Somali Community Development Trust

Analysis

Somali Community Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05320249). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Somali Community Development Trust reported income of £18k and spending of £21k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £29k to £18k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 160%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Somali Community Development Trust sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Share Shrewsbury (£18k), The Church of David (£18k) and Rotary Club of Ashburton and Buckfastleigh Trust Fund (£18k).