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2020-12-31-accounts

Charity number: 1081649

The Central Mosque Manchester & Islamic Cultural Centre Manchester M14 5RU Trustees Report & Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2020

Tariq Khan & Co

Chartered Certified Accountants First Floor 60 Birch Hall Lane Manchester M13 0XL

Jamiat-ul-Muslimeen, The Central Mosque & Islamic Cultural Centre Manchester M14 5RU

Contents

Page
Charity’s Legal & Administrative Information
1
Trustees Report
2-3
Auditors Report 4
Statement of Financial Activities
5
Income and Expenditure Account
6
Balance Sheet 7
Notes to the Accounts
8-13

Jamiat-ul-Muslimeen, The Central Mosque & Islamic Cultural Centre Manchester M14 5RU

Charity’s Legal & Administrative Information

The Executive Committee and the Trustees

President Hammad Ajmal Khan
Vice President Bilal Iqbal
General Secretary Mohammad Umar Qadir
Joint Secretary Mohammad Junaid Bin Shahid
Treasurer Sohail Kaushal
Joint Treasurer Anwar Nawaz - since February 2021
Welfare Officer & Funeral Services
Mohammad Sajeel Amer
Buildings & Maintenance Officer Mohammad Mustaq Zaidi
Religious Affairs Syed Javed Hussain Shah
Charity Number 1081649
Main Office 20 Upper Park Road
Victoria Park
Manchester M14 5RU
Auditors Tariq Khan & Co
First Floor
60 Birch Hall Lane
Manchester M13 0XL
Main Bankers Habib Bank Zurich PLC
Showroom d
The Point
173-175 Cheetham Hill Road
Manchester
M8 8LG

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Jamiat-ul-Muslimeen, The Central Mosque & Islamic Cultural Centre Manchester M14 5RU

Trustees Report

For the year ended 31[st] December 2020

The Executive Committee being the trustees of the Jamiat (the Charity) present their annual report and the financial statements for the year ended 31[st] December 2020.

Structure, governance and management

The Charity is governed by its Executive Committee elected every other year. The present management was voted in on 26 July 2020 and it assumed its role since then.

Principal objective and activities

Primary objective and activity of the Charity is provision of religious services and religious education to the Muslims living within Greater Manchester in accordance with the basic tenets of Islam.

Achievement and performance

The Charity is meeting all its major objectives as set. The adjacent land is still used as additional parking for the time being. The revised planning application made to Manchester City Council is still under consideration with some modifications as required by the Council to the original plan. The rest of minor building projects have been accomplished as well as concreting and fencing off the adjacent car parking site for the worshippers and visitors.

Financial review

Financial position of the organisation is healthy and the local community has been very supportive and their cooperation is greatly acknowledged and highly appreciated.

Sources of Income

The main sources of income are from regular collections and donations received under different categories of the funds operated by the Charity. There are four main categories of funds maintained by the Charity which are explained in detail in the notes to the financial statements under each fund heading.

Trustees

The Trustees are very sad to report that their long serving colleague, Mr Ghulam Rabbani , passed away on 18 November 2020. May Allah reward him with Janat Firdous for his good services to Mosque over the years.

The trustees who served until 26 July 2020 are stated below.

Ihtiram Khan Ghulam Ahmed Tahir Naeem Qadir Ahmad Mustaq Zaidi Faraq Iqbal Malik Mohammad Ahsan Mohammad Akram Arshad Nawaz

The present trustees and office bearers are as set on page 1. 2

Statement of trustees’ responsibilities

The trustees are responsible for preparing the annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and the United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice and the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP 2005). The Charities Act 1993 requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the surplus or deficit of the charity for that period and of its financial position at the end of year. In preparing these financial statements the trustees are required to:

select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; make adjustments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

state whether applicable accounting standards and statement of recommended practice have been followed, subject to any departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation.

The trustees are also responsible for keeping accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy the financial position of the charity and which enable them to ascertain the financial position of the charity and which enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 1993 and also comply with the Charity’s Constitution. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Auditors

Tariq Khan & Co will remain in office as Independent Examiners (under Section 43(7)(b) of the Charities Act 1993 and as auditors under the provisions of the Charity’s Constitution until further notice.

