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2021-06-30-accounts

ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS

2020 - 21

Registered Charity 1161021

Contents

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Chairs Foreword 2
Reference and Administrative Details 3
Trustees Report 4
Food Bank 5
People’s Pantry 8
Hot Meals 11
Nottingham Citizens 12
Partnership Working 13
Funders 14
Statutory Information 15
Statement of Trustees Responsibilities 16
Independent Examiners Report 17
Statement of Financial Activities 18
Balance Sheet 19
Notes to Financial Statements 20
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Shoaib Khan
Chair of Trustees
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Chairs Foreword

Once again, on behalf of the board of Trustees, I am honoured to present Himmah’s Annual Report, which details the activities we have engaged in to support our community over 2020-2021.

I hope that this initiative will provide a glimmer of joy, some reprieve, or a spark that can bring about individual happiness and contentment once again through newfound skills, independence and peer networks.

As you can imagine, the compounding problems of the COVID19 pandemic and rising living costs during this reporting period saw our work to tackle food poverty greatly accelerated and this report sets out how the team had to work in flexible and agile ways to continue delivering services to the most vulnerable residents in our neighbourhoods. This is seen most clearly in how our food bank had to overcome the significant operational challenges of lockdowns, supply chain problems, capacity issues and social distancing in order to guarantee business continuity at a time when we were often a critical source of sustenance for our service users. I am proud of the way everyone within the foodbank adapted to deal with a three-fold increase in demand despite such an enormous challenge.

The year 2020-2021 was also a year in which Himmah was able to work innovatively and diversify its service offering for local people suffering under the burden of food poverty. With the establishment of the ‘Peoples’ Pantry’, we were able to create a new subscription-based service to break links of dependence with the foodbank for some service users, allowing them to cope better with managing their own stretched incomes. As a ‘systems-thinker’, I am particularly impressed by the work the team has done in packaging this support with other services, such as referrals to professional debt advice, credit unions and wellbeing support for those that have been left disadvantaged by life events which you can read about below.

Continuing the theme of nutrition, food is not just nourishment, of course, but in many cultures plays a central role in enabling mental wellbeing and acts as a ‘keystone’, locking the whole of social life together. Towards the end of this financial year, we developed a concept of helping further our food poverty aims alongside wellbeing, through developing cooking classes, which we can share more about in our next annual report. These sessions will be aimed at the many people in our community that have suffered from long term mental health problems, and at a time when public consciousness is waking up to the importance of mental health,

As always, my thanks must go out to our partners and volunteers that worked with us over the reporting year. You fortify my belief that Nottingham is a special city, in which there exists extraordinary people and extraordinary organisations. You are doing heroic work on a daily basis to support the most impoverished members of our society and I commend you for it.

I would also like to thank our donors and funders, whether you gave openly or discretely, whether you gave a single item of food or funded a whole programme of work. Every donation has the potential to contribute to a life-changing impact for someone in our community.

Finally, I would like to thank the dedicated staff at Himmah; including Director Sajid Mohammed, who continues to steer the operation in increasingly choppy waters and Caron Boulghassoul who has joined us to support us with our growth and ability to assist ever-increasing numbers of vulnerable residents in our city. A special mention and thanks are also extended to Paul Singh, our outgoing Foodbank Manager, who leaves us after steering us well through the move of our base of operations due to the massive expansion of need during the early stages of covid-19. Your work in developing and sustaining the operations of the foodbank are greatly appreciated, you have made a significant impact on the lives of the people of Nottingham and we wish you all the best in your future endeavours. You will be sorely missed.

Unfortunately, as I write this foreword we are facing the biggest cost of living crisis for decades over 2021-2022 and with rising food, fuel and energy prices, we are already seeing that there will be no let-up in the number of citizens needing our support in the short-term. We will continue to work together with all of our stakeholders – volunteers, funders, donors and staff – to protect our neighbours from the harms of food poverty and social injustice, through practical support and campaigning, with the hope that we can shape the world, or Nottingham at least, into a better place.

