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2024-11-28-accounts

اﻟرﺣﯾم اﻟرﺣﻣن اﻟﻠہ ﺑﺳم اﻟﻌﺎﻟﻣﯾن رب ﻟﻠہ اﻟﺣﻣد اﻟﮑرﯾم ﻧﺑﯽ ﻋﻠﯽ واﻟﺳﻼم واﻟﺻﻠوات

Trustees' Report and Financial Statements for the period from

29 November 2023 to 31 December 2024 EASTLEIGH MASJID AND ISLAMIC CENTRE

Charity objects THE CHARITABLE OBJECTS OF THE MASJID ARE TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC DEEN (RELIGION) AND TO RELIEVE POVERTY, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS.

Charity number: 1180877 registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales on 04 November 2018 as a standard charity that will be dissolved because it has been registered on 24 July 2024 as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) number 1209279 .

Legal and administrative information

Name of the charity

EASTLEIGH MASJID AND ISLAMIC CENTRE

Charity number 1180877 ( Charity Commission for England and Wales) Business address 184 Chestnut Avenue EASTLEIGH Hampshire SO50 5BX Registered office 184 Chestnut Avenue EASTLEIGH Hampshire SO50 5BX Trustees

Independent Examiner Shakil Ahmed-Khan, Gazelle Professional Services

Howell Court, London w3 BJ

Trustees’ Report

  1. As trustees, we are pleased to present our report and the financial statements for the period from 29 November 2023 to 31 December 2024. We are most grateful to Almighty and Most Compassionate God who enabled us to serve the local Muslim community. We could not have done without the help of our volunteers and we pray to God to reward them and shower His blessings on them and their families. We also thank all those who bring their children to the centre for education which is in fact everyone’s centre. Jazakuum Allah khair for donations from all of you, totalling over £322,000 during this period. Alhamdulillah (the praise and thanks be to God). Trustees who served during the year and up to the date of this report are listed earlier in this document.

  2. During the past year, Eastleigh Masjid and Islamic Centre has advanced Islam, education community cohesion in Eastleigh and nearby areas. The Centre has provided Quran and other classes for girls, boys, young people, women and men.

  3. Regular programmes have included five daily congregational prayer services every day of the year and weekly congregational prayer service on Fridays, come rain or shine.

  4. The charity trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in section 4 of the 2006 Act to have due regard to guidance on public benefit published by the Charity Commission.

5. Governing Document: During the report period, he charity has been operating as a standard charity, governed through its standard charity constitution. However, It will be dissolved soon because it has been registered on 24 July 2024 as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) number 1209279 .

  1. Organisational Structure : The Charity has a management committee who has overall control and responsibility for policy and major decision making and all members of the committee are trustees.

  2. Risk Management: The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error. Safeguarding risk and fire risk have been mitigated through safeguarding and fire safety policy, procedures and staff training.

8. Volunteers and trustees: The Charity is heavily supported by our volunteers (in addition to the trustees) through their unpaid work to achieve its objectives. We also appreciate the hard work of our trustees. May Almighty God reward all of them abundantly in this world and the Hereafter! aameen

9. Statement of trustees' responsibilities: The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (UKAS). The law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements that give a true and fair view of charity and of the income and expenses of the charity for that year. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees have selected suitable accounting policies and then applied them consistently, made judgements and estimates that were reasonable and prudent, and followed the applicable UKAS. There were no material departures from the UKAS. We have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis. The trustees keep proper accounting records that show 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 2011. We have also fulfilled our responsibility (and continue to do so) for safeguarding the assets of the charity and for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other risks.

10. We do not have any financial reserves and do not have a reserves policy.

11. Being a small charity (income of less than £500,000), we have prepared receipts and payments accounts.

We again express our utmost gratitude to our Most Compassionate God for all His blessings and for giving us the opportunity to serve this centre. We pray to Him to accept our small service to His mosque and centre and the community and reward us with His grace and bounty.

Approved by the board of trustees and signed by the Chair of the board on its behalf

SABU HUSSAIN

Chair, Board of Trustees, signing on behalf of the Board of Trustees

Date: 04 Rajab 1447 after Hijrah. 24 December 2025 Christian era

Independent examiner's report to the trustees on the unaudited financial statements of Eastleigh Masjid and Islamic Centre

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Eastleigh Masjid and Islamic Centre (‘the Charity’) for the period from 29 November 2023 to 31 December 2024 set out later in this document.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and independent examiner

As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

You considered and decided that the audit requirement of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act), did not apply and that an independent examination was needed under section 145(1) of the Charities Act 2011 but section 145(3) of the Charities Act 2011 did not apply to this charity because its income was below the threshold of £250,000.

It is my responsibility to examine the accounts, to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of independent examiner's statement

My examination was carried out in accordance with the “Independent examination of charity accounts: Directions and guidance for examiners (CC32)” first published by the Charity Commission in September 2017 and became mandatory on 1[st] December 2017. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view' and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent examiner's statement

  1. I report in respect of my examination of the Charity accounts carried out under Section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

  2. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

a. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Charity as required by Section 130 of the Act; or

c. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

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

Brother Shakil Ahmed Khan MA, MBA, MSc, DPSI, AICEP, VIE

Gazelle Professional Services, Howell Court, London W3 8BJ

Statement of financial activities

For the period from 29 November 2023 to 31 December 2024
INCOME (see note 2) This period
Public donations £322,558
Total income
£322,558
EXPENDITURE(see note 3) This period
Part payment towards the purchase of property at 59 £360,198
Leigh Road EASTLEIGH
Legal fees in relation the purchase of the property 12,705
Professional fees 13,986
Other expenses 520
Total expenses £386,889
SURPLUS This period
Total income minus total expenses (£64,331)
Cash carried forward from last year 114,954
Total funds carried forward to the next year £50,623
BALANCE SHEET AS AT This period
31 DECEMBER 2024
A.
Fixed assets
Value of property at 59 Leigh Road EASTLEIGH £360,198
B.
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand 50,623
Creditors: amounts due within one year 0
Net current assets 50,623
C.
Net assets (A+B) minus any liabilities		 £410,821
Total funds £410,821

SABU HUSSAIN

Chair, Board of Trustees, signing on behalf of the Board of Trustees, Dated 24 December 2025

Notes to financial statements for the accounting period ended 31 December 2024

1. Basis of preparing the financial statements

The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

  1. Income

All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

  1. Expenditure

  2. Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on a receipts and payments basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

  3. Taxation The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.

  4. Fund accounting Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees. Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes. Where needed, further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.

  5. Trustees' remuneration and benefits

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the period ended 31 December 2024.

7. Trustees' expenses

There were no trustees' expenses paid for the period ended 31 December 2024.