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CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1155314

ISLAMIC SHAKHSIYAH FOUNDATION Financial Statements

31 July 2021

SALEEMI ASSOCIATES

Chartered accountants & statutory auditor 792 Wickham Road Croydon CR0 8EA

ISLAMIC SHAKHSIYAH FOUNDATION

Financial Statements

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Trustees' annual report 1
Independent auditor's report to the members 13
Statement of financial activities 16
Statement of financial position 17
Statement of cash flows 18
Notes to the financial statements 19
The following pages do not form part of the financial statements
Detailed statement of financial activities 29

ISLAMIC SHAKHSIYAH FOUNDATION

Trustees' Annual Report

Year ended 31 July 2021

The trustees present their report and the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 July 2021.

Reference and administrative details

Registered charity name ISLAMIC SHAKHSIYAH FOUNDATION Charity registration number 1155314 Principal office 1[st] Floor 277 St Ann’s Road London N15 5RG The trustees Farah Ahmed Foziya Reddy Nadia Ameen Saima Hussein Basma Elshayyal- resigned on 01[st] March 2022 Auditor Saleemi Associates Chartered accountant & statutory auditor 792 Wickham Road Croydon CR0 8EA

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Islamic Shakhsiyah Foundation

Charitable Incorporated Organisation Registered Number: 1155314

Trustees Annual Report 1st August 2020 – 31st July 2021

Welcome to Islamic Shakhsiyah Foundation’s Trustees’ Annual Report, which sets out for our supporters and the general public what our charity has achieved in the past twelve months, and our future plans. The COVID pandemic, continues to impact our charitable work in many ways. This report outlines some key achievements and identifies areas for development in the coming year.

Introductory Matters

Aim and purposes

Islamic Shakhsiyah Foundation is an educational charitable trust set up by Muslim mothers to provide an alternative holistic Islamic education for Muslim children. Islamic Shakhsiyah Foundation (‘the Charity') was entered on the Commission's Register of Charities on 2 December 2005 and is governed by a trust deed dated 23 November 2005 and amended on 12th May 2011. On 14th January 2014 a new Charitable Incorporated Organisation was registered. The two charities ran in parallel until 29th May 2015 when the charitable trust was dissolved. However, due to an administrative error the charitable trust remained on the Charity Commission’s register until 4th December 2015.

Islamic Shakhsiyah Foundation is now a charitable incorporated organization, incorporated on 14th January 2014 with the registered charity number of 1155314.

Islamic Shakhsiyah Foundation is a grassroots education initiative based in and around London. The foundation is the product of the dedicated efforts and sincere niyah (intention) of Muslim mothers. At the core of our work is a synthesis of Classical Islamic education and carefully selected modern educational strategies that are in line with Islamic principles of holism and character development embodied in the terms, Tarbiyah, T’alim and T’adib.

Charity objects:

The trustees must apply the income of the charity in furthering the following objects:

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Islamic Shakhsiyah Foundation runs two faith-based independent primary schools Slough and Haringey. Previously the foundation also ran Tifly Daycare in Slough and Haringey. Since 2016 only the Haringey branch has been in operation; the Foundation intends to re-open the Slough branch when feasible. The Foundation is involved in the propagation of Islam in accordance with the four Sunni schools of thought; this includes research in philosophy and pedagogy of holistic Islamic education, dissemination of research and the production of curricula, within the theological framework of the four Sunni schools of thought. The Foundation also runs a programme of Islamic teacher education courses, which this year were mainly conducted in house. The Foundation provides other services to the community including various classes and community events.

Structure and Governance:

Trustees

The charity’s trustees for the period were:

Mrs. Farah Ahmed BA hons, PGCE, MEd, PhD, FCCT (Chair of Trustees)

Mrs. Foziya Reddy BA hons, PGCE

Mrs. Nadia Ameen BA Linguistics

Ms Saima Hussain

Ms Basma Elshayyal- resigned on 01[st] March 2022

Recruitment of Trustees

Trustees are recruited in accordance with the governing document, and all necessary safeguarding checks are carried out. Trustees are issued with the charity commission’s guidance document for new trustees, and occasionally attend training events.

