REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: CE018847 {England and Walesl REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1185061 UNIVERSAL GOD: MESSAGE OF PEACE A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE TRUSTEES. REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 **UNIVERSAL GOD: MESSAGE OF PEACE** ## **CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021** |||**Page**| |---|---|---| |**Reference and Administrative Details**||1| |**Trustees' Repor**|**2**|
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to14| NIVERSAL GOD: ME SAGE OF PEACE REFERENCE AND AOMINISTRATIVE D￿AlLs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 TRUSTEES Dr L A TUn￿r Mr M Bassett Mrs J Meagher (appointed 23 10 201 Dr A Dore Iresign8J 23.10.201 REGISTERED OFFICE 32-34 Casts Street Shrewsbury SY1 2BQ REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER CE018647 (England and Watesl REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 1185061 INDEpENDE￿r EXAMINER TCA Ishrewsbury) LLP Third Fk)or 21 Sl Mary5 Street Shrewsbury Shropshire SY1 1ED Page 1 UNIVER AL GOD: MESSAGE OF PEACE TRUSTEES. REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 The trustees who are also director5 of the charty for the purposes of the Companies Act 20[￿. present their report wth the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 August 2021. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charrties. Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance wth the Financial ReF()rting Stsndard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ifeland IFRS 102) (effective 1 January 20191. OBJECTIVES AND ACTivrriES Objectives and aims The objecbve of the chanty is the proMOt￿rI of religtous harn￿nY for the benefrt of Ihe publt¢ by." al educating the publK in drfferent religious ￿llets induding an awareness of their distinctive features and their comrmn ground lo promote gts)d relab'ons befvRen persons of different faiths,. arKI b) promoting knowledge and mutual understsnding and Fespect of the beliets and practices of different religious failhs. Page 2 UNIVERSAL GOD: IAESSAGE OF PEACE TRUSTEES. REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 OBJECTIVES AND ACTivmES Signiflcant a¢tivities Unfortunately. dLte lo covid and Iinancial challenges, the UnNeF5al God Centre {the buikjing which the charty operated fioml has closed down as of 24th December 2021. The charity Itse￿ will continue to run however and will concentrate on doing more online work. Up unknl ctosure of the UGC. the chanty trustee5 and ¥0lunteer5 have wDrked hard to continue using the centre to provide the folkiw'ng services to the Publ￿ during our S￿nd year whenever possible.. Charty fvndraising events CharFty fvndraising live music events Women-onty mindfulness and vAlbeing events. meTronty mindfulness and wellbeing events, children. mindftjlness and wellbeing events Mummy and baby group se55ions Frhlay Prayer group sessY)ns and Friday evening soup and talk sesSKJns with Dr Lak Tuncer (open to the public and according to covid guidelines) about the concepts of 'kindne55 grab"tudè' forgNer)ess' 'compassKJn humility. etc Yoga. mindfulness, refiexotogy, reiki, meditalion therapy Coffee shop Working tr)gether wrth olher charib.es to rexh help to those in need in our communty- e.g., Shropshire refugees. Ornega hedlh. The Ark {creatwe writs.ng group for the homeless at the UGCI Gratitude Talk by Dr Lale Tuncer representing the charity at the 'ShThsbury Wellbeing Evenf held at the Quarry Park in June 2021 lorganised by Ms June Meaghern questions aimed to help people deepty reP£ct on Ihemsefves about these concepts and on how they apply to them. and suggestions on what may help Ihem. June Meaghef has working on using these slides to help dèvekjp 8 free course for beginner. Intermed￿te and advance(J level - and this an ongoing PrO￿ss. We wll be apptying tor some grants to help wlh this course preparaty.on rf any are avaiEable. as bme is a limiting factor. Page 3 UNIVERSAL D: MESSAGE OF PEACE TRUSTEES. REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 OBJECTIVES AND ACTNMES Public bener In setting objectives and planning for acINit￿$, the Tnjstees have given due considerab'on lo general guidance published by the charrty commiss￿Tr relating to pUbj￿ benefft and in particular to its Supplementary public benefrt guidance. FINANCIAL REVIEW Financial position The fi.nancial po$rtion of the charity in rfs second year has continued to be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the resutts.ng ckjsure of the centre. 