## Trustees’ Annual Report For the period from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 Charity name: Warrington Islamic Association Registered charity number: 1116745 ## **Sec$on A – Reference and Administra$ve Details** Charity name: Warrington Islamic Association (WIA) Other names the charity is known by: WIA Registered charity number: 1116745 Principal address: Lockton Lane, Bewsey, Warrington. WA5 0BF Trustees who served during the year: - Mr Zafar Malik - Chair of Trustees - Mr Qasim Mahmood – Honorary Treasurer / Primary Contact - Mr Farhan Hussain - General Secretary - Mr Amer Siddiq - Trustee - Mr Moazzam Hussain – Holding Trustee - Mr Haroon Ali – Holding Trustee - Mr Zubair Malik – Holding Trustee Names of senior staff: - HaZiz Muhammed Mahroof – Lead Imaam - HaZiz Nabeel Malik - Imaam ## **Sec$on B – Structure, Governance and Management** Governing document: The charity is governed by a Constitution. How the charity is constituted: Association. Trustee appointment and induction: Trustees are appointed by the Executive Committee in accordance with the Constitution. As of July 2024, a new Executive Committee was formed to replace the transitional committee that had been in place since March 2020. The Executive Committee consists of between six and ten members, including Honorary OfZicers (Chairman, Vice Chairman, Treasurer and General Secretary), elected members, and co-opted members. The trustees are aware of their responsibilities and regularly review governance arrangements to ensure compliance with charity law and best practice. ## **Sec$on C – Objec$ves and Ac$vi$es** Objectives of the charity: The objectives of the charity, as set out in the governing document, are: - To advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the object of improving conditions of life for persons in the Warrington area, in particular but not exclusively persons of the Islamic faith and their families. - To promote equality and diversity by working towards the elimination of racial discrimination and to promote equality of opportunity and good relations between persons of different racial groups in the Warrington area. - To relieve poverty of persons in the Warrington area, wider society and elsewhere in the world. ## Public beneZit: The trustees conZirm that they have had due regard to the guidance on public beneZit issued by the Charity Commission in exercising their powers and duties. In furtherance of these objectives, the charity has undertaken activities including education provision, community engagement, interfaith work, charitable fundraising, and welfare support. ## **Sec$on D – Achievements and Performance** During the reporting period, Warrington Islamic Association continued to serve the local community through religious, educational, charitable, and social activities. Key achievements during the year included continued delivery of Islamic education for children and young people, adult learning programmes, interfaith engagement initiatives, and charitable appeals responding to humanitarian crises both locally and internationally. The charity also maintained its ongoing support for refugees and asylum seekers in Warrington through the provision of essential items and community assistance. ## **Sec$on E – Financial Review** ## Reserves policy: The trustees aim to maintain sufZicient unrestricted reserves to meet day-to-day operational requirements and unforeseen circumstances. The charity does not hold excessive reserves. ## Funding: The charity’s principal sources of income are individual donations, weekly collections, and fundraising campaigns throughout the year, particularly during the month of Ramadan. Expenditure is applied in furtherance of the charity’s objectives as outlined above. ## **Sec$on F – Other Op$onal Informa$on** The trustees recognise the valuable contribution made by volunteers in supporting the activities and services of the charity throughout the year. ## **Sec$on G – Declara$on** The trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees’ Annual Report for the period 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025. Signed on behalf of the trustees: Qasim Mahmood Honorary Treasurer |**1116745**
**Warrington Islamic Foundation**| |---| |**Receipts and payments accounts**
**CC16a**| |Period start date
Period end date
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**01/04/2024**
**31/03/2025**| |**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**Last year**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**A1 Receipts**| |Donations
**135,803**
**-**
**-**
**135,803**
**118,615**
Madrasah Donations
**100,408**
**-**
**-**
**100,408**
**71,864**
Miscelleanous Income
**695**
**-**
**-**
**695**
**2,231**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_**236,905**
**-**
**-**
**236,905**
**192,711**
=—=====| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_**
**236,905**
**-**
**-**
**236,905**
**192,711**
**A3 Payments**
Staffing expenditure
**85,940**
**-**
**-**
**85,940**
**43,676**
Charitable donations
**9,863**
**-**
**-**
**9,863**
**25,917**
Waste and cleaning
**2,404**
**-**
**-**
**2,404**
**3,153**
Education fees
**20,810**
**-**
**-**
**20,810**
**54,309**
Insurance
**1,412**
**-**
**-**
**1,412**
**1,332**
Light and heat
**12,629**
**-**
**-**
**12,629**
**11,977**
Maintenance costs
**8,131**
**-**
**-**
**8,131**
**7,521**
Renovation costs
**9,000**
**-**
**-**
**9,000**
**117,660**
Bank charges
**1,143**
**-**
**-**
**1,143**
**719**
Rates and water
**2,098**
**-**
**-**
**2,098**
**2,030**
Event costs
**2,557**
**-**
**-**
**2,557**
**3,010**
Telecommunications
**111**
**-**
**-**
**111**
**768**
Miscellaneous costs
**2,539**
**-**
**-**
**2,539**
**1,786**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 158,636**
**-**
**-**
**158,636**
**273,858**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total payments_**
**158,636**
**-**
**-**
**158,636**
**273,858**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**78,269**
**-**
**- 78,269**
**- 81,148**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**- -**
**-**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**101,711**
**- -**
**101,711**
**182,859**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
**179,980**
**-**
**- Cross Add Error**
**101,711**
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29/01/2026| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Bank accounts and cash in hand
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
Qasim Mahmood|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**179,980**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**179,980**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
**Qasim Mahmood**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**When due**
**(optional)**
Date of
approval
**29/01/2026**| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 29/01/2026 2 **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** Warrington Islamic Association **On accounts for the year** 31/03/2025 **Charity no** 1116745 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1-2 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **31 / 03 / 2025** . - **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** 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 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ **Signed:** AMS Medical Accountants Limited **Date:** 29/01/2026 ~~ee [|~~ **Name:** AMS Medical Accountants Limited ~~CC~~ **Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):** **Address:** 1 Hardman Street Manchester M3 3HF **October 2018** 1 **IER** **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . **October 2018** 2 **IER**