## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** 

**Section A                        Independent Examiner’s Report** 

**Report to the trustees/** Charity Name SAFFRON COMMUNITY TRUST **members of On accounts for the year** 31/12/2023 **Charity no** 1179726 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1-6 (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 Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/2023. 

- **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, 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 Trust’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** 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: 

- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or 

- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records 

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. 

* _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ 

**Signed:**[MSuleman ] **Date:** 31/10/2024 **Name:** M SULEMAN **Relevant professional** PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT **qualification(s) or body (if any):** ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT **Address:** C/O FUSION ACCOUNTING LTD 398A EAST PARK ROAD LEICESTER LE5 5HH 

**October 2018** 

**IER** 

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## **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 any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 

NONE 

**October 2018** 

**IER** 

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**Charity Name No (if any) SAFFRON COMMUNITY TRUST 1179726 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a** 

**For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/01/2023 31/12/2023 

|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Donations & Fees|**84,307**||**-**||**-**||**84,307**||**55,781**|
|Gift Aid|**6,864**||**-**||**-**||**6,864**||**5,282**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**91,171**||**-**||**-**||**91,171**||**61,063**|
|||||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||||||
|**Loans taken**|**34,000**||||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**34,000**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_ **<br>**A3 Payments**||||||||||
||||||||||**61,063**|
|||||||||||
|Food & Grants|**45,693**||||||||**6,360**|
|Professional & Legal Fees|**1,352**||||||||**4,182**|
|Travel Costs|**259**||||||||**140**|
|Repairs and Maintenance|**500**||||||||**2,289**|
|Insurance &Utilities|**3,941**||||||||**2,823**|
|Stationery, Books & Printing|**5,742**||||||||**3,323**|
|Sundrycosts|**1,511**||||||||**665**|
|Bank Charges|**569**||||||||**285**|
|Wages & Salaries|**53,538**||||||||**22,812**|
|Premises Hire|**5,495**||||||||**8,100**|
|Website & Software|**821**||||||||**-**|
|Office Equipment|**1,127**||||||||**1,680**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**120,548**||||||||**52,659**|
|||||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
|**Loan repayments**|**16,000**||||||||**-**|
||**-**|||||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**16,000**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_ **<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||||
||||||||||**52,659**|
|||||||||||
||**-                11,377**||||||**-                11,377**||**8,404**|
||**-**||||||**-**||**-**|
||**12,345**||||||**12,345**||**3,941**|
||**968**||||||**968**||**12,345**|



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## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 01 01 2023 **To** 31 12 2023 

## Section A                        Reference and administration details 

**Charity name Other names charity is known by** 

SAFFRON COMMUNITY TRUST 

**Registered charity number (if any)** 1179726 

**Charity's principal address** 20 HALLATON STREET 

LEICESTER **Postcode LE2 8QU** 

## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**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)** 

**TAR** 

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**Section B              Structure, governance and management** 

## **Description of the charity’s trusts** 

Type of governing document 

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 29 AUGUST 2018 

- (eg. trust deed, constitution) 

CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION How the charity is constituted 

- (eg. trust, association, company) 

Trustee selection methods 

APPOINTED BY TRUSTEE MAJORITY 

(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. 

## **Section C                    Objectives and activities** 

## (1) 

TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, DISTRESS AND SUFFERING AMONG POOR PEOPLE, VICTIMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS 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, CLOTHING AND MEDICINES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SAID PERSONS; 

**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** 

## (2) 

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE POOR, THE UNDERPRIVILEGED AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY MEANS OF, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE PROVISION OR THE ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF SUPPLEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND NURSERIES; 

## (3) 

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH: 

(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL 

**TAR** 

March **2012** 

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WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; (B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS. (4) TO ADVANCE THE RELIGION OF ISLAM BY MEANS OF, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES OF WORSHIP AND ISLAMIC EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHINGS OF THE QURAN AND THE SUNNAH OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD (PEACE BE UPON HIM) AS INTERPRETED BY THE AHLE SUNNAH WAL JAMAAH SCHOOL OF THOUGHT . 

DURING THE PERIOD, THE CHARITY PROVIDED PRAYER SERVICES AND OPERATED A FOOD BANK FOR LOCAL PEOPLE. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the** ALSO, ISLAMIC EDUCATION CLASSES WERE ALSO ESTABLISHED FOR LOCAL CHILDREN. THE TRUSTEES **public benefit in relation to** DISTRIBUTED FOOD THAT BENEFITTED OVER 100 PEOPLE IN **these objects (include within** THE SAFFRON LANE AREA. **this section the statutory declaration that trustees** THE ABOVE ACTIVITIES HAVE ALLOWED THE CHARITY TO **have had regard to the** ALLEVIATE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP FOR THOSE IN NEED FOR **guidance issued by the** AND ADVANCE ISLAM FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT. THE TRUSTEES **Charity Commission on** HAVE HAD DUE REGARD TO THE PUBLIC BENEFIT GUIDANCE **public benefit)** OF THE CHARITY COMMISSION AND CONFIRM THAT THEY ARE DELIVERING PUBLIC BENEFIT. 

## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: 

- policy on grantmaking; 

- policy programme related investment; 

- contribution made by volunteers. 

## Section D                      Achievements and performance 

DURING THE PERIOD, THE CHARITY PROVIDED PRAYER **Summary of the main** SERVICES AND OPERATED A FOOD BANK FOR LOCAL PEOPLE. **achievements of the charity** ALSO, ISLAMIC EDUCATION CLASSES WERE ALSO ESTABLISHED **during the year** FOR LOCAL CHILDREN. THE TRUSTEES DISTRIBUTED FOOD THAT BENEFITTED OVER 100 PEOPLE IN THE SAFFRON LANE AREA. 

**TAR** 

March **2012** 

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