2024-03-07-accounts - Bristol Somali Centre

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BRISTOL SOMALI CENTRE - CHARITY NO 1129083

Report of the Trustees of the Year Ended 7[th] March 2024

The trustees are pleased to present their report together with the financial statements of the charity of the year ended 7[th] March 2024

The financial statements comply with the current statutory requirements, the memorandum and articles of association and the Statement of Recommended Practice – Accounting and Reporting by Charities.

Objects of the Charity

The objects of the Charity are to –

To provide a place for Muslims to perform their regular prayers.
To promote and enlist in co-operation in Islamic Education and Culture and to advance the knowledge and understanding of Islam.
To organise Islamic conferences, religious meetings, functions, seminars, sessions for interpretation and translation of Quran and Islamic festivals.
To arrange Islamic Education classes for the children or alternatively to establish and maintain an Islamic religious school.
Continue to raise awareness about the problems of family breakdown being and the impact this can have on the emotional and psychological well-being of the young children in the family.
Engaging youth in sport activities

Audit

The Charity had taken advantage of the exemption from the requirement to have its accounts audited.

Organisation

A Board of Trustees of members, who meet monthly, administers the Charity for day-to-day affairs.

Investment powers

Under the constitution lies on charity document, the Charity has the power to make any investment that the Trustees see fit.

Continued …

Reserve policy and risk management

The Charity has in place, specific commitments from its members to continue their financial support, to enable the Charity to fund its monthly repayments to the Bank, the Trustees are confident that the support of members will continue into the foreseeable future.

Trustees responsibilities in the relation to the financial statements

Charity Law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements that give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charity, at the end of the financial year and of its surplus or deficit for the financial year. In doing so the trustees are required to –

Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and
Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Charity will continue in business.

The Trustees are responsible for maintaining proper accounting records, which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity and enables them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charity Act 2011. The Trustees 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.

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard to Smaller Entities and SORP 2015

By order of the Trustees

Abdirahman Yusuf

Trustee

Dated – 17[th] October 2025

BRISTOL SOMALI CENTRE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

For the Year Ended 7[th] March 2024

INCOMING RESOURCES Contributions and Donations received TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES LESS- EXPENSES Salary and Wages Heat Light and Water Rent and Rates Repairs and Maintenance Bank Charge Accountancy and other legal cost Other expenses TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED SURPLUS OF INCOME OVER EXPENSES	Unrestricted Funds 2023 2024 £ £ 24627 32870 24627 32870 7815 8606 607 6411 18000 18000 1000 5950 62 63 - - 27484 39030 -2857 -6160

BRISTOL SOMALI CENTRE CHARITY BALANCE SHEET

As at 7th March 2024

STATEMENT OF ASSETS & LIABILITIES CURRENT ASSETS Cash at Bank CURRENT LIABILITIES Accruals NET CURRENT ASSETS (LIABILITIES) UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUNDS Balance Brought Forward Surplus (Deficit) of the year	2023 £ - 171083 - 171083 173940 -2857 171083	2024 £ - 164923
		- 164923
		171083 -6160 164923

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Statements of Recommended Practice, Accounting and Reporting by Charities (SORP 2015), applicable accounting standards FRS 102.

Approved by the Board and Signed on its Behalf

Abdirahman Yusuf

Trustee

Dated – 17[th] October 2025

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name BRISTOL SOMALI CENTRE members of

On accounts for the year ended Set out on pages	07/03/2024	Charity no (if any)	1129083

	3 & 4 (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 07/03/2024 .

Responsibilities and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report 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:

Date: 17/10/25

Name: MD NOMAN RUHID, AFA MIPA

Oct 2018

IER

Relevant professional qualification(s) or body Institute of Financial Accountants (if any):

Address: RUHID ACCOUNTANCY 18A SHAFTESBURY CENTRE, PERCY ST. SWINDON. SN2 2AZ

Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material 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 . N/A

Oct 2018

IER