REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1104130
Trustees' Report and
Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
for
Beeston Muslim Centre
M Ahmed & Co Chartered Accountants 83 Park Road Chilwell Nottingham NG9 4DE
Beeston Muslim Centre
Contents of the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
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| Trustees' Report | 1 to 4 |
| Independent Examiner's Report | 5 |
| Statement of Financial Activities | 6 |
| Balance Sheet | 7 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 8 to 13 |
| Detailed Statement of Financial Activities | 14 to 15 |
Beeston Muslim Centre
Trustees' Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2023. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
Objectives and aims
The Beeston Muslim Centre is a charitable organisation, registered charity no. 1104130, set up to promote the advancement of religion as practised by Sunni Muslims of the Hanfi Brailvi school of thought, provide educational support to children, help alleviate poverty, distress and sickness within all sectors of the community and develop inter-faith relationships through dialogue with local community representatives.
ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE
Charitable activities
Requirement for Madrasah at BMC continues to increase. Number of sessions have been increased to meet this growing demand. Staff have weekly sessions for CPD. These focus on improving the quality of teaching, quality assurance of marking and feedback and safeguarding training. All staff have been trained in First Aid. An Information Management System (MIS) has been successfully implemented. This MIS allows more efficient data management, compliance with GDPR and entry for data collection such as attendance, assessment and behaviour and achievement logs.
The kitchen extension was completed during the year. Further fund-raising activities will take place in Ramadhan 2024 for additional improvements to the centre.
In 2023, the Charity was successful in receiving Places for Worship Funding from the government for security measures.The funding was to provide a new shutter for the main gate, cctv system, mesh covering for windows to the front of the building and an intruder alarm. This work was completed in 2023.
BMC has continued to increase the provision of contactless systems for donations. This has proved successful and better meets the needs of current attendees. Two-points for contactless donations are now in place. In order to ensure robust reliability of digital devices enhanced wi-fi system with 100 fold increase in wi-fi bandwidth have been installed.
BMC has installed state of the art remote cameras to record events to stream to other parts of the centre and social media.
The management team would like to thank all members and volunteers for their time and resources.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Financial position
£87,733 was donated by the trustees, local community, and visitors to the centre for operational and development activities. This was supplemented with £7,284 from the government Gift Aid scheme. Operating expenses including depreciation amounted to £90,695 resulting in a £4,322 surplus to fund development needs.The charity would like to thank all its members and supporters for their work and generosity.
Principal funding sources
In the absence of investment income or other regular income stream, the charity is entirely dependent on the generosity and donations from members, attendees to the centre and the local community.
Reserves policy
The management committee is aware, and has a policy, that unrestricted funds held by the charity and not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets should be between three and six months of expenditure.
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document
The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust and constitutes an unincorporated charity.
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Trustees' Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
The charity is governed by a constitution.
Recruitment and appointment of new trustees
Applications for trusteeship and membership of the management committee are sought by personal solicitation. Selection is made and approved by the Governing Council. The Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer ("officers") serve for a period of 2 years, other management committee members serve for a period of 2 years; officers and members may be re-elected for further 1 and 2 year periods.
An election with a secret ballot of Trustees took pace in January 2023 to form a new management Committee. Having followed the due process as set out in the constitution 7 members of Management were elected for a period of 3 years.
Organisational structure
The management of the charity is vested in a management committee consisting of a Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and 4 other individuals appointed by the Governing Council (all of the trustees). The management committee meets at least four times per year and deals with all operational and development matters.
The Chairperson has overall control on all the final decisions after liaising with, and agreement from, all trustees. The Chairperson will use their authority on any issues that are unable to be agreed.
There have been no changes in the objects and policies during the year.
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.