Trustees Remuneration

The trustee roles are volunteer roles. However, as the charity grew out of a number of home-schooling initiatives, three of the founding trustees listed below also hold additional roles in the organization for which they are remunerated. The Charity Commission has approved this arrangement. Trustees, in an annual trustee meeting, decide remuneration in accordance with Charity Commission guidelines.

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Farah Ahmed: Director of Education and Research –Paid on an hourly consultancy basis.

Foziya Reddy: Head teacher, Shakhsiyah School, London – Working part-time hours.

Nadia Ameen: Deputy Head teacher and Head of Arabic, Shakhsiyah School, London and Slough – Full-time

Structure of Organisation

Public Benefit:

Islamic Shakhsiyah Foundation primary schools charge fees well below the market rate in order to provide parents from deprived communities the choice of an alternative holistic Islamic education for their children. The foundation also subsidizes its teacher education courses to provide affordable continuous professional development to teachers.

Vision and Mission Statement

Our children are the future of our Deen and our community.

Our community will need leaders with a clear understanding of Islamic principles and doctrines; as we strive to maintain our Islam in the midst of confusion. Therefore, they will need the tarbiyah (Character education) that will enable them to become committed Muslims and committed citizens:

Committed to Allah

Committed to their Family

Committed to their local Community

Committed to Community Cohesion

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Committed to the Ummah (Global Muslim Community)

Committed to Humanity

The role of Islamic Shakhsiyah Foundation is to develop Shakhsiyah Islamiyah (personal Islamic character) in every child and adult we engage with.

History

In 1998 five Muslim mothers in West London and Slough organised a home-schooling group for their young children aged between 3-5 years old. The following year mothers from North and East London joined in. This was the starting point of Islamic Shakhsiyah Foundation. As women from a huge variety of backgrounds, housewives, teachers and other professionals we engaged in a prolonged and thorough discussion of what we wanted to achieve. This discussion centred on the fundamental question which continues to guide our work: ‘What is Islamic education?’

We came to realise that the most valuable Islamic Education Model will not be a remedial solution to the problems faced by ‘minority’ communities. It will not add Islamic values and thought into existing contemporary models of education. This may be the easiest and most obvious way of proceeding, but it certainly will not lead to the desired outcomes we had set ourselves. The Islamic belief of the purpose of life is fundamentally in opposition to the secular belief. The secular education system therefore has fundamentally different goals to the Islamic education system. It is not sufficient to insert some Islamic aspects into secular systems. What is clear is that everything must be questioned, from the concept of school to the concept of the teacher and the curriculum and examined in light of Islamic educational principles of holism and character development.

We began to explore modern concepts and approaches to education along with the established Islamic principles. This has led to a synthesis of classical Islamic education with the modern approaches that reflect Islamic principles; resulting in a new and unique approach to primary education for Muslim children called ‘Shakhsiyah Education’ .

As an organisation led by Muslim women we have a nurturing organic ethos rooted in the needs of the local community. Our efforts are led by a sincere niyah and internal motivation as opposed to the dominant target driven ‘business’ culture. We believe strongly that this is a reflection of Islamic principles and seek to uphold this in our future development inshaAllah. Islamic Shakhsiyah Foundation continues to engage in research and development by funding research into Halaqah as an Islamic pedagogy through a PhD in ‘Educational Research’ at the University of Cambridge. The findings of this PhD are being widely disseminated and influencing schools across the world.

Charity Activities and Achievements 2020-21

Principles of Shakhsiyah Education

Our ethos as an organisation is set out in a booklet that explains the principles of Shakhsiyah Education. This is an important resource for all staff and members of the public who wish to

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understand our educational theory. These principles guide the work of the schools and all other activities of the foundation.

Shakhsiyah Schools and Tifly Day Care

Throughout the ongoing pandemic and periodic lockdowns, Shakhsiyah schools and Tifly Day Care continue their important work in educating young Muslim children with the educational philosophy of the principles of Shakhsiyah Education. The senior leadership team continue to lead the schools through the challenges of the pandemic, including offering distance teaching provision where required. They continue to prioritise children’s health, safety, personal, social and emotional wellbeing, working collaboratively with families to support their needs through the pandemic, including those in need of fees assistance, due to the pandemic. Staff were also supported by ensuring that those with young children or other caring responsibilities, were allocated appropriate duties.

