D*te: 3OM1112024 ltsd THE MANCIIISTIR COMMUNITY AND YOUTII PROJECT ri io ihe Truliets of 57 I rep￿ ott the for the perv)d Ol. April 2022 10 31 March 2023. Res￿15).e rtspothllbilliles of lrnsiets *nd txamlntr The Lthuritv's IruJlLLS1¥4ho arL also the direLlI￿ liTrr the Plupose of compatty law) ue rwible (or the weparniion of th¢ ¥iounts. The ¥lxm"ty's ii)nsider th&1 &uth"t ttol wuiled for this period lynder S¢¢tiw 43121 ofthe Ch&n"tie¥ ALI 1993 Iihe 1993 ALIII and thai I￿J¢ve￿I examinaiion is re4uirLXI. Hai'in¥ saiisfjed myself Lh8riry is not subJ'LXi ￿ •uth"t utyjer compony knv and is eligible for ifyJeF*ndent exkminaiiun. il is my reswnsibiliry lo.. Examin¢ the ¥counts under Section 43 of th¢ 1993 Ad To follow. the pftxedl￿ IAid dow'n in the Oeneral thredions by the Clwity Commission {u S¢¥'tion 4317Nb) of the 1993 Aal." a¢MI To Slate wh¢ther particular mauers have to my aueniio Bash ofthe lttdepeDdent txxmlDN'S report ex4imjn4lion i4imed oui in uiiordwnie with the GeneTal Dirtttions ¥iven by Chan"ty Commission. An examinalion illLludes a review of the &counting reconls" kept by the Lbority and a compAnson of the aLcounts pres¢nted with those reLor(ts. 11 4Qso tniludes Lons&detaiion of any ￿￿U81 ikn w dIs¢losu￿ in the *ekirt¥ explanaiions from you as trUSittS LonLerniny any yJ¢h mallers. The tfOLedures ur￿erfak¢n do wi provide all the ewid¢nL£ ihal woukl be r¥4UiT¢d in an a￿11. wnd Lwu¢nily no tiptnivn Is ¥ivth IL) whdhLY the present a'tsue and fair s'lew. and the rewrt ib limi1￿1 io thobe maners sei out in the st8iements below. Indtpendent ex*mlner'J %tsltment ltt L4)Iineiliort ¥%ith my Lxaminaiiott, no maner h8$ come to my atieniiijo.. whi¢h gives me te8s￿8bk c•u%e io believe that in ofjy mJ*tial vespe¢L the rtyyirements io keep acLounling rLxord% th *¢wrdanc¢ with SeL'tion 3116 and 3117 of the Companies ALI 21kn; And To pr4)are ¥LL4)unls whiih aiLLKd with the aiiL)unlinsi rLxunls'. comply w'iih the aiLL)unlinb rwuir¢m¢nts of Seclxons 394 and 395 of the Companiti ALI aThl w'ith tht methods And Pr￿￿1ple$ of the S￿￿tne￿I of ¢o¢nm¢fyld Pwii¢e.. Acco￿lift￿ ood RepMin8 by Chariiies. Have n¢rt or 2. To w,hieh. in my OPittithL allenlion should be drawn in Lyder ￿ ett&ble & prow undtrstsTrlinB of the it¢ouni$ to ￿ re#ched. Ali & Ali Chartered Certifie41 kn"£ounw)i 3(JO NLYsden Lane North London NWIO OBT Tel: 02084506623 ## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] April 2022 To: 31[st] March 2023** ## **Charity name: The Manchester Community and Youth Project** **Charity registration number: 1170800** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To help and educate young people,
especially, but not exclusively through their
leisure time activities so to develop their
physical, mental, social, emotional, and
spiritual capacities that they may grow to
full maturity as individuals and members of
society| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Our events and activities use social action
as an experiential learning device to help
young people and community members
develop confidence, leadership,
communication and other interpersonal,
and social skills.
