Registered Charity Number 1164722
Helping Humanity
Trustees Report and Annual Accounts
For The Year Ended
31 July 2023
Helping Humanity Report and accounts Contents
| Page | |
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| Trustees' Report | 1 |
| Statement of Trustees' responsibilities | 7 |
| Independent Accountants report | 8 |
| Summary of Receipts and Payments | 9 |
| Statement of Assets & Liabilities | 10 |
| Notes to the accounts | 11 |
| Detailed Analysis of Receipts and Payments | 12 |
Helping Humanity
The report of the trustees for the year ended 31 July 2023
Introduction
The trustees present their annual report and accounts for the year ended 31st July 2023.
The board of trustees are satisfied with the performance of the charity during the year and the position at 31st July 2023 and consider that the charity is in a strong position to continue its activities during the coming year, and that the charity's assets are adequate to fulfil its obligations.
Name, registered office and constitution of the charity
The legal registration details are :
Date of formation 07/12/2015 The Principal Office is Unit 301 Lock Studio, 7 Corsican Square, London E3 3YD Charity Registration Number 1164722 The telephone number is 02071936202
Objectives and Activities of the Charity
A summary of the objects of the charity as set out in its governing document.
The object[s] of the CIO is:
The advancement of the Islamic religion including religious education for the benefit of the public.
To advance education for the public benefit of young people in Bangladesh and the sub-continent.
To promote and protect good health for the public benefit of people in Bangladesh and the subcontinent.
The prevention or relief of poverty for the public benefit in the Bangladesh region as the trustees shall determine.
Public benefit that is provided by the charity
Religious, Educational, Humanitarian activities are carried out by Helping Humanity such as Iftar projects, Orphan projects and Rickshaw projects for the public benefit of Bangladesh and the subcontinent.
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Achievements and Performance of the Charity
A review of charitable activities undertaken by the charity
Following a review of charitable activities, the Helping Humanity identified pedal rickshaw in Bangladesh is slowly phasing out, these are now replaced with battery powered rickshaws.
A Tom Tom taxi was donated to a person as part of self-sustainable project.
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
Helping Humanity carried out charitable projects in Bangladesh for the financial year 2022 – 2023. Helping Humanity worked on various projects to help underprivileged communities. The charity delivered the following to fulfil our objectives:
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Funeral hears and wash facility.
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2x Housing repair project.
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1 x House built.
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14 x Water pump for communities and individual families providing clean water.
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2 x Sewing Machine for women - to promote self sustainability.
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5 x Wheelchair for people with restricted mobility.
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20x orphans support from zakat including cash distribution.
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1x Bridge for local village.
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8x Iftar event serving over 2,900 people.
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1x Tom Tom Taxi, creating a job as self-sustainable project.
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51x Ramadan food packs.
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Fidyah distribution serving 100 people.
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Street Iftar distribution 12 people.
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80x Tree plantation.
The following ongoing services offered to UK Muslim donors as part of their religious obligations (both mandatory and voluntary). Helping Humanity distributed food to the underprivileged in 3 categories, this includes:
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325x Zakatul-Fitr package - small food packages (annual prescribed food distribution)
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7 x Cow, 1x Sheep, 1 x Goat for Qurbani - Meat distributionIftar, Fidyah and street distribution events - Feeding over 3,000 people
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The report of the trustees for the year ended 31 July 2023
Helping Humanity
Fundraising activities
Helping Humanity’s main source of charity fundraising activities remain via social media networking with friends, families and colleagues.
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
Helping Humanity’s main achievement during this financial year successfully delivering the Qurbani and Zakatul Fitr services on behalf of the Muslim community.
Background Information of some of the Projects carried out
Rickshaws for men - To promote self sustainability
The self-sustainable Rickshaw projects will be phasing out and replaced with battery powered rickshaw. This will continue to provide opportunities for men to be able to acquire basic necessities for their family. By using local knowledge for selection process has helped identify the most needed for this project.
Sewing Machine for women - To promote self sustainability
The self sustainable Sewing Machine projects provides opportunities for women to acquire basic necessities for their family, the primary objective of this programme is to assist women who are the main breadwinner for their family, although the ideal beneficiary would be a widow or when in situation such as their spouse unable to work due to disabilities, Helping Humanity also recognises the need to empower women. In recognition to this the charity supports younger beneficiaries.
Water Pump Project
Helping Humanity recognises the need for clean water accessibility, in Bangladesh many people suffer from illnesses due to water borne diseases causing health disorders, such as renal failure and high blood pressure. From our research when conducting local inspection for potential beneficiaries, we’ve learnt some families resort to local lakes and ponds for water, we also learnt some families and communities have to walk distance for clean water. Our support in this area of work promotes healthy living and basic survival requirement.
