2022-03-31-accounts - West Berkshire Muslim Centre

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

	Period start date	Period start date			Period end date	Period end date
	01	April	2021		31	March	2022
From				To

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name West Berkshire Muslim Centre

Other names charity is known by WBMC Registered charity number (if any) 1163865 Charity's principal address 1[st] Floor Riverside Community Centre; Rosemoor Gardens Clay Hill Postcode RG14 2FG

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)/ *Committee*	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
Ismail Nawasra	Education	“
Arif Jaan	Events	“
Azmal Ahmed Shah	Governance	“
Rahan Ahmed	Membership	“
Md. Amir Hussain	Finance	“
Mohammad Shamim Ahmed	Services	“
Hussain Ahmed	Membership	“
Umar Mahmood Butt	Fund Raising	“
Nokhaz Yaqub	Events	“
Mazher Qazi	Finance

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

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example,	any custodian trustees)
Name	Dates acted if not for whole year
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
Independent Examiner	Gillian Down	EJBC – Chartered Accountants: 2 Toomers Wharf, Canal Walk, Newbury RG14 1DY
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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
NA

NA Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Charitable Incorporated Organisation with voting members other Type of governing document than its charity trustees (‘Association’ Model Constitution) (eg. trust deed, constitution) Association Model Constitution How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Election and/or Selection Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by) Latest Election/Selection held – 27/01/2019

(eg. trust, association, company)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

The West Berkshire Muslim Centre came into being to meet specific You may choose to include needs of the local community to establish a community centre. additional information, where relevant, about: The organisation continues to work with other local voluntary • policies and procedures adopted organisations and the West Berkshire District Council. for the induction and training of trustees; WBMC continues to grow, however, due to the Covid pandemic, the • the charity’s organisational momentum has slowed. The ambition and aspiration of the Trustees supported by volunteers from the local community remains high. With structure and any wider network with which the charity works; plans to extend services and increase the Centre utilisations. The plans include to establish a Sunday school delivering the study of Islam and • relationship with any related promoting community cohesion. parties; • trustees’ consideration of major The organisation continues to serve well and develop the framework to risks and the system and build on the Objects that are set out in the constitution.

trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

The objects of the CIO are: -

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

The advancement of the Islamic faith for the benefit of the public, particularly but not exclusively, through the holding of prayer meetings, lectures, and public celebration of religious festivals.

To further or benefit the residents of West Berkshire and the neighbourhood, without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, race or of political, religious, or other opinions by associating together the said residents and the local authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the objective of improving the

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conditions of life for the residents.

In furtherance of these objects but not otherwise, the trustees shall have power:

to establish or secure the establishment of a community centre and to maintain or manage or co-operate with any statutory authority in the maintenance and management of such a centre for activities promoted by the charity in furtherance of the above objects

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)

Community social events
Regular Football
CrossFit gym (for both males and females)
Community Iftar Event
Community Eid Celebrations
Ramadhan Taraweh prayers
Saturday and occasional Sunday homework and basic literacy support - Maths, English and Science.
Regular Friday Prayer meetings
Badminton club

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

Funding of the organisation is entirely from donations.
Restricted funds for the procurement of permanent premises continues to grow with individual projects to secure funds for ongoing activities and rent for the existing Centre.
Donations have come from multiple sources: -

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.
Regular donations by trustees and members of the community
Ad-hoc donations by trustees and members of the community
• Friday collections
Donations directly onto specific projects facilitated through Greenham Common Trust

• Process for managing donations/funds into WBMC accounts: Finance team to move all funds donated for the establishment of the centre into a separate savings account. Such that any withdrawals from this savings account is approved by the whole committee. The principle here is that funds in the savings account is towards the procurement of the facilities/community centre only.

All the activities are supported/provided by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main The Executive committee along with volunteers continue to promote the achievements of the charity facilities to the wider community through events, social media and word during the year of mouth.

This is a testament to the vision and values set out by the trustees, as we continue to promote social and community cohesion, completely in line with the CIO objectives

Hard work and determination of the trustees to keep focus on the core objectives as we build trust and promote diversity and embrace our British multi-cultural identity of the society. A key achievement this year has been in establishing a regular volunteer managed football training.