Due to changing circumstances for long term SLT, an Executive Head Teacher role has been created and filled. The new EHT has begun induction. Trustees hope this strengthened leadership will provide further expertise in meeting the Charity’s objectives.

Slough School Premises

Having relocated Shakshiyah School, Slough to Cippenham Lodge in an emergency in March 2019, ISF successfully applied for planning permission for change of use for Cippenham Lodge, Cippenham Lane, Slough, SL1 5AN. However, planning permission being actioned is dependent upon the landlord’s consent. The landlord wishes us to purchase the site and is not prepared to extend the lease. In practice, ISF continues to pay rent and occupy the building, but there is no written lease, which is a major problem that has taken much of trustees and senior leader’s time. ISF has worked very hard to raise sufficient funds to purchase the site (including substantial interest free loans) and is now very close to purchasing the site. Once the site has been purchased, Tifly Daycare, Slough will re-open.

School Admissions

Whilst admissions are still a minor concern in Shakhsiyah School, London, there is a clear upward trajectory.

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Shakhsiyah Research and Resources

Through our research and educational resources, we are synthesising Islamic and ‘Modern’ Education to generate Tarbiyah, T’alim and T’adib for the 21[st] Century. Our goals are given in the diagram below.

Research Publications:

New publications from Farah Ahmed’s ISF funded PhD:

Ahmed, F. (2021) Authority, autonomy and selfhood in Islamic education – Theorising Shakhsiyah Islamiyah

as a dialogical Muslim-self, Educational Philosophy and Theory, DOI: 10.1080/00131857.2020.1863212

Ahmed, F. (Nov 2020) Educating for personhood - personalised character education for young British Muslims. In Special Issue Youth Social Action and Character Education. Impact: Journal of the Chartered College of Teaching

New Book Chapter and Book Launch on the Shakhsiyah approach:

Ahmed, F. (2021) Devising and Islamic Approach to Learning and Teaching through Hadith Jibra’il: Reorienting ourselves to education from within an Islamic worldview. In Memon, N. A., Alhashmi, M. & Abdalla, M. (Eds). Curriculum Renewal for Islamic Education: Critical perspectives on teaching Islam in primary and secondary schools. Oxford UK: Routledge

11th July 2021 Invited to participate in an online book launch for Memon, N. A., Alhashmi, M. & Abdalla, M. (Eds). Curriculum Renewal for Islamic Education: Critical perspectives on teaching Islam in primary and secondary schools. Oxford UK: Routledge

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T-SEDA:

Farah Ahmed continued to work as a member of the T-SEDA team on this important project. https://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/research/projects/tseda/index.html . She plans to develop these resources to be more applicable to halaqah.

Shakhsiyah Curricular Resources:

There was further development of Arabic and Art Curricular resources; although work is still slow, due to the pandemic.

Shakhsiyah Teacher Education

Online Courses are now in development. T-SEDA will be used as a key resource to support teacher professional development.

Shakhsiyah Community and Shakhsiyah Youth

The foundation continues to work with in the local community in order to meet our objectives. The foundation hired a community and fundraising officer to support the community and youth work. A number of online events were held.

Mustafa Ali Sadiq Scholarship Fund

In July 2014, the foundation’s trustees agreed to the launch of the Mustafa Ali Sadiq Scholarship fund in by the family of Mustafa Ali Sadiq. Mustafa was a student at Shakhsiyah schools who sadly died in June 2014 at the tender age of ten. His family is very grateful to the foundation for the support provided to them during this difficult year and to Shakhsiyah Schools in helping to develop a beautiful character in Mustafa, which enabled him to endure a terrible illness with patience and dignity. Thus, a pledge was made by the family to fund the education of another child in Mustafa’s memory as a sadaqah jaariyah for Mustafa, and a fund was created for anyone to donate to this cause. A scholarship was awarded to one child for the academic years 2014-18.

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The scholarship fund is reported separately in the trial balance.