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Reference and Administrative Details

Trustees Ifikhar Ahmed
Shoaib Khan
Ferzana Shan
Javed Khan (resigned 22/01/2022)
Bilal Hussain (resigned 18/12/2021)
Senior Management Team Sajid Mohammed (Director)
Caron Boulghassoul (Head of Resources)
Jagdish Patel (Art & Research)
Paul Singh (Food Bank Manager) (Lef August 2021)
Registered Ofce Unit 2, Forest Court
Gamble Street
Nottingham
NG7 4EX
Charity Registration Number 1161021
Bankers Lloyds Bank
12-16 Lower Parliament Street
Nottingham
NG1 3DA
Independent Examiners Solutions Accountants & Financial Services Ltd
209 Radford Road
Nottingham
NG7 5GT
www.solutionsaccountants.co.uk

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Trustees Report

Himmah is grassroots, community action charity working on poverty, race and education inequalities. We achieve this by providing direct services, like our food bank, community meals, the Nottingham Peoples Pantry, hate crime awareness & reporting, and heritage/ educational projects. We strive to break dependency and empower people to create dignity, justice and change through community organising, research and campaigning.

We aim to meet the needs and aspirations of the communities we serve through direct delivery and partnership working. Our work is driven by an ethos of compassion, service and justice as transformative forces for positive social change that is needed in Nottingham. We aspire to create change by building more cohesive, educated and prosperous communities.

Himmah started with a chance encounter with Ahmed who was homeless and living from food waste in bins and donations from the public. This encounter sparked a call to action, and later Himmah was formed to help alleviate the indignity and distress of extreme poverty and homelessness experienced by Ahmed and others in our neighbourhoods.

Since then Himmah has gone on to help countless other people whose stories of hardship are similar to Ahmed. We have created a proud history of providing support to individuals and families in need, refugees and communities facing discrimination.

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Food Bank

During 2020-2021 Himmah’s food bank had to be very agile and flexible in order to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

We experienced a huge increase in demand for our food bank as a result of the pandemic and resulting financial instability for many families. We were providing around 40 food parcels per week before the first covid-19 lockdown and saw a massive increase in the early months to providing 140 parcels a week. The Trussell Trust in an article published in the Guardian on 11/11/2020 reported seeing a 47% increase in food parcel provision in the first six months of Covid-19, where the take up of our provision was a 350% increase in the same time frame. Despite the increased demand, since the start of Covid-19 we really stepped up in our resolve to support people who were in desperate need of our support. We had to change how we work, and in a way this was disempowering to the people we work with - they could no longer come to our centre and choose the food that was available, instead they had to accept deliveries from local volunteers. We continued to try to meet dietary needs, which we could only do really if their referral had the relevant information on it.

Covid-19 impacted us further, in terms of the amount of donated food for our food bank. Initially, there was a reduction in the amount of food we received from Hyson Green ASDA which has supported Himmah for years. There were also shortages of certain items due to stockpiling which

meant that it was difficult to keep sufficient food stocks at our warehouse. We also noticed a change in the availability of volunteers. Previously, many students living locally would volunteer with Himmah but with the disruption to university schedules, it was difficult to recruit the same amount of people. Additionally, Covid-19 reduced people’s incentive to volunteer, especially if the person volunteering had health concerns themselves or had elderly or at risk relatives, as this means they are less likely to volunteer. Finally, we needed to recruit volunteers who could drive so that they could deliver food parcels for us.

Although Covid-19 presented a number of different difficulties as explained above, we rose to the challenge, recruited new volunteers and ensured that those in need were supported with their essential needs throughout the various lockdowns and changes to restrictions. Between 1st July 2020 and 30th June 2021, we provided a total of 6688 food parcels to the local community which is an average of 129 a week. Since the end of the financial year the numbers of people supported with food parcels has grown further, with us recently providing 350 food parcels in one week! This is only likely to get worse as we move into a cost-ofliving crisis, with benefit levels being well below the poverty line, record breaking inflation and huge increases in the costs of heating a home, leading people to having to choose between heating and eating – which is appalling in the 5th richest economy in the world.

Food parcels provided each month

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Feedback from a volunteer at the foodbank:

Volunteer case study

“I am having a lovely time at Himmah, I feel part of family, and you are very welcoming. I am learning lots of skills, from the warehouse and building on things as time goes by.”

