NAVRATRI FESTVAL ASSOCIATION MANCHESTER TRUSTEES' REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2024 

Charity No: 1125565 

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NAVRATRI FESTVAL ASSOCIATION MANCHESTER CHARITY INFORMATION 

|Trustees|Mr Hemant Patel|
|---|---|
||Mr Premji Arjan|
||Mr Mahesh Hathi|
||Mr Sunil Chauhan|
|Charity Number|11225565|
|Administration Office|33 Arundel Road|
||Cheadle Hulme|
||Manchester|
||SK8 6NX|
|Independent Examiner|Y D Associates|
||Chartered Tax Advisers|
||6 Cocksfoot Drive|
||Ashton Under Lyne|
||OL5 9JA|
|Bankers|State Bank of India|
||Carlton House|
||18 Albert Square|
||Manchester|
||M2 5PE|



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|NAVRATRI FESTVAL ASSOCIATION MANCHESTER||
|---|---|
|CONTENTS||
||Page|
|Trustees' Report|4 - 5|
|Independent Examiner's Report|6|
|Statement of Financial Activities|7|
|Balance Sheet|8|
|Note to the Accounts|9|



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NAVRATRI FESTVAL ASSOCIATION MANCHESTER 

TRUSTEES' REPORT 

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2024 

The trustees present their report and accounts for the year ended 31st December 2024 

. 

## **Trustees** 

Mr Hemant Patel, Mr Premji Arjan and Mr Mahesh Hathi and Mr Sunil Chauhan have served throughout the year. 

Appointment of trustees is governed by the Trust Deed of the charity. The board of Trustees is authorised to appoint new trustees to fill vacancies arising through resignation or death of an existing trustee. 

## **Investment Powers** 

The Trust Deed authorises the trustees to make and hold investments using the general funds of the charity. However, all the surplus funds are currently held in low risk Bank deposit accounts. 

## **Constitution, objects and policies** 

The Charitable Trust is constituted by Trust Deed, and its objects continue to be that of providing social, cultural and religious activities for the duration of 10 to 15 days during the months of September and/or October annually. 

## **Financial review** 

The trustees have faced challenges set by the rising cost of living but have continued to ensure continuity of observing the very popular festival of Navratri for the Indian Community. 

Consequently the Trustees have to report a marked increase in surplus in the year in respect of the unrestricted funds of £12,787 as against a small surplus of £256 in the previous year. 

## **Statement of trustees' responsibilities** 

The trustees are required under the Charities Act 2011 to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the charity's financial activities during the year and of its financial position at the need of the year. In preparing financial statements giving a true and fair view, the trustees should follow best practice and: 

- a. select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently; 

- b. make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; 

- c. state whether applicable accounting standard an statements of recommended practice have been followed, subject to any departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; 

- d. prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation. 

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NAVRATRI FESTVAL ASSOCIATION MANCHESTER 

TRUSTEES' REPORT 

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2024 

The trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy the financial position of the charity and which enable them to ascertain the financial position of the charity and which enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with applicable law and regulations. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for prevention and detection of fraud and irregularities. 

## **Approval** 

. This report was approved by the trustees on 14/07/2025 and signed on their behalf. 

## MR HEMANT PATEL 

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NAVRATRI FESTVAL ASSOCIATION MANCHESTER 

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT 

TO THE TRUSTEES OF NAVRATRI FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION MANCHESTER FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024. 

We have examined the financial statements set out on pages 7 to 9, which have been prepared under the historical cost convention and accounting policies set out on page 9. 

## **Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner** 

The Trustees are responsible for the preparation of accounts; they consider that the audit requirement under section 144(2) of the Charities act 2011 does not apply and that and that an independent examination is needed. 

It is our responsibility to examine the accounts, without performing an audit and to report to the trustees. 

## **Basis of Examiners' Statement** 

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 accounts presented with those records. It also includes a review of the accounts and making such enquiries as are necessary for the purposes of this report. The procedures undertaken do not constitute an audit. 

## **Examiners' Statement** 

Based on our examination, no matter has come to our attention: 

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

   - to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act: and 

   - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act 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. 

