MUSLIM WOMEN'S YOUTH, SPORT & EDUCATION FORUM, MERSEYSIDE ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS FOR THE PERIOD ST I SEPTEMBER 2021 TO 31 AUGUST 2022 ST Charity Registration No. 1097576 Company Registration No. 4269128 *AC4F3klFL• 2710V2023 COMPANIÉS HOUSE A10
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MUSLIM WOMEN'S YOUTH, SPORT & EDUCATION FORUM, MERSEYSIDE TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2022 Company and Charity Inforniation Name.. Muslim Woiiien's Youth. Sport & Education Forum, Merseyside Company Registration Number.. 4269128 Charity Registration Number: 1097576 Governing Document: The Charity is governed by Memorandum & Articles ofAssociation adopted on 3rd August 2001. registered on 13th August. and amended by Special Resolutions dated 27th February 2002 and 27th March 2003. Charity registration was agreed on 16th May 2003. Registered Office- Muslim Women's Centre 51 Granby Street Liverpool L8 2PG Directorsnrustees- Hayad Ibrahim Zeiriab Mahamoud Yousef Sado Mohamed Ahmed Company Secretary- Sado Mohamed Ahmed Principal Officer of the Charity: Hayad Ibrahim Bankers.. HSBC 99-101 Lord Street Liverpool L2 6PG Independent Examiner.. Jan Brooker COC Finance Services 40Arundel Avenue Liverpool L17 2AU page1of9
MUSLIM WOMEN'S YOUTH, SPORT & EDUCATION FORUM, MERSEYSIDE TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THEYEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2022 The Trustees. who are also Dirertors for the purposes of the Companies Act. have pleasure in presenting their Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31st August 2022. LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Governing Instrument. The charity is constituted as a company limited by guarantee. not having a share capital and is governed by Memorandum and Articles of Association. Membership is open to interested individuals accepted into membership bythe Trustees. Trustees. The Company's work is directed by Trustees, who are also the Board of Directors, who direct the organisation's work. The Board [Management Committeel, made up of not less than 3 nor more than 10 appointed at the Annual General Meeting. rneet regularly. One-third of Trustees retire each year according to length of service. Vacancies may be filled until AGMS by ordinary resolution of the Trustees. The Board oversee the management of the Charity. During the year, the Charity was managed by the Committee and a part-time volunteer cOrdInator. responsible for running projerts, funding and resources. Collectively. they are responsible for the overall management of operations. The Objects of the Charity are (a) to promote the benefit of women. and children and young people up to the age of 35 in Merseyside and the neighbourhood, in particular but not exclusively those of the Muslim faith: to advance education: to provide facilities in the interest of social welfare. recreation and leisure-time occupation with the object of improving their conditions of life; Ibl to establish a Centre. to maintain and manage it; Ic) to promote other charitable purposes as may from time to time be determined. Public Benefit Statement. In planning our activities we have considered Charity Commission guidance to ensure we meet our public benefit requirements. REVIEW OF THE YEAR The Charity continued to work with women and youn8 people on educational and self- development activities for women.and children. The trustees had success in gaining small sources of funding,. there were several grants - from MPAC, details of which are outlined below: We would like to thank them for their financial assistance. We were pleased to receive funding distributed via Merseyside Play Attion Council IMPACI for sessional play activities during one of the school holidays- this allowed us to cover one of the periods before the covid-19 lock-downs. The funding climate continues to be challenging but we succeeded in gaining funds for work with people affected by the covid-18 pandemic. The Awards for All funded project for girls, activities had just been started when the lock-down occurred. and the activities had to be suspended. page2of9
