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Afro-Asia Welfare Trust

Charity No. 1134327

Report of the Trustees

for the Year Ended 5 April 2025

Afro-Asia Welfare Trust

- Report of the Trustees For the Year Ended 5 April 2025

The Trustees have pleasure in presenting their report for the charity for the year ended 05 April 2025.

Aims and Purpose

The aim is “To relieve poverty, advance education and promote and protect good health in such ways as are charitable within the law of England and Wales and to carry out such other charitable purposes as the trustees shall from time to time consider appropriate”.

Objectives and Activities

In order to achieve this aim, the trustees must apply income generated in the name of the Charity through the following:

Achievements and Performance

– Orphanage & School Kissongo, Tanzania

In line with the charity’s primary objective, the charity in the past year has continued to run and maintain its main project, namely the orphanage and school in Kissongo Village, Tanzania. This facility currently provides the following to 203 orphan children (down from 209 children in the last financial year) on its register:

The charity in the past year assumed responsibility for all the financial expenses incurred by the above activities. In addition to this, the charity assumed financial responsibility for the salaries of all staff including teachers, supervisors, cooks and cleaners and for the repairs and maintenance of the orphanage, school and its grounds.

The school in this year held its annual graduation ceremony on the 10[th] of November. There were 8 students who completed the memorisation of the Qur’an in this year and a competition was arranged between the graduates with locals and guests from Arusha invited to attend. Imam Shoeb, who had travelled to Tanzania from the UK on behalf of the charity, was also in attendance and judged the competition himself with cash prizes awarded to the winners. This was followed by the graduation ceremony for all 7 students. The programme was concluded with a meal being served to all the guests, students and teachers.

– Orphanage & School Dunga, Zanzibar

The Orphanage and school in Dunga has now been running for 6 years at the end of this financial year after opening its doors in April 2019. The charity was responsible for providing the same facilities as it also provides in the orphanage and school in Kissongo which is as follows:

The number of students at the end of this financial year stood at 97, down from 98 students at the end of the last financial year.

The charity in the past year assumed responsibility for all the financial expenses incurred by the above activities. In addition to this, the charity assumed financial responsibility for the salaries of all staff including teachers, supervisors, cooks and cleaners and for the repairs and maintenance of the orphanage, school and its grounds.

The school in this year held its 4th annual graduation ceremony on the 1[st] of December. There were 6 students who completed the memorisation of the Qur’an in this year, and a competition was arranged between the graduates with local scholars and guests invited to attend. Imam Shoeb, who had travelled to Tanzania from the UK on behalf of the charity, was also in attendance and judged the competition himself with cash prizes awarded to the winners. This was followed by the graduation ceremony for all 6 students. The programme was concluded with a meal being served to all the guests, students and teachers.

Other Continued Activities in Tanzania

The charity has continued with the various charitable and educational projects it runs, predominantly around the existing school and orphanage in Kissongo. Some of the more significant of these are as follows:

  1. Continued to support severely deprived ‘single mum families’ in the village of Kissongo with monthly maintenance payments. This remains at approx.150 families being supported, with no change since the last financial year.

  2. Continued weekly lessons on health and hygiene and social, educational and spiritual issues for the local women of Kissongo.

  3. Continued to provide water facilities to several remote rural settlements.

  4. The charity has during this financial year pledged to seek out and support struggling locally run educational institutions in Tanzania. Imam Shoeb during his visit this year has visited and assessed the needs of several such institutions with plans now being made on how to best offer the support required.

Support for Girls School in Bukoba, Tanzania

During, this year, the charity identified a girl’s school in Bukoba, a city in the north of Tanzania which was in a very poor condition structurally and was in desperate support of assistance. Imam Shoeb whilst in Tanzania, visited the school in October and identified and reported on its needs. The charity agreed to support the school in building a multipurpose hall which would house classes and serve as a dining hall and an activity hall. The cost of this was £20,000 which was met using the charity’s ‘unrestricted’ i.e. Lillah funds. The construction of this was already in development by the end of this financial year.

School in Nawabshah, Pakistan

As reported in the last financial year, the charity had started work on the construction of a school with an adjoining mosque in Nawabshah for the local communities’ spiritual and educational needs. During this year the initial construction phase was completed which included the construction of the classes and the mosque. Imam Shoeb visited the school in September of this year and was present at the opening ceremony which was conducted with many locals and guests present. The school then opened its doors to 50 locally deprived children who attend classes daily. The next stage of this project is to construct a dormitory to be able to cater for children from deprived areas further away who cannot attend daily and return home due to poor transport links. This stage of the project will be undertaken by the charity in the next financial year.

Financial Review

The charity had brought forward a balance of £692,285.00 of available funds at the start of this financial year. The charity received funds through donations totalling £175,103.00 and incurred expenses amounting to £54,786.00 Therefore, the charity has a balance of £812,602.00 available for its charitable activities at the end of this financial year.

Reserves Policy

It is the intention of the trustees to hold in reserve at least £50,000 of unrestricted funds to ensure that any unforeseen circumstances are addressed effectively.

Volunteers

The charity would like to like place on record its thanks to all volunteers who worked tirelessly during the year to ensure its effective running. Al always, special thanks are to the trustees who have utilised their own funds to support the aims and objectives of the charity and to develop relationships with NGO’s in Tanzania.

