Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 5
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

SOMALI COMMUNITY PARENTS ASSOCIATION (SOCOPA) 

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
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 11 years

www.socopa.org.uk

SOCOPA@HOTMAIL.CO.UK

01162628632

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£81£98£-17n/an/an/an/an/a13
31/03/22£94£74£20n/an/an/an/an/a11
31/03/21£114£66£49n/an/an/an/an/a11
31/03/20£56£51£4n/an/an/an/an/a11
31/03/19£59£59£1n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/03/18£42£58£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£56£28£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£20£46£-26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£33£46£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£36£63£-27£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • Recreation
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Leicester City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 13 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
BBC Children in Need£66,566
DCMS£35,052
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
Sport England£10,000
Tudor Trust£2,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - SOCOPA Access for Young People
£10,000 19/08/2022
The funding will be used to provide a range of support activities for young people aged 7 -17 especially those from low income households. These will include sport sessions homework support and ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Somali Community Parents Association (SOCOPA)
£66,566 09/09/2020
12
COVID19 - This project will deliver a youth club, extended homework club and trips in school holidays for Somali young people living in an area of high deprivation, isolated due to Covid-19. Outcomes ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,000 03/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£22,189 01/07/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£4,863 26/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Somali Community Parents Association (SOCOPA)
£2,000 05/09/2019
over one year towards activities at an organisation supporting Somali families in Leicester
Sport England - COVID-19 Small Grants Repurposing
£10,000 24/05/2019
15
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 Small Grants Repurposing. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries from ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Space 4 All
£9,988 15/03/2019
12
This funding will be used to provide a range of support services to members of the Somalian community. The project aims to improve people's quality of life by providing advice and support and ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Somali Community Parents Association
£10,000 08/06/2017
12
towards one year's running costs of a project providing English language support, drop in advice sessions and after school classes for the Somali community in Leicester
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Somali Community Parents Association (SOCOPA)
£49,800 16/03/2017
Leicester Young Ecology Adventurers
National Lottery Community Fund - Move on Education
£9,978 01/02/2017
12
The project will provide professional tutors and support teachers to teach English and maths classes to Somali children and young people. This will help the children to access extra-curricular ....more
Sport England - Get Fit
£10,000 13/12/2016
13
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Get Fit'. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries from a BAME background.
Sport England - Get Fit
£10,000 13/12/2016
12
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Get Fit. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries from a BAME background.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Somali Community Parents Association
£20,000 28/09/2012
the salary of the Chief Executive
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/06/2013, number: 1152565
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Investing charity funds 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
Filing Record
10 returns made; all on time
Main office

19 Brunswick Street
Leicester
Leicester
LE1 2LP

Objectives

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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE AND PEOPLE LIVING IN SOMALIA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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