The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Somali Community Parents Association (Socopa)

Registered charity 1152565 CIO Registered since 2013

Operates: Leicester City

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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.

4 trustees on the board

0y median 0y
average tenure
0y
longest tenure
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trustees past 6 years
0.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

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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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£167k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
26%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.socopa.org.uk
EmailSOCOPA@HOTMAIL.CO.UK
Phone01162628632
Address19 Brunswick Street, Leicester, Leicester, LE1 2LP

Finances

£167,469 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£114,428£65,747
2022£94,204£74,332
2023£80,770£97,816
2024£115,066£110,634
2025£167,469£162,920

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefAccommodation/housingEconomic/community Development/employmentRecreation

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable 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.

Governing document: CIO - Association Registered 24 Jun 2013

Trustees (4)

4trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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