Registered charity (CIO) · London
Britsom
Britsom is a registered charity (number 1196492) based in London, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Mohamed ALI since 2021. Latest income £205k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £205k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 2 more
- Where
- Throughout London
- Website
- www.britsom.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2021
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£205k£216k
- 2024£174k£168k
- 2023£151k£165k
Income trend, 2023 to 2025.
Charitable objects
(1) THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM IN PARTICULAR WITHIN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BARNET, PRIMARILY FOR THOSE INHABITANTS WHO ARE OF SOMALI ORIGIN NOW LIVING HERE AND ANYONE WHO IS RELATED TO SUCH PERSONS TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE POVERTY. (2) TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR THOSE WHO ARE OF SOMALI OR BAME ORIGIN NOW LIVING IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BARNET AND THROUGHOUT LONDON, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. (3) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, PARTICULARLY TO PERSONS WHO ARE OF SOMALI OR BAME ORIGIN, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.
Grants received
19 grants · £733,343 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £311,213 (6 grants)
- John Lyon's Charity · £268,000 (4 grants)
- Trust for London · £65,000 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £30,000 (2 grants)
- Sport England · £28,196 (3 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
4 trustees on the board
- Mohamed ALI Chair since 2021
- Amina Abdalla since 2021
- Mulki Bashir since 2021
- Madina Mire since 2021
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Amina Abdalla since 2021
- Mulki Bashir since 2021
- Madina Mire since 2021
Portfolio (1)
- Mohamed ALI Chair since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1196492
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION CONVERSIONDATED 20 OCT 2025
- Contact on the register
- 02089068238 · info@britsom.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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