Unit 1 -24 Acorn House 351-397 Midsummer Boulevard MK9 3HP United Kingdom
## ANCHOR
BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
E: info@anchorbusinessltd.co.uk T: +44 (0)1908 766553 ~~M: +44 (0)7488 70~~ 6754
Mr Hassan Abdullah 184 Oxford Road Reading Berkshire RG1 7PL Reading and East African Community
31 December 2024
Dear Hassan,
## **Accounts for Period ended 31/03/2024**
Please find attached final accounts for Reading and East African Community for the period ended 31/03/2024.
Please review the attached carefully and if you are happy that the accounts can be approved please print out a set of each of the attached documents, obtain appropriate signatures at the foot of each Balance Sheet and Directors Report and return the signed documents to this office.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any queries.
Yours sincerely,
Tolulope Fasanya, AFA MIPA Anchor Business Solutions Limited Accountants
Reading and East African Community
Trustees' Report and Unaudited Accounts
31 March 2024
Reading and East African Community CONTENTS
||Pages|
|---|---|
|Trustees'AnnualReport|2|
|IndependentExaminer'sReport|3|
|Statement of FinancialActivities|4|
|SummaryIncomeandExpenditure Account|5|
|BalanceSheet|6|
|Statement ofCashflows|7|
|Notesto the Accounts|8 to 14|
|DetailedStatement of FinancialActivities|15|
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Reading and East African Community TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT
## Reading and East African Community
The Trustees, who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2024.
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
Company No. CE008775
Charity No. 1169146
Registered Office
184 Oxford Road
Reading Berkshire RG1 7PL
## Directors and Trustees
The Directors of the charitable company are its Trustees for the purposes of charity law.
The following Directors and Trustees served during the year:
Abbas Fakih
Hassan Abdullah
Ramadhan Juma
Accountants
Anchor Business Solutions Ltd
- 1 24 Acorn House,
351-397 Midsummer Boulevard Milton Keynes
Bucks
MK9 3HP
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. The Trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The above report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime as set out in Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 and in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102).
Signed on behalf of the board
Hassan Abdullah
Trustee
27 December 2024
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Reading and East African Community INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT
## Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of Reading and East African Community
I report on the accounts of Reading and East African Community for the year ended 31 March 2024 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Summary Income and Expenditure Account, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Cash Flows and the related notes.
## Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
The trustees (who are also directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under the Charities Act 2011, s.144(2) (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
Having satisfied myself that the charity is not subject to audit under company law and is eligible for
- independent examination, it is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under s.145 of the 2011 Act;
- to follow procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under
- s.145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## Basis of independent examiner's report
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a "true and fair" view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## Independent examiner's statement
- In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
- (1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with the Companies Act 2006, s.386 and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records, comply with the accounting
- requirements of section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 and with the methods and principles of the
- Charities Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities,
- have not been met: or
- (2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Tolulope Fasanya AFA MIPA
Institute of Financial Accountants
Anchor Business Solutions Ltd
- 1 24 Acorn House,
351-397 Midsummer
Boulevard
Milton Keynes
Bucks
MK9 3HP
27 December 2024
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Reading and East African Community STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
## for the year ended 31 March 2024
|for the year ended 31 March 2024||||
|---|---|---|---|
|Notes
Income and endowments
from:
Donationsandlegacies
4
Charitableactivities
5
Total
Expenditure on:
Charitableactivities
6
Other
7
Total
Netgainsoninvestments
Netincome
Netincome before other
gains/(losses)
Othergainsandlosses:
Net movementinfunds
Reconciliation of funds:
Totalfundsbroughtforward
Totalfundscarriedforward|Unrestricted
funds
2024
£
-
13,582|Totalfunds
2024
£
-
13,582|Totalfunds
2023
£
1
10,429|
||13,582
720
5,009|13,582
720
5,009|10,430
600
4,859|
||5,729
-|5,729
-|5,459
-|
||7,853|7,853|4,971|
||7,853|7,853|4,971|
||7,853
314,476|7,853
314,476|4,971
309,505|
||322,329|322,329|314,476|
