CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1165718
FAROOQ E AZAM MOSQUE & ISLAMIC CENTRE Unaudited Financial Statements
31 March 2025
CHIPCHASE MANNERS
Chartered accountants 384 Linthorpe Road Middlesbrough TS5 6HA
FAROOQ E AZAM MOSQUE & ISLAMIC CENTRE
Financial Statements
Year ended 31 March 2025
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| Trustees' annual report | 1 |
| Independent examiner's report to the trustees | 4 |
| Statement of financial activities | 5 |
| Statement of financial position | 6 |
| Notes to the financial statements | 7 |
FAROOQ E AZAM MOSQUE & ISLAMIC CENTRE
Trustees' Annual Report
Year ended 31 March 2025
The trustees present their report and the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025.
Reference and administrative details
Registered charity name FAROOQ E AZAM MOSQUE & ISLAMIC CENTRE Charity registration number 1165718 Principal office Bowesfield Lane Stockton on Tees TS18 3EB
The trustees
T Sadiq M Altaf M A Khan M Mubeen I Mohammed A Khaliq Independent examiner Chipchase Manners 384 Linthorpe Road Middlesbrough TS5 6HA
Structure, governance and management
Governing document
The charity is governed by its constitution adopted on 24 February 2016.
Governing body
The charity is governed by Trustees, which consists of 6 members directly elected by the general public through a ballot. The ultimate responsibility to run the organisation lies with the Trustees.
Risk management
Internal risks are minimised by the implementation of procedures for authorisation of all bank transactions by a Trustee. Any transactions over £1,000 are to be authorised by 2 Trustees.
Objectives and activities
Primary activity and public benefit
The principal activity of the charity is to advance the Muslim religion in the Stockton On Tees area for the benefit of the public through the holding of prayer meetings, lectures, public celebration of religious festivals and the distribution of literature on the Islamic faith to enlighten others about the Muslim religion. The charity proposes to do this by building a new mosque on the land already existing for the above purpose and to adopt appropriate strategies to accomplish this task.
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Trustees' Annual Report (continued)
Year ended 31 March 2025
Objectives and activities (continued)
Membership
Every Muslim in the area who agrees with the basic aims of the organisation can become its member. It is necessary to pay annual contributions to the mosque fund regularly to remain a member. Every permanent member has a right to take part in elections.
Achievements and performance
The Charity has continued to operate towards the objects set out in the clause. These include the main activities of catering towards the religious needs of the people of Stockton on Tees and the provision of educational activities.
The Trustees have considered the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit and in particular, the supplementary guidance on the advancement of religion for the public benefit. The Trustees are confident that the operations of the Charity as set out in the Objects deliver public benefit to the wider community of Stockton on Tees.
The level of donations in 2024/25 was pleasing, especially given the economic climate.
Charity policies
The Charity does not have any investments. There were no grants made during the period.
The only reserves held by the Charity are the funds in the current account. There is no set policy on the level of income reserves held other than to maintain any surpluses left from donations for the furtherance of its Objects.
The reserves are likely to be utilised by potential repairs to the building and the day-to-day running of the Charity.
Financial review
The charity's policy is to retain reserves, in the form of unrestricted funds, at no specific level other than to maintain any surpluses left from donations for the furtherance of its Objects. This should provide a reasonably secure financial base on which to plan future projects and commit to related expenditure before external funding has been fully secured. The general fund shows an excess of ingoing over outgoing resources of £16,986 during the year, while the balance sheet shows aggregate reserves of £2,095,360 at 31 March 2025.
The results for the year and the charity's financial position at the end of the year are shown in the attached financial statements. The Trustees are satisfied with the overall financial position of the charity and can confirm that the charity has the resources to fully discharge its obligations.
Risk statement
It is confirmed that the major risks identified by the Trustees have been reviewed and systems established to mitigate those risks.
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Trustees' Annual Report (continued)
Year ended 31 March 2025
The trustees' annual report was approved on 20 January 2026 and signed on behalf of the board of trustees by:
I Mohammed Trustee
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FAROOQ E AZAM MOSQUE & ISLAMIC CENTRE
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of FAROOQ E AZAM MOSQUE & ISLAMIC CENTRE
Year ended 31 March 2025
I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of FAROOQ E AZAM MOSQUE & ISLAMIC CENTRE ('the charity') for the year ended 31 March 2025.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
I report in respect of my examination of the charity's financial statements 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 examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
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the financial statements do not accord with those records; or
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the financial statements do 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.