Scholarship Income:

July 2014: £5,331.53

Aug 2014 – July 2015: £3,525.25 Aug 2015 – July 2016: £7,441.53 Aug 2016 – July 2017: £3,880 Aug 2017 – July 2018: £3,660 Aug 2018 – July 2019: £1,405 Aug 2019 – July 2020: £860 Aug 2020- July 2021: £740

The total raised to date is £26,843.31

Scholarship Expenditure:

£6,240 was spent on fees for 2014-15 and 2015-16 during the 2015-16 accounting period. £3,360 has been spent on fees for 2016-17 during the 2016-17 accounting period.

£3,480 has been spent on fees for 2017-18 during the 2017-18 accounting period.

£0 has been spent on fees during the 2018-19 accounting period.

£0 has been spent on fees during the 2019-20 accounting period.

£0 has been spent on fees during the 2020-21 accounting period.

The total expenditure to date is : £13,080

Total of £13,763.31 is held in reserve.

Future Plans for 2021-22

The foundation is seeking to do the following over the coming year:

Shakhsiyah Schools and Tifly Daycare

  1. Continue to raise funds and or access finance to purchase Cippenham Lodge and The Coach House

  2. Re-launch Tifly Daycare, Slough

  3. Establish a strong secondary provision in Shakhsiyah School, London

  4. Explore launching a Shakhsiyah Online School

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Shakhsiyah Research and Resources and Shakhsiyah Teacher Education

  1. Continue to disseminate Farah Ahmed’s PhD research through conferences and publications

  2. Resume Curriculum Development

  3. Run more short courses and/or webinars

Shakhsiyah Community, Shakhsiyah Youth and Fundraising

  1. Continue to build a team of volunteers.

  2. Involve more young alumni of Shakhsiyah schools in organizing youth projects

Concerns and Risks in the Present & Coming Year

  1. The Slough School as at risk of closure if Cippenham Lodge is not purchased.

  2. Changes in the School’s senior leadership require rethinking the organisational structure

  3. Some of the foundation’s other projects have stalled as the focus has been on managing the pandemic. These need to be prioritised when possible.

  4. The charity has unrestricted reserve of £622,232 which trustees believe is sufficient to support the Charity operations in near future.

Financial Review:

The charity's accounts for the 12 months period ending 31 July 2021 show an income of £1,254,881 and expenditure of £925,261. There was a significant decrease in donations to the charity as charity was focusing on the establishment of the new premises.

The major part of expenditure is spent on staff salaries. An amount of £539,083 was paid out as salaries for the school staff and training cost was £3,342. As the current buildings are rented rent, rates and service charges were £187,030 and the insurance and building maintenance amounted to £14,429. A detailed break up of all the expenses is given under notes to the financial statements.

Principle Funding Sources

The charity is mainly funded through school fees. These are well below the market rate in order to maintain public benefit. The Charity has introduced a new fee collection regulation from 01 July 2016. Previously the advanced fees were collected on 01 August which changes to 01 July from this year.

A secondary income is through donations and funding from Local authorities.

Banking and Legal Details

The charity has a main income and expenditure bank account held at Barclays Bank, Wood Green Branch. The charity also has three further savings accounts, maintained to deposit donations (including scholarship donations), held at Al Rayan Bank, Whitechapel branch.

Saleemi Associates (Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditor) of 792 Wickham Road, Croydon, CR0 8EA were appointed as auditors to carry out the audit of the financial statements.

Furthermore, the charity takes legal advice from Ahmad Thomson of Wynne Chambers, 5 Kimberley Road, London NW6 7SG and Kuddus Solicitors, 94 Whitechapel Road, London E1 1JQ

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Reserves Policy

It is the charity’s policy to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds (if possible), which equates to at least one month’s unrestricted payments, equivalent to £50,000, to cover emergency situations that may arise from time to time. The balance of £622,232 held on unrestricted funds, at the yearend has met this requirement.

It is our policy to invest our funds balances on property or any low to moderate risk investments. All the investment decisions have to be authorised by all the trustees.

Investments

The charity had no investments during the accounting period. Donations are kept in a savings account with Al Rayan bank. £7,776 was generated in profits during the accounting period.

Financial Challenges

The charity does not currently have the full funds necessary to purchase a school building outright, which means that substantial amounts are paid out in rent. Due to the organic growth of the schools, the rental and other building costs continue to increase. Purchasing Cippenham Lodge continues be the charity’s priority. The London School’s’ premises lease is expiring and needs to be renegotiated.

