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24 YEA ENDING OLIVE GROVE UAL RErtORT

SERVICE TO OTHERS FOR OUR ROOM

OBJECTIVES & ACTIVITIES Olive Grove Foundation is a charitable organisation established to provide a brighter f uture 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 self- sufficient, 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. Education & training Income generation Orphan & widow sponsorship Water & sanitation Emergency relief Medical aid ILIVE GROI'b.

ACHIEVEMENTS & PERFORMANCE for the period 7th February 2023 - 6th February 2024 LAW ASES 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 f ramework 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 'lslam is one of the greatest, most terrifying problems of our future He aLso defended torture as a 'natural response to terrorism, as weLI 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. (ILIVE GROI'P."

ACHIEVEMENTS & PERFORMANCE for the period 7th February 2023 - 6th February 2024 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 werelare 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 non- evidence 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" ILIVE GROI'b.

ACHIEVEMENTS & PERFORMANCE for the period 7th February 2023 - 6th February 2024 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 800/0 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. OLtVE GROVE

ACHIEVEMENTS & PERFORMANCE for the period 7th February 2023 - 6th February 2024 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 WILI be taken to the High Court where a much wider range of evidence can be heard. It has now been three and a half years since the opening of the Inquiry which has moved at snail pace despite the serious allegations made against the Trustees, which were proven to be false in a court of law. The compliance team at the Charity Commission were provided with thousands of documents, videos, images, receipts, reports, etc. in relation to the charity's work within months of the Inquiry being opened, all of which was also submitted to the Tribunal and yet we have not heard a single bit of feedback or an apology from the Commission in relation to their false allegations. ILIVE GROI'b.

TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT for the period 7th February 2023 - 6th February 2024 Summary of main activities Tackling Poverty - United Kingdom The main focus of Olive Grove Foundation is 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. While the work on the bus has now been completed and it is ready to begin producing food, we are unable to get insurance for the bus, staff or public while the statutory inquiry is still running and therefore it is on hold awaiting cLosure of the unnecessarily long inquiry. Iliiil ILIVE GROI'b.

TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT for the period 7th February 2023 - 6th February 2024 Summary of main activities Tackling Poverty - United Kingdom While the catering bus is currently on hold the charity were able to distribute thousands of items of food and drink through a local established soup kitchen which serves the homeless every week in the heart of Bradford. Once the catering bus launches we will be supporting severaL established soup kitchens throughout West Yorkshire with hot meals. In addition to this work was carried out on our storage premises which have been given to the Charity rent free to store items for the catering bus, palLets of food, etc. ¢7 ILIVE GROI'b.

TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT for the period 7th February 2023 - 6th February 2024 Summary of main activities Tackling Poverty - Occupied Palestine Work was carried out on a campaign which aims to support the poor, needy and oppressed Palestinians living in the Old City of Jerusalem. The interactive campaign titled '1 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. The project will be launched in the near future. •• Concerningly the Charity Commission for England and Wales repeatedly questioned the Trustees about '1 Love Al-Aqsa' and 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, by Olive Grove Foundation and other organisations, have been completely ignored to date.

TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT for the period 7th February 2023 - 6th February 2024 Summary of main activities Tackling Poverty - Occupied Palestine The '1 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 0610712021, at paragraph 24, referring to the second CVI report, the Respondent Icharity 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 '1 love Al- Asqa, 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. 4A ILIVE GROI'b.

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INCOME EXPENSE ANALYSIS for the period 7th February 2023- 6th February 2024 Vnf•btrlrted fund• Re•lflcled fund Endowment lund Totalluhd* l￿ty• Al Rètèipts 567 2&.Id6 i.eoo 20ASS &J)DO 1,800 (Xh•r R•lund sub total IGr05s income lo Aft) A2 Asset iDveslmenl sales, 15e8 lablel. ota zzzz Total receipis 26.S13 26,513 25.361 A3 PaymvntS 1?.$42 1.600 187 2&J84 i.too 685 gs 330 4dg 15 Joo dMI a49 8.117 1.042 19 Sub iotal Ad Asset and investment purehaS•g, Iw tabl•l Sub total Total payment 21.635 21.63 46,151 Net of receiptsllpaymenis A5 Transfers between lund A6 Cash funds lastyeai end Cashfunds thisyear end 4,87 4.87 20.7 3,92 3,92Y 8,805 24.71 ILIVE GROI'b.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT Trust deed Charit 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 Mohammed Pervaiz Yaseen Rehman Sajid Ameen

REFERENCE & ADMINISTRATION DETAILS Olive Grove Foundation Register 1142110 Principle addre55 PO Box, 1352, Bradford, BD5 SDS Website www.olivegrovefoundation.org Email info@olivegrovefoundation.org 0300 1117 111