(Anonymous)

X, has mild learning difficulties and has a history of being abused in the community, she comes one day a week for 2 hours and hasn’t done anything like this since she was 18 years of age and now is in her 30s. This is building her confidence, as she walks away feeling she is a valued part of the community by helping others during their moment of need.

Case Study

A family of three, the husband is a window cleaner and the wife is disabled and cannot work with a young child. The husband is currently struggling to get work and get business as a window cleaner because of the winter. This was their toughest winter and they were struggling to balance bills and food. On the day the parcel arrived, she said all her cupboards were empty and the parcel was a lifeline.

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“Himmah’s food parcels have been an absolute lifeline to a number of our vulnerable clients who are seeking asylum or have received a positive decision and are transitioning to life as a recognised refugee in Nottingham. We have referred many people during the various lockdowns and they have received food parcels for each person in the household and it has been a tremendous resource as it has meant they can get through a period of no income, with the food aid they have been provided. The food parcels are sufficient to meet their dietary needs and include fresh items which many other foodbanks cannot provide.”

Himmah have been providing support to the Around Again Baby Bank which Framework run to support families living in poverty over the last 18 months. Himmah have helped with donations to the baby bank. The donations are in relation to babies to 4 year olds and include essential like baby food, milk and nappies. This is invaluable with the cost of living increasing all families are struggling from all walks of life. It has made a massive difference to families having milk and nappies and these are just common essentials.”

(Nina Channa, Framework Housing Association)

(Jean-Didier Mualaba, CEO of Belong Nottingham )

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People’s Pantry

During this financial year, we set up a new provision to support people move out of food poverty and start to manage their income to reduce dependence on food banks and other charities.

The “Peoples Pantry” is a membership/subscriptionbased service, to support families in poverty whilst enabling them to “buy in” to the project with a weekly payment (which can be cancelled at any time). For this subscription they can then choose grocery items that they pay a reduced rate for, which is £10 for 10kgs, £20 for 20kgs and £30 for 30kgs. We have developed a website so people can buy on line but also we receive local citizens to come into the centre to choose themselves what they want to purchase.

The aim of this initiative is to help families to be able to manage on a very small income and enable them to not have to use our foodbank (which remains free for people who cannot afford even this small subscription).

As well as access to highly subsidized food, by being a member of the Peoples Pantry – these families can also access the following services:

During the year we supported a number of local families, however we really developed the website towards the end of the year and therefore has yet to have the impact in terms of receiving digitally based orders.

We have however seen a number of families repeatedly visit and buy food, and through having repeat customers we know we are moving in the right direction with this work.

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Number of customers by month
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Income by month
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Case study

Case study

Abdula* is a Pakistani male in his Late 60s. An extaxi driver, former business-runner now retired on state-pension. But still works a couple hours a week as a take-away delivery driver to stay busy/ top up income as his pension is quite low. He moved from Pakistan to Nottingham over 40 years ago, but feels that communities are no longer as connected and people live more in isolation which can become lonely. He enjoys visiting the pantry, as he gets the food that he needs at a great price, but he also knows we are a charity and provide free food parcels to people in crisis, so he very much sees his contribution as helping to put back into the community.

David* has taken full time care responsibilities for a loved one who has autism and a brain injury. He said they are still awaiting public funding and financially struggling. David wants to support the use of the pantry by serving the community and has become a regular delivery driver. He often will choose to reclaim his mileage through a pantry shop which will mainly feed his brother who he cares for. His brother used to live in independent living placement but during covid it broke down and they had no alternative but to care for him.

(*names have been changed)

He started using the pantry around 10 weeks ago as he lacked money to pay rent for his home, where he lives with his son. He has diabetes and his son has to act as a carer. His poor health conditions means the food he has to buy is often more expensive, therefore using the pantry helps maintain low cost of shopping. He argues the pantry helped him improve his personal health and the ease of lower food costs, allows him to pay his rent.

Holiday Hunger

We provided 100 Holiday Hunger packs for children who would normally receive free school meals during vacations in the early part of the year.

We did still provide children’s food parcels under our core food bank delivery where a referral partner identified a family in need.

