- AL ISLAMIA INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION
Report and Accounts
31st August 2021
Charity Number : 1121942
AL-ISLAMIA INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION Financial Statements Year Ended 31st August 2021
| Contents | Page |
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| Trustees' Report | 1-4 |
| Independent Examiner's Report | 5 |
| Statement of Financial Activities | 6 |
| Balance Sheet | 7 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 8-10 |
AL-ISLAMIA INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION - Registration No 1121942 TRUSTEE'S ANNUAL REPORT Year Ended 31st August 2021
Al-Islamia Institute for Education Trust presents its annual accounts and trustees' report for the academic year 2020/21.
The trustees at the Al-Islamiya, in carrying out it's activities, have complied with the duty in section 4 of the Charities Act 2006 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission.
Through the grace and mercy of the Almighty, Al-Islamia has continued it's mission of providing good quality education in a supportive Islamic environment. This academic year, whilst very challenging, has also been progressive.
INTRODUCTION
The school remained a popular choice with parents, with 91% of children returning to Al-Islamia, and a number of pupils enrolling as new registrations in both the EYFS and the Primary school phases.
OFSTED
In November 2020, we submitted an action plan to address the areas in the independent schools' standards that we had failed in November 2019. The action plan outlined the changes we had introduced and the procedures we had put in place to raise the standards and outcomes in all highlighted areas.
NEW PREMISES
After the initial euphoria of the purchase of Collegiate House, we began the process of applying for the change of purpose. The present site, though initially built as a grammar school, had been converted to ‘ sui Generis offices and Day Centre’ by the local council. The initial pre-application gave us an indication of the scale of the project and we sent out tenders to consulting firms for the planning application. We explored all avenues, from whole-project tenders to individual provision of services to identify the most cost-effective, value-for-money process. We began talks with a consulting firm but had not formally commissioned them with the task by the end of the academic year (August 2021).
We initially hoped to accommodate the pre-school and primary school within Collegiate House. However, it became quite obvious that the new site would eventually pose the same types of issues on a larger scale as the Evington Street site. We therefore decided to solely focus on transitioning the primary phase to Collegiate House.
COVID-19
November 2020 saw the second national lockdown. In line with national guidance, Al-Islamia had prepared for online/virtual schooling, which was offered as follows:
Continued
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AL-ISLAMIA INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION - Registration No 1121942 TRUSTEE'S ANNUAL REPORT Year Ended 31st August 2021
A daily timetable was crafted for every year group that allowed children to continue to access a broad curriculum, including Writing, Reading, Maths, Science, Topic (Geography and History) and Phonics/Spellings. This was accompanied by printed workbooks that were prepared and collected by Friday evening of the week before they were needed. Completed booklets for the preceding week were also returned at this time. Where necessary, learning material was provided on the chosen online platform – Google Classroom – which included links to mixed media resources and reading material.
All children were expected to attend live teaching sessions; a number of children attended school in order for this process to be successful, including vulnerable children, children of key workers and children who did not have enough/appropriate devices at home.
Community spirity and pastoral care continued to be provided, through fortnightly activities set to raise spirits and develop a sense of healthy competition, such as a Fruit Art competition and a garden plan challenge. Winners were announced and celebrated in regular emails and on the school website.
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
Over the furlough period, the Writing scheme of work were reviewed and adapted to enable children to meet the high expectations that we set. Units of work were written for every year group, and teachers received training that focused on the pedagogy and structure of the prescriptive process. Lessons were modelled for teachers and the units were rolled out with little adaptation to enable teachers to become familiar with the scheme, and to identify areas for improvement or adaptation. During this period, teachers also attended workshops to understand how the units are crafted and what strategies are used within the various phases. As teachers become more confident with the unit deliveries, and the manner in which the units provide scope for consolidation, they will be expected to adapt the units to meet learning needs and provide learning opportunities more acutely and accurately.
The school also continued to subscribe to high-quality subject associations including Historical Association and LiteracyShed+.
The PSHRE was reviewed and adapted in light of the Relationships Framework, and a parent consultation was held in November 2020. Response was positive, with appropriate challenges made by parents that enabled the school to clarify and justify it's choices robustly. The policy was then uploaded to the school website as per DfE guidance.
