REGISTERED COhlPANY NUMBER: 04237350 (England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY I¥UMBER: 1138142 sl Unaudited Financial Ststements for the Year Ended 31 Marcb 2025 for Iladesli A.%gocialion And IIJLLt Liniiicd b A Ciiin Thompson Jones Business Solutions Limit¢d 2 Heap Bridge Bury Lanca5hire BL9 7HR Iladcsh Associ&tioii And Ci)mmunil cci conte.nts ()l- h¥ Finii llLial lalcnic.nts foT the Year Endcd 31 Ma￿h 2025 Page TTUStees' Rq)ort Independent Examiner's Report Statcment of Financial Aclivities Balance Sheet 9 to 10 Notes to tkne Financial Statements 11 to 17 B11 n ladcsh .4ssociation And Comniuni cct Tnislce%' Tic OIT for the Ye￿. Endcd 31 Mar¢h 2025 The ttustees who are also diteetors of the charAty for the puttM)ses of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the fmanciaI stht¢ments of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Acwunting and Repoiting by Cliarilies.. Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to Charities pi-eparing iheii. accounts in accoidaoce with the FinanciaL Reporting Stsndard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland {FRS 102) {effective I January 2019). OBJEcfIvES AND ACTIVITIES CHARITY'S MISSION AND OBJECTIVES The charity's mission is lo promotc thc wclfate athd wellbeing of thc dcprivcd and disadvantagcd collununities within Rochdale without distinction of race, colour. ethnicity. gcndct or views held such as political, religious or othcr. The kcy chart¢able objecttves of the organization arc: . Providing welfare advice, infoiThation, and support services . Facilitating ESOL IT learning and other vocational trdining Providing administrative, IT and Job Club suppoit Promoting active ageing thi'ough day car¢ facilities and activities for the elderly Promoting healdiy, active lifestyles and providing gender sp¢¢ific fitness facilities Prornotitbg oJJd facilitating positive ¢lu"Idren and youtli activities . Proinoting comniui)ity cohesion by celebrating CUItt￿al diversity and encouraging racial hannony Fostering a positive outlook by engaging yo]Jng people, women and th¢ ¢ld¢rly in pi'oductive activities. ENSURING THE WORK DELJVERS THE CHARITY'S ANS AI4D OBJECTIVES The managemellt committee meet5 regularly during the year to review. guide and direct tlie work of the orgaThiz&lion. The major service areas ale closely monitored by the office bearers, who tnform tlie full conunittee of the aclivitie4 issues, chall¢ng¢s and opportunities. This governance structure seeks to ensure diat the services and the activities carried out by the harity are in keeping with its objectives and 5atisfie5 the needs of the community to deliver ils oveiyll mission. In particular, the knstees refer to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when considering how planned activities will conts'ibute to the charity objectives and aims. HOW OUR ACTIVITIES DELIVER PUBLIC BENEFIT The key benefici￿.￿eS of our work al'e the coiiimunitics in the catchment that we Se￿e. Predominantly but not exclusively, our usets come fi'om the local Bangladeshi, Pakistani and the Kaslimiri conimunities. liowever, the Equ&lity Policy that we xbide by ensutes that no deserving inthvidual is discrin]inated against. Our focus has bc¢n un all age groups above 5. and both mctL and women. Our service usets come from all ovci Ihc borough of Rochdale. Additionally, we have started to digilally assist individuals froni otlicr parts of thc county through telephone appointnients as a triage partncr with WAD ktnd HMCTS. Th¢ Advice. Inforniation and Guidance servicc is pritnarily tsken up by the peoplc for whom English is not their first language and those who lack the knowledge or the confidcncc of deal￿g with the authoritlcs on their own. Besides addtes5iyJg the consunier and welfare rights issues, thc service also helps with form filling. Page I ladcsh Association And CoTnmunil Trustecs, R ort for the Yeai. Ei)dcd 31 March 2025 OBJECTIVES AND ACTtVITIES The day care service targets the IoLal elderly alld vulnerable adult4 both male and female, by operating gender specific wellbeing days. The fitness servic< likewise, gelldei specific sessAons and the njain beneficiaries have been the community's Asian