11 was anticipated that the income generated by the charl￿$ vities would have supported the rent costs as well as the refurbtshmenL bui inslead Ihis has been funded by donations. Furthermore the charty has laken out a Bounce Bxk k)an to support the charrty in the short tem. wh￿h was repaid after the year end. Resorves policy The charity was intending to establish a small reserve in rfs second par, whtch has not Lwn possible due to the ongoing imp&t of COVID-19. Going forward the intents.on i8 to build up reserve5 to cover 2-3 months running CO515.Th￿ should be MO￿ achievable Wbth the ck)sure of the centre post year end. Going concern After making appropriate enquirE5. the Trustees have a reaSoTra￿e expectation that the Charty has adequate resources to conttnue in operationa existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason they conb'nue to adopt the going concem basis in preparing the fu￿n¢￿￿E statements. FUTURE PLANS Over the third year, we hope to further develop our course5. social media group5 and website so that they are easily accessible lo diffe￿nt groups of the public. We hope to start doin9 some PCAYcasts and more zoom sessions to try to reach out to more people. We hope to approach some large charib.es to help proFrnte ttpir work tr) encourage the public toward5 more charitable to these charktses on our'GNing' page on the website. We hope to open up more ways oftline for the public to offer feedback and constructive ¢rib'eism about the nknt on our pages so that we can further develop to help suit their requirements whenevef POSSFble. Dr Lale Tuncer hopes to continue visrting schools around Shrop$hi￿ to help children and teachers any inlerfaFth work and educakn.on about the charity concepts. STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document The charity was registered as a Charitable Incorporated Oigani5ats)n ICIO) on the 28th August 2019 and rfs governing document15 based on the CIO FOundat￿n Model. Page 4 UNNERSAL GOD: MESSAGE OF PEACE TRUSTEES. REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 STRUCTURE. GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Recrultment and appointmont of new trustees All new appointed trustee5 musl have a specified role foF Ihe chanty that VMII be of benefit for the charity in tem)s of helping to ach*ve its aim5 arHI objecbves. If Iru$tee5 Vote in favor of recruiting another trustee to Ihe l)oard wrth adequate reason for the best interests of the charity, any of the trustees may sugge$t opening the posilion to someone they may know Ihal Ihey think would be benefi'cial for the charity and its bene￿laries. PrKJr to appoinb'ng new tfustees. there will be introductory pr￿sS whereby the new person is intr￿lL￿ed to the L¥)ard of trustees in a meeting and roles discussed and any questions addressed. This will be like an infomial intervtew. After the meeting trustees ￿11 vote either lo appoint or not appoint the potenb.al new trustee. If tt)e majofty agfee lo appoint the new trustee, and rf the individual is happy to proceed, a copy of the goveming document: pot￿Y and procedure handbook, business plan, Iruslee declaration forn and other relevant dc¢ument wll be emaikd over to the individual and he or she will be grven 2 weeks to C￿nplete and stgn relevant documents. During this reriod the indwidual may choose that he or she 15 not interested to tske on this ro￿. If trustee5 agree I majonty vote) a formal ￿ruitment process can be pul into place to ty to recruit more Iruslees. along with a formal intervtew Pr(￿$S for recrurtment. No external body or person is ally￿ed lo recrurt on behalf of the charity any new trustees to the board without the consent of the tnlstees majority vote. Inductlon and tralnlng of new trustees If an individual is happy to take on the role of trustee. swjns and cOmp￿teS the forms, and then later changes his or Mer mind they may resign at any given winl I written resvJnalion oddressed lo either the Charity Commission or to the board of Irusteesl who will then forward to the Charty Commission on their behalf as g as the charity board has al ￿a51 3 members on the truslee toard after they resign,. ThFs is because our Governing dLKument requires that there are a minimum of three trustees on tM)ard al any given time. The new trustee will decide on what role he or she would like lo take on (must be a role that the majority of the other tru51ees agree would be beneficial for the aims and objectives of the charity) and will be encoufaged to share his or heT Ideas on how to fxrry out this role with the charity director l Dr Lale Tuncerl who will be working cbsely with new Injstees in helping them to achieve their obiecb'ves. Any major decisions wil be discussed al the quarterty trustee meetings. In the meantime trustees can share th0￿hIS and ￿eaS with each other either prwatety or in a group via email as bng as the discussions are in the be$1 interests of the charrty and compty with the govemiThJ ruleslFM)licylprocedures. All trustees will be invited lo take part in quarterty trustee board meetings. where the director wll take minutes and share with everyone after the meeting. Any memL*r who has qUesth)nslissueslcon￿rnS that need lo be addressed by all othei Iruslees are welcom&1 to brirKJ these lo the meeb"ng5. If a Injstee has any specik 155ue or cOn￿M which would like to discuss or have support wth. will be able to have personal one to one supervision se55KJns with either Lale Tuncer or another trustee of their choice from the board at any yNen time. TRUSTEES. RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT The trustees (who are also the directors of Unrversal God". Message of pea￿ for the purposes of company lawl are resFK)nsible ftsr prepanng the Trustees. Report and the financ&31 statements in accordance wrth appluble law and United Kingdom AC￿UntIng StsrHlafds {Uniled Kingdom Generalty Accepted Accounting Pracbcel