We provide opportunities for young people
and community members to become
volunteers themselves, regardless of their
personal background, or circumstances,
and often for causes that are directly
chosen and voted by them.
The main activities and services of the
charity were:
1. Providing**social support, grants**
**and other community services**to
the community here in Manchester.
2.**Youth club, motivations lectures**
**and other social events and**
**activities**hosted in local community
buildings around the Greater
Manchester conurbation
3.**Arbaeen Camps and Trips**
continued with over 50 delegates
travelling to an international spiritual| |||retreat. We received generous
donations from community member
to enable us to provide a subsidised
travel and accommodation, as well
as to cover the cost of our
motivational speakers and
workshops leader.
4. Our main campaign theme last year,
was related to climate change and
environment.
Young people led a major
emergency relief campaign for
those affected by the**floods in**
**Pakistan.**We have significant
number of members from the
Pakistani diaspora who were
directly impacted as a result of the
events in Pakistan,
This was significant and an
unprecedent project for us as small
charity. We received overwhelming
support and response from our
donors.
Our activities covered different
fundraising events, socials, walks
and fundraising challenges locally
here in Manchester, each with a
learning objective for the young
people.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|In compiling the charity’s annual business
plan and activities for the year we have
kept in mind the Charity Commission’s
guidance on public benefit in our planning
workshops and meetings.
Given the overwhelming support we
received for the welfare related and
emergency relief work, we resolved to hold
a focus group in the coming year to see if
our charity objectives clause was
comprehensive enough to cover this and if
we need to modify to reflect our activities.
This would be looked at in the year 23/24| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|The organisation issues some grants in
cash and in-kind on specific health and/or
social care needs, such as but not| |||exclusively for education, travel, sports,
and any other developmental activity.
Grants in kind include help for young
people and youth from impoverished
backgrounds with basic household items,
utensils, and clothes such as winter wear.
We made special considerations for
GRANTS for those young people and their
families affected by the cost-of-living crisis
and those were impacted by the flooding in
Pakistan.
**Special Grants were also considered for**
**those impacted by Climate Change as**
**the Environment was the main**
**campaign theme for this past year.**| |---|---|---| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**NA**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Trustees and management team gave their
time voluntarily and received no
remuneration for their work as Trustees.
Two Trustees resigned from their roles due
to their personal circumstances. Their
efforts over the years were fully
appreciated and acknowledged
One management team member later
joined the Board of Trustees.
Many volunteers donated in-kind, such as
food and snacks at the youth club.
The local church hall and a couple of local
mosques allowed us to use their
community spaces, equipment, stationery
and printing facilities. We thank them all.| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|In 2022/23 the organisation continued to
provide youth activities to the local
community. It allowed local youth to
develop their leadership capacities by
participation in its social action and
development challenges, as well camps
and trips.
We developed and consolidated the
ManCom Leadership programme for the
local youth and energising the community
in responding to the cost-of-living crisis and
the Emergency Relief and Flooding in
Pakistan.
The Leadership Programme saw over 50
young people participate in the social
action challenges over a period of 2 weeks,
which provided much need development
for the community.
We continued some online activities using
ZOOM for peer support and peer
networking. The organisation continued to
operate through online workshops,
seminars and check-ins. There was great
deal of focus on Youth and Mental Health,
to consider the impact of social isolation
and distancing.
Youth were provided coaching and
mentoring opportunities. Management
Tools such as MBTI, Conflict Management
Frameworks, workshops on Emotional
Intelligence, Communication Skills were
used to help the participants reflect and
develop. Much of this happened in the
online space through webinars
The main benefit was that many
participants used their skills to help at the
youth club, to assist the charity and other
local organisations in a voluntary capacity.
Limited food drives and grants for those in
the wider community who lost their jobs or
were impacted by the cost-of living crisis
continued, as well as coordination of
grocery deliveries to the elderly.