women who becausc of their religio￿ and cultural sensitivities, gener&lly, avoid mixed gyn). (The gym is curiently closcd duc to oT]-going construction). Thc le&tning alld training Se￿iCe focuses on the needs of the communtty by faGili1xting ESOL IT. other vocational c[￿eS and wcekcnd homcwork club. The wcekcnd youth club focuses on the dcvelopmenl of the children and youth through fun alld c￿riChI￿g aLlivities inLluding STEAM (ScienLe. Technology. Engineering, Arts and Maths). A5 a licen5cd provider of the Dukc of Edinbuigh {DofE) Aiyards programmc, we benefit the loca] youths froni the disadvantaged backgrounds in acquiring crucial life skills to help them navigate with confidcncc in adult lifc. Similarly. the variou5 ad-hoc projects are all desigTJed to E¢nefit the respective sections of the community. The Centre being located at the heart of the community allows easy a￿¢55 to the user groups pnd the local commuoities to meet, discu5S. consult and run activitie5. We a150 forge partnerships with other Ch￿.]table and corporat¢ organizations to bring in services that beiiefit the c0mmutLiti￿. ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF PROGRESS AND ACHIEVEMEprrs Despite th¢ on-going construction work to build ihe extension, BACP successfully continued its regular services. projects and activities. Holiday Activity & Foods (HAF) ran all through die year during tlie easter, summer and winter school holidays. Eight local youths completed the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award progranime wccessfully through BACP. As a member of Rochdale Cotnmunity Centre Consortium IRCCC}, the centre along with otlier RCCC members was awarded a three-year Lottery funding. The two-year music heritage project in partnership with Radio Crescent was completed during the year. The partnership work with Cadent pIogressed well and d)e centre was pi'eparing to apply for an extension of the contrdct when the current two-year service level agreement (SLA) expires in June 2025. The centre also undertook some ne¢¢ssw reknbishment work during the year on its existing building along with the on-going construction of the extension. New solar panels And LED lighting We￿ installed tlirougliout the builditbg to improve the energy efficiency, suppoited by a government fijnding. Page 2 ludesh A550cialion And Can￿]￿nitV Trustecy, Rc ort for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 ACHIEVEMENfs AE4D PERFORNL4NCE The tot21 footfall recorded dllring tbe year was as below (this does not iThclude the footfr4ll related lo ad-hoc third party bookings) '. Advic4 Inf0m￿tiOn & Guidance Service Women's Wellbeing Group Men'5 Wellbcing Sessions DutE Sessional actLvilies Talk English Health Talks Arabic {Tajweed class) ITIDigital ScrvicclJob S¢atch Friday Gei Together Saturday Youth Club Sunday STEAM Club HAF(Holiday. Ac(ivilies & Foods) Deaf Group Activity Sessions HOmework￿ULtI0ll club Socialisation (non-day care days) Community EventslActivities Total Footfall (excl. external booking5) 1.133 938 263 426 814 363 495 218 393 1,214 918 1.004 68 857 715 2,405 12,224 FINANCIAL REVIEW This year end¢d with a surplus in the inwme and expenditure account of £45,981 of which £93,709 was spent on the building improvements showll in note 10. The net deficit being £15,215 unrestricted and £32.513 restricted. (2024 Surplus £289.644 of which £272.707 was spent on building improvements). The management of the existing funds and resources continued to b¢ mbus¢ including cash in the bank which showed 2S £177.047 al the end of the ye￿. lin comparison to £224,486 the previous year), and IELe operation bas a sizeable back up of free reserves for any unforeseen circumstances. FUTLniE PLANS Woik to change the organizational stnLCture to CIO (Charitable Incotporated Oiganisation) from the current Comwdnies Limitcd by Guatantee, lo be revisitcd and re-proposed to the generdl membership for approval. Will continue to explore new fiiiding opportunities. both, from the charitabl¢ ind corporate sectors in oyder to ensure suslaiThability ITh th¢ facc of a ronlinued risk of reduLlionlelimination of the core funding. New servicc51activitics will bc explorcd ID collsuliation