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Charity number
1104130
Principal address
4a Evelyn Street Beeston Nottingham NG9 2EU
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Trustees' Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
Trustees
Mr Mansoor Ahmed (Chairman) Mr Interkhab Ahmed Din Mr Mohammed Meharban Mr Shafique Fazal (Treasurer) Mr Rashid Ahmed (resigned 15.1.24) Mr Raza Ahmed Mrs Kaneez Akbar Mr Malik Akram Haji Mohammed Ayub Mr Mohammed Yaqub Mr Mohammed Ayoub Mr Ghazanfar Ayoub Mr Nadeem Ahmed (deceased 9.12.23) Mr Feroz Din Mr Nisar Hussain Treasurer Mr Mohammed Zaheem Mr Sheraz Mumtaz Mr Waseem Zaman Mr Mohammed Umar Farooq Mr Ali Hussain Mr Shabir Ahmed Kataria Mr Tariq Kataria Mr Ghulam Mayauddin Mr Sagir Khan Mr Hamid Mumtaz Mr Abdul Rashid (deceased 13.1.23) Mr Mohammed Shafique Mr Mohammed Yasin Haji Mohammed Zaman Mr Shabbir Zaman Mr Rizwan Ahmed Mr Kaleem Ashraf Mr Mazhar Hussain Haji Bashir Ahmed Mr Adnan Hussain Mr Mohammed Saleem Mr Zahir Ul Din Mr Mohammed Tahir Mr Shazad Ahmed (Secretary) Mr Hashim Ahmed (appointed 16.1.24)
Independent Examiner
M Ahmed & Co Chartered Accountants 83 Park Road Chilwell Nottingham NG9 4DE
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Beeston Muslim Centre
Trustees' Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 9 September 2024 and signed on its behalf by:
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Mr Mansoor Ahmed - Trustee
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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Beeston Muslim Centre
Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Beeston Muslim Centre
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of Beeston Muslim Centre (the Trust) for the year ended 31 December 2023.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the 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 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by Section 130 of the Act; or
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the accounts do not accord with those records; or
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the accounts do 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.
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Maqbool Ahmed
M Ahmed & Co Chartered Accountants 83 Park Road Chilwell Nottingham NG9 4DE
9 September 2024
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Beeston Muslim Centre
Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
| 31.12.23 | 31.12.22 | ||
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| Unrestricted | Total | ||
| fund | funds | ||
| Notes | £ | £ | |
| INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM | |||
| Donations and legacies | 95,017 | 65,216 | |
| Charitable activities | |||
| Community centre hire | - | 60 | |
| Total | 95,017 | 65,276 | |
| EXPENDITURE ON | |||
| Charitable activities | |||
| Mosque expenditure | 90,695 | 61,649 | |
| NET INCOME | 4,322 | 3,627 | |
| RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS | |||
| Total funds brought forward | 304,509 | 300,882 | |
| TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD | **308,831 ** | 304,509 |
The notes form part of these financial statements
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Beeston Muslim Centre
Balance Sheet 31 December 2023
| 31.12.23 Unrestricted fund Notes £ FIXED ASSETS Tangible assets 5 329,263 CURRENT ASSETS Debtors 6 1,148 Cash at bank 2,999 4,147 CREDITORS Amounts falling due within one year 7 (12,062) NET CURRENT ASSETS (7,915) TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 321,348 CREDITORS Amounts falling due after more than one year 8 (12,517) NET ASSETS 308,831 FUNDS 10 Unrestricted funds 308,831 TOTAL FUNDS **308,831 ** |
31.12.22 Total funds £ 305,317 1,148 30,156 31,304 (11,259) 20,045 325,362 (20,853) 304,509 304,509 304,509 |
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The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 9 September 2024 and were signed on its behalf by:
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Mr Mansoor Ahmed - Trustee
The notes form part of these financial statements
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Beeston Muslim Centre
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of preparing the financial statements
The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
Income
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
Expenditure
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals 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.
Tangible fixed assets
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
Freehold property - 2% on cost Fixtures and fittings - 33% on cost
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.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
Hire purchase and leasing commitments
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.
Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits
The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charity's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.
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Beeston Muslim Centre
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
2. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS
There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 December 2023 nor for the year ended 31 December 2022.
Trustees' expenses
There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 December 2023 nor for the year ended 31 December 2022.
