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2020-12-31-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 01/01/2020 Period start date To 31/12/2020 Period end date

Charity name: Greentech Apps Foundation

Charity registration number: 1178251

Objectives and Activities

SORP
reference
Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document		 Para 1.17 1. To advance the religion of Islam and the
promotion of the teachings and tenets of
Islam, particularly but not exclusively, by the
provision of educational resources, software,
materials and publications.
2. To advance the education of the public in
the subject of Islam, particularly but not
exclusively, through the provision of online
learning materials for the public and
students.
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		 In light of the purposes of the charity as set
out in its governing document, the main
activities of the charity is to develop and
disseminate educational Islamic resources to
the public by developing software that are
distributed via the web, desktop and mobile
applicationplatforms.
Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit		 Para 1.18 The trustees confirm that they have
conducted the affairs of the charity with
regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance
on public benefit.

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’s current primary activity involves
developing educational Islamic mobile
applications and disseminating them to the
public, worldwide, for free.
2020 has been a challenging year for many
due to the pandemic. However, by the grace
of The Almighty, we have made some
exemplary achievements. We focused
mainly on team building, foundation, and
stability. From expanding our team to making
our software better for our large worldwide
user base, 2020 has been busy at
Greentech Apps Foundation.
Key milestones for 2020:
1. Team building and process formation
Since the beginning of our journey since
2015, we have been working on building the
products and providing the users with the
best set of features and best possible
experience. Now that we have a large user
base to support, we decided to scale the
team up with a vision to achieve a bigger
goal, “Meeting Ummah’s Digital Needs”.
Before April 2020, we had only one full-time
and one part-time developer along with the
core members and volunteers. To keep up
with the maintenance of the applications and
achieve our organization's global vision, we
decided to scale up.
We have recruited 5 full-time and 3 part-time
technical personnel to support our existing
projects.
We have also introduced Agile project
management methodology to better manage
our team and multiple software projects.
Furthermore, we are using social media
platforms to reach more people worldwide.
We have also introduced a ticketing system
for better user support.
2. Support more platforms
Previously, we have been mostly focusing on
the Android platform for our mobile
applications, having 10 applications in the
Google Play Store but only 2 for the Apple
App Store. Due to popular demand, we have
decided to increase our offering for the Apple
App Store.

In 2020, we released 2 more applications in the Apple App Store for iOS users and 1 application for macOS users. For the Apple App Store, most of our users are based in Malaysia, followed by the United States and the United Kingdom. 3. Improving user experience We have focused on seamless user experience and have been able to reduce the crash rates significantly. We also solved numerous user experience issues, further improving the quality of our applications. We have also focused on the design of our applications, by introducing modern user interface designs. 4. Growing more and more In line with popular user requests, we have released a new application that aids memorization of the Quran for the android platform. There has been an unmet user demand in this area, and we are really pleased to offer this high quality application for free, for the worldwide user base. By the end of 2020, our applications were installed on more than 1 million devices, spreading across 150 countries. The top 10 countries in terms of user base are: Bangladesh, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Nigeria, United Kingdom, USA, Saudi Arabia, and Singapore. We are committed to support more languages, to reach more users and to make Islamic educational software accessible to the masses. In the coming years, we will be focusing on making our applications suitable for neurodiverse users and for people with disabilities.

Financial Review

Financial Review
SORP
reference
Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period		 Para 1.21 The charity has adopted a fairly cautious
approach in regard to its finances and
expenditures. The charity is grateful for the
response from the community and are
pleased that we have been able to achieve
our fundraising target of£50,000in the third
financial year. The charity has received
donations totalling£56,437and have made
expenses totalling£21,555, with total funds
of£55,136available to the charity at the end
of the financial year.
Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held		 Para 1.22 General policy is to hold 6 months of
operating expenses as reserves and in
practice the charity has decided that
donations incoming through PayPal will be
held as reserves whereas donations
incoming through Stripe will be used for
maintaining operating costs.
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 £25,653(Funds in PayPal account)
Reasons for holding zero
reserves		 Para 1.22 N/A
Details of fund materially in
deficit		 Para 1.24 N/A
Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern		 Para 1.23 The charity does not foresee any
uncertainties in regard to finances.