Future Plans

The charity needs to put together a long-term strategy to increase income and generate regular amounts through planned fundraising. The charity should consider investing any surplus funds to generate a profit. The charity will therefore need to develop an investment policy.

Grants

The Charity does not issue grants but does assist parents by reducing fees in hardship cases. This is determined through assessing parents’ income and need. A scholarship linked to the charity has been set up in the name of Mustafa Ali Sadiq, to fund a small number of children to attend the school.

Trustees' responsibilities statement

The trustees are responsible for preparing the trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the charity trustees to prepare financial statements for each 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:

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The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the charity's transactions and 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 applicable Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations, 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.

The trustees' annual report was approved on 25[th] May 2022 and signed on behalf of the board of trustees by:

Trustee

Trustee

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Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of ISLAMIC SHAKHSIYAH FOUNDATION

Year ended 31 July 2021

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Islamic Shakhsiyah Foundation (the ‘charity’) for the year ended 31 July 2021 which comprise Statement of Financial Activities and Statement of Financial Position and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude

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that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charity and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the trustees' report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Charities Act 2011 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Responsibilities of trustees

As explained more fully in the trustees' responsibilities statement, the trustees are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charity or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. Based on our understanding of the Charity and its activities, we identified that the principle risk of non-compliance with law and regulations related to the Charities Act 2011, the Charities Statements of Recommended Practice, UK tax legislation, pensions legislation, employment regulation and health and safety regulation, anti-bribery, GDPR, corruption and fraud, money laundering and we considered the extent to which non-compliance might have a material effect on the financial statements.

We evaluated the trustees’ and managements’ incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements (including the risk of override of controls) and determined that the principle risk were related to manual journal entries to manipulate financial performance, management bias through judgements and assumptions is significant accounting estimates, in

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particular in relation to use of restricted funds, and significant one off or unusual transactions.

Our audit procedure were designed to response to those identified risk, including non-compliance with law and regulations (irregularities) and fraud that re material to the financial statements. Our audit procedure included but were not limited to:

Our audit procedures in relation to fraud included but were not limited to:

There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above and the primary responsibility for the prevention and detection of irregularities including fraud rests with management. As with any audit, there remained a risk of non-detection of irregularities, as these may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations or the override of internal controls.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charity's members, as a body, in accordance with section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and regulations made under section 154 of that Act. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charity's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Saleemi Associates Chartered accountants & statutory auditor 792 Wickham Road Croydon CR0 8EA

Date : 31[st] May 2022

Saleemi Associates is eligible to act as an auditor in terms of section 1212 of the Companies Act 2006.

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Statement of Financial Activities

Year ended 31 July 2021

2021 2020
Unrestricted Restricted
funds funds Total funds Total funds
Note £ £ £ £
Income and endowments
Donations and legacies 4 282,702 91,413 374,115 768,208
Charitable activities 5 872,990 872,990 606,157
Investment income 6 7,776 7,776 2,203
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Total income 1,163,468 91,413 1,254,881 1,376,568
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Expenditure
Expenditure on charitable activities 7,8 (914,069) (11,192) (925,261) (860,229)
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Total expenditure 914,069 11,192 925,261 860,229
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Net income and net movement in funds 249,399 80,221 329,620 516,339
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Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward 372,833 655,798 1,028,631 512,293
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Total funds carried forward 622,232 736,019 1,358,251 1,028,631
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The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

The notes on pages 19 to 27 form part of these financial statements.

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Statement of Financial Position

31 July 2021
2021 2020
Note £ £ £
Fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets 12 89,845 104,414
Current assets
Stocks 13 2,672
Debtors 14 122,480 37,762
Cash at bank and in hand 1,426,965 1,136,731
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1,549,445 1,177,165
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 15 281,039 184,947
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Net current assets 1,268,406 992,218
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Total assets less current liabilities 1,358,251 1,096,632
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than
one year 16 68,000
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Net assets 1,358,251 1,028,632
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Funds of the charity
Restricted funds 736,019 655,798
Unrestricted funds 622,232 372,833
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Total charity funds 18 1,358,251 1,028,631
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These financial statements were approved by the board of trustees and authorised for issue on 25[th] May 2022, and are signed on behalf of the board by:

Trustee

Trustee

The notes on pages 19 to 27 form part of these financial statements.

