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Registered charity · Coventry

Somali Cultural Resource Centre

Somali Cultural Resource Centre is a registered charity (number 1120160) based in Coventry, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Hassan Kassim Fidow. Latest income £4k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £4k (2025)
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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief and 2 more
Where
Coventry City, Somalia
Website
www.somcul.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2007

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£4k£9k
  • 2024£24k£19k
  • 2023£15k£17k
Earlier years
  • 2022£26k£38k
  • 2021£41k£40k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE SOMALI COMMUNITY WITHIN COVENTRY AND THEIR DEPENDANTS IN NEED THEREOF, SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY.2) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN COVENTRY AND IN PARTICULAR BY NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE SOMALI COMMUNITY, FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE.3) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOMALI COMMUNITY IN COVENTRY, BY THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL AND SKILLS TRAINING, ADVICE AND SUPPORT.4) THE PROMOTION OF RACIAL HARMONY IN COVENTRY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS, AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BETWEEN PERSONS FROM SOMALIA LIVING IN COVENTRY AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY.5) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS, AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN SOMALIA.

Grants received

9 grants · £149,610 total

360Giving 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

  • BBC Children in Need · £73,037 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £63,473 (5 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £13,100 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £18,6912026-02-16
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,6502024-03-22
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,9822021-06-29
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £9,5002020-08-03
  • BBC Children in Need £3,6002020-06-17
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.

1y median 1y
average tenure
1y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
0.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 4General Charitable Purposes 4The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
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incomespending£24k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1120160
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 5 JUNE 2004 AS AMENDED 1 APRIL 2006 AND 16 JUNE 2007.
Contact on the register
07944518241 · h.fidow@somcul.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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