## 2022 ## TRUSTEES REPORT Registered with the Charities Commission under Registration No. 1146862 ## **TABLE OF CONTENTS** **1. Trustees** ................................................................................................................... **2 2. Constitution, Objects, and Policies** .................................................................................. **2 3. Public Benefit Statement** .................................................................................................... **2 4. Development, Activities, and Achievements** ................................................................. **2 5. Charitable Activities** ............................................................................................................. **2 6. Partnerships** ........................................................................................................................... **3 7. The Spend** ............................................................................................................................... **3 8. Sponsorship** ........................................................................................................................... **3 9. Water for life …………………………………………………………………………………3 10. Financial Review** ................................................................................................................... **4 11. Volunteers** ............................................................................................................................... **4 12. Risk Management** .................................................................................................................. **4 13. Charity Policies** ..................................................................................................................... **4 14. The Vision** ............................................................................................................................... **4 15. Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities** ......................................................................... **5** **APPROVAL** ............................................................................................................................. **5** www.al-ansarifoundation.org 1 ## **1. Trustees** Trustee appointment is determined by the Board of Trustees, and the Trustees have professional careers and work with the charity's cause and operations with their skills and knowledge. ## **2. Constitution, Objects, and Policies** - 2.1 The Al-Ansari Foundation is a registered charity constituted by Trust Deed. The Trust Deed defines the charity’s objectives as being general charitable purposes as defined by charity law in the United Kingdom. The charity is based in the UK and operates with a satellite office in the UK so that it can keep its costs to a minimum. - 2.2 It is supported by committed volunteers some of whom include accountants and graphic designers and other supporters. The Trustees have professional careers, and each contribute with their skills and knowledge to promote the cause of the charity and its day-to-day operation. ## **3. Public Benefit Statement** - 3.1 Trustees have considered the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit and confirms compliance in line with the Trust’s aims and objectives and in planning future objectives and have complied with Section 4 of the Charities Act 2006 to have due regard to public benefit in pursuance of its objectives and activities. ## **4. Development, Activities, and Achievements** - 4.1 The charity continues to receive high levels of support and trust from the general public as shown by the significant levels of donations received with a steady climb in its growth. The charity has yet to operate at deficit. Thus far it has operated with a 100% donation policy using any gift aid collated from donation to pay salaries for staff in Zanzibar. - 4.2 However, over the next three years, the charity envisages that its expenditure will grow with the establishment of its independent and much needed offices in Zanzibar to manage a growing number of volunteers and employees there. In May of 2022, the charity officially registered in Zanzibar as an international NGO and began operations independent to its former delivery partner. ## **5. Charitable activities** - 5.1 This growth in the charity’s income has been supported by fundraising efforts by Trustees in ventures such as the annual dragon boat race via the Al-Noor Foundation in conjunction with some other 80 charities, raising approximately £15,000 from the summer event. - 5.2 The charity’s Zanzibar Dragons team not only raised significant sums for water wells but also won gold in the national event, which has helped project the charity brand further into the limelight, as the event was covered by Emaan TV, which is a major community TV channel. www.al-ansarifoundation.org 2 ## **6. Partnerships** - 6.1 Finally, its partnership with crowd funding platform LaunchGood has helped the charity gain significant credibility and ground in fundraising and extended reach beyond the shores of the UK to other countries. This has significantly increased income from nonUK donors. - 6.2 In addition, Trustees have formed partnerships with organisation to bring in significant income such