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House Project
The primary objectives of this project is to offer vulnerable families, whose life may be endangered due to flooding and harsh weather condition. We realise this may be the first step away from the cycle of poverty. In order to create a safe and secure atmosphere, our house projects are mainly built with a strong foundation and bricked wall with tin roof. This provides a long sustainable home for families who may never get another opportunity for support.
Orphans Support
Without parents they may not have the advantages and privileges like other children. Orphans are the most vulnerable in society, especially in emerging countries such as Bangladesh. In partnership with local Bangladeshi authorities.
Zakatul- Fitr
Helping Humanity has been providing a service to their donors in fulfilling their annual food distribution before the Eid ceremony as documented in the Islamic religion. We understand the importance of this charitable act as a service provider, therefore we have carefully followed the guidance from the teachings of Prophet Muhammad and have distributed food as prescribed by the Prophetic tradition.
Qurbani Projects
Qurbani is another charitable act prescribed by the Islamic religion, we as a service provider for our donors, we have undertaken this responsibility in carefully executing this project. This involves purchasing of cattle’s who are free from illnesses and defects, providing sacrificial facilities by ensuring animals are treated with respect and slaughtered humanly, distributing the meat amongst the most deprived in society on Eid day.
Iftar and Fidyah Events
Every Ramadan we provide food for people to break their fast. The Iftar event is a unique programme, which not only provides food but rather promotes a vibrant festive atmosphere for the under privileged to get together and enjoy breaking their fast together as a community. We’ve learnt the people value these event dearly as men, women and children are engaged in the activities. We have served thousands of people with foods in rural areas in Bangladesh.
Roadside Kiosks
Roadside Kiosks is a new initiative as part of our self-sustainable project which provides opportunity for an individual to become self-employed and acquire a sustainable income to. The roadside kiosk initiative also provides an opportunity to those with restricted mobility
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Structure, Governance and Management
Nature of the Governing Document and constitution of the charity
The Charity is incorporated and governed by its own Foundation constitiution The trustees have overall control and responsibility for policy and major decision making.
The methods adopted for the recruitment and appointment of new trustees
Other than the Trustees and those persons connected with them there are no individuals who are related parties.
Details of transactions with related parties are shown in the notes to the accounts. This includes remuneration and expenses paid to Trustees.
The Trustees are appointed at the Charity’s Annual General Meeting. Any casual vacancy arising during the year is filled by co-option of a person onto the board; that person is then duly elected at the subsequent Annual General Meeting.
No third party has a right to appoint a Trustee.
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Financial Review
Policies on reserves
The trustees have resolved to establish reserves to provide for future activities, and to provide funding for the expected expenditure for six months ahead in the sum of £5,000.
The members of the Board of Trustees of the Charity during the year ended 31st July 2023 were :
Mr Nozrul Mustafa Mr Umar Ali Mr Fasial Alim Mr Shamsuddin Ahmed
The members of the Board of Trustees of the Charity at the date the report and accounts were approved were:-
Mr Nozrul Mustafa Mr Umar Ali Mr Fasial Alim Mr Shamsuddin Ahmed
Independent Accountant
MD Hussain - FCCA Birchtree Sullivan 301 Lock Studios 7 Corsican Square London E3 3YD
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Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities
The Charities Act and the Companies Act require the Board of Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity as at the end of the financial year and of the surplus or deficit of the charity. In preparing those financial statements the Board is required to :-
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select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and
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prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.
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state whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed , subject to any material
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departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
The Trustees are also responsible for maintaining adequate accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and which are sufficient to show and explain the charity's transactions and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006 and comply with regulations made under the Charities Act. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The trustees are also responsible for the contents of the trustees' report, and the responsibility of the independent examiner in relation to the trustees' report is limited to examining the report and ensuring that , on the face of the report, there are no inconsistencies with the figures disclosed in the financial statements.
This report was approved by the board of trustees on 20 May 2024.
Mr Umar Ali Trustee
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Independent Accountants Report to the trustees of the charity
Report of the Independent Accountant to the trustees
on the accounts of the Charity for the year ended 31 July 2023
We report on the financial statements of the charity on pages 7-11 for the year ended 31 July 2023 which have been prepared in accordance in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (the FRSSE) , effective April 2008, as modified by the Statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting and Reporting issued by the Charity Commissioners for England & Wales, effective April 2005 revised in June 2008, (The SORP), under the historical cost convention and the accounting policies..
