## The Pickthall Foundation
Charity number 1182085
Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 5 April 2023
## The Pickthall Foundation
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 5 April 2023
|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|2 to 3|
|Receipts and payments account|4|
|Statement of assets and liabilities|5|
|Notes to the accounts|6 to 7|
## **Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
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## The Pickthall Foundation
## Trustees' report for the year ended 5 April 2023
## **Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors**
The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were: **Name Position Dates**
**Position Dates** Ridwaan Haris Chair Amin Ali Secretary Samina Hussain Treasurer **Charity number** 1182085 Registered in England and Wales
## **Charity number**
**Registered and principal address Bankers** 50 Peel Square Lloyds Bank Bradford Blackheath BD8 7QT Birmingham B26 3JW
## **Accountants West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
## **Structure, governance and management**
The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) foundation formed on 18 February 2019 and is governed by a constitution.
## **Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees**
The trustees of the charity are appointed by the members at the AGM.
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## The Pickthall Foundation
## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 5 April 2023
## **Objectives and activities**
## **The charity's objects**
To develop the capacity and skills of the members of the community of Bradford and district, and in particular (but not restricted to) the Muslim community, in such a way that they are better able to identify, and help meet, their needs and to participate more fully in society.
The promotion of religious harmony for the benefit of the public by: promoting knowledge and mutual understanding and respect of the beliefs and practices of different religious faiths.
## **The charity's main activities**
Running of a small community centre and creating volunteers, also providing leisure activities for young people.
## **Public benefit statement**
In setting our objectives and planning our activities our Trustees have given serious consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and in particular the advancement of religion.
## **Achievements and performance**
We organised Family Hubs, Interfaith Lunch, Feeding the homeless, Community Gatherings, Father and son indoor football session etc. Setting up a Youth Group.
## **Financial review**
The net payments for the year were £5,032, including net receipts of £3,010 on unrestricted funds and net payments of £8,042 on restricted funds.
## **Reserves policy**
The charity's free reserves, at the year end were £7,537.
The charity currently has no formal reserves policy.
Approved by the board of trustees on 28/09/2023
Samina Hussain (Trustee)
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## The Pickthall Foundation
## Receipts and payments account for the year ended 5 April 2023
|Notes
2023
Unrestricted
funds
£
**Receipts**
Grants
(2)
-
Member donations
978
Other donations
894
Fundraising event
1,325
Venue Hire
3,250
**Total receipts**
6,447
**Payments**
Broadband, electricity and water
1,766
Rates
-
Gas
-
Insurance
-
Accounts
240
Stationery
420
Food and refreshments
363
Equipment
146
Hall hire
-
Beneficiary support
462
Volunteers expenses
40
Travel
-
**Total payments**
3,437
**Net receipts / (payments)**
3,010
**Fund balances brought forward**
4,527
**Fund balances carried forward**
(3)
7,537|2023
Restricted
funds
£
1,000
-
-
-
-
1,000
51
-
135
-
-
603
1,233
4,235
2,580
-
45
160
9,042
(8,042)
8,042
-|2023
Total
funds
£
1,000
978
894
1,325
3,250
7,447
1,817
-
135
-
240
1,023
1,596
4,381
2,580
462
85
160
12,479
(5,032)
12,569
7,537|2022
Total
funds
£
10,000
858
-
950
4,440
16,248
1,623
1,971
588
620
240
118
380
1,410
50
-
-
-
7,000
9,248
3,321
12,569|
|---|---|---|---|
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## The Pickthall Foundation Statement of assets and liabilities
|as at 5 April 2023
2023
Unrestricted
£
**Cash funds**
Cash at bank
7,087
Cash in hand
450
**Total cash funds**
7,537|2023
Restricted
£
-
-
-|2023
Total
£
7,087
450
7,537|2022
Total
£
12,378
191
12,569|
|---|---|---|---|
**Assets retained for the charity's own use** Laptops Camera equipment Outdoor games Pool table / table tennis Kitchen equipment
|**Liabilities**
Creditors
Accruals|2023
£
651
300
951|
|---|---|
The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 28/09/2023
Samina Hussain (Trustee)
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## The Pickthall Foundation
## Notes to the accounts
for the year ended 5 April 2023
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **Basis of accounting**
The trustees have taken advantage of section 133 of the Charities Act 2011 and have prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis.
There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year.
No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.
## **Taxation**
As a charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts.
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## The Pickthall Foundation
## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 5 April 2023
|**2 **|**Grants**||2023|2023|2023|2022|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
||||funds|funds|funds|funds|
||||£|£|£|£|
||National Lottery Community|Fund (NLCF)|-|-|-|10,000|
||Bradford Council||-|1,000|1,000|-|
||||-|1,000|1,000|10,000|
|**3 **|**Restricted funds**|Balance b/f|Incoming|Outgoing|Transfers|Balance c/f|
||NLCF|£
8,042|£
-|£
8,042|£
-|£
-|
||Bradford Council|-|1,000|1,000|-|-|
|||8,042|1,000|9,042|-|-|
||**Fund name**|**Purpose of**|**restriction**||||
||NLCF|Towards the costs of community support activities and events.|||||
||Bradford Council|Towards the costs of offering a||warm space for the local community,|||
|||including heating, lighting, equipment, internet, food and refreshments.|||||
## **4 Related party transactions**
## **Donations from trustees and related parties**
The total aggregate value of unconditional donations to the charity from the trustees or related parties was £240 (2022: Nil).
## **Trustee expenses**
During the year one trustee was paid a total of £40 in respect of travel (previous year: Nil).
## **Trustee remuneration and benefits**
No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.
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