## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From: 01/04/2022 To: 31/03/2023** ## **Charity name: Al-Risalah** ## **Charity registration number:1176428** ## **Objectives and Activities** ## **There is no change regarding the information about Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To take care of the needs of orphans,**
**poor families especially widows by**
**providing basic necessities like food,**
**medicine, education and clean drinking**
**water to help them grow to their full**
**potential and become value adding**
**members of their 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|**1-Paying for orphan’s school fees,**
**uniform, books and other stationaries.**
**2-Orphans food**
**3-Orphans clothing**
**4-Orphans medical expenses**
**5-Feeding the poor families**
**6-Helping reconstruction and repair of**
**community’s prayer areas**
**7-Digging wells**
**8-Helping widows to start small**
**businesses to sustain them and their**
**orphaned children**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**We are aware of the Charity**
**Commission’s guidance on public**
**benefit and we have taken into account**
**the commission’s guidance whenever**
**making a decision to which the**
**guidance is relevant.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**We do not give grant.**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**Not relevant. We have not carried out**
**social investment**| 1 |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Al-Risalah depends on the contribution**
**of unpaid volunteers including the**
**trustee and the chairperson. Some of**
**them volunteer to fund raise and others**
**are on the ground executing projects**
**but we do not register the number of**
**hours they put in because we are not**
**paying them.**| |---|---|---| |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|**The charity provided food packs for up**
**to 1,143 poor families during the year**
**especially widows with orphan children**
**and elderly.**
**The charity paid the school fees and**
**school materials for 32 orphans.**
**Taking care of these orphans prevents**
**them from being in the streets or ending**
**up as criminals and beggars. We have**
**professional child care volunteer who**
**follows up on the progress of these**
**children with the schools.**
**The charity also paid for the health care**
**for the orphans.**
**We dug 2 water wells in different**
**villages where people had no clean**
**drinking water.**
**We repaired two community centres**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**We continue to cover all the health care**
**expenses of the orphans.**
**All the sponsored orphans are now**
**enrolled in a good school. We provided**
**after school tuition for the orphans that**
**were under performing in school. The**
**performance of the orphans improved**
**and continues to improve.**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**We planned to raise 60,000 GBP but we**
**achieved 50,187GBP.**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**We did not carry out any investment**| |Other||| 2 ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**We collect 50,187GBP and spent**
**44,851GBP**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We have a balance of 5,336 GBP at the**
**end of the reporting period**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**19,991 GBP**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**Not applicable (N/A)**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**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|**So far we have raised funds through**
**individual contributions and from our**
**social media posts and reminders**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**No investment was carried.**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**No risk identified last year. We continue**
**to pay orphan school fees directly to the**
**school and buy food, clothing, etc.**
**ourselves and deliver to the orphans.**
**We do the same thing with poor families**
**and widows. Our volunteers deliver in**
**person to ensure it falls in the hands of**
**the beneficiaries.**| |Other||| 3 ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO (Charitable Incorporated**
**Organisation)**| |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|**Because we don’t take paid Trustees we**
**select trustee based on their interest**
**and willingness in volunteering, their**
**skills, their networking abilities,**
**knowledge and experience necessary to**
**carry out the activities of the charity.**| ## **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|**When we have a new volunteer we do**
**induction on the purpose of the charity,**
**its activities and general rules in line**
**with the Charity Commissions guidance.**
**We also engage in advising,**
**encouraging, conducting group brain**
**storming sessions and motivation.**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**Trustees make the decision on use of**
**charity funds and how it is run.**
**Volunteers make administrative**
**decisions in their day to day**
**volunteering work.**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**N/A**| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|**Al- Risalah**| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|**None**| |Registered charity number|**1176428**| |Charity’s principal address|**FLAT 6 BEDFORD HOUSE 3 BENSHAM LANE**
**CROYDON**
**CR0 2RU**| 4 ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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5|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Wadhha El-Jaidy|||Wadhha El-Jaidy| ||Twaiba Ahmed|||Twaiba Ahmed| ||Burhan Moalim|||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets **None** held in this capacity Name and objects of the **None** charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for **None** safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 5 ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **N/A** ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signedon behalf of the charity’s trustees** ## **Signature(s)** **Full name(s)** Wadhha El-jaidy **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 30/01/2024 Twaiba Ahmed 6 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** |**Report to the trustees/**
**members of**
**On accounts for the year**
**ended**
**Set out on pages**|Al-Risalah|Al-Risalah|Al-Risalah| |---|---|---|---| ||||| ||31 March 2023|**Charity no**
**(if any)**|1176428| ||||| ||pages 8 to 9||| I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/03/2022. **Responsibilities and** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** 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 carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination 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. **Date:** 30/01/2024 **Signed: Name:** Maroof Adeoye MBA DChA FCIE MInstF **Relevant professional** FCIE **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** Maroof Suite, 30 Union Road Croydon, Surrey. CR0 2XU 7 **----- Start of picture text -----**
Charity Name: Al-Risalah No (1176428)
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period Period start date Period end date
To
from 1/4/2022 31/03/2023
Section A Receipts and payments
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
General donations 24,633 - - 24,633 4,286
Feeding the poor - 7,180 - 7,180 19,787
Mosque reconstruction and repair - 992 - 992 3,312
Orphan sponsorship - 6,700 - 6,700 8,184
Turkey earth quake appeal - 1,532 - 1,532
Digging Water well - 1,324 - 1,324 4,358
Zakat - 4,153 - 4,153 2,033
Qurbani - 1,695 - 1,695 4,140
Pakistan flooding appeal - 1,978 - 1,978 -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total (Gross income for
24,633 25,554 - 50,187 46,100
AR)
A2 Asset and investment
sales, (see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 24,633 25,554 - 50,187 46,100
A3 Payments
Orphan sponsorship 9,022 6,700 - 15,722 7,034
Feeding the poor 8,361 7,180 - 15,541 16,066
Mosque reconstruction and repair 1,529 992 - 2,521 2,877
Turkey earth quake - 1,532 - 1,532
Digging Water Well - 1,200 - 1,200 3,517
Qurbani - 1,695 - 1,695 4,140
Zaka - 4,153 - 4,153 425
Pakistan flooding appeal - 1,978 - 1,978 -
Auditing 400 - 400
Website hosting 109 - 109 -
Sub total 19,421 25,430 - 44,851 34,059
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total payments 19,421 25,430 - 44,851 34,059
Net of receipts/(payments) 5,212 124 - 5,336 12,041
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 14,779 8,209 - 22,988 10,947
Cash funds this year end 19,991 8,333 - 28,324 22,988
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8 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**|**Details**|**Details**|**Details**||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**| |**B1 Cash funds**|Cash at Bank and in Hand||||||||**-**| ||||||**19,991**||**8,333**||**-**| ||||||||||**-**| ||**_Total cash funds_**||||**19,991**||**8,333**||**-**| ||(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**|||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| ||**Details**||||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**||**Amount due**
**(optional)**||**When due**
**(optional)**| |**B5 Liabilities**|||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||||| |Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|Signature||||Print Name||||Date of
approval| ||||||WadhhaElJaidhy||||30/01/2024| ||||||Twaiba Ahmed||||30/01/2024| 9