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2023-02-06-accounts

2023 YEAR ENDING OLIVE GROVE TI ANNUAL REFYORT

SERVICE TO OTHERS IS THE RENT WE PAY FOR OUR ROOM HERE ON EARTH

OBJECTIVES & ACTIVITIES

Olive Grove Foundation is a charitable organisation established to provide a brighter future for people affected by poverty, wars or natural disasters anywhere in the world.

Our mission is to eradicate poverty and hardship around the globe by providing communities with the ability to live a selfsufficient, comfortable and serene life.

At Olive Grove foundation we focus on a pragmatic approach to projects and charitable work, by being on the ground, helping people throughout the seasons.

One hundred pennies out of every pound donated to Olive Grove Foundation are sent to those in need, in the form of aid, grants and services. Not a single penny from donations is used for admin by Olive Grove Foundation.

£26,284.19 SPENT ON CHARITABLE PROJECTS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF BENEFICIARIES

ACHIEVEMENTS & PERFORMANCE

for the period 7th February 2022 - 6th February 2023

Summary of main achievements Statutory Inquiry

In June 2021 Olive Grove Foundation was added to the long list of Muslim charities the Charity Commission has placed under Statutory Inquiry.

In a report published by Pluto Journals in 2017 it was found that over thirty-eight per cent of all disclosed statutory investigations conducted by the Charity Commission were on Muslim charities despite representing only 1.21 per cent of the sector.

The Charity Commission has failed to understand charity law and regulatory framework not only in this Statutory Inquiry but also in several other similar inquiries. Several statements sent to Olive Grove Foundation as reasons for opening the Inquiry are contrary to the Commission's own rules and regulations.

Despite strong criticism, from 2012 to 2018 the Charity Commission appointed William Shawcross as its Chairman; a man who once said "Islam is one of the greatest, most terrifying problems of our future". He also defended torture as a "natural response" to terrorism, as well as the US detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a Muslim-only prison, long decried for keeping people never charged with crimes imprisoned for years.

ACHIEVEMENTS & PERFORMANCE

for the period 7th February 2022 - 6th February 2023

Summary of main achievements Statutory Inquiry

The Claystone thinktank stated: "The Commission has labelled 55 charities with the issue code 'extremism and radicalisation' without their knowledge, in the period 5 December 2012 to 8 May 2014. These charities were/are being monitored as a potential concern for matters relating to extremism and radicalisation.

There are no written criteria for applying or removing this label and thus it lends itself to nonevidence based targeting of particular groups. We don't know the criteria used to apply these extremist tags by the commission. It's all very subjective for a quasi-judicial body."

In 2018 the Commission appointed Baroness Stowell as the Chair of the Charity Commission, who during her tenure shared opinions about the charity sector that betray a basic lack of understanding of the complex, diverse sector she was charged with regulating. In February 2018 the DCMS select committee wrote to the Secretary of State intimating that they could not endorse her appointment to become Chair of the Charity Commission;

"In opposing her appointment, the select committee wrote they could not support her appointment, citing her "negligible charity sector experience", "a complete lack of experience of working for a regulatory body" and that she "was unable to withstand scrutiny".

ACHIEVEMENTS & PERFORMANCE

for the period 7th February 2022 - 6th February 2023

Summary of main achievements Statutory Inquiry

The Commission's lack of understanding of the law and the regulatory framework was published by Directory of Social change;

"Since Baroness Stowell took over as Chair of the Charity Commission in early 2018, the public messaging from the regulator has become increasingly unmoored from its various statutory duties and everyday administrative procedures. Speeches, interviews, press releases and blogs from senior officials seem to reflect her personal opinion about 'charity' and what's wrong with it and her interpretation of 'what the public expect', rather than an impartial or objective view based in a deep understanding of charity law and the regulatory framework."

Jay Kennedy - Director of Policy and Research

The Charity Commission has made a number of false allegations against the trustees of Olive Grove Foundation. Multiple requests for evidence for their claims have simply been ignored by Charity Commission staff.

Olive Grove Foundation initiated legal action through the Lower Tribunal, which six months after the Hearing dismissed the appeal, however stated “The Tribunal found that up to 80% of the concerns of the Respondent identified in the witness statement of Mr. Roake (head of the Charity Commission’s compliance team) were not of legitimate concern.”

ACHIEVEMENTS & PERFORMANCE

for the period 7th February 2022 - 6th February 2023

Summary of main achievements Statutory Inquiry

The Trustees are disappointed with the Tribunal’s decision which we believe is not a fair representation of the evidence put forward at the hearing, much of which was misconstrued in the Judgement provided by the Tribunal.

Olive Grove Foundation in conjunction with a number of other organisations is currently preparing legal action which will be taken to the High Court where a much wider range of evidence can be heard.

In the meantime, the Trustees are due to meet with the Charity Commission in order to bring an end to the ‘Statutory Inquiry‘ which was opened off the back of multiple false allegations against the Trustees.

TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT for the period 7th February 2022 - 6th February 2023

Summary of main activities Tackling Poverty - United Kingdom

We are only a few weeks away from launching an exciting project which will now be the main focus of Olive Grove Foundation; a mobile commercial kitchen in the form of a single decker bus which will be producing hot meals daily for the elderly and refugee families. We will be working in conjunction with a number of established charities that work with the elderly and refugees to identify those in need and provide them with nutritious, healthy hot meals.