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Statement of Cash Flows

Year ended 31 July 2021

2021 2020
£ £
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income 329,620 516,339
Adjustments for:
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets 15,023 16,150
Profit on investment and similar income (7,776) (2,203)
Accrued income (129,751) (23,896)
Changes in:
Stocks 2,672 (495)
Trade and other debtors (84,718) 10,385
Trade and other creditors 157,843 (38,020)
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Cash generated from operations 282,913 478,260
Profit on investment 7,776 2,203
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Net cash from operating activities 290,689 480,463
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Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of tangible assets (454) (18,318)
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Net cash used in investing activities (454) (18,318)
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Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 290,234 462,145
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 1,136,731 674,586
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of year 1,426,965 1,136,731
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The notes on pages 19 to 27 form part of these financial statements.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

Year ended 31 July 2021

1. General information

The charity is a public benefit entity and a registered charity in England and Wales and is unincorporated. The address of the principal office is Lion House, Peters field Ave, Slough, SL2 5DN.

2. Statement of compliance

These financial statements have been prepared in compliance with FRS 102, 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland', the 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) (Charities SORP (FRS 102)) and the Charities Act 2011.

3. Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis, as modified by the revaluation of certain financial assets and liabilities and investment properties measured at fair value through income or expenditure.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the entity.

Going concern

There are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees to further any of the charity's purposes.

Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular future project or commitment.

Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure declared by the donor or through the terms of an appeal, and fall into one of two sub-classes: restricted income funds or endowment funds.

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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 July 2021

3. Accounting policies (continued)

Incoming resources

All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when entitlement has passed to the charity; it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the charity and the amount can be reliably measured. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:

Resources expended

Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is classified under headings of the statement of financial activities to which it relates:

All costs are allocated to expenditure categories reflecting the use of the resource. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs are apportioned between the activities they contribute to on a reasonable, justifiable and consistent basis.

Tangible assets

All fixed assets are initially recorded at cost.

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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 July 2021

3. Accounting policies (continued)

Depreciation

Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost or valuation of an asset, less its residual value, over the useful economic life of that asset as follows:

Land and buildings - 10% straight line Fixture and fittings - 25% reducing balance Equipment - 25% reducing balance

Impairment of fixed assets

A review for indicators of impairment is carried out at each reporting date, with the recoverable amount being estimated where such indicators exist. Where the carrying value exceeds the recoverable amount, the asset is impaired accordingly. Prior impairments are also reviewed for possible reversal at each reporting date.

For the purposes of impairment testing, when it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, an estimate is made of the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. The cash-generating unit is the smallest identifiable group of assets that includes the asset and generates cash inflows that largely independent of the cash inflows from other assets or groups of assets.

For impairment testing of goodwill, the goodwill acquired in a business combination is, from the acquisition date, allocated to each of the cash-generating units that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the combination, irrespective of whether other assets or liabilities of the charity are assigned to those units.

Stocks

Stocks are measured at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost includes all costs of purchase, costs of conversion and other costs incurred in bringing the stock to its present location and condition.

Financial instruments

A financial asset or a financial liability is recognised only when the charity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at the amount receivable or payable including any related transaction costs.

Current assets and current liabilities are subsequently measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received and not discounted.

Debt instruments are subsequently measured at amortised cost.

Where investments in shares are publicly traded or their fair value can otherwise be measured reliably, the investment is subsequently measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognised in income and expenditure. All other such investments are subsequently measured at cost less impairment.

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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 July 2021

3. Accounting policies (continued)

Financial instruments (continued)

Other financial instruments, including derivatives, are initially recognised at fair value, unless payment for an asset is deferred beyond normal business terms or financed at a rate of interest that is not a market rate, in which case the asset is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.

Other financial instruments are subsequently measured at fair value, with any changes recognised in the statement of financial activities, with the exception of hedging instruments in a designated hedging relationship.

Financial assets that are measured at cost or amortised cost are reviewed for objective evidence of impairment at the end of each reporting date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised under the appropriate heading in the statement of financial activities in which the initial gain was recognised.

