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2021-02-16-accounts

IMAN TRUST

Registered Charity: 1108716

St Michaels Mount Elton Head Road St Helens, WA9 5AU Merseyside, UK

17 February 2020 to 16 February 2021 ANNUAL RETURN (16th Financial Year)

Enclosures:

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name IMAN TRUST Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1108716 Charity's principal address St Michaels Mount


St Michaels Mount
Elton Head Road
St Helens
Postcode WA9 5AU

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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Mr Hanif Sheikh Chairman &
Trustee		 Spring 2010 Board of Trustees

Dr Muhammad Yusuf
Pervez		 Trustee since 2007
Secretary since
Sept2018		 Autumn 2007 Board of Trustees
Mr Iftikhar Mobin Khan Deputy Secretary &
trustee		 March 2005 Board of Trustees

Dr Abubaker Elbadri		 Trustee
Was secretary to
Sept 2018		 March 2005 Board of Trustees
Dr Akhtar Ali Akhtar Finance Officer &
Trustee		 March 2005 Board of Trustees
Dr Sarfaraz Khan Trustee March 2005 Board of Trustees
Dr Mohammad Al-Jubouri Trustee March 2005 Board of Trustees
Dr Omar Shaikh Trustee Autumn 2007 Board of Trustees
Dr Usama Munir Trustee Spring2012 Board of Trustees

Dr Ahmad Omar		 Trustee 30 May 2019 Board of Trustees

Azam Ali		 Trustee 30 May 2019 Board of Trustees

Dr Irfan Ullah Khan		 Trustee 01 Nov 2019 Board of Trustees

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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year
ABDULMAGID AMHAMED TAUFIK Finished Term 2005 to Spring2011
DR HANY NASR 2007-Winter 2012
Dr Shahid Ayyoub Trustee 2010 – 2014
Mr Najmedin Bulgasim Trustee 2005 - 2017
Mr Ahmad Elgawad Feb 2018 – Dec 2019

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

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Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

The Charity Trust Constitution - Trust Deed first adopted 22/3/2005 Type of governing - Amended 11/5/2007 document (eg. trust deed, constitution) TRUST How the charity is constituted

company)

Approved and Appointed by Board of Trustees Trustee selection methods Should be a regularly contributing donor for at least 12 months, before (eg. appointed by, elected by) nomination and should continue with standing order of a minimum £30/month

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

All Trustees are non-paid volunteers. They remain amongst the largest donors You may choose to by Standing Orders to the Trust as well. They take part in various activities of include additional the trust, and all are regular donors paying monthly standing orders. information, where relevant, about: The Board of Trustees holds fairly regular monthly meetings (on average 10 • policies and procedures meetings per year), with additional ad hoc emergency meetings. Other adopted for the induction individuals (non-trustees) IMAN Trust Friends who support the Charity Trust and training of trustees; financially, and/or participate in organising and supporting various activities in • the charity’s the Trust may attend the meetings ad hoc, unless confidential matters are going to be discussed. Since 2013, the meetings were restricted to Trustees, except organisational structure when necessary, to enable reaching decisions and avoiding engagement in and any wider network lengthy discussions by large number of attendees. The Imam and Caretaker with which the charity attend ad hoc meetings. A youth representative also attends ad hoc. works; • relationship with any Additional people are allowed to attend according to topics on the agenda, and related parties; when no matters of confidentiality are discussed. • trustees’ consideration Only Trustees are eligible to vote on matters that require voting. of major risks and the system and procedures To enable the day to day management and execution of actions, based on those to manage them. Trust Board decisions, a management structure is approved by the Board of Trustees to include the following: Charity Trust Chairman (Honorary role) Charity Trust Secretary Charity Trust Deputy Secretary Charity Trust Finance Officer Charity Trust Deputy Finance Officer In the year 2017-18, we expanded “designation of specific roles” to different Trustees to make the best of their contribution and specialist interests. The roles and responsibilities introduced included: Charity Lead Trustee for Maintenance & Repairs Charity Lead Trustee for Administrative Duties & human Resources Charity Lead Trustee for Liaison Charity Lead Trustee for Education & Activities The Board also sanctioned that at least 2 of the secretary, deputy secretary or finance officer can take decisions on urgent matters, and later bring it to the board of trustees at the earliest opportunity to second and approve. Trustees are expected to have Standard Criminal Record Clearance, and in fact by virtue of their professions as doctors, they all have ‘Enhanced’ CRC anyway.

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Section C Objectives and activities

To advance Islamic religion by establishment of an Islamic centre & facilities for the practice of religion of Islam and its duties for the Muslim community, and to provide for community activities.