Chipchase Manners Independent Examiner 384 Linthorpe Road Middlesbrough TS5 6HA
20 January 2026
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Statement of Financial Activities
Year ended 31 March 2025
| 2025 | 2025 | 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted | ||||
| funds | Total funds | Total funds | ||
| Note | £ | £ | £ | |
| Income and endowments | ||||
| Donations and legacies | 4 | 135,256 | 135,256 | 136,188 |
| ��������� | ��������� | ��������� | ||
| Total income | 135,256 | 135,256 | 136,188 | |
| ��������� | ��������� | ��������� | ||
| Expenditure | ||||
| Expenditure on charitable activities | 5,6 | 118,155 | 118,155 | 199,944 |
| Other expenditure | 7 | 115 | 115 | 332 |
| ��������� | ��������� | ��������� | ||
| Total expenditure | 118,270 | 118,270 | 200,276 | |
| ��������� | ��������� | ��������� | ||
| ��������� | ��������� | ��������� | ||
| Net income/(expenditure) and net movement in funds | 16,986 | 16,986 | (64,088) | |
| ��������� | ��������� | ��������� | ||
| Reconciliation of funds | ||||
| Total funds brought forward | 2,078,374 | 2,078,374 | 2,142,462 | |
| ������������ | ������������ | ������������ | ||
| Total funds carried forward | 2,095,360 | 2,095,360 | 2,078,374 | |
| ������������ | ������������ | ������������ |
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
The notes on pages 7 to 13 form part of these financial statements.
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FAROOQ E AZAM MOSQUE & ISLAMIC CENTRE
Statement of Financial Position
31 March 2025
| 2025 | 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Note | £ | £ | |
| Fixed assets | |||
| Tangible fixed assets | 12 | 1,959,512 | 1,960,440 |
| Current assets | |||
| Debtors | 13 | 2,848 | 2,181 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 135,209 | 118,621 | |
| ��������� | ��������� | ||
| 138,057 | 120,802 | ||
| Creditors: amounts falling due within one year | 14 | 2,209 | 2,868 |
| ��������� | ��������� | ||
| Net current assets | 135,848 | 117,934 | |
| ������������ | ������������ | ||
| Total assets less current liabilities | 2,095,360 | 2,078,374 | |
| ������������ | ������������ | ||
| Net assets | 2,095,360 | 2,078,374 | |
| ������������ | ������������ | ||
| Funds of the charity | |||
| Unrestricted funds | 2,095,360 | 2,078,374 | |
| ������������ | ������������ | ||
| Total charity funds | 16 | 2,095,360 ������������ |
2,078,374 ������������ |
These financial statements were approved by the board of trustees and authorised for issue on 20 January 2026, and are signed on behalf of the board by:
I Mohammed Trustee
The notes on pages 7 to 13 form part of these financial statements.
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Notes to the Financial Statements
Year ended 31 March 2025
1. General information
The charity is a public benefit entity and a registered charity in England and Wales and is unincorporated. The address of the principal office is Bowesfield Lane, Stockton on Tees, TS18 3EB.
2. Statement of compliance
These financial statements have been prepared in compliance with FRS 102, 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland', the Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (Charities SORP (FRS 102)) and the Charities Act 2011.
3. Accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis, as modified by the revaluation of certain financial assets and liabilities and investment properties measured at fair value through income or expenditure.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the entity.
Going concern
There are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue.
Disclosure exemptions
Disclosures in respect of financial instruments have not been presented as all were considered basic.
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported. These estimates and judgements are continually reviewed and are based on experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees to further any of the charity's purposes.
Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular future project or commitment.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure declared by the donor or through the terms of an appeal, and fall into one of two sub-classes: restricted income funds or endowment funds.
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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
Year ended 31 March 2025
3. Accounting policies (continued)
Incoming resources
All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when entitlement has passed to the charity; it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the charity and the amount can be reliably measured. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:
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income from donations or grants is recognised when there is evidence of entitlement to the gift, receipt is probable and its amount can be measured reliably.
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legacy income is recognised when receipt is probable and entitlement is established.
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income from donated goods is measured at the fair value of the goods unless this is impractical to measure reliably, in which case the value is derived from the cost to the donor or the estimated resale value. Donated facilities and services are recognised in the accounts when received if the value can be reliably measured. No amounts are included for the contribution of general volunteers.