The charity continued to issue grants, of
both cash and in-kind, to help youth in
poverty, or with health and social care
needs, such as that for medical| equipment’s or specialist therapies not funded through the NHS. The **Boardman Appeal** to help children in need in honour of an elderly local community member was again highly successful in helping and in acting as a general welfare fund to help children in need and those families at risk of breakdown with grants of £300 to £500, in purchase of equipment, lessons, therapies, as well as movie/takeaway night as special respite elements for troubled young people and their families. Nearly £5,000 of help was given out to the community through this appeal. The charity also supported a few able and talented youth with financial support to gain access to training courses. One case was to fund a talented young person to study ACCA, with BPP, who then volunteered his time back the organisation. Young people looking for jobs and training opportunities were also assisted in meaningful travel through grants – such as funding travel to job interviews. Grants also support youth and families affected due to bereavement and funeral costs. We tried to arrange emotional and psychological support, drop-in sessions for youth as well as bereavement counselling input. The Food Drive initiative to help homeless and families financially affected was a much more extensive and expanded affair with literally thousands of individual meals and food rations being provided over the course of the year In particular to help Muslim families during the month of Ramadan to help with Iftar. **Over £77k** was donated for the Emergency Relief Fund. Over £60k of this was spent in this financial year, to help deliver emergency relief, food, medicine, blankets to those impacted by the catastrophic flooding in Pakistan. The aid delivery happened mainly through support from a coalition of other charitable organisation both there in the UK and in Pakistan, organisations such as the Hope Appeal, The Lady Fatima Charitable Trust, Ifta Welfare UK, Ideas9 (Pakistan). Our trustee and young volunteers also personally travelled to Pakistan to oversee aid delivery personally, which was a lifechanging educational experience. We retained regular donations and built good relationships with the donors. Future plans include strengthening these relationships. **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|The charity had an objective to be self-
sufficient to cover its rents and bills, to
provide a regular service to the local youth
community and to expand and grow its
leadership network. These objectives were
achieved largely.
There were sufficient reserves there for this
purpose.| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|Fundraising targets was to be self-sufficient
and generate enough to cover regular
events and activities were all met, but in
future targets need to be revised to build in
in contingency costs in the event there is
overspend due to emergencies.
Gift Aid donations were especially helpful in
helping cover the administrative costs and
wage related cost.
There were several unclaimed gift aid-ed
donations which would be deferred to the
next financial year due to limited admin
capacity. Trustee to investigate a platform
which manage gift aid claims.
A total of around £18k in gift aid was
claimed, through the electronic gift aid
declarations.
In the coming year the charity needs to put
in greater admin support in this area to
recoup much needed and unclaimed
income| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**Not applicable**| |Other||**Not applicable**| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The balance sheet and income/expense
statement are attached below in the
appendix.
The
bank
account
transactions
were
reconciled using manually as well as through
QuickBooks,
and
the
accounts
were
prepared using the accounting software
QuickBooks which keep track of our banking
transactions and accounts.
In the year 22/23 the organisation had an
overall income of**£274,915**. The
organisation spent £267,630.
The net income was approximately £7284.
•
Income receipts included £256,595 in
donations to support the charities
appeals and campaigns and £18,200 in
Gift Aid. Gift Aid was**restricted income**
to be spent on administration costs,
including the use of storage space,
equipment hires, bills, cost of fundraising
platforms, banking fees, as well as fees
for using the online accounting software.
To
sustain
its
operations
the
organisation will continue to require full
time office support and there is a
possibility that administration costs may
increase in the year to come. Around
£30,000/year needs to be factored into
this for the budget next year
In terms of the expense, the organisation
spent £267,630 in the financial year 22/23.
•
The biggest expenditure was
£68,622 which was in**Emergency**
**Relief** after we received an
unprecedented £77k+ in restricted
donations for**the flood appeal,**
spearheaded by our young people.