with tbe comMu￿lty to reap die maximum benefit from the new cxtcnsion. Will actively explore to turn BACP inlo a comrnunity hub sidc by sidc of offcrit]g its own services. . The rr infrast￿CtUre and oiganizational capacity will be strengthened through introducing ncw IT systems a￿a training in an cffort to muve low￿"dS a paper-less operation. . Thc niarkcling and social media prcsencc will bc streng(hened to rdise the profile of the organisation. . With the extensLon work nearing completion, woik will bc undetway to hold the eleLlion for a new nThDagcmellt comD]tttee. Effort will continuc on iecnLittng a tnore diversified board in terms of skills, experience, gcndci and age. A well-judged and considcrcd dcfLClt budgct will bc undettaken for 2025126 10 complete the rcfuibi5hment works still pending. . Preparatory work to start with the appointment of a new board to writ¢ the next 3-year business pLan for the organisation. Page 3 B.111 ladcsh As%ocialioii And Communi TTUStec5' Rc for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 STRUCT￿1[ GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governlng doeument The Charity is a company lin)tted by guarantee and is govemed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association dated 19 June 20012nd subsequent approved amendments. It is registered as a chArity with the Charity Commission. The membership of the organization is open lo all residents of Rochdale of Bangladeshi origin. The services of the organization. however. are open to all and is in no way lA￿lted to its members only. BACP adheres to the Equality Policy and serves all the communities within its reach who forrn thc bcJ)¢fi¢iaries of th¢ cliarity. Thc Boatd has the power to make bye laws and rulcs govcrning the affaits ol the charity. Thc llLembers, in general mee(iJ)g, may altcr or appeal such ￿1¢5 and bye laws. The D]eKnbers of t]ie cornpany agree lo contribute a sum not excccding £1 ill tlic Cvent olthe charity bcing wound up. With a view to effectively govern, the general member5 during the C1￿110n$ of the board of trustces. &lso elcct the OffJ¢e Bearers - the Chair. Vicc Chair. Gcncial SecTetary and the Treasurer. The offIcc bcwcJs matntain a close Itnk with the ccntre management to oversee the operation. In additson. thc Board elects sub- committees, where necessary. for the effective monitoring of different services and also lo tske the lead on its behalf on mattcrs relating to th¢ services to e115Utc the best interest of thc beneliciaries. APPOJTr4TMETr4T OF DIRECTORS Af4D TRUSTEES The Director4 who are the Trustees, ore appointed by the members in the general meeting every third year and are collectively known as the Board. The current b0￿d of was elected unopposed and approved at the AGM held on 30th octob￿ 2016. Nom)al¢y was disNpfrd during the long Covid -19 crisis and the imtn¢diate aftermath and the cutient board continued in operation with the approval of the general tnemb¢rs in the AGM of 2021. In the AGM of 2022. the existing b0￿d was allowed to continue till the building extension was CO￿pItted. The building work 15 still in progress. However. il is nearing completion and work will be undertaken to ¢l¢¢l a new board in the ensuing fiscal year. The Trustees who served during the year are listed on page S. ORGANISATION The Board. which must not be less than three memkiE and iiot more than fifteen. administers the ch&rity and meets &8 necessary. usually 6 to 8 times during the year. Besides the office iwers and the sub-collllnittees, the Board also. occasAonallyJ sets up ad-hoc working groups to lts)k at specifLC matters when necessary and to reportbAck The day-to-day operation of the charity is the responsibility of the Centre Manager, to whom the Trnstees delegate authority foi operational matters including finance. etnploymcnt oThd dcvc1op￿cnt. withtn the overall slrntegy Agreed by the Board. (The Centre Mau&ger retited in Deceffli*t'24 and a Pmject Coordinator has bccn appointed). TRUSTEE If4DucfIoN AND TRAINIFIG The organisation has a process for the induction of thc n]¢mbers of the Board of Dircctots. RISK MANAGEMEf+rr The Tntstees have uudei laken a Teview of the major risks to wlllch thc chatity is exposeiL and systcms have been established to mitigate those risks. Periodic rcvicw5 arc made to ensure thai the charity coDtinucs to identify and mitigat¢ any major risk that may arise. The major financial risks facing the charity arisc in connection with.. - the UDcertaKnty about the ¢onlinuation of funding by the core fuDder. Rochdale Borough Council. to their own cost saving pursuits.