2023-03-31-accounts

Registered Charity Number: 1182378

Masjid Omar

Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2023

Masjid Omar

Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 March 2023

The trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2023 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 2023

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. 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.

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.

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 previous years, the Mosque has now become too small to comfortably accommodate all those who regularly attend Friday prayers and so the design of an extension is being reviewed with plans still to be drawn up.

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 AND WALES Charity Name MASJIO OMAR No Ilf any) 1182378 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For thè period Period Sa￿. dale pen￿ end daE 3110312023 To Section A Receipts and payments Unrestrictgd fund• to th• ReSt￿Cted fund• Endowment fund• Last year Totsl funds to th• wrn•te toth• b)th• nwr••t£ to the nirut£ A1 Recel ts Donations Other Inwma Grants 7T,940 47.847 77,940 47,647 111,641 3,600 Sub total fGross Income forAR) A2 A8o•t and Invo•trn•nt •]￿,1•0? table), 126,787 128,767 118,148 Sub tot•1 125,787 125,787 118,148 A3Po WAGES 800KS & STATIONERY LIGHT & HEAT RATES I INSURANCE REPARS & RENEWALS LEGAL & PROFESSIONAL ISC EXP BANK CHARGES ont• 88,992 7,967 5,797 8.31$ 11.525 75 3J27 764 70,701 1,4B3 6,930 1,3TJ 4,810 7.967 5,797 0.316 11.52S 7$ 3,327 764 3,179 474 Sub total 126.763 126.763 Bg.afjo A4 A￿*1 and In￿3tment purchases, see table Sub total 126.783 t26,763 89,860 Nat of recelpts/(payments) A5 Transfers between fund• A6 CashlBank funds last year end Cash/Bank funds thls year end 976 976 28,288 79,559 78,583 51,2T1 79,559 78.583 CCXX R1 accounts ISSI 0510312025

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrgstrictod fund# to noarut£ ReBtrletad fund¥ lo Th￿rnIt £ Endowm•nt funds to n•arest £ Categorf•8 D•tsll$ B1 Cash funds CASH IN AT 814K Total Cash lunds 78.583 OK UnTe8tr1ctod lund• b) rarnst£ OK R•¥trfcted fund8 lo wrest£ OK Endowment funds to n•ar•st £ Detalls Fund towhlch aM•t h￿On D•tall• ¢o•t (op￿OnI11 Currgn¢v4lu• tJon•l 83 Invmtment a•8•t• PROPERTies 293,292 CuRRENT￿sEy8 70.SBJ Funoto Wthlch tloptltsnnl ¢urr•Tht valu• 84 Asoets r•taln•d for th• charlty'• own u8• Fund towhlch Amount du• h•n du• Detsl BS Liabilitlos CREDITORS 4,076 Signed by one trusle8s on behaWof all Ihè Irusts8S S*Jnaiure Print Nam0 Dale ol roval S-S-702S CCKX P2 accounts ISSI 05103Q025

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trusteesl members of MASJID OMAR On accounts forthe year ended 31 MARCH 2023 Charity no Ilf any 1182378 Set out on pages I[￿•mber to thdL*J8 the pap numbers of addrtional Sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above harity I'the Trust.) for the year ended 31103 12023. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charrf(y's trustees. you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities A¢t 2011 (llhe Act'l I report in resp8Ct of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying OLrt my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(51(b) of the Act. Independent l am qualified to undertake the examination by belng a qualified member of examinerfs statement Institute of Financial Accountants. I have completed my examinatson. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examinalion lo11￿4￿1 d￿e1￿") which gives me cause to believe that in, any malerial resped.. the accounting records were not kept in accordance with saction 130 of the Charrties Act. or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records. or the accounts did not Gomply with the applicable requiremen18 conceming the foTm and content of accounts set out in the Charities {A¢¢ounts and R8POrtsl Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fairf view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no COn￿rnS and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attents'on should Èe drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. - pi8as8 08iOt6 the words In the br8ckets Irthey rti not apply. Signed: Date: 05 Name: Ghulam Farid Rèlevant professlonal qualifieation{s) or body InstitLrte of Financigl Aecount8nts (if any): IER Oct 2018

Address: 8e Spaines Road Huddersfield HD2 2QA Section B Disc105ure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brlef details of any items that the •xamlner wlshes to dlscloge. IER Oct 2018