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Reading and East African Community SUMMARY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
## for the year ended 31 March 2024
|Income
Gross incomefor the year
Expenditure
Interest payable
Totalexpenditurefor the year
Netincome before taxfor the year
Netincomefor the year|2024
£
13,582
13,582
5,201
528
5,729
7,853
7,853|2023
£
10,430|
|---|---|---|
|||10,430|
|||4,860
599|
|||5,459|
|||4,971|
|||4,971|
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Reading and East African Community BALANCE SHEET
## at 31 March 2024
|Company No.|CE008775|Notes|2024|2023|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||£|£|
|Fixed assets|||||
|Tangibleassets||9|300,538|300,538|
||||300,538|300,538|
|Current assets|||||
|Debtors||10|187|187|
|Cashat banka|andin hand||38,826|37,802|
||||39,013|37,989|
|Creditors: Amountfallingdue within one year||11|(17,222)|(24,051)|
|Netcurrent assets|||21,791|13,938|
|Totalassets lessc|currentliabilities||322,329|314,476|
|Net assetsexcludingpension asset orliability|||322,329|314,476|
|Totalnet assets|||322,329|314,476|
|Thefundsofthec|charity||||
|Restrictedfunds||12|||
|Unrestrictedfunds||12|||
|Generalfunds|||322,329|314,476|
||||322,329|314,476|
|Reserves||12|||
|Totalfunds|||322,329|314,476|
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
For the year ended 31 March 2024 the company was entitled to exemption under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
Approved by the board on 27 December 2024
And signed on its behalf by:
Hassan Abdullah
Trustee
27 December 2024
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Reading and East African Community STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
for the year ended 31 March 2024
|Cashflowsfrom operatingactivities
Netincome perStatement ofFinancialActivities
Adjustmentsfor:
Increasein tradeand other payables
Netcash provided by operatingactivities
Netcashfrominvestingactivities
Cashflowsfromfinancingactivities
Repayment ofborrowings
Netcash usedinfinancingactivities
Netincrease/(decrease)incash andcash equivalents
Cash andcash equivalentsat the beginningofthe year
Cash andcash equivalentsat the end ofthe year
Componentsofcash andcash equivalents
Cashand bankbalances|2024
£
7,853
120
7,973
-
(6,949)
(6,949)
1,024
37,802
38,826
38,826
38,826|2023
£
4,971
-|
|---|---|---|
|||4,971|
|||-|
|||(6,417)|
|||(6,417)|
||||
|||(1,446)|
|||39,248|
|||37,802|
||||
|||37,802|
||||
|||37,802|
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Reading and East African Community NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
- for the year ended 31 March 2024
- 1 Accounting policies
## Basis of preparation
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic if Ireland (FRS 102) - Charities SORP (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015) - the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.
## Change in basis of accounting or to previous accounts
There has been no change to the accounting policies (valuation rules and method of accounting) since last year and no changes have been made to accounts for previous years.
## Fund accounting
- Unrestricted funds These are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objects of the charity.
Designated funds These are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular purposes. Revaluation funds These are unrestricted funds which include a revaluation reserve representing the restatement of investment assets at their market values. Restricted funds These are available for use subject to restrictions imposed by the donor or through terms of an appeal.
## Income
Recognition of Income is included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when the charity income becomes entitled to, and virtually certain to receive, the income and the amount of the income can be measured with sufficient reliability. Income with related Where income has related expenditure the income and related expenditure is expenditure reported gross in the SoFA. Donations and Voluntary income received by way of grants, donations and gifts is included in the legacies the SoFA when receivable and only when the Charity has unconditional entitlement to the income. Tax reclaims on Income from tax reclaims is included in the SoFA at the same time as the donations and gifts gift/donation to which it relates. Donated services These are only included in income (with an equivalent amount in expenditure) and facilities where the benefit to the Charity is reasonably quantifiable, measurable and material. Volunteer help The value of any volunteer help received is not included in the accounts. Investment income This is included in the accounts when receivable. Gains/(losses) on This includes any gain or loss resulting from revaluing investments to market value revaluation of fixed at the end of the year.
## assets
Gains/(losses) on This includes any gain or loss on the sale of investments. investment assets
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Reading and East African Community NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
## Expenditure
Recognition of Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis. Expenditure includes any VAT which expenditure cannot be fully recovered, and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates.
