## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year 01 01 2020 **To** 31 12 2020
**From**
**To**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** LIGHT OF HIRA **Other names charity is known by** N/A **Registered charity number (if any)** 1163530 **Charity's principal address** 86 BERNERS STREET LEICESTER **Postcode LE2 0FS**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
MUHAMMAD ISA CHAIRMAN
1
ABDULLAH
DAWOOD VICE-CHAIRMAN
2
ABOWATH
TAMIR SUJANDIN DEPUTY VICE- 25-08-2020 till present Muhammad Isa Abdullah
CHAIRMAN
3 Dawood Abowath
Wajahat Hussain Baloch
WAJAHAT TREASURER 01-01-20 to 30-08-2020
4 HUSSAIN (date of resignation)
BALOCH
5
6
7
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## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
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Name Dates acted if not for whole year
N/A
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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Type of adviser Name Address
Accountant Redbird Accountants 72 Evington Road, Leicester, LE2 1HH
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
N/A
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document
CONSTITUTION
(eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
CIO
(eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
(eg. appointed by, elected by)
New Trustees are appointed by this CIO’S Foundation Trustees, after the majority of the Founding Trustees approve the nomination of the said new trustee.
## **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 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.
In this year a new Trustee i.e. Mr Tamir Sujandin was approved and appointed by the three founding trustees in the role of Deputy ViceChairman, with his academic theological credentials and with community links in the local Muslim community fitting our criteria to improve our performance with his added expertise.
Mr Wajahat Baloch submitted his letter of resignation as one of the founding trustees of our CIO in his role of Treasurer. Our charity has a memorandum of understanding with his Accounting Business i.e. Redbird Accountants. Therefore we have a total of 3 three trustees at present in the roles specified above.
Mr Muhammad Isa Abdullah – Chairman (founding trustee) Mr Dawood Abowath – Vice-Chairman (founding trustee) Mr Tamir Sujandin – Deputy Vice-Chairman (newly appointed trustee)
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
We offer help, support and guidance to New Muslims. Enquiry service for anyone with questions regarding Islam.
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its** Promote Islam’s concept of mercy, tolerance and compassion for all. **governing document** Provide relief to the poverty stricken and the homeless; destitute men, women and children; and individuals living in crises in Leicester. Islamic Classes Classes to New Muslims, male and female, have been imparted regularly on a weekly basis. The classes have always been accompanied with advice and counselling as each New Muslim is a world of his/her own, with his/her own personal challenges. Meetings People who have expressed interest in Islam and have contacted us have been able to meet our staff for meetings to provide them with reliable information on the Islamic faith. PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE ABOVE-MENTIONED ACTIVIES. New Muslims are equipped with authentic religious grounding that guarantees they are law-abiding citizens wherever they live along with **Summary of the main** their newly adopted faith. **activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to** New Muslims are assisted to overcome social problems and provided **these objects (include within** strong religious foundation reinforcing good citizenship, making sure they **this section the statutory** remain integrated to main-stream society and become full members of **declaration that trustees have** the Muslim community, in order to prevent they learn and pursue their **had regard to the guidance** faith in isolation and fall into the hands of extremists; all these efforts in **issued by the Charity** turn contribute to a safer society. **Commission on public benefit)** Publications We also distributed reliable and authentic mainstream Islamic literature on relevant faith topics to our new Muslim students and to members of the general public who contacted us and in particular to Muslim prisoners throughout the whole United Kingdom. PUBLIC BENEFIT: Raise awareness of Islamic religious tolerance towards other faiths was raised and promoted amongst the general public as well as address Islamophobia. Educating Muslim prisoners about the Islamic tolerance being embedded in our faith and practiced historically throughout Islamic history so as not to fall in the trap of religious extremism and hatred for people of other faiths which is present in the prison estate.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
On Grant-making:
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
An initial financial contribution would be paid once (and for a limited number of times) to a person who has just embraced the faith to support them in the financial strains that their new circumstances bring about in his/her life until he/she regains stability or can stand on his/her own feet financially.
Due to the limited resources our charity does not consider necessary to adopt a policy programme related to investment.
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
All the activities undertaken by this CIO are performed by the valuable first-hand contributions of trustees and volunteers in terms of giving up their valuable time to pursue our charity's objectives.
- contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
Our activities were limited this year due to Covid-19 which affected the whole world.
