Somali Advice Link

Analysis

Somali Advice Link is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ardwick. It was registered in April 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Somali Advice Link reported income of £74k and spending of £100k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £153k to £74k (-52%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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 Advice Link sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Merchant Navy Association (£74k), Each:international Association for Communication in Healthcare (£74k) and Book Banks (£74k).