Registered Charity Number: 1182378
Masjid Omar
Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2022
Masjid Omar
Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 March 2022
The trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2021 and confirm they comply with the Charities Act 1993, as amended by the Charities Act 2006, the trust deed and the Charities SORP 2005.
Reference and Administrative Information
Charity Name Masjid Omar Charity Registration Number 1182378 Principal Office 32 Blacker Road Huddersfield HD1 5HT
Board of Trustees
Tariq Habib Abdul Nazir Rasul Mohammad Nisar Kenneth Anthony Charles Mohammad Abdul Majid Naseeb Ur Rehman Alvi
Imams
Naseeb Ur Rehman Alvi
Accountants
BHM & CO 8e Spaines Road Huddersfield HD2 2QA
Bankers
Lloyds Bank 1 Westgate Huddersfield HD1 2DN
Masjid Omar
Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 March 2022
Structure, governance and management
Governing document
Masjid Omar is constituted as a charitable trust registered with the Charity Commission in March 2019 under charity number 1182378.
Organisational structure
The charity trustees are responsible for the general control and management of the charity. The trustees give their time freely and receive no remuneration or other financial benefits. The trustees meet together as a body monthly and are responsible for all decisions taken in relation to running the Mosque and the community facilities and the activities provided by the charity. To assist in the smooth running of the charity the trustees have set up a number of sub-committees that help them oversee certain aspects of the charity’s work. Sub-committees are currently set up for finance and for the day-to-day management of the building and report back with their recommendations to the full meeting of the trustees. The sub-committees each meet as and when required depending on the urgency and nature of the task in hand. The chair of trustees chairs both sub-committees whose membership reflects the particular skills that trustees can bring to the work of the sub-committees.
Recruitment and appointment of trustees
The existing trustees are responsible for the recruitment of new trustees but in so doing the trustees seek the views and recommendations of both elders and community leaders. The trustees believe this approach ensures that new trustees are respected members of the faith and local communities and ensures that good relations are fostered between the Mosque and the people of the local community that we serve.
In selecting new trustees, we seek to identify people who regularly attend events and functions organised by the charity and are willing to volunteer to help in our broader community work. Potential trustees are invited to attend trustees’ meetings as observers and are given more details of the charity’s aims and activities and, if all agree, they are then proposed as new trustees at the subsequent trustees’ meeting. This process allows due consideration of the person's eligibility, personal competence, specialist knowledge and skills.
Induction and training of trustees
Following appointment, new trustees are introduced to their new role and a guide to the policies and procedures adopted by our charity. A number of publications from the Charity Commission are also sign posted including the guidance on charities and public benefit and on the advancement of religion for the public benefit. This ensures that new trustees are aware of the scope of their responsibilities under the Charities Act. Initially, new trustees work with an existing trustee assisting on particular activities and projects run by the charity. After satisfactory feedback from existing trustees, they are then given the task of leading a particular activity or project, reporting progress at trustees’ meetings.
Risk management
The trustees have assessed the risks the charity faces and have discussed a risk matrix which identifies the major risks by area of activity, the nature of those risks, the likelihood of the risks happening and the measures taken to manage them. The trustees review this risk matrix regularly at their meetings and at meetings of the two sub- committees on finance and buildings. The trustees are satisfied that systems are in place, or arrangements are in hand, to manage the risks that have been identified. In particular, insurance cover is in place and the finances of the Mosque are kept under review. Appropriate Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks, supported by regularly reviewed policies, are made for all those who work with children or other vulnerable groups within the Mosque or community centre.
Objectives and activities
Our aims
The objects of the charity are set out in the charity’s trust deed and are summarised as follows:
To advance the Islamic faith in the Huddersfield area for the benefit of the public in particular through the holding of prayer meetings, lectures, the public celebration of religious festivals and the distribution of literature on the Islamic faith to enlighten others.
To advance the education of, and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for health and well being occupations with the objective of improving the conditions of life for all residents of Huddersfield and the neighbourhood by the provision, maintenance and management of community improving practices.
Our objectives
Our objectives are set to reflect our faith and community aims. Each year our trustees review our objectives and activities to ensure they continue to reflect our aims. In carrying out this review the trustees have considered the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and in particular its supplementary public guidance on the advancement of religion for the public benefit. Our dual aims remain to provide a facility where Muslims can worship and to provide a community facility for all the inhabitants of Huddersfield. Our long-term ambition is to build the self-confidence of Huddersfield’s Muslims in their faith, and through our community facilities and activities help make our area a peaceful, vibrant and harmonious community.
Strategies
We want to make our Mosque an accessible and welcoming venue where all Muslims, or those who wish to know more about our faith, can gather together to learn about their religion and worship. We are also fortunate to have facilities for women who want to pray at the Mosque. The Mosque is open at all times with daily prayers, the Friday prayers being a focus of our activities.
An important part of our strategy is community welfare and education. All our community facilities and activities including classes, health initiatives and seminars are widely advertised and we welcome the participation of all in our local community, Muslim and non-Muslim alike. Most of our activities are free and supported by donations.
Use of volunteers
Volunteers are an important resource in both our faith and community work. Volunteers are involved in most of our faith and community activities and we have people regularly giving their time. All our trustees also give of their time freely. We encourage all members of our Mosque to be involved in voluntary activities and to share their skills with others. All those volunteers working with projects involving children or other vulnerable groups are CRB checked.
Activities and achievements
How our activities deliver public benefit
The charity carries out a wide range of activities in pursuance of its charitable aims. The trustees consider that these activities, summarised below, provide benefit both to those who worship at our Mosque and the wider community of Huddersfield.
Religious activities
Our Mosque provides a centre for our prayers and worship and for the activities associated with our faith.
During the year under review, we offered a range of religious services and activities.
These included:
Prayers : The Mosque is open all day for daily and Friday prayers. During the week we have over 100 people who regularly attend daily prayers and over 400 who regularly attend Friday prayers.
Funeral facilities : The Mosque provides a complete funeral service in line with the teachings of Islam. We relieve the deceased’s bereaved relatives of the burden of organising burials.
Nikkah (Islamic marriage) : The Mosque provides Muslim couples with an appropriate location for their Nikkah.
Hifz classes : Memorisation of the Qur’an is considered an important element of religious education and training. We continue to provide this facility for the young people in the Mosque. We are pleased this programme which continues to run successfully with young people regularly attending these classes.
Islamic awareness : We launched a series of both daily and weekly lectures, open to all, to promote Islamic knowledge and awareness.
Inter-faith dialogue : Our Mosque is an active member of the Faith Communities Group for the Birkby area. We use this platform to promote inter-faith dialogue and social cohesion.
Health seminars and consultations : A local doctor and dentist provide a free health consultation at the Mosque on an ad hoc basis.
A large number of the Mosque attendees are of South Asian descent. Due to this, health risks from, for example, diabetes are a major concern.
The Mosque in association with Kirklees has had information days where Kirklees have attended and provided tips and details in how to control weight and eat healthier. Kirklees have set up a stall outside the Mosque on a Friday to provide this service and it has been very well received with Mosque attendees and the general community at large.
Any time an event such as this gets organised a concentrated communication process is undertaken in order to maximise it’s benefit to as many people as possible.
As mentioned previously, the Mosque played a key role with external organisations to maintain a high awareness and compliance of Covid.
On the whole the Mosque has not progressed as quickly as we would have liked with some of our initiatives due to the Pandemic which we all faced. At the time of writing this report, the remainder of 2021 also remained challenging with different variants threatening us all at different times.
The Trustees would hope that 2022 we will be in a better position to progress our aims in improving community health.
Community English Language Teaching Project : The Huddersfield area has accommodated a large number of Kurdish/Arab Muslims who have moved in the area in the last few years, and many of whom worship at our Mosque. We aim to help provide English language support for these new residents to enable them to settle and integrate more easily into the local community. This includes activities ranging from helping to completing forms and booking appointments to registering with GP’s, etc.
All the families we have helped have made considerable progress in obtaining a functional understanding of day to day situations of living in the UK and has helped them greatly to integrate with the Huddersfield community.
As the number of new families from the above-mentioned backgrounds has declined, this assistance has been required less. The families who have now been here for a number of years are selfsufficient.
Financial review
Reserves policy
The trustees have reviewed the reserves of the charity. Their policy is to hold enough funds to meet four months’ operating costs of the Mosque, excluding the community activities and programmes.