Attainment continues to improve – below is the Summer data for 2021, compared to the Spring data of 2020:
| Subject | Maths | Reading | Writing | ||||
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| Spring | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | |
| 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | ||
| 0% at agre related | 41% | 47% | 64% | 77% | 60% | 52% | |
| Expectations or | |||||||
| % at Greater Depth | 30% | 9% | 30% | 27% | 28% | 0% | |
| Continued |
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AL-ISLAMIA INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION - Registration No 1121942 TRUSTEE'S ANNUAL REPORT Year Ended 31st August 2021
More children met agre-related expectations (ARE) in Summer 2020, while also dealing with virtual learning – a brand-new platform for many who were technologically illiterate – and coping with the emotional, mental, and physical toll of dealing with COVID-19. We are therefore privileged to have supported some children, albeit a lower percentage than previously, to meet greater depth criteria. We anticipate that our overall percentage of children meeting ARE and Greater Depth will continue to improve next year.
RESOURCES AND ADDITIONS
Miscellaneous resources were purchased for use within the school across the academic year, including exercise books, writing equipment and subject-specific resources.
GENERAL ACTIVITY
Educational trips and visits were limited to local sites and spaces. Year 6 were treated to a variety of activities by their class teachers, including laser shooting and adventure golf at the end of the year. The whole school also participated in Leicester’s Beat the Street initiative, with all the children visiting Spinney Hill Park for a picnic and play day towards the end of the scheme.
GENERAL MAINTENANCE
Due to the high intake of the Foundation class F2 into the primary section, adaptations had to be made to maximise the usage of the rooms on the Evington Road site. Adaptations included removing doors and replacing them with folding doors and include a foyer space within the adjacent room. This enabled the primary section to allow all the accepted pupils to be accommodated in appropriately sized classrooms.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
The financial review is two fold:
- The usual expenditure and the adaptations made on the present Evington St site indicates that the school is doing well. Despite the fee suspension due to Covid-19 lockdown 2 during December 2020, the school was still able to financially remain stable and, in a position to carry on operating once the restrictions were lifted in Jan 2021.
The painting and other expenditure on the new site meant that a large amount was used for refurbishment with the remaining of the donation collected used to repay the debt. The full amount outstanding last year was £969,636 and the amount outstanding at 31 August 2021 was £882,786 so an amount of £86,850 of the debt was repaid.
Al-Islamiya Institute is not in a position to not make any grants and has no investments.
PLANS FOR FUTURE PERIODS
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The planning application for the change of zoning from offices to educational and community activity purpose will be thoroughly explored to achieve the most cost-effective way to apply.
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To set up new methods to fund raise to repay as many of the loans as possible.
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AL-ISLAMIA INSTrruTE FOR EDUCATION - R TRUSTEE'S ANNUAL REPORT Year Ended 31st Au ust 2021 STRUCTURE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT istrallon No 1121942 Al-lslamia Institute for Education is a registered UK Charity and Is govemed by its T1 Deed dated 20 September 2006. It Is an unlncorporated charlty and It was registered vAth Charlty Commission of England and Wal8s o 11 DeceMr 2006 under charity number 1121942. REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATJVE DAlLs Registered Charity number 1121942 PRINCIPAL ADDRESS Al-lslamia Institute for Education '. &7 Ewngton Street Leicester. LE2 OSA TRUSTEES Mr Zubair Kola Mr Ahmed Ebr8him Dadibhal Mr Haroon Mahmood Makda INDEPENDENT EXAMINER Cry81al Business SeTrices Ltd Chartered Accountants 284 Sloney Stanton Road Coventy. CV14FP Approv by order of the board of trustees 30th Jung 2022 and siql on its behalf by.. MR ZUBAR KOLA. Trustee
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES AL-ISLAMIA INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION I report lo the charity's Iruslees on my examination of the accounts of A-Islam¢a Institute for Education (the Trust) for the year ended 31st August 2021. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity trustees of the Trust you are reswnsible for the preparation of the accnunts in accordance with the requirements of the Charibes Act 2011 I'lhe Act'}. I report in respect of my examination of the Trusys accounts carrred 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 14515llbl of the Act. Independent examlnefs statement Since your charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a listed body. l confirrn that l am qualified to undertake the examinats.on tecause l am a registered member of ICAEW which is one of the listed bodies. I have completed my examination. I confirm Ihal no malerial matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect.. 1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act.. or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records.. or 3. the accounts do not comply wlh the applicable requirements conceming the fonn and conlenl of accounts set out in the Chanties IA¢counts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a Irue and fair view wh¢ch is not a matter considered as part of an independent examinabon. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection wtth the examination lo which attention should be drawrb in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts lo be reached. 30th June 2022 Mr Akbar Dedal Chartered AccoLsntsnt Crystal Business Services Limited Chartered Accountsnls 264 Stoney Slanlon Road Coventry CV14FP