3. STAFF COSTS
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:
| 31.12.23 | 31.12.22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Imam | 1 | 1 |
| Teachers/Others | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 |
No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
4. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
| Unrestricted | |
|---|---|
| fund | |
| £ | |
| INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM | |
| Donations and legacies | 65,216 |
| Charitable activities | |
| Community centre hire | 60 |
| Total | 65,276 |
| EXPENDITURE ON | |
| Charitable activities | |
| Mosque expenditure | 61,649 |
| NET INCOME | 3,627 |
| RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS | |
| Total funds brought forward | 300,882 |
| TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD | 304,509 |
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Beeston Muslim Centre
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
| 5. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS Freehold property £ COST At 1 January 2023 364,119 Additions 34,796 At 31 December 2023 398,915 DEPRECIATION At 1 January 2023 64,245 Charge for year 7,500 At 31 December 2023 71,745 NET BOOK VALUE At 31 December 2023 327,170 At 31 December 2022 299,874 6. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR Prepayments 7. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR Bank loans and overdrafts (see note 9) Taxation and social security Other creditors |
Fixtures and fittings £ 18,787 - 18,787 13,344 3,350 16,694 2,093 5,443 31.12.23 £ 1,148 31.12.23 £ 10,773 764 525 **12,062 ** |
Totals £ 382,906 34,796 417,702 77,589 10,850 88,439 329,263 305,317 31.12.22 £ 1,148 31.12.22 £ 10,773 36 450 11,259 |
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Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
| 8. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE | THAN ONE | YEAR | ||
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| 31.12.23 | 31.12.22 | ||||
| £ | £ | ||||
| Bank loans (see note 9) | 12,517 | 20,853 | |||
| 9. | LOANS | ||||
| An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below: | |||||
| 31.12.23 | 31.12.22 | ||||
| £ | £ | ||||
| Amounts falling due within one year on demand: | |||||
| Bank loans | 10,773 | 10,773 | |||
| Amounts falling between one and two years: | |||||
| Bank loans - 1-2 years | 10,773 | 10,773 | |||
| Amounts falling due between two and five years: | |||||
| Bank loans - 2-5 years | 1,744 | 10,080 | |||
| 10. | MOVEMENT IN FUNDS | ||||
| Net | |||||
| movement | At | ||||
| At 1.1.23 | in funds |
31.12.23 | |||
| £ | £ | £ | |||
| Unrestricted funds | |||||
| General fund | 304,509 | 4,322 | 308,831 | ||
| TOTAL FUNDS | 304,509 | 4,322 | **308,831 ** | ||
| Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows: | |||||
| Incoming | Resources |
Movement | |||
| resources | expended |
in funds | |||
| £ | £ | £ | |||
| Unrestricted funds | |||||
| General fund | 95,017 | (90,695) | 4,322 | ||
| TOTAL FUNDS | 95,017 | **(90,695) ** | 4,322 |
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Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
10. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued
Comparatives for movement in funds
| At 1.1.22 £ Unrestricted funds General fund 300,882 TOTAL FUNDS 300,882 Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows: Incoming resources £ Unrestricted funds General fund 65,276 TOTAL FUNDS 65,276 |
Net movement At in funds 31.12.22 £ £ 3,627 304,509 3,627 304,509 Resources Movement expended in funds £ £ (61,649) 3,627 (61,649) 3,627 |
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A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows:
| Unrestricted funds General fund TOTAL FUNDS |
At 1.1.22 £ 300,882 300,882 |
Net movement in funds £ 7,949 7,949 |
At 31.12.23 £ 308,831 308,831 |
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A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
| Incoming | Resources | Movement | |
|---|---|---|---|
| resources | expended | in funds | |
| £ | £ | £ | |
| Unrestricted funds | |||
| General fund | 160,293 | (152,344) | 7,949 |
| TOTAL FUNDS | 160,293 | (152,344) | 7,949 |
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Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
11. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES
There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 December 2023.
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Beeston Muslim Centre
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
| 31.12.23 | 31.12.22 | |
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| £ | £ | |
| INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS | ||
| Donations and legacies | ||
| Donations | 87,733 | 62,070 |
| Gift aid | 7,284 | - |
| Grants | - | 3,146 |
| 95,017 | 65,216 | |
| Charitable activities | ||
| Community Centre hire | - | 60 |
| Total incoming resources | 95,017 | 65,276 |
| EXPENDITURE | ||
| Charitable activities | ||
| Wages | 54,726 | 34,900 |
| Pensions | 260 | - |
| Hire of plant and machinery | - | 405 |
| Rates and water | 1,156 | 773 |
| Insurance | 1,361 | 1,228 |
| Light and heat | 8,349 | 2,727 |
| Telephone | 773 | 625 |
| Postage and stationery | 544 | 714 |
| Subscriptions | 372 | 327 |
| Repairs and maintenance | 188 | 850 |
| Cleaning | 336 | 622 |
| Children classes | 1,662 | 254 |
| IT and website costs | 633 | 734 |
| Community centre activities | 2,191 | 2,726 |
| Sundry expenses | 2,015 | 201 |
| Charitable donations | 1,750 | - |
| Depn of freehold property | 7,501 | 7,191 |
| Depn of fixtures and fittings | **3,351 ** | 4,518 |
| 87,168 | 58,795 | |
| Support costs | ||
| Finance | ||
| Bank charges | 295 | 456 |
| Governance costs | ||
| Accountancy and legal fees | 694 | 250 |
| Carried forward | 694 | 250 |
This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements
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Beeston Muslim Centre
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
| 31.12.23 | 31.12.22 | |
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| £ | £ | |
| Governance costs | ||
| Brought forward | 694 | 250 |
| Bank loan interest | 2,538 | 2,148 |
| **3,232 ** | 2,398 | |
| Total resources expended | 90,695 | 61,649 |
| Net income | 4,322 | 3,627 |
This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements
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