## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
> Period start date **To** Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year 01 08 2023 31 07 2024 **From**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** Arab Friendship Association **Other names charity is known by** AFA **Registered charity number (if any)** 1178515 **Charity's principal address** 20 GRANBY ROAD LUTON BEDFORDSHIER **Postcode LU4 9SZ**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**entitled to appoint trustee (if**
**any)**|
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## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser Name Address**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Constitution adopted on 05/05/2018 Type of governing document
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
Unincorporated association How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Elected by members at the annual general meeting (AGM) for 2 years Trustee selection methods period
(eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees.
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works.
- relationship with any related parties.
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
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## **Section C Objectives and activities**
**To advance education for the public benefit in the Arabic and English Summary of the objects of the languages and culture among all members of the public in Luton and charity set out in its the surrounding areas governing document**
- Continue the on-line Arabic school with the support of volunteers, teachers and the community. - Socially, the charity runs regular face-to-face events including monthly social gatherings and Ramadan gatherings. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
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**Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grant making.
- policy programme related investment.
- contribution made by volunteers.
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## Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
- the Online Arabic Classes had a successful outcome as students achieved the curriculum requirements and aims at each level.
- - we have good retention of ongoing students due to reasonable rate and high quality of education
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## **Section E Financial review**
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** The financial situation continues to be stable. The charity model remains affordable given the voluntary contributions of most members of the team. On the 31[st] of July 2024, we had £6624 in our bank accounts compared to £6785 the year before. **Details of any funds materially** We’re not running on deficit at the moment **in deficit**
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity.
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** SHOKRI OTHMAN SHOKRI OTHMAN (Oct 11, 2024 17:11 GMT+1) **Full name(s)** SHOKRI OTHMAN **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chairperson **etc)**
**Date** 07/10/2024
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|**CharName**||**No (if any)**|||
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|**ARAB FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION**||**1178151**|||
|**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||**CC16a**|
|Period start date
**For the period**
**from**
01/08/2023|**To**|Period end date
31/07/2024|||
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**2,120**
**12,661**
**629**
**703**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**16,112**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**16,112**
**10,949**
**-**
**2,725**
**1,188**
**235**
**104**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**15,201**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**15,201**
**912**
**-**
**-**
**912**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**2,120**
**12,661**
**629**
**703**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**16,112**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**16,112**
**10,949**
**-**
**2,725**
**1,188**
**235**
**104**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**15,201**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**15,201**
**912**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**2,120**
**12,661**
**629**
**703**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**16,112**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**16,112**
**10,949**
**-**
**2,725**
**1,188**
**235**
**104**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**15,201**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**15,201**
**912**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
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|DONATION|**2,120**|||||**1,740**|
|CLASSES FEES|**12,661**|||||**18,396**|
|REFUND|**629**|||||**312**|
|FUND RAIS|**703**|||||**218**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**16,112**|||||**20,667**|
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**(see table).**|||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||
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|Tutours expenses|**10,949**|||||**16,888**|
|MISC|**-**|||||**232**|
|Rent expenses|**2,725**|||||**1,325**|
|subscription|**1,188**|||||**2,391**|
|Events|**235**|||||**-**|
|refund|**104**|||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**15,201**|||||**20,836**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
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**912**||**- 169**|
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**the end of the period**||
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|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
ARAB FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION MAIN
BANK ACCOUNT
ARAB FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION
CLASSES ACCOUNT
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**965**
**-**
**5,661**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,626**
**-**
Agreement Error
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
MR. SHOKRI OTHMAN
N|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
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**funds**
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||MR SHOKRI OTHMA|MR. SHOKRI OTHMAN
N|05/10/2024|
||MR SHOKRI OTHMAN (Oct 7, 2024 17:54 GMT+1)
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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