2023-12-31-accounts - Zam Zam Charitable Trust

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Zam Zam Charitable Trust (UK Registered Charity No. 1132716) Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2023

Zam Zam Charitable Trust

Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 December 2023

Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu

The Trustees present the annual report for Zam Zam Charitable Trust ( “Zam Zam” or the “Charity” ) for the year ended 31 December 2023 and confirm it complies with the Charities Act 1993, as amended by the Charities Act 2006; the Charity’s trust deed dated 15 October 2009 (the “Trust Deed” ); and the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice 2005.

Administrative information

Charity Name Zam Zam Charitable Trust Charity Registration Number 1132716 Principal Office 1 LIANNE GROVE LONDON SE9 4AD Bangladesh Office 23 Moushumi Mirabazar Sylhet Trustees Moyeen Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury (Chairman) A.M. Choudhury M.A. Mohaimin Chowdhury Auditors Miah & Company (London) Ltd 16A Well Hall Parade London SE9 6SP Bankers HSBC Bank 184 High Street Bromley Kent BR1 1HE

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Zam Zam Charitable Trust

Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 December 2023

Structure, governance and management

Governing document

Zam Zam is constituted a charitable trust by and governed under the Trust Deed. It was formed in the UK in 2003 and registered with the UK Charity Commission on 15 November 2009 under charity number 1132716.

Organisational structure

The Trustees are responsible for the general control and management of the Charity. The Trustees give their time for free and receive no remuneration or other financial benefit for their services to the Charity.

The Trustees meet as often as is required but not less than 2 times a year and minutes of the proceedings of Trustees’ meetings are kept.

Appointment of trustees

New trustees are appointed by a resolution of the Trustees at a special meeting called under the provisions of the Trust Deed.

Induction of trustees

New trustees are provided with a copy of the Trust Deed and any amendments made to it and a copy of the Charity’s latest report and accounts.

Our objectives

The Charity’s primary objectives are:

relief of financial need and suffering among victims of natural and other kinds of disasters
prevention or relief of poverty for the public benefit.

We seek to achieve these objectives through:

the advancement of health or saving of lives
the prevention or relief of poverty
providing accommodation and housing.

We operate through making grants to Zam Zam Bangladesh, which is a nongovernmental voluntary development organization registered under the NGO Affairs Bureau of the Government of Bangladesh, with registration no. 2090.

We operate for the benefit of the general public and our main geographic area of activity at present is Bangladesh.

The Trustees periodically review the Charity’s objectives to ensure they comply with the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit.

Main activities undertaken in the year

Zam Zam provides the following:

monthly allowance to the old and widows
promotion and extension of education facilities

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Zam Zam Charitable Trust

Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 December 2023

medical help through regular medical camps
house-building and repairing programme
grants to install or improve sanitation service
interest free loans
emergency relief
distribution of iftar items in mosques during the holy month of Ramadan
training programme for women in washing and shrouding of female dead bodies
self-employment generation programme (by distribution of CNG auto-rickshaws, rickshaws, rickshaw-vans, sewing machines, etc.)
assisting street working children

In selecting beneficiaries, we prioritise the following beneficiaries:

widows and women-headed households
orphans
special needs persons
destitute women, children and men
elderly men and women

Partnerships

Zam Zam seeks to partner with other charitable organisations in cases where it can add value.

We actively seek partners who we can work with to maximize the benefit to beneficiaries.

Financial review

Policy on reserves

The Trustees do not consider that a reserves policy is required at this time and the Charity therefore has no such policy at present.

Principal funding sources

Zam Zam is principally funded by donations from individuals and charitable and other organisations. Donations are made both on a one-off basis and by regular standing order payments.

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Zam Zam Charitable Trust

Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 December 2023

Zakat

Funds donated by way of zakat are segregated from general donations. A zakat committee has been established in Bangladesh to ensure zakat funds are utilised only in accordance with the rules of zakat.

Investment policy and cash management

The Trustees do not consider it necessary, at present, to make investments on behalf of the Charity. All funds of the Charity are held in sharia’a compliant accounts and Zam Zam does not pay or receive any interest.

Approved by the Trustees on 9 June 2024 and signed on their behalf by:

Moyeen Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury Chairman

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Charlty registration Number: 1132716 ZAM Z4M CHARITABLE TRUST Accounts 31 December 2023

ZAM ZAM CHARITABLE TRUST Trust Infomiation Charity reglstratlon No 1132716 Chalrman M U A Chowdhury Accountants Miah & Company l London) Ltd 16 A Well Hall Parade Eltham London SE9 6SP 8ank6rs HSBC Bank

ZAM ZAM CHARITABLE TRUST Approval ststernent l approve these accounts which comprise the Receipts and Payments Account, 8alance Sheet and related notes. l acknowledge my resFxinsibilrty for the accounts, including the appropriateness of the acoounling basis as sel out in note 1. and for providing all the information and explanations necessary for their Compilation. M U Chowdhury 28.03.2024

ZAM ZAM CHARITABLE TRUST Accountants. report on thè accounts to ZAM ZAM CHARITABLE TRUST You have approved the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023 which comprise the Receipts and Payments Accounl,Balance sheel and related notes. In accordan with your inslruclions, we have compiled these accounts from the accounting rerdS and infomlatson and explanations supplied lo us. Miah & Company l London) Ltd Accounlanls & Tax Consultsnts 16 A Well Hall Parade Ellham London SE9 6SP 28.03.2024

ZAM ZAM CHARITABLE TRUST Charity commission registration: 1132716 Receipts and pauments accounts for the yèar ended 31 December 2023 2023 2022 Rocelpis 164,518 173,352 Payments Donation and charities Advertising, promotion and entertainment Bank charges Other expenses 193.748 119,496 34,895 1,625 1,891 195.639 156,020 N•t of recelpt8llpayments) 31.121 17,332

ZAM ZAM CHARITABLE TRUST Charity commission registration: 1132716 Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2023 2023 2022 A$8ets Loan given I kofj'ee hasana I Bankjbuilding society balances 2,500 165,754 168.254 2,500 196,875 199.375 168,254 199,375 Net Trust a8•8ts reprn80nted by Capital account.. Balance at start of period Net of receiptsllpaymentsl 199,375 131,1211 182,043 17,332 168,254 199,375

ZAM ZAM CHARITABLE TRUST Notes to the A¢counts for the year ended 31 December 2023 1 Accountlng basls The accounts have been compiled on a basis that enables profits lo be calculated in accordance with UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice and that provides Sufflent and relevant information to enable the completion of a tax return.

Charlty registration Number: 1132716 ZAM Z4M CHARITABLE TRUST Accounts 31 December 2023