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

Advancement of Islamic education by provision of facilities for Islamic education for children & adults.

Promoting religious harmony & positive citizenship with all other religions and different constituents of the community that collectively enrich the society in a successful multicultural society.

Provide an informed point of contact for advice when possible on Islamic religion and public harmony and citizenship to local public bodies such as Schools, the Council & the Police or the public at large.

This year (17 Feb 2020 – 16 Feb 2021) , was very different from all other years, and it was marked by the COVID-19 Pandemic which affected all aspects of life globally. As the centre and mosque is a place of gathering it was affected by the national lockdown regulations as well as the local and self-implemented health & safety measures for most of the time.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

The Board of Trustees followed all the national regulations and added further steps to ensure safety of the users as well as the society overall. These measures included:

• For the list of all the activities for the year 2020-2021, please see under Section D below.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

The target area of benefit is St Helens, Knowsley, Widnes & Halton, and the wider community overall. The area of practice is expected mainly to cover Merseyside, Cheshire & Lancashire.

The charity’s activities will include the provision of place for Islamic religious activities such as daily prayers & Friday Sermons, general charitable purposes, education and training for the local Muslim community and for the benefit of the wider community and general public such as promoting religious harmony. It is the Trust’s intention and aim to promote the spirit of citizenship and religious harmony between all religions and to celebrate the multicultural contribution in enriching the common society for all. The means to this will include primarily the provision of buildings, facilities and materials. This will also include advocacy, advice and information.

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The Iman Trust Islamic Centre is privileged by having our first Imam (religious minister), whose first tongue is English and is an eloquent speaker. The first Imam limited his activities to the school and was replaced in 2018 by another eloquent Imam, whose first tongue is English and was educated in the UK. The medium of instruction in the Centre is English, though other languages such as Arabic and Urdu are also catered for when needed for facilitating users’ needs.

The Imam facilitates the religious activities and conducts the prayers and gives the Friday Sermons. However, the educational activities were not restricted to this, but were enriched by various speakers and organisers as necessary.

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Section D Achievements and performance

ACTIVITIES, PERFORMANCE & EVENTS 2020-2021:

Summary of the main achieveme nts of the charity during the year

In the year February 2020 - February 2021 the Trust continued to build on the previous years’ successes with further activities to fulfil the Charity’s aims, objectives and ambitions. The Trust concentrated on the activities that received the highest rating by feedback and popularity as well as those that provide the most benefit to the users and the overall society. But the overall activity this year was affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic and the lockdown.

PREMISES & FACILITIES and their uses:

The Trust’s facilities provide the main Mosque / Masjid facilities locally and an Islamic Educational Centre.

The premises of the Iman Trust Centre has the following facilities:

Main Hall (for Prayer sermons, Lectures, and Study Days) Side Hall (for women prayer and other private activities) Small Office (for administration)

Male & Female & Disabled Toilet, Shower & Wudu facilities )

Small kitchenette (for small services, hot drinks, warming food etc..)

Leisure & Sports Hall/Conservatory (for kids activity, functions, space) Porch (for shoes storage, and leaflet stands)

Car Parking Facility for over 24 cars, including 2 disabled pays , and an internal overflow parking facility for additional 10-12 cars. All marked.

There is also full security facility with flood lights and CCTV as advised by the Merseyside police, and regularly inspected. Recently it has been recommended by the police to consider an upgrade to this in the near future, which may benefit from some help under the provisions of Security of Places of Worship Programme.

The building is fully compliant with safety & fire regulations and passed previous inspections in this regard. The internal car parking facility help prevent creating parking inconvenience to neighbours, and we also give permission for its use to St Helens Council during special functions such as on bonfire night for the benefit of the local community of St Helens. The Councils’ Sutton Leisure Centre and Sutton Academy reciprocally allow the users of the centre to use their Car Parking Facilities as an overflow parking.

In addition the piece of land that the Trust gift-lent (dedicated) to the Local Council free of charge to complete the public footpath was also finished to the benefit of the public at large. The Fence & gate were erected in consultation with the local police advice. The last of the major building work involved the internal conversion of the main premises into a large hall as per the building regulation. Additional work involved security CCT and lighting, broadband connection and Audio Visual facilities necessary for the running of education activities. Bird boxes were previously installed to promote the environment and further trees were implanted.

Currently there are plans to modernise the building that are still in the discussion and planning process. Fundraising for the project has just started ahead of plans.

