Charity number: 1177751 Company number: CE013672
The Abrahamic Reunion (England)
Trustees' report and financial statements
for the year ended 31 March 2023
The Abrahamic Reunion (England)
Contents
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| Legal and administrative information | 1 |
| Trustees report | 2 - 3 |
| Statement of financial activities | 4 |
| Balance sheet | 5 |
| Notes to the financial statements | 6 - 8 |
The Abrahamic Reunion (England)
Legal and administrative information
Charity number 1177751 Company registration number CE013672 Registered office 3 Drummond Drive Stanmore HA7 3PF Trustees Amanda Kenton Michael Macy Michael Kenton
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The Abrahamic Reunion (England)
Report of the trustees for the year ended 31 March 2023
The trustees present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2023. The trustees who served during the year and up to the date of this report are set out on page 1.
Structure, governance and management
The charity commenced operation in 2017 and was registered with the Charity Commission as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation on the 28th March 2018
Objectives and activities
THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS HARMONY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:
(A) PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT OF THE BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS FAITHS.
(B) BY ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION CHANNELS TO ENABLE PEOPLE OF ONE FAITH TO UNDERSTAND THE
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS OF OTHERS, BY PUBLIC ADVOCACY, BY EDUCATION, AND BY ESTABLISHING MULTI-RELIGIOUS DISCUSSION GROUPS TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT FAITHS
(C) ORGANIZING PUBLIC, NON-POLITICAL, MULTI-FAITH GROUP WALKS, AND PUBLIC MEETINGS, IN CO-OPERATION WITH LOCAL RELIGIOUS LEADERS, IN INSULAR SPIRITUAL COMMUNITIES PRONE TO RADICALIZATION, AND IN PLACES WHERE RELIGIOUSLY MOTIVATED VIOLENCE HAVE TAKEN PLACE.
(D) IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL GROUPS, CO-HOSTING PUBLIC MULTI-FAITH PRAYERS THAT INCLUDE MUSLIMS, JEWS, CHRISTIANS AND DRUZE AND OTHER RELIGIONS.
(E) SUPPORTS MULTI-FAITH WOMENÆS MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE HOLY LAND.
(F) TRAIN AND EQUIP YOUNG PEOPLE, WOMEN, INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS TO TRANSFORM CONFLICT, AND BECOME MULTI Û FAITH GROUP FACILITATORS AND EFFECTIVE PEACE-MAKERS.
(G) SUPPORTS MULTI-FAITH STUDENT ACTIVITIES ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES THROUGH THE CAMPUS PEACE-MAKERÆS PILOT PROJECT.
(H) HOSTING REGULARLY SCHEDULED MULTI FAITH SCRIPTURAL STUDY AND DISCUSSION GROUPS IN SYNAGOGUES, MOSQUES AND CHURCHES AND SEMI-ANNUAL INTERFAITH CONFERENCES FOR ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS WORKING FOR INTERFAITH UNDERSTANDING THROUGHOUT THE HOLY LAND.
(I) SPONSORING AN ANNUAL RAMADAN IFTAR PEACE DINNER WHERE 200-300 CHRISTIANS, JEWS AND DRUZE PREPARE AND CELEBRATE A RAMADAN IFTAR FOR THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY.
(J) COUNTERACTING RADICALIZATION IN THE PRISON POPULATION BY TRAINING CLERGY, STAFF AND INMATES IN OUR MULTI-FAITH PEACEMAKING METHODOLOGIES.
Achievements and performance
WE PROVIDE EDUCATION, INSPIRATION AND ACTION TO PROMOTE INTER-RELIGIOUS HARMONY IN OUR MULTI-FAITH SOCIETY. WE ARE NON-POLITICAL AND RESPECT ALL FAITHS AND SPIRITUAL PATHS EQUALLY.
WE DEMONSTRATE WAYS IN WHICH DIFFERENT FAITHS CAN AND ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO PROMOTE INTERFAITH HARMONY. THIS INCLUDES PRESENTATIONS AT SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, PLACES OF WORSHIP, PRISONS AND PRIVATE HOMES.
Financial review
THE CHARITY HAD A VERY QUIET YEAR, WITH LESS ACTIVITY THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS WHICH RESULTED IN REDUCED INCOME AND EXPENDITURE. THE TRUSTEES ARE REVIEWING FORECASTS FOR THE FUTURE TO ENSURE THE ABILITY OF THE CHARITY TO CONTINUE OPERATING.
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The Abrahamic Reunion (England)
Report of the trustees for the year ended 31 March 2023
Statement of trustees' responsibilities
The trustees are responsible for preparing the annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.
Law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of charity's financial activities during the year and of its financial position at the end of the year. In preparing financial statements giving a true and fair view, the trustees are required to:
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select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and
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prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 1993. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
On behalf of the board
Amanda Kenton Trustee
14 September 2023
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The Abrahamic Reunion (England)
Statement of financial activities
For the year ended 31 March 2023
| Unrestricted funds Notes £ Incoming resources Incoming resources from generating funds: Voluntary income 2 1,072 Activities for generating funds 3 89 Total incoming resources 1,161 Resources expended Costs of generating funds: Fundraising trading: cost of goods sold and other costs 4 - Charitable activities 5 1,245 Total resources expended 1,245 Total funds brought forward 1,537 Total funds carried forward 1,453 |
2023 Total £ 1,072 89 1,161 - 1,245 1,245 1,537 1,453 |
2022 Total £ 600 114 |
|---|---|---|
| 714 | ||
| 413 1,326 |
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| 1,739 | ||
| 2,562 | ||
| 1,537 |
The notes on pages 6 to 8 form an integral part of these financial statements.
