Registered charity (CIO) · Bristol
Southmead Somali Association
Southmead Somali Association is a registered charity (number 1204326) based in Bristol, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Mahamed Dalal since 2023. Latest income £8k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £8k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
Network
The large node is Southmead Somali Association. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Sign in free to explore further.
Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works
About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Bath And North East Somerset, Bristol City, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire
- Website
- southmeadsomaliassociation.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2023
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£8k£12k
- 2024£15k£8k
Income trend, 2024 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF SOUTHMEAD AND THE WIDER WEST OF ENGLAND REGION IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES, IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.2. THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT OF THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND IN PARTICULAR SOUTHMEAD AND THE WIDER WEST OF ENGLAND REGION, BY THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL AND SKILLS TRAINING, ADVICE AND SUPPORT.3. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY
Grants received
4 grants · £15,450 total360Giving 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
- Quartet Community Foundation · £12,700 (3 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £2,750
Most recent
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Mahamed Dalal Chair since 2023
- Abdirashid Harun Jaylani since 2022
- Ayan Abokar Abdi since 2026
- Farhan Abdilah Hanfi since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Mahamed Dalal Chair since 2023
- Abdirashid Harun Jaylani since 2022
- Ayan Abokar Abdi since 2026
- Farhan Abdilah Hanfi since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Narrow spread of causes across 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1204326
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 11 Aug 2023
- Contact on the register
- 01173820086 · info@southmeadsomaliassociation.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data