Islington Somali Community

Analysis

Islington Somali Community is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06495712). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Islington Somali Community reported income of £147k and spending of £144k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £108k to £147k (+36%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Islington Somali Community sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Harvest Centre (£147k), Bassuah Legacy Foundation (£147k) and The Parochial Church Council for the Ecclesiastical Parish of the Octagon (£146k).