- - the short tenn nature of project ￿nding. the charity may also face continuing organisational challenges in aligning its resources to meet the requtrements of ils service user51graolors, whilst rnaintaintng its financi￿ viability. Page 4 Bwi Ilades'li A8sotyiaiiuii An Pi'o Coinniuiiil TnJ%tee4' Rc DI. Ilic I'car Fniicd 31 M,.￿LI1 ?n?5 REFERENCE ATrID ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Company number 04237350 (England and Wal&s) Registered Charity number 1138142 Registered otTice 108 Ramsay Street Rochdale OL16 2EZ Trustee5 Shekmohammed KayNI Al8Jn Fozor Ali Fan￿A MohaD]med Abdul Basith Mrs Fcrdousy Cbowdbury Syed Jamal Hussain Dr MushaTf8f Hussain Syed Sorkum1518Jn Abul Kalam Azm Mahbubul Alarn Kha Suhel Miall Sakon Miah Islam Saiful Siddique Company Secretary Azm Mahbubul Alarrt Khan Independent Exgmlner Simon Gretton-watson Thompson Jonès Business Solutions Limited 2 Heap Bridge Bury BL9 7H Page 5 Bl4 li ladesh As% d Communi Trii.4itte.s' Pke fni. tlic Y￿r Ended 31 Nfjareh th025 DIRECTOR'S RESPONSIBILKTIES Tkn¢ tsustees ¥nd directors for tFLe puiposes of coiiipany law, PlEsent their annual report and the unaudited .flluncial statements of the chitity for the Y￿ cnded 31 Mar¢h 2024. The Board have adopted the provision of the Charities SOPTr {FRS 102) Accounting and Reporting by Chtirities". Statement of Recommaided practic£ appliublc in the UK and RcpLiblic of Ireland (effective l January 2Q15, and including updatc bulletins on 2 Fcbruary 2016 and 5 October 2018) in preparino the annual report and fin&nti￿ stLierncnts ¢Jf the eharity. The accounts have becn prepaied in accordanc¢ with the Cornpanies Att2006. The tnjstees lfvho are also direetors of BAntsJadesh Assotiation and Communiry Projeci BACPI for the purp)ses of C4)mpany law) ale reS￿￿Sible for weparing the T[L￿. Report and the financial staiements in accordancc with applicable law aud United ￿"rE0d0￿ Accounlin(r Stsndards (United Kinodorn Gella￿lY Accepted Accowrtinv Practice) and with the provision for sm211 conipanies. Company la* requires tlic tTl￿tee$ tn Prepa￿ finantia] staiements for each firwicial year ￿.hiCh ￿￿ve a t￿e and fair vicw of Ihe state of allairs of the ch&titable company arjd of the uicotning r￿oUrceS and application of resources. In pr¢paTill8 thc financial 5tatcments. the ditectoi3 are required to.. ' select suitabl¢ accounting policies and thcn apply them coasi.stently: • observe the methods and principles in th¢ Cbarities SORP. ' make jUdgen￿ntS and e5tiniates that are reasonable and ptud¢nt state wbethcr appli¢abl¢ accounting standards have been folloived. subject to ally rnaietial departures disclosed and explatned in the fLnancial statemeDts; pitpai'e the f￿¢]81 stateDients on the going coii¢em b￿lS unless it is iaappropriare to prrsumc tliat the chwity will continue ill business. The tsuste&s are iesporLsible for k¢¢ping pmper accounting re¢ords which disclose with r￿onabl¢ accuracy at I￿Y titue the futsnci#J position of the charity and wbi¢b enable them ro ensure that the financial ststements comply with Companies Act 2006. Th¢y are also responsibl¢ for safeguarding the gssets of the Cb￿]￿ble cou)pany aod hence for tsking reasontble Steps for the preveThtion arLd d¢le¢tion of ftaud and other irregularities. In so far as the t￿￿te¢S and directors are aware.. there is no relevant audiL infonnalTon which the charitable compaTrJ's audito￿ are il￿W8r¢. and Ihe ttustces and diTectOTS have taken all steps that they ought to bave (aken to m&ke themselves aware of any relevant audit infortnation and tr) establish that the xuditor is aware of that infonTOtion. The repotT of thc metnbet5 ofthe board were approveAI by the Board on 2911012025 and signcd on theii. behalf .. Muiwnwd MthiburRalunan. Twstee Phge 6 Illdc LcIi_deni E%￿l￿er,5 Rc A lo Ilic Truslccs