We had to suspend our face-to-face onsite classes for New Muslims and meetings with those people interested to learn more about the Islamic faith from February 2020 onwards to follow government guidelines. However we were able to continue these activities via phone or social media.
In October when the restrictions started to ease, we managed to distribute relevant Islamic literature for Muslim prisoners in 100 prisons throughout the UK. The printing of Islamic literature sponsored by our charity the previous year consisted of two important booklets i.e. ‘AlMu‘awwadhaat’ invocations / prayers and ‘Winning the Hearts of the People’ to reduce re-offending and address extremism. This literature was well received and appreciated by the recipient prisons’ chaplaincies.
Finally we embarked on the refurbishment of our premises which were being affected by damp. To take advantage we did not have anyone on site on a regular basis we replastered the walls, repainted the centre, installed new electric heaters and purchased new and adequate furniture which would allow us to operate following social distancing guidelines whenever we would re-open to the public.
## **Section E Financial review**
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
Our charity was established in 2015 and counts with limited funds. There has not been a need for a policy on reserves due to its mere size. However the public contributions which are being received are being saved in order to allow our CIO to move from rented accommodation to our own premises to increase our services and serve the public better and in a more suited fit-for-purpose premises and location.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
- N/A
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
In July we were informed that our local Leicester branch of Al Rayan Bank was going to close within 3 months. We decided to open an account with a local Bank as it would be difficult for us to continue banking with a bank which had no branch locally. By December we managed to open our charity account with Barclays despite the meagre amount of bank appointments due to Covid and decided to close our accounts with Al Rayan Bank a few days before the end of the December.
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- We also managed to register with Paypal as a charity organisation to be refunded fully for any public donations made online.
- investment policy and refunded fully for any public donations made online. objectives including any ethical investment policy We do not have any employees and no investment policy as we are a adopted. very small charity.
## **Section F Other optional information**
Future projects:
- We intend to expand our services after reopening our centre to the public.
- Launch a newly designed website.
- Increase our regular donors and encourage signing up to Gift Aid contributions.
- To increase the frequency of food collections to support the local charities, other organisations and public institutions that look after the local people living in different types of crises, void of resources to look after their own subsistence needs.
## **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)**
**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,**
**etc)**
**Date**|MUHAMMAD ISA
ABDULLAH
DAWOOD ABOWATH
TAMIR SUJANDIN|
|---|---|
||MUHAMMAD ISA
ABDULLAH
DAWOOD ABOWATH
TAMIR SUJANDIN|
||
CHAIRMAN
VICE-CHAIRMAN
DEPUTY VICE-
CHAIRMAN|
||26thOctober 2021|
||26thOctober 2021|
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LIGHT OF HIRA Charity No
(if any) 1163530
Annual accounts for the period CC39a
Period To Period end
start date 01-Jan-20 date 31-Dec-20
Restricted
Unrestricted income Endowment Total this Total last
funds funds funds year year
£ £ £ £ £
F01 F02 F03 F04 F05
-
6,706 6,706 7,272
- - - - -
- -
6,706 6,706 7,272
- - - - 128
- -
6,524 6,524 5,643
774 - - 774 15
204 - - 204 331
323 - - 323 217
- -
8,356 8,356 1,138
320 320 178
- -
16,501 16,501 7,650
-9,795 - - -9,795 -378
- - - - -
-9,795 - - -9,795 -378
Note
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## **Section A Statement of financial activities**
## **Descriptions by natural category**
## **Incoming resources (Note 3)**
Donations, legacies and Grants
Fundraising events
## _**Total incoming resources**_
## **Resources expended (Notes 4-7)**
Cost of fundraising events Rent, rates and Insurance Repairs and maintenance Light and heat telephone postage and stationery Donations and Grants legal and professional fees
## _**Total resources expended Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before transfers**_
## _**Gross transfers between funds**_
## _**Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before other recognised gains/(losses)**_
## **Other recognised gains/(losses)**
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||-|-|-|-|-|
||-9,795|-|-|9,795
-|-378|
||19,616
9,821|-
-|-
-|19,616
9,821|19,994
19,616|
|||||||
Gains and losses on revaluation of fixed assets for the charity’s own use
Gains and losses on investment assets
## _**Net movement in funds**_
## **Total funds brought forward**
_**Total funds carried forward**_
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## **Section B Balance sheet**
|**Fixed assets**
