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2025-09-30-accounts

Registered number 06382888

Meenawala Charitable Foundation Limited

Registered Charity Number: 1122455

Accounts

30 September 2025

Meenawala Charitable Foundation Limited

Contents

Page
Legal and administrative information 1
Report of the trustees 2
Independent examiner's report to the trustees 3
Statement of financial activities 4
Balance sheet 5
Notes to the financial statements 6

Meenawala Charitable Foundation Limited

Legal and administrative information

Constitution

Meenawala Charitable Foundation Limited is a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity governed by its memorandum and articles of association.

Directors and trustees

The directors of the charitable company are its trustees for the purpose of charity law and throughout this report are collectively referred to as trustees.

Accountants 1122455
Company number 06382888
Business address 145-147 Watling Street Road
Preston
Lancashire
PR2 8AE
Trustees Irfan Yakub Ahmed
Siraz Ahmed
Yakub Ismail Ahmed
Independent examiner BBS Company Accountants Limited
37 Hesketh Road
Southport
Merseyside
PR9 9PB
Bankers Barclays Bank plc
Manchester

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Meenawala Charitable Foundation Limited Registered Number: 06382888

Report of the trustees for the year to 30 September 2025

The trustees present their report and the financial statements for the year to 30 September 2025. The trustees who served during the year and up to date of this report are set out on page 1.

Governing document

The Meenawala Charitable Foundation Limited is constituted as a registered charity and is governed by Memorandum and Articles of Association.

It is also a company limited by guarantee and is registered with Companies House.

Charitable objectives

To advance the religion of Islam for the benefit of the public through the holding of prayer meetings, lectures, public celebration of religious festivals, the provision and maintenance of places of public religious worship by persons professing the religion of Islam.

Statement of trustees' responsibilities

The trustees are responsible for preparing the financial statements in accordance with of controls, financial and otherwise. They are also responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 1985. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. The financial statements are prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective January 2015).

The trustees of the company must, in determining how amounts are presented within items in the statement of financial activities and balance sheet, have regard to the substance of the reported transaction or arrangement, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and practice.

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Meenawala Charitable Foundation Limited

Independent examiner's report to the trustees

We report on the accounts of the company for the year to 30 September 2025.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The trustees (who are also the directors of the company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the accounts.

Basis of independent examiner's report

Our examination was carried out in accordance with the 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 you as trustees concerning 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 our examination, no matter has come to our attention:

1) which gives us reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:

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.

BBS Company Accountants Limited FCPA

37 Hesketh Road Southport Merseyside PR9 9PB

30 July 2026

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Meenawala Charitable Foundation Limited Statement of financial activities for the year ended 30 September 2025

Notes
Incoming resources
Incoming resources from generating funds
Voluntary income
2
Total incoming resources
Resources expended
Charitable activities
3
Governance costs
4
Total resources expended
Net incoming resources for the year
Total funds carried forward
Unrestricted
funds
£
54,728
54,728
48,330
1,428
49,758
4,970
4,970
2025
£
54,728
54,728
48,330
1,428
49,758
4,970
4,970
2024
£
8,228
8,228
2,011
2,124
4,135
4,093
4,093

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Meenawala Charitable Foundation Limited Balance Sheet as at 30 September 2025

Notes
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
6
Current assets
Debtors
7
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors: amounts falling due
within one year
8
Net current assets
Total assets less current
liabilities
Net assets
Funds
Unrestricted income funds
9
Total funds
2025
£
832,687
832,687
718
28,263
28,981
(360)
28,621
861,308
861,308
861,308
861,308
2024
£
832,687
832,687
718
23,293
24,011
(360)
23,651
856,338
856,338
856,338
856,338

The financial statements were approved by the trustees

Irfan Ahmed

Siraz Ahmed

Yakub Ismail Ahmed

Date

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Meenawala Charitable Foundation Limited Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 30 September 2025

1 Accounting policies

The principal accounting policies are summarised below. The accounting policies have been applied consistently throughout the year.

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective January 2015), the Statement of Recommended Practice 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities' issued in March 2005 (SORP 2005) and the Charities Act 1993.

Incoming resources

All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when the charity is entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income. Voluntary income is received by way of donations and gifts and is included in full in the statement of financial activities when receivable. Donated services and facilities are included to the value to the charity where this can be quantified. The value of services provided by volunteers has not been included.

Resources expended

Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred, Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them. Support costs are those costs incurred directly in support of expenditure on the objects of the charity.

Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Freehold investment properties are included at market value at the balance sheet date. No depreciation or amortisation is provided in respect of freehold investment properties.

2
Voluntary income
Donations
3
Charitable activities
Donations made
Activities
undertaken
directly
47,940
47,940
Unrestricted
funds
54,728
54,728
Support
costs
390
390
2025
£
54,728
54,728
2025
£
48,330
48,330
2024
£
8,228
8,228
2024
£
2,011
2,011

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Meenawala Charitable Foundation Limited Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 30 September 2025

4
Governance costs
Accountancy charges
Rent and rates
5
Analysis of support costs
Insurance
Bank charges
6
Tangible fixed assets
Sharoe Green Mosque
Campbell Street, Preston
At 30 September 2025
7
Debtors
Sundry debtors
8
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Accruals
Unrestricted
funds
420
1,008
1,428
Unrestricted
funds
365
25
390
£
541,595
291,092
832,687
Freehold
land and
building
2025
£
420
1,008
1,428
2025
£
365
25
390
2025
£
541,595
291,092
832,687
2025
£
718
718
2025
£
360
360
2024
£
396
1,728
2,124
2024
£
374
12
386
2024
£
541,595
291,092
832,687
2024
£
718
718
2024
£
360
360

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Meenawala Charitable Foundation Limited Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 30 September 2025

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Analysis of net assets between funds
Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Current liabilties
10 Unrestricted funds
Balance
at 1 Oct
£
Unrestricted funds
856,338
Unrestricted
funds
832,687
28,981
(360)
861,308
Incoming
resources
£
54,728
2025
£
832,687
28,981
(360)
861,308
Outgoing
resources
£
49,758
2024
£
832,687
24,011
(360)
856,338
Balance
at 30 Sep
£
861,308
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