**|**-**|**15,510**|**15,510**|**6,511**|
|**THE NATIONAL LOTTERY**<br>**COMMUNITY FUND**|**-**|**26,592**|**26,592**|**53,425**|
|**CITY BRIDGE TRUST**|**-**|**49,000**|**49,000**|**24,500**|
|**RBK&C VSSF (MIDAYE PARTNERSHIP)**|**-**|**15,000**|**15,000**|**15,000**|
|**SPORTS ENGLAND**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**14,825**|
|**GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**10,000**|
|**MERCERS TRUSTS**|**-**|**21,092**|**21,092**|**-**|
|**TRUST FOR LONDON**|**-**|**37,500**|**37,500**|**-**|
|**POSTCODE SOCIETY TRUST**|**-**|**25,000**|**25,000**|**-**|
|**TOTAL INCOME**|**-**<br>**==========**|**194,494**<br>**==========**|**194,494**<br>**=======**|**135,816**<br>**=======**|



## **3. Investment Income** 

|**Investment Income**|||
|---|---|---|
||**2026**|**2025**|
||**£**|**£**|
|**Bank Interest**|**1,310**|**1,595**|
|**Total**|**1,310**<br>**========**|**1,595**<br>**========**|



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## **HODAN SOMALI COMMUNITY** 

## **Notes to the financial statements (continuing)** 

## **4. Expenditure on Charitable Activities by Fund type:** 

|**Charitable activities &**<br>**Support Cost**|**Un-restricted**<br>**Funds**|**Restricted**<br>**Funds**|**Total 2026**|**Un-restricted**|<br>**Restricted**|<br>**Total 2025**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**Funds**|**Funds**||
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Salary, NIC & Pension**|**-**|**77,997**|**77,997**|**-**|**99,808**|**99,808**|
|**Telephone**|**-**|**1,300**|**1,300**|**-**|**631**|**631**|
|**Rent & Rates**|**-**|**7,729**|**7,729**|**-**|**7,729**|**7,729**|
|**Volunteer Expenses**|**-**|**981**|**981**|**-**|**1,768**|**1,768**|
|**ARISE**|**-**|**13,867**|**13,867**|**-**|**15,790**|**15,790**|
|**Employment Project**|**-**|**1,554**|**1,554**|**-**|**1,580**|**1,580**|
|**Lace Up Your Boots Project**|**-**|**3,397**|**3,397**|**-**|**3,207**|**3,207**|
|**Staff Training**|**-**|**411**|**411**|**-**|**579**|**579**|
|**Insurance**|**-**|**1,501**|**1,501**|**-**|**1,492**|**1,492**|
|**Consultancy/ Evaluation**|**-**|**12,133**|**12,133**|**-**|**16,813**|**16,813**|
|**Stationary & Postage**|**-**|**706**|**706**|**-**|**1,413**|**1,413**|
|**Website & It support**|**242**|**55**|**297**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**Advice UK**|**-**|**3,743**|**3,743**|**-**|**1,666**|**1,666**|
|**Project cost- Family Funday**|**-**|**4,568**|**4,568**|**-**|**6,916**|**6,916**|
|**Publicity & Adverts**|**-**|**329**|**329**|**-**|**824**|**824**|
|**Bank Charges**|**36**|**-**|**36**|**82**|**-**|**82**|
|**Hospitality**|**-**|**47**|**47**|**-**|**142**|**142**|
|**Depreciation**|**-**|**2,054**|**2,054**|**-**|**2,566**|**2,566**|
|**Total**|**278**<br>**======**|**132,372**<br>**======**|**132,650**<br>**======**|**82**|**162,924**|**163,006**<br>**======**|
|||||**=====**|**======**||



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## **5. Governance Costs:** 

||**Un-restricted**<br>**Funds**|**Restricted**<br>**Funds**||**Total 2025**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**Total 2026**||
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Bookkeeping/ Payroll**|**-**|**520**|**520**|**460**|
|**Compliance**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**Independent Examination**|**-**|**1,200**|**1,200**|**950**|
|**Total**|**-**<br>**=======**|**1,720**<br>**======**|**1,720**|**1,410**<br>**=======**|
||||**=======**||



## **6. Expenditure on Charitable Activities by Activity type:** 

|**Charitable activities &**<br>**Support Cost**|**Services**|**Governan**<br>**ce**|**Fund**<br>**raising**||**Total 2025**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**Total 2026**||
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Property Costs**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**1,790**|
|**Depreciation**|**2,054**|**-**|**-**|**2,054**|**1,302**|
|**Direct Costs**|**52,321**|**1,720**|**-**|**54,041**|**51,703**|
|**Salary**|**77,997**|**-**|**-**|**77,997**|**86,749**|
|**Other indirect Costs**|**278**|**-**|**-**|**278**|**70**|
|**Total**|**132,650**<br>**=======**|**1,720**<br>**=======**|**-**<br>**======**|**134,370**|**141,614**<br>**=======**|
|||||**=======**||



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## **7. TRUSTEES EXPENSIS** 

No expenses are paid to Trustees. 

No employee earned more than £60,000 during the year (2025: nil). 

## **8. Related party transactions** 

There are no related party transactions to disclose for 2026 (2025: none) There are no donations from related parties which are outside the normal course of business and no restricted donations from related parties. 

## **9. Taxation** 

The charitable company is exempt from corporation tax as all its income is charitable and is applied for charitable purposes. 

## **10. Fixed Assets** 

|||**Computers**|**Office Equipment**|**Total**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**£**||**£**|
||**Cost**||||
|**At 1 April 2025**||**13,421**|**1,883**|**15,304**|
|**Additions**||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**Disposals**||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**At 31 March 2026**||**13,421**|**1,883**|**15,304**|
||**Depreciation**||||
|**At 1 April 2025**||**4,298**|**739**|**5,037**|
|**Disposals**||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**Charge this period**||**1,825**|**229**|**2,054**|
|**At 31 March 2026**||**6,123**|**968**|**7,091**|
||**Net book value**||||
|**At 31 March 2026**||**7,298**|**915**|**8,213**|
|**At 31 March 2025**||**9,123**|**1,144**|**10,267**|



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## **HODAN SOMALI COMMUNITY** 

## **Notes to the financial statements (continuing)** 

## **Year ended 31 March 2026** 

## **11. Debtors** 

|**Debtors**|**2026**|**2025**|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|**£**|
|**MIDAYE PARTNERSHIP**|**7,500**|-|
|**Total**|**7,500**<br>**========**|**-**<br>**=======**|



## **12. Creditors** 

||**2026**|**2025**|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|**£**|
|**Deferred Income**|**-**|**-**|
|**Independent examination**|**1,200**|**-**|
|**Trading Creditors**|**5,386**|**-**|
||**6,586**<br>**=====**|**-**<br>**=====**|



Accruals:  Provision for Accountancy fees. 

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## • **Benefits in kind** 

There were no benefits in kind in the period. 

## • **Independent examination and accountancy services** 

During the period, the cost of the examination and accountancy services was £1,200. 

## • **Glossary of terms** 

**Restricted funds:** These are funds given to the charity, subject to specific restrictions set by the donor, but still within the general objects of the charity. 

**Creditors** These are amounts owed by the charity, but not paid during the accounting period. 

**Debtors:** These are amounts owed to the charity, but not received in the accounting period. **Prepayments:** These are services that the charity has paid for in advance, but not used during the accounting period. 

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