For all equity instruments regardless of significance, and other financial assets that are individually significant, these are assessed individually for impairment. Other financial assets are either assessed individually or grouped on the basis of similar credit risk characteristics.

Any reversals of impairment are recognised immediately, to the extent that the reversal does not result in a carrying amount of the financial asset that exceeds what the carrying amount would have been had the impairment not previously been recognised.

Defined contribution plans

Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as an expense in the period in which the related service is provided. Prepaid contributions are recognised as an asset to the extent that the prepayment will lead to a reduction in future payments or a cash refund.

When contributions are not expected to be settled wholly within 12 months of the end of the reporting date in which the employees render the related service, the liability is measured on a discounted present value basis. The unwinding of the discount is recognised as an expense in the period in which it arises.

4. Donations and legacies

Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2021
£ £ £
Donations
Donations 16,909 16,909
Just Giving Appeal 58,517 58,517
LaunchGood appeals 15,987 15,987
Grants
Early years grant 258,017 258,017
Job retention grant 4,258 4,258
Other grants 20,427 20,427
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282,702 91,413 374,115
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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 July 2021

4. Donations and legacies (continued)

Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2020
£ £ £
Donations
Donations 503,768 503,768
Just Giving appeals 13,926 13,926
LaunchGood appeals 12,339 12,339
Grants
Early years grant 208,301 208,301
Job retention grant 29,874 29,874
Other grants
-------------------------------- -------------------------------- --------------------------------
238,175 530,033 768,208
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5. Charitable activities
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2021
£ £ £
Tuition fees and school activities 869,827 869,827
Uniform and book sale 2,117 2,117
Other income from other charitable activities 1,046 1,046
-------------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------
872,990 872,990
================================ ============== ================================
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2020
£ £ £
Tuition fees and school activities 595,878 6,441 602,319
Uniform and book sale 3,460 3,460
Other income from other charitable activities 378 378
-------------------------------- ----------------------- --------------------------------
599,716 6,441 606,157
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6. Investment income
Unrestricted Total Funds Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2021 Funds 2020
£ £ £ £
Profit on investment 7,776 7,776 2,203 2,203
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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 July 2021

7. Expenditure on charitable activities by fund type

Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2021
£ £ £
Charitable Activities 914,069 11,192 925,261
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Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2020
£ £ £
Charitable Activities 849,038 11,192 860,229
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8. Expenditure on charitable activities by activity type
Activities
undertaken Total funds Total fund
directly 2021 2020
£ £ £
Charitable Activities 925,261 925,261 860,229
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9. Net income
Net income is stated after charging/ (crediting):
2021 2020
£ £
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets 15,023 16,150
Operating lease rentals 3,112 3,583
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10. Staff costs

The total staff costs and employee benefits for the reporting period are analysed as follows:

2021 2020
£ £
Wages and salaries 539,083 514,533
Social security costs 27,889 18,448
Employer contributions to pension plans 7,911 7,386
-------------------------------- --------------------------------
574,883 540,367
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The average head count of employees during the year was 40 (2020: 33).

No employee received employee benefits of more than £60,000 during the year (2020: Nil).

11. Trustee remuneration and expenses

Three of the founding trustees hold additional roles in the organisation for which they are remunerated. The charity commission has approved this arrangement. Trustees, in the annual trustee meeting, decide remuneration in accordance with Charity Commission guideline.

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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 July 2021

12. Tangible fixed assets

Land and Fixtures and
buildings fittings Equipment Total
£ £ £ £
Cost
At 1 August 2020 109,948 71,779 29,953 211,680
Additions 454 454
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At 31 July 2021 109,948 72,233 29,953 212,134
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Depreciation
At 1 August 2020 20,408 60,067 26,791 107,266
Charge for the year 11,192 3,041 790 15,023
-------------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- --------------------------------
At 31 July 2021 31,600 63,108 27,581 122,289
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Carrying amount
At 31 July 2021 78,348 9,125 2,372 89,845
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At 31 July 2020 89,540 11,712 3,162 104,414
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13. Stocks
2021 2020
£ £
Raw materials and consumables 2,672
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14. Debtors
2021 2020
£ £
Trade debtors 120,229 6,145
Prepayments and accrued income 2,251 31,617
-------------------------------- ----------------------------
122,480 37,762
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15. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2021 2020
£ £
Trade creditors 20,961 21,152
Accruals and deferred income 129,751
Social security and other taxes 11,048 8,812
Qard-e-Hasana 207,500 10,000
Other Creditors 41,530 15,232
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281,039 184,947
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16. Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2021 2020
£ £
Qard-e-Hasana 68,000
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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 July 2021

17. Pensions and other post retirement benefits

Defined contribution plans

The amount recognised in income or expenditure as an expense in relation to defined contribution plans was £7,911 (2020: £7,386).

