## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date **From** 01 April 2024 **To** 31 March 2025 ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1161868 Gujarati Sunni Muslim Community Centre Eldon Street Madrasa-E-Talimul Islam **Charity's principal address** 15 Eldon Street Preston Lancashire **Postcode** PR1 7YD ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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10|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Abdulkader Padia|Chairman||| ||Yunus Amla|Treasurer||| ||Ahmed Rawat|Assistant Chairman||| ||Yakub Patel|Assistant Treasurer||| ||Salim Patel|ActingSecretary||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** |**Name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**| |---|---| |Ashfaque Bhaiyat|| |Abdulkader Padia|| |Ismail Padia|| |Yunus Amla|| ||| ||| ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name Address** Abdulkader Padia **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** **TAR** March **2025** 1 **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document - (eg. trust deed, constitution) > [Constitution GSMCC/ESM ] How the charity is constituted - (eg. trust, association, company) > [Unincorporated Body ] ## Trustee selection methods - (eg. appointed by, elected by) > [Election ] ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; The Madrasa has young children attending daily. Safeguarding is a major concern. All staff and volunteers in associated with the Madrasa have DBS clearance and have been given training in safeguarding. - 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. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** To advance the Islamic religion in the Preston, Plungington area for the benefit of the public through the holding of prayer meetings, lectures, public celebration of Islamic festivals, producing and/or distributing literature on Islam and to enlighten others about the religion of Islam. To improve the conditions of life for the inhabitants of the local area by providing facilities and activities in the interest of social welfare. **TAR** March **2025** 2 Each day of the year we have held prayer meetings for the five daily prayers including an extra Friday prayer. We also held tarawee prayers during the month of Ramadan. The Madrasa (Islamic Education Centre) continues to operate and student numbers have increased to over 40. We have increased to 3 staff members who teach at the Madrasa, 5 days a week. The Ladies weekly classes and the monthly programme continue to have a strong following. **Summary of the** main **activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** Due to the renovation programme the KS1 and KS2 packs have once again not been updated. We do continue to engage with local schools and we hope to increase our activity in this area in the future. Foreign student numbers in the local area have increased this year again and they are mainly from the African continent. We continue to help those that do arrive, and the two people who have helped them over the last few years continue helping these students to settle in to the local community. They also help with registering with doctors and finding housing if required. ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** We would like to extend the qualifications of our teachers and will be looking to find appropriate teaching vocational courses in the local area to assist in this goal. This aim is now part and parcel of our investment into our staff. You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: Moving the Madrasa towards an academy and open learning would serve the community better. To this goal we will aim at progressing this in the coming years. We hope the “it’s time to grow” project when completed will give us extra educational teaching space. - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. **TAR** March **2025** 3 Section D Achievements and erformance p **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** Due to the sad and unexpected passing of our beloved Imam, some of the normal activity was curtailed such as the highly popular Student Lead Story Session. However the end of year graduating event did go ahead and was a great success. We have taken on 2 part time Imams who can cover all prayer times during the week. The 2 Imams also teach the Madrasa and so now our teaching staff has increased to 3. This will allow us to take more students into the Madrasa. Student numbers in the Madrasa have slowly increased and are stable at a little over 40 however we continue to have applications and there has been a steady but slow increase in student numbers. The Madrasa continues to innovate and is now one of the oldest in the city. It is widely considered one of the most innovative, contemporary cutting edge Madrasas in Preston. The aligned school and Madrasa academic years works well and we envisage keeping it the same from now on. We increased the financial contribution to bring it line with inflation and included the books costs within it. We have started to look at streamlining the Madrasa administration and hope to install a system in the coming year. The number of foreign students has stabilised and most of the remaining students tend to be from the African continent. They still need considerable help in settling in. The help has been similar to that of helping asylum seekers and so we were well equipped adapt to their needs. We continue to help those that do arrive and those that continue to need help. We have assisted them in every facet of living in the UK. Their presence has benefited the centre greatly and has broadened the cultural experience within the centre. Adult Islamic education has remained the same this year. We will continue to monitor interest and adjust classes as required during the coming year. Once again this year we attempted to upgrade the Key stage packs but once again we gave priority to other events including the “It’s time to grow project”. We hope to progress next year in an attempt to enhance the experience for school visits in the