SOMALI HUMANITARIAN AID REPORT AND FINANCIAL …

Charity number: 1094901

SOMALI HUMANITARIAN AID

REPORT AND

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

31 MARCH 2015

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Report and Financial Statements 31 March 2015

Contents

List of Officers and Professional Advisers 2 Trustees’ Report 3-4 Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities 5 Statement of Independent examiners report 6 Statement of Financial Activities 7 Balance Sheet 8 Notes to the Accounts 9-12

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Charity No 1094901

List of Officers and Professional Advisers

Board of Trustees

Mr Abdirizaq Mohedin : Chairman Mr M Dahir :Vice-Chairman Ms Hani Ahmed Sheikh :Secretary Mr A Mohamed :Treasurer Mr A Mohamed Sheikh :Member Mrs Faiza A Abdullahi :Member Mr Mohamed Omar :Member

Registered Office UNIT 6, EUROLINK BUSINESS CENTRE, 49 EFFRA ROAD LONDON SW2 1BZ

Bankers Lloyds Bank Accountants Optmark Accountants

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Trustees’ report for the year ended 31 March 2015 The Trustees, who are also directors of the Charity for the purposes of the Companies Act and Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) 2005, submit their annual report for the year ended 31 March 2013. The Trustees have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) “Accounting and Reporting by Charities” issued in March 2005 in preparing the annual report and financial statements of the Charity. Principal Activities, Aims and Organisation of the Charity The main objectives of the charity are; To relief poverty, sickness, distress and, to advance education, both in Somali and within the Somali community in the United Kingdom particularly in the London Borough of Lambeth through: - Provision of grants - Advocacy - Information and Advice - Training and, Translation. Trustees The trustees who served during the year ended 31 March 2015 were as follows: Mr Abdirizaq Mohedin Mr M Dahir Ms Hani Ahmed Sheikh Mr A Mohamed Mr A Mohamed Sheikh Mrs Faiza A Abdullahi Mr Mohamed Omar

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Statement of Trustees’ responsibilities in respect of the Trustees Annual report and the Financial Statements. The trustees (who are also directors of Somali Humanitarian Aid for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations. Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law, the trustees have elected to prepare financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). The financial statements are required by law to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;

observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;

make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in business.

The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements March differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

Chairman

A Mohedin

11 May 2015

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Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of SOMALI HUMANITARIAN AID for the period ending 31 March 2015

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts for the charity. The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charity Registration Act 2011 ( The Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:-

examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act; and

to follow the procedures laid down in general directions given by Charities Commission (under

section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act),

state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of independent examiner’s report

My examination was carried out taking into consideration general directions given by 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 the seeking of 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 I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts.

Independent examiner’s statement

In connection with my examination, I have reasonable cause to believe that (other than in relation to those matters disclosed in Part 2 below:-

(1) in all material respects the requirements:

to keep accounting records in accordance with regulations made under section 130 of the

Charities Act;

to prepare accounts in accordance with regulations made under section 11(1)(b) of the Act ;

have been met; and

(2) there are no material matters to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Mr Abubakar Hussein

Associate Financial Accountant

Optmark Accountants


London

SW16 6HE

11 May 2015

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Statement of Financial Activities (Incorporating an Income and Expenditure Account) For the year ended 31 March 2015

Unrestricted

Funds

Restricted

Funds

Total

Funds

Total

Funds

2015 2015 2015 2014

Note £ £ £ £

INCOMING RESOURCES

Voluntary Income:

Donations and gifts 27,875 - 27,875 58,700

Fund raising activities 3,459 3,600 7,059

Other income 1,850 - 1,850

Activities in furtherance of the charity's

objects: -

Project 2,500 - 2,500 11,250

TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES 2 35,684 3,600.00 39,284 69,950

RESOURCES EXPENDED

Cost of generating funds

Cost of generating voluntary income (3,957) - (3,957) (7,783)

Charitable activities

Community projects (22,204) - (22,204) (47,112)

Governance costs (9,722) - (9,722) (14,726)

TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED 3 (35,884) - (35,884) (69,621)

Net income -200 3,600 3,400 20,066

Funds brought forward 24,803 - 24,803 4,737

Net movement in funds and fund balances

carried forward at 31 May 2015 8 24,603 3,600 28,203 24,803

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Charity no 1094901

Balance Sheet As at 31 March 2015

For the year ending 31 March 2015 the company is entitled to exemption from audit under section 477(2) of the companies Act 2006.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.The directors acknowledge their responsibility for:

i. )ensuring the company keeps accounting records which comply with section 386; and ii. )preparing accounts which give true and fair view of the affairs of the company as at end of the

financial year, and of its profit or loss for the year, in accordance with requirement of section 393, and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the companies Act relating to accounts, so far is applicable to the company. These accounts have been prepared in accordance with provisions applicable to Companies subject to small Companies regime.

