2020-12-31-accounts

Committee’s Report to Members for the Year - 2020 (Hijri 1441)

Vice President’s Report

It is with heavy heart and sadness I write this, as I truly do not feel worthy when I consider the amazing people of our Anjuman that have come before me, who are no longer here with us and also the amazing people who are still present today. They are and always will be the greats of our Anjuman, on a different level and of an extra ordinary calibre. With the grace of Allah (SWT) they achieved so much and have left a legacy, the fruits of which is a sadaqah jaria for them. But due to the passing of our much-respected president Mahmud chacha Nadat in April, it falls upon me to write this report. I pray that Allah (SWT) accepts all the efforts of deen from the legends of our Anjuman who have passed away, forgives any of their shortcomings, fills their graves with light and elevates their status in Jannah, Ameen.

It has been a very challenging, eventful and long term for the 2020 committee, serving the Anjuman only for the benefit and reward from the Almighty. Alhumdullilah we have done many things throughout this term; some were planned and proactive but due to change in circumstances that nobody could have ever imagined some were reactive.

Our Anjuman goes from strength to strength in relation to its interfaith, outreach and community work, a cause that was championed by our late President who led these activities from the front.

• We have had 2 cricket matches, one against St Pauls in Palfrey Park and the other as a combined team with Masjid Al Farouq, St Pauls and other faiths against a Wolverhampton University team at the Walsall Cricket club.

• We also hosted an open day for council workers and a delegation of trainee teachers from Wolverhampton University, some of whom had never visited a Masjid before.

• The Anjuman was also invited and attended an event at Walsall Town Hall to remember Srebrenica and to mark Remembrance Sunday.

• Last Ramadan we invited St Pauls to an iftaari at our Masjid.

• We hosted the congregation of St Pauls to have a discussion on finance from the perspective of both faiths.

• We have attended various seminars, workshops, conferences and community meetings arranged by Walsall Council (hate crime and security to name a couple). This has helped forge a strong relationship with the Council Locality Manager (South) and given a voice to our community.

• On the back of the relationship with the council we were able to arrange a health check event for both ladies and men at our Masjid. We also arranged a cancer awareness event but due to Covid this has been postponed.

• We held a careers workshop event for the youth of our community in the Masjid.

• There was a 5 weeks CV workshop course From Job Vacancy To Job Offer delivered on Zoom.

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• We arranged for the Walsall Council Job Bus to come to our Masjid but this has been postponed due to Covid.

• This Ramadan the Anjuman delivered food parcels to a local care home.

• The Anjuman partnered up with UWT and arranged a food drop of point at the Masjid so we could help poor families locally.

• The Anjuman in partnership with Sponsor Refugees and with the help of Citizens UK set up a team of volunteers to facilitate bringing a refugee family here to the UK from Syria. The community got behind us 100% and raised the required £9000 to make this possible. Due to Covid we had to put this on hold but have now, in the last few weeks picked this back up again and are liaising with the necessary authorities.

The above are just a snapshot of some of the activities that our Anjuman has been involved in and alhumdulillah they have been very successful and have been well received.

Throughout the year we have been very fortunate to have national, international Alims and Sheikhs come to our Masjid and deliver seminars, courses, talks and qiraat and naat programs for brothers and sisters. We endeavour to continue where possible to arrange programs to include our sisters so they to benefit, as the Anjuman recognises the importance of this. Weekly tafseer classes by sisters for sisters were started last year but are currently on hold due to Covid.

Our Maktab, Hifz Class and Alim class were also very close to our late Presidents heart and during his stewardship he did all he could to make the improvements necessary to take them to the next level, so that they can excel, for the benefit of our community. Alhumdullilah with the efforts of all involved they are all going from strength to strength. Achievements of our students have included;

• One of our Hifz Class students won first prize in his category in the National Al-Birr Quran competition.

• • Last Ramadan the congregation of the masjid were fortunate to have 2 khatams of the holy Quran in our taraweeh prayers, the second completion was done by students of our Hifz Class.

• After 11 years of dedication and sacrifice, 4 students have graduated from our Aalim Class this year. I will take this opportunity to recognise the effort and dedication of all our teachers, who with the concern of deen alone, educate our children and future generation. They are selflessly and voluntarily sacrificing their time at weekends and during holidays to come into the masjid to teach. During lockdown the teachers learnt and embraced new technology and delivered classes online, this was also voluntarily.

During lockdown we had to do the most difficult thing imaginable and close our Masjid, but we worked together, and we all played our part. We asked you to stay at home and be patient and you all did. We asked that you bear with us and be patient when the Masjid reopened and again you did for which the committee is grateful.

As a committee, with the support of our Imaams, Alims and Muazins we continued to keep the masjid abaad with 5 times daily prayers during lockdown. To keep our spirits up the azaan, taraweeh, bayaans (english and urdu), qiraat, naats, Jummah and Eid Kutbaah were all broadcast. We embraced social media and we now have a Facebook page, Twitter account, Instagram and Whatsapp. We used these platforms and Mixlr to keep you all informed and to broadcast events live as they happen in the Masjid.

We asked for volunteers to come forward to assist with all aspects of the ghusal process during the pandemic and alhumdullilah brothers and sisters came forward to help, putting their own health and safety concerns to one side. For this the committee and the wider community is truly grateful. The committee also had help and assistance as we prepared to reopen the masjid and volunteers young and old came forward to help when the masjid reopened. We also had volunteers come forward to ask whether they could paint and decorate the masjid and alhumduillah both the upstairs and downstairs of the masjid have been repainted.