future. This should make any further visits a more integrated educational experience. Work continues in this regard. The “It’s Time To Grow” project has moved forward substantially this year. All the structural work and much of the infrastructure has been completed and we have started the decorating phase. The downstairs is now usable and work continues at a steady pace. Although there have been substantial delays we hope to complete this project by March 2026. The projected final cost of this project remains at around £450,000 and all of the amount has been collected. We hope to keep the momentum going on this project and complete early next year. Almost all admin is now done via the website including membership, Madrasa and Giftaid application. We are now one of the only Mosques employing advanced technology to streamline administration to this level. **TAR** March **2025** 4 **Section E Financial review** **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** The yearly membership donation and Madrasa donations gives us approximately 6 months of reserve and we aim to have approximately 3 months of reserve at any one time. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** None ## **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)** Abdulkader Padia **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)**[Chairman ] **Date** 01 Oct 2025 **TAR** March **2025** 5 |**Charity Name**||**No (if any)**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Gujarati Sunni Muslim Community Centre**
**1161868**|||| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||**CC16a**| |**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
01-Apr-24|**To**
Period end date
31-Mar-25|| ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**4,515**
**-**
**6,327**
**-**
**261**
**-**
**21,088**
**13,400**
**12,565**
**13**
**723**
**395**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**59,286**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**13,816**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**65,200**
**29,315**
**38,004**
**-**
**146,335**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**4,515**
**-**
**6,327**
**13,816**
**261**
**-**
**21,088**
**13,400**
**12,565**
**13**
**723**
**395**
**65,200**
**29,315**
**38,004**
**-**
**205,621**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |C M Recovery|**-**||||**-**| |easyDonate Donation|**4,515**||||**-**| |Eid Lillah|**-**||||**-**| |External Chunda Collection|**6,327**||||**-**| |Giftaid|**-**||||**-**| |Jalsa Donation|**261**||||**-**| |Jumma Lunch|**-**||||**-**| |Lillah|**21,088**||||**-**| |Madrasa Donation|**13,400**||||**-**| |MembershipDonation|**12,565**||||**-**| |MoneyTransfer|**13**||||**-**| |Other Income|**723**||||**-**| |PayPal Donation|**395**||||**-**| |Renovation Donation|**-**||||**-**| |Renovation. Molana Arif|**-**||||**-**| |The Tile Project|**-**||||**-**| ||**-**
||||**-**| |~~**_Sub total_**~~~~_(Gross income for AR)_~~|**59,286**||||**-**| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table)**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**59,286**
**102**
**156**
**6,327**
**6,656**
**878**
**440**
**592**
**68**
**3,731**
**203**
**-**
**28**
**1,167**
**28,435**
**501**
**49,284**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**146,335**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**149,584**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**149,584**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**205,621**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |
Yorkshire|**-**||||| |Barclays|**-**||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||| ||||||**-**| ||||||| |
Bank Charges|**102**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**102**
**156**
**6,327**
**6,656**
**878**
**440**
**592**
**68**
**3,731**
**203**
**149,584**
**28**
**1,167**
**28,435**
**501**|**-**| |Broadband/Mobile|**156**||||**-**| |External Chunda Payment|**6,327**||||**-**| |Gas & Electric|**6,656**||||**-**| |Insurance|**878**||||**-**| |Janitorial Expenses|**440**||||**-**| |Kitaabs/Books|**592**||||**-**| |Online Cost|**68**||||**-**| |Other Expenditure|**3,731**||||**-**| |Pension|**203**||||**-**| |Renovation Expenses|**-**||||**-**| |Repairs/Renewals|**28**||||**-**| |Tax/NI|**1,167**||||**-**| |Wages|**28,435**||||**-**| |Water|**501**||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**49,284**||**-**|**198,867**|**-**| ## **A4 Asset and investment** |**A4 Asset and investment**||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**-**|||**-**|**-**|**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**
**149,584**
**- 3,249**
**1,776**
**62,874**
**61,401**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**198,867**|**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||| ||**10,002**||||**6,754**
**-**
**132,044**|**-**| ||**- 1,776**|||||**-**| ||**69,170**|||||**-**| ||**77,397**||||**138,798**|**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 24/10/2025 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf
of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**|(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
Normal Account
Renovation Account
Cash in Hand
**_Total cash funds_**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Main Property
No13 Property Next Door
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**72,456**
**-**
**61,401**
**4,941**
**77,397**
**61,401**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
Unrestricted
**-**
Unrestricted
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