The accounts were authorised and approved by the Directors on 11 May 2015 and were signed on their behalf by:

Chairman

A Mohedin

2015 2014

Notes £ £

Fixed Assets 5 907 2,219

Current Assets

Debtors

Cash at bank and in hand 8,937 3,635

6 9,844 5,854

Current Liabilities

Creditors amounts falling due within one year 7 (1,378) (788)

Total assets less current liabilities 8,466 5,067

Financed by:

Unrestricted Funds 8,466 5,067

Restricted Funds - -

9 8,466 5,067

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Notes to the accounts For the year ended 31 March 2015

1. Accounting policies

Basis of preparation The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP), “Accounting and Reporting by Charities” (2005), the Companies Act 2006 and applicable United Kingdom accounting standards.

Cash flow statement

Under Financial Reporting Standard (FRS) 1 the Charity is exempt from the requirement to prepare a cash flow statement on the grounds that a parent undertaking includes the Charity in its own published consolidated financial statements.

Fund accounting General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the Charity and which have not been designated for other purposes.

Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors or which have been raised by the Charity for particular purposes. The costs of raising and administering such funds are charged against the specific fund. The aim and use of each restricted fund is set out in Note 2.

Investment income and gains are allocated to the appropriate fund.

Incoming resources All incoming resources are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) when the Charity is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. The donation income where related to performance and specific deliverables are accounted for as the Charity earns the right to consideration by its performance. Where income is received in advance of entitlement, its recognition is deferred and included in creditors. Where entitlement occurs before income being received, the income is accrued.

Resources expended All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resource

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Notes to the accounts (Continued) For the year ended 31 March 2015

1. Accounting policies (Continued) Community project costs are those costs incurred directly in support of the objects of the Charity. The community project costs include other support costs incurred in support of the objects of the Charity. Governance costs are those incurred in connection with governance arrangement of the Charity, which relate to the general running of the Charity and compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements. The basis of allocation for support costs and governance costs has been explained in Note 3.

2. Total Incoming Resources

3. Resources Expended

4. Trustees’ Remuneration The trustees received £0 as salary providing management service. The Trustee mostly work on voluntary basis and the amount received as salary is much subsidised to support the operations of the charity. No out of pocket expenses were paid during the year.

2015 2014

Voluntary Income £ £

Unrestricted Income

Donations 27,875 58,700

Donations-Ernest Cook Trust 2,500 -

Fund Raising activities 3,459 -

Other income 1,850 11,250

35,684 69,950

Restricted Income

2015 214

£ £

Donation and events 3,600 -

Sub total 3,600 -

Total Incoming Resources 39,284 69,950

Direct Support 2015 2014

Cost Costs Total Total

£ £ £ £

Cost of generating funds 3,957 - 3,957 7,783

Charitable costs 22,204 - 22,204 47,112

Governance costs - 9,722 9,722 14,726

26,162 9,722 35,884 69,621

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Employee Information During the period from 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015, the average monthly number of employees of the company was as follows:

5. Fixed Assets

2015 2014

No. No.

Community Projects 3 3

Management and Administration 1 1

4 4

2015 2014

£ £

Wages and salaries 0 0

0 0

2015 2014

£ £

Cost

At 1st June 5,247 5,247

Additions - -

At 31 May 5,247 5,247

Depreciations

At 1st June 3,028 1,716

Charge for the year 1,312 1,312

At 31 May 4,340 3,028

Net Book Value 907 2,219

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6. Current assets

7. CREDITORS: amounts falling due within one year

8. Statement of Funds

Debtors 2015 2014

£ £

Other debtors(unpaid fees) 0 0

0 0

CASH IN BANK & HAND

2015 2014

£ £

As at 31 May 2015 8,937 3,635

8,937 3,635

2015 2014

£ £

Accruals and deferred income (1,378) (788)

(1,378) (788)

Bal b/f Income Expenditure 2015 2014

Unrestricted Funds £ £ £ £ £

Current year movement 5,066 39,284 (35,884) 8,466 4,737

Restricted funds:

Current year movement - - - - -

Total funds 5,066 39,284 (35,884) 8,466 4,737

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. 9. Analysis of Net Assets between Funds

Fund balances at 31 March 2015 are represented by:

10. Taxation

Somali Humanitarian Aid is a registered charity and is thus exempt from taxation of its income and gains falling within Section 505 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 or Section 256 of the taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that they are applied.

