2023-04-30-accounts - Union Masjid And Education Centre

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date

Period end date

30 04 2022 To 30 04 2023

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Union Masjid & Education Centre Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1152347 Charity's principal address Child Link Building Birchill Street Walsall Postcode WS2 8NG

Union Masjid & Education Centre

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
Dr Abdul Jabbar	N/A	Whole Year	N/A
Dr Alhagi Manta Drummeh	N/A	Whole Year	N/A
Mohammad Aman Zaman	N/A	Whole Year	N/A

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name	Dates acted if not for whole year
N/A

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address
N/A

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

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

[ Constitution ]

How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company)

[ Trust ]

Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)[ Trustees are selected by the Management ]

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.

We have been working closely with many organisations in Walsall such as Walsall Counicil on ‘Child Protection Issues since 2017 and on occasions implemented the procedure as and when the need occurred at our premices, UMEC has maintained a good number of students and community users with satisfactory flow of volunteers from the local community as well as paid members of staff.

All staff and Volunteers are regularly updated on matters concerning Child Protection issues and policies as and when changes occur via Walsall Council. Child Protection Training is given to all new staff and Volunteers prior to starting service with UMEC.

Links with Islamic and non-islamic establishments have been made e.g. …….

UMEC builded up good links with the local commuinties in Leamore area of Walsall and our Centre is heavily used on the weekends.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

UMEC’s relationship building has been growing at a steady pace in the communities we serve, as from the beginning it has been on mutual understanding and good will. Majority of our community users / clients and students are from the local area and we haver memberships from the surrounding areas, many people have graduated from the centre and awarded recognised certificates in their chosen subject, main objective being to graduate good and useful citizen for the british society.

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Beside the normal education services that we provide on the weekdays Summary of the main and weekend, we now also offering Maths and English as additional activities undertaken for the classes on Sundays for the youth. public benefit in relation to these objects (include within We also do a lot of community works and helping the new immigrants this section the statutory declaration that trustees have who have been evacuated by the UK Government such as filling the forms for them and signposting them etc. had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

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.

Most of our volunteers are bilinguals, they speaks, English, Urdo, Arabic, Dari, Farsi, Pashto etc. As we have community users from different back ground and some of them with very limited English skill. Therefore, our volunteers communicate with them in their languages, to understand them better to be able to help them or sign post them.

We have not had any changes to to mention in this report and we carried on with our community works.

Section D Achievements and performance

Many of the parents bringing their children to UMEC have also started Summary of the main attending our classes during the week as well on the weekends, the achievements of the charity Maths and English classes are also available for them to enhance or during the year renew their existing skills.

We feel that, based on the success and popularity of our education system we are able to offer higher education courses. UMEC will be offering Arabic and Islamic Studeis at a higher and Degree levels to the public from July 2018.

We started Friday lectures at Brownhills Community Centre for the locals in Brownhils and we are at our early stages of our work there. As usual we have organised cultural events, Eid celebrations, Persian New Year Celebration (Nowrouz) and invitations were sent to members, students and their parents and families. In all our events the responds were very good and positives. We have order Bouncy Castle to play and Pizza and Rice to eat which they enjoyed a lot.

Classes have been running in accordance to the Guidelines laid by the Government regarding the Covid-19.

Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the • The charity will use its reserves for providing high quality services
charity’s policy on reserves and making improvements to existing facilities at the current UMEC premises.
We purchased a property for UMEC and rented it out, the rental income from the property is helping some of the rental cost of the current premises where we are conductiong our daily activities from it. Our aim is that UMEC to have long term sustainability in order to serve the community.

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The current building which we are using for UMEC, was initially rented to facilitate the initial stages of development until we buy a a building for our Centre.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

No funds are in deficit this year.

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;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Dr Abdul Jabbar – Chairman 29 Cecil Street Walsall, WS4 2AZ

Dr Alhagi Manta Drammeh – Treasurer 46 Ballendean Road, DD4 8NT Mohammad Aman Zaman- Secretary 10 Brewer Street, Walsall WS2 8BH

Section G Declaration

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) ABDUL

Full name(s) Dr Abdul Jabbar Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chairman etc)

Date 30/04/2021

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SAJ Audit Office and Accountanc Services 33 Cecil Street. Walsall, WS4 2AZ Tel: 07834774293 Email: sajjad693@hotmail.com April 2023 Accredited Copy of the Contrncted Audit Office for ihe last year budget: Inc&Ex INC - Tax Year 2023 EXP MONTH: c1[n0 b•l•nu Mir 2017 April 2022 May 2022 Jun 2022 Jul 2022 Aug 2022 Sep 2022 Od 2022 Nov 2022 Dec 2022 Jan 2023 Feb 2023 Mar 2023 r 2023 TOTAL INC TOTAL EXPENDITURE Closing Balance Apr 23 Monthl Bal: 268,016.36 102,295 69 102.268.14 101,880.30 102,116 95 102,794.40 102.964 09 104,829.16 104,765.41 104,882.46 104,934 11 104.598 28 136.053.45 137.009 43 £985 80 984.75 1.410.60 1.438 15 £1.150 60 1.538.44 £1,225 60 988.95 £1.010.60 333.15 £1.3.24 1,793 55 £2,963.19 1,098 12 £1,CQ5.80 1,C69 35 £1,285 80 1.168.55 £1.045.60 993.95 £1,025.60 1,381.43 £32,389.12 933 9$ £2,210.60 1,254.82 £49.871.55 £14,966.96 137,1109.43 M Sajjad Audii oificer & Aceountsnt