We suspended this programme of work once the government started distributing funds to cover this type of work, through Nottingham City Council.

Christmas Hampers for Children

We distributed 300 Christmas Hampers in 2020 to help local school children who would usually benefit from free school meals and whose families were struggling to meet the rising food costs.

Through this we were able to support families to ensure they were well fed over the Christmas school holidays.

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Ramadan Iftars

We distributed 2000 hot meals to local families for their Saturday evening Iftar throughout Ramadan 2021.

Hot Meals

Himmah’s hot meal provision also had to change drastically during the lockdown periods. When the restrictions were at their strictest, we were unable to run the community meals as we had previously and had to suspend the project.

However, we knew that there was still a demand and a need for cooked meals, regardless of the restrictions. So, we arranged a meeting with a few of the restaurants that had provided free food for our hot meal projects in the past.

Through this we were able to start to prepare some hot meals with Himmah providing the ingredients, for the most vulnerable and NHS staff. With the help of individuals, DG Taxis and Nottingham cars, we were able to deliver these meals directly to their door.

We coordinated this work in partnership with Fearless Youth Association and Gain Diaspora to ensure the meals went to the families most in need during the holy month.

Later as it became apparent that Covid-19 restrictions would be with us for a longer time, we moved back to having volunteers cook meals at the Bridge Centre on Gregory Boulevard.

There we cooked the meals and packed them into takeaway containers which our fantastic volunteers gave out in the street in Hyson Green, which is one of the most disadvantaged neighbourhoods in the city.

This initiative, is a partnership with Nottingham Liberal Synagogue and is known as “Salaam Shalom Kitchen (SaSH)”.

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Nottingham Citizens

Himmah is a founding member of Nottingham Citizens, an alliance of over 40 organisations in the city of Nottingham working to identify core concerns and forming teams to collaborate, research and plan community actions leading to concrete improvements to the structures and systems operating through our communities.

We interviewed our leader for work with the Nottingham Citizens alliance for further insight into what this initiative has achieved during this financial year.

Interviewer: Marvin, can you please tell me a little about the work of Nottingham Citizens over the year?

Interviewer: Was there any other highlights from the year in your work with Nottingham Citizens?

Marvin: We have had 3 campaigns running. These include Better Learning, Better Policing and Fair Work.

Interviewer: Can you tell me more about what activities you have personally been involved in on behalf of Himmah with Nottingham Citizens?

Marvin: Yes, we organised a fundraising campaign called Better Books and we aimed to raise £10,000 to be able to buy new books for schools in Nottingham that had a greater diversity in terms of the authors and content to help our younger citizens to be more inspired as they would see books that were written by people who looked like them or who presented social issues that gave the reader an opportunity to explore diversity and equality issues. We actually raised over £25,000 for this campaign and it meant we could support more schools with purchasing new material that they hadn’t been able to use previously.

We also organised an event in the city centre, all the leadership team of Nottingham Citizens attended and we spoke to people passing by and engaged them in our fundraising challenge. It was a great initiative, we exceeded our own expectations of what we could achieve but also got to speak to new people who hadn’t known about Nottingham Citizens work to challenge common social issues. This event was also attended by the local Nottingham East MP Nadia Whittome who came along to support our work which was a great opportunity to build relations further with a very dynamic and engaged local MP.

Marvin: Yes absolutely, we held a round table event to discuss educational progress for young people in the city. Again, this was supported by Nadia Whittome MP. We discussed how education is so key to helping people to help themselves. By raising people’s education, we can inspire them to have greater aspirations for themselves, their families and communities.

Interviewer: What would you like to say to others to promote their involvement in citizen led community action?

Marvin: It is a great way to engage with local democracy. If you want to see action take place and decisions made – you need to get involved which is the best way to see the changes you want to see. It also is city wide as well so has great opportunities to make a difference. Some other citizens in other cities are working on better learning to raise funds for new books – so our campaign in Nottingham has inspired others to do the same in other cities with Citizen UK local chapters. Doing this kind of work is good of the city and leaving a legacy – that others can remember you by.

Interviewer: If someone is inspired to get involved in Nottingham Citizens through Himmah or another member organisation, what should they do?