MUSLIM WOMEN'S YOUTH, SPORT& EDUCATION FORUM, MERSEYSIDE TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2022 MUSLIM WOMEN'S CENTRE. Our premises on Granby Street continued to be the base for our actiwties, with some off-site activities under our activities programme. . Having completed a dilapidations sutvey for the building, and used it to seek funding for refurbishments to the Centre. we were successful in an application to the Clothworkers, Foundation. with a grant of £12,000 awarded, to whom thanks. RESULTS FOR THE YEAR The results for the year are set out on the finance pages following this report. RESERVES POLICY The balances as at 31st August 2022 amounted to £11.723 this is a mixture of unrestricted fund5, and restricted funding for agreed projects. There are very little reserves, but the trustees still hope to build back resep4es in the future through acquiring new income streams. FINANCIAL REVIEW . The company had greater success in raising funds to meet planned work in the reporting period, after to the pandemic lock-down was winding down. with Income for the year increasing from £11,700 to £39.970. The overall result for the year shows an excess of expenditure over of income of £8,79112020-21. excess of expenditure over of income £3.6801. this included unspent grant monies of £6,570 having to be returned •see note. with other expenditure of £42,19"1 some from unspent grants received in the previous year. for use on specific projects, which could not be completed due to cov-19 restrirtions. •Note• This was the previous yearfs Awards for All grant, which remained substantially unspent, due to the suspension of activities because of lockdown restrictions. THE FUTURE The group continues to seek funding to run programmes of activities for beneficial activities for children and marginalised Muslim women and their families in Toxteth. Liverpool. We will continue to meet the needs of our user groups within the communtty. including using volunteers to provide some services and activities when external funding is not available. THE TRUSTEES The trustees who served during the year were as follows-. Hayad Ibrahim Zeinab Mahamoud Yousef Sado Mohamed Ahrned Signed on behalf of the Board of Trustees Hayad Ibrahim Director Date: 28+fv M4W 2025 page3of9
MUSLIM WOMEN'S YOUTH, SPORT & EDUCATION FORUM, MERSEYSIDE STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES, RESPONSIBILITIES The Trustees. who were also directors of the company, are responsible for preparing the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice. Company law 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 cornpany and of its income and expenditure for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the Trustees are required to: select suitable accountin8 policies and then apply them consistentlv; rnake judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue as a going concern: state whether applicable"accounting standards have been followed. subjett to any material departure disclosed and explained in the financial statements. 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 them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Comp3nie5 Art 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. By Order of the Board Hayad Ibrahim Director Date: 2S+ltr 2023 page4of 9
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF MUSLIM WOMEN'S YOUTH, SPORT & EDUCATION FORUM, MERSEYSIDE I report on the accounts of the Charityfor the year ended 31st August 2022 which are set out on pages 6 to 9. Res ective res onsibilities tru5tee5 ond exominer As the Charity's Trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts: you consider that the audit requirement of section 43121 of the Charities Art 1993 (the Act) does not apply. It is my responsibility to state. on the basi5 of procedures specified in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners under section 43 (7}{bl of the Act. whether particular matters have come to my attention. Bosis o inde examiner'5 re endent ort My examination was carrie.d out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charitv and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It 150 includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts. and seeking explana.tions from you as Trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. Inde endent exominer's statement In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my .attention= (11 which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements to keep accounting records in accordance with section 41 of the Act: and to prepare account5 vthich accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the Act have not been met: or {2) to which, in my opinion. attention should be drawn in order to enable a pro er understanding of the account5 to be reached. Name.. Jan Brooker Qualifications: B.A. {Honsl- RIBA Ilntermediatel Address= CDC Finance & Accountancy Service5 40 Arundel Avenue. Liverpool L17 2AU Dated: 271fv May 2023 page5of9
