R¢gist¢red Cbarity No: 1127531 UK FRIENDS OF UIYIQUE HOME (PUNJAB) Fll¥ANCL4L STATEMENTS THE YEAR EI¥DED 31 MARCH 2025
UK FRIENDS OF UNIQUE HOME (Pi7NJAB) CONTENrs Page Trustees, Rq)ort Independent Examiners, Rq)ort Re£eipts and paym Account Statement of Assets and Liabilities Not¢5 to th¢ Financial Stat¢m¢nts
UK FRIENDS OF UNIQUE HOME (PUNJAB) TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025 The trustees present their rep(t wlth fllwicial ststem&ts for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees hav¢ prepared aoUnts on a RgIpts & Paynents basis. Referenee & Adminigtrative Infornution Charty Name UK Friends of Uniqu¢ Hom¢ (Punjab) Charity R¢8istration Number 1127531 Principl¢ Office 298 Welford Rcod Le1ter LE2 6EG Holdlng Trustees Mr Tom Harrigan MBE MCMI Mr Ranjit Th&liwal Mrs Mohinder Kaur Thaliwal Mr5 Meena Moriaria Ms Davinder Sanghera (Kally nee) Indepejjdent Exatniner Celerica Ltd Chartered Certified Accountants First Fl(x)r, The Old Chapel 9 Kempson RoAd Leicester LE2 8AN Bankers HSBC Bank plc 20 Th¢ Parade Leicester Road Oadby Leicester LE2 5BL Strudure, Governalle¢ & Mwement Governine doeument Th¢ charity was establish in 2009 by trust deed da1 6ih January 2009. ReCrnitn and appointment of Dew trll8tee8 The original trustees are swifieAI by the trust dthl. Trustees are app)Int for a five tern]. Org4ni92tional strutture The trustees are rtsponsible for the assets and the running of the charity. Ther¢ 8r¢ no pwson5 external to the charty that are entitled to appoint trustees. The truste£s are appointed for five years. Risk managenwnt The trllSt have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is expos&l and to ensure appropriate wntrob aT¢ in plac¢ to provide T¢asonabl¢ &ssur&nce against fraud and error. Page 1
UK FRtENDS OF UNIQUE HOME (PUNJAB) TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025 {CONTINUED) Objeetlves gnd AinLq The objecttves and aims of the Charity are: To raise fimds for the managanent, upkeq) and promotion of an institution known The Unique Hi)me in India. Th¢ aim of that institution is to provide mornl, social, cultural and c4xomIc uplift of unwanted Orphan and abandoned fmle ¢hildr¢n without distinction of casts, creed or religion. To raise awareness of the instimtion known as The Unique Home in [lia so that fiding atKI aid are donat directty to that institution. Each year the trustees review the activities of the charity in order to Ure that tlry continue to refie¢t the objectives s& out in the trust deed. In carrying out this review the trustees have c(rt]sid¢red th¢ Charity Commission's general 8uidance on public benefrt and. in particu]&r, its suppkmentary guidance on the prevention or relief of poverty for the public benefft and the drnft 8uidance on publi benefit aTMJ moral or ethical beli¢f 5ySt¢ms. It is the trustees, opinion that the operation of the Cllarity in its present forni is for th¢ public b¢n¢fit u]yJeT the principles sd out in the Charity Commissii)n guidanc¢. The w()rk of the trust gives rise to public benefit by providing SUPPOrt for The Unique Home in India which in turn provides free accommodatioffj sustenanc< moral guidance support for unwant1 orphaned and aban(loned female Childr in India. The girls are also afford th¢ opportunity to attain high educ8tiOll81 standards. Teslament to this is th¢ Success of two of the oldff girls have been in long tffm car¢ at Unique Home. One of whom attained a Masters Degree at College in Jalandhar, whilst the other Sd1ejj at LS Beckett University. Leeds UK and was suecessful in obtaining 8 B&tchelor of Arts, First Class HonrS Degree in July 2018. Both gir]s are now reSpt1Vety employ in Toronto and VancL)uver, Canada. Volunteers Th¢ charty is grateful for the efforts of it5 volunteers who are involved in raising fvtkls and runnin8 the charity. In previous years, volunteer's annual efforts amounted to approximately 500 hours in total. It has always proved difficult to attribut¢ in an ¢¢onomi¢ valu4 this ¢ontribution to the charity. However, because of circumstances beyond the control of the clwrity wljich curtailed fundraising ¢ampai8n voluntttr hours hav¢ reduced approximately by half. Th¢ trustees. thuns¢lv¢5 volunteffj ensure that best value is deriv from the effects of all volunteers. Achievement and