
|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**for theperiod**|**for theperiod**|**for theperiod**|
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## Section A                        Reference and administration details 

**Charity name** Greater Manchester Somali Community Association (GMSCA) 

**Other names charity is known by** GMSCA 

## **Registered charity number (if any)** 1170841 

**Charity's principal address** Office 2, Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse Moss Side Manchester **Postcode** M14 4SL 

## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

||1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (if any)**|
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- **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) Section B              Structure, governance and management** 

- **Description of the charity’s trusts** Constitution 

- Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Association 

- How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by 

- Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by) 

- **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: ● policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; 

- ● the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; 

## **Section B              Structure, governance and management** 

- relationship with any related parties; 

- ● trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. 

## **Section C                    Objectives and activities** 

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|**Summary of the objects of the**<br>**charity set out in its**<br>**governing document**<br>**Summary of the main**<br>**activities undertaken for the**<br>**public benefit in relation to**<br>**these objects (include within**<br>**this section the statutory**<br>**declaration that trustees have**<br>**had regard to the guidance**<br>**issued by the Charity**<br>**Commission on public**<br>**benefit)**|For the public benefit, the prevention and relief of poverty & the<br>advancement of education.|
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||The Greater Manchester Somali Community Association (GMSCA)<br>continued to provide a range of services for the benefit of the local<br>community throughout the year.<br>Our activities included providing information, advice and guidance (AIG)<br>to young people, families and members of the wider community on<br>matters relating to education, employment, training, health and access to<br>local services. This support helped individuals make informed decisions,<br>improve their opportunities and access appropriate services.<br>We provided information and practical assistance to families with<br>additional support needs, including families caring for children and young<br>people with autism and other special educational needs. This assistance<br>helped families access relevant services, support networks and<br>resources.<br>Through the GMSCA Foodbank, we distributed food parcels to low-<br>income individuals and families experiencing financial hardship across<br>Manchester, helping to reduce food insecurity and support vulnerable<br>members of the community.<br>We also operated a Somali Supplementary School in Manchester,<br>providing Somali language classes alongside support in core curriculum<br>subjects. This promoted educational achievement, cultural awareness,<br>language development and community cohesion among children and<br>young people.|



## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** 

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You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: 

- policy on grantmaking; 

- policy programme related investment; 

- contribution made by volunteers. 

Section D                      Achievements and performance 

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Section D                      Achievements and performance 

**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** 

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## **Section E                    Financial review** 

No reserve policy 

**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** 

**Details of any funds materially** None **in deficit** 

## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: 

- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); 

- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; 

- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. 

## **Section F                     Other optional information** 

## **Section G                    Declaration** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s)** Abdirahman Said Ali **Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** Chair **Date** 14/06/2026 

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**Charity Name No (if any) Greater Manchester Somali Community Association (GMS1170841** 

## **Recei ts and a ments accounts p p y** 

## **CC16a** 

**For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 1/7/2023 30/06/2024 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

**Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds** 

**Total funds Last year** 

|**to the nearest      £**<br>**A1 Receipts**<br>Cash deposit<br>**94**<br>Manchester BME Net<br>**4,000**<br>Manchester CityCouncil<br>**1,500**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**5,594**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                               -**<br>**_Total receipts_                    5,594**<br>**A3 Payments**<br>Foodbank(Household Support)<br>**3,788**<br>Foodbank expenses<br>**1,150**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_<br>**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|**to the nearest      £**<br>**A1 Receipts**<br>Cash deposit<br>**94**<br>Manchester BME Net<br>**4,000**<br>Manchester CityCouncil<br>**1,500**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**5,594**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                               -**<br>**_Total receipts_                    5,594**<br>**A3 Payments**<br>Foodbank(Household Support)<br>**3,788**<br>Foodbank expenses<br>**1,150**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_<br>**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**to the nearest £**<br>**94**<br>**4,000**<br>**1,500**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**5,594**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**5,594**<br>**3,788**<br>**1,150**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**to the nearest £**|
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|Foodbank expenses|**1,150**|**-**|**-**|**1,150**|**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**|**4,938**||**-**||**-**||**4,938**||**-**|



|**A4 Asset and investment**|||||||||||||||||||||||
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|**_Total payments_ **||**4,938**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**4,938**|||||**-**||
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|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **||**656**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**656**||||**-**|||
|**A5 Transfers between funds**||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**|||
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**||**309**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**309**||||**-**|||
|**_Cash funds this year end_ **||**1,154**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**175**||||**-**|||



## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))|**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Agreement Error<br>**to nearest £**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**|**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>**to nearest £**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**|**to nearest £**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|
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## **B2 Other monetary assets** 

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**B3 Investment assets** 

|**Details**|**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
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|**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**|**Details**<br>**Details**|**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**|**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**|**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
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## **B5 Liabilities** 

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees 

**-** 

|Signature<br>abdirahman|Print Name<br>Abdirahman Ali|Date of<br>approval|
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||Abdirahman Ali|14/06/2026|
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