## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** |**From:**
|6thApril 2021 Period start date| |---|---| |**To**|5thApril 2022 Period end date| |**Charity name:**|Unique Knowledge Seekers Academy| |**Charity registration number:**|1184741| ## **Objectives and Activities** |**Objectives and Activities**||| |---|---|---| ||SORP reference|| |Summary of the purposes of the
charity as set out in its governing
document|Para 1.17|To advance education for the public benefit by
providing a full-time, Ofsted registered,
Independent school for children to advance
knowledge, understanding, and skills in National
Curriculum subjects as well as Islamic curriculum
subjects.
To advance education for the public benefit by
providing out of school education services for
children, young people and adults in the form of
after school and weekend clubs where we
advance knowledge, understanding and skills in
literacy, numeracy, science, religious education,
Arabic and Qur'aan reading.| |Summary of the main activities
in relation to those purposes for
the public benefit, in particular,
the activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Unique Knowledge Seekers Academy (UKSA)
undertakes 2 primary services to meet its objective
of advancing education for the public benefit by
providing a full time, Ofsted registered primary
school as well as a supplementary, out of school
provision which operates after school, on
weekends and during school holidays.| |Statement confirming whether
the trustees have had regard to
the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Unique Knowledge Seekers Academy trustees
have regard to the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public benefit. The
Charity Commissions guidance’s are provided to
all new trustees as part of the charities trustee
induction procedures.| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to the
circumstances of its beneficiaries
and any wider benefits to society
as a whole.|Para 1.20|The charities full time school, Unique Academy,
opened on 21stApril 2021 and has provided holistic
education to over 70 pupils since opening.
The charities supplementary school, UMTA, has
provided educational support services for over 200
pupils since its inception in March 2018.
The children who access the charities services are
supported academically, spiritually and mentally to
become well rounded, global citizens who will
make a positive contribution to their communities
and society.
The charity operates to ensure the highest of
educational standards and this was recognised
through its Ofsted inspection in May 2022, where
Unique Academy was rated as ‘Good’ in regard to
its quality of education, pupil behaviour, pupil
outcomes, early years provision and leadership
and management.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives set|
Para 1.41|
Our aim was to raise around £5k per month for
the next 12 months, however, we have raised
over £11k in donations during this period. This is
due to the fact that during some months, our
planned activities did not bring in the expected
funds, particularly due to the cost of living crisis
that has ensued after the COVID-19 pandemic.| |---|---|---| |**Financial Review**||| |Review of the charity’s financial
position at the end of the period|Para 1.21|The charity’s revenue’s are significantly
increasing compared to the previous year. This is
due to the increase in admissions for the
supplementary as well as full time school, as well
as the early years funding.| |Statement explaining the policy
for holding reserves stating why
they are held|Para 1.22|The charity aims to develop a reserves policy
within the next 2 years which will outline the
purpose of the reserve funds.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|N/A at this current time.| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|UKSA overheads have meant that all costs have
been directed towards cashflow.| |Details of fund materially in deficit|Para 1.24|**-**| |Explanation of any uncertainties
about the charity continuing as a
going concern|Para 1.23|The charity must develop a consistent
fundraising campaign to purchase a freehold
premises/land, in order to secure sustainability
for the organisation, reducing the overhead
costs of leasing and these extra funds can be
redirected elsewhere, such as staffing and
resources.| **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal sources of
funds (including any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The charities principle source of funds are
through student fees and early years funding.
Other funding sources including:
1. Donations
2. Benevolent loans
3. Events
4. Social media fundraising| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and objectives
including any social investment
policy adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**| |A description of the principal risks
facing the charity|Para 1.46|The charity must continue to raise funds to secure
a freehold land from which a purpose-built site
can be bult in as the lease in the current property
will conclude in 2027.| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|UKSA’s governing document is the foundation
constitution of a charitable incorporated
organisation (CIO), whose only voting members
are charity trustees. UKSA also ensures that
trustees sign a Trustee Code of Conduct upon
induction.| |How is the charity constituted?
(e.g unincorporated association,
CIO)|Para 1.25|UKSA is constituted as a Charitable Incorporated
Organisation (CIO).| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of any
person or body entitled to appoint
one or more trustees|Para 1.25|UKSA advertises for potential charity trustees in
its newsletters, on its website as well as various
online recruitment platforms.
