SEW TRUST
ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS
FOR YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2026
SEW TRUST REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
The Charity Trustees submit their annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2026.
Reference and administration details
Charity name SEW Trust Registered charity number 1177414 Registered office 21 Normanton Road Leicester LE5 5JE
Charity Trustees
The first trustees were appointed by the trust deed on 5 March 2018 and hold office for life. Additional trustees are appointed for a term by the then trustees by a resolution passed at a meeting.
The Charity Trustees who served during the year were:
Abba Kassam Khatri Bashir Isak Abdulla Amad Ibrahim Girach
Governing document and constitution
The Trust is a charitable incorporated organisation formed using the foundation model dated 5 March 2018 and is registered as a Charity with Charity Commission for England and Wales under charity number 1177414.
Governance and management
The Trust is governed by the trustees, who are responsible for the effective management of the Trust.
Meetings are held on a regular basis.
Objects of the Charity
The principal objects of Sew Trust are:
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To relieve financial hardship, distress and suffering among poor people and other people in need by means of, but not exclusively, making grants or loans for providing or paying for items, equipment, services and facilities, including the provision of food, clean water and accommodation for the benefit of the said persons;
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To advance education for the benefit of the poor, the illiterate and the general public by means of, but not exclusively, the assistance in the provision of educational resources, equipment, activities and facilities, such as schools, libraries and training centres.
Activities report
In planning activities, the trustees kept in mind the Charity Commissioner’s guidance on public benefit at the meetings.
The charity provided funds by way of grants to construct a school in India.
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Volunteers
On occasions the Association involves volunteers in the delivery of its activities.
Reserves
It is the policy of the Charity to maintain unrestricted funds at a level in excess of annual unrestricted management and administration expenditure. Unrestricted funds are maintained at least at this level throughout the year.
Approved by the Board of the Charity Trustees on 6 May 2026 and signed on their behalf:
Bashir Isak Abdulla
Chairman
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF SEW TRUST
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2026 which are set out on page 4
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 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 examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
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the accounts do not accord with those records
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.
Yusuf Ghumra BSc FCA Chartered Accountant
45 Broadway Road Leicester LE5 5TB
6 May 2026
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SEW TRUST RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 31 MARCH 2026
| Receipts from: Donations: Voluntary donations Gift Aid Total receipts Payments: Donations distributed: India Other Bank charges Travel Taxation Total payments Net receipts / (payments) Transfer funds Cash balance brought forward Cash balance carried forward Represented by: Cash at bank and in hand |
Unrestricted funds £ - 16,887 16,887 - 800 114 1,350 100 2,364 14,523 (14,523) - - - |
Restricted funds £ 16,506 - 16,506 140,700 - - - - 140,700 (124,194) 14,523 109,699 28 28 |
2026 Total £ 16,506 16,887 33,393 140,700 800 114 1,350 100 143,064 (109,671) - 109,699 28 28 |
2025 Total £ 169,264 10,969 |
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180,233 |
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115,000 - 95 - - |
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115,095 |
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65,138 - 44,561 |
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109,699 |
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109,699 |
Approved by the Board of the Charity Trustees on 6 May 2026 and signed on their behalf:
Bashir Isak Abdulla
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