perfornwn¢e Th¢ Charity has finally managed to provide a substantial grant dr1 to Unique Hom¢ in Punjab totslling £201,475. This is a great achievement this year with funds being useAI f(t the purchase of land which expands the home and provides an OPpnIty to build an ducational hub in the tllre. The &War¢s$ of Unique Home has wntInU strongly through ivs social M1& platfornis. The implementation and operations of the platfOrn for Unique Horne itself has also been really help1 in bwsting awareness worldwide. Tr direct debit ntributIOnS have remained stY and this has helFKd th¢ r¢s¢rves of the charity. The rrnnen( of events in the UK has been posilive in tern of fundraising and more ImEantlY. for gaining new SUPFQrters in the UK f(Y Unique Home itself. Page 2
UK FRIENDS OF lrytQUE HOME (PUNJAB) TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025 {CONTINiIID) Acbievement and perform¥nce (Continued) Social Media platfornis remain active and ongoing with individuals arranging ad-hoc events to support the Home from time to time on an ongoing b&sis. The annual Cake and Candles Campaign remains strong and this year Ivas supported very well by way of posts on social media and photographs being provided by a numb¢r of support¢rs of UK Friends of Unique Home (Pulljab) This annual ¢v¢nt brings joy to th¢ chilthen every 24th April. The Home treats this day* as th¢ birthday of all th¢ir children. Supwrt for the initiativ¢ was world-wide With groups frorn New Zealand participating. Re8erYes Policy Funds are collectsd through voluntary donations and it is this in¢om¢ thal funds th¢ work of the charity. The net outgoing resourc¢s for th¢ year amounted to £138.825. which reduced the general reserves at the end of the financial year lo £50.501. With regard to those genernl reserves, a policy has been established whereby the unrestricted funds nol committed or invested in tangible fixed &8sets. the free resetwes. held by the charity should be between 12 and 24 months of the resources ¢xp¢nded annually. This equates to £15,000 to £30,000 in free r¢serves. It is felt tha( at this level, it would be possible to continue the current activities of the charity in th¢ event of a SilfiCant drop in donations. This would then give sufficient time to consider how the fjjnding would be replaced or the activities changed. Principal Funding Sources The primary funding source is donations from the charity's supporters. The funds from this source are used to provide phased funding donations to the Unique Home in order to achieve the objectives of th¢ charity. Overall, the tnjstees are satisfied with these resuhs and we will ¢nde8vourto maintain this level of income in future. Future Developments The Charity's websifr and social media sites continue to be reviewed with the intention of updating the fornlat and contenL when and if deemed appropriate. lThere remains the possibility that that on¢ of th¢ swior m¢mr$ of th¢ Hom¢s Manag¢m¢nt Committ¢¢ will hopefully attend th¢ UK in the period ahead again, this will undoubtedly be helpfvl in heltenIng the awareness of the Home. Other plans include a strong possibility of long terni UK friends upgrnding or even developing a new website. The aim this year is to consolidate and work tow&rds organising more live fundTaising events Page 3
UK FRIENDS OF UNIQUE HOME (PUNJAB) TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025 (CONTII¥UED) Trustees, responsibilities in relation to the st&tements (Colltinu¢d) Trust, responslbllltles In rel8tSoD to the financknl ststements The trust¢es ar¢ r¢sponsibl¢ for pparIn8 the TNste¢s Annual Report and the fjnancial Statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accountin8 Standards (United Kingdorn G¢n¢rally Accepted Accounting Prnctice). Th¢ law applible to ChaTiti¢S ID England r¢quir¢s th¢ tru5t¢e5 to prepare the financia] statements for each financial year which giv¢ a true and fair vi¢w of ih¢ incoming r¢sourc¢s and application of resources of the charity for that peri(Kl. In preparing these financial stst¢m¢nts. th¢ trustee5 are required to: - select suitable accounting policies then apply them conslstently. - mak¢ judg¢m¢nts and estitnatss that ar¢ reasonable and prudent" - stat¢ wh¢th¢r applicable a¢¢ounting stsndards hav¢ b¢en followed. subject to ally material departures disclosed and explained in the financial slat¢m¢nts" - prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unl¢ss il is inappropriat¢ to presume that the charity will continue in opeTation. 