Registered charity 1057081

Somali Progressive Association

What it does

Provides advice, support, advocacy to Somali people in Cardiff and Vale. The Association runs projects promoting take up of services and provides bilingual staff where possible. The Association with statutory and voluntary sectors to provide service in partnerships.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Its charitable purposes

1)TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SOMALI COMMUNITY, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THOSE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE. 2) TO RELEIVE THE MEMBERS OF THE SOMALI COMMUNITY WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY PROVISION OF AN ADVICE AND INFORMATION SERVICE. 3) TO WORK TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AND TO PROMOTE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND GOOD RELATION BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS GENERALLY AND PARTICULARLY THOSE OF SOMALI ORIGIN AND OTHER INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT: FOR FULL DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 2

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: General charitable purposes
Education and training
Preventing or relieving poverty
Economic and community development, and employment
Who it helps: Children and young people
Older people
Disabled people
People of a particular ethnic or racial origin
How it works: Provides advocacy, advice or information

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

In Wales

Cardiff
Vale of Glamorgan

Area of benefit in its governing document: County of South Glamorgan

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £924 and spent £817.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
31 March 2025	£924	£817	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2024	£924	£824	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2023	£977	£993	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2022	£983	£1,026	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2021	£823	£963	Not reported	Not reported

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Financial position

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time: Up 12%, from £823 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £924 in the year to 31 March 2025.
Spending against income: It spent 88% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 2 grants to this charity since 2010, worth at least £31,000.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Grants awarded, newest first
Awarded	Grant	Amount
28 Mar 2013	Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and WalesGrant to Somali Progressive Association	£15,000
17 Dec 2010	Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and WalesGrant to Somali Progressive Association	£16,000

Trustees

8 trustees run the charity.

Abdirahman Ahmed AwedChair
Abdikarim Abdi AdanAppointed 21 May 1998
Ali Mohamed
Elmi Peter
Faisa Saleh
Hussein Abdi Noor
Matthew John PhillipsAppointed 21 May 2020
Mohamed Ali Noor

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Filing record

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 1 arrived by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
31 March 2025	31 January 2026	Received 9 January 2026, 22 days early	Not required
31 March 2024	31 January 2025	Received 3 February 2025, 3 days late	Not required
31 March 2023	31 January 2024	Received 14 February 2024, 14 days late	Not required
31 March 2022	31 January 2023	Received 14 February 2024, 379 days late	Not required
31 March 2021	31 January 2022	Received 14 February 2024, 744 days late	Not required

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

About this charity

Charity number: 1057081
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 24 July 1996
Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 17 APRIL 1991 AS AMENDED 15 SEPTEMBER 2002.
Website: www.spawales.orgAs the charity gave it on the register.
Council area of its contact address: Cardiff

Sources

Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.

Elsewhere in the Edau family

Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

31 March 2025

£924

£817

Not reported

31 March 2024

£924

£824

Not reported

31 March 2023

£977

£993

Not reported

31 March 2022

£983

£1,026

Not reported

31 March 2021

£823

£963

Not reported

Awarded

Grant

Amount

28 Mar 2013

Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and WalesGrant to Somali Progressive Association

£15,000

17 Dec 2010

Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and WalesGrant to Somali Progressive Association

£16,000

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 March 2025

31 January 2026

Received 9 January 2026, 22 days early

Not required

31 March 2024

31 January 2025

Received 3 February 2025, 3 days late

Not required

31 March 2023

31 January 2024

Received 14 February 2024, 14 days late

Not required

31 March 2022

31 January 2023

Received 14 February 2024, 379 days late

Not required

31 March 2021

31 January 2022

Received 14 February 2024, 744 days late

Not required