This report was approved by the Executive Committee of the Jamiat on 12 May 2022 and signed on its behalf by

President

Hammad Ajmal Khan

Page 3

Auditors' Report to the Executive Committee of the Majlis-e-Shura of

Jamiat-ul-Muslimeen, the Central Mosque & Islamic Cultural Centre, 20 Upper Park Road Manchester M14 5RU

for the year ended 31 December 2020

We have audited the financial statements of the Jamiat-ul-Muslimeen (the Charity) for the year ended 31 December 2020 which comprise the statement of financial activities, the balance sheet and the income and expenditure account and related notes set out on pages 5 to 12. These financial statements have been prepared under the accounting policies set out therein.

Respective responsibilities of the Trustees and Auditors

As described in the statement of trustees' reponsibilitie in the Trustees Report you are responsible as trustees for the preparation of financial statements. It is our responsibility to form an independent opinion, based on our audit, on these statements and to report our opinion to you.

We have been appointed as Independent Examiners (under Section 43(7)(b) of the Charities Act 1993 and as auditors under the Jamiat's Constitution and report in accordance with the Act and as auditors under the Jamiat's Constitution.

Basis of Opinion

We have conducted our audit in accordance with Auditing Standards issued by the Auditing Practices Board. An audit includes examination, on a test basis, of evidence relevant to the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. It also includes an assessment of the significant estimates and judgements made in the preparation of the financial statements, and of whether the accounting policies are appropriate to the Charity's circumstances, consistently applied and adequately disclosed.

We planned and performed our audit so as to obtain all the information and explanations which we considered necessary in order to provide us with sufficient evidence to give reasonable assurances that the financial statements are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or other irregularity or error. In forming an opinion we also evaluated the overall adequacy of the presentation of information in the financial statements.

Opinion

In our opinion the financial statements are in agreement with those accounting records kept by the Charity and the accounts have been drawn up in a manner consistent with the accounting requiements specified in the Act and give a true and fair view of the state of the Charity's affairs at 31 December 2020 and of its incoming resources and application of resources in the year then ended and have been prepared in accordance with the Jamiat's Constitution and the Charities Act 1993.

Tariq Khan & Co

Chartered Certified Accountants & Registered Auditors First Floor 60 Birch Hall Lane Manchester M13 0XL

Date: 12 May 2022

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Jamiat-ul-Muslimeen, The Central Mosque & Islamic Cultural Centre Manchester M14 5RU

Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2020

Notes
Incoming resources
Activities for generating funds
2
Voluntary income
2,3,4
Charitable activities
5
Total incoming resources
Resources expended
Cost of generating funds
2
Voluntary income
2,3,4
Governance costs
3
Charitable activities
5
Total resources expended
Net surplus (deficit) for the year
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
Unrestricted Restricted Funds
Total
Prior Year
Funds
Endowment
Funds
Total Funds
General
Building &
Special
Zakat &
2020
2019
Education
Welfare
£
£
£
£
£
£
27380
27380
63365
211263
0
4765
216028
212795
324899
324899
250983
238643
0
4765
324899
568307
527143
Unrestricted Restricted Funds
Total
Prior Year
Funds
Endowment
Funds
Total Funds
General
Building &
Special
Zakat &
2020
2019
Education
Welfare
£
£
£
£
£
£
27380
27380
63365
211263
0
4765
216028
212795
324899
324899
250983
238643
0
4765
324899
568307
527143
Unrestricted Restricted Funds
Total
Prior Year
Funds
Endowment
Funds
Total Funds
General
Building &
Special
Zakat &
2020
2019
Education
Welfare
£
£
£
£
£
£
27380
27380
63365
211263
0
4765
216028
212795
324899
324899
250983
238643
0
4765
324899
568307
527143
Unrestricted Restricted Funds
Total
Prior Year
Funds
Endowment
Funds
Total Funds
General
Building &
Special
Zakat &
2020
2019
Education
Welfare
£
£
£
£
£
£
27380
27380
63365
211263
0
4765
216028
212795
324899
324899
250983
238643
0
4765
324899
568307
527143
Unrestricted Restricted Funds
Total
Prior Year
Funds
Endowment
Funds
Total Funds
General
Building &
Special
Zakat &
2020
2019
Education
Welfare
£
£
£
£
£
£
27380
27380
63365
211263
0
4765
216028
212795
324899
324899
250983
238643
0
4765
324899
568307
527143
Unrestricted Restricted Funds
Total
Prior Year
Funds
Endowment
Funds
Total Funds
General
Building &
Special
Zakat &
2020
2019
Education
Welfare
£
£
£
£
£
£
27380
27380
63365
211263
0
4765
216028
212795
324899
324899
250983
238643
0
4765
324899
568307
527143
Unrestricted Restricted Funds
Total
Prior Year
Funds
Endowment
Funds
Total Funds
General
Building &
Special
Zakat &
2020
2019
Education
Welfare
£
£
£
£
£
£
27380
27380
63365
211263
0
4765
216028
212795
324899
324899
250983
238643
0
4765
324899
568307
527143
527143
71356
141445
212801
0
0
0
5313
5313
320150
320150
71356
146758
0
320150
538264
67573
197532
0
223330
488435
25842
117453
143295
0
387952
387952
-548
45166
44618
4749
173812
178561
30043
724383
754426
38708
685675
724383

