Huda Community Association (Hca)
Charity 1114798
Overview
Summary
Huda Community Association appears to function as a culturally specific community anchor for Somali people in Birmingham and the surrounding West Midlands. Its role seems to extend beyond discrete classes or activities: it combines youth development, family support, cultural connection, education and sport within a single trusted setting. The evidence suggests an organisation whose value may lie in linking everyday community needs with advice, learning and participation, though its partnerships, scale and outcomes remain unclear.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Newtown
Confidence: high
The charity's current 2025 trustees' report states that it runs Huda Community Centre in Newtown and describes the centre as established to serve the local community. The organisation's current website also identifies the centre as being in Newtown.
- Huda Community Association, Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
The trustees' report says that the charity runs Huda Community Centre, situated in Newtown in north inner-city Birmingham, to meet local religious, educational, social and cultural needs; it lists prayer services, classes, youth activities, workshops and community engagement. - Huda Centre official website
The website states that Huda Community Centre is in Newtown, Birmingham, and presents weekly classes, education, counselling, tuition, marriage services and community events as its programmes.
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission currently records Birmingham City as the area where the charity operates, while its general activity description refers to services for the Somali community in the West Midlands. Neither source identifies current delivery sites or regular services elsewhere in Birmingham or the wider region.
- The 2025 trustees' report records engagement with Aston Villa Foundation, local police and a Lozells councillor, and an Aston Villa FC grant, but does not show that these relationships create a continuing service-delivery presence outside the Newtown centre.
- The evidence supports a Newtown-centred, neighbourhood operational identity. It does not establish whether people travelling from elsewhere in Birmingham are a substantial part of current service use.
Additional evidence needed
- A current programme timetable or annual report identifying the locations of youth activities, outdoor retreats, workshops, tuition and counselling sessions.
- Current project or partnership documentation from HCA, Aston Villa Foundation or other named partners showing whether services are delivered jointly at sites beyond Huda Community Centre.
- Non-identifying service-user or outreach data showing whether HCA actively delivers services across Birmingham or primarily serves people attending its Newtown centre.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- Religious Activities
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who they help
- Children/young People
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A multi-purpose community anchor
The association appears to use a broad mix of practical, educational, cultural and recreational activity to support community wellbeing rather than treating these as separate needs.
Why it matters
This suggests its role may be to provide an accessible point of connection for Somali families, where support with education or family issues can sit alongside cultural and social participation.
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“Provides workshops for women and young people, cultural and social activities, sport activities, counselling and guidance, homework clubs and supplementary classes.”
Source:Organisation“Its objects include advancing education and providing recreation or leisure facilities to improve conditions of life.”
Source:Charity Commission
Youth support appears to be a central route to wider community benefit
Children and young people appear to be a primary focus, with education and sport used as complementary ways of supporting participation, development and connection.
Why it matters
This may position the association as an important bridge between young people’s learning needs, leisure opportunities and family or cultural networks.
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“Provides workshops for young people, sport activities for children and youth, homework clubs and supplementary classes.”
Source:Organisation“The charity helps children and young people.”
Source:Charity Commission
Cultural specificity may be part of its operating strength
The association appears designed around the Somali community rather than offering generic services to a broad population. Its cultural and social activities may therefore be integral to trust, relevance and engagement, not an additional feature.
Why it matters
Understanding this distinction is important when considering possible collaborators: organisations with specialist education, health or advice services may benefit from working through a culturally rooted community connector.
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“Its objects promote the benefit of members of the Somali community within Birmingham and surrounding areas.”
Source:Charity Commission“Provides cultural and social activities for the Somali community in the West Midlands.”
Source:Organisation
- It is unclear whether services are delivered directly by the association, through volunteers, or with partner organisations.
- There is no evidence about geographic reach, numbers supported, service frequency or outcomes.
- The relationship between Huda Centre and WMSA is not explained.
Remaining uncertainties
- Information on delivery locations, staffing, volunteers, referral routes and partner organisations.
- Recent service data and beneficiary feedback, particularly on education, family guidance and youth activities.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
HUDA CENTRE AND WMSA provides a variety of services to Somali community in West Midlands including workshops for women and young people, Cultural and social activities, sport activities for children and youth, counselling and guidance on education and family issues, homework clubs and supplementary classes.
Charity objects
TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF MEMBERS OF THE SOMALI COMMUNITY WITHIN BIRMINGHAM AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER LOCAL AUTHORITIES, NATIONAL AND VOLUNTARY BODIES AND SAID INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR SAID PERSONS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.