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Charity registration number: 1153528 Company registered number: 08082533

SEEDS FOUNDATION TRUSTEES' REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2025

Seeds Foundation Content For the Year Ended 31 May 2025

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Charity Information	1
Trustees Report	2 – 4
Independent Examiner Report	5
Statement of Financial Activities	6
Balance Sheet	7
Notes to the Financial Statements	8 – 10

Seeds Foundation Charity Information For the Year Ended 31 May 2025

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Charity Number 1153528 Company Number 08082533 Registered Office Suite 2b 40-Friar Lane Nottingham City Centre Nottingham, Nottinghamshire NG1 6DQ Trustees

The trustees and directors serving during the year and since the year end were as follows:

Mr. Farooq Ahmed Mir Mr. Mohammad Taha Mir

Independent Examiner Accountax (UK) Ltd 21 Knightsbridge London England SW1X 7LY

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Seeds Foundation Trustees' Report (Including Directors’ Report) For the Year Ended 31 May 2025

The trustees present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 May 2025.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing Document

The charity is a charitable company limited by guarantee, governed by its memorandum and articles of association, and was incorporated on 24 May 2012.

Organisational Structure

The trustees are responsible for the general control and management of the Trust. The trustees give their time freely and receive no remuneration or other financial benefits to fulfil this role. The trustees meet on a regular basis and are responsible for all decisions taken in relation to the overall control and strategic management of the trust. There is a team of volunteers and professionals who are dedicated members of Seeds Foundation and offer teaching and voluntary support services free of cost.

Trustee Board

The directors of the company are also charity trustees for the purposes of charity law and under the company’s Articles are known as members of the company. All trustee appointments are interviewed, assessed and approved by the Board of Trustees. Applications for trustees are encouraged from all sections of the community that reflect the diversity and range of community and business groups Seeds works with.

TRUST OBJECTIVES

The objective of the trust is mainly to support and empower, adults and children from deprived communities, through skills and education to equip them to meet the challenges of global labour market. We help the local community by arranging projects and activities in education, training and leisure/recreational activities.

Public Benefit

We have referred to the guidance in the Charity Commission general guidance on public benefit when reviewing our aims and objectives and in planning our future activities. In particular, the trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives that they have set. Seeds Foundation helps and supports disadvantaged and deprived communities across the charity’s operational areas where approved. All Seeds projects and services are available for all types of communities with no discrimination based on gender, race, ethnicity, religion etc. Seeds provides education support, poverty relief and disaster relief.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

During the financial year ended 31st May 2025, the charity had a total income of £57,989 (2024: £10,415) and generated a net surplus of £2,290 (2024: Net surplus of £363).

The principal funding sources of Seeds Foundation during the year were donations from fundraising, donations, and memberships. Funds were applied to key projects including humanitarian relief in Azad Kashmir and Pakistan (Qurbani, Winter Relief, Ramadan Food Parcels and Flood Relief), as well as education and community support services in Nottingham, including Homework Club, Individual Learning Support, Advice and Guidance, and ESOL provision. Most income is restricted and allocated directly to project delivery in line with the charity’s objects.

The charity maintains appropriate financial controls to ensure transparency, accountability and responsible management of resources. Unrestricted reserves are maintained to support operational continuity and manage fluctuations in funding, ensuring long-term sustainability.

ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE

Below are detailed activities carried out by Seeds Foundation during the year:

Qurbani Project – Azad Kashmir

This project supports some of the most deprived and remote communities in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan, with more than 400 families benefiting from assistance each year. Through this initiative, Seeds distributes meat during Eid al-Qurban to families who would otherwise be unable to afford it, enabling them to participate fully in the occasion.

Winter Relief – Azad Kashmir

This initiative supports vulnerable families living below the poverty line in the northern areas of Azad Kashmir, where winter temperatures can fall to –15°C. The project distributes warm clothing, blankets, food packages, and medical kits to help communities cope with the severe cold. Nearly 300 families have benefited directly, and close to 1,000 families have received support through this programme overall.

