SOMALI COMMUNITY PARENTS ASSOCIATION (SOCOPA)

Registered charity 1152565 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide community based services in the area of:-Study supportDrop in sessionBilingual supportCreative English for adultsInformation advice and Guidance (IAG)Job clubVolunteering Leisure activitiesParenting skills

Objects

FOR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR PEOPLE PRIMARILY FROM SOMALIA NOW LIVING IN THE PARTICULARLY LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE AND PEOPLE LIVING IN SOMALIA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A)THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION;(B)THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL NEED, UNEMPLOYMENT AND SICKNESS:AND(C)THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE AND PEOPLE LIVING IN SOMALIA

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £75,628, which falls below the trustees' stated policy target of £65,000 to £129,000 (six to twelve months of operating costs). The trustees consider the charity to be in a strong position to continue its activities, relying on donations and grants to meet future expenditure.

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 4 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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (28/02/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jama Mohamoud Bsc Hons.chair
• Farhan Ali
• Sadiya Ismail Sheikh Mohamed
• Zuheb Mukhtar

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

Operates in: Leicester City

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).