## **The Peace Institute**
## **Trustees Report**
**For the year ending 01 January 2023**
**Registered charity number 1170207**
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## **Contents**
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|**1.0**|**Introduction ............................................................................................................. 4**|
|**2.0**|**Reference and Administrative Information ................................................................ 4**|
|**3.0**|**Structure, Governance and Governing Document ....................................................... 5**|
|**4.0**|**Organisational Structure ........................................................................................... 5**|
|**5.0**|**Appointment and Induction of Trustees ..................................................................... 5**|
|**6.0**|**Risk Management ..................................................................................................... 6**|
|**7.0**|**Objectives of the Organisation .................................................................................. 6**|
|**8.0**|**Strategies ................................................................................................................. 7**|
|**9.0**|**Activities for the Financial Year ................................................................................. 7**|
||**9.1**
**Interfaith Forums ........................................................................................... 7**|
||**9.2**
**Faith Advisory Service with School, Colleges and Universities .......................... 8**|
||**9.3**
**School Visits to Local Mosques ....................................................................... 8**|
||**9.4**
**Encouraging Democratic Participation............................................................. 8**|
||**9.5**
**Plight of Muslims Globally .............................................................................. 8**|
||**9.6**
**Youth Programs ............................................................................................. 8**|
||**9.7**
**Islamic Marriage Ceremonies .......................................................................... 8**|
||**9.8**
**Adult Islamic Learning .................................................................................... 9**|
|**10.0**|**Income Sources ....................................................................................................... 9**|
|**11.0**|**Going Concerns ........................................................................................................ 9**|
|**13.0**|**Plans Going Forward ................................................................................................ 9**|
|**15.0**|**Trustees' Responsibilities ......................................................................................... 9**|
|**16.0**|**Financial Summary................................................................................................. 11**|
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## **1.0 Introduction**
The trustees of the charity incorporated organisation (COI), "The Peace Institute" present the annual report and accounts for the year ending 01 January 2023 and confirm they comply with the Charities Act 1993, as amended by the Charities Act 2006 and the trust deed.
## **2.0 Reference and Administrative Information**
**Charity Name** The Peace Institute
**Charity Registration Number** 1170207
**Principal Office** 125 High Street (Correspondence) West Town Dewsbury WF13 2QG
**Board of Trustees** Mohammed Amin Pandor (Mufti) Halima Hossain Yousaf Baig (Mufti)
**Bankers**
Barclays Bank 10 Market Street Bradford BD1 1EG
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## **3.0 Structure, Governance and Governing Document**
The Peace Institute is a Charitable Incorporated Organization (COI) and has been registered with the Charity Commission since November 2016 under charity number 1170207. Further details are available on the Charity Commission's website.
## **4.0 Organisational Structure**
The trustees are responsible for the control and management of the COI. They volunteer their time freely and receive no remuneration or other financial benefits.
The trustees meet regularly and are responsible for all decisions taken about running the organization and the activities provided by the COI. To assist in the smooth running of the charity the trustees recruit volunteers on a project-byproject basis.
## **5.0 Appointment and Induction of Trustees**
The Board is responsible for the recruitment of all new trustees. No new trustees have been appointed this year. As and when new trustees are recruited they will be chosen for their understanding of the community and will have earned the respect of the wider community or have the potential to do so.
- When recruiting new trustees, we will seek to identify young people who,
- Regularly attend events and functions organised by the charity.
- Are willing to volunteer to help in our broader community work.
- Can represent Islam as a peaceful way of life.
Potential trustees will be invited to attend trustees' meetings as observers and will be given more details of the charity's aims and activities and, if all agree, they will then be proposed as new trustees at the subsequent trustees' meeting. This process allows due consideration of the person's eligibility, personal competence, specialist knowledge and skills.
Following the appointment, new trustees will be introduced to their role and
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given copies of the trust deed and a guide to the policies and procedures adopted by our charity. Several publications from the Charity Commission are also signposted including the guidance on charities and public benefit and the advancement of religion for the public benefit. This ensures that new trustees are aware of the scope of their responsibilities under the Charities Act. Initially, new trustees will work with an existing trustee assisting with particular activities and projects run by the charity.