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Jamiat-ul-Muslimeen, The Central Mosque & Islamic Cultural Centre Manchester M14 5RU

Total Income and Expenditure account for the year ended 31 December 2020

31/12/2020
31/12/2019
£
£
Income
Income from all sources
568307
527143
Operating expenditure
-538264
-488435
Operating surplus (deficit)
30043
38708
Other income
Interest receivable and similar income
-
-
Interest payable and similar charges
-
-
Surplus for the financial year
30043
38708
31/12/2020
31/12/2019
£
£
Income
Income from all sources
568307
527143
Operating expenditure
-538264
-488435
Operating surplus (deficit)
30043
38708
Other income
Interest receivable and similar income
-
-
Interest payable and similar charges
-
-
Surplus for the financial year
30043
38708
31/12/2020
31/12/2019
£
£
Income
Income from all sources
568307
527143
Operating expenditure
-538264
-488435
Operating surplus (deficit)
30043
38708
Other income
Interest receivable and similar income
-
-
Interest payable and similar charges
-
-
Surplus for the financial year
30043
38708

38708
-
-
38708

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Jamiat-ul-Muslimeen, The Central Mosque & Islamic Cultural Centre Manchester M14 5RU

Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2020

Notes
Fixed Assets
Tangible Fixed Assets
7
Current Assets
Cash in hand
Cash at bank
Cash at bank 2
Cash at bank 3
Cash at bank 5
Creditors: Amounts falling due
within one year
8
Net Current Assets/Liabilities
Net Assets
Represented by :
Accumulated funds
9
Balance at 01/01/2020
Surplus for the year
Total funds at 31/12/2020
31/12/2020
£
£
427541
19583
152437
46
17
210402
382485
55600
326885
754426
724383
30043
754426
31/12/2019
£
£
427541
12665
206611
46
17
103581
322920
26078
296842
724383
685675
38708
724383
31/12/2019
£
£
427541
12665
206611
46
17
103581
322920
26078
296842
724383
685675
38708
724383
724383
685675
38708
724383

Trustees statements required by the 1993 Act and the Constitution of the Jamiat-ul-Muslimeen

We hereby approve and adopt the above Balance Sheet, the annexed Income and Expenditure Account, the statement of financial activities and the notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020 and confirm that these financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charity as at the end of financial year and of its surplus or deficit for the year then ended in accordance with the provisions of the Charities Act 1993 and the Constitution of the Jamiat-ul-Muslimeen relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to this Charity.

The financial statements were approved on 12 May 2022

President:-----------------------------------------------

General Secretary:-----------------------------------------------

Treasurer:-----------------------------------------------

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Jamiat-ul-Mulimeen, the Central Mosque & Islamic Cultural Centre 20 Upper Park Road Manchester M14 5RU

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020

1. Accounting policies

The principal accounting policies are summarised below. The accounting policies have been applied consistently throughout the year and the preceding year.