Principal funding sources
The charity’s main source of income is donations received. The main bulk of which is after Friday prayers. Donations are now returning to post covid levels in line with increased attendance which is both generous and encouraging.
Investment policy and objectives
The charity has no long-term investments. Our cash reserves are held in a deposit account.
Plans for future periods
As mentioned in last years report, the Mosque is now becoming too small to comfortably accommodate all those who regularly attend Friday prayers and so the design of an extension has been planned but not yet executed and will provide larger prayer spaces for both the men and women in addition to larger washroom areas. We have delayed pressing ahead with this as we would like to incorporate additional facilities than those originally planned.
We will continue the series of events we hold with topics continuing with health-related issues along with learning and understanding of Islam and the teachings of the Qur’an. We plan to host events throughout the year.
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES MASJID OMAR 1182378 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forthe period 0110412021 3110312022 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted fund$ Restricted fvnd$ Endowment funds Total funds Last year tothè E tothe Deare¥t É tothp nearest£ tothe nearestE A1 Recelpts Donaiions Other Income Grani$ 111.641 111.641 3,600 2,907 46.453 4,320 17,005 Sub total(Gross income forAR) A2 A88et and Investment sales, l$et tablel. 118,148 11B,14 67,778 Sub total Total receipts 118.148 119,148 67,77B A3 Payments WAGES BOOKS & STATIONERY LIGHT & HEAT RATES I INSURANCE REPAIRS & RENEW4LS LEGAL 8 PROFESSIONAL MISC EXP BANKCH4RGES 70.701 70.701 1,483 6.930 1,373 4,G10 68,060 6.930 1.373 4,610 4,252 2,795 2.592 600 3.1n 474 3,179 474 533 Sub total 89,860 79,427 A4 Asset and Investment pur¢ha$Ès, Isee tsblel Sub total 89.860 89,ft60 79,427 Net ofre¢eipts/(paymentsJ A5 Tran5fer5 beeen funds A6 Ca8hlBank fund5 last ygar end Cash/Bank funds this year end 28,288 28,288 11,649 51.211 79,559 51.271 79,559 62,920 51,271 CCXX R1 accounts ISSI 2011012023
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unre5tri¢ted funds to nearest£ Restricted funds to n•arÈst £ Endowment funds to nearest £ di-gviie 81 Cash funds CASH IN HANDAT BANK 79.559 Total cash funds 79,559 YXWSII Unrestrlcted funds to DeatE Restricted funds tts n•arest£ Endowment funds to neare5t£ Details Fundtotjjhkh cost lopbonall Cuwrotrt v8lu• Details B3 Investment assets PROPERTIES 293.292 CURRENfASSETS 79.559 Fvndtowhi¢h •8Wb Details C05t (opoonl Current value tional B4 Assets r&tain8d for tha Charity's ovffl use to Details on BS Llabllltl•s CREDttORS 1,235 Signed by one Mx) trustee$ on behaWo( all the tru8lees Date of roval SpJnature Print Name ?LJii 2oLJ CCXX R2 accounts ISSI 2011012023
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the tTUSteesl members of MASJID OMAR On accounts for the year ended 31 MARCH 2022 Charity no (if any) 1182378 Set out on pages '.C tk.ry page r.umbeis of additsonal sheelsl I reF)Ort to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Yhe Trust.) for the year ended 31103 / 2022. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {Yhe Act'} I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying oul my examination, I have followed all Ihe aptAicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b} of the Art. Independent l am qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualified member of examiner's statement INSTITUTE OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANTS. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination EOthept -d1") which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records were not kept in accordance wth section 130 of Ihe Charities Act.. or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records,. or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements Conrning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charrties {Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a Irue and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no COnrnS and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should te drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the braGkets rfthey do not apply. Signed: Date: 2Z- 11->0 Name: GHULAM FARID T/A BHM & CO Relevant professional qualificationls) or body (if any): INSTITUTE OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANTS IER Oct 2018
Address: 8E SPAINES ROAD HUDDERSFIELD HD2 2QA Section B Disclosure Only complete If the examiner needs to highlight material matters of conrn (see CC32. Independenl examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018