## **TRUSTEES' ANNUAL REPORT** 



**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025** Charity Registration Number: 1165955 

www.shuratrust.org info@shuratrust.org 



Trustees Annual Report 2024-2025 Charity Reg Number: 1165955 


## **Contents** 

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|**Objects and Activities ...**|**2**|
|**Legal and Administrative Information …**|**3**|
|**Current Projects and Future Strategy**|**4**|
|**Reading Retreat Details**|**5**|
|**Annual Accounts for the Period**|**6**|
|**Independent Examiner’s Report**|**8**|



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## **SHURA TRUST** 

## **Trustees Annual Report Charity no:** 1165955 **Year Ended:** 30 June 2025 

## **Report of the Trustees** 

The trustees present their report for the year ended 30 June 2025. 

## **Public benefit** 

The trustees confirm that they have had and continue to have regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit. 

## **Objects** 

Shura Trust aims to achieve the following objectives: 

- To enhance public knowledge and understanding of the Muslim faith in the UK by organizing reading circles, lectures, and prayers, thereby promoting enlightenment about Islam. 

- To promote religious harmony for the public benefit by fostering knowledge, mutual understanding, and respect for the beliefs and practices of diverse religious faiths. 

- To foster social inclusion for the public benefit by collaborating with socially excluded people in the UK who are marginalized due to their ethnicity and Muslim faith. This involves providing assistance to meet their needs and supporting their integration into society. The organization also aims to establish a local network group that enables Muslim community members to engage more effectively with the wider community. 

## **Activities** 

Shura Trust is a charitable organization that carries out various activities and projects to fulfil its objects. These include weekly reading circles that encourage intellectual discussions and promote a sense of community through informal socializing. The trust also organizes bi- 

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annual reading retreats, where participants can reflect on themselves and 

engage in intellectual discussions through profound readings. Additionally, the trust hosts social gatherings, tea parties, picnics, and Eid celebrations. 

## **Legal and administrative information** 

Shura Trust is a charitable organization, registered as a charity on 9th March 2016.  The charity was established under a Deed of Trust that established the objects and powers of the charity and is governed by its provisions. The operational management of the trust is in the hands of trustees who maintain the system altogether. 

## **Trustees** 

The trustees remain at three, being : 

- 1.) Mr Mehmet Veysi Yildiz of 18 Forest road, Hinckley, LE10 1HB as chairperson. 

2.) Mr Aykan Toma of 24 Staples Drive, Coalville, LE67 4GB as secretary. 

- 3.) Mr Husameddin Ates of 45 Monmouth Drive, Leicester, LE2 9RN as treasurer. 

## **Registered Office and operation address** 

Main office: 18 Forest Road, Hinckley, LE10 1HB. Operational addresses : 128 Percy Road, Leicester, LE2 8FN 

10 Watsons house, 120 Nuttall street, London, N1 5LL 

179 Lower Braniel Road, Belfast, BT5 7NP 

## **Reporting Accountants** 

Affirm Accountants Ltd, The Old Courthouse, 18–22 St Peters Church Yard, Derby DE1 1NN 

## **Bank** 

Natwest Bank, 45 Whitechapel road, London, E1 1DU 

## **Responsibilities of the Trustees** 

According to the Charities Act, the trustees of a charitable trust are obligated to create financial statements every financial year that accurately reflect the trust's state of affairs as of the balance sheet date, including incoming and outgoing resources, such as income and expenditures. To ensure compliance, the trustees should adhere to best practices, which involve using appropriate accounting policies consistently, making reasonable and prudent judgments, and preparing statements based on the assumption that the trust will continue to operate unless it's impossible to assume so. It is the trustees' responsibility to maintain accurate accounting records that reflect the trust's financial position and to prevent fraud and other irregularities by taking appropriate measures to safeguard the trust's assets. 

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## **Current Projects** 

1. **Face-face reading sessions:** Reading sessions continued across 13 cities in the UK: London, Birmingham, Brighton, Bournemouth, Leicester, Coventry, Oxford, Cambridge, Ipswich, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Yeovil, and Nottingham. Sessions are held in both Turkish and English and provide a valuable forum for sharing insights on social and philosophical matters. 