18. Analysis of charitable funds

Unrestricted funds

Unrestricted funds
At
1 August 202 At
0 Income Expenditure 31 July 2021
£ £ £ £
General funds 372,833 1,163,468 (914,069) 622,232
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At
1 August 201 At
9 Income Expenditure 31 July 2020
£ £ £ £
General funds 381,777 840,094 (849,038) 372,833
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Restricted funds
At
1 August 202 At
0 Income Expenditure 31 July 2021
£ £ £ £
Restricted Fund 655,798 91,413 (11,192) 736,019
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At
1 August 201 At
9 Income Expenditure 31 July 2020
£ £ £ £
Restricted Fund 130,516 536,474 (11,192) 655,798
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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 July 2021

19. Analysis of net assets between funds

Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2021
£ £ £
Tangible fixed assets 11,497 78,348 89,845
Current assets 891,774 657,671 1,549,445
Creditors less than 1 year (281,039) (281,039)
Creditors greater than 1 year
-------------------------------- -------------------------------- -----------------------------------------
Net assets 622,232 736,019 1,358,251
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Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2020
£ £ £
Tangible fixed assets 14,874 89,540 104,414
Current assets 610,906 566,258 1,177,164
Creditors less than 1 year (174,947) (174,947)
Creditors greater than 1 year (78,000) (78,000)
-------------------------------- -------------------------------- -----------------------------------------
Net assets 372,833 655,798 1,028,631
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20. Analysis of changes in net debt
At At
1 Aug 2020 Cash flows 31 Jul 2021
£ £ £
Cash at bank and in hand 1,136,731 290,234 1,426,965
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Management Information

Year ended 31 July 2021

The following pages do not form part of the financial statements.

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Detailed Statement of Financial Activities

Year ended 31 July 2021

2021 2020
£ £
Income and endowments
Donations and legacies
Donations 16,909 503,768
Just Giving appeals 58,517 13,926
LaunchGood appeals 15,987 12,339
Early years grant 258,017 208,301
Job retention grant 4,258 29,874
Other grants 20,427
-------------------------------- --------------------------------
374,115 768,208
-------------------------------- --------------------------------
Charitable activities
Tuition fees and school activities 869,827 602,319
Uniform and book sale 2,117 3,460
Other income from other charitable activities 1,046 378
-------------------------------- --------------------------------
872,990 606,157
-------------------------------- --------------------------------
Investment income
Profit on investment 7,776 2,203
----------------------- -----------------------
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Total income 1,254,881 1,376,568
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Detailed Statement of Financial Activities

Year ended 31 July 2021 Expenditure

Expenditure on charitable activities
Wages and salaries 539,083 514,533
Employer's NIC 27,889 18,448
Pension costs 7,911 7,386
Operating leases 3,112 3,583
Rates and water 187,030 164,190
Light and heat 5,230 15,212
Repairs and maintenance 14,429 8,149
Insurance 13,643 7,632
Other establishment 31,348 24,845
Legal and professional fees 480
Telephone 3,031 3,210
Depreciation 15,023 16,150
Resources purchases 15,551 11,279
Uniform costs 6,930 2,925
Milk expenses 1,409 1,835
Printing, postage and stationery 8,496 4,852
School event charges 10,988 7,126
Ofsted charges and subscriptions 9,203 6,114
General expenses 16,532 2,841
Cost of PE Lessons 15,619 9,476
Computer costs 3,144 1,632
Bad Debts (15,000) 24,210
Staff training 3,342 2,587
Website and advertising 1,318 1,534
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(925,261) (860,229)
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-------------------------------- --------------------------------
Total expenditure 925,261 860,229
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Net income 329,620 516,339
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