1.1. Basis of accounting

The financial statements have been prepared on the basis of historic cost in accordance with:

1.2. Change in basis of accounting

There has been no change to the accounting policies (valuation rules and methods of accounting) since last year and no changes were made to the previous year's accounts.

1.3. Incoming resources

All incoming resources are included in the statements of financial activities where the charity is entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. Income from investments is included in the year in which it is receivable.

1.4. Resources expended

Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates.

Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them.

1.5. Tangible fixed assets and depreciation

Any capital expenditure is written off in the year it is incurred, except for expenditure on land and buildings, whereas the purchase of freehold land is capitalised and not depreciated as its value at least equates its historic cost. Any expenditure on building element for wear and tear is written off in the year it is incurred. However all land & buildings are adequately insured covering all types of risks and eventualities.

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Jamiat-ul-Muslimeen, The Central Mosque & Islamic Cultural Centre Manchester M14 5RU

Notes to financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020

31/12/2020
31/12/2019
2. General Funds
£
£
£
£
Incoming resources
Activities for generating funds
Tuition Fees
19920
61085
Nikkah Fees
7460
2280
Incoming resources from activities
27380
63365
Voluntary income
Fridays' Collections
54887
126596
Membership Fees
530
1200
Safes' Collections
10095
9414
Other Collections & Donations
98751
34042
HMRC - Job Retention Scheme Claim
40400
0
Eids' Collections
6600
26592
Total voluntary income
211263
197844
Total income
238643
261209
Resouces expended
Cost of activities for generating funds
Teachers' cost
71356
67573
Total cost of generating funds
71356
67573
Cost of generating voluntary income
Wages & Salaries
58586
63168
Bought-in Service Charges
15290
10190
Printing, Postage & Stationery
787
1687
Car Park Security Charges
3143
11126
General Expenses
3297
5459
Cleaning & Washroom Supplies
2356
12015
Water Charges
3384
11241
Insurance
2948
2948
Light & Heat
23735
22165
Repairs & Renewal
25938
37244
Telephone Chrages
885
825
Bank Charges
1096
622
Total costs for voluntary income
141445
178690
Total costs
212801
246263
Surplus (deficit) for the year
25842
14946
31/12/2020
31/12/2019
2. General Funds
£
£
£
£
Incoming resources
Activities for generating funds
Tuition Fees
19920
61085
Nikkah Fees
7460
2280
Incoming resources from activities
27380
63365
Voluntary income
Fridays' Collections
54887
126596
Membership Fees
530
1200
Safes' Collections
10095
9414
Other Collections & Donations
98751
34042
HMRC - Job Retention Scheme Claim
40400
0
Eids' Collections
6600
26592
Total voluntary income
211263
197844
Total income
238643
261209
Resouces expended
Cost of activities for generating funds
Teachers' cost
71356
67573
Total cost of generating funds
71356
67573
Cost of generating voluntary income
Wages & Salaries
58586
63168
Bought-in Service Charges
15290
10190
Printing, Postage & Stationery
787
1687
Car Park Security Charges
3143
11126
General Expenses
3297
5459
Cleaning & Washroom Supplies
2356
12015
Water Charges
3384
11241
Insurance
2948
2948
Light & Heat
23735
22165
Repairs & Renewal
25938
37244
Telephone Chrages
885
825
Bank Charges
1096
622
Total costs for voluntary income
141445
178690
Total costs
212801
246263
Surplus (deficit) for the year
25842
14946
31/12/2020
31/12/2019
2. General Funds
£
£
£
£
Incoming resources
Activities for generating funds
Tuition Fees
19920
61085
Nikkah Fees
7460
2280
Incoming resources from activities
27380
63365
Voluntary income
Fridays' Collections
54887
126596
Membership Fees
530
1200
Safes' Collections
10095
9414
Other Collections & Donations
98751
34042
HMRC - Job Retention Scheme Claim
40400
0
Eids' Collections
6600
26592
Total voluntary income
211263
197844
Total income
238643
261209
Resouces expended
Cost of activities for generating funds
Teachers' cost
71356
67573
Total cost of generating funds
71356
67573
Cost of generating voluntary income
Wages & Salaries
58586
63168
Bought-in Service Charges
15290
10190
Printing, Postage & Stationery
787
1687
Car Park Security Charges
3143
11126
General Expenses
3297
5459
Cleaning & Washroom Supplies
2356
12015
Water Charges
3384
11241
Insurance
2948
2948
Light & Heat
23735
22165
Repairs & Renewal
25938
37244
Telephone Chrages
885
825
Bank Charges
1096
622
Total costs for voluntary income
141445
178690
Total costs
212801
246263
Surplus (deficit) for the year
25842
14946
261209
67573
178690
246263
14946

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Jamiat-ul-Muslimeen, The Central Mosque & Islamic Cultural Centre Manchester M14 5RU

Notes to financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020

3. Building & Education Fund
Voluntary Income
Building Collections
Cost of voluntary income
Payments to Contractors
Legal & Professional
Governance costs
Bank charges & interest
Total costs
Surplus/(deficit) for the year
31/12/2020
31/12/2019
£
£
£
£
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
31/12/2019
£
0
0

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Jamiat-ul-Muslimeen, The Central Mosque & Islamic Cultural Centre Manchester M14 5RU

Notes to financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020

31/12/2020
31/12/2019
£
£
£
£
4. Special Fund
Voluntary Income
Eid Milad Collection
1477
8209
Moharram Collection
0
0
11th Shareef
3288
6742
4765
14951
Cost of voluntary income
Milad Expenses
1880
8360
Moharram
0
0
11th Shareef
3433
10482
Total costs
5313
18842
Surplus/(deficit) for the year
-548
-3891
31/12/2020
31/12/2019
£
£
£
£
5. Zakat & Welfare Funds
Income from charitable activities
Funeral collections
304950
196493
Disaster Appeals
0
0
Zakat, Sadaqah & Fitrana receipts
19949
54490
324899
250983
Cost of charitable activities
Funeral payments
277100
186505
Disaster Relief payments
0
0
Zakat, Sadaqah & Fitrana payments
43050
36825
320150
223330
Surplus for the year
4749
27653
31/12/2020
31/12/2019
£
£
£
£
4. Special Fund
Voluntary Income
Eid Milad Collection
1477
8209
Moharram Collection
0
0
11th Shareef
3288
6742
4765
14951
Cost of voluntary income
Milad Expenses
1880
8360
Moharram
0
0
11th Shareef
3433
10482
Total costs
5313
18842
Surplus/(deficit) for the year
-548
-3891
31/12/2020
31/12/2019
£
£
£
£
5. Zakat & Welfare Funds
Income from charitable activities
Funeral collections
304950
196493
Disaster Appeals
0
0
Zakat, Sadaqah & Fitrana receipts
19949
54490
324899
250983
Cost of charitable activities
Funeral payments
277100
186505
Disaster Relief payments
0
0
Zakat, Sadaqah & Fitrana payments
43050
36825
320150
223330
Surplus for the year
4749
27653
31/12/2020
31/12/2019
£
£
£
£
4. Special Fund
Voluntary Income
Eid Milad Collection
1477
8209
Moharram Collection
0
0
11th Shareef
3288
6742
4765
14951
Cost of voluntary income
Milad Expenses
1880
8360
Moharram
0
0
11th Shareef
3433
10482
Total costs
5313
18842
Surplus/(deficit) for the year
-548
-3891
31/12/2020
31/12/2019
£
£
£
£
5. Zakat & Welfare Funds
Income from charitable activities
Funeral collections
304950
196493
Disaster Appeals
0
0
Zakat, Sadaqah & Fitrana receipts
19949
54490
324899
250983
Cost of charitable activities
Funeral payments
277100
186505
Disaster Relief payments
0
0
Zakat, Sadaqah & Fitrana payments
43050
36825
320150
223330
Surplus for the year
4749
27653
27653

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Jamiat-ul-Muslimeen, The Central Mosque & Islamic Cultural Centre Manchester M14 5RU

Notes to financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020

6. Taxation

The charity's activities fall within the exemptions afforded by the provisions of Income & Corporation Taxes Act 1988. Accordingly there is no taxation charges per these accounts.