   - A highlight of this year was the significant growth of the Leicester centre. Activity at the centre increased substantially, with a new weekly Tuesday session — the '25th Word Reading and Discussion' — initiated by a newly resident member of the community. This session has proven particularly engaging and inspiring, attracting consistent attendance and is projected to continue throughout the coming year. Ladies also began making greater use of the centre, meeting every Wednesday for their dedicated activities. 

2. **Online classes:** The sessions continue with increasing interest specifically in English language. They are more convenient for the participants who live away from any face to face joining to reading session. A new Ladies session has started and grow very quickly with quality participation. 

3. **Online Book Shop:** The online book shop continues and is a good portal for sales of resources that we use in our reading circles. 

4. **Reading retreats:** A reading retreat was held in May 2025 in North Cumbria, bringing together a select group of young thinkers for one week. The retreat took place in a calm and intellectually enriching environment and proved highly fruitful for the personal and intellectual development of its participants. Full details are provided in the Reading Retreat section. 

5. **Refurbishments:** Significant refurbishment work was carried out this year at 128 Percy Road, Leicester, LE2 8FN, which had been initiated in June 2024. Building maintenance expenditure for this period totalled £25,843, reflecting the scale of renovation undertaken. The works have substantially improved the premises for use by the local community. This refurbishment work includes a full renovation of the ground floor, which includes, the entry, living room, kitchen and patio. 

**6. Temporary Workers:** The Trust initiated a new strategy of bringing temporary religious workers from Turkey. With a newly acquired Sponsorship licence we are planning to bring necessary support from abroad through immigration channels. These are special individuals that are called as ‘VAKIF’ within our community. They volunteer and sacrifice some periods of their lives for the support of the charitable 

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works. In 2025, our first religious worker arrived at Belfast centre. 

The maximum amount of time they can stay is 2 years. After 2 years, they should either switch into minister of religion visa to continue as a major role in the UK or return back to Turkey. 

## **Future Strategy** 

- The charity plans to continue all existing activities with an increased number of participants. 

- Tuesday 25th Word sessions in Leicester are projected to continue and further engage the local community. 

- Ladies' sessions will be maintained at the Leicester centre and online platforms, with continued growth anticipated. 

- Refurbishment of 10 Watsons House, London, will commence subject to available donations. 

- New youth engagement projects will be initiated. 

- Participation in Education and Book Fairs will be organised. 

- Premises will be rented in London to sustain and expand activities. 

## **Reading Retreat Details** 

## **May 2025 Retreat — North Cumbria (Week of May 2025)** 

The 2025 retreat was held in North Cumbria over the course of one week in May 2025. An elect group of young thinkers gathered in this peaceful and inspiring setting to engage in deep readings and reflective discussion. 

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|**Detail**|**Information**|
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|**Location/Costs**|North Cumbria / £2400|
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|**Duration**|One week (May 2025)|
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|**Participants**|Select group of young thinkers|
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|**Theme**|Deep readings and reflective intellectual discussion|
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|**Outcome**|Highly fruitful for personal and intellectual development<br>of participants|



