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QUEENS PARK BANGLADESH ASSOCIATION Registered Charity No. 1033590
| CONTENTS Report of the Management Committees Year 21/22 Overview/Highlights Account Report Aims & Objective Income & Expenditure Account Account Report |
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Chair’s Statement
With life slowly going back to normality after the development of Coronavirus (Covid-19), this past year has seen us responding to fresh layers of challenge, uncertainty and an ever-increasing demand for our services. This reality makes the work of the organisation more important than ever. Remarkably we have come through the crisis in much better shape than we went into it. And we have renewed our ways of working and made the whole organisation more efficient. We have a strong base for growing and reinvention of our projects means we have been able to combine the best of our previous ways with our new and innovative ways of providing our services.
Looking back on the 12 months, I am exceptionally proud of all of our staffs, volunteers and members for so many fantastic achievements. As ever, I am committed to helping our community, build our capacity, and strengthen our organisation. We are enormously grateful of our longstanding relationships with many organisations, especially People’s Health Trust which in the last few years has supported our neighbourhood in building connections between local people, addressing health and wellbeing. I would like to thank John Lyon’s Charity for their continued support as well as BME Health Forum. We also like to thank Westminster City Council for supporting and valuing our work. QPBA has always been committed to making a positive difference in the lives of the local ethnic minority groups through our services. Our projects would not have happened without the combination of skills and resources of our partners. All our projects have been very well managed, this has only been possible through hard work and total commitment of our users, and I thank them all.
We have an excellent senior management committee, who bring a tremendous range of skills and diverse experience. It makes for a firm governance base for the charity. My sincere thanks go to our valuable funders, donors, supporters and all our staff & volunteers. Without them, we could not achieve what we do. I hope that with their continued assistance, we will be able to carry on to deliver projects and services beneficial for our community. I also thank all the volunteers for their time and effort in making all our programmes, events and projects successful. I look forward to seeing what exciting initiatives we can develop in future years’.
General Secretary’s Statement
‘So much has changed over the year, yet the principles remain the same within our work. We believe in people and their in-built abilities. Some of our most incredible successes over the year have been led by people who’d previously not been given the opportunity to succeed. And we continue to be a grassroots charity working flat out to deliver services and create opportunities in an area of high multiple deprivation. We see the impact of austerity, poverty and disadvantage on people’s lives every day.
The levels of mental ill-health and loneliness are rampant, and QPBA approach goes to the heart of the problem through its unique mix of connecting people with each other and supporting them with the downto-earth practical help they need. It has been greatly rewarding to see the impact our projects are already having in the Queen’s Park Ward and further afield. At a time when a rise in loneliness and youth violence is dominating headlines and services are being cut, it is sadly little exaggeration to speak of the importance of our programmes as a positive influence on some much challenged lives.
I hope that our association inspires our many diverse communities to work together, and I believe we are an organisation that offers services and prospects to the whole community.’
Management Committee’s Statement
‘We would like to thank all our dedicated staff team and supporters for their contribution which made it possible to keep our service. We are very grateful for all support given by charities trusts, foundations, individuals and businesses. We thank them for all they do to improve the lives of our neighbourhood’
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Annual Account Report
‘it is our privilege to present to you the financial statements for the year ending 31[st] March 2022. Having faced extremely challenging times we managed to make QPBA stronger. We have secured a few funding streams to provide our community support. We hope to become stronger in the coming financial year and increase our capacity and continue our services. I would like to express my thanks to all of our funders, donors and supporters who have helped us much with the grants they have given during this successful year.’
The key features of our financial activities for the year 2021 – 2022 are:
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THE TOTAL INCOME IN 2021 – 2022 AMOUNTED TO £ 57,011 COMPARED TO £ 56,554 IN 2020 - 2021.
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THE TOTAL EXPENSES IN 2021 – 2022 AMOUNTED TO £ 56,117 COMPARED TO £ 46,076 IN 2020 - 2021.
‘We have focused on trying to use our finances more efficiently without affecting the quality of the essential services we provide. I would like to give my thanks to all of our members and organisers that have made this organisation what it is today.’