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 that the financial ststsments comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Rep)rts) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed.. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity &nd for taking Teasonable steps for the prevention And detection of fr&ud and other irregularities. Approved by the board on 20 January 2026 and sign¢d on its b¢half by: Trustee- Mr R Thaliwal Page 4
UK FRIENDS OF UNIQUE HOME (PtJPlJAB) LNDEPENDENT EXAMLNERS, REIY)RT TO THE TRUSTEES OF UK FRIENDS OF UNIQUE HOME (PiThJAB) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 We report the trnstees on our examination of the accounts of the cbarity for the year ended 31 March 2025 which are set out on pages 6 to 8. Responsibilities and bASiS of rnport As the charity trLLStees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordan¢¢ with the requirenntS of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act") We report in respect of our examination of the charit$ accounts carried out und¢T S¢Ction 145 of the Act and in carryi out our exallnatiO we have followed the Directions given by the Cbarity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act. Independent ExamiDer's Statement We have completed our examination. We confirn] that matters have con* to our attention in connection with the examination giving us cause to klieve that in any material respect: a¢¢ovntiog T¢cords w¢r¢ not k¢pt in r¢spect ofthe cbarity as required by section 130 of the Acl.. or 2 the accounts do )t accord with those records. or 3 the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements concerning the forni and content of accounts set out in the Charities (accounls a1 Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement ihat the a¢¢ounts give a true and fair view which is not a mattcr considered as part of an independent exami]Htion. We have no concerns and have come across no other n]atters in connection with the exaMitIon to which attention should be drawn in this rert to ethk a Proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. CELERICA LTD CHARTERED CERTIFIED AccouNfANTS FIRST FLOOR THE OLD CHAPEL 9 KEMPSON ROAD LEICESTER LE2 8AN CELERICA Dated . 20th January 2026 Page 5
UK FRIENDS OF tiNIQUE HOME (PUNJAB) RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 2025 2025 Uttrestrieted Rtttrieted FuDd8 Funds 2025 Totsl Funds 2024 Totsl Funds RECEIFrs DonrAtions Just Giving & Charitable Giving Donations ift Aid 12.679 53.876 5,518 12,679 53,876 5,518 15,117 23.247 3.932 TOÉAI Receipts 72,073 72,073 42296 PAYMENTS Just Giviug Fee5 TStee$ Expens¢s Accountancy and Bookkeqiing Event Costs Events Inwme Rthnd miscellan)US Bank Charges Grants to Institutions 1.571 1.571 1.340 2.400 5,110 2,400 5.110 2,41XI io 176 10,700 342 201,475 342 201,475 Totsl Ro8ourees Eided 210,898 210,898 11626 Net (Payments) Receipts (138.825) (138.825) 27,670 Cash Funds last year end 189J26 189.326 161.656 Cash Funds this year elld 50501 50AOI 189,326 Page 6
iJK FRIENDS OF UNIQUE HOME (PUNJAB) STATEMEiYf OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AS AT 31 MARCH 2025 2025 2025 Unrestricted Restricted Total FuDds Fllmds 2025 2024 Totsl FuDds Cash Cash al bank and in hand 50.501 50.501 50.501 50,501 189.326 189,326 Other nonvmolktary gets A retsined by charity br oivn we Accountancy 660 660 660 660 660 SIgd Im behalf of the Trustees Print Name Date of Approval Mr R Thaliwal 20.01.26 Page 7
UK FRIENDS OF IJNI UE HOME PUNJAB Notes to the fin4DciAI statements for the ear e]Nled 31 March 2025 Aeetsullting Policies Accounting Convenlio The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention. b AeeoulltiDg Treatnt The aCcnts, incorpillg a Receipts and Payments Account, Statement of Assets and Liabilities and related notes have been prepared in acc¢¢ with 8uid¢lines issuol by the Clwity Commission and their publication CC16& Tasatioll No provision has been made for ttiOn &8 the ch18 charltable staths renders At exempt from UK dIrt taxation. 2. Other costs 2025 2024 660 660 660 660 Page 8