Registered Charity Number: 1182378
Masjid Omar
Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2024
Masjid Omar
Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 March 2024
The trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024 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 2024
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 : we continue to work with local medics to facilitate free health consultations 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 also maintains links with Kirklees and are more than happy to accommodate any health initiatives they undertake such as diabetes awareness. 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.
Mixed Martial Arts Exercise Classes: The mosque is into it’s second year of offering weekly MMA classes to children under 16. This has proved very successful and are run by a professional teacher who incorporates many aspects including respect, eating habits and general exercise tip. We see this as a means of engaging with youngsters and taking them away from the streets.
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 WAIES Charity Name MASJID OMAR Receipts and payments accounts For the period from No lif aryl 1162378 CC16a Perioc er.d dale 3110Y2024 To 0110412023 Section A Receipts and payments Unre8tricted fund8 to lh• no11 Re8tricteil fund Endowment funds Totsl fund¥ Last y8ar totlMTr n9arw¢£ to thw numt£ toth• thMr#t£ A1 Recel t• Donations Oiher IrKorne Grnnts 76.300 41,B22 76.300 41.822 77,940 47,647 Sub total (Gmss incom8 forAR) A2 As8•t and Investmtrnt •al••, l•¢• tablel. 118,122 118.122 12S,787 Sub total 118,122 11B.122 126.787 A3Pg WAGES BOOKS & STATIONERY LIGHT & HEAT PATES I INSURANCE REPAIRS & RENEWALS LEGAL & PROFESSIONAL IS¢ EXP BANK CHARGES m•nt8 1Lh),337 4,B11 15,662 100.3J7 4.811 15.862 88.992 5.797 8,318 11,S2S 76 3,327 784 9,746 75 2,657 939 9.746 7S 2.6S7 93 Sub totsl 139.778 139.77S 126,783 A4 A88et and In¥e•lmgnt purcha•e•, 8•• tablg Sub tot•1 139,775 139,775 126,783 Net of r•c•ipts/(paym•nts) AS Transfers between funds A6 CashlBank funds last year end Ca$h/Bank funds this year end 21.653 21,653 976 78,583 56,930 79,$59 78,583 56.930 CCXX R1 aceounts ISSI (WJ3f2025
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestn'ct8d RÈ#trietÈd fund8 funds Endowment funds Categoroes Delalls to noarwt£ 81 Cash funds CASH IN FLJJ4DAT BANK Totsl ¢ash fvnds 56,930 OK Re$trt¢t•d funds OK Endowmènt fundi to nowt £ Unr•8trlct8d lund• to ruo•t É Detsll• to nfrar•Bt É Fund towttleh atsts•t btri Colt loptionnl) Ctsrr•nt vilug lonul D&tall8 PRopeRTIES B3 Invo8tm•nt a• 293.292 CURRENT ASSETS Futhj to thl¢h g¢b• Detalls c¢10P¥1 Curr•nt vlu• B4 A•••t8 rotalned for th• charlty'8 own u80 Fund io *thich ountdue When due 0èts118 CREDITORS B5 Llabilities 4,969 Signed by one or ts¥o trustees on tehaff of all the tru5ts6S &gnature Pnnt Name Date of roval CCXX R2 arUnts ISSI 0510312025
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Roport to the trustegsl members of MASJID OMAR On accounts for the year ended 31 MARCH 2024 Charfty no lif any) 1182378 Sat out on pag88 Imm•mbw to indude the p•ge numbers of •d¢rtiono1 $he¢tsl I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust.) for the year ended 31103 12024. Responslbilities and basls of report As the charity's trustees. you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 IYh8 Acr). I report in resp8d of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 ofthe 2011 Act and in carrying OLrt my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145151(b) of the Act. Independent l am qualified to undertak8 the examination by being a qualified member of •xamin•rf8 8tat•m•nt Institute of Financial Accountants. I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention in connection wth the examination d•$•") which gives me cause to believe that in. any material respect.. the accounting records were not kept in a¢¢ordance with section 130 of the Charrties Act., or the accounts did not accord with th8 accounting records.. or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements conceming the fomi and content of a¢¢ounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a Yrue and fairf 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 th the examination to which attention should be drawn in Ihis report in order to enable a proper understsnding of the accounts to be reached. . Please delete the words in the brackets rfthey do not apply. Slgned: .13¢7X Name: Ghulam Farid Relevant professional quallfleationl) or body Instrtute of Fin9ncig1 Accountantg (If any): IER Oct 2018
Address: 8e Spaines Road Huddersfield HD2 2QA Section 8 Disclosure 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 brief details of any items thal the examiner wishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018