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income from contracts for the supply of services is recognised with the delivery of the contracted service. This is classified as unrestricted funds unless there is a contractual requirement for it to be spent on a particular purpose and returned if unspent, in which case it may be regarded as restricted.
Resources expended
Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is classified under headings of the statement of financial activities to which it relates:
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expenditure on raising funds includes the costs of all fundraising activities, events, noncharitable trading activities, and the sale of donated goods.
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expenditure on charitable activities includes all costs incurred by a charity in undertaking activities that further its charitable aims for the benefit of its beneficiaries, including those support costs and costs relating to the governance of the charity apportioned to charitable activities.
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other expenditure includes all expenditure that is neither related to raising funds for the charity nor part of its expenditure on charitable activities.
All costs are allocated to expenditure categories reflecting the use of the resource. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs are apportioned between the activities they contribute to on a reasonable, justifiable and consistent basis.
Tangible assets
Tangible assets are initially recorded at cost, and subsequently stated at cost less any accumulated depreciation and impairment losses. Any tangible assets carried at revalued amounts are recorded at the fair value at the date of revaluation less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.
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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
Year ended 31 March 2025
3. Accounting policies (continued)
Tangible assets (continued)
An increase in the carrying amount of an asset as a result of a revaluation, is recognised in other recognised gains and losses, unless it reverses a charge for impairment that has previously been recognised as expenditure within the statement of financial activities. A decrease in the carrying amount of an asset as a result of revaluation, is recognised in other recognised gains and losses, except to which it offsets any previous revaluation gain, in which case the loss is shown within other recognised gains and losses on the statement of financial activities.
Depreciation
Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost or valuation of an asset, less its residual value, over the useful economic life of that asset as follows:
Fixtures and fittings - 20% reducing balance
Impairment of fixed assets
A review for indicators of impairment is carried out at each reporting date, with the recoverable amount being estimated where such indicators exist. Where the carrying value exceeds the recoverable amount, the asset is impaired accordingly. Prior impairments are also reviewed for possible reversal at each reporting date.
For the purposes of impairment testing, when it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, an estimate is made of the recoverable amount of the cashgenerating unit to which the asset belongs. The cash-generating unit is the smallest identifiable group of assets that includes the asset and generates cash inflows that largely independent of the cash inflows from other assets or groups of assets.
For impairment testing of goodwill, the goodwill acquired in a business combination is, from the acquisition date, allocated to each of the cash-generating units that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the combination, irrespective of whether other assets or liabilities of the charity are assigned to those units.
Defined contribution plans
Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as an expense in the period in which the related service is provided. Prepaid contributions are recognised as an asset to the extent that the prepayment will lead to a reduction in future payments or a cash refund.
When contributions are not expected to be settled wholly within 12 months of the end of the reporting date in which the employees render the related service, the liability is measured on a discounted present value basis. The unwinding of the discount is recognised as an expense in the period in which it arises.
4. Donations and legacies
| Unrestricted | Total Funds | Unrestricted | Total Funds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funds | 2025 | Funds | 2024 | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Donations | ||||
| Donations | 135,256 | 135,256 | 136,188 | 136,188 |
| ��������� | ��������� | ��������� | ��������� |
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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
Year ended 31 March 2025
5. Expenditure on charitable activities by fund type
| Unrestricted | Total Funds | Unrestricted | Total Funds | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funds | 2025 | Funds | 2024 | ||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Mosque | 116,455 | 116,455 | 198,344 | 198,344 | |
| Support costs | 1,700 | 1,700 | 1,600 | 1,600 | |
| ��������� | ��������� | ��������� | ��������� | ||
| 118,155 | 118,155 | 199,944 | 199,944 | ||
| ��������� | ��������� | ��������� | ��������� | ||
| 6. | Expenditure on charitable activities by activity type | ||||
| Activities | |||||
| undertaken | Total funds | Total fund | |||
| directly Support costs | 2025 | 2024 | |||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Mosque | 116,455 | – | 116,455 | 198,344 | |
| Governance costs | – | 1,700 | 1,700 | 1,600 | |
| ��������� | ������� | ��������� | ��������� | ||
| 116,455 | 1,700 | 118,155 | 199,944 | ||
| ��������� | ������� | ��������� | ��������� | ||
| 7. | Other expenditure | ||||
| Unrestricted | Total Funds | Unrestricted | Total Funds | ||
| Funds | 2025 | Funds | 2024 | ||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Sundry | 115 | 115 | 332 | 332 | |
| ���� | ���� | ���� | ���� | ||
| 8. | Net income/(expenditure) | ||||
| Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting): | |||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||
| £ | £ | ||||
| Depreciation of tangible fixed assets | 928 | 1,202 | |||
| ���� | ������� | ||||
| 9. | Independent examination fees | ||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||
| £ | £ | ||||
| Fees payable to the independent examiner for: | |||||
| Independent examination of the financial | statements | 1,700 | 1,600 | ||
| ������� | ������� | ||||
| 10. | Staff costs | ||||
| The total staff costs and employee benefits for the reporting period are analysed as | follows: | ||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||
| £ | £ | ||||
| Wages and salaries | 56,084 | 58,668 | |||
| Employer contributions to pension plans | 588 | 588 | |||
| �������� | �������� | ||||
| 56,672 | 59,256 | ||||
| �������� | �������� |
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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
Year ended 31 March 2025
10. Staff costs (continued)
The average head count of employees during the year was 5 (2024: 4). The average number of full-time equivalent employees during the year is analysed as follows:
| 2025 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| No. | No. | |
| Employees | 5 | 4 |
| Trustees | 6 | 6 |
| ���� | ���� | |
| 11 | 10 | |
| ���� | ���� |
No employee received employee benefits of more than £60,000 during the year (2024: Nil).
