2024-09-30-accounts - Utrujj Foundation

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REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1099875

Report of the Trustees and Unaudited Financial Statements for The Year Ended 30 September 2024 for UTRUJJ FOUNDATION

ADVICE WITH ACCOUNTS Units 50-51 Lenton Business Centre, Lenton Boulevard, Nottingham, NG7 2BY TEL: 0115 978 6800

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Contents of the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 September 2024

Utrujj Foundation

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Report of the Trustees	3 - 5
Independent examiners report	6
Statement of Financial Activities	7
Balance Sheet	8
Notes to the Financial Statements	9

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Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 30 September 2024

Utrujj Foundation

The trustees have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities' issued in March 2005.

Registered Charity number

1099875

Trustees

Mr. H Tamim Dr. A Jawaid Mr H Mian Miss. A Mian

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing document

The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust drawn up on the 11th May 2003.

Recruitment, Resignation and appointment of new trustees

There were no changes to the trustees during the year.

The trust deed states the following about the appointment of trustees:

(i) There must be at least three trustees. Apart from the first trustees, every trustee must be appointed by a resolution of trusts passed at a special meeting.
(ii) In selecting individuals for appointment as trustees, the trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the charity.

Induction and training of new trustees

All new trustees are given, sufficient training on management skills and tools and have enough knowledge of their specific field to understand the nature of the charity and fully comply with the charities current views of its progress. They are also invited to additional courses related to their individual functions in the charity.

Frequent reviews are carried out by experienced staff members to ensure that they are all sufficiently managing their duties and attend internal and external training sessions where appropriate.

Organisational structure

Decisions regarding vision and strategic direction are made by the trustees in consultation with volunteers and occasionally employed staff who play an important role in delivering Utrujj services.

Decisions made concerning the day to day management of the charity are made by the Management team, using guidance provided by the trustees. Bigger decisions are made at Management Team meetings. The frequency and dates of these meetings is usually decided each year after the summer, and all Management Team members are informed of these details at this time.

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Decision making at the trust level is governed by the trust deed. The trust deed states that:

(i) No business shall be conducted at a meeting of the trustees unless at least one third of the total number of trustees at the time, or two trustees (whichever is the greater) are present throughout the meeting
(ii) The trustees may make regulations specifying different quorums for meetings dealing with different types of business
(iii) At meetings, decisions must be made by a majority of the trustees present and voting on the question. The person chairing the meeting shall have a casting vote whether or not he or she has voted previously on the same questions but no trustee in any other circumstances shall have more than one vote.

Risk management

The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error.

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Utrujj Foundation

Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 30 September 2024

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Objectives and aims

Promote education by providing advice, courses and support for all types of learning.
Promote religious understanding and tolerance by providing courses, literature and advice.
Promote better health and welfare by providing advice, courses and support.

Significant activities

We continued to run our most successful and popular courses such as tafseer and hadith classes. We also ran a fortnightly ‘Convert Club’ which was something new this period.

Popular events of the year were tarawih during Ramadan, Iftari at Islamia school and “Utrujj Talks” including topics on neurodiversity and minimalism.

Online content remains popular with hundred of blog posts published and lots of activity on our subscribed Whatsapp groups

Achievements and performance

For the financial year concerned, Utrujj delivered a variety of online courses, webinars and lectures. Our student relations, course operations and digital activity (website design, social media and whatsapp) continue to see improvements with dedicated volunteers.

Volunteers

Utrujj relies heavily upon volunteers for it's work along with some of the paid staff members - due to volunteers staff costs are considerably lower. We also held a small dinner and ‘thank you’ ceremony for our dedicated volunteers, where signed copies of books were issued to long-standing volunteers

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Reserves policy

There was a surplus of £6,873 for the period to September 2024

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

H Mian, 28/07/2025

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Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees of Utrujj Foundation

We report on the financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2024 set out on pages 7-9

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of the independent examiner's report

My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent examiner's statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements:
to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act have not been met; or

(2) to which, in our opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

NASEEM AKRAM,

ADVICE WITH ACCOUNTS

Units 50-51 Lenton Business Centre, Lenton Boulevard, Nottingham, NG7 2BY

24/07/2023

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Utrujj Foundation

Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 30 September 2024

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Notes on next page form part of these financial statements

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Utrujj Foundation

Notes to the Financial

Statements for the Year Ended 30 September 2024

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Accounting convention

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, the Charities Act 2011 and the requirements of the Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting and Reporting by Charities.

Incoming resources

All incoming resources are included on the Statement of Financial Activities when the charity is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy.

Resources expended

Expenditure is accounted for on an receipt and payment basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

Taxation

The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.

2. TRUSTEES’ REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS

Utrujj Foundation pays a trustee of the foundation as a full time serving member of staff. This is allowed under the founding Trust Deed and has been approved by the Charities Commission.

3. STAFF COSTS

3. STAFF COSTS
	2024	2023
Wages and Salaries	12,886	31,197
Social securitycosts	1,255	3,097

4. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

			2024	2023
HMRC PAYE/NI Taxes			31,740	28,097

A provision has been created for potential underpayment of PAYE & NI taxes for prior years. Correct and Final submisions have been made to HMRC, provision will be kept in accounts unitl confirmation.

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