Board of Trustees
Shajahan Khan (Chair)
Md Misba Rahman
Mohibur Rahman
Muhammad Abdus Samad Khan
Rahima Khanom Ahmed
Abu Bakr Siddique (Co-opted)
Babul Miah
Akizun Nazmin Nahar
Rabia Khatun
Mufti Jaber Uddin
Sanu Miah
Sheikh Maruf Ahmed
Abdul Hamid
Khalid Miah
Syed Afzal Ahmed
Organisation Address
Bank ~~1st Flo~~ or, The Stowe Centre 258 Harrow Road London W2 5ES
Old Address
No. 13 Selbourne House 36A Elgin Avenue London W9 3AZ Bank
NatWest
Kilburn High Road Branch 127 Kilburn High Road London NW6 6JL
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Our Aim
QUEENS PARK BANGLADESH ASSOCIATION is a non-profit making and non-political communityled organisation working for the benefit of residents in North Westminster, Brent and Kensington. We want to provide advice, education, training, recreation services & activities to disadvantaged people to improve community relations, religious harmony and quality of life.
Our Objective
To ensure all local residents in the area have good access to services including advice, housing, health, employment, education and leisure activities.
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To improve access to the range of information and mainstream services.
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To increase household income, creating awareness on benefits entitlement.
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To increase the knowledge and confidence of young children, to have appropriate support and facilities.
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To increase the health, wellbeing and recreation facilities of residents.
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To ensure the area is a safe place for Bangladeshi and all local residents.
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Reduce isolation preventing access to social networks and peer support.
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Ensure QPBA is a well governed, managed and financially secure organisation.
Trustees’ responsibilities
Company law requires the charity trustees, to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of the affairs of the charity and of the results of the return at the period. In preparing those financial reports, the trustees are required to:
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Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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Make judgement and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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State whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any materials departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
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Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to assume that the company will continue on that basis.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable it to ensure that the financial statements comply with the relevant Act. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps and detect fraud and other irregularities.
Name: Shajahan Khan Position: Chairperson
S. Khan Date: 27 January 2023 Signed:_________
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Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 March 2022
| Income Received Grant/Funding Partner Support Fundraising & Donations Total Income Expenditure Office Rent Staff Salary Activity Cost Overhead Accountancy & Consultancy Other Expenses Total Expenditure Surplus/Deficit for the Year Balance Brought Forward Balance Carried Forward |
Restricted £57,011.00 £57,011.00 £0.00 £22,903.00 £27,104.00 £1,173.00 £1,400.00 £3,537.00 £56,117.00 £894.00 £7678.00 £8,572.00 |
Unrestricted £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £13,192.00 £13,192.00 |
2022 £57,011.00 £0.00 £0.00 £57,011.00 £0.00 £22,903.00 £27,104.00 £1,173.00 £1,400.00 £3,537.00 £56,117.00 £894.00 £20,870.00 £21,764.00 |
2021 £53,754.00 £2,800.00 £0.00 £56,554.00 |
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| £0.00 £14,372.00 £28,045.00 £2,259.00 £1,400.00 £0.00 £46,076.00 |
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| £10,478.00 £10,392.00 £20,870.00 |
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| As at 31 March 2022 Fixed Assets Tangible Assets Current Assets Cash in hand and at Bank Creditors : amounts falling due within one year Total Assets Less Current Liabilities Net Assets Funds: Restricted funds Unrestricted funds: General funds Total Funds |
Restricted - £8,572.00 £8,572.00 £0.00 £0.00 £8,572.00 £8,572.00 £8,572.00 £0.00 £8,572.00 |
Unrestricted - £20,868.72 £20,868.72 £0.00 £0.00 £20,868.72 £20,868.72 £0.00 £13,192.00 £13,192.00 |
2022 - £21,762.20 £21,762.20 £0.00 £0.00 £21,762.20 £21,762.20 £8,572.00 £13,192.00 £21,764.00 |
2021 - £20,870.00 |
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| £20,870.00 £0.00 |
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| £10,478.00 £10,392.00 |
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| £20,870.00 |
These financial statements were approved by trustees on 27 January 2023 and signed on their behalf by:
S. Khan …………………………………….. Shajahan Khan
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Accountant’s report
In accordance with your instructions, and in order to assist you to prepare your accounts, we have compiled the financial statements of the organization for the year ended 31 March 2022, which comprise the Income and Expenditure account, the Balance Sheet and the related notes, from the accounting records of the organization and information and explanations you have provide to us.
This report is made to the trustees of the organization, in accordance with the terms of our engagement.
You have acknowledged on the balance sheet as at 31 March 2022, your duty to ensure that the organization has kept proper accounting records and to prepare financial statements that give a true and fair view. You consider that the organization is exempt from the statuary requirement for an audit for the year.
We have not carried out an audit of the financial statements. We do not, therefore, express any opinion on the financial statements.
Date: 27 January 2023 Signed: _________
Md Azizul Haque North West Accountancy & Financial Solutions 90 Church Street London NW8 8EX
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