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Merseyside Somali and Community Association

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1043679LiverpoolDisability
Income£92k2025-03-31
Spending£80ksame year
Spent / received141%5-year average
Size in its cause65th pctDisability
Registered1995Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Merseyside Somali and Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in January 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Merseyside Somali and Community Association reported income of £92k and spending of £80k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £136k to £92k (-32%), an average of -9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 141% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Merseyside Somali and Community Association sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sayaban Welfare Trust (£92k), Nour Al-Sham Foundation (£93k) and Al Sharif Children's Education and Welfare Trust (£92k).

Income and spending

£0£49k£97k£146k£194k2021 Income: £136,3212021 Spending: £194,01120212022 Income: £125,2632022 Spending: £172,15120222023 Income: £95,6312023 Spending: £150,88720232024 Income: £71,5842024 Spending: £138,63320242025 Income: £92,4552025 Spending: £80,2862025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

-We provide a community centre that is open 12 hours per day, 7 day week-Lunch club for the elders serving a daily average of 10 breakfasts, 20 lunches and innumerable hot drinks-Advice sessions on: Welfare rights, Health and drugs, Benefits, Jobs and training and Housing.-an advocacy and interpreting service for dealing with the authorities

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Sayaban Welfare TrustLeicester£92k
Nour Al-Sham FoundationBirmingham£93k
Al Sharif Children's Education and Welfare TrustBirmingham£92k
Devizes and District FoodbankDevizes£93k