Trustees’ annual report (including Directors’ report) for the period
Financial period start date: 26/02/2023 Financial period end date: 25/08/2024
Charity name: Qur’an Halaqah
Other name charity uses: QH
Charity registration number: 1175384
Principle Charity Address: 29 Evandale Road SW9 6SU
Structure, governance and management
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Governing Document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 26 Oct 2017
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Charitable Incorporated Organisation
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Trustees are appointed as per the charity commission guidelines
Our charity is run by 3 trustees, led by the chair of trustees, who have met regularly to plan, review and evaluate our activities.
Names of trustees who manage the charity:
Miss Seliat Agboola Miss Khudeja Begum Miss Azeezat Akande
We are supported by a wider network of volunteers, totalling 7, who help to carry out the charity’s activities. Trustees agree to review and evaluate the appointment of trustees every 3 years and in selecting individuals for appointment as charity trustees, the charity trustees consider the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO. Our trustees are encouraged to take part in the charity’s activities as well as attend seminars and courses which they believe will enhance their contribution to the charity. Trustees meet for annual reviews and regularly review the key policies that the charity is governed upon as well as our constitution.
Objectives and activities
Our objects as outlined in our governing document is to: advance the Islamic religion for the benefit of the public, particularly Muslim women in the UK, by means of raising awareness, providing information and offering advice about the Qur'anic scripture.
We have realised these objects through the following activities:
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Producing and/or distributing literature on the Qur’an to enlighten others about the Qur’an and the Islamic religion
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Providing coaching and mentoring to support Muslim Women and girls in their study of the Qur’an and the Islamic religion
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Organising lectures and gatherings for Muslim Women to meet to discuss the Qur’an and the Islamic religion
Trustees have worked to ensure that all activities planned and undertaken have been done with regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. Trustees believe that our activities encourage those that we work with to develop in a holistic manner thus becoming the best version of themselves thus positively affecting their families, communities and supporting their ability to contribute to society at large.
Achievements and performance
We’ve focussed our attention on our long term programmes namely the Qur’an Coach Training Programme and the Qur’an Development Programme. We continue to support other organisations by facilitating masterclasses based on the work that we do. One such masterclass we facilitated is a Tajweed workshop introducing and explaining tajweed and offering sisters an opportunity to get feedback on their recitation and train to become teachers.
As a result of the legacy of the COVID 19 pandemic most of our programmes have been carried out online with one face to face Meet Up. As things are slowly returning to normal we are hopeful to start up our retreats once again- this is a key area of development as it’s something that comes up repeatedly when interacting with sisters who use our service.
Major Projects
Qur’an Development Programme
The previous Qur’an & Me programme transitioned into the Qur’an Development programme a more robust programme enabling sisters to holistically walk with the Qur’an. Our current programme has been running for the last 4 years and consists of
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A mudarasah where we sit together (online) and recite and reflect on the Qur'an from cover to cover
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One to one teaching and coaching where sisters work towards their own Qur'an goals
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In person Meet ups
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Masterclasses covering different sciences of the Qur'an
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Question, answer & advice service relating to journeying with the Qur'an
We have completed our first khatmah of the Qur’an.. Moving forward our attention will be on how to build on what we have learnt from establishing such a programme. The individual coaching sessions have been popular and coachees have benefitted from the hifdh, memorisation, element of the programme. This was often a stumbling block for sisters, but the communal element realised through buddies, coaching and group revision has helped encourage sisters to remain consistent.
QUR’AN COACH TRAINING PROGRAMME (QCTP)
QCTP is a programme to develop advanced Qur’an students and enable them to coach and support other women on their Qur’an journeys. Previously we advertised the programme and continued to interview and select 10 coaches to join the programme and begin their training. These coaches came from different age groups and lifestyles. Training was given in house and supported by other training partners specialising in the Qur’anic Sciences. Coaches completed a modules on Qur’an recitation and tajweed theory and another on memorising the Qur’an. They journaled, completed coaching calls with senior coaches to monitor, reflect and advance their development.
The greatest strength of the programme coachees identified was its consistency and “bitesize” nature. Our focal area of improvement moving forward will be to consider how our masterclasses can be used to further support sisters. Currently they are standalone and give insights into other areas of the Qur’anic sciences. Suggestions include planning these in a more fluid way that resembles a more joint up curriculum meeting our coachees needs. Additionally we found that some coaches struggled with consistency. To scale the programme and offer more consistent support for the Qur’an Development Programme that coaches are to support we fundraise during Ramadan 2023. Our next step will be to further train our coaches and establish systems such that they can consistently support the QDP.
Financial review
At the end of the reporting period, Qur’an Halaqah had
Income £ 5793 Spending £ 1052
RESERVES POLICY
The trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level which equates to 3 months of the charity’s main overhead costs. This at the moment corresponds to low reserves as our main overhead costs are only to maintain our online presence through our website and other platforms and as such are covered by donations.
ACCOUNTS Separate File
Declarations
The company has taken advantage of the small companies’ exemption in preparing the report above.
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report (including directors’ report) above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:
Signature
Full name Seliat Agboola
Position Chair of Trustees
Date 30/08/2024
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Qur'an Halaqah 1175384
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period 26/2/2023 To 25/8/2024
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Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Endowment
Restricted funds Total funds Last year
funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Donations- One off 5,793 - - 5,793 300
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5,793 - - 5,793 300
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see
table).
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Total receipts 5,793 - - 5,793 300
A3 Payments
Zoom Account License 302 - - 302 173
Qur'an Coach Lessons 750 - - 750 100
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Sub total 1,052 - - 1,052 273
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
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Total payments 1,052 - - 1,052 273
Net of receipts/(payments) 4,741 - - 4,741 27
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 142 - - 142 -
Cash funds this year end 4,883 - - 4,883 142
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
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| B1 Cash funds | Cash in bank and in hand | - 115- |
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| Total cash funds | - 115- |
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of
all the trustees Signature Print Name Date of approval
Seliat Agboola 30/08/2024
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