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The Abrahamic Reunion (England)
Balance sheet as at 31 March 2023
| Notes Current assets Cash at bank and in hand Net current assets Net assets Funds 8 Unrestricted income funds Total funds |
2023 £ £ 1,453 1,453 1,453 1,453 1,453 1,453 |
2022 £ £ 1,537 1,537 1,537 1,537 1,537 1,537 |
2022 £ £ 1,537 1,537 1,537 1,537 1,537 1,537 |
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| 1,537 | |||
| 1,537 | |||
| 1,537 |
The financial statements were approved by the trustees on 14 September 2023 and signed on its behalf by
Amanda Kenton Trustee
The notes on pages 6 to 8 form an integral part of these financial statements.
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The Abrahamic Reunion (England)
Notes to financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2023
1. Accounting policies
The principal accounting policies are summarised below. The accounting policies have been applied consistently throughout the year and the preceding year.
1.1. Basis of accounting
The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective January 2007), the Statement of Recommended Practice 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities' issued in March 2005 (SORP 2005) and the Charities Act 1993.
1.2. Incoming resources
All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when the charity is entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:
Voluntary income is received by way of grants, donations and gifts and is included in full in the statement of financial activities when receivable. Grants where entitlement is not conditional on the delivery of a specific performance by the charity, are recognised when the charity becomes unconditionally entitled to the grant.
Donated services and facilities are included at the value to the charity where this can be quantified. The value of services provided by volunteers has not been included.
Gifts donated for resale are included as incoming resources within activities for generating funds when they are sold.
Income from the charity shop is included in the year in which it is receivable.
1.3. Resources expended
Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates.
Costs of generating funds comprise the costs associated with attracting voluntary income and the costs of trading for fundraising purposes including the charity's shop.
Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them.
Fundraising costs are those incurred in seeking voluntary contributions and do not include the costs of disseminating information in support of the charitable activities.
1.4. Research and development
Research expenditure is written off to the profit and loss account in the year in which it is incurred.
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The Abrahamic Reunion (England)
Notes to financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2023
| 2. Voluntary income Unrestricted funds £ Donations 1,072 1,072 3. Activities for generating funds Unrestricted funds £ Shop income 89 89 4. Fundraising trading Event costs 5. Costs of charitable activities - by fund type Unrestricted funds £ Charitable activities 1,245 1,245 6. Costs of charitable activities - by activity Activities undertaken directly £ Charitable activities 1,245 1,245 |
2023 Total £ 1,072 1,072 2023 Total £ 89 89 2023 Total £ - - 2023 Total £ 1,245 1,245 2023 Total £ 1,245 1,245 |
2022 Total £ 600 |
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| 600 | ||
| 2022 Total £ 114 |
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| 114 | ||
| 2022 Total £ 413 |
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| 413 | ||
| 2022 Total £ 1,326 |
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| 1,326 | ||
| 2022 Total £ 1,326 |
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| 1,326 |
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The Abrahamic Reunion (England)
Notes to financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2023
7. Employees
Employment costs
No salaries or wages have been paid to employees, including the trustees, during the year.
Number of employees
The average monthly numbers of employees (including the trustees) during the year, calculated on the basis of full time equivalents, was as follows:
| 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Number | Number |
| 1 | 1 |
| The Charity had no employees during the year. 8. Analysis of net assets between funds Fund balances at 31 March 2023 as represented by: Current assets 9. Unrestricted funds Unrestricted funds Purposes of unrestricted funds |
Unrestricted funds £ 1,453 1,453 At Incoming Outgoing 2022 resources resources £ £ £ 1,537 1,161 ) (1,245 |
Total funds £ 1,453 |
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| 1,453 | |||
| At 2023 £ 1,453 |
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Unrestricted funds may be used for any purpose deemed by the Trustees to be in accordance with the aims of The Abrahamic Reunion (England)
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The Abrahamic Reunion (England)
Detailed statement of financial activities
For the year ended 31 March 2023
| Incoming resources Incoming resources from generating funds: Voluntary income Donations Activities for generating funds Shop income Total incoming resources from generating funds Total incoming resources Resources expended Costs of generating funds: Fundraising trading: cost of goods sold and other costs Event costs Activity 2 - Purchases Total fundraising trading cost of goods sold and other costs Total costs of generating funds |
2023 £ £ 1,072 1,072 89 89 1,161 1,161 - - - - |
2022 £ £ 600 600 114 114 714 714 413 413 413 413 |
2022 £ £ 600 600 114 114 714 714 413 413 413 413 |
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| 600 | |||
| 114 | |||
| 114 | |||
| 714 | |||
| 714 | |||
| 413 | |||
| 413 | |||
| 413 |
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The Abrahamic Reunion (England)
Detailed statement of financial activities
For the year ended 31 March 2023
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||
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| £ | £ | |||||
| Charitable activities | ||||||
| Charitable activities | ||||||
| Activities undertaken directly | ||||||
| Marketing & advertising | 134 | 880 | ||||
| Web Design | 397 | - | ||||
| Donations | - | 85 | ||||
| Bank charges | - | 4 | ||||
| Subscriptions | 714 | 357 | ||||
| 1,245 | 1,326 | |||||
| Charitable activities total expenditure | 1,245 | 1,326 | ||||
| Total charitable activity expenditure | 1,245 | 1,326 | ||||
| Net incoming/(outgoing) resources for the year | (84 | ) | (1,025 | ) |
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