Including Financial Reports"ng Standaid 102 'Tre Financial ReportiThJ Standard applicabÈe in UK and Republ￿ of Ireland- Page 5 NIVER AL GOD: MESSAGE OF PEACE TRUSTEES. REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 TRUSTEES. RESPONSIBILTff STATEMENT. continued Cornpany law requires the trustees lo prepafe financtal statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affair5 of the charitable company and of the in¢omirwJ resources and appl+¢atKin of resources. inclLtding the income and expenditure. tsf the Char[tab￿ company for that per*)d. In preparing those financial statements: the trustees are required to select suitable accounting pol￿ES and then oppty them consistenty," observe the methods and principles in Ihe Charity SORP". make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudenl. prepare the financial statements on the going con¢effl basls unless il 15 inappropriate to presume ihal the charitable company WIN ¢onlinue in business. The trustees are responsible for keepirwJ proper accounbng recotds which discknse wrth reasonable accuracy at any time the financial p051tion of the charitable company and to enable them to ensure that the financial 5talements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitsble company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularibes. Approved by order of the board of trustees on ....i.i./f./..LO - and sh3ned on its behalf by.. Dr L A Tuncer- Truske Page 6 INDEPENDENT EXAMINER. REPORT TO THE TR UNNERSAL GOD: IAESSAGE OF PEACE TEES OF Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Universal God: IA•sgag• of P•a¢• Ilh• Comp•ny'l I ￿pOrt t¢ the charity truskes on my examinatEon of the a¢xounts of the Company for the year ended 31 August 2021. Responslbilitle$ and basls of report As the charity's trustees of the Company land also its di￿torS for the Pufpjses of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the rg]uirements of the Companies Act 2006 {'the 201A Acfl. Having salisfEd mysev that the accounts of the Company are T￿t required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and a￿ eligible lor Independent examinatk)n. I rewrt in respect of my examination of your charl￿S accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 I'the 2011 Act.). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Dire¢ty"ons gNen by the Charty Commission under Sect￿Tr 145{51 Ib) of the 2011 Act Independent examinefs Statement I have Completed my examination. I confimi that no matlers have cnrr* to my attentk)n in connecth)n with the examination giving me ¢ause lo believe.. accounting records We￿ not kepl in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 ACL or the accounts do not accord wtth those records." or the accounts do not eompty with the accounb.ng requirements of section 3% of the 20fft Act other than any requiremenl that the accounts give a true and fair vmv wh￿h is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination., or the a￿￿nts have not been prepared in acCOrdar￿ the melhods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounbng and reporting ty charitt"e5 (applicable lo charitses preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial ReKKI￿n9 Slandard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 10211. I have no concems and have come across no other Matte￿ in C4)ftnection wrth the examination to vth¢ch attention shoubj be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. CIMe 4JJillioJM5 C MoeWn•Williams. BSC FCA TCA Ishrewsburyl LLP Third Floor 21 St Mary's Street Shrewsbury Shropshire SY1 1ED Page 7 UNIVERSAL GOD: MESSAGE OF PEACE STATEMETrif OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 PerKJd 28.8.19 Year Ended 31.8.21 Unreslricled fund 31.8.20 Total fvnd5 Notes INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM Donat￿nS and lega¢Es 16.942 29,842 Charilablo actlvttl•4 neral 28,645 6,608 Totsl 45,587 36,450 EXPENDITURE ON CharitablÈ activities Gener 34,259 52,609 NET INCOMEIIEXPENDITUREI 11.328 116,159) RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS Totsl funds brought forward (16.159) TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 14,831) {16,1591 CONTINUING OPEPATIONS All income and expenditure has ar￿en from conb"nuing ath"V1￿5. The notes fom part of these financial slatements Page 8 UNIVERSAL GOD: MESSAGE OF PEACE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL posmoN 31 AUGUST 2021 2021 Unrestricted lund 2020 Totsl funds Notes FIXED ASSETS Tangible assets 5,779 8,913 CURRENT ASSETS Cash at bank 7.861 3.099 CREDrroRS Amounts falling due wilhin one year 118.4711 (8,1711 NET CURRENT ASSETSI(LIABILmES 110.6101 15,0721 TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT UA81LITIES {4,831) 3,841 CREDITORS Amounts falling due after more than one year 7 120,0001 NET ASSETS (4.831) (16,1591 FUNDS Unreslricled funds 14.831} (16,1591 TOTAL FUNDS 14.831) {16.1591 The charitsble wmpany is enb.tkd to exempiKJn from audrt under SectK)n 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 AugLl$t 2021. The members have not required the company to obtaill an audit of tts financial statements for the yew ended 31 August 2021 in accordaft￿ with Se¢tson 476 of the Compan*s Act 2(￿. The trustees ackn￿edge their