Unrestricted

Funds

Restricted

Funds 2015 2014

£ £ £ £

Current assets 9,844 - 9,844 5,853

Current liabilities (1,378) - (1,378) (788)

Total net assets 8,466 - 8,466 5,066

Chairman’s Report

I warmly welcome you to our a nnual Report on 2014/2015. SHA has been actively serving our community groups for over ten years. In this short time scale we have successfully managed to support a number of organisations and forge positive and active partnerships. Our community has suffered disadvantage and exclusion for far too long and now the time has come for a positive change and recognition for the efforts and dedication given by our

community. With the support of statutory and voluntary sector organisations we can make that positive change that has been awaited for decades.

Somali Humanitarian Aid exists to facilitate and to provide access to information and resources and build the capacity of organization, to enable to provide a more effective, efficient and

culturally appropriate service for the community. Since its inception Somali Humanitarian Aid has been steadily growing and improving in terms of people who access services, increase in the number of people who would like to do volunteer work; and its capacity to deliver value for money to the community.

Somali Humanitarian Aid is concerned that women and children in labour who are affected by conflicts were forced into the cheap labour markets to provide sustenance for themselves and their families.

SHA is actively operating in Somalia by building capacity, peace building in conducting seminars for FGM for Somali girls, to eliminate the bad culture of using Pharonic culture for FGM, we made big lobbying to Somali Federal Government.

Somali Humanitarian Aid future projects in Somalia will target the needs of displaced and disabled people, disadvantaged children and women. This, I hope, will provide further opportunities for us to help and support people in need.

To build affordable house for displaced people and Somali refugees from Kenya and other neighbouring countries, we have new technology and expert to help us in building affordable house for displaced and refugees people from neighbouring countries.

Somali Humanitarian Aid is an ambitious organization and needs all your support and ideas, so

that it can deliver and benefit those unidentified by the system, in the UK, and Somalia. We believe we can make a positive change amongst in our community here in UK and in Somalia, but we cannot do this single-handed. For this we ask for your support.

Last but not least, I would like to thank all members’ contribution and local business people have contributed financial support

Abdirizaq Mohedin Chairperson

Mission Statements To relieve poverty, sickness, distress and to advance education of the Somali community in Somalia and in

the U.K, particularly in the borough of Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham to be able to access services but also to make benefits available to minority group in the area and in the Somalia and in greater London.

Vision Statement

To be able to acquire adequate knowledge and skill so as to become authority in dispensing training and

counseling to affected by civil strife or domestic misfortunate.

Disadvantage Community Somali live at the periphery and are isolated, living in social exclusion from wider community and society. The community is characterized by all the indicators of a multiple deprived community: high unemployment rate, low income; high illiteracy rate; poor housing; ill health; high rate of lone parents and total dependency on the benefit system. One can be cynical, believing that the

future holds little prospect for change for the better, considering the numerous problems and the complexity of the issued facing the community.

Among the ethnic minority groups, the Somali are the most disadvantaged and are at the

bottom of the socio – economic ladder, the lowest of the low. Over the years the statutory bodies and voluntary agencies have ignored the needs of the Somali Community. At present services

provided to Somali are not recorded and monitored as a separate group as the case is for

Pakistanis and Bangladeshis. Unfortunately they are mixed and diluted with other groups, considering them as Black African, and sometimes other categories.

Somali Humanitarian Aid has been established to address issues of social exclusion and disadvantage we started in 02/12/2002 and have since been expanding our activities and services to community groups. These include refugees or asylum seeker groups who need our support in facing the challenges of living in today's British society. Furthermore we initiated contacts with organizations in Somalia who will be our partners in development. SHA has now set up an office in Mogadishu and plans to deliver

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF SHA

SOMALI HUMANITARIAN AID UK HAS THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPAL AIMS:

To promote all or any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community within the

Area Objectives of Benefit and in particular the advancement of education and training, the improvement of health and the relief of poverty, social exclusion, distress and sickness.