Expenditure on These comprise the costs associated with attracting voluntary income, fundraising raising funds trading costs and investment management costs. Expenditure on These comprise the costs incurred by the Charity in the delivery of its activities and charitable activities services in the furtherance of its objects, including the making of grants and governance costs.
Grants payable All grant expenditure is accounted for on an actual paid basis plus an accrual for grants that have been approved by the trustees at the end of the year but not yet paid.
Governance costs These include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory requirements of the Charity, including any audit/independent examination fees, costs linked to the strategic management of the Charity, together with a share of other administration costs.
Other expenditure These are support costs not allocated to a particular activity.
## Taxation
The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.
## Freehold investment property
Investment properties are revalued annually and any surplus or deficit is dealt with throug the Statement of Financial Activities. No depreciation is provided in respect of investment properties.
This treatment conflicts with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 that all properties should be depreciated. The directors consider that, because these properties are not held for consumption, but for their investment potential it is necessary to adopt the requirements of the FRSSE in order to give a true and fair view.
## Intangible fixed assets and amortisation
Intangible fixed assets (including purchased goodwill, patents and trademarks) are carried at cost less accumulated amortisation and impairment losses.
## Stocks
Stock is included at the lower of cost or net realisable value. Donated items of stock are recognised at fair value which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay for the items on the open market.
## Trade and other debtors
Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.
## Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and on hand, demand deposits with banks and other short-term highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less and bank overdrafts. In the statement of financial position, bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings or current liabilities. In the Statement of Cash Flows, cash and cash equivalents are shown net of bank overdrafts that are repayable on demand and form an integral part of the company's cash management.
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Reading and East African Community NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
## Trade and other creditors
Short term creditors are measured at the transaction price. Other creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.
## Research and development
Expenditure on research and development is written off in the year in which it is incurred.
## Foreign currencies
Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the charity are translated at the rates of exchange prevailing at the end of the reporting period. Transactions in currencies other than the functional currency of the charity are recorded at the rate of exchange on the date that the transaction occurred.
All exchange differences are are taken into account in arriving at net income/expenditure.
## Leased assets
Where the charity enters into a lease which entails taking substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of an asset, the lease is treated as a finance lease.
Leases which do not transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to charity are classified as operating leases.
Assets held under finance leases are initially recognised as assets of the charity at their fair value at the inception of the lease or, if lower, at the present value of the minimum lease payments. The corresponding liability to the lessor is included in the balance sheet date as a finance lease obligation. Lease payments are apportioned between finance expenses and reduction of the lease obligation so as to achieve a constant rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability. Finance expenses are recognised immediately, unless they are directly attributable to qualifying assets, in which case they are capitalised in accordance with the charity's policy on borrowing costs.
Assets held under finance leases are depreciated in the same way as owned assets.
Operating lease payments are recognised as an expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term. In the event that lease incentives are received to enter into operating leases, such incentives are recognised as a liability. The aggregate benefit of incentives is recognised as a reduction of rental expense on a straight-line basis.
## Pension costs
The charity operates a defined contribution plan for its employees. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the company pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. Once the contributions have been paid the company has no further payments obligations. The contributions are recognised as expenses when they fall due. Amounts not paid are shown in accruals in the balance sheet. The assets of the plan are held separately from the company in independently administered funds.
## 2 Company status
The company is a private company limited by guarantee and consequently does not have share capital.
