## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 17[th] June 2020 To 16[th] June 2021**
## **Charity name: NOUR**
## **Charity registration number: 1144213**
## **Objectives and Activities**
|**Objectives and Activities**||
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|Summary of the purposes of the
charity as set out in its governing
document|To relieve the needs and preserve and
protect the physical and mental health of
those who are suffering from or have
suffered domestic violence, in particular but
not exclusively those from the Muslim
communities, in such ways as the trustees
think fit, including but not limited to the
provision of counselling, legal advice and
practical support.
To advance the education of the public in
the subject of domestic violence, in
particular among the Muslim community and
to work with the perpetrators of
domestic violence with a view to rehabilitate
them.|
|Summary of the main activities in
relation to those purposes for the
public benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|We have delivered free culturally competent, trauma
informed counselling for survivors of abuse in
English and also in community languages, such as
Bengali and urdu. We have provided free legal
advice through our Solicitor - a specialist in family
law and working with survivors of abuse; she
volunteers her time for our legal advice project. We
have provided emotional and practical support for
through our casework team, who also help
signpost to other services, helping women access
financial aid and other support. We responded to the
Covid-19 pandemic by adapting our services to
online services, and raised awareness of the impacts
of the pandemic on survivors of abuse. We focused
on safeguarding for complex cases, networked with
refuges and other charities to assist beneficiaries
and delivered crisis hampers to women in need.|
|Statement confirming whether the
trustees have had regard to the
guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit|Trustees can confirm that we have regard to the
Charity commission’s public benefit guidance.|
## **Achievements and Performance**
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to the
circumstances of its beneficiaries
and any wider benefits to society
as a whole.|We provided a safe place to survivors, build trust
and rapport so Nour became a base to which they
can return as often as necessary. We promoted
empowerment and self-efficacy, being acutely aware
of power dynamics and their impacts on survivors of
abuse. Our culturally competent approach facilitated
effective interaction with people of diverse cultures,
thereby creating a safe, warm environment that
fostered deeper trust and collaboration. This
enabled our beneficiaries to begin to heal from the
trauma of abuse and start to lead meaningful lives.
We understand that the lived experience of each
individual survivor is unique and nuanced, and
tailored our services to meet individual needs of
clients through our Support Worker’s case
management. We have staff and volunteers with
lived experience of the devastating impacts of abuse
and trauma and they helped us to design our
services. Additionally, we invited and incorporated
feedback that we receive from our beneficiaries. We
were able to meet people where they are, in the way
they need, and our services were delivered in
multiple community languages. This enabled greater
access for those beneficiaries for whom language
was a barrier to access.
Nour’s work focuses on the long-term healing of
those impacted by abuse and trauma. We provided
a trauma-informed counselling service (up to 24 free
sessions) through psychotherapists/counsellors
experienced in working with trauma and who have a
deep knowledge and understanding of issues faced
by BAME communities. We also facilitated
counselling placements for trainee counsellors of
BAME backgrounds, thereby ensuring that more
culturally competent, trauma-informed counsellors
can serve our communities.
We were able to respond to the mental health needs
of our beneficiaries in the Covid-19 pandemic by
running online anxiety webinars and podcasts, This
helped our beneficiaries and the wider community to
access specialist mental health advice and
guidance. Our online counselling and support
services were a lifeline for many facing crises in
their lives and in their mental health and wellbeing.|
|---|---|
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**||
|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s financial
position at the end of the period||
|Statement explaining the policy for
holding reserves stating why they
are held|The trustees aim to maintain free reserves in
unrestricted funds at a level which equates to
approximately**six months**of unrestricted charitable
expenditure. The trustees consider that this level will
provide sufficient funds to continue providing the
free counselling service which is offered to the
beneficiaries as well as maintaining our staff. The
trustees consider that a level of four months is
sufficient, which allows trustees to acquire funding
from either the public domain or grant applications.|
|Amount of reserves held|**£43000**|
|Reasons for holding zero reserves|**n/a**|
|Details of fund materially in deficit|**n/a**|
|Explanation of any uncertainties
about the charity continuing as a
going concern|**none**|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|**Structure, Governance and**|**Management**|
|---|---|
|Description of charity’s trusts:||
|Type of governing document|Constitution|
|How is the charity constituted?|Unincorporated Association|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of any
person or body entitled to appoint
one or more trustees|Meeting|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements 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 Other
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Nour Domestic violence|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|Nour|
|Registered charity number|1144213|
|Charity’s principal address|PO Box 62954, London, N9 1BT|
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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||Mahfuja Ahmed||||
||Ruzina Begum||||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
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|**adviser**|||
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||||
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Mahfuja Ahmed|Ruzina Begum|Morium Ali|
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Trustee|Trustee|Trustee|
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||Charity No
**1144213**
Period start date
**17-Jun-20**
**To**
Period end