To promote the development and sustainability of a coordinated network with other

community based organizations working to improve the wellbeing of Somali peoples and other small minority groups.

To provide professional support and training to committee members, staff and volunteers and other community groups representing the interests of the Somali community.

To develop resources and identify opportunities for growth and development for Somali Humanitarian Aid.

To provide training and awareness of training opportunities for the staff and volunteers

and members of the Somali community in all aspects of organizational development including fund-raising.

To promote a positive and constructive attitude to the participation of women in the management of the organizations we work with.

To promote and represent at policy and strategy level the interests of Somali Humanitarian Aid.

COMMUNITY ADVOCACY

Somali Humanitarian Aid (SHA) has provided and is committed to Community advocacy;

guidance, support and interpreting in the following areas:-

SHA equal opportunities Statement

SHA is committed to the policy of equal opportunities for all members of its communities,

regardless of county of origin, gender race, sexual orientation, religious beliefs and disabilities. SHA strives to serve all young and old members of the Somali communities and migrants without any form of discrimination. SHA recruitment and development of staff including volunteers is underpinned by the culture of meritocracy; all persons seeking services or employment are

treated with fairness and consideration for individuals’ circumstances. TRAINING

We have worked with 6 Colleges in London which provide training for Health and Social care, and English entry one, and two through UK Online and IT, ESOL class for adult and young people, we refer candidate want to engage education or training to local college which are associated with our organization, we also accommodate the community to have training for mothers who want to

become child-minder, and those who want to work childcare centers.

OFFICE: -

209 Clapham Rd, London SW9 9AU, TEL: 020 30048050

Our Offices are located on Clapham Road, which is very accessible by bus train or Stockwell underground station.

Our Partners AND Networking groups SOMALI HUMANITARIAN AID IS GRATEFUL TO THE SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE FOLLOWING:

LVAC LAMBETH VOLUNTARY ACTION GROUP

Nationwide Foundation

BEST FRIENDS

MEMBERS OF SHA

KIARA COLLEGE

TV, Edwards firm

During the year, the work of Somali Humanitarian Aid (UK) was made possible with the financial support of the following:

Shabeele Enterprise

ltd SHA members Bakal Enterprise ltd

Hormud Foundation

Nationwide foundation

The above lists do not include the number of individuals who generously gave their time, money and other form of support during the year.

Charity number: 1094901


REPORT AND

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

31 MARCH 2015

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Report and Financial Statements 31 March 2015

Contents

List of Officers and Professional Advisers 2 Trustees’ Report 3-4 Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities 5 Statement of Independent examiners report 6 Statement of Financial Activities 7 Balance Sheet 8 Notes to the Accounts 9-12

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Charity No 1094901

List of Officers and Professional Advisers

Board of Trustees

Mr Abdirizaq Mohedin : Chairman Mr M Dahir :Vice-Chairman Ms Hani Ahmed Sheikh :Secretary Mr A Mohamed :Treasurer Mr A Mohamed Sheikh :Member Mrs Faiza A Abdullahi :Member Mr Mohamed Omar :Member

Registered Office UNIT 6, EUROLINK BUSINESS CENTRE, 49 EFFRA ROAD LONDON SW2 1BZ

Bankers Lloyds Bank Accountants Optmark Accountants


London

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Trustees’ report for the year ended 31 March 2015 The Trustees, who are also directors of the Charity for the purposes of the Companies Act and Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) 2005, submit their annual report for the year ended 31 March 2013. The Trustees have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) “Accounting and Reporting by Charities” issued in March 2005 in preparing the annual report and financial statements of the Charity. Principal Activities, Aims and Organisation of the Charity The main objectives of the charity are; To relief poverty, sickness, distress and, to advance education, both in Somali and within the Somali community in the United Kingdom particularly in the London Borough of Lambeth through: - Provision of grants - Advocacy - Information and Advice - Training and, Translation. Trustees The trustees who served during the year ended 31 March 2015 were as follows: Mr Abdirizaq Mohedin Mr M Dahir Ms Hani Ahmed Sheikh Mr A Mohamed Mr A Mohamed Sheikh Mrs Faiza A Abdullahi Mr Mohamed Omar

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Statement of Trustees’ responsibilities in respect of the Trustees Annual report and the Financial Statements. The trustees (who are also directors of Somali Humanitarian Aid for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations. Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law, the trustees have elected to prepare financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). The financial statements are required by law to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;

observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;

make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in business.