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PREVENT- Merseyside Inter-faith Forum & Other liaison with Merseyside Police:

Our Trust & Islamic Centre works in close partnership with Merseyside Police for the benefit of the wider community and for the safety and cohesion of the society. We have a longstanding activity record from representation on the previously held community diversity meetings to the interfaith forum first held on 3 June 2015 under PREVENT, and other relevant meetings. We also previously organised training sessions for Merseyside Police Officers to facilitate their work with the Muslim community. We also had social joint activities such as football matches in the past.

This year due to COVID 19 and lockdown, no meetings but maintained liaison as necessary.

The month of Ramadan:

The month of Ramadan is a very special occasion for Muslims world-wide. It’s a large annual event that provides an opportunity for reflection and help to the poor and needy. The amount of Charity giving in this month alone constitutes one of the largest charitable activities. It’s also a month where Muslims like to be even closer to Allah with more prayers and observing the fasting from dawn to sunset.

Again Covid-19 left its mark on this, to be the first year not to have congregational Taraweeh Evening Prayers during the month of fasting – Ramadan.

Instead we organised regular 2 hour lectures followed by Q&A, online on Zoom, every Saturday and Sunday during the month of Ramadan.

Quran & Arabic Language Lessons:

In addition, the centre hosts regular weekly (Saturdays & Sundays) Quranic and Arabic Language Lessons which proved very popular, particularly amongst the young ones. The previous Imam heads the provisions of this educational activity, supported by the new Imam and other volunteer teachers.

These were suspended during the lockdown period most of the Feb 2020- Feb 2021 year .

Other educational & training activities:

Other educational activities, aimed at improving the character and conduct of the Muslim community members to be better citizens for the overall benefit of the wider society. This is a traditional educational activity central to Islamic teachings and prophetic tradition. It involves ad hoc lectures or discussions which are led by various established speakers from various parts of the country. Many of these were conducted during the month of Ramadan. Other lectures and presentations were conducted in the centre. Women’s Quranic Lessons were also conducted.

This year Feb 2020-2021 seen a change in how this is provided. We created a community group on WhatsUp for Views & News and provision of advice.

We managed on 29[th] February 2020 just before the lockdown to arrange a community dinner in the centre attended by about 100 people where an invited speaker (scholar) gave a lecture.

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Friday Khutba (weekly mass sermon):

Perhaps one of the most outstanding activity is the regular Friday Khutba (Sermon) given by our eloquent and highly educated young Imam, which attracts over 120 people every week. Khutbas which cover modern topics and subjects very important in building citizens’ character which is integral to Islamic education.

This activity was suspended for most part of the year Feb 2020-2021 during the lockdown. When it was resumed restrictions were imposed on the numbers, with online pre-booking on Eventbrite booking service. Oneway traffic (entrance & exit) and the use of masks, temperature check on entry and the the use of alcohol gels and disposable paper matts was enforced. Physical distancing and prohibition of gathering was also enforced. Most of these regulations are still actively practiced event after the lockdown was lifted.

St Helens Muslim Community Eid get together party:

Again while the Eid prayers were conducted with very limited places and following all precautions and restrictions for COVID 19, we were unable to facilitate Eid parties this year.

DISCOVER ISLAM ACTIVITIES: Over the past few years we continued on the major public awareness activities in partnership with museums and educational institutions.

However this year, due to COVID 19, we had to cancel an activity planned for April 2020. Instead in August 2020, we assisted the Museum of Liverpool to set up an exhibition on the effects of Covid 19 on our social, family and religious activities.

A day in the Islamic Centre / Mosque: 1- For Primary Schools:

The centre also caters for primary school visits as ‘ A Day in Islamic Centre/Mosque for Schools’. In the past few years we welcomed a few schools in the centre with well-planned day full of education, fun & activities. The feedback from pupils and teachers is outstanding and heart-filled.

For those schools who struggle to find the means to visit the centre, for example due to large number of pupils, we offer to do the visit to school to provide equally exciting experience.

This year was the first year not to undertake this activity due to COVID 19 and Lockdown.

Fund Raising for the Iman Trust Islamic Centre:

We continue fund raising for the Iman Trust centre to meet its running costs and financial obligations. All Trustees and many IMAN-Trust Friends sat up standing order donations. Users of the centre also donate regularly into the donation box or directly via the Trust bank accounts.

Fund raising was very limited this year, though most of people who set up standing orders in the past, they continued them.

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Fund raising for national and international charitable projects:

In the past Friday Sermons provides an opportunity to make collections for other approved charities that are registered with the Charity Commission if they are UK based. These included support for natural disasters or refugees of war etc…We do not provide direct support, but allow select UK Registered Charities to occasionally collect during Ramadan or Friday sermons.