We have been working hard to complete work on the bus and it is now nearing completion having been fitted out with all the necessary equipment and having recently undergone a full respray and MOT.

TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT for the period 7th February 2022 - 6th February 2023

Summary of main activities Tackling Poverty - Occupied Palestine

Having spent a large amount of time and effort on this project we feel it is imperative to complete a campaign which aims to support the poor, needy and oppressed people living in the Old City of Jerusalem. The campaign titled 'I Love Al-Aqsa' aims to build a connection between Muslims around the world and Al-Aqsa Mosque in a bid to encourage them to donate towards humanitarian causes on the ground in the Old City, where the living conditions of many have deteriorated over the years due to ever increasing oppressive actions against them at the hands of the Israeli occupation authority. Work is ongoing on the material required to launch the campaign and we aim to secure partners to work on it in the second quarter of 2024.

Concerningly the Charity Commission for England and Wales has repeatedly questioned the Trustees about the 'I Love Al-Aqsa' campaign and have misrepresented the campaign in a bid to stop Olive Grove Foundation from launching it. The fact that the Charity Commission turns a blind eye to Zionist run charities that are in clear contravention of international law raises serious concerns about conflicts of interest at the Charity Commission; questions put to the Commission in regards to these concerns have been completely ignored to date.

TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT

for the period 7th February 2022 - 6th February 2023

Summary of main activities Tackling Poverty - Occupied Palestine

The ‘I Love Al-Aqsa’ campaign was a main feature in the Charity Commission’s Statement of Reasons for the opening of the Statutory Inquiry.

The Tribunal Judge had the following to say about the campaign:

“While the advancement of education was not in the Charity’s Objects, there must inevitably, always be an educational aspect to any fundraising by a charity. Further, in the Decision Log of 06/07/2021, at paragraph 24, referring to the second CVI report, the Respondent (Charity Commission) accepted that this activity was not outside the Objects of the Charity and that there was no conflict of interest. The Respondent had all necessary information in respect of this project by the date of the second CVI meeting. The ‘I love AlAsqa’ project was not for the Al-Asqa mosque itself but to raise profile among people who identified sympathetically with the mosque. The Tribunal rejected this issue as being a valid regulatory concern.”

YOU MUST BE THE CHANGE YOU WISH TO SEE IN THE WORLD

INCOME EXPENSE ANALYSIS

for the period 7th February 2021 - 6th February 2022

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Type of governing document Trust deed

Charity constituted as a Trust

Trustee selection methods

The Board of Trustees is authorised to appoint new Trustees to fill vacancies arising through resignation or death of an existing Trustee, or as they deem necessary. The Board of trustees review the experience and skill sets of any new proposals for Trustees for the charity. The Chair is appointed by the Trustees from amongst their number.

Trustees

Muhammad Bhaiyat

Yaseen Rehman

REFERENCE & ADMINISTRATION DETAILS

Charity name

Olive Grove Foundation

Registered charity number

1142110

Principle address

PO Box, 1352, Bradford, BD5 5DS

Website

www.olivegrovefoundation.org

Email

info@olivegrovefoundation.org

Phone

0300 111 7 111

OLIVE GROVE DATI CONTINU .202Q YE'AR END

Charity Name OLIVE GROVE FOUNDATION

CC16a

No (if any) 1142110

Receipts and payments accounts

For the period Period start date To from 07/02/2022

Period end date 06/02/2023

Section A Receipts and payments

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Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Volunarty Donations - - - - 131,086
Gif Aid 20,855 - 20,855
Rent 6,000 - - 6,000 -
Other 6 - - 6 -
Refunds - 1,500 - - - 1,500 - 75,110
Sub total (Gross income for
25,361 - - 25,361 55,976
AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 25,361 - - 25,361 55,976
A3 Payments
Charitable Activities
26,284 - - 26,284 254,469
Rent & Utilities 9,600 - - 9,600 12,998
Phone/broadband 685 - - 685 867
Bank Fees 95 - - 95 698
Postage/stationary 300 - - 300 284
Website/design 8,127 - - 8,127 516
Travel 1,042 - - 1,042 -
Sundry 19 - - 19 -
- - - -
Sub total 46,151 - - 46,151 269,832
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total payments 46,151 - - 46,151 269,832
Net of receipts/(payments) - 20,790 - - - 20,790 - 213,856
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 24,717 - - 24,717 238,573
Cash funds this year end 3,927 - - 3,927 24,717
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
B5 Liabilities
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
B3 Investment assets
B2 Other monetary assets
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Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
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to nearest £
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Muhammad Bhaiyat		 Endowment
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Date of
approval
05/12/2022

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name OLIVE GROVE FOUNDATION members of On accounts for the year 06/02/2023 Charity no 1142110 ended (if any) Set out on pages CC16A, pages 1 - 2 CC16(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 06 / 02 / 2020 . 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 [ ~~The charity~~ ’ ~~s gross income exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified to~~ examiner's statement ~~undertake the examination by being a qualified member of [insert name of applicable listed body]].~~ ~~Delete [ ]~~ ~~if not applicable.~~

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:

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.

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Signed: Date: 05/12/2023
Name: BILAL SIDDIQUE
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Relevant professional qualification(s) or body

1

Oct 2018

IER

(if any):

Address: 285 BRADFORD RPAD, SHIPLEY, BD18 3AB

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 .

2

Oct 2018

IER