Marvin: People can contact me on marvin@ himmah.org or look up Nottingham Citizens through this link https://www.citizensuk.org/ chapters/nottingham/ to find out more and get involved.

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Partnership Working

Partnership working has always been central to our organisational ethos and the outbreak of the pandemic proved how important strong partnerships are in a time of crisis. We collaborated with new referral partners over the course of this year so that we could ensure we could reach out to those who were most in need and were particularly vulnerable or isolated when so many services had been forced to close their doors.

By working in partnership, we can achieve far more than we can if we work in isolation and Himmah is committed to working with other organisations to tackle poverty together and to help rectify gaps in provision to people in need. We have partnered with many organisations on our various projects, benefitting from partners’ expertise and sharing best practise to provide holistic support to our service users.

We would like to thank the following organisations for continuing to work with Himmah to achieve better outcomes for the communities of Nottingham:

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Funders

Himmah is incredibly grateful to all of our funders for their support. Without the trust in us, made by funders large and small we couldn’t do the vital work we do in the communities across Nottingham.

We have geared up our donations and yet again report to have increased both income and expenditure as we respond to community needs – which have grown massively since the start and the continued constraints presented by Covid-19.

We have over the year received many donations from very generous individuals, communities of people and also some funding bodies.

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CCLORS
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30th June 2020

Dear Mr Mohammed,

The Duchess of Sussex recently came across your organisation and was pleased to hear of the good work you are doing through Himmah and – most pertinently during the pandemic – via your food bank.

Nottingham is a city very close to both The Duke and Duchess’s heart, and they were so grateful to learn that Himmah exists to tackle poverty, racism and social exclusion. They were especially struck by your ethos for empowerment, change and public service – values that they too work to uphold.

You may be aware that in 2018 The Duchess worked with women from the Hubb Community Kitchen. The kitchen, situated within Al Manaar, the Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre, became a place of healing and comfort for the women in the community following the Grenfell Tower Fire. Along with the women they created the cookbook Together, with revenue used to benefit community through food. This revenue is still being used today to support those women and to help grow their own social enterprises.

Inspired by your organisation and understanding the challenges most charities are facing due to the pandemic, The Duchess has asked that £10,000 of the Together revenue is donated to Himmah, restricted to support the food bank and the Salaam Shalom Kitchen. It is her hope that this brings some small relief during such a challenging time.

This comes with The Duchess’ very best wishes to you and the incredible people you support.

Himmah is also registered with the fundraising regulator due to our commitment to compliance over stewardship of public donations and encourages our supporters to get in touch with caron@himmah.org should there be any concerns around our fundraising activities.

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Statutory Information

Public Benefit Statement

The trustees of Himmah have considered the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit requirements. In the opinion of the trustees, the public benefit arising from Himmah’s activities are the prevention and relief of poverty, community development (including developing community leadership and community organising), improving and developing religious and racial harmony and the advancement of education through heritage & the arts.

Himmah focuses its resources on supporting those most in need which is evidenced through referrals received for support from around 50 different partner charities/organisations. The trustees confirm that they have complied with their duty in terms of Section 4 of the Charities Act 2006 to have due regard to the Charity Commissioners guidance on public benefit.

Governance

Himmah’s founding document is its constitution (Model Constitution for a Charitable Incorporated Organisation). It is managed by the Board of Trustees, which consists of trustees and others with expertise who may be appointed by the trustees as co-opted members. The Board of Trustees undertakes skills audits and invites others to join the board who it feels will add value to the decisionmaking and processes of the charity. The Board of Trustees usually meets every 3 months, but additional meetings can be called should urgent business arise.

Induction of trustees

All new trustees are invited to meet with the chair to discuss the role and what is expected of them as charity trustees. They are then given an induction pack outlining the roles and responsibilities of being a trustee as well as CC3 – The Essential Trustee – What you Need to Know and What you Need to Do (Charity Commission). They are invited to attend a trustee meeting as an observer before they are offered the opportunity to become a trustee and can be involved in Himmah’s development once their offer has been formally accepted.

