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
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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
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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 c￿OrdInator. 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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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