A.Padia|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| |||A.Padia|05-Oct-25| ||||| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 24/10/2025 1 EXAMINER'S UN UALIFIED REPORT NON£OMPANY CHARI This is the Independent e￿mine￿ s report to the Irustees of Guiarati Sunni Muslim Communty Centre (GSMCC) also operating as Eldon Street MwJrasaE-Talimul Islam (ESM) l am reporting on the accounts of the tharty forthe year ended 31 Mar 2025, which are set out on pages 2-3. Res nsibilltles of trustees and examlne The charity's trustees are responsi1￿e for the preparation of the accounts. The chanty's trustees consider that an audtt is not required for this year under se(knn 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (Ihe 2011 Act) and that an independent examinalion is needed. It is my responsibilty to: - examine the a(X{￿nts under seclM)n 145 of the 2011 A( - to follN the procedures laid dcA¥n in the general Direclions gtven by the commission urwjer section 145(5){b) of the 2011 Ad - to state whether particular matters have come lo my attention Basis of Inde ndont examinef$ rn My examination was carried oui in accordan￿ *ith the general Direclions given by the Charty Commission. An examination indudes 8 review of the accounting records kept by the charity and comparison of the alxounts presented wtth those records. tt also indudes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the aCC￿UnIS, and sethng explanations from you as trustees conceming any such matters. The pro￿ureS undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and ¢(￿Sequen￿Y no opinion is given as to whether the w)unts present a 'true and f8ir view and the report i8 limited to those matters set out in the next statement. Ind In connection with my examinatK)n, no malter has (xxne to my attention: (1) which gives me reasonable cause lo believe that in any material respect the requirements: - to keep ￿CoUntIng re￿)rdS in acLX?rdan￿ with sethn 130 of the 2011 Acl and . to prepare accounts which acthrd ￿1th the acmjnting feconls and ￿MplY with the accountrng requirnments of the 2011 Act mln have not been met or (2) to which, in my opinion, attenlion shoubj be dr84m in order to enable a propEr understanding dlhe accounts to be reathed Signed.. Name.. 4knc Relevant professional qUaknti￿ or body.. io |**Charity Name**||**No (if any)**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Gujarati Sunni Muslim Community Centre**
**1161868**|||| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||**CC16a**| |**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
01-Apr-24|**To**
Period end date
31-Mar-25|| ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**4,515**
**-**
**6,327**
**-**
**261**
**-**
**21,088**
**13,400**
**12,565**
**13**
**723**
**395**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**59,286**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**13,816**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**65,200**
**29,315**
**38,004**
**-**
**146,335**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**4,515**
**-**
**6,327**
**13,816**
**261**
**-**
**21,088**
**13,400**
**12,565**
**13**
**723**
**395**
**65,200**
**29,315**
**38,004**
**-**
**205,621**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |C M Recovery|**-**||||**-**| |easyDonate Donation|**4,515**||||**-**| |Eid Lillah|**-**||||**-**| |External Chunda Collection|**6,327**||||**-**| |Giftaid|**-**||||**-**| |Jalsa Donation|**261**||||**-**| |Jumma Lunch|**-**||||**-**| |Lillah|**21,088**||||**-**| |Madrasa Donation|**13,400**||||**-**| |MembershipDonation|**12,565**||||**-**| |MoneyTransfer|**13**||||**-**| |Other Income|**723**||||**-**| |PayPal Donation|**395**||||**-**| |Renovation Donation|**-**||||**-**| |Renovation. Molana Arif|**-**||||**-**| |The Tile Project|**-**||||**-**| ||**-**
||||**-**| |~~**_Sub total_**~~~~_(Gross income for AR)_~~|**59,286**||||**-**| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table)**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**59,286**
**102**
**156**
**6,327**
**6,656**
**878**
**440**
**592**
**68**
**3,731**
**203**
**-**
**28**
**1,167**
**28,435**
**501**
**49,284**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**146,335**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**149,584**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**149,584**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**205,621**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |
Yorkshire|**-**||||| |Barclays|**-**||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||| ||||||**-**| ||||||| |
Bank Charges|**102**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**102**
**156**
**6,327**
**6,656**
**878**
**440**
**592**
**68**
**3,731**
**203**
**149,584**
**28**
**1,167**
**28,435**
**501**|**-**| |Broadband/Mobile|**156**||||**-**| |External Chunda Payment|**6,327**||||**-**| |Gas & Electric|**6,656**||||**-**| |Insurance|**878**||||**-**| |Janitorial Expenses|**440**||||**-**| |Kitaabs/Books|**592**||||**-**| |Online Cost|**68**||||**-**| |Other Expenditure|**3,731**||||**-**| |Pension|**203**||||**-**| |Renovation Expenses|**-**||||**-**| |Repairs/Renewals|**28**||||**-**| |Tax/NI|**1,167**||||**-**| |Wages|**28,435**||||**-**| |Water|**501**||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**49,284**||**-**|**198,867**|**-**| ## **A4 Asset and investment** |**A4 Asset and investment**||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**-**|||**-**|**-**|**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**
**149,584**
**- 3,249**
**1,776**
**62,874**
**61,401**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**198,867**|**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||| ||**10,002**||||**6,754**
**-**
**132,044**|**-**| ||**- 1,776**|||||**-**| ||**69,170**|||||**-**| ||**77,397**||||**138,798**|**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 24/10/2025 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf
of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**|(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
Normal Account
Renovation Account
Cash in Hand
**_Total cash funds_**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Main Property
No13 Property Next Door
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**72,456**
**-**
**61,401**
**4,941**
**77,397**
**61,401**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
Unrestricted
**-**
Unrestricted
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
A.Padia|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| |||A.Padia|05-Oct-25| ||||| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 24/10/2025 1