as the charity’s partner last year Hope and Knowledge, which helped fundraise for 13 wells by organising and executing winter walks through the city attended by some 60 fundraisers raising over £39,000. ## **7. The Spend** - 7.1 The charity has spent in the following areas: - - Construction of schools/madrasah’s. - Masjid builds; - Sponsoring of teachers; - Orphanage support and orphan home builds; - Income generation projects; - Small business support; - Water wells; - Food distributions. - 7.2 The charity has built on its existing partnerships to create strong working relationships with local organisations in Zanzibar to support its efforts to distribute aid. It is looking to increase its networks of partner organisations throughout Zanzibar. - 7.3 A note must be made of the hard work of those Trustees, volunteers and staff members without who the charity could not continue to operate. Most work without pay, especially in the UK as Trustees have spent their own time and often money to go overseas to ensure that the funds raised reaches places where it was needed. The charity is indebted to the service they have provided. ## **8. Sponsorship** - 8.1 The charity continues to focus on its sponsorship programmes. Its orphan sponsorship programmes almost doubled during the year with a total of 150 orphans being cared for by the charity at present. The charity will continue to develop support programmes for orphans which will cater for their social wellbeing and educational needs. Its orphans are supported with school fees paid or waived at schools as well as medical needs being paid for. ## **9. Water for life** - 9.1 The charity’s water for life programme has kept the charity extremely busy as the work along with more and more donors which wish to donate deep borehole wells has grown. Its 150 wells currently serve some 60,000 Zanzibaris on a daily basis who benefit from www.al-ansarifoundation.org 3 - clean and fresh water. The Government of Zanzibar has formally acknowledged the charity’s efforts in providing thousands access to water. - 9.2 However, as the charities water drilling rig ages, the charity has incurred costs in maintaining the machine and this year the Trustees have decided that the charity desperately needs to buy one or two additional machines from China to meet with current demands. It now plans to launch a campaign for this which will fund one of two additional machines. ## **10. Financial Review** - 10.1 The charity had a balance of £38,720 from the last financial year 2020/2021 which it brought forward. It received £309,911 in funds in this current financial year 2021/2022, together with gift aid, charity prizes and bonuses its total income was £390,753. This was a significant 38% increase in the funds received from the previous financial year. ## **11. Volunteers** - 11.1 The Trustees are very grateful to the numerous volunteers who have helped the charity during the year with their spare time and the skills they have brought to the charity. The Trustees would also like to thank the members of the public who have donated so generously. ## **12. Risk management** - 12.1 The Trustees review the major risks which the charity faces on a regular basis. The Trustees regularly consider the Compliance Toolkit issued by the Charity Commission, Protecting Charities from Harm, and ensure that the operational and business risks faced by the charity and established systems which continue to mitigate the significant risks. The Trustees are committed to and are continuously striving to have stronger and more robust systems and controls which all provide even more transparency and accuracy and ensure that the donors to the charity can give confidently, and the assets of the charity are safeguarded. ## **13. Charity Policies** - 13.1 The Trustees have embarked upon a major policy appraisal, reviewing, and drafting a significant number of policies to bring its practices up to date to safeguard donors’ money from fraud (via Anti-Bribery and Corruption to Anti-Money Laundering policies) and to protect children and vulnerable adults it works with. ## **14.** ## **The Vision** - 14.1 The charity intends to continue to grow and be able to provide a personal service it has due to its small size. The charity envisages the next financial year will see additional assets to strengthen its water for life programme, which has been one of its successful flagship campaigns. - 14.2 Indeed, the charity hopes to increase its income in the forthcoming financial year (2022 to 2023) bettering the 38% growth it alludes to above. The charity intends to review the prospects of opening up funding channels from Turkey through its new Zanzibarian trustee, who speaks Turkish fluently and has worked in the international charity sector for the past decade. - 14.3 The challenge for the charity is to directly address the underlying causes of poverty and tackle them in the most effective, ethical and efficient way possible, and consequently this year the charity has started support programmes for poor teachers and partnered up www.al-ansarifoundation.org 4 with teachers to provide education and teach children English to increase their chances to secures jobs to climb out of the poverty trap. - 14.4 Overall the charity will continue to meet its stated objectives over the next few years and will increase its focus on key development projects, and as such, will continue to focus its attention in Zanzibar, in East Africa. Given the scale of poverty in this particular region, the Trustees have decided to increase the aid and development operations over the coming years by also tapping into international funds. ## **15. Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities** - 15.1 The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). - 15.2 The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to: - select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently; - observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP; - make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; - state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material - departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements, and - prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation. - 15.3 The Trustees are responsible for keeping sufficient accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. ## **Approval** The report was approved by the Trustees on ……30.01.2023 ……and signed on their behalf. ## Javed Ansari …………………………………………………… Javed Ansari Trustee ## Amina Begum …………………………………………………… Amina Begum Trustee www.al-ansarifoundation.org 5 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period from 1 st apnl 2021 31st March 2022 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowmen t funds Total funds Last year to the nearest to the nearest to the nearest to the nearest £ to the nearest A1 Receipts Balance BIF £38,720 £309,911 £0 £38,720 £38,720 Money receipt Gift Aid £0 £309,911 £32,488 £0 £32,488 Admin ContribLJtions £1,1 £0 £1,134 £0 Ch81rty Prizes & Bonuses £8,500 £0 £8,500 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 to £0 £0 £0 Sub total (Gross income forAR) £390,753 £0 £390,753 £38,720 A2 Asset and investment sales, Isee table). £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 Sub total £0 £0 Éo £0 £390.753 £0 £390,753 £38,720 A3 Payments Money spent In Zanzibar on projects Other expellce5 related to fundraising in the UK Bank Charges £341.381 £0 £341.381 £0 £11.194 £0 £11.194 £0 £1,112 £6,600 £26,598 £0 £0 £1,112 £0 UK Wages AdvertisinglMarke11ng £0 £6,600 t26,596 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 Sub total £386,885 £0 £386.88S £0 A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) Éo £0 Èo £0 £0 £0 Sub total £0 £0 £0 £386,885 £0 £0 £0 Net of receipts/(paymentsJ £3,868 £0 £3,868 £38,720 A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end Éo £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £3.868 £0 £3.868 £38,720 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricte d funds Restricted lunds to neare¥t £ Endowment funds Categories Details to nÈare¥t to nearest £ B1 Cash funds Cash at bank on 31st march 2022 £3.867.56 £0.00 £38,719.92 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 Total cash funds £3,867.65 £38,719.92 la9ree Oa&nGes With rec&pts paYrn￿ts accAJJni¢sii Unrestriete d funds Restricted funds to nearÈ$t £ Endowment funds Details NIA to nearest £ to nèare$t £ assets Fund to which a58et belongs cUr￿￿t value loptionall Details NIA Cost loptionall B3 Investment assets Fund to whi¢h asset bÈlong$ CuT￿nt value (optional Details Cost loptionall B4 Assets retained for the charity's own use NIA Fund to which Arnount duo loptionall When due loptional relate5 Details NIA B5 Liabilities Signed by one or trustees on behalf of all the trustees Signature Print Name Dale of approval 21.9.22 21.9.22 Amina 8Ègum Javed Ansari ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the** The Al-Ansari Foundation **trustees/ members of** **On accounts for the year ended** 31[st] March 2022 **Charity** 1146862 **no** **Set out on pages** 8 and 9 **Respective** The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the **responsibilities of** accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required **trustees and** for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities **examiner** Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: - examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act, - to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and - to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. - **Basis of independent** My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions **examiner’s** given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review **statement** of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. **AAF IER** **26 January 2023** ## **Independent** In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my **examiner's** attention (other than that disclosed below *) **statement** 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements: - to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act have not been met; or 2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. - _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ **Signed: Date:** 29.1.2023 **Name:** Ruhul Khan **Relevant** FCCA, ACA **professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** ## Lipton First Floor, 20 High Street, London E15 2PP ## **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems. **AAF IER** **26 January 2023** **Give here brief details of any items** N/A **that the examiner wishes to disclose** . **AAF IER** **26 January 2023**