Albilaadi Community And Education Centre Limited
Charity 1173931
Overview
Summary
Albilaadi Community And Education Centre appears to be a diaspora-connected charity using faith-informed fundraising and sponsorship to link donors in the UK with poverty-relief and education activity focused largely on Somalia. Its stated local-community role is broader than the visible programme evidence, which is dominated by emergency food, orphan support and child education appeals. Education appears to be its intended long-term route out of poverty, while seasonal giving campaigns provide a prominent practical funding mechanism.
Operational geography
Coverage: International
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission currently records Birmingham City among the places where the charity operates, which is direct evidence of a Birmingham-wide declared operating area. However, it does not identify any Birmingham service, venue, ward, beneficiary group or delivery partner.
- No evidence supports assigning activity to any supplied Birmingham ward or to the recognised City Centre place. It would therefore be inappropriate to infer a neighbourhood, district or city-centre operational location.
- The organisation's website describes work across Somalia and the UK, principally poverty relief, Ramadan food support, orphan sponsorship and education. Its geographically specific website material concerns Barawa, Somalia and is dated 2023; it does not substantiate current delivery in Birmingham.
- The charity's registered and company-office address is not in Birmingham and should not be treated as a Birmingham operational site. The Charity Commission also records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.
- The available 2024 trustees' report identifies educational support services as the principal activity and records UK-wide income, but does not specify where services or projects were delivered. The 2025 reporting data show very low income and expenditure, increasing uncertainty about the scale and current form of activity.
- No material Birmingham partnerships, subsidiary operations or physical service sites were identified in the official sources consulted.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual report or project update that names Birmingham programmes, delivery locations and dates.
- Evidence of any Birmingham venues used for advice, education, workshops, community activity or distribution.
- Current information from the organisation identifying Birmingham delivery partners and the areas in which joint activity takes place.
- Evidence distinguishing direct delivery in Birmingham from fundraising, administration, remote support or historic activity.
Areas of work
- Disability
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- Recreation
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
How they help
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
Education is framed as a long-term poverty strategy
The organisation appears to treat education not as a separate service but as its principal route to household and community self-sufficiency, alongside immediate charitable relief.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish a charity seeking to combine crisis response with longer-term social mobility from one focused solely on humanitarian aid.
Show evidence
“Education is described as the heart of the charity's work and as a way out of poverty and a route to self-sustainability.”
Source:Organisation“Its objects include advancing education and training and relieving unemployment to improve conditions of life.”
Source:Charity Commission
A transnational model may connect UK civic life with Somali need
The charity appears to operate across, or at least mobilise support across, a UK–Somalia connection: its objects include hardship relief in Somalia, while its mission refers to disadvantaged communities in Somalia and the UK.
Why it matters
This suggests its relationships, legitimacy and fundraising may depend on diaspora networks rather than a single local service area.
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“One object is to relieve financial hardship of peoples in Somalia through grants of money and services.”
Source:Charity Commission“Its mission refers to vulnerable orphan children and youth in disadvantaged communities across Somalia and the UK.”
Source:Organisation
Seasonal faith-based appeals appear to be a major delivery and fundraising mechanism
Ramadan, Eid, zakat and Udhiyah campaigns appear to organise much of the charity's visible public activity, potentially concentrating support around culturally significant giving periods and urgent food need.
Why it matters
This may shape when resources arrive, which needs are most visible and which community relationships are most important to the organisation.
Show evidence
“The programme overview includes Ramadan and Iftar, Eid gifts, Udhiyah, voluntary charity and zakat.”
Source:Organisation“The website lists fundraising causes for Ramadan food packs, Zakat al-Fitr, Eid gifts and Udhiyah.”
Source:Organisation
- There is no evidence of the scale, location or continuity of UK-based services.
- It is unclear whether programmes are delivered directly in Somalia or through local partners.
- The evidence does not show beneficiary numbers, governance relationships or outcomes.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports and accounts showing expenditure by programme and country.
- Information on delivery partners, local staff or community organisations in Somalia and the UK.
- Outcome evidence for education sponsorship, grants and health advice activity.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
We are a team of passionate and dadicated workers,? striving to create lasting, sustainable change in the lives of those in the region as well as helping those further away. Our aim is to bring hope and empowerment to generations of children and entire communities and also make ACAEC the focal point within community
Charity objects
THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE: 4.1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROVISION OF SUCH SERVICES, FACILITIES OR FUNDING AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME DETERMINE. 4.2. TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OF PEOPLES IN SOMALI THROUGH PROVISION OF GRANTS OF MONEY AND SERVICES 4.3. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE 4.4. TO PRESERVE AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, GUIDANCE AND SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS