Trustees Annual Report Darul Arqam Educational Trust Charity no: 1092608 Year Ended: 30 June 2025 **Darul Arqam Educational Trust Trustees Annual Report Charity no: 1092608 Year Ended: 30 June 2025** ## **Report of the Trustees** The trustees present their report for the year ended 30 June 2025. ## **Activities** Darul Arqam is a charity and its object is to provide educational, social and recreational facilities to the public in the U.K. by the provision of such academic, vocational, and non-vocational courses and activities as may be appropriate. To achieve this object, the charity operates a number of projects. These are described below. ## **Legal and administrative information** Darul Arqam Educational Trust is a charitable organization, registered as a charity on 2[nd] April 2002 The charity was established under a Deed of Trust that established the objects and powers of the charity, and is governed by its provisions. The operational management of the trust is in the hands of a director appointed by the trustees, and who reports back to them. ## **Trustees** The trustees are five – mentioned below - 1.) Mr Kamruddin Nasrulla Shaikh of 1 Fairfield Street, Leicester,LE5 5BH as chairperson. - 2.) Mr Mohammed Hanif Shaikh of 9 Aber Road, Leicester, LE2 2BA as secretary. - 3.) Dr Muhammed Shaikh of 6 Scraptoft Mews, Leicester, LE5 2BH as treasurer. - 4.) Mr Ayub Patel of 7 Gainsford Road , LEICESTER , LE5 0BU - 5) Mr Haseeb Ahmed Malik of 41 Parkstone Road , LEICESTER , LE5 1NP Members of the trust guarantee to contribute an amount not exceeding £1 to the assets of the trust in the event of winding up. The total number of such guarantees as at 30 June 2024 was 5. 1 Trustees Annual Report Darul Arqam Educational Trust Charity no: 1092608 Year Ended: 30 June 2025 ## **Registered Office and operation address** 16 Thurmaston Lane, Leicester LE5 0TE. ## **Reporting Accountants** Affirm Accountants Ltd , The Old Courthouse, 18 – 22 St Peters Church Yard, Derby DE1 1NN ## **Bankers** Barclays Bank, Barclays Business Centre, Tritton Rd, Lincoln LN6 7AR. Al Rayan Bank, 24a Calthorpe Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 1RP ## **Responsibilities of the Trustees** The Charities Act requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year that give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable trust, as at the balance sheet date, and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including income and expenditure, for the financial year. In preparing these financial statements the trustees should follow best practice and : - select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently - make judgments that are reasonable and prudent - prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis, unless it is inappropriate to assume that the trust will continue on that basis The trustees are responsible for maintaining the proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the trust, and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act. The trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the trust, and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention of fraud and other irregularities. ## **Current Projects** ## **1. Supplementary School** The trust maintains no other supplementary schools other than those delivered at the Thurmaston lane and its ancillary premises situated at 155 Humberstone Drive, Leicester. Classes this academic year continued with attendance on premises and online hybrid delivery. ## **2. Adult Classes** The various courses cover the various faculties of the Islamic sciences and are offered at various times over the week. A long-term diploma course with various short duration courses are offered as part of our adult education provision. 2 Trustees Annual Report Darul Arqam Educational Trust Charity no: 1092608 Year Ended: 30 June 2025 ## **3. Lecture Programs** The trust organises periodic lecture programs at various venues topics revolve around the importance of self-rectification, spiritual realisation and other topics local scholars delivered programs to the Darul Arqam community using distance learning platforms online. ## **4. Fundraising** Fundraising continued this year repaying loans which we incurred for purchase of the premises of 155 Humberstone Drive, LE5- please see (9). The debts are in excess of £ 112K. This debt is for payment of the outstanding amounts for the new premises and for related renovation. Funds for the new property are banked in our new account at the Al Rayan Bank. Various methods of fundraising for the premises are utilised both online and in person. ## **5. Youth Summer Activities 2025** We were able to offer local youth activities for more than 70 children in the local. The sports activities over a period of 2 weeks was very beneficial. ## **6. Online Book Shop.** The online book shop continued and is a good portal for sales of resources which are required for some of our courses. ## **7. Social & Community Activities** We started various social and community activities in previous years including DA Scouts, Kids Baking Classes, Arts and Crafts, Documentary Showings, ladies coffee mornings and communal worship. We also have art sessions in the form of Arabic calligraphy. ## **8. Premises : 16 Thurmaston Lane.** Our premises was acquired in May 2014. For a total price of £495K. The property is continuously being refurbished which includes fencing and gardening. We expect further refurbishment costs. The continuing refurbishment includes the repainting, roofing and plumbing. ## **9. New Premises : Humberstone Hub -** 155 Humberstone Drive, LE5 0RF. During January 2022 DA Trust acquired a new premises of 155 Humberstone Drive, LE5. The new premisses will enable DA to establish a community centre which will enable to fulfil our greater vision. The purchase price was £ 549,000 with which we have payment plan. The initial payment at purchase was £ 249,000 of the property January 2022. The second payment was made end of January 2023 of £ 125,000. The third payment was made end of January 2024 of £ 125,000. This leaves a final payment of £50,000 which is due January 2025. The majority of this came via donations and interest free loans. We will continue fundraising to make Darul Arqam Debt free. We have loans in the region of £102,000. As part of the request for loans we also reached out to other charities. The premises at 155 Humberstone Drive, Leicester, LE5 0RF is undergoing considerable refurbishment. 3 Trustees Annual Report Darul Arqam Educational Trust Charity no: 1092608 Year Ended: 30 June 2025 ## **Future Strategy** The charity plans to continue the above activities in the forthcoming years, subject to revenue. We are in the process of refurbishing the property. Deliver some of the courses online. Renovation of the premises. Approved by the trustees on 26[th] March 2026, and signed on their behalf by: (Trustee).[}] Mr Mohammed Hanif Shaikh 4 |**Charity Name**|**No (if any)**||| |---|---|---|---| |**DARUL-ARQAM EDUCATIONAL TRUST**