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s
trusts:		 SORP
reference
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

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 Apart from the first charity trustees, every
trustee must be appointed by a resolution
passed at a properly convened meeting of
the charity trustees.
In selecting individuals for appointment as
charity trustees, the charity trustees must
have regard to the skills, knowledge and
experience needed for the effective
administration of the CIO.

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name Greentech Apps Foundation
Other name the charity uses

Registered charitynumber		 1178251
Charity’s principal address 20 Lilac Court,
Cambridge
CB1 7AY

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year
1 Priota Islam Founding Trustee
2 Sharif Morshed
Oct2018 onwards
3 Emilia Hye-Ceklarz Dec 2018 onwards
4 Abu Ismail Feb 2020 onwards

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets
held in this capacity		 N/A

Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects		 N/A

Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets		 N/A

Exemptions from disclosure Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

N/A

Declarations

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Declarations Declarations Declarations
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s)
Full name(s) Priota Islam Abu Hamed Md Ismail
Position (eg Secretary,
Chair, etc)		 Chair Trustee
Date 17/10/2021 17/10/2021
Charity Name
Greentech Apps Foundation		 Charity Name
Greentech Apps Foundation		 Charity Name
Greentech Apps Foundation		 No (if any)
1178251
Receipts andpayments accounts
For the period
from		 Period start date
1/1/2020		 To Period end date
31/12/2020

CC16a

Section A Receipts and payments

A1 Receipts Unrestricted
funds
to the nearest £
205
14,259
40,581
278
1,114
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-
56,437		 Restricted funds
to the nearest £
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-		 Endowment
funds
to the nearest £
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-		 Total funds
to the nearest £
205
14,259
40,581
278
1,114
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56,437		 Last year
to the nearest £
Donations through Google PlayStore 205 - - 205 159
Donations through PayPal 14,259 - - 14,259 8,429
Donatons through Stripe 40,581 - - 40,581 12,318
General Donations 278 - - 278 0
Other Revenue 1,114 - - 1,114 0
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- - - - -
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Sub total(Gross income for AR) 56,437 - - 56,437 20,906
Sub total(Gross income for AR) , , ,
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
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Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 56,437 - - 56,437 20,906
A3 Payments
Direct Expenses 2,683 - - 2,683 1,329
Direct Wages 16,695 - - 16,695 7,498
Advertising& Marketing 1,549 - - 1,549 1,349
Bank Fees 98 - - 98 13

CCXX R accounts (SS)

1

General Expenses 113 - - 113 13
Postage,Freight & Courier - - - - 2
Subscriptions 395 - - 395 137
Telephone & Internet 22 - - 22 20
Travel - National - - - - -
**Sub total ** 21,555 - - 21,555 10,360
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
**Sub total ** - - - - -
Total payments 21,555 - - 21,555 10,360
Net of receipts/(payments) 34,882 **- ** **- ** 34,882 10,546
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 20,254 - - 20,254 -
Cash funds this year end 55,136 - - 55,136 10,546

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories
nds		 PayPal
Stripe
Cashplus
TransferWise
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
Details		 Unrestricted
funds
to nearest £
23,935
25,653
121
5,428
55,136
OK		 Restricted funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
OK		 Endowment
funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
OK

B1 Cash funds

CCXX R accounts (SS)

2

B2 Other monetary assets

B3 Investment assets

B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use

Unrestricted
funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Restricted funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Endowment
funds
to nearest £
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -

Details

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belongs
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CCXX R accounts (SS)

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B5 Liabilities

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees

Details Fund to which
liability relates		 Amount due
(optional)
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(optional)
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Signature Print Name
Priota Islam
Abu Ismail		 Date of approval
Priota Islam 17/10/2021
Abu Ismail 17/10/2021

CCXX R accounts (SS)

4

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of Greentech Apps Foundation

On accounts for the year 31 December 2020 Charity no 1178251 ended (if any)

Set out on pages

N/A

(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Charity”) for the year ended 31 / 12 / 2020 .

Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Charity, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report 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 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed 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 which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed: Date: 16/10/2021

Name: Rubaiyat Ahsan, ACMA, CGMA

Relevant professional Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) qualification(s) or body (if any):

Address: 124 Engaine Drive, Shenley Church End, Milton Keynes, MK5 6DH

Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of N/A any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .