BRISTOL SOMALI CENTRE

Registered charity 1129083 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We work to support the Somali community in Bristol.

Objects

A THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE MUSLIM FAITHB THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAININGC THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLICD THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND SICKNESSE THE PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH; ANDF THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £2,834 for the year ended 7th March 2025, resulting in net assets of £162,089. The trustees express confidence in the charity's future, citing specific commitments from members to fund monthly bank repayments. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties disclosed.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 07/03/2024 (received 06/11/2025, 303 days after the 07/01/2025 due date); year ending 07/03/2023 (received 01/03/2024, 54 days after the 07/01/2024 due date); year ending 07/03/2022 (received 23/10/2023, 289 days after the 07/01/2023 due date); year ending 07/03/2021 (received 15/09/2022, 251 days after the 07/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MR YUSEFchair
• Abdullahi Ali
• MR SHIRWA

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AL-BASEERA BRISTOL CENTRE.

• AL-BASEERA BRISTOL CENTRE income £150k
• COUNCIL OF SOMALI ORGANISATIONS income £135k
• BRISTOL SOMALI RESOURCE CENTRE (BSRC) income £400k
• British Somali Community Centre income £261k
• LAMBETH SOMALI COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £116k
• COVENTRY SOMALI MUSLIM COMMUNITY TRUST income £178k

Side by side with its peers

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