2023-03-31-accounts - Inclusive Mosque Initiative

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 04 2022 To 31 03 2023

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Inclusive Mosque Initiative

Other names charity is known by IMI Registered charity number (if any) 1161730

Charity's principal address Impact Hub London

34b York Way London Postcode N1 9AB

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
Halima Hussain	Chair	Trustee for the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023
Latifa Akay		Trustee for the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023
Sabah Choudrey		Trustee for the period 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022
Janu Miah		Trustee for the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023
Asma Bhol		Trustee for the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023
Daniel Abdul- Raheem Diaz		Trustee for the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023

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

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Naima Khan, Director

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Inclusive Mosque Initiative is governed by a constitution last updated in Type of governing document May 2015. (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable incorporated organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by existing trustees Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

Our trustee Sabah Choudrey was paid £1,000 for their contribution to project work which specifically drew on their skills as a therapist.

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

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Section C Objectives and activities

1) To proactively uphold, implement and embed the aims of the Inclusive Mosque Initiative in its activities as stated in its Statement of Intent; 2) To maintain and conduct the religious and educational affairs of the Mosque; 3) To conduct ceremonies, congregations and meetings of a religious and cultural nature under the guidance of the organisation’s aims and board of trustees; Summary of the objects of the 4) To teach the spirit, culture, philosophy, ethics and fundamentals charity set out in its of Islam, with a view to improving the moral, intellectual and social governing document condition of Muslims in their community; 5) To expand the knowledge of Islam through discussions and Islamic literature by means of publishing and distributing such literature electronically and physically, and provide an Islamic resource facility for communities at large; 6) To engage nationally and internationally with issues of social, economic and political justice, to promote the welfare of all living beings. This reporting period was full of events that brought together a) our communities to practice ways of living with justice and rights and b) workers in different sectors which our communities rely on for support and safety, to uproot racism and create safer, more inclusive services for everyone. Our online Ramadan Programme in April 2022 created opportunities for people usually excluded from mosques to access mosque services and community. These included events for communal prayer, discussion and social events where women, disabled Muslims, LGBT+ Muslims and Shia Muslims could find space and community with one another. In June we ran an introductory presentation for the members of Faith & VAWG Coalition on the intersection of racism and ableism. This supported workers in the VAWG sector to understand the ways that Summary of the main different systems of oppression are interlinked, how they show up in the activities undertaken for the VAWG sector and how they impact disabled people of colour and other public benefit in relation to groups. these objects (include within this section the statutory We held our first hybrid Eid event in July 2022 which challenged the ways declaration that trustees have that disabled people and people with care responsibilities are often had regard to the guidance segregated from mosque spaces. Our event was led by two Shia issued by the Charity Muslims which helped challenge sectarianism and Sunni dominated Commission on public mosque events that often goes unchallenged in the UK. Importantly, benefit) Muslims were able to bring non-Muslim members of their families, including their chosen families, creating a rare space where a variety of families could worship and celebrate together without any gender segregation. Later in July we held an event celebrating LGBT+ Joy and all the rich insights and experiences held within Muslim LGBT+ communities. This online event created much needed space for LGBT+ Muslims to see themselves and each other as sources of support, happiness, and safety for one another while they exist in a wider political and religious environment that derides and harms them. In September our in-demand online workshop ‘Anti-Racism in Action: Tackling Islamophobia in Therapy’ took place in partnership with Radical Therapist Network. Attendees, who were all counsellors and therapists,

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fed back that the event had helped them see racism as an intentional strategy not only the result of unconscious bias and ignorance. They said the workshop had given them the opportunity to examine ways their own experiences with religion were affecting their Muslim clients. Crucially, the workshop helped them understand the impact of community and state surveillance on Muslims and the role of therapists in interrupting this.

In October and November we delivered two Trans Prayers Spaces for Trans Muslims only. This created space for a marginalised group of Muslims to take up space in a mosque environment and was inclusive of disabled Trans Muslims and those who don’t have local Muslims to connect with. These events were led by Trans volunteers at Inclusive Mosque who were able to use their leadership skills to demonstrate what mosques can look like when Trans Muslims are encouraged to lead.

In January 2023 we worked with TransActual UK to lead an in-person workshop on Anti-Oppressive Practice in the LGBT+ Sector. This benefitted workers in the LGBTQ+ sector, mostly within charities but some grassroots or company structures as well. Attendees learnt about the ways the LGBT+ sector can uphold forms of racism including Islamophobia. We looked at the complex ways that racism roots itself within other systems of oppression including homophobia and transphobia and misogyny.