Structure, Governance and Management

The method of appointing trustees is set out in the charity’s Trust Deed document. The trustees are responsible for making decisions of general concern and importance and for ensuring the needs of the charity’s aims and objectives are met.

Administrative Information

Afro-Asia Welfare Trust has its registered office based at 324 Barnsley Road in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

The trustees who have served from the date that the charity was first established until the date of this report being approved are:

Approved by order of the board of trustees on 04 February 2026 and signed on its behalf by:

Mr Irshad Akbar - Trustee

Al-Furqaan Welfare Trust Charity Reg No. 1134327

Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 5 April 2025

5J Accountants Ltd Unit 37. City Quay Camperdown Street. Dundee. DD1 3JA

Al-Furqaan Welfare Trust

Contents of the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 5 April 2025

Page
Trustees Statement 1
Independent Examiner's Report 2
Statement of Financial Activities 3
Balance Sheet 4
Notes to the Financial Statements 5
- 6
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities 7

Al-Furqaan Welfare Trust

Trustees Statement

The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 5 April 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of 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 2019).

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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of

Al-Furqaan Welfare Trust

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Al-Furqaan Welfare Trust

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of Al-Furqaan Welfare Trust (the Trust) for the year ended 5 April 2025.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the 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 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all 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 giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or

  2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

  3. the accounts do 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.

umarjanjua

Umar Janjua (ACCA) 5J Accountants Limited Unit 37. City Quay. Camperdown Street Dundee. DD1 3JA

31[st] January 2026

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Al-Furqaan Welfare Trust

Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 5 April 2025

Unrestricted
fund
Notes
£
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies
45,122
EXPENDITURE ON
Charitable activities
School/madrassah in Tanzania
54,786
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)
(9,664)
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
255,448
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
245,784		 Restricted
fund
£
129,981
-
129,981
436,837
566,818		 5.4.25
Total
funds
£
175,103
54,786
120,317
692,285
812,602
 5.4.24
Total
funds
£
103,081
140,000
(36,919)
729,204
692,285

The notes form part of these financial statements

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Al-Furqaan Welfare Trust

Balance Sheet

5 April 2025

5.4.25 5.4.24
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
fund fund funds funds
Notes £ £ £ £
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash at bank 245,784 566,818 812,602 692,285
NET CURRENT ASSETS 245,784 566,818 812,602 692,285
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES 245,784 566,818 812,602 692,285
NET ASSETS 245,784 566,818 812,602 692,285
FUNDS 5
Unrestricted funds:
General fund 245,784 255,448
Restricted funds:
Zakaat fund 566,818 436,837
TOTAL FUNDS 812,602 692,285

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 31[st] January 2026 and were signed on its behalf by: Bot Bos

Mr Shoeb Desai -Trustee

Mr Irshad Akbar -Trustee

The notes form part of these financial statements

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Al-Furqaan Welfare Trust

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 5 April 2025

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements

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 2019)', 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.

Income

All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received, and the amount can be measured reliably.

Expenditure

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings, they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

Grants offered subject to conditions which have not been met at the year-end date are noted as a commitment but not accrued as expenditure.

Taxation

The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.

Restricted funds can only be used for certain restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for certain restricted purposes.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.

2. GRANTS PAYABLE

GRANTS PAYABLE
5.4.25 5.4.24
£ £
School/madrassah in Tanzania and Pakistan 54,786 140,000

The donations are paid to a School/Madrassah established and operated in Tanzania and Pakistan.

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Al-Furqaan Welfare Trust

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued

for the Year Ended 5 April 2025

3. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 5 April 2025 nor for the year ended 5 April 2024.

Trustees' expenses

There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 5 April 2025 nor for the year ended 5 April 2024.

4. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

5.

INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies
NET INCOME
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
Unrestricted funds
General fund
Restricted funds
Zakaat fund
TOTAL FUNDS
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
Unrestricted funds
General fund
Restricted funds
Zakaat fund
TOTAL FUNDS		 Unrestricted
fund
£
52,202
(87,798)
343,246
255,448
At 6.4.24
£
255,448
436,837
692,285
Incoming
resources
£
45,122
129,981
175,103		 Restricted
Total
fund
funds
£
£
50,879
103,081
50,879
(36,919)
385,958
729,204
436,837
692,285
Net
movement
At
in funds
5.4.25
£
£
(9,664)
245,784
129,981
566,818
120,317
812,602
Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(54,786)
(9,664)
-
129,981
(54,786)
120,317

continued...

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Al-Furqaan Welfare Trust

Detailed Statement of Financial Activities
for the Year Ended 5 April 2025
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS
Donations and legacies
Donations
Total incoming resources
EXPENDITURE
Charitable activities
Grants to institutions
Support costs
Finance
Bank charges
Total resources expended
Net (expense) / income		 5.4.25
£
175,103
175,103
54,786
54,786
120,317		 5.4.24
£
103,081
103,081
140,000
15
140,015
(36,934

This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements

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~~Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Al-Furqaan Welfare Trust~~

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Al ~~-~~ Furqaan Welfare Trust

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of Al ~~-~~ Furqaan Welfare Trust (the Trust) for the year ended 5 April 2025.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the 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 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all 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 giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

  2. the accounts do 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.

UmMarjanjua

Umar Janjua (ACCA) 5J Accountants Limited Unit 37. City Quay. Camperdown Street Dundee. DD1 3JA

315 January 2026

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