AL-ISLAMIA INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION Statement of Financial Activities For The Year Ended 31st August 2021
| 31/08/21 £ INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS Donations 17,771 Investment income IBB profit 30 Charitable activities 2,906 School fees 359,008 Grants 500 362,414 Total incoming resources 380,215 EXPENDITURES Charitable activities Wages 259,324 Job retention scheme grants receivable (8,018) Pensions 4,258 Rates and water 1,993 Insurance 1,799 Light and heat 3,130 Telephone 1,011 Postage and stationery 2,560 Bank charges - Repairs and maintenance 4,545 Books and resources 10,675 Student activity - Subscriptions 1,006 Training 2,310 Cleaning 4,049 Depreciation of property 25,402 Depreciation of equipment 6,021 320,065 Governance costs Accountancy and legal fees (205) Total resources expended 319,860 NET INCOMING RESOURCES 60,355 Balance at 1st September 2020 262,141 Balance at 31st August 2021 322,496 ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES ARE CONTINUING Sale of goods/services as part of charitable activities |
31/08/20 £ 48,199 34 2,500 312,689 10,000 |
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| 325,189 | ||
| 373,422 | ||
| 278,544 (45,768) 3,212 2,374 599 5,157 929 2,643 15 2,046 19,226 99 2,067 1,478 6,404 25,196 3,603 |
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| 307,824 3,200 |
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| 311,024 | ||
| 62,398 | ||
| 199,743 | ||
| 262,141 | ||
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AL.ISLAMIA INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION Balanc• Sheet as at 31st August 2021 Notes 2021 2020 Fix¢d a$$ots Tangible assets 1,162.022 1.183.148 Current assets Debtors Cash at bank and In hand 27.505 93.400 120,9)5 82.110 83,695 Credltors amounts falllng due wlthln one year (40.435) (72,276) Nat current assèts 43,260 48.629 TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURREKr LIABILrriES 1,205.282 1,231.7n rodltors amounts f4lllng due wlthln one year {882.786) {969,636} Net assets 322896 262,141 Fund$ Unrestrlctsd funds 12 322.496 262.141 Total Funds 322A96 262,141 The financial slatements ye ap[Ved by Ihe Board of Trustees and authorised fw issue on 30th June 2022. MR ZUBAIR KOLA- TNstee
AL-ISLAMIA INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION Notes to the Accounts For The Year Ended 31st August 2021
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 Equipment - 20% 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.
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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AL-ISLAMIA INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION Notes to the Accounts For The Year Ended 31st August 2021
2. INVESTMENT INCOME
| 2. INVESTMENT INCOME | ||
|---|---|---|
| 31/08/21 | 31/08/20 | |
| £ | £ | |
| IBB Profit | 34 | 34 |
3. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS
Included in the wages costs is £16,982 (2020/21 - £17,401) which relates to wages paid to Mr Z Kola .a trustee, for his services as a full time Head Teacher together with other related services.
Trustees expenses
There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31st August 2021 ( year ended 31st August 2021£nil)
4. STAFF COSTS
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:
| Teaching staff Auxiliary staff Administrative staff |
31/08/21 26 1 1 28 |
31/08/20 30 1 1 |
|---|---|---|
| 32 |
No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000
5.TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
| Cost At 1st September 2020 Additions At 31st August 2021 Depreciation At 1st September 2020 Charge for year At 31st August 2021 Net Book Value At 31st August 2021 At 31st August 2020 |
£ 1,259,802 10,297 1,259,802 83,898 25,402 109,300 1,150,708 1,175,904 Freehold property |
£ 30,107 - 30,107 22,863 6,021 28,884 1,223 7,244 Equipmen t |
Totals £ 1,289,909 10,297 |
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| 1,300,206 106,761 31,423 |
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| 138,184 1,162,022 |
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| 1,183,148 |
6.DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
| Trade debtors Prepayments |
31/08/21 £ 1,585 - 1,585 |
31/08/20 £ 15,548 11,957 |
|---|---|---|
| 27,505 |
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AL-ISLAMIA INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION
Notes to the Accounts For The Year Ended 31st August 2021
7. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
| Trade creditors Taxation and social scurity Other creditors 8. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE Other creditors |
31/08/21 31/08/20 £ £ 1,298 3,432 1,940 (4,685) 37,196 73,529 40,434 72,276 AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR 31/08/21 31/08/20 £ £ 882,786 969,636 |
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9. LOANS
An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below:
| 31/08/21 £ Amounts falling between one and two years: Other loans - 1-2 years 882,786 10. SECURED DEBTS The following secured debts are included within creditors: 31/08/21 £ Loan 641,500 |
31/08/20 £ 969,636 |
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| 31/08/20 £ 700,000 |
The loan is secured by way of a legal first charge over Freehold properties known as 5-7 Evington Street,Leicester and Collegiate House, College Street, Leicester.
11. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES
There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31st August 2021.
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