Reserves Policy

The trustees consider that Himmah should aim to achieve 6 months running costs for reserves, to allow the charity to cope with unexpected demand, rising costs or a significant loss of funding. At the end of this financial year, the accounts reflected we had achieved approximately 5 months of reserves (£63,874). However at the time of publishing this report (April 2022), our reserves have been reduced below this amount due to having several months of increased demand for our food poverty programmes, along with significant increase in operational costs (achieving supplies of food to distribute and transport costs rising). We therefore need to deliver a range of fundraising activities to ensure we can continue to meet the rising demand we have experienced over the last few months.

Exemptions

Himmah is a registered charity and is exempt from any Corporation or Income Tax.

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Statement of Trustees Responsibilities

Company Law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of the affairs of the charity at the end of the financial year and of the surplus or deficit for the year then ended.

In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to select suitable accounting policies, as described on the above page, and then apply them on a consistent basis, making judgements and estimates that are prudent and reasonable. The members of the Board of Trustees must also prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.

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

Small Company Provisions:

This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions for small companies under Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:

Shoaib Khan

Date: 5th April 2022

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Independent Examiners Report

The trustees present their report and accounts for the year ended 30th June 2021. The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the accounts and comply with the charity’s governing document the Charities Act 2011 and the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and reporting by charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard FRS 102 issues in 2014.

I report on the accounts of the charity, which are set out on page 17 & 18.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and Independent Examiner

The trustees of Himmah are responsible for the preparation of the accounts, the trustees consider that an Audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 and that an Independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

  1. Examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act

  2. Follow the procedure laid down in the general direction given by the charity commissioners under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and

  3. State whether particular matters have come to my attention.

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 matters set out in the statement below.

Our work was conducted in accordance with the statement of standards of reporting accountants, and so our procedures consisted of comparing the accounts with the accounting records kept by the charity, and making such limited enquires of the officers of the charity as we considered necessary for the purpose of the reporting. These procedures provided only the assurance expressed in our opinion.

In connection with my examination, no other matters has come to my attention;

Basis of independent examiner’s report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the general directions given by the charity commission.

My examination was carried out in accordance with the general directions given by the charity commission. An examination includes a review 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 you as trustees concerning and

  1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirement:

  2. to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act and

  3. to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met; or

  4. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Qazi Naveed Arshad

Qazi Naveed Arshad FIAB, MA, For & on behalf of Solutions Accountants & Financial Services Ltd. 149 Radford Road Nottingham NG7 5EH

Date: 5th Apr 2022

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Income and Expenditure Account

For The Year Ended 30th June 2021

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Note Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
funds Funds Funds Funds
2021 2020
£ £ £ £
Income and Endowments from
Grants 8,038 80,919 88,957 23,541
Donations 63,430 350 63,780 96,432
General Funds 1,202 1,202 122
Total Incoming Resources 72,670 81,269 153,939 120,096
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities 1 5,799 19,464 25,263 13,429
Costs of charitable activities 2 86,698 42,358 129,056 45,389
Governance costs 3 635 635 615
Total Expenditure 93,132 61,822 154,954 59,433
Net (Expenditure) (20,462) 19,448 (1,015) 60,662
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Investment (deficits)/surpluses
Net Movement in funds before Transfers
Gross Transfers between funds
Net (Expenditure of the year) (20,462) 19,448 (1,015) 60,662
Total funds brought forward 45,958 18,931 64,889 4,227
Total funds carried forward 25,496 38,379 63,874 64,889
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Balance Sheet

Fixed Assets
Fixture & fittings
Office Equipment
Current Assets
Other Debtors
Bank
Total Assets
Creditors: Amounts Falling due
within one year
Net current Assets
Total Assets less current liabilities
FUNDS
Accumulated Surplus Account
TOTAL FUNDS		 Note
£		 2021
£		 2020
£

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 5,691
823
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60,704		 936
745
67,325
67,217
3,343
63,874		 69,006
4,117
64,889
63,874 64,889
63,874 64,889
63,874 64,889

Exemption Statement

The trustees of Himmah are responsible for the preparation of the accounts, the trustees consider that an Audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 and that an Independent examination is needed.

The Trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for:

  1. Complying the with the requirements of charity 2011 Act i.e. Charity keeps appropriate accounting records for preparation of Financial statements.