The delivery of aid was coordinated
through a coalition of charities. This
included the Hope Appeal, The Lady
Fatimah Charitable Trust (LFT),
IFTA Welfare UK and others.
•
There was £63,000 spent on Travel
and Accommodation across the
year. The bulk of this was Arbaeen| |---|---|---| Trip and Camps, which received donations of £38,693. The spending on the Arbaeen Trips and Camps was £48,700. This was on overall deficit of nearly £10,000. There were sufficient funds in the reserve to cover this. The Arbaeen camps was highly subsidised. Other travel expenses include expense incurred by Volunteers and motivational speakers to travel to provide aid, assistance and workshops. • Approximately £49k was spent on Grants, both in cash and in kind, support of educational endeavours, gifts, bereavement and funeral cost support, food parcels. Some of this was done in conjunction with another UK registered charity Kijana Kwanza - Young People • Our charitable activities spending was just over £34,200. This included providing youth services. Water pump orders from the charity Sadaqah Foundation Nelson, Food parcel to families to help with the cost-of-living crisis, donations of Zakat and Qurbani given by Muslim donors. As well as children’s activities provided by the Boardman Appeal. • Nearly £22,500 was spent on **‘Other Professional Services’** – this included programme in the Islamic months of Muharram and Ramadan as well as fundraising gala dinners, hall hires. Providing Iftars and Lectures to the community. A further £1500 was spent-on ‘Special Events’ • £12,900 was spent on **‘Storage’** space and office space for events and for holding meetings • £6600 was spent on a **training course** • £1830 was spent on **the advertising and marketing budget** for the year. This was mainly for designing promotional flyers, Facebook boosting |56, Statement explaining
the policy for holding
reserves stating why they
are held|Para 1.22|The charity shall maintain a minimum of
1000 GBP in reserves part of its
Administration Budget| |---|---|---| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|The charity held £20,000 in reserves in a
new Savings Account| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Not applicable| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|Not applicable| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern|Para 1.23|NA| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The charity is run on the generous
donations from the local community and
members of the public. We use social
media platforms to raise awareness of our
appeals.
The expenditure of the charity is focused
on youth related activities, social action
campaigns, as well as grants and awards,
as well as other overheads.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|Not applicable| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Our financial risk is tied to our fundraising
efforts. As well as escalation of cost impact
on our budgets. This is mitigated through
holding enough reserves, as well as
contingency planning.| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|
Para 1.25|The Charity is governed through a
constitution.| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation
(Foundation Structure)| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Minimum of three trustees, appointed by
Board of Trustees, Chairman voted in.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|Previous year to this one had seen the
adoption of several new policies on
induction, safeguarding, conduct,
whistleblowing. The policies were fully
embedded| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|The charity’s main activities are run by a
management teams with volunteers and
youth workers with oversight by the Board
of Trustees. This however is in the process
of being reviewed with a consideration for
formal appointment to paid roles| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**NA**| |Other||**NA**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|The Manchester Community and Youth Project| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|CYP, MANCOM, Community Youth Project| |Registered charity number|1170800| |Charity’s principal address|4 Davenport Street Bolton, BL1 2LT
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Mr Mohammad Al-
Tayar|Chairman|Till 6thOctober 2022|Board of Trustees| ||Mr Qasim Naqvi|Secretary|Till 10thJanuary2023|Board of Trustees| ||Mrs Shazia
Hussain|Treasurer||Board of Trustees| ||Mr Mubbashar
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onwards|Board of Trustees| ||Mr Syed Naqvi||From 10thJan 2023
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**Address**||| |**NA**||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** Syed Naqvi is a senior staff member who was appointed as Trustee from 10[th] January 2023 onwards ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **NA** ## **Other optional information** **NA** 8018 Declarations The Iiusleeg de(lare that they have approved the Iruslee5' repoil aix)ve. Signed on behalf ol ihe charily's Iruslee5 Signature