**Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 06 04 2024 05 04 2025
**From To**
Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** UNIQUE KNOWLEDGE SEEKERS ACADEMY **Other names charity is known by** UKSA **Registered charity number (if any)** 1184741 **Charity's principal address** Ground Floor
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UKSA
1184741
Ground Floor
Khosla House, Park Lane
Cranford, Hounslow
Postcode TW5 9WA
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Hawwa Mbombo Chair of trustees N/A
Mohammed Qur’aan, Arabic, Hawwa Mbombo
2 Uthmaan Hamani Halaqah and
premises
Adnaan Ul Haq Welfare, health and Hawwa Mbombo
3
safety
Ashique Rashid Law, SEND, Hawwa Mbombo
4 Inclusion and
Complaints
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
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**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
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**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
UKSA’s governing document is the foundation constitution of a charitable Type of governing document incorporated organisation (CIO), whose only voting members are charity (eg. trust deed, constitution) trustees. UKSA also ensures that trustees sign a Trustee Code of Conduct upon induction. UKSA is constituted as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) UKSA advertises for potential charity trustees in its newsletters, on its Trustee selection methods website as well as various online recruitment platforms. At least 2 trustee (eg. appointed by, elected by) members are present during an interview process. 2 named trustees are entitled to appoint one or more trustees.
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
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
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2) Prevent
3) FGM
Induction training (covering the objectives and activities of the charity and role and responsibilities of the trustees)
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
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 **Summary of the objects of the** well as Islamic curriculum subjects. To advance education for the public **charity set out in its** benefit by providing out of school education services for children, young **governing document** 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.
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.
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
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**Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
Unique Knowledge Seekers Academy trustees have regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. The Charity Commission's guidance are provided to all new trustees as part of the charities trustee induction procedures.
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
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## Section D Achievements and performance
The charity's full time school, Unique Academy, opened on 21st April **Summary of the main** 2021 and has provided holistic education to over 70 pupils since opening. **achievements of the charity** The charity's supplementary school, UMTA, has provided educational **during the year** support services for over 200 pupils since its inception in March 2018. The children who access the charity's 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.
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## **Section E Financial review**
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
The charity aims to develop a reserves policy within the next 2 years which will outline the purpose of the reserve funds.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
N/A
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)** Hawwa Mbombo **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Trustee Chair of Trustees **etc) Date** 04/02/2026
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UNIQUE KNOWLEDGE SEEKERS ACADEMY 1184741
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period 06-04-24 05-04-25
To
from
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Fees Collected 266,498 - - 266,498 219,676
Donations 4,358 - - 4,358 2,749
Grants received 117,169 - - 117,169 141,344
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total (Gross income for
AR) [ 388,025 ] - - 388,025 363,769
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 388,025 - - 388,025 363,769
A3 Payments
Bank charges 1,829 - - 1,829 1,705
Advertising 1,719 - - 1,719 1,252
Cleaning 2,100 - - 2,100 -
Equipment Hire - - - - 3,949
Insurance 118 - - 118 3,810
Meals for students 12,616 - - 12,616 10,842
Postage 1,463 - - 1,463 -
Stationery and printing - - - - 27,557
Rates 1,906 1,906 3,573
Motor Fuel - - 2,161
Software 2,446 2,446 -
Water - - 336
Office Supplies 760 760 6,007
Professional Charges 18,915 18,915 8,477
Rent 84,723 84,723 106,088
Repairs 8,899 8,899 10,229
Telephone 2,340 2,340 952
Storage - - 1,368
Subscriptions 2,811 2,811 1,872
Wages 202,214 202,214 151,289
Accountancy 1,751 1,751 1,485
Donations 265 265 4,000
School Trips 2,104 2,104
Employer Pension 3,438 3,438
Curriculum Resources - COS 22,565 22,565
Travel 8,915 - - 8,915 7,128
Sub total [ 383,898 ] - - 383,898 354,080
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 383,898 - - 383,898 354,080
Net of receipts/(payments) 4,127 - - 4,127 9,689
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 4,348 - - 4,348 3,172
Cash funds this year end 8,475 - - 8,475 12,861
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
1
04-02-26
CCXX R2 accounts ISSI
04-02-26
## **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
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Main Bank
Bus Reserve
Savings
**Details**
**Details**
Furniture and fixtures
Office equipment
**Details**
HMRC PAYE
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**1,635**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,840**
**-**
**8,475**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**978**
**3,610**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**21,382**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Hawwa Desire Mbombo|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**When due**
**(optional)**
Date of
approval
04-02-26|
CCXX R3 accounts (SS)
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04-02-26
## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/** UNIQUE KNOWLEDGE SEEKERS ACADEMY **members of On accounts for the year** 05/04/2025 **Charity no** 1184741 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1 – 3 (of CC16A)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **05 / 04 / 2025** .
**Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 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 which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
* _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._
**Date:** 04/02/2026 **Signed: Name:** Muhammad J Aslam **Relevant professional** ACA **qualification(s) or body (if any):** Profile West Suite E, Ground Floor, 950 Great West Road, Brentford, **Address:** Middlesex, England, TW8 9ES
**October 2018**
1
**IER**
**Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
**October 2018**
2
**IER**