Section E Financial review

All funds are held in HSBC bank. Presently all funds are allocated as

Brief statement of the per the donation purpose. All donations given for the purpose of charity’s policy on reserves procuring the facilities are held in a separate account. (The finance policy provides greater clarity and guidance on managing donations)

There is a savings account and a current account. Current account holds only the planned expenses budget. The savings account holds the funds for the procurement of the community centre.
All expenses/spend must be approved by the majority of trustees 4. Online banking only allows for transfers between the two accounts. 5. Presently no online payment is allowed; however, this is being reviewed by the trustees in line with the changes to banking
All payments of expenses are made by cheque and signed by two trustees

Details of any funds materially None in deficit

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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;

The charity is funded completely by individual donations and donations from events and activities

All Expenditures are pre-approved in line with the charity objectives, i.e. hall hire, classroom hire.

No investment was planned or made in this term. All funds remain on account to support the organisation objectives.
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Brother Joynal Abedin has moved to Manchester and has resigned as a Trustee for WBMC. We thank his efforts and contributions over the years and pray that he keeps well.

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Electronic signature

Full name(s) Nokhaz Yaqub Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Events etc)

Date 03/02/2023

Signature(s) Electronic signature

Full name(s) Azmal Ahmed Shah Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Governance etc) Date 03/02/2023

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	WEST BERKSHIRE MUSLIM CENTRE Charity Reg Number: 1163865	WEST BERKSHIRE MUSLIM CENTRE Charity Reg Number: 1163865	WEST BERKSHIRE MUSLIM CENTRE Charity Reg Number: 1163865	No (if any)	CC16a
		Receipts and payments accounts
	For the period from	Period start date 1/4/2021	To	Period end date 31/3/2022

Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £	Restricted funds to the nearest £	Endowment funds to the nearest £	Total funds to the nearest £	Last year to the nearest £
Contribution from public	12,126		-	12,126	6,129
Box,Event,Tution,Individual donation	2,367	-	-	2,367	1,419
CAF	3,500		-	3,500	256
Grant	14,013		-	14,013	70
Online donation	7,315		-	7,315	410
Gift aid claim	3,327		-	3,327
Saving account bank interest		32	-	32	102
Others/Adjustment from last year	20			20	34
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*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	42,668	32	-	42,700	8,420

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
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*Sub total*	-				-
*Total receipts* A3 Payments
					8,420

Bank charges	20	-	-
Insurance	168	-	-	168
Maintenance		-	-	-
Printing,Stationaries,WEBSITE	350	-	-		120
Education and training	5,060	-	-	5,060
Sundry	809	-	-	809
Council tax	118	-	-	118
Event cost	1,195	-	-	1,195

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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

Premesis Rent		-	-	-	2,000
**Sub total **	7,719		-	7,719	2,120

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see
PRINTER,KITCHEN EQUIPMENT
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**Sub total **	-				-
*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*
					2,120

	34,948	32	-	34,980	6,300
	- 27,150	27,150	-	-	-
	4,569	210,978	-	215,547	-
	12,367	238,160	-	250,527	6,300

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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use	(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Balance on current /saving accounts *Total cash funds* Details	Unrestricted funds to nearest £	Restricted funds to nearest £	Endowment funds to nearest £
		12,367	238,160	-
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		12,367	238,160	-
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				Endowment funds to nearest £
	balance on saving accounts	-	-	-
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	Details	Fund to which asset ~~belons~~	Cost(optional)	Current value ~~(otional)~~
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CCXX R3 accounts (SS)

B5 Liabilities

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Details	Fund to which	Amount due	When due (optional)
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the

Signature Print Name Date of approval A. Hussain Amir Hussain 11/12/2022

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CCXX R4 accounts (SS)

Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs lo highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidan for examiners). Give hère brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER November 2021

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to Ihe trusteesl members of West Berkshire Muslim Centre IWBMC) On accounts for the year ended 31 March 2022 Charity no lif any) 1163865 Set out on pages Respective The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. responsibilities of The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year trustees and examiner under section 144 of the Chanties Act 2011 (the Chanlies Act) and that an independent examination is needed_ It is my responsibility to". examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act, to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145151(b} of the Charities Act, and to stale whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basis of independent My examination was cartied out in accordance wrth general Directions given examlnerfs statement by the Charty 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 the trustees conceming any such matters. The proce(lures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audrt, and onsequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair, view and the report is limrted to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent In connection wrth my examination, no material matters have come to my examinerfs statement attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charrties Act or the accounts do not accord wrth the accounting re¢ords I have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order lo enable a proper understanding ofthe accounts to be reached. Signed: Date: Is Name: JLLI Relevant professional qualification{sl or body (if any): Qc4. ufr ÈAELJ Address: loo1¢£3 IA4pWF ilk I IER November 2021