At least 2 trustee members are present during an
interview process.
2 names trustees are entitled to appoint one or
more trustees.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|UKSA employs a comprehensive vetting, induction
and training procedure for all newly appointed
trustees. We have a ‘Safer Recruitment Policy’
which is reviewed annually and sets out procedures
for:
1. Advertising, sourcing and interviewing potential
trustees
2. Identity checks
3. Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
checks
4. Section 128 Prohibition checks
5. Disqualification check
Documents which potential trustees are required to
read and sign include:
1. Trustee code of conduct
2. Trustee eligibility declaration
3. Trustee fit for purpose declaration
4. The charities governing constitution
5. Conflict of interest register (if applicable)
The following documents are shared with trustees as
part of induction:
1)Charity commission literature for new trustees
(including information relating to public benefit)
2) Past charity meeting records
3.
Roles and responsibilities for each trustee
4.
Business plan
5.
Policies including Safeguarding children,
Expenses, Admissions, Health and Safety and
Conflict of interest
6.
Finance information
Training provided to trustees upon induction
include:
1)Safeguarding children in education
2) Prevent
3) FGM| |---|---|---| |||Induction training (covering the objectives and
activities of the charity and role and responsibilities
of the trustees)| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider network
with which the charity works|Para 1.51|UKSA organsiational structure is as follows:
Chair of Trustees
Trustees
Governors
Leadership Team
Staff
Volunteers
The charity works with the local authority to access
staff CPD opportunities as well as the Equalities and
Inclusion team at Hounslow Council. The charity
works with the local Councillor and local schools to
promote community cohesion. The charity takes part
in initiatives to promote healthy living such as the
TFL Stars Travel campaign.| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|N/A| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Unique Knowledge Seekers Academy| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Unique Madrasah & Tuition Academy
Unique Academy| |Registered charity number|1184741| |Charity’s principal address|Ground Floor
Khosla House
Park Lane
Hounslow
TW5 9WA| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
4|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee (if**
**any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Hawwa Mbombo|Chair of Trustees|N/A|N/A| ||Mohammed
Hamani|Qur’aan, Arabic,
Halaqah and
Premises|N/A|N/A| ||Beverley Thorpe
Raghdo|Safeguarding,
Mental health and
Well being|N/A|Hawwa Mbombo| ||Tahreem Sabir|Teaching,
Learning and
Assessment|N/A|Hawwa Mbombo| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name N/A** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |Hawwa Mbombo||| |Mohammed Hamani||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this N/A capacity Name and objects of the charity on N/A whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe N/A custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name Address** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **N/A** ## **Other optional information** **None.** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Hawwa Mbombo **Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary,** Chair of Trustees **Chair, etc) Date** 05/02/2022 ## INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORTS ## **Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of UNIQUE KNOWLEDGE SEEKERS ACADEMY** I report to the Trustees on my examination of the accounts of “UNIQUE KNOWLEDGE SEEKERS ACADEMY” (the CIO) for the year ended 05/04/2022. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the Charity Trustees of the CIO, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). I report in respect of my examination of the Charity’s (UNIQUE KNOWLEDGE SEEKERS ACADEMY) accounts carried out under s. 145 of the 2011 Act; and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under s. 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiner’s statement** 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: - 1) accounting records were not kept in respect of the Charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or - 2) the accounts do not accord with those records; or - 3) 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. 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 in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Red Parrot Accounting Ltd Chartered Certified Accountants Red Parrot Accounting, Pentax House, South Hill Avenue, South Harrow, London, Middlesex, England, HA2 0DU 01/02/2023 **Charity Name No (if any) UNIQUE KNOWLEDGE SEEKERS ACADEMY 1184741 Receipts and payments accounts** **No (if any) 1184741 CC16a** **For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 06/04/2021 05/04/2022 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**91,075**