  2. Charity has prepared the accounts which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity end of the financial year 2020, and of its income and expenditure account, in accordance with the requirements of charity Act 2011.

These accounts have been delivered in accordance with the provision applicable to small charities, and in accordance with the financial reporting standard for smaller Entities were approved by the Management committee.

Trustee

Mr. Shoaib Khan

The notes on page 20 - 22 form part of this document.

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Notes to Forming Part of These Financial Statements

For The Year Ended 30th June 2021

Accounting Policies

1 Basis of Preparation

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Ireland FRS102 issued in 2014 go (as updated through Update Bulletin 1 published on 2 Feburary 2016, and the Charities Act 2011. The company is exempt from preparing a Cash Flow Statement because it is a small entity as defined by Charities SORP (FRS102).

Income and endowments

All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when the charity is entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:

Income recognition

All income is recognised once the charity has received the funds. The Trustees consider this to be the appropriate and prudent principle.

Tax status

Himmah has a charitable status hence do not attract any Taxes.

Receipts

Income comprises of restricted and un-restricted donations and grants.

Funds structure

The charity has restricted and unrestricted funds. Restricted funds are categorised as restricted based on the donors’ restrictions on the projects for which they must be used.

Average Number of employee

Two paid employees and 75 volunteers have been employed during the financial year.

Expenditures

Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates.

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et incoming resources
incoming resources are
stated afer charging:
2021 2020
1 Charitable Activities Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
1.1 Charitable Assistance - -
1.2 Food and Drinks 5,799 19,464 25,263 7,492
1.3 Events and Activities - - - 5,937
5,799 19,464 25,263 13,429
2 Costs of charitable activities Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
Office and general expenses 694 - 694 1,455
Rent and Rates 10,338 8,818 19,156 4,950
Advertising and Promotion 2,626 399 3,025 1,829
Packaging 3,550 - 3,550 -
Computer 57.95 250 308 608
Dues and Subscriptions 652 - 652 1,100
Insurance 374 - 374 374
Salaries 11,316 - 11,316 13,345
Sub Contract Cost 33,243 28,701 61,944 17,578
Depriciation: Fixed Assets 155 - 155 24
Repairs and Maintenance 6,328 - 6,328 73
Trade Waste 865 - 865 -
Website 19 2,400 2,419 -
Professional Fee 991 690 1,681
Donation Fee / Crisis Grants 3,753 - 3,753
Utilities 6,184 - 6,184 505
Volunteer Expenses 653 - 653 3,193
Telephone and Internet 395 - 395 356
Printing, Postage and 2,107 150 2,257 -
Stationery Miscellaneous 876 - 876 -
Expense Equipment Rentals 1,521 950 2,471
86,698 42,358 129,056 45,389
3 Governance Costs
Professional & Accountancy 635 635 615
635 - 635 615
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FIXED ASSETS
COST or VALUATION
B/F
Addition
Disposal
At 30/06/2021
Depreciation
Accumulated
Charge for the year
On Disposals
At 30/06/2021
Net Book Value
Closing Balance
Opening Balance		 £
Fridges
£
Office Equipment
Fixture & Fitting
960
848
4,884		 £
Total
960
5,732
-
960
848
4,884		 6,692
24
56
25
73
-		 24
155
80
25
73		 179
880
823
4,811		 6,513
936
-
-		 936

3A FIXED ASSETS

Notes forming part of these financial statements FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30th JUNE 2021

THE YEAR ENDED 30th JUNE 2021
Notes
Long term Liabilities
Opening Balance
Closing Balance
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Current Liabilites
Accounts
Payable Payroll
Liabilites
Accruals
Accountancy
6Restricted funds
Deficit/Surplus 30/06/2020
Excess of income over expenditure
Balance
Unrestricted Funds
Deficit/Surplus 30/06/2020
Excess of income over expenditure
Balance		 2021
-
-
-
2,708
-
-
635
3,343
18,931
19,448
38,379
45,958
(20,462)
25,496		 Deficit/Surplus
30/06/2019
Deficit/Surplus
30/06/2019		 2020
-
-
-
2,846
166
1,105
4,117
11,245
7,686
18,931
(7,018)
52,976
45,958
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