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Seeds Foundation Trustees' Report (Including Directors’ Report) (continued) For the Year Ended 31 May 2025

Ramadan Food Parcels – Azad Kashmir

This project is delivered annually during the month of Ramadan. Seeds provides each family with a month’s supply of essential food items, prioritising those living in remote areas with little or no source of income to meet their basic needs. Through this initiative, 50,000 people across remote areas of Kashmir and various provinces and districts of Pakistan have received support.

Homework Club – Nottingham

This project supports women and children from disadvantaged communities in Nottingham. It provides education support, advice and guidance, training opportunities, job-seeking and employment support, as well as ESOL language provision.

Flood Relief and medical camps – Azad Kashmir and Pakistan

Seeds Foundation delivers this project to respond to flood disasters and other emergencies. During periods of severe flooding each year, the charity provides food, clothing, hygiene supplies, free medicines, and medical check-ups by organising medical camps across affected areas of Pakistan and Azad Kashmir.

Individual Learning Support – Nottingham

Seeds established this project to provide one-to-one learning support for young people with Special Educational Needs (SEN). A dedicated team of SEN-qualified specialist tutors and mentors delivers tailored sessions to meet individual learning requirements. In addition, the project offers advice and guidance, mentoring, and health and wellbeing support to ensure a holistic approach to each young person’s development.

Advice and Guidance – Nottingham

Seeds Foundation has built a team of volunteers through dedicated membership schemes, offering their expertise to deliver training, teaching, and support services. Assigned mentors and coaches voluntarily provide their time to address the individual needs of the local community. These tutors and mentors also offer advice and guidance to support personal development within the community.

English Language and ESOL Support – Nottingham, UK

Seeds Foundation also delivers English language courses, from beginner to elementary levels, for disadvantaged communities, refugees, and migrants, helping them integrate into society and access employment and educational opportunities. The programme also provides support with CV writing to improve their chances of securing job opportunities.

Plans for future

The trustees of Seeds Foundation will continue to ensure that all activities are delivered strictly in accordance with the charity’s governing document and charitable objects: the prevention or relief of poverty, the advancement of education, and other recognised charitable purposes under the law.

The focus over the coming years will be to strengthen governance, enhance accountability, and increase impact across all programmes in the UK and overseas. This will include the following priority areas:

S trategic Alignment and Impact – Ensure all projects clearly demonstrate public benefit and measurable outcomes in line with the charity’s objects. Strengthen monitoring, evaluation and reporting to evidence impact.
Governance and Compliance – Maintain full compliance with charity law, safeguarding standards, financial regulations and regulatory requirements, ensuring transparency and accountability at all levels.
Risk Management and Internal Controls – Strengthen financial oversight, internal controls and risk management systems to protect charitable assets and ensure responsible stewardship of resources.
Sustainability and Growth – Develop a clear long-term funding strategy to secure financial stability, diversify income streams and support sustainable programme development.
Leadership and Organisational Strengthening – Enhance trustee effectiveness, policy review processes and operational systems to ensure efficient delivery and continuous improvement.

Governance Challenges Over the Next Five Years

Changes in charity legislation and regulatory expectations.
Increased demand for compliance, safeguarding and financial transparency.
Economic pressures affecting fundraising and sustainability.
Maintaining quality and accountability during organisational growth.
Ensuring strong trustee capacity, skills and succession planning.

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Seeds Foundation Trustees' Report (Including Directors’ Report) (continued) For the Year Ended 31 May 2025

STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES’ RESPONSIBILITIES

The trustees (who are also directors of Seeds Foundation for the purposes of company law, are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under company law the trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP 2019 (FRS 102);
make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in operation.

The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

In so far as the trustees are aware:

there is no relevant audit information of which the charitable company’s auditor is unaware; and
the trustees have taken all steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the auditor is aware of that information.

Approved by the Board of Trustees and signed on its behalf by:

_______ Mr Farooq Ahmed Mir Trustee Farooq Ahmed Mir Date: 18.03.2026

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Seeds Foundation Independent Examiner Report For the Year Ended 31 May 2025

I report to the charity trustees on our examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31[st ] May 2025.

Trustees & Examiner Responsibilities

As the charity’s trustees of the company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (the 2006 Act).

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your company’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent Examiner Statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

accounting records were not kept in respect of the company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
the accounts do not accord with those records; or
the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act 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; or
the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities as applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).