In March 2023 we held an event for Trans Day of Visibility where Trans Muslims prayed together and shared their complicated experiences with the notion of visibility. This event helped advance the discourse on trans rights and the reality facing trans people of different backgrounds and faiths.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Our achievements from April 2022 to March 2023 reflected what was needed as we came out of successive lockdowns with a community beset by grief, illness, and ongoing concerns for how to be together in community with Covid still spreading. We were cautious not to jump back into in-person only events leaving behind disabled and Covid-cautious members of our community. We are proud of our delivery of online events which continued to include disabled people and Covid-cautious households in our work. We are equally proud of the in-person events we held and the creation, development, and implementation of our Covid Aware Events Policy. This policy along with the development of our safeguarding policy was an essential part of our volunteer recruitment and training which took place in March 2023. We ran a successful round of volunteer recruitment and were able to replace the volunteers who moved on during the pandemic. Maintaining our volunteer numbers through a period of adversity has helped us maintain the organisation’s performance and brought new perspectives and experiences into the organisation. Our campaigning events were all well attended, and our biggest events were sold out. We have stayed in touch with those on the waitlist and developed our work for the ’23-’24 period based on these conversations. The increase in our demand for work is an indication that what we are providing is useful to the sectors we are working in. This year we have developed our links in three key sectors that our Muslim communities seek support from most frequently: the Violence Against Women Sector, LGBT+ Sector and the mental health sector. We have developed a much deeper understanding of what stops these support sectors being inclusive of Muslims and truly meeting their needs. As we have been invited back to delve deeper into our examination of systems of oppression, we can rest assured our introductory offers are leading to more detailed and complex approaches to rights, justice, support and safety for Muslims and their families. We raised £94,905 in the period April ‘22 to March ’23 with a team of only two people working 1.2FT, we consider this a huge achievement.

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Section E Financial review

The charity's reserve policy ensures, as far as possible, the Brief statement of the sustainability of charitable activities. The trustees recognise the charity’s policy on reserves need to hold sufficient unrestricted reserves to provide a buffer for unforeseen operational costs and for the charity to operate for at least the equivalent of one month. The trustees will review the policy on an annual basis.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Halima Gosai Hussain Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc) Date 28 Sep. 23

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Charity Name No (if any) Inclusive Mosque Initiative 1161730 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01/04/2022 31/03/2023

Section A Receipts and payments

A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ - 3,850 232 2,906 842 - - - 7,831 - - - 7,831 - 4,059 185 - - - - - - 4,244 - - - 4,244 3,587 - 31,371 34,958	Restricted funds to the nearest £ 87,074 - - - - - - - 87,074 - - - 87,074 47,793 6,249 15,027 - - - - - - 69,069 - - - 69,069 18,005 - 24,296 42,301	Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Total funds to the nearest £ 87,074 3,850 232 2,906 842 - - - 94,905 - - - 94,905 47,793 10,308 15,212 - - - - - - 73,313 - - - 73,313 21,592	Last year to the nearest £
Grants	-				44,576
Donations	3,850				11,862
Events	232				-
Admin	2,906				4,120
Gift Aid	842				-
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*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	7,831				60,558

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
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*Total receipts* A3 Payments
					60,558

Personnel	-				45,404
Programme Activities	4,059				9,280
Overheads	185				11,080
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**Sub total **	4,244				65,764

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
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*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*
					65,764

	3,587	18,005	-	21,592	- 5,206
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	31,371	24,296	-	55,667	60,873
	34,958	42,301	-	77,259	55,667

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Signature Details Bank account Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Details Details 2	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 34,958 42,301 - - - - 34,958 42,301 OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name Halima Gosai Hussain	Endowment funds to nearest £
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		Date of approval
	Halima Gosai Hussain	14 Nov 2023
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Charity Name Inclusive Mosque Initiative	Charity Name Inclusive Mosque Initiative	Charity Name Inclusive Mosque Initiative

31/03/2023	Charity no (if any)	1161730

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended31/03/2023 As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my examiner's statement attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. .

Signed: Name:[Andrew Hopkins ] Address: BVSC First Floor, Livery Place[35 Livery Street ][Birmingham, B3 2PB ]

Date: 11/11/2023

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