**Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
**To**
Period start date 06 April 2023
Period end date 05 April 2024
**From**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name**
Al Furqan St Albans
**Other names charity is known by**
**Registered charity number (if any)** 1169142 **Charity's principal address** St Albans **Postcode** ~~——~~ **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) year to appoint trustee (if any)** 1 Adil Ahmed Secretary 2 Farasat Latif Chair Trustee 3[Abdul Hameed ] Khan 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ~~ae~~ **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)**|
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**Name**
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## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document
CIO
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
Elected by trustees
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
The objects of the CIO are the advancement of the Islamic faith for the benefit of the public in England through the provision of education facilities, holding of prayer meetings and Eid celebrations.
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We also deliver weekly Friday sermons and classes at the local community centre
**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)**
**Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
Over 40 classes this year **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** 52 Jumuah khutbahs Ramadan activities including nightly prayers and iftar with over 200 in attendance Two eid prayers Sisters only classes Trustees deliver Friday sermon thus saving on costs Started to fundraise for a building
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**Section E Financial review** Reserves funds are held for purpose of purchasing a property **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially in deficit** ~~_—_~~ **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; • investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ~~_L~~ **Section F Other optional information** 7 **Section G Declaration** ~~__~~ **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s) Full name(s)** FARASAT LATIF **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc) Date** 05.07.2025 ~~==~~ **TAR** 5
**April 2009**
**Al Furqan St Albans 1169142 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** 06.04.2024 05.04.2025 **To from**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment|
|Total funds|Last year|
|funds|funds|funds|
|to the nearest|
|to the nearest £|to the nearest £|to the nearest £|to the nearest £|
|£|
|A1 Receipts|
|donations|46,203|-|-|46,203|18,189|
|gift aid|7,872|-|-|7,872|
|interest|1,835|-|-|1,835|130|
|-|-|-|5,000|
|-|-|-|
|-|-|-|-|-|
|-|-|-|-|-|
|-|-|-|-|-|
|Sub total|(Gross income for|
|55,910|-|-|55,910|23,319|
|=|AR)|====|
|A2 Asset and investment sales,|
|(see table).|
|-|-|-|-|
|-|-|-|-|-|
|Sub total|-|-|-|-|-|
|Total receipts|55,910|-|-|55,910|23,319|
|————|A3 Payments|=|
|fuel|113|-|-|113|
|marketing|4,030|-|-|4,030|674|
|insurance|90|90|216|
|legal|1,009|-|-|1,009|-|
|equipment|665|-|-|665|1,538|
|room hire|5,059|-|-|5,059|3,265|
|food|3,177|3,177|1,650|
|web site/ email hosting|2,563|2,563|358|
|lecture fees|6,340|-|-|6,340|6,937|
|Sub total|[ 23,046 ]|-|-|23,046|14,638|
|A4 Asset and investment|
|purchases,|(see table)|
|-|-|-|-|
|-|-|-|-|
|Sub total|[ - ]|-|-|-|-|
|—|Total payments|—————|23,046|-|-|23,046|14,638|
|Net of receipts/(payments)|32,864|-|-|32,864|8,681|
|A5 Transfers between funds|-|- -|-|-|
|A6 Cash funds last year end|71,250|- -|71,250|-|
|Cash funds this year end|===|104,114|-|- 104,114|==|8,681|
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
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|**Categories**||**Details**||**funds**|**funds**||**funds**|
|||||**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|**104,114**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**104,114**
**-**
**-**
**_Total cash funds_**
barclays bank
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|||account(s))||OK|OK||OK|
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|||**Details**||**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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|||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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|||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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|||**Details**||**liability relates**|**(optional)**||**(optional)**|
|Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)|**-**
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Date of
approval
05.07.2025
Print Name
farasat latif
Signature
2
12/07/2025
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trustees
y Naine
Al Furqan St Albans
On accounts for the year
ended
6 April 2024-5 April 2025
Charity no
(if any}
1169142
Set out on pages
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I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 0£ I Iw i Lo
Responsibilities and
basis of report
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
("the Act").
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I
have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent
exam iner's stateMentr-¥*rtake-theexaminatton-brbery.
appl. Delete [ ] if not applicable.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that
disclosed below ") which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect:
the accounting records were 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
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.
Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
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Name:
AH
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Relevant professional
qualification{s) or body
IER
Oct 2018
(if any):
Address:
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern
(see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directrons and
guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
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IER
Oct 2018