The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements March differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

Chairman

A Mohedin

11 May 2015

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Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of SOMALI HUMANITARIAN AID for the period ending 31 March 2015

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts for the charity. The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charity Registration Act 2011 ( The Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:-

examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act; and

to follow the procedures laid down in general directions given by Charities Commission (under

section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act),

state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of independent examiner’s report

My examination was carried out taking into consideration general directions given by 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 the seeking of 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 I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts.

Independent examiner’s statement

In connection with my examination, I have reasonable cause to believe that (other than in relation to those matters disclosed in Part 2 below:-

(1) in all material respects the requirements:

to keep accounting records in accordance with regulations made under section 130 of the

Charities Act;

to prepare accounts in accordance with regulations made under section 11(1)(b) of the Act ;

have been met; and

(2) there are no material matters to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Mr Abubakar Hussein

Associate Financial Accountant

Optmark Accountants


London

SW16 6HE

11 May 2015

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Statement of Financial Activities (Incorporating an Income and Expenditure Account) For the year ended 31 March 2015

Unrestricted

Funds

Restricted

Funds

Total

Funds

Total

Funds

2015 2015 2015 2014

Note £ £ £ £

INCOMING RESOURCES

Voluntary Income:

Donations and gifts 27,875 - 27,875 58,700

Fund raising activities 3,459 3,600 7,059

Other income 1,850 - 1,850

Activities in furtherance of the charity's

objects: -

Project 2,500 - 2,500 11,250

TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES 2 35,684 3,600.00 39,284 69,950

RESOURCES EXPENDED

Cost of generating funds

Cost of generating voluntary income (3,957) - (3,957) (7,783)

Charitable activities

Community projects (22,204) - (22,204) (47,112)

Governance costs (9,722) - (9,722) (14,726)

TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED 3 (35,884) - (35,884) (69,621)

Net income -200 3,600 3,400 20,066

Funds brought forward 24,803 - 24,803 4,737

Net movement in funds and fund balances

carried forward at 31 May 2015 8 24,603 3,600 28,203 24,803

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Charity no 1094901

Balance Sheet As at 31 March 2015

For the year ending 31 March 2015 the company is entitled to exemption from audit under section 477(2) of the companies Act 2006.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.The directors acknowledge their responsibility for:

i. )ensuring the company keeps accounting records which comply with section 386; and ii. )preparing accounts which give true and fair view of the affairs of the company as at end of the

financial year, and of its profit or loss for the year, in accordance with requirement of section 393, and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the companies Act relating to accounts, so far is applicable to the company. These accounts have been prepared in accordance with provisions applicable to Companies subject to small Companies regime.

The accounts were authorised and approved by the Directors on 11 May 2015 and were signed on their behalf by:

Chairman

A Mohedin

2015 2014

Notes £ £

Fixed Assets 5 907 2,219

Current Assets

Debtors

Cash at bank and in hand 8,937 3,635

6 9,844 5,854

Current Liabilities

Creditors amounts falling due within one year 7 (1,378) (788)

Total assets less current liabilities 8,466 5,067

Financed by:

Unrestricted Funds 8,466 5,067

Restricted Funds - -

9 8,466 5,067

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Notes to the accounts For the year ended 31 March 2015

1. Accounting policies

Basis of preparation The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP), “Accounting and Reporting by Charities” (2005), the Companies Act 2006 and applicable United Kingdom accounting standards.

Cash flow statement

Under Financial Reporting Standard (FRS) 1 the Charity is exempt from the requirement to prepare a cash flow statement on the grounds that a parent undertaking includes the Charity in its own published consolidated financial statements.

Fund accounting General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the Charity and which have not been designated for other purposes.

Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors or which have been raised by the Charity for particular purposes. The costs of raising and administering such funds are charged against the specific fund. The aim and use of each restricted fund is set out in Note 2.

Investment income and gains are allocated to the appropriate fund.

Incoming resources All incoming resources are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) when the Charity is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. The donation income where related to performance and specific deliverables are accounted for as the Charity earns the right to consideration by its performance. Where income is received in advance of entitlement, its recognition is deferred and included in creditors. Where entitlement occurs before income being received, the income is accrued.

Resources expended All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resource

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1. Accounting policies (Continued) Community project costs are those costs incurred directly in support of the objects of the Charity. The community project costs include other support costs incurred in support of the objects of the Charity. Governance costs are those incurred in connection with governance arrangement of the Charity, which relate to the general running of the Charity and compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements. The basis of allocation for support costs and governance costs has been explained in Note 3.