**Tangible assets**
**Investments**
**_Total fixed assets_**
**Current assets**
**Stock and work in progress**
**Debtors**
**(Short term) investments**
**Cash at bank and in hand**
**_Total current assets_**
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one**
**year**
**_Net current assets/(liabilities)_**
**_Total assets less current liabilities_**
**Creditors: amounts falling due after one year**
**Provisions for liabilities and charges**
**_Net assets_**
**Funds of the Charity**
**Unrestricted funds**
**Designated funds**
**Total unrestricted funds**
**Restricted income funds**
**Endowment funds**
**_Total funds_**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the
trustees|Note
**Total this year**
**Total last year**
**£**
**£**
F01
F02
56
56
522
330
-
-
578
386
-
-
- 1,076
152
-
-
10,319
19,078
9,243
19,230
-
-
9,243
19,230
9,821
19,616
-
-
-
-
9,821
19,616
9,821
19,616
-
-
9,821 19,616
-
-
-
-
9,821
19,616
Signature
Date of approval
Muhammad Isa Abdullah
31/Oct/20
Dawood Abowath
31/Oct/20
Tamir Sujandin
31/Oct/20|**Total this year**
**Total last year**
**£**
**£**
F01
F02
56
56
522
330
-
-|
|---|---|---|
|||578
386|
|||-
-
- 1,076
152
-
-
10,319
19,078|
|||9,243
19,230|
|||-
-|
|||9,243
19,230|
||||
|||9,821
19,616|
|||-
-
-
-|
|||9,821
19,616|
|||9,821
19,616
-
-|
|||9,821 19,616|
|||-
-
-
-|
|||9,821
19,616|
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts**
Note 1 **Basis of preparation**
## **1.1 Basis of accounting**
These accounts have been prepared on the basis of historic cost in accordance with:
- Accounting and Reporting by Charities – Statement of Recommended Practice
• and with* Accounting Standards FRS102; or Financial Reporting Standards for Smaller Enterprises (FRSSE);
- and with the Charities Act.
## **1.3 Changes to previous accounts**
No changes have been made to accounts for previous years.
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 2 Accounting policies**
_**This standard list of accounting policies has been applied by the charity except for those deleted. Where a different or additional policy has been adopted then this is detailed in the box below.**_
## **INCOMING RESOURCES**
**Recognition of incoming** These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when: **resources** the charity becomes entitled to the resources; the trustees are virtually certain they will receive the resources; and the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability. **Incoming resources with** Where incoming resources have related expenditure (as with fundraising or contract income) **related expenditure** the incoming resources and related expenditure are reported gross in the SoFA. **Grants and donations** Grants and donations are only included in the SoFA when the charity has unconditional entitlement to the resources. **Tax reclaims on donations** Incoming resources from tax reclaims are included in the SoFA at the same time as the gift to **and gifts** which they relate. **Contractual income and** This is only included in the SoFA once the related goods or services have been delivered. **performance related grants** Gifts in kind are accounted for at a reasonable estimate of their value to the charity or the **Gifts in kind** amount actually realised. Gifts in kind for sale or distribution are included in the accounts as gifts only when sold or distributed by the charity. Gifts in kind for use by the charity are included in the SoFA as incoming resources when receivable. **Donated services and** These are only included in incoming resources (with an equivalent amount in resources **facilities** expended) where the benefit to the charity is reasonably quantifiable, measurable and material _._ The value placed on these resources is the estimated value to the charity of the service or facility received. The value of any voluntary help received is not included in the accounts but is described in the **Volunteer help** trustees’ annual report. **Investment income** This is included in the accounts when receivable. **Investment gains and losses** This includes any gain or loss on the sale of investments and any gain or loss resulting from revaluing investments to market value at the end of the year. **EXPENDITURE AND LIABILITIES**
**Liability recognition** Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out resources. **Grants with performance** Where the charity gives a grant with conditions for its payment being a specific level of service **conditions** or output to be provided, such grants are only recognised in the SoFA once the recipient of the grant has provided the specified service or output. **Grants payable without** These are only recognised in the accounts when a commitment has been made and there are **performance conditions** no conditions to be met relating to the grant which remain in the control of the charity. **ASSETS Tangible fixed assets for use** These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year, and cost at least £500. **by charity** They are valued at cost or a reasonable value on receipt. **Investments** Investments quoted on a recognised stock exchange are valued at market value at the year end. Other investment assets are included at trustees' best estimate of market value. **Stocks and work in progress** These are valued at the lower of cost or market value.
**POLICIES ADOPTED ADDITIONAL TO OR DIFFERENT FROM THOSE ABOVE**
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