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Reading and East African Community NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
## 3 Statement of Financial Activities - prior year
|3
Statement ofFinancialActivities-prior year|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Income and endowmentsfrom:
Charitableactivities
Total
Expenditure on:
Charitableactivities
Other
Total
Netincome
Netincome before other
gains/(losses)
Othergainsandlosses:
Net movementinfunds
Reconciliation of funds:
Totalfundsbroughtforward
Totalfundscarriedforward
4
Incomefrom donationsandlegacies
Fundraising|Unrestricted
funds
2023
£
10,430
10,430
600
4,859
5,459
4,971
4,971
4,971
309,505
314,476|2023
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|2023
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total
2024
£
-
-|Totalfunds
2023
£
10,430|
|||||10,430
600
4,859|
|||||5,459|
|||||4,971|
|||||4,971|
|||||4,971
309,505|
|||||314,476|
|||||Total
2023
£
1|
|||||1|
|5
Incomefromcharitable activities
Buildingfund
Madrasahfee|Unrestricted
£
4,057
9,525
13,582|Total
2024
£
4,057
9,525
13,582|Total
2023
£
1,914
8,515|
|---|---|---|---|
||||10,429|
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Reading and East African Community NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
- 6 Expenditure on charitable activities
|6
Expenditure oncharitable activities||||
|---|---|---|---|
|Governancecosts
Accountancyandauditfees
7
Other expenditure
Bankloanand overdraft
interest payable
Premises costs
Generaladministrativecosts
8
Staffcosts
No employee received emolumentsin excessof£60,000.
9
Tangiblefixed assets
Cost or revaluation
At 1 April2023
At 31 March 2024
Net bookvalues
At 31 March 2024
At 31 March 2023
10 Debtors
Other debtors
11 Creditors:
amountsfallingdue within one year
Bankloansand overdrafts
Otherloans
Accrualsand deferredincome|Unrestricted
£
720
720
Unrestricted
£
528
4,340
141
5,009
£
300,000
300,000
300,000
300,000
2024
£
187
187
2024
£
15,801
700
721
17,222|Total
2024
£
720
720
Total
2024
£
528
4,340
141
5,009
£
538
538
538
538|Total
2023
£
600|
||||600|
||||Total
2023
£
599
2,624
1,636|
||||4,859|
||||£
300,538|
||||300,538|
||||300,538|
||||300,538|
||||2023
£
187|
||||187|
||||2023
£
22,750
700
601|
||||24,051|
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Reading and East African Community NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
## 12 Movement in funds
|12 Movementinfunds|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Restrictedfunds:
Unrestrictedfunds:
Generalfunds
RevaluationReserves:
Totalfunds
13 Analysisofnet assetsbetweenfunds
Fixedassets
Netcurrentassets
14 Related party disclosures
Controlling party|At 1 April
2023
314,476
314,476|Incoming
resources
(including
other
gains/losses
)
£
13,582
13,582|Resources
expended
£
(5,729)
(5,729)
Unrestricted
funds
£
300,538
21,791
322,329|At 31
March
2024
£
322,329|
|||||322,329|
|||||Total
£
300,538
21,791|
|||||322,329|
||||||
The company is limited by guarantee and has no share capital; thus no single party controls the company.
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Reading and East African Community DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
## for the year ended 31 March 2024
|for the year ended 31 March 2024||||
|---|---|---|---|
|Income and endowmentsfrom:
Donationsandlegacies
Fundraising
Charitableactivities
Buildingfund
Madrasahfee
Total income and endowments
Expenditure on:
Governancecosts
Accountancyandauditfees
Totalofexpenditure oncharitable
activities
Other expenditure
Bankloanand overdraftinterest
payable
Premises costs
Rates
Light,heatand power
Premisesrepairsand maintenance
Generaladministrativecosts,
includingdepreciationand
amortisation
General insurances
Sundry expenses
Totalofexpenditure ofothercosts
Totalexpenditure
Netgainsoninvestments
Netincome
Netincome before other
gains/(losses)
Other Gains
Net movementinfunds|Unrestricted
funds
2024
£
-
-
4,057
9,525
13,582
13,582
720
720
720
528
528
820
3,400
120
4,340
-
141
141
5,009
5,729
-
7,853
7,853
-
7,853|Totalfunds
2024
£
-
-
4,057
9,525
13,582
13,582
720
720
720
528
528
820
3,400
120
4,340
-
141
141
5,009
5,729
-
7,853
7,853
-
7,853|Totalfunds
2023
£
1|
||||1|
||||1,914
8,515|
||||10,429|
||||10,430
600|
||||600|
||||600
599|
||||599|
||||137
1,347
1,140|
||||2,624|
||||1,289
347|
||||1,636|
||||4,859|
||||5,459
-|
||||4,971|
||||4,971
-|
||||4,971|
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