# KAYD SOMALI ARTS AND CULTURE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1170441
- **Other names:** KAYD, Kayd Somali Arts and Culture Limited
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Nov. 28, 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=1170441


## Contact

- **Address:** OXFORD HOUSE, DERBYSHIRE STREET, LONDON
- **Postcode:** E2 6GH
- **Phone:** 07974563778
- **Email:** info@kayd.org
- **Website:** http://www.kayd.org/



## Activities

**Objects:** 1.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1.1.1 TO PROMOTE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE, PARTICULARLY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) SOMALI ARTS, HERITAGE AND CULTURE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION) MUSICAL, LITERARY, DRAMATIC, PERFORMANCE, DANCE AND VISUAL ARTS PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY ORGANISING AND DELIVERING ARTS AND CULTURAL EVENTS AND FESTIVALS; 1.1.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC (PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN SOMALI HERITAGE, CULTURE AND THE ARTS), INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION) MUSICAL, LITERARY, DRAMATIC, PERFORMANCE, DANCE AND VISUAL ARTS, PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH WORKSHOPS, DEBATES, DISCUSSIONS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES; AND1.1.3 TO PROVIDE FOR THE RECREATION OF PEOPLE INVOLVED AND/OR ENGAGED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CHARITY BY PROVIDING SERVICES AND FACILITIES TO THEM IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

**Activities:** Kayd seeks to promote arts, culture and heritage, particularly (but not exclusively) Somali arts, heritage and culture, for the benefit of the public, including (without limitation) musical, literary, dramatic, performance, dance and visual arts particularly, but not exclusively, by organising and delivering arts and cultural events and festivals.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £329696 | £313236 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £273150 | £261481 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £216109 | £217504 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £156162 | £157164 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £118389 | £115060 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Dr MICHAEL WALLS** (Chair) — appointed March 18, 2009
- Abdul Abdillahi Mohamed — appointed Nov. 27, 2024
- Dr GIULIA LIBERATORE — appointed June 15, 2016
- Dr Katherine Baxter — appointed Jan. 31, 2026
- RASHID SHEIKH ABDULLAHI — appointed June 15, 2016
- Rhoda Ibrahim — appointed Nov. 27, 2024
- Zahra Ahmed — appointed Feb. 16, 2022