Yogendra Dhorajiwala Y D Associates Chartered Tax Advisers 6 Cocksfoot Drive Ashton Under Lyne OL5 9JA 

14/07/2025 

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## NAVRATRI FESTVAL ASSOCIATION MANCHESTER STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024 

|**UNRESTRICTED FUNDS**<br>**Receipts**<br>Entrance ticket sales<br> <br>Dandya stick sales<br>Arti receipts<br>Stalls and canteen receipts<br>Advertising income<br>Donations and sponsorship<br>Bank Interest<br> <br>**Payments**<br>Hall hire<br>16,000<br>Sound and lights<br>4,500<br>Security<br>5,544<br>Performing artistes fee<br>20,065<br>Hotel and visa costs for artistes<br>6,496<br>Air fares for artistes<br>5,931<br>Hall decorations<br>1,083<br>Printing and advertising<br>518<br>Dandya sticks and sundries<br>604<br>Repairs & renewals                               410<br>Travel & van hire<br>674<br>Insurance<br>675<br>Legal & professional                         1,309<br>Sundries                                                880<br>Donation                                                  0<br>Bank charges                                          83<br>Depreciation<br>405<br> <br>**Net movement in funds for the year**<br>|2024<br> 2023<br> £ £ £<br>55,850<br>44,540<br>906                                   906<br>7,400                                6,788<br>7,851                                6,175<br>3,150                                1,250<br>2,100 3,711<br>77,257<br>63,370<br> 706 75<br>77,963                              63,445<br>13,750<br>4,300<br>3,680<br>19,019<br>4,968<br>7,013<br>5,731<br>87<br>604<br>594<br>906<br>461<br>0<br>708<br>1,001<br>58<br> 309<br> 65,176<br> 63,189<br>12,787 ,256|
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|NAVRATRI FESTVAL ASSOCIATION MANCHESTER|NAVRATRI FESTVAL ASSOCIATION MANCHESTER||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|FINANCIAL STATEMENT|||||
|BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST DECEMBER 2024|BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST DECEMBER 2024||||
|||2024||2023|
||£<br>|£|£|£|
|**FIXED ASSETS**|||||
|Fixtures & fittings                                     [2]                              1,212                                 927|Fixtures & fittings                                     [2]                              1,212                                 927|Fixtures & fittings                                     [2]                              1,212                                 927|Fixtures & fittings                                     [2]                              1,212                                 927|Fixtures & fittings                                     [2]                              1,212                                 927|
|**CURRENT ASSETS**|||||
|Sundry debtors                                                         0                         1,101|Sundry debtors                                                         0                         1,101|Sundry debtors                                                         0                         1,101|Sundry debtors                                                         0                         1,101||
|Co-Operative bank                                          35,773                                0|Co-Operative bank                                          35,773                                0|Co-Operative bank                                          35,773                                0|Co-Operative bank                                          35,773                                0||
|State Bank of India - Current Account|3,305|3,305<br>25,753|25,753||
|State Bank of India - Deposit Account|21,807||25,001||
||60,885||51,855||
|**CURRENT LIABILITIES**|||||
|Creditors<br>|1,069||4,541||
||1,069||4,541||
|||59,816||47,314|
|||61,028||48,241|
|**CAPITAL AND RESERVES**|||||
|||||£|
|**Unrestricted Funds**|||||
|Accumulated reserves b/fwd|48,241|48,241||47,985|
|Surplus for the year|12,787|12,787||,256|
|||61,028||48,241|



## **Approved by trustees:** ~~er~~ **HEMANT PATEL** 14/07/2025 

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NAVRATRI FESTVAL ASSOCIATION MANCHESTER 

NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2024 

## **1. Accounting policies** 

a) 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 2016)', 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. 

b) Voluntary income and donations received in cash are accounted for as received by the charity. No permanent endowments have been received during the period. 

c) Fundraising expenditure comprises costs incurred in inducing people and organisations to contribute financially to the charity's work. This includes the cost of advertising for donations and staging of special fundraising events. 

d) ) Resources expended are allocated to the particular activity where the cost relates directly to that activity. 

## **2. Fixed Assets** 

**Cost** `   £ Fixtures & fittings Cost at 01/01/2024                              9,088 Addition during the year                                                      690 9,778 **Depreciation** Accumulated Depreciation to 01/01/2024                        8,161 Depreciation during the year                                               405 8,566 NBV at 31/12/2024                                                          1,212 NBV at 31/12/2023                                                             927 

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