2025-03-31-accounts - Manchester Turkish Community Association

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 1 April 2024 31 March

31 March 2025

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Manchester Turkish Community Association

Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1143097

Charity's principal address 7 Dolphin Street

Manchester Postcode

M12 6BG

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Yasin SEZER Chair For whole year The trustees themselves
2 Suleyman TEK Trustee For whole year The trustees themselves
3 Sedat TUTUNCU Trustee For whole year The trustees themselves
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Constitution

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

Association How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by the existing trustees. Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

The charity trustees are responsible for the general control and management of the charity.

The trustees give their time freely and receive no remuneration or other financial benefits. The trustees meet together as a body monthly and are responsible for all decisions taken in relation to running the centre and the community facilities and the activities provided by the charity. To assist in the smooth running of the charity the trustees have employed a number of personnel that help them oversee certain aspects of the charity's work. Personnel are currently employed for finance and for the day-to-day management of the building and report back with their recommendations to the full meeting of the trustees. The day-to-day management of the centre and community facilities and projects are delegated to the personnel.

Section C Objectives and activities

To further or benefit the residents of Manchester and the neighbourhood, without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, race or of political, religious or other opinions by associating together the said residents and the local authorities, Summary of the objects of the voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to advance education and charity set out in its governing document to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the objective of improving the conditions of life for the residents.

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Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

In furtherance of these objects but not otherwise, the trustees shall have power: To establish or secure the establishment of a community centre and to maintain or manage or co-operate with any statutory authority in the maintenance and management of such a centre for activities promoted by the charity in furtherance of the above objects. The charity carries out a wide range of activities in pursuance of its charitable aims. The trustees consider that these activities, summarised below, provide benefit both to those who uses our community centre and the wider community of Greater Manchester and neighbouring cities. CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES: The community centre provides place for our prayers and worship and for the activities associated with our faith. During the year under review, we offered and conducted a range of religious and cultural services and activities including: Prayers: Our centre is open for daily and weekly prayers. During the week, we have over 15 people who regularly attend daily prayers and over 150 who regularly attend weekly prayers. Festivals: our centre prepares food during holy month for those attending our activities and wish to break their fast together. Religious festivals i.e. Eid was also celebrated at our centre with a family day and communal meal. Raising funds : each week on Fridays the charity invites a voluntary chef to cook Turkish foods to raise funds for the Charity. COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES Our community centre hall and rooms provide a valuable educational and recreational resource to all in our local community. A wide range of activities are organised and take place from our community centre. Turkish language courses: Turkish Consulate General in London appointed a Turkish language teacher to teach Turkish language and culture to pupils and adults at Manchester Turkish Community Centre. Supplementary school and homework support: at weekends and during school holidays a supervised homework club is supported and supervised by volunteers and over 50 children regularly attend the club. Seminars and cultural and religious talks: volunteers provide free cultural and religious seminars at our centre every Wednesday evenings. Sport activities: The Charity organises sport events mainly in football and table tennis. Fetes & Festivals: we have a little festival occasionally a few times yearly. Many people who are from different background attend to our festivals. All is planned and prepared a week before the festivals. Especially Turkish dishes are offered and presented to the visitors to taste including Turkish pastry, cakes,

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kebabs and local foods from different regions in Turkey. Many people are invited to this charity activity to buy and eat for fundraising. This is a really good cultural and social activity for the community spirit. During the festival, many people find a chance to speak and get to know each other while tasting good food. It is also good opportunity to learn about the culture and food while it is a collectively playing and entertaining event for all children together.

The festive were a way of responding to our community desire to make more use of parks by bringing people together to share in activities in a pleasant green setting. The aims of the picnics for the community are to:

Increase opportunities for social contact and develop networking opportunities with the local community.
Improve the number of activities for families, children and young people in the area.
Encourage use of Parks.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity Volunteers are an important resource in community work. This year our Charity during the year has achieved to reach over 6,500 Turkish speaking people in Manchester and surrounding cities. This helped us increase our number of volunteers who then helped us organise and conduct more charitable and fund-raising activities than last year. Volunteers are involved in most of our community activities and we have now over 40 people regularly giving their time.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially in deficit

The trustees have reviewed the reserves of the charity. Their policy is to hold enough funds to meet two months' operating costs of the centre and of our community activities and programmes. In calculating the charity's reserves the trustees have deducted from the total of unrestricted funds of the charity, the value of the lease of the centre and other tangible fixed assets as shown in the accounts and the designated fund.

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;

Principal funding sources The charity's main source of income is donations. Given the economic conditions currently affecting our local community this level of donations is both generous and encouraging.

Investment policy and objectives

The charity has no long-term investments. Our cash reserves are held in our bank account and saving accounts.
investment policy and objectives including any Plans for future periods
ethical investment policy adopted. We intend to maintain our existing range of community activities working in partnership with the community and to further develop our community projects in collaboration with Manchester Community. We continue to place great importance on sharing a good understanding the importance of education whilst gaining an understanding of the Turkish culture and traditions.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

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Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Yasin SEZER Suleyman TEK Trustee Chair Date 2S/ol/2oL TAR March 2012

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Manchester Turkish Community Association 1143097
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period 01/04/2024 31/03/2025
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Section A Receipts and payments
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
Charitable activities 223,103 - - 223,103 132,550
Interest receipts 1,856 - - 1,856 2,309
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Sub total (Gross income for
AR) [ 224,959 ] - - 224,959 134,859
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
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Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 224,959 - - 224,959 134,859
A3 Payments
Costs of charitable activities 209,565 - - 209,565 183,142
Loan payments 6,211 - - 6,211 6,211
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Sub total 215,776 - - 215,776 189,353
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
Purchase of fixed assets - - - -
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Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 215,776 - - 215,776 189,353
Net of receipts/(payments) 9,183 - - 9,183 - 54,494
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 98,179 - - 98,179 152,673
Cash funds this year end 107,363 - - 107,363 98,179
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted funds to nearest £ Restricted funds to nearest £ Endowment funds to nearest £ B1 Cash funds Cash at bank 28,410 Savings acccxjnt 78,953 Total cash funds 107,363 Jree balaffKes wth receipis and p8yments accnI(s>) Unrestricted funds to nearest £ Restricted funds to nearest £ Endowment funds to nearest £ Detai B2 Other monetary assets Fund to whlch asset belon Cost (optlonal) Current value tional Fund to whlch asset belon Cost (optlonal) 4.306 Current value tlonal etails Furniture, fixtures and fittings charity's own use Computers arKJ other equipment 415 Gate 6,762 Freezer 2,000 Storage Container 1,580 Freezer 2 900 Minter. Mihrah & Kursu 2,400 Fund to whlch relates Amount due tlonal 39,841 When due tlonal Detai Bank Loan B5 Liabilities Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the Irustees Signature Print Name Date of roval Yasin Sezer Suleyman Tek CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 1910112026

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Manchester Turkish Community Association members of On accounts for the year 31 March 2025 Charity no 1143097 ended (if any) Set out on pages (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 31/03/2025.

Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report 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 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

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Date: 19/01/2026
Signed:
Name: Mr Cem Kizilcik
Relevant professional Chartered Accountant (ACMA, CGMA, ICPA)
qualification(s) or body
(if any):
Address: 52 Chestnut Drive
Sale
M33 4HH
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Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight 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 .

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