2. Total Incoming Resources

3. Resources Expended

4. Trustees’ Remuneration The trustees received £0 as salary providing management service. The Trustee mostly work on voluntary basis and the amount received as salary is much subsidised to support the operations of the charity. No out of pocket expenses were paid during the year.

2015 2014

Voluntary Income £ £

Unrestricted Income

Donations 27,875 58,700

Donations-Ernest Cook Trust 2,500 -

Fund Raising activities 3,459 -

Other income 1,850 11,250

35,684 69,950

Restricted Income

2015 214

£ £

Donation and events 3,600 -

Sub total 3,600 -

Total Incoming Resources 39,284 69,950

Direct Support 2015 2014

Cost Costs Total Total

£ £ £ £

Cost of generating funds 3,957 - 3,957 7,783

Charitable costs 22,204 - 22,204 47,112

Governance costs - 9,722 9,722 14,726

26,162 9,722 35,884 69,621

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Employee Information During the period from 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015, the average monthly number of employees of the company was as follows:

5. Fixed Assets

2015 2014

No. No.

Community Projects 3 3

Management and Administration 1 1

4 4

2015 2014

£ £

Wages and salaries 0 0

0 0

2015 2014

£ £

Cost

At 1st June 5,247 5,247

Additions - -

At 31 May 5,247 5,247

Depreciations

At 1st June 3,028 1,716

Charge for the year 1,312 1,312

At 31 May 4,340 3,028

Net Book Value 907 2,219

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6. Current assets

7. CREDITORS: amounts falling due within one year

8. Statement of Funds

Debtors 2015 2014

£ £

Other debtors(unpaid fees) 0 0

0 0

CASH IN BANK & HAND

2015 2014

£ £

As at 31 May 2015 8,937 3,635

8,937 3,635

2015 2014

£ £

Accruals and deferred income (1,378) (788)

(1,378) (788)

Bal b/f Income Expenditure 2015 2014

Unrestricted Funds £ £ £ £ £

Current year movement 5,066 39,284 (35,884) 8,466 4,737

Restricted funds:

Current year movement - - - - -

Total funds 5,066 39,284 (35,884) 8,466 4,737

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. 9. Analysis of Net Assets between Funds

Fund balances at 31 March 2015 are represented by:

10. Taxation

Somali Humanitarian Aid is a registered charity and is thus exempt from taxation of its income and gains falling within Section 505 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 or Section 256 of the taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that they are applied.

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Funds

Restricted

Funds 2015 2014

£ £ £ £

Current assets 9,844 - 9,844 5,853

Current liabilities (1,378) - (1,378) (788)

Total net assets 8,466 - 8,466 5,066

Chairman’s Report

I warmly welcome you to our a nnual Report on 2014/2015. SHA has been actively serving our community groups for over ten years. In this short time scale we have successfully managed to support a number of organisations and forge positive and active partnerships. Our community has suffered disadvantage and exclusion for far too long and now the time has come for a positive change and recognition for the efforts and dedication given by our

community. With the support of statutory and voluntary sector organisations we can make that positive change that has been awaited for decades.

Somali Humanitarian Aid exists to facilitate and to provide access to information and resources and build the capacity of organization, to enable to provide a more effective, efficient and

culturally appropriate service for the community. Since its inception Somali Humanitarian Aid has been steadily growing and improving in terms of people who access services, increase in the number of people who would like to do volunteer work; and its capacity to deliver value for money to the community.

Somali Humanitarian Aid is concerned that women and children in labour who are affected by conflicts were forced into the cheap labour markets to provide sustenance for themselves and their families.

SHA is actively operating in Somalia by building capacity, peace building in conducting seminars for FGM for Somali girls, to eliminate the bad culture of using Pharonic culture for FGM, we made big lobbying to Somali Federal Government.

Somali Humanitarian Aid future projects in Somalia will target the needs of displaced and disabled people, disadvantaged children and women. This, I hope, will provide further opportunities for us to help and support people in need.

To build affordable house for displaced people and Somali refugees from Kenya and other neighbouring countries, we have new technology and expert to help us in building affordable house for displaced and refugees people from neighbouring countries.