This year, even when Friday Sermons were conducted when the lockdown was lifted, we were unable to conduct these activities as we continued to observe social distancing and other Covid measures.

Working together with the local Metropolitan Councils:

We always liaise and work together with St Helens, Knowsley and Whiston MB Councils for the benefit of the wider community. For example the St Helens MBC helps with providing access to the Leisure centre Car Park during Eid sermons to avoid parking problems and we reciprocate this joint work by providing our Iman Trust Centre’s Car Park for the MBC Parking services for the bone-fire event of fire workers every year on 5[th] November.

This year we registered as volunteers with the St Helens MBC, to assist in their wider community support during the Covid Pandemic.

MOTHER’S DAY: Iman Trust & Meet Your Muslim Neighbour Celebration by Primary School Children.

This annual event was initially booked for March 2020, but as the pandemic started to peak, we had to cancel it even before the lockdown was enforced.

Other Activities Feb 2020-2021:

We registered with the Spiritual Services Department at Whiston Hospital to assist with any Muslim patients that require spiritual support.

We also registered with the St Helens Council as volunteers to assist their support for the wider community during the Covid 19 Pandemic.

We also volunteered for the local Food Banks providing food parcels. We also collected food from supermarkets, packed it and distributed it to families.

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“NEVER AGAIN” event on Genocides:

Genocide Awareness Event – Whiston Town Hall, Merseyside,

Sunday 1[st] March 2020, 12PM:4PM.

We organised this successful event just before the Covid Pandemic started in the UK. In this event communities came together to remember lives lost in acts of genocide worldwide & help build a platform of care, concern, compassion and change.

Several lectures were delivered on various genocides including the Holocaust, Srebrenica massacre, Fascist Concentration camps in Libya in 1930-1934 with reference to nowadays Chinese concentration camps of Chinese Muslims. There was reference to the growing number of unchecked ethnic massacres and atrocities in Kashmir, and the Rohingya in Myanmar….

The event was well attended and there were several VIP guests including an MP for St Helens, the High Sheriff of Merseyside and Deputy Chief Constable – Merseyside. Speakers included A Rabbi to talk about the Holocaust, NGO who took part in the assessment of the aftermath of Srebrenica massacre and other speakers.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the
charity’s policy on reserves
Details of any funds materially
in deficit		 The Trust managed to collect enough funds to enable the repayment of all
its last outstanding interest-free loans by 2015.
The Trust will continue to endeavour to collect further funds to enable the
Charity Trust to continue to improve the premises to accommodate the
local public needs for the Trust’s activities and aims. This will also be
necessary for funding the various educational and public activities, and
the appointment of the Imam or religious minister. Funds will also be
necessary for the utility & insurance bills & services.
The Trustees and the IMAN Trust Friends remain amongst the largest
regular donors to the Trust, and they continue working in a voluntary
capacity to minimise the Trust’s expenditure.
Since the purchase of the building, additional regular expenditure became
necessary such as Utility Bills, Insurance and Security etc.. To cover for these on-
going expenditures all the Trustees and many of IMAN Trust Friends and
supporters were encouraged to continue their regular monthly Standing
Orders/Direct-Debit mandates and recruit more donors.
This year we purchased new house close to the centre for the
accommodation of the Imam. This will allow the Trust to save on
regular monthly rent and provide an asset to help with the future
rebuilding of the centre.
The Trust has not and does not depend on or receive any public
funds except the Gift Aid which is provided to all registered charities
in the UK.
No outstanding interest-free loans since 2015.

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about: Trust 16[th] Financial Year 17/02/2020 to 16/02/2021: • the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); The Charity’s expenditures were kept at very low levels at all times. Most • how expenditure has expenditure this year was in relation to Building repairs, Utility bills, supported the key objectives insurance and Imam Salaries and pension contributions. of the charity; • investment policy and Plus the purchase of a house to be used for the Imam accommodation.

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Trust 16[th] Financial Year 17/02/20 to 16/02/2021:

INCOME Breakdown 2020-2021
Lump Sums 38980.77
HMRC - Gift Aidplus JRS 29695.19
Standing Orders 34205
Grand Total INCOME 102880.96
Expenditure Breakdown 2020-2021
Salaries & Wages -Total 26538.31
Utilities - Total 3495.43
Maintenance & Repairs - Total 720
Insurance - Total 784.94
Miscellaneous - Total (most Covid infection
control)		 1283.52
National Insurance HMRC -Employees 1392.31
House Purchase - Imam Accommodation 114457
GRAND TOTAL Expenditure 148671.51
Opening Balance 16/02/2020 121390.49
Closing Balance 17/02/2021 75599.94
Gross Income
_£_102880.96
(No more outstanding loans)

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Section F Other optional information

This year we purchased a house primarily to provide the accommodation for the Imam, to save on the regular monthly rental £114,457.