**1092608**|||| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||**CC16a**| |**For the period**
**from**
Period start date
**01/07/2024**|**To**
Period end date
**30/06/2025**||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**|| |||**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|| |**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||| |Voluntary Donations
**437,710**
**-**
**437,710**
**718,392**
Charitable activities
**25,875**
**-**
**25,875**
**5,316**
Gift Aid/Grant
**13,948**
**-**
**-**
**13,948**
**3,000**
Reward and interest
**-**
**-**
**-**
**9**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_**477,533**
**-**
**-**
**477,533**
**726,717**
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**Additional loans**
**-102,112.00**
**-**
**-**
**- 102,112**
**13,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
~~**_Sub total_**~~**- 102,112**
**-**
**-**
**- 102,112**
**-**
~~=—=====~~
~~ee~~|||||||||||| |**_Total receipts_ **||**375,421**||**-**||**-**||**375,421**||**739,717**|| |**A3 Payments**|||||||||||| |Bank Charges||**1,386**||**-**||**-**||**1,386**||**320**|| |BuildingMaintenance||**43,599**||**-**||**-**||**43,599**||**37,728**|| |Legal/Professional fees||**7,198**||**-**||**-**||**7,198**||**4,018**|| |Rates||**10,262**||**-**||**-**||**10,262**||**13,448**|| |Fundraising/marketing||**5,416**||**-**||**-**||**5,416**||**11,208**|| |Telephones and communications||**1,967**||**-**||**-**||**1,967**||**3,058**|| |Travel and subsistence||**33,908**||**-**||**-**||**33,908**||**40,290**|| |Utilities||**9,463**||**-**||**-**||**9,463**||**9,101**|| |Website/IT||**3,611**||||||**3,611**||**5,240**|| |Wages and subcontractor costs||**163,941**||**-**||**-**||**163,941**||**115,580**|| |PAYE/Pensions||**718**||**-**||**-**||**718**||**6,934**|| |Resource for teaching||**32,795**||**-**||**-**||**32,795**||**29,226**|| |Insurance||**3,512**||||||**3,512**||**3,364**|| |Administration/office||**-**||||||**-**||**368**|| |SundryExpenses||**- 124**||||||**- 124**||**639**|| |Grant/Aid||**3,338**||||||**3,338**||**5,100**|| |International Aid||**-**||||**-**||**-**||**34,629**|| ||||||||||||| ||**_Sub total_ 320,989**
**-**
**-**
**320,989**
**320,251**
~~==>>=~~||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**|**A4 Asset and investment**||||||||||| |**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||||| |**Property purchase**||**50,000**||**-**||**-**||**50,000**||**126,000**|| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**_Sub total_ **|**50,000**||**-**||**-**||**50,000**||**126,000**|| |**_Total payments_**
**370,989**
**-**
**-**
**370,989**
**446,251**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**4,432**
**-**
**- 4,432**
**293,466**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**- -**
**-**
**183,391**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**20,087**
**- -**
**20,087**
**20,087**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
**24,519**
**-**
**- 24,519**
**496,944**
~~=====~~|||||||||||| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 25/02/2026 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**| |---|---| ||**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Endowment**| |**Categories**|**funds**
**funds**
**funds**
**Details**| ||**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**| |**B1 Cash at Bank**|**24,519**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**24,519**
**-**
**-**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Endowment**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**_Total cash funds_**
~~See=~~| ||**funds**
**funds**
**funds**| ||**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**Details**| |**B2 Other monetary assets**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
~~—=—_—~~| |**B3 Investment assets**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**299812**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Details**
Property purchase
~~===~~| |**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
450000
**-**
**-**
4951
**-**
**-**
2854
**-**
**-**
1000
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Details**
Freehold Building
Fixtures and fittings
Computer
Vehicle
~~ay~~| ||**Fund to which**
**Amount due**
**When due**| |Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of
all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**|**liability relates**
**(optional)**
**(optional)**
95
**-**
147,700.00
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of
Date of
approval
**Details**
Short term loan
Other loans
Signature
Print Name
Mohammed Hanif Shaikh
26/3/26
~~a~~| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 25/02/2026 2 **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** |**Report to the trustees/**
**members of**|**DARUL ARQAM EDUCATIONAL TRUST**||| |---|---|---|---| ||||| |**On accounts for the year**|30 June 2025
**Charity no**|1092608|| |**ended**|**(if any)**||| ||||| |**Set out on pages**|1 and 2||| ||||)| ||I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above||| ||charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 30/06/2019||| |**Responsibilities and**|As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the||| |**basis of report**|accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011||| ||(“the Act”).||| ||I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out||| ||under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I||| ||have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission|have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission|have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission| ||under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.||| **Independent** The charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified to **examiner's statement** undertake the examination by being a qualified member of CPAA. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or - the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or - the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. **Signed: Date:** 25 February 2026 **Name:** Rachel Laryea **Relevant professional** ACCA **qualification(s) or body (if any):** 1 **Oct 2018** **IER** ## **Address:** ## **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of** None **any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 2 **Oct 2018** **IER**