Somali Humanitarian Aid is an ambitious organization and needs all your support and ideas, so

that it can deliver and benefit those unidentified by the system, in the UK, and Somalia. We believe we can make a positive change amongst in our community here in UK and in Somalia, but we cannot do this single-handed. For this we ask for your support.

Last but not least, I would like to thank all members’ contribution and local business people have contributed financial support

Abdirizaq Mohedin Chairperson

Mission Statements To relieve poverty, sickness, distress and to advance education of the Somali community in Somalia and in

the U.K, particularly in the borough of Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham to be able to access services but also to make benefits available to minority group in the area and in the Somalia and in greater London.

Vision Statement

To be able to acquire adequate knowledge and skill so as to become authority in dispensing training and

counseling to affected by civil strife or domestic misfortunate.

Disadvantage Community Somali live at the periphery and are isolated, living in social exclusion from wider community and society. The community is characterized by all the indicators of a multiple deprived community: high unemployment rate, low income; high illiteracy rate; poor housing; ill health; high rate of lone parents and total dependency on the benefit system. One can be cynical, believing that the

future holds little prospect for change for the better, considering the numerous problems and the complexity of the issued facing the community.

Among the ethnic minority groups, the Somali are the most disadvantaged and are at the

bottom of the socio – economic ladder, the lowest of the low. Over the years the statutory bodies and voluntary agencies have ignored the needs of the Somali Community. At present services

provided to Somali are not recorded and monitored as a separate group as the case is for

Pakistanis and Bangladeshis. Unfortunately they are mixed and diluted with other groups, considering them as Black African, and sometimes other categories.

Somali Humanitarian Aid has been established to address issues of social exclusion and disadvantage we started in 02/12/2002 and have since been expanding our activities and services to community groups. These include refugees or asylum seeker groups who need our support in facing the challenges of living in today's British society. Furthermore we initiated contacts with organizations in Somalia who will be our partners in development. SHA has now set up an office in Mogadishu and plans to deliver

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF SHA

SOMALI HUMANITARIAN AID UK HAS THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPAL AIMS:

To promote all or any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community within the

Area Objectives of Benefit and in particular the advancement of education and training, the improvement of health and the relief of poverty, social exclusion, distress and sickness.

To promote the development and sustainability of a coordinated network with other

community based organizations working to improve the wellbeing of Somali peoples and other small minority groups.

To provide professional support and training to committee members, staff and volunteers and other community groups representing the interests of the Somali community.

To develop resources and identify opportunities for growth and development for Somali Humanitarian Aid.

To provide training and awareness of training opportunities for the staff and volunteers

and members of the Somali community in all aspects of organizational development including fund-raising.

To promote a positive and constructive attitude to the participation of women in the management of the organizations we work with.

To promote and represent at policy and strategy level the interests of Somali Humanitarian Aid.

COMMUNITY ADVOCACY

Somali Humanitarian Aid (SHA) has provided and is committed to Community advocacy;

guidance, support and interpreting in the following areas:-

SHA equal opportunities Statement

SHA is committed to the policy of equal opportunities for all members of its communities,

regardless of county of origin, gender race, sexual orientation, religious beliefs and disabilities. SHA strives to serve all young and old members of the Somali communities and migrants without any form of discrimination. SHA recruitment and development of staff including volunteers is underpinned by the culture of meritocracy; all persons seeking services or employment are

treated with fairness and consideration for individuals’ circumstances. TRAINING

We have worked with 6 Colleges in London which provide training for Health and Social care, and English entry one, and two through UK Online and IT, ESOL class for adult and young people, we refer candidate want to engage education or training to local college which are associated with our organization, we also accommodate the community to have training for mothers who want to

become child-minder, and those who want to work childcare centers.

OFFICE: -

209 Clapham Rd, London SW9 9AU, TEL: 020 30048050

Our Offices are located on Clapham Road, which is very accessible by bus train or Stockwell underground station.

Our Partners AND Networking groups SOMALI HUMANITARIAN AID IS GRATEFUL TO THE SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE FOLLOWING:

LVAC LAMBETH VOLUNTARY ACTION GROUP

Nationwide Foundation

BEST FRIENDS

MEMBERS OF SHA

KIARA COLLEGE

TV, Edwards firm

During the year, the work of Somali Humanitarian Aid (UK) was made possible with the financial support of the following:

Shabeele Enterprise

ltd SHA members Bakal Enterprise ltd

Hormud Foundation

Nationwide foundation

The above lists do not include the number of individuals who generously gave their time, money and other form of support during the year.

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