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) On behalf of the Board of Trustees Full name(s) Dr A Elbadri Position (eg Secretary, Trustee Reviewed & accepted as true by the Chair, etc) Board of Trustees

Date 4/12/2021

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLANO AND WALES IhlAN TRUST 1108716 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period from To 17t￿20 161￿21 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricte funds Restricted funds Endowrnent lunds Total funds Last y•ar to thè n￿r•st trj th• n•arnst É to th• noar•st£ to th• nearest É to th• n•arMt£ A1 R•¢gi Donallons lum Sums 38,981 34,205 39.095 38.#81 34305 29,695 16513.61 Donallons R• ular & SI•￿￿ 0￿•1 33797.5 841&5 IIHRC- Glft & JRS Sub total(Gross income forAR) A2 Asset and Invgltmont $al•s. Sg0 tablo 102.881 5•,7JO Sub tota 102881 102,181 A3Pa m•nts W•g•4 & F••• Ilm•m, C•r•Mk•r, T••¢h•r R•pilrA. Bulldlnq, Milnt•nanc• Functlon•. Ald•, & kntlvlll•¥ •ur•n¢•, Flr• S•f•ty, S•¢yrfty Ulllllk•• B•Thlc••. G4•, El•cL Wat•r. T•1 T•x•# & Niion•l Insurn¢•- HMRC 1•c•1￿￿•￿￿$ l¢o¥ld lTr1•d￿n Prw•ntlonl Hou•• PurGha•• Ilm4m •CCLsmodatlonl 21N28 &545 10 710 113 1,M2 720 785 3.495 1,391 1.284 114,457 1.284 Sub tota 672 A4 Asset and Investm•n¢ tabl• Sub tota Totsl wyments 148 672 Net of recelpts/(payments) . AS Transf•rs ￿tWo•ll funds A6 Cash funds last year ènd Cash funds thls year end 121 391 121 391 TAR 15 Mar¢h 2012

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Categories Oetalls to nearest£ to nearest£ to neareAtÉ B1 Cash funds C105ing Balanc8- Bank Slalement 75,600 Total cash funds 75,600 balwcaswith t8ceyts aCc￿n￿s1} Unrestricted funds to nearost£ Restricted funds to nearest£ Endowment funds to ￿are•l£ Details Fund to whl¢h A$$t b•lon Delalls eo•t (op￿OnI1) rront v¥lu• B3 Investment assets Fund to whlch asset belon eurr•nt valu• onal Details Charity Premises-lrnsn Trust Centre- Old estimate <2010 Car Park & Extension Old estimate <2010 Conservatory- esbmato <2010 Coot loptlonall 295,OOD B4 Assets retained for the ¢harity's own use 50,000 5.000 N•v House 114,457 Fund to whlch relates Amount duo optional When due opllonal Details B5 Liabilities Signed by one or two tru51ees on beha of all the trust888 Signatur8 Print Nam8 Date of roval Abubaker ElbadrS 0111212021 11 Akhtsr Akhtar 0111212021 TAR 16 Mar¢h 2012

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Se¢tlon A Independent Examlner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of IMAN TRUST On accounts for the year ended 16 FEB 2021 Charlty no Ilf any) 1108716 Set out on pages 1&2 l Teport to the truSt￿S on my examination ol the accounts oflhe above charity I'the Trusfi for the yeaT ended 1610212021. Responslbllltl•s and As tha charity ITUSt8*s of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basls of report of the accounts in accordance with thè raquirements of the Charities A 2011 I-lhe Act"). I report in respect ol my examination of the Trust's accounts carried oul under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out rny examination, I have followed ihe applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515llbl of the Act. I have completed my èxamination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention l in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in. any matèrial ￿Spect.. accounting records were not kepl in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the 3¢¢ounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concems and have come across no olher marter5 in connection with the exarnination lo which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Independent exarninerfs statement Slgned.. Date: Namè.. ftBbitL R4tz4P Relevant professional qualificationlsl or body lif any).. 8sL LL Q. FFII iNSf ifUTe OF FlfvJADICIA L Address: JIVgiNpiELD, CVtrsHIR f Sl< 16 4UU olbl 53q 24 11 IER October 2018 TAR 17 Mar¢h 2012