**11,473**
**-**
**2,226**
**-**
**73,907**
**-**
**-**
**178,681**
**76,800**
**-**
**76,800**
**255,481**
**-**
**2,834**
**40**
**2,231**
**1,188**
**120**
**101**
**651**
**39**
**4,494**
**2,592**
**5,076**
**1,276**
**8,928**
**295**
**1,866**
**8,981**
**3,156**
**-**
**13,304**
**110,535**
**3,799**
**-**
**811**
**1,917**
**57,731**
**980**
**378**
**2,434**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**235,756**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
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**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
1|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**91,075**
**11,473**
**-**
**2,226**
**-**
**73,907**
**-**
**-**
**178,681**
**76,800**
**-**
**76,800**
**255,481**
**-**
**2,834**
**40**
**2,231**
**1,188**
**120**
**101**
**651**
**39**
**4,494**
**2,592**
**5,076**
**1,276**
**8,928**
**295**
**1,866**
**8,981**
**3,156**
**-**
**13,304**
**110,535**
**3,799**
**-**
**811**
**1,917**
**57,731**
**980**
**378**
**2,434**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**235,756**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**91,075**
**11,473**
**-**
**2,226**
**-**
**73,907**
**-**
**-**
**178,681**
**76,800**
**-**
**76,800**
**255,481**
**-**
**2,834**
**40**
**2,231**
**1,188**
**120**
**101**
**651**
**39**
**4,494**
**2,592**
**5,076**
**1,276**
**8,928**
**295**
**1,866**
**8,981**
**3,156**
**-**
**13,304**
**110,535**
**3,799**
**-**
**811**
**1,917**
**57,731**
**980**
**378**
**2,434**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**235,756**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Fee Income|**91,075**|||||**62,097**| |Donation|**11,473**|||||**2,422**| |Books Sale|**-**|||||**134**| |Other Income|**2,226**|||||**359**| |JRS Grant|**-**|||||**840**| |Government Grant|**73,907**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**178,681**|||||**65,852**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| |Private Loan|**76,800**|||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**76,800**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**65,852**| |||||||| |
Bank Charges|**-**|||||**84**| |Advertisement|**2,834**|||||**-**| |Cleaning|**40**|||||**-**| |Equipment Hire|**2,231**|||||**-**| |Information andpublication|**1,188**|||||**-**| |Light and heat|**120**|||||**-**| |Insurance|**101**|||||**95**| |Meals to Students|**651**|||||**-**| |Postage|**39**|||||**-**| |Stationeryand Printing|**4,494**|||||**-**| |Uniforms|**2,592**|||||**-**| |Rates|**5,076**|||||**-**| |Motor Fuel|**1,276**|||||**428**| |Trainingand Welfare|**8,928**|||||**-**| |Water|**295**|||||**-**| |Websites|**1,866**|||||**-**| |Office Supplies/Expenses|**8,981**|||||**8,566**| |OFSTED|**3,156**|||||**-**| |Parking|**-**|||||**79**| |Professional Charges|**13,304**|||||**10,438**| |Rent|**110,535**|||||**27,750**| |Repairs|**3,799**|||||**356**| |Software./Computer|**-**|||||**4,189**| |Telephone|**811**|||||**2,792**| |Subscription|**1,917**|||||**625**| |Wages|**57,731**|||||**9,937**| |Accountancy|**980**|||||**700**| |Recruitment|**378**|||||**280**| |Travel/Car rental|**2,434**|||||**819**| |Bid Writing|**-**|||||**400**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**235,756**|||||**67,539**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases (see table)**||||||| |**,**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)|**-**|**-**
1|**-**|**-**||**-**
02/02/2023| ||**_Total payments_**|**235,756**||**-**|||**-**||**235,756**||**67,539**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**19,725**||**-**|||**-**||**19,725**||**- 1,686**| |**A5**|**Transfers between funds**|**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**A6**|**Cash funds last year end**|**- 15,100**||**-**||**-**|||**- 15,100**||**- 13,414**| ||**_Cash funds this year end_**|**4,625.20**||**-**|||**-**||**4,625**||**- 15,100**| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 02/02/2023 2 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
Bank Account-2
Cash Reserve
Private Loan
**Details**
**Details**
Bank Account-1
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**105**
**-**
**20,073**
**- 15,553**
**-**
**-**
**4,625**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
Charity
**76,800**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Mrs. Hawwa Desire Mbombo|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||| ||||| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| |||Mrs. Hawwa Desire Mbombo|05/02/2023| ||||| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees CCXX R3 accounts (SS) 02/02/2023 3