date
**16-Jun-21**
**CC17a**
**Charity Name: Nour**
Annual accounts for the period|Charity No
**1144213**
Period start date
**17-Jun-20**
**To**
Period end
date
**16-Jun-21**
**CC17a**
**Charity Name: Nour**
Annual accounts for the period|
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|**Section A**|**Statement of financial activities**||
|**Recommended**
**categories by activity**
**Details of own**
**analysis**
Note
**Incoming resources**
Donations
Gift aid claim
Grants
**Incoming resources from**
**charitable activities**
**Other incoming resources**
**Resources expended**
Charity Projects
Rates and Insurance
telephone postage and
stationery
Wages and salaries
Advertising
Travelling expense
Staff Training
Website
legal and professional fees
**_Total funds carried forward_**
**Total funds brought forward**
**_Net movement in funds_**
**_Net incoming resources_**
Gains and losses on investment assets
Gains and losses on revaluation of fixed assets
for the charity’s own use
**Other recognised** **gains/(losses)**
**_Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before_**
**_other recognised gains/(losses)_**
**Gross transfers between funds**
**_Total resources expended_**
**_Total incoming resources_**||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**income**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total this**
**year**
**Total last**
**year**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
F01
F02
F03
F04
F05
25,342
-
-
25,342
61,586
-
-
-
-
-
-
170,786
-
170,786
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|
|||25,342
170,786
-
196,128
61,586|
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|||7,222
49,110
-
56,332
11,512
355
-
355
405
-
-
405
347
-
63,943
-
63,943
19,278
-
849
-
849
457
72
-
-
72
55
-
2,502
2,502
-
3,190
3,190
1,196
-
-
1,196
813
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-
-
-
-|
|||9,250
119,594
-
128,844
32,462
16,092
51,192
-
67,284
29,124|
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|||16,092
51,192
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67,284
29,124|
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-
-
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-
-
-|
|||16,092
51,192
-
67,284
29,124|
|||59,653
-
-
59,653
30,529|
|||75,745
51,192
-
126,937
59,653|
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|**Section B Balance sheet**|**Section B Balance sheet**|**Section B Balance sheet**||||
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|**Fixed assets**
**Tangible assets**
**Investments**
**_Total fixed assets_**
**Current assets**
**Stock and work in progress**
**Debtors**
**(Short term) investments**
**Cash at bank and in hand**
**_Total current assets_**
**Creditors: amounts falling due within**
**one year**
**_Net current assets/(liabilities)_**
**_Total assets less current liabilities_**
**Creditors: amounts falling due after**
**one year**
**Provisions for liabilities and charges**
**_Net assets_**
**Funds of the Charity**
**Unrestricted funds**
**Restricted income funds**
**Endowment funds**
**_Total funds_**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all
the trustees|Note
|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
F01
3,490
-
-|
**Restricted**
**income**
**funds**
**£**
F02
8,029
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-|**Endowment**
**funds**
**£**
F03
-
-
-|**Total this year**
**Total last**
**year**
**£**
**£**
F04
F05
11,519
3,490
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-
-
-|
|||3,490|8,029|-|11,519
3,490|
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-
51,150|-
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-
67,022|-
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-||
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-
-
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-
118,172
58,859|
|||51,150|67,022|-|118,172
58,859|
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2,696|
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|||48,396|67,022|-|115,418
56,163|
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|||51,886|75,051|**-**|126,937
59,653|
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|||51,886|75,051|-|126,937
59,653|
|||51,886
-|75,051|-|51,886
59,653
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-
75,051
-
-
-|
|||51,886|75,051|-|126,937
59,653|
|||Signature||Date of
approval
16-Apr-22
16-Apr-22
16-Apr-22
Ruzina Begum
Morium Ali
Mahfuja Ahmed
Print Name||
B Sheet
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts**
## Note 1 **Basis of preparation**
## **1.1 Basis of accounting**
These accounts have been prepared on the basis of historic cost (except that investments are shown at market value) in accordance with:
- Accounting and Reporting by Charities – Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP 2005);
• and with* Accounting Standards;
or Financial Reporting Standards for Smaller Enterprises (FRSSE);
- and with the Charities Act.
## **Income**
Income is accounted for on a receipts basis.
## **Resources expended**
Resources expended are accounted for as the liability is incurred. Expenditure includes irrecoverable VAT which is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates.
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**Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
|**Report to the trustees/**
**members of**
**On accounts for the year**
**ended**
**Set out on pages**|Nour|Nour|Nour|
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**1144213**|
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I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **16/06/2021**
**Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** accounts in accordance with 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 examiner's statement**
The charity’s gross income has not exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualified member of ACCA & ICAEW _._
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or
- the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
- • the accounts did 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.
|**Signed:**
**Name:**
**Relevant professional**
**body:**
**Address:**
||16/02/2021|
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||Wajahat Hussain Baloch (FCA, FCCA) on behalf of Redbird Accountants||
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||Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants||
||Redbird Accountants||
||72 Evington Road, Leicester||
||LE2 1HH||
**October 2018**
1
**IER**
**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 details of any** None **items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
**October 2018**
2
**IER**