MUSLIM WOMEN'S YOUTH. SPORT & EDUCATION FORUM, MERSEYSIDE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (including IncoTh & Expenditure) FOR THE PERIOD 1STSEPTEMBER 2021 TO 31ST AUGUST 2022 Unrestricted Restrirted Funds Funds 2022 2022 Total Funds 2022 Total Funds 2021 Income and expenditure Notes Incoming resources from generated funds: Grant Income Misc. Investment Income 39.971 39.971 11,700 Total incoming resources 39.971 39.971 11,700 Resources expended Costs of generating funds Charitable Artivities Governance Costs Bank charges Exceptional item Igrant returnl 41,495 600 87 6,580 41.495 600 87 6.580 15.431 159 Total resources expended 48,762 48,762 15,590 Net surplus/(deficit) for the year (8.7911 18,7911 (3,890) Total funds brought forward Adjustment Total funds carrled forward 11.722 11.722 15,362 1250} 11.722 2,932 2.932 The notes on pages 8 to 9 form part ofthese accounts. All the above amounts relate to continuing activities of the company. page6of9
MUSLIM WOMEN'S YOUTH, SPORT& EDUCATION FORUM, MERSEYSIDE . BALANCESHEETASAT31STAUGUST2022 Company No. 4269128 31st August 2022 31st August 2021 Notes Fixed assets Tangible fixed assets Current assets Debtors Cash at bank and in hand 2,932 11.722 Current liabilities Creditors= amounts falling due within one year 13001 13001 Net current assets 2.932. 11,722 Total assets less current liabilities 2.632 11,422 Funds: Unrestrirted funds Restricted funds 2,632 11.422 2.632 11.422 For the year ending 315t August 2022 the company wa5 entitled to exemption fmm audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companie5. Dirertors, responsibilities= the members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476 the directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Art with re5pert to accounting records and the preparation of account5 these accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provtsions applicable to companies subject to the small companie5. regime. Approved by the Board on 24th May 2023. and signed on their behalf by= Sado Mohamed Ahmed, Dirertor Hayad Ibrahim. Dirertor page7of9
MUSLIM WOMEN'S YOUTH, SPORT & EDUCATION FORUM, MERSEYSIDE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2022 l. Limited Liability The charity 15 a company limited by guarantee. Each member's liability is limited to £1. 2. Accountin8 Policies &¥05is of Accounting The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost accounting rules. and are in ccordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities leffective April 20081 and the Statement of Recommended Practice- Accounting and Reporting by Charities ISORP 2005}. Grt7nts Recelvoble Grants receivable are recognised on the date on which their unconditional payment is confirmed by the donor. Resources Expended Costs attributed to charitable activities relate to services supplied. and activities undertaken, which are identifiable wholly or mainly in support of the charity's objectives. Where appropriate. expenditure is apportioned on a reasonable and consistent basis. FixedAssets Depreciation is calculated so as to write off an asset, less its estimated residual value, over the useful economic life of that asset as follows: Office & Sports Equipment- 25% reducing balance Furniture. Fixtures & Fittings- 25% reducing balance A revaluation in the previous financial year wrote down to zero the value of the organisation's equipment, etc- which had become aged and it was deemed they no longer had a financial value. OtherAccruals & Prepayments Amounts are stated at the amounts becoming due or recetvable. Taxation The income and gains of the funds are exempt from taxation as they are applied for charitable purposes only. Value Added Tax Value Added Tax is not recoverable by the charity and as such is included in the relevant costs in the statements of financial activities. page8of 9
MUSLIM WOMEN'S YOUTH, SPORT & EDUCATION FORUM, MERSEYSIDE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2022 Unrestricted Restricted Funds Funds 2022 Z022 Total Fund5 2022 Total Funds 2021 3. Activities for generating funds: Voluntary Income Donations Donations Grants Receivable Big Lottery Fund Awards for All (not inc. In Totall Other grants General grants Holiday Activities Fund Clothworkers, Foundation Liverpool CVS (6,5801 13,QOO 12,000 14.971 1.976 9,725 Miscellaneous 39,971 11.701 4. Investment income Bank Interest 5. Particulars of employees: The average number of employees during the year. calculated on the basis of fuil-time equivalents. was as follows: 2022 2021 Charitable activities No employee received emoluments of more than £60.000 during the year (2021.. Nil) The Trustees are not remunerated for their ser4ices and are not included in the above number of f.t.e. employees. 6. Operating Lease Commitments There were no f inancial commitments under non-cancellable operating leases. page9of9