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.

Ghafoor Ahmad Khattak (Senior Statutory Auditor) For and on behalf of Accountax (UK) Ltd, Statutory Auditor Chartered Certified Accountant and Registered Auditors

21 Knightsbridge London England SW1X 7LY

Date: 18.03.2026

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Seeds Foundation Statement of Financial Activities Including Income and Expenditure Account For the Year Ended 31 May 2025

Notes Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies 2 Other income 3 Total Expenditure on: Charitable activities 5 Total Net income Transfers between funds Net movement in funds Reconciliation of funds: Total funds brought forward Total funds carried forward 7	Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds Total Total £ £ £ £ 2025 2025 2025 2024 8,015 5,230 13,245 10,415 44,744 - 44,744
	52,759 5,230 57,989 10,415
	(50,469) (5,230) (55,699) (10,052)
	(50,469) (5,230) (55,699) (10,052)

	2,290 - 2,290 363
	- - - -
	2,290 - 2,290 363
	25,325 - 25,325 24,962
	27,615 - 27,615 25,325

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.

All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

The statement of financial activities also complies with the requirements for an income and expenditure account under the Companies Act 2006.

The notes on pages 8 to 10 form part of these financial statements.

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Seeds Foundation Balance Sheet For the Year Ended 31 May 2025

			2025			2024
	Notes	£	£	£	£	£	£
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets	4			115			230
				115			230
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors	6		2,334			-
Cash at bank and in hand			28,043			28,087
			30,377			28,087
Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year	8		(2,877)			(2,992)
NET CURRENT ASSETS				27,500			25,095
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES				27,615			25,325
NET ASSETS				27,615			25,325
INCOME FUNDS
Restricted funds				-			-
Unrestricted funds				27,615			25,325
TOTAL FUNDS				27,615			25,325

For the year ended 31 May 2025, the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.

On behalf of the board

Mr Farooq Ahmed Mir Director Farooq Ahmed Mir Date: 18.03.2026

The notes on pages 8 to 10 form part of these financial statements.

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Seeds Foundation Notes to the Financial Statements For the Year Ended 31 May 2025

1. Accounting policies

1.1. Basis of preparation of financial statements

The financial statements of the charity have been prepared in accordance with the charity’s governing document, the Companies Act 2006, FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standards applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the Charities SORP “Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.

Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost of transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy or note.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

The charity meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102.

1.2. Going concern disclosure

At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

1.3 Charitable funds

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of their charitable objectives.

Restricted funds are subject to specific conditions by donors as to how they may be used. The purposes and uses of the restricted funds are set out in the notes to the financial statements.

1.4. Income

Income is recognised when the charity is legally entitled to it after any performance conditions have been met, the amounts can be measured reliably, and it is probable that income will be received.

Donations and legacies: This comprise of all incoming resources from donations collected during the year.

1.5. Expenditure

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of obligation can be measured reliably.

1.6. Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.

Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation or assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:

Computer Equipment 25% Straight Line basis

2. Donations and legacies

Donations from individuals	Unrestricted Funds 2025 £ 8,015 8,015	Restricted Funds 2025 £ 5,230 5,230	Total Funds 2025 £ 13,245 13,245	Total Funds 2024 £ 10,415
				10,415

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Seeds Foundation Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For the Year Ended 31 May 2025

3. Other income

3. Other income
Rental income 4. Tangible assets	2025 £ 44,744 44,744	2024 £ - -

Cost	Computer	Total £
	Equipment
	£
As at 01June2024	460	460
Additions during the year	-	-

As at 31 May2025	460	460
Depreciation
As at 01June2024	230	230
Provided during the year	115	115

As at 31 May2025	345	345
Net Book Value
As at 31 May2025	115	115
As at 01June2024	230	230

5. Expenditure on charitable activities

Unrestricted Funds 2025 £ 4,530 250 - 499 751 - 80 29,828 14,416 115 50,469	Restricted Funds 2025 £ 5,230 - - - - - - - - - 5,230	Total Funds 2025 £ 9,760 250 - 499 751 - 80 29,828 14,416 115 55,699	Total Funds 2024 £ 9,020 250 111 - 441 53 62 - - 115
			10,052

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