## **6.0 Risk Management**
The trustees assess risks on a project-by-project basis and satisfy themselves that adequate systems are put in place.
## **7.0 Objectives of the Organisation**
Our objectives have been set out in our governing document as follows;
- 1) To advance the Islamic faith as a peaceful way of life in the UK and abroad for the benefit of the public through:
- a) Providing places of worship, conducting religious ceremonies and safe social facilities and spaces for youth and others for moral and spiritual improvement.
- b) Holding of religious worship.
- c) Producing and disseminating of religious communications including lectures, dialogue, literature, advice and awareness of Islam using all forms of media.
- d) Resolving conflicts and challenges about peaceful Islamic beliefs and practices.
- e) Researching, responding, challenging and disseminating information on contemporary issues and challenges affecting Islam.
- f) Engaging and interacting with the wider public and other institutions to raise awareness and understanding of the peaceful nature of Islam.
- 2) The prevention or relief of poverty or financial hardship anywhere in the world and to anyone by providing and/or assisting in the provision of food, housing, education, training, healthcare projects and all the necessary support designed to enable individuals to generate a sustainable income and be self-sufficient.
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- 3) The relief of financial need and suffering among victims of war, natural disaster, trouble, catastrophe or other kinds of disaster in the form of money or other means deemed suitable for persons, bodies, organisations and/or countries affected including the provision of medical aid.
- 4) The promotion of religious and racial harmony for the public benefit through:
- a) Promoting knowledge and mutual understanding between different groups on the different belief systems and no belief systems.
- b) Advancing education and raising awareness about different racial, religious and non-religious groups to promote good relations and highlight common ground to promote humanity and harmony.
- c) Working towards the elimination of discrimination and mistrust on the grounds of race, religion and no religion.
## **8.0 Strategies**
The trustees are still committed to building a "Peace Centre" which will be a onestop facility where all people (people of faith and no faith, Muslims and nonMuslims) or those who wish to know more about our faith can gather together to learn.
This facility will be accessible to all who wish to understand real Islam in the 21st century and its compatibility with global universal values and train the next generation of youth.
## **9.0 Activities for the Financial Year**
The activities of "The Peace Institute" have been varied and cover aspects of social work with youth, social cohesion and awareness raising throughout the world concerning injustices and prejudices in societies.
Our activities and initiatives included the following;
## **9.1 Interfaith Forums**
This forum is a valuable avenue for building understanding between people of faith and no faith. It draws members from the Muslim, Christian, Judaic, other faiths and no faith. It discusses various aspects of faith issues locally, nationally and internationally to offer support for each other.
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## **9.2 Faith Advisory Service with School, Colleges and Universities**
The Peace Institute directors continue to be contacted by various schools, colleges and universities across the UK for faith-related expertise to offer confidential advice and resolve conflicts / potential conflicts.
## **9.3 School Visits to Local Mosques**
The Peace Institute continues to be contacted by schools studying religious education to arrange visits to local Mosques. We have a visit program that includes tours and a question-and-answer session. We emphasise that no questions are out of bounds. These visits are valued and appreciated by schools.
## **9.4 Encouraging Democratic Participation**
Scholars of The Peace Institute have been active in getting people involved in the democratic process at local elections. We ensure people register themselves to vote. The Peace Institute equipped people to make informed choices and above all participate in the democratic process without endorsing any particular political party.
## **9.5 Plight of Muslims Globally**
The Peace Institute continues to raise awareness through seminars, public meetings, collecting donations, writing to officials and holding special prayers. This year we have been active in supporting the plight of Muslims and Christians in Palestine and India.
## **9.6 Youth Programs**
Directors continue to conduct Islamic marriages after appropriate due diligence. Normally marriages are conducted in Mosques. However, not all Muslims reside in the vicinity of a Mosque.