We have all been going through unprecedented times, but as a community we have worked together and supported each other. We have shown resilience, patience, compassion, love and we have navigated

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ourselves through this difficult period thus far and with the help of the Almighty we will come through this period stronger than ever. It is vital that we all work together for the betterment of our Anjuman especially with the challenges we face and will face in the future.

Finally, I will take this opportunity to thank the Committee Members, volunteers and all involved with our Anjuman for their continued efforts in keeping our Anjuman operational. I pray that Allah (SWT) gives us all the ability to continue to help with doing his work and rewards us all abundantly in this world and the next, Ameen.

opening of the Madrasah and when we were allowed, we had a gradual opening following guidelines and tailoring plans for our Madrasah. The initial test in July went well and we plan to continue to follow guidelines and have the Madrasah opening through September and October, we will continue to monitor the situation and take appropriate measures to make sure the Madrasah is a safe and enjoyable place for children to learn and grow in.

None of what has been achieved could have happened without the will of Allah SWT and the hard work of students, parents, teachers and volunteers (past and present). We humbly ask that Allah SWT accepts this hard work, rewards us in the hereafter abundantly and makes this a means of strengthening our faith in this world and continues to accept us in the work of His Deen.

Property Report

This year the properties have generated over £60,000 towards the total income of our Anjuman. This income makes a valuable contribution towards the annual running costs. Alhamdulillah. During the pandemic we had tenancies that came to an end that resulted in empty occupancies but now they are occupied.

The Masjid itself continues to be maintained to a high standard Alhumdulillah and therefore remains in good condition internally and externally. The roofing project of the Masjid has been completed.

During the pandemic we took the opportunity to undertake the internal painting of the masjid which was undertaken by a team of volunteers. The CCTV system has been upgraded and LED lighting continues to be upgraded.

The committee have carried out numerous tasks to enhance the Masjid and are already involved in various projects for the upcoming year.

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Treasurers Report

The treasury team are happy to report that our Anjuman is in good health and with your continued support, we can look to a strong future. We thank all the members of the Anjuman who contribute to the funding through their lillah, may the Almighty reward you abundantly.

If you are paying tax please complete a gift aid form if you haven’t done so already, so that we can benefit further from your contribution. If you have completed a gift aid form and are no longer paying income tax, please let us now as soon as possible.

We are always thinking about the future of our membership and as always, we request you to encourage our young and those that are eligible to join our Anjuman, to become active members and assist in its operations.

We request all those members that are not paying their fees by standing order to adopt this payment method to ease the burden on yourselves and the team. Standing order mandate forms are available for you to complete in the office.

If you have any fees outstanding you are requested to pay these as soon as possible. Paying of fees on time help to cover the ever-increasing costs of running our Anjuman.

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If anyone would like to understand and learn how the different strands of our Anjuman work and operate, or can offer help and volunteer any time, please approach any member of the executive committee. Help in any capacity will be gratefully received, as we all need to work together to progress our Anjuman and keep it moving in the right direction.

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ANJUMAN-E-ISHA`AT-E ISLAM

MASJID-AL-FAROUQ

Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 December 2020

INCOME Membership fees Madressa fees Rent Wednesbury Rd flats Rent Milton St Rent Midland Rd Flats Property deposits received House lillah boxes Sundry lillah Jamat donations Ramadan donation Eid collection Gift aid Nikah fee Wedding registration fee Library income Madressa kitabs Alim class Donations Course Sponsor a Refugee Project HMRC Furlough Scheme Indian Muslim Association(IMA) Total Income Balance bought forward: Movement during the year	£ EXPENDITURE 28926.63 Net wages 44860.14 PAYE/inland revenue 20270.00 Property maint'ce Milton 8574.65 Propert maint'ce Wednesbury Rd flats 25298.80 Propert maint'ce Midland Rd flats 1125.00 Insurance 6/8 Milton St 165.00 Insurance 102/104 Wednesbury Rd 16698.88 Insurance Midland Road 92.02 Masjid insurance 15437.71 Masjid water 392.53 Masjid electricity 7863.63 Masjid gas 100.00 Masjid repairs& maintenance 10.00 Cleaning materials, laundry 249.15 Fire Extinguisher maintenance/certificate 1325.06 Office expenses 10494.66 Radio licence fee 133.14 Alim class wages and expenses 9734.94 Masjid programme expenses 38306.82 Masjid CCTV 10365.00 Nikah fees for Imams Madressa office expenses Madressa kitabs Membership subscriptions Covid costs Sponsor a Refugee Project Misc expenses Indian Muslim Association(IMA) 240423.76 Total Expenditure Represented by: 307,540.33 Cash in hand 49,476.43 Bank balance	£ 104615.43 5385.91 0.00 465.50 5692.09 303.50 303.50 758.72 2319.29 2490.02 5567.18 7835.03 3864.98 33.57 41.40 1550.21 150.00 18036.39 203.00 12363.00 90.00 1740.89 1046.60 1250.00 1068.88 35.00 1757.37 11979.87
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		1,481.36 355,535.40

Milton Street, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 4JS, United Kingdom. Telephone : [phone]

Charity Reg. No : 516949

Established : 1958

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357,016.76

357,016.76

Milton Street, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 4JS, United Kingdom. Telephone : [phone]

Charity Reg. No : 516949

Established : 1958

1 st April 2021 An'uman E Isha'at E Islam - Chari Re No 1166333 I hereby confirm that I have independently audrted the accounts for the organisation Anjuman E Isha'at E Islam, Charity Reg No 1166333, for the accounting period 1st January 2020 to 31st De￿rnber 2020. I will also take this opportunty to advise that I have found the accounts to be correct and in order. Omar Dudha