## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1 April 2022 Period start date To 31 March 2023 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Bury Faith Forum**
## **Charity registration number: 1180349**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The object of the CIO is:**
**The promotion promotion of religious**
**harmony for the benefit of the public by:**
**(1)**
**Educating the public in different**
**religious beliefs including an awareness**
**of their distinctive features and their**
**common ground to promote good**
**relations between persons of different**
**faiths;**
**(2)**
**Promoting knowledge and mutual**
**understanding and respect of the beliefs**
**and practices of different religious**
**faiths;**
**(3)**
**Providing a range of interfaith**
**activities for people in Bury to enable**
**them to interact with people of different**
**religious faiths and better understand**
**their communities; and**
**(4)**
**Providing technical advice to**
**government and others on faith matters. **|
|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|**Bury Faith Forum met at regular**
**intervals during the year to discuss**
**matters relating to the different faith**
**communities and our involvement in**
**local matters and matters of concern to**
**the various faith groups.**
**We supported and advised on the Bury**
**Holocaust Memorial Day event.**
**We continued to support the Covid and**
**flu vaccination programmes.**
**We continued the collaboration with the**
**NHS and its chaplaincy on the new**
**multifaith space at the local hospital.**
**We held our first Interfaith Week event**
**for schools since before the pandemic,**
**welcoming 12 primary schools and two**
**secondary schools, thus increasing**
**awareness of the different faiths in Bury**
**and Greater Manchester and promoting**
**good relations between people of**
**different faiths. **|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees had and have regard to the**
**guidance issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit.**|
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## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Promoting and supporting the**
**vaccination programmes, visiting the**
**hospital chaplaincy unit to advise on the**
**new multifaith space, helping plan and**
**attending the HMD ceremony and**
**running the Interfaith Week event for**
**schools. **|
|Other||**Members and trustees attended meeting**
**with local authority reps and other**
**groups as requested.**|
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|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|**We promoted the value of faith in Bury**
**and liaised as appropriate for the benefit**
**of the wider community, eg with**
**foodbanks, refugees, homeless and**
**street pastors.**
**We promoted the NHS vaccination**
**programmes and helped increase the**
**take up rate of Covid and flu**
**vaccinations among others.**
**We ensured that awareness of genocide**
**and hate crime was highlighted and**
**promoted community cohesion.**
**Faith literacy and awareness was**
**improved, in particular in relation to our**
**Interfaith Week event for schools. **|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
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|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**Good, with a commitment to develop**
**further next year**|
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**N/A**|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**|
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Bury Faith Forum has £7458.91 in the**
**bank as at 31 March 2023**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
statingwhy they areheld|Para 1.22|**No other reserves are held**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**None**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Bury Faith Forum have no ongoing**
**expenses other than for our activities**
**and have money in the account to**
**continue with these. **|
|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|**N/A**|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**No funding applied for this year but**
**Bury Council and Bury VCFA have**
**provided money through grants applied**
**for inthe past. **|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed,royalcharter)|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|**Trustees are elected at the Annual**
**General Meeting**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charityname|BuryFaith Forum|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charitynumber|1180349|
|Charity’s principal address|19 ST. GEORGES ROAD
BURY
BL9 8JG|
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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||Fr Paul Cannon|Chair|||
||Sharon Beech|Secretary|||
||LIAQAT ALI|Vice-Chair|||
||Abdul Hafeez Anjum||||
||DAVID BARRIE LEWIS|Treasurer|||
||Samia Farid||||
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
N/A
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
**N/A**
## **Other optional information**
**N/A**
**Income and Expenditure 2022 – 2023**
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|Income|0|
|Expenditure|0|
|**Funds carried forward**|**£7458.91**|
|**Bury Faith Forum Accounts 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2023**||
|**Statement of Financial Position**
**2022-23**
**2021-22**
**Current Assets**
Cash at Bank
£7458.91
£7458.91
**Creditors**
**0**
**0**
**Net Assets**
**£7458.91**
**£7458.91**
**Funds of the Charity**
**Total Charity Funds**
**£7458.91**
**£7458.91**
**Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed** **on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)**_Paul Cannon_
**Full name(s)**Fr. Paul Cannon
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
Chair of Trustees
**Date**15 November 2023|**Statement of Financial Position**
**2022-23**
**2021-22**
**Current Assets**
Cash at Bank
£7458.91
£7458.91
**Creditors**
**0**
**0**
**Net Assets**
**£7458.91**
**£7458.91**
**Funds of the Charity**
**Total Charity Funds**
**£7458.91**
**£7458.91**
**Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed** **on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)**_Paul Cannon_
**Full name(s)**Fr. Paul Cannon
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
Chair of Trustees
**Date**15 November 2023|**Statement of Financial Position**
**2022-23**
**2021-22**
**Current Assets**
Cash at Bank
£7458.91
£7458.91
**Creditors**
**0**
**0**
**Net Assets**
**£7458.91**
**£7458.91**
**Funds of the Charity**
**Total Charity Funds**
**£7458.91**
**£7458.91**
**Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed** **on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)**_Paul Cannon_
**Full name(s)**Fr. Paul Cannon
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
Chair of Trustees
**Date**15 November 2023|
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||_Paul Cannon_||
||Fr. Paul Cannon||
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Chair of Trustees||
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