LT. L GROV- io INUE ORT YEAR-ENDING

CC16a

Charity Name No (if any) OLIVE GROVE FOUNDATION 1142110

Receipts and payments accounts

For the period Period start date Period end date To from 07/02/2023 06/02/2024

Section A Receipts and payments

A1 Receipts Unrestricted
funds
to the nearest £
567
24 146
1 800
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26 513		 Restricted
funds
to the nearest £
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-
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funds
to the nearest £
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to the nearest £
567
24 146
1 800
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26 513		 Last year
to the nearest £
Volunarty Donations 567 - - 567 -
Gif Aid 24 146 - 24 146 20 855
Rent 1 800 - - 1 800 6 000
Other - - - - 6
Refunds - - - - - 1 500
Sub total(Gross income for
AR)		 26 513 - - 26 513 25 361
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
**Total receipts ** 26 513 - - 26 513 25 361

A3 Payments

Charitable Activities 12 542 - - 12 542 26 284
Rent & Utilities 1 600 - - 1 600 9 600
Phone/broadband 187 - - 187 685
Bank Fees 89 - - 89 95
Postage/stationary 330 - - 330 300
Website/design 449 - - 449 8 127
Travel 15 - - 15 1 042
Sundry - - - - 19
Maintenance/building work 6 423 - - 6 423
**Sub total ** 21 635 - - 21 635 46 152
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - -
**Sub total ** - - - - -
Total payments 21 635 - - 21 635 46 151
Net of receipts/(payments) 4 878 - - 4 878 - 20 790
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 3 927 - - 3 927 24 717
Cash funds this year end 8 805 - - 8 805 3 927

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
B1 Cash funds
B2 Other monetary assets
B3 Investment assets
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
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Bank
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(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Details
Details
Details
Details
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to nearest £
8 805
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OK
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to nearest £
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liability relates
Amount due
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Print Name
Yaseen Rehman		 Endowment
funds
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Yaseen Rehman 06/12/2024

Charity Name N OLIVE GROVE FOUNDATION 11

Receipts and payments acco For the period Period start date To from 07/02/2022

Section A Receipts and payments

Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds

to the nearest £ to the nearest £

to the nearest £

A1 Receipts

A1 Receipts
Volunarty Donations - - -
Gif Aid 20 855 -
Rent 6 000 - -
Other 6 - -
Refunds - 1 500 - -
Sub total(Gross income for
AR)		 25 361 - -
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - -
- - -
Sub total - - -
Total receipts 25 361 - -

A3 Payments

A3 Payments
Charitable Activities 26 284 - -
Rent & Utilities 9 600 - -
Phone/broadband 685 - -
Bank Fees 95 - -
Postage/stationary 300 - -
Website/design 8 127 - -
Travel 1 042 - -
Sundry 19 - -
- - -
**Sub total ** 46 151 - -
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)		 -
-
-
- - -
- -
**Sub total ** - - -
Total payments
Net of receipts/(payments)
A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end		 46 151 46 151 46 151 46 151 46 151
- 20 790 - -
- -
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24 717 - -
3 927 - -

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the

Categories
B5 Liabilities
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
B3 Investment assets
B2 Other monetary assets
B1 Cash funds		 Details
Bank
Total cash funds
(ag ee ba a ces
t
ece pts a d pay
e ts
account(s))
Details		 Details
Bank
Total cash funds
(ag ee ba a ces
t
ece pts a d pay
e ts
account(s))
Details		 Unrestricted
funds
to nearest £
3927
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3 927
OK
Unrestricted
funds
to nearest £
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Details Fund to which
asset belongs
Details Fund to which
asset belongs
Details Fund to which
liability relates

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees

Signature Print N Muhamma

o (if any) 142110 ounts CC16a Period end date 06/02/2023

Total funds

Last year

to the nearest £

to the nearest £

- 131 086
20 855
6 000 -
6 -
- 1 500 - 75 110
25 361 55 976
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- -
- -
25 361 55 976
26 284 254 469
9 600 12 998
685 867
95 698
300 284
8 127 516
1 042 -
19 -
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46 151 269 832

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269 832
- 20 790 - 213 856
- -
24 717 238 573
3 927 24 717
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lame Dale of approval d Bhaiyat 0511212022

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 06/02/2024 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.

Signed:
Name:
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body		 Date: 06/12/2024
BILAL SIDDIQUE

Oct 2018

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(if any):

Address: DEVERE HOUSE, BRADFORD, BD1 5AH

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 .

Oct 2018

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