7. Tangible fixed assets

Freehold Total
Land
£ £
Cost at 1 January 2020 427541 427541
At 31 December 2020 427541 427541
8. Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
31/12/2020 31/12/2019
£ £
Sundry creditors & accruals 54600 26078
9. Analysis of net assets between funds
Unrestricted Restricted Total
Funds Funds Funds
Funds balance at 31/12/2020 as represented by: £ £ £
Tangible fixed assets - 427541 427541
Current assets 154644 227841 382485
Current liabilities -11349 -44251 -55600
143295 611131 754426

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Jamiat-ul Muslimeen, The Central Mosque & Islamic Cultural Centre 20 Upper Park Road Manchester M14 5RU

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31[st] December 2020

9. Accumulated Funds maintained by the Charity

Unrestricted Funds - General

These are revenue funds which are used for running the day to day affairs of the Jamiat and their income is derived from Friday collections, Eids collections, children’s tuition fees from education centres run by the Jamiat and the membership fees etc. These funds are sometimes used to make capital payments for the building works if the Buildings Fund is in short of funds to settle a bill. Any such payments by this fund is treated as inter fund transfers. Basically this is an unrestricted income fund.

Restricted Funds

Buildings & Education

Originally set up in1996 for the purposes of extension to then existing premises and now used to purchase the adjacent land and eventually constructing a purpose built building on it to meet the future educational needs of Muslim community in Manchester. This is an endowment fund comprising both expendable and permanent funds and can be construed as a restricted fund as the monies collected under this are for building expenditure (both capital and revenue) and cannot be used for any other purposes. Again its income is derived from general donations and collections being made at various occasions and gatherings inside and outside the mosque. This fund is now redundant as much is not collected under this heading.

Special Fund

This fund is used to arrange for proper celebration of religious occasions such as the Eid Milad (the birth of Holy Prophet Muhammad PBUH on the 11[th] day of 3[rd] Lunar Calendar month of Rabi-ul-Awwal), the Moharram (the martyrdom of grandson of Holy Prophet – Hadhrat Imam Hussain on the 10[th] day of the first Lunar Calendar month of Moharram) and the 11[th] Sharif (monthly gathering of followers of the Sufi Saint Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani of Baghdad for self purification and remembrance of God the Almighty). As this gathering is on the 11[th] day of each Lunar Calendar month, thus the term 11[th] Sharif (sharif means the honoured). There are some other similar religious occasions, which are funded by this fund.

This is a restricted income fund, however any monies collected for one occasion can be utilised for the other within the fund. However no payments can be made out of this fund towards other funds operated by the Jamiat which would amount to a breach of covenant of this fund.

Zakat and Welfare

This fund is strictly governed by the principles of the Hanfi School of Islamic Jurisprudence under Islamic Sharia. Its main income is Fitrana, which is collected during the 9[th] Lunar Calendar month of Ramadhan (month of fasting) and on the day of Eid-ul-Fitr marking the end of Ramadhan. A set amount of Fitrana per head (regardless of age and gender) is prescribed by the Muslim Scholars living in the UK, which varies each year. Generally speaking it takes into account the general price inflation. The amount prescribed must be paid before offering the Eid prayers to provide for the less fortunate and the needy on the day of Eid. The term Fitrana comes from Eid-ul-Fitr.

The second source of income to this fund is Zakat (Islamic Alms & charity). This is a yearly contribution, which is a 2.5% of Zakatable assets held for a full year. The rules are very complicated and majority of people pay themselves without involving a 3[rd] party. Therefore not much is received and administered by the Jamiat.

The third source is Sadaqah (a voluntary contribution as a gesture of thanksgiving to the Almighty for giving good health and His blessings). It is used to help the poor and the needy. Again Muslims practice this individually and not much is received and administered by the Jamiat.

The last and final fund operated under this heading is the Funeral Services which used to be operated under general funds. However it was decided to reclassify this source as a restricted fund as the income from this source should not be used to pay for the running costs of the mosque as it would be ethically wrong to do so.

All monies to this fund are disposed of in accordance with the rules of Islamic Sharia and come under restricted income funds.

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