Respective responsibilities of trustees and accountant
As described on page 5, the charity's trustees, who are also the directors of the company for the purposes of company law, are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The trustees consider that the audit requirement of Section 144(1) of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act) does not apply, and that there is no requirement in the memorandum and articles of the charity for the conducting of an audit, and that the charity is exempt from an audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.The trustees also consider the charity to be exempt from the requirement to be subject to Independent Examination.
Our responsibility is to prepare accounts upon the basis of the information supplied to us
No statement of opinion
We have not carried out any audit procedures and have relied upon information supplied to us by the trustees , and the information supplied by the trustees in the course of the examination is not subjected to audit tests or enquiries, and consequently we do not express an audit or other assurance opinion on the view given by the accounts.
MD Hussain -ACCA Birchtree Sullivan 301 Lock Studios 7 Corsican Square London E3 3YD
The date upon which my opinion is expressed is : 20/05/2024
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Helping Humanity Statement of Receipts and payments for the year ended 31 July 2023
| Revenue Receipts Donations received Total Revenue Receipts A1 Total Capital Receipts A2 Payments Total Revenue Payments A3 Total Payments Net Receipts/(net payments) Net Surplus/(net deficit) Receipts from asset & investment sales Total Receipts from all sources Payments relating directly to charitable activities Audit / independent examination |
Unrestricted Restricted Total Last Year Funds Funds Funds Total Funds 2023 2023 2023 2022 £ £ £ £ 61,499 - 61,499 45,224 61,499 - 61,499 45,224 - - - - 61,499 - 61,499 45,224 25,245 - 25,245 54,074 - - - - 26,391 - 26,391 55,411 26,391 - 26,391 55,411 35,108 - 35,108 (10,187) 35,108 - 35,108 (10,187) |
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Helping Humanity Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at 31 July 2023
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Last Year | ||
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| Funds | Funds | Funds | Total Funds | ||
| 2023 | 2023 | 2023 | 2022 | ||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Cash funds | |||||
| Cash and bank balances at start of year | 20,693 | - | 20,693 | 19,819 | |
| Surplus on Receipts and Payments Account/(def | 35,108 | - | 35,108 | (10,187) | |
| Cash and bank balances at the end | |||||
| of the year | B1 | 55,801 | - | 55,801 | 9,632 |
Mr Umar Ali Chairman Approved by the board of trustees on 20 May 2024
The notes on pages 10-11 form an integral part of these accounts.
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Helping Humanity Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 July 2023
1 The nature and purpose of each fund
The funds have been separated in accordance to the projects carried out by Helping Humanity
2 Statement that no remuneration was paid to a trustee or any persons connected with them
No remuneration was paid to any trustee or any person connected with a trustee.
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Helping Humanity Analysis of Receipts and Payments for the year ended 31 July 2023
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| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Prior Period | |
| Funds | Funds | Funds | Total Funds | |
| 2023 | 2023 | 2023 | 2022 | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Donations | 61,499 | 0 | 61,499 | 45,224 |
| Total of Capital receipts | - | - | - | - |
| Payments | ||||
| Expenses for fundraising activities | ||||
| Agent's costs for fundraising | 78 | - | 78 | 317 |
| 78 | - | 78 | 317 | |
| Payments relating directly to charitable activities | ||||
| Support costs of charitable activities | ||||
| Direct support costs | ||||
| Zakat | - | - | - | - |
| General Sadaqah | 7,729 | - | 7,729 | 50,728 |
| Ramadan Project | 10,500 | - | 10,500 | - |
| Sewing Machine Project | - | - | - | - |
| Mosque Project | - | - | - | - |
| Roadside Kiosk | - | - | - | - |
| Water Pump Project | 3,400 | - | 3,400 | - |
| Housing Project | 1,800 | - | 1,800 | - |
| WheelChair Project | - | - | - | - |
| 23,429 | - | 23,429 | 50,728 | |
| Management and administration costs | ||||
| in support of charitable activities | ||||
| Staff costs in support of charitable activities | ||||
| Salaries - Administrative staff | 1,300 | - | 1,300 | 1,385 |
| 1,300 | - | 1,300 | 1,385 | |
| General administrative expenses: | ||||
| Stationery and printing | - | - | - | 1,445 |
| Wesbite | 516 | - | 516 | 516 |
| 516 | - | 516 | 1,961 | |
| Total Support costs | 25,245 | - | 25,245 | 54,074 |
| Governance costs that are not direct management functions | inherent in | generating | ||
| funds, service delivery and programme or project work | ||||
| Accountancy costs in preparing annual accounts | 1,068 | - | - | 1,020 |
| Total governance costs | 1,068 | - | - | 1,020 |
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