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||**Charity Name**<br> <br>**SHURA TRUST**<br>|**Charity Name**<br> <br>**SHURA TRUST**<br>|**Charity Name**<br> <br>**SHURA TRUST**<br>|**No (if any):**<br>**1165955**|**CC16a**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||
||**For the period**<br>**from**|**01/07/2024**<br>Period start date|**To**|Period end date<br>**30/06/2025**||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||
|Voluntary Donations|**28,571**<br>**1,000**<br>**-**||**-**|**28,571**|**26,569**|
|Charitable activities||**-**|**-**|**1,000**|**791**|
|Gift Aid/Grant||**-**|**-**|**-**||
|Interest||**-**|**-**|**-**||
|||**-**|**-**|**-**||
|||**-**|**-**|**-**||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**29,571**|**-**|**-**|**29,571**|**27,360**|
|||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see**<br>**table).**||||||
||**-**<br>**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Total receipts_ **<br>**A3 Payments**||||||
||**29,571**|**-**|**-**|**29,571**|**27,360**|
||**-**<br>**25,843**<br>**8,091**<br>**500**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,101**<br>**8,588**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,454**<br>**-**<br>**126**<br>**-**<br>**-**|||||
|Bank Charges||**-**|**-**|**-**||
|Building Maintenance||**-**|**-**|**25,843**|**2,864**|
|Professional fees||**-**|**-**|**8,091**|**1,503**|
|Rent and Rates||**-**|**-**|**500**|**7,446**|
|Fundraising/marketing||**-**|**-**|**-**||
|Telephones and communications||**-**|**-**|**-**||
|Motor Vehicle Expenses|||||**150**|
|Travel and subsistence||**-**|**-**|**2,101**|**2,896**|
|Utilities||**-**|**-**|**8,588**||
|Website/IT||||**-**||
|Wages abd salaries||**-**|**-**|**-**||
|PAYE/Pensions||**-**|**-**|**-**||
|Resource for teaching||**-**|**-**|**-**|**227**|
|Insurance||||**1,454**|**2,503**|
|Administtration/office||||**-**||
|Sundry  Expenses||||**126**||
|Grant/Aid||||**-**|**3,780**|
|International Aid|||**-**|**-**||
|**_Sub total_ **||||||
||**46,703**|**-**|**-**|**46,703**|**7,418**|
|||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||
|<br>**Assetpurchase**|**-**<br>**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||
||**76,273**|**-**|**-**|**46,703**|**7,418**|
|||||||
||**29,571**|**-**|**-**|**-                 17,132**|**19,942**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**29,571**|**-**|<br>**-**|**-                 17,132**|**19,942**|





**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of<br>all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B1 Cash at Bank**|Signature<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**5,783**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**5,783**|**-**|**-**|
|||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**|**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|||<br>**184246**|**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
|||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**|**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
|||**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**|**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**|**When due**<br>**(optional)**|
|||<br>25500|**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
|||Print|Name||
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteegl
members of
SHURA TRUST
On accounts for the year
ended
30 June 2025
Charity no
lif any)
1165955
Set out on pages
1and2
I report to the trustees on my eXaMinat￿n ofthe accounls of the above
charity {'Ihe Trust'l forthe year énded 3010612025
Ro8ponslbllltles and
ba8is of report
As the charty'$ trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordan￿ wtth the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
{Ihe A¢t').
I reFQrt in respect of my examinalion of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in ¢8rrying out my examination, I
have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commlssion
under section 145151{bl of the Act.
Indepèndent l am qUalif￿d to und8rtake the examination by teing a qualified member of
examinerfs statement ACCA & CPAA
I have completed my examination. I ￿nriMi that no material matters have
me to my attention in connection with the eXaMinat￿n (other than that
disclosed below'l whith gives me cause lo believe that in, any materlal
respect..
the accounting records w8r8 not kept In accordance with section 130
of the Charities Act- or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records,. or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements
conceming the fomi and contsnt of accounts set out in th6 Charfties
(Accounts and ReFK)rts} Regulations 2008 olher than any requirement
that the ac(￿unts give a 'true and fair. view which is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concems and have come across no other matters in Connectlon
wilh the examinatKsn to which attention should be drawn in Ihis report in
order to enab￿ a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:
Dats:
1210412026
Narno:
Mi¢helle Spencer
Relevant professional
qualification(sl or body
(If any):
MAAT- Full Member of Association ofAccounting Technicians {AAT}

Address:
9 Hayling Close,
Ilkeston, Derbyshire
DE7 9HW
Section 8
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs lo highlight material mattels of concern
(see CC32. Independent examination of charty accounts.. directv)ns and
guidance for examiner8).
Give here brief details of
any items thatthe
•xamlner *lshes to
disclose.
IER
Oct 2018