11. Trustee remuneration and expenses
No remuneration has been paid directly or indirectly by the charity to any member of the Board of Trustees.
12. Tangible fixed assets
| Freehold | Fixtures and | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| property | fittings | Total | |
| £ | £ | £ | |
| Cost | |||
| At 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025 | 1,955,801 | 18,085 | 1,973,886 |
| ������������ | �������� | ������������ | |
| Depreciation | |||
| At 1 April 2024 | – | 13,446 | 13,446 |
| Charge for the year | – | 928 | 928 |
| ������������ | �������� | ������������ | |
| At 31 March 2025 | – | 14,374 | 14,374 |
| ������������ | �������� | ������������ | |
| Carrying amount | |||
| At 31 March 2025 | 1,955,801 | 3,711 | 1,959,512 |
| ������������ | �������� | ������������ | |
| At 31 March 2024 | 1,955,801 | 4,639 | 1,960,440 |
| ������������ | �������� | ������������ |
13. Debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
| 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|
| £ | £ |
| 2,848 | 2,181 |
| ������� | ������� |
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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
Year ended 31 March 2025
14. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
| 2025 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | |
| Accruals and deferred income | 1,700 | 1,600 |
| Social security and other taxes | 395 | 851 |
| Other creditors | 114 | 417 |
| ������� | ������� | |
| 2,209 | 2,868 | |
| ������� | ������� |
15. Pensions and other post retirement benefits
Defined contribution plans
The amount recognised in income or expenditure as an expense in relation to defined contribution plans was £588 (2024: £588).
16. Analysis of charitable funds
Unrestricted funds
| Unrestricted funds | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At | |||||
| At | 31 | March 202 | |||
| 1 | April 2024 | Income | Expenditure | 5 | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| General funds | 2,078,374 | 135,256 | (118,270) | 2,095,360 | |
| ������������ | ��������� | ��������� | ������������ | ||
| At | |||||
| At | 31 | March 202 | |||
| 1 | April 2023 | Income | Expenditure | 4 | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| General funds | 2,142,462 ������������ |
136,188 ��������� |
(200,276) ��������� |
2,078,374 ������������ |
Purposes of unrestricted funds
The unrestricted fund represents the income received and expenditure incurred in providing the services and activities of the charity.
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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
Year ended 31 March 2025
17. Analysis of net assets between funds
| Unrestricted | Total Funds | |
|---|---|---|
| Funds | 2025 | |
| £ | £ | |
| Tangible fixed assets | 1,959,512 | 1,959,512 |
| Current assets | 138,057 | 138,057 |
| Creditors less than 1 year | (2,209) | (2,209) |
| ������������ | ������������ | |
| Net assets | 2,095,360 | 2,095,360 |
| ������������ | ������������ | |
| Unrestricted | Total Funds | |
| Funds | 2024 | |
| £ | £ | |
| Tangible fixed assets | 1,960,440 | 1,960,440 |
| Current assets | 120,802 | 120,802 |
| Creditors less than 1 year | (2,868) | (2,868) |
| ������������ | ������������ | |
| Net assets | 2,078,374 | 2,078,374 |
| ������������ | ������������ |
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