# SOMALI INTEGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1167198
- **Other names:** SIDA; SIDA UK
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** May 18, 2016
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1167198


## Contact

- **Address:** SOMALIINTEGRATION&DEVELOPMENTASSOCI, UNIT 50, CAMBERWELL BUSINESS CENTRE, 99-103 LOMOND GROVE, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SE5 7HN
- **Phone:** 02073583274
- **Email:** somali.integration@outlook.com
- **Website:** http://www.sidauk.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC LIVING IN THE UK WHO ARE SOMALI OR OF SOMALI DESCENT:A. BY RELIEVING PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS;B. BY ADVANCING EDUCATION; AND C. BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS FOR WHOM THE FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED.(2) FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS FROM SOMALIA AND ELSEWHERE WHO ARE RESIDENT OR ARE INTENDING TO RESIDE IN THE UK BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH FREE AND CONFIDENTIAL ADVICE, ASSISTANCE, REPRESENTATION, COUNSELLING, TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION SERVICES IN MATTERS SUCH AS ASYLUM, IMMIGRATION, MONEY, DEBT, WELFARE BENEFITS, HOUSING, HEALTH, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT.(3) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND DISTRESS, PROTECT AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH AND ADVANCE EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN SOMALIA AND HORN OF AFRICA COUNTRIES, BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES TO IMPROVE SCHOOLS, CLEAN WATER SUPPLIES, SELF-HELP PROJECTS, MEDICAL AID AND SUCH OTHER FACILITIES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DEEM NECESSARY WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES.

**Activities:** our mission is to help the Somali Community, improve the quality of their lives and enable them to play a fully empowered and effective role in wider society by bringing people together, sharing knowledge and co-ordinating activity and opinion.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Djibouti
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Somalia
- Throughout London



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £62807 | £74787 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £85202 | £84776 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £83005 | £76439 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £202473 | £190782 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £146238 | £110077 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Nasir Abdi** (Chair) — appointed March 1, 2021
- Amal Ahmed Ali — appointed March 1, 2019
- Edil Essa — appointed Aug. 16, 2016
- IBRAHIM DERIA — appointed Jan. 6, 2017
- Weli Farah Farah — appointed Aug. 16, 2016