- **9.7 Islamic Marriage Ceremonies**
Directors continue to conduct Islamic marriages after appropriate due diligence. Normally marriages are conducted in Mosques. However, not all Muslims reside in the vicinity of a Mosque.
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## **9.8 Adult Islamic Learning**
The scholars of the Peace Institute conduct weekly classes for adults at a basic to an advanced level. Subjects include;
- Quran reading with proper pronunciations,
- Quranic Exegesis (explanation).
- Belief (Aqeeda).
- Classical Arabic.
- Hadith.
- Jurisprudence.
- Islamic History and Modern Challenges.
- Discussions on related and unrelated issues.
## **10.0 Income Sources**
All the funds received by The Peace Institute are solely from Muslim donors in the form of Zakat, Sadaqa, Fitrana and Lillah. We have not received funding from any other source this year or previously.
## **11.0 Going Concerns**
The Peace Institute is a stable organisation and can meet its obligations and continue its charitable work for the foreseeable future. Its activities are run by the trustees and volunteers in a purely voluntary capacity.
## **13.0 Plans Going Forward**
We are committed to building a "Peace Centre" in Kirklees which will benefit all regardless of their background. It is envisaged that the center will be a state-ofthe-art matchless facility and will be a beacon of peace and understanding between Islam and the West. We propose to build a facility accessible to all who wish to understand real Islam in the 21st century and its compatibility with global universal values and train the next generation of youth.
## **15.0 Trustees' Responsibilities**
The Charities Act requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the surplus of the charity for that period. In preparing those financial statements the trustees are required to;
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- Select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently.
- Make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent.
- State whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements.
- Prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records, which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the trust. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the trust and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
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## **16.0 Financial Summary**
||**The Peace Institute**|**The Peace Institute**|**The Peace Institute**|**The Peace Institute**|**The Peace Institute**|**1170207**||**CC16a**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||||
||**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||||||
||**For the period**
**from**||**02/01/2021**||**To**|**01/01/2022**|||
||||||||||
||||||||||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||
||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**||**Last year**|
||**to the nearest**
**£**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|
|**A1 Receipts**|||||||||
|**Carry obver from lastyear**|**-**||**13**||**-**|**13**||**-**|
|**17/05/21 - Zakat**|**-**||**270**||**-**|**270**||**-**|
|**17/05/21 - Zakat**|**-**||**8,986**||**-**|**8,986**||**-**|
|**01/06/21 - Zakat**|**-**||**530**||**-**|**530**||**-**|
|**24/11/21 - Zakat**|**-**||**230**||**-**|**230**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**-**||**10,029**||**-**|**10,029**||**-**|
||||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment**
**sales, (see table).**|||||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|||
||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||||||||||
|**_Total receipts_**|**-**||**10,029**||**-**|**10,029**||**-**|
||||||||||
|**A3 Payments**|||||||||
||**-**||**10,016**||**-**|**10,016**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**10,016**||**-**|**10,016**||**-**|
||||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|||
||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||||||||||
|**_Totalpayments_**|**-**||**10,016**||**-**|**10,016**||**-**|
||||||||||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**-**||**13**||**-**|**13**||**-**|
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
|**A6 Cash funds lastyear end**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
|**_Cash funds thisyear end_**|**-**||**13**||**-**|**13**||**-**|
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**|**Details**||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**|
||||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**_Total cash funds_**||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||(agree balances w ith receipts and payments
account(s))||||OK||||OK|
||||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**|
||**Details**||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||||||||||
||**Details**||||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||||**-**||**-**|
|||||||||||
||**Details**||||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||||**-**||**-**|
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||||||||**-**||**-**|
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||**Details**||||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**||**Amount due**
**(optional)**||**When due**
**(optional)**|
|**B5 Liabilities**|||||||**-**|||
||||||||**-**|||
||||||||**-**|||
||||||||**-**|||
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|Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|Signature||||Print Name||||Date of
approval|
||M A Pandor||||**M A Pandor**||||**02/11/2022**|
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