resFy)nsibilities for lal ensuring that the charitable company keeps ￿l￿ntr"ng records that compty Secknons 386 and 387 ol the Companies Act 2006 and Ibl preparing ffinancial slatements which give a true and fair VEW of the slate of affairs of the charitable company as al Ihe end of each fv"narKial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of secb.ons 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Cornpanies Act 2006 relating to financRI statements. so far as applicable to the charitable company. These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subjecl to the small companies regime. The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authonsed for issue on and were syned on ts behaw by.. A Tun￿[ - Trustee The note5 fofm part of these financial Statements Page 9 UNIVERSAL GOD: ME E OF PEACE NOTES TO THE FINANCL4L STATEMEKrs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 ACCOUNTING POLICIES BasiB (rf prnparlng the Ilnancial ¥tstements The financial stslements of the charitsble company, wh￿tt is a public benefrt entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with t￿ chariti.es SORP IFRS 1021 'Ac£ounb"ng and Reporting by Charilies. Statement of Rècommended Practice applicable to charil'es preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Repornng Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021 leffeclive 1 January 2019)., Financial ReForbng Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland. and the CoMpan￿S Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the histor￿al cost conVent￿n. Financial rnportlng staDdard 102 . r￿￿¢¢d disclosure exemptions The charitable company ha5 taken advantage of Ihe foll(Ming disclosure exemptions in preparing Ihe5e financial ststemenls. as pemiitted by FRS 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicab￿ in the UK and Repu￿1¢ of I￿land, the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Fb)ws'. the requirement ol paragraph 3.17ld}, the requ1￿Ments of paragraphs 11.42. 11.44, 11.45, 1147. 11.481alliiil. 11.48la)lsv). 11.48lbl and 11.48Ic)', the requirèments of paragraphs 12.26. 12.27, 12.29la}, 12.29lb) and 12.29A', the requirement of paragraph 33.7. Income All income is recognised in the Statement of FinancEal Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds. il is probab￿ that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably. Expenditure Liabilities are recognised as expendrture as scon as there is a legal or constwctive obligation committing the charty lo that expenditure. it is probab* thal a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligatson ¢an be measured feliabty- Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classffied under headings that aggregate all wst related lo the cate90ry. Where costs cannot be direcuy attributed to particular headings they have been alk)cated to acb"vilies on a basis consistent with the use of resources. Taxation The charity 15 exempt from corporabon tax on ts charrtable activibes. Fund accounting unre5tn.cted lunds can be used in ￿OrdanCe with the ChafItab￿ obJectwe5 at the discretion of the trustees. ReSt￿Cted funds &in onty be used for particukr restited purposes within the objects of the chaFty. Restrictions arise when specif*d by the donor or when funds are raL%ed for particular reStr￿ted purposes. Further explanatM)n of the nature and purpose of each fund ts ir¢duded in the notes to the financial statements. Paje 10 continued... UNIVERSAL GOD: MESSAGE OF PEACE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 NET INCOMEI{EXPENDITURE) Net incoméllexpenditurel is stated after chargingllcrediti"ng).' Perh)d 28.8.19 to 31.8.20 Year Ended 318_21 Depreciation - owned assets 3.134 3.134 TRUSTEES. REMUNERATION AND 8ENEFrrs There were no trustees, remuneralk)n or other beneffts for the year eTrJed 31 August 2021 nor for the period ended 31 August 2020. Trth4¢ees' expenses The￿ were no trustees. expenses pad for year ended 31 AwLASt 2021 Mr for the period ended 31 August 2020. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTMTIES Unrestricted fuThl INCOIAE AND ENDOWMENTS FROM Donatr"ons and legacies 29,842 Charitable a¢tlv1110$ General 6,608 Total 36,450 EXPENDITURE ON Charltable activities General 52,609 NET INCOMEIIEXPENDrruRE> (16,1591 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD (16,1591 Page11 conts'nued... UNIVERSAL GOD: MESSAGE OF PEACE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEAIENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS Fixtures and COST Al 1 Seplember 2020 ar 31 August 2021 12.047 DEPRECIATION At 1 September 2020 Charge for year 3.134 3,134 At 31 August 2021 6,268 NET BOOK VALUE At 31 August 2021 5,779 At 31 August 2020 8,913 CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE wrrHIN ONE YEAR 2021 2020 B3nk loans and overdrafts (see r￿te 8) Other creditors Accruals and deferred income 10,OOD 6,971 1.500 6,971 1.200 18,471 8.171 CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALUNG DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR 2021 2020 Bank loans (see nole 81 20,000 During August 2020 the chanty obtained a government-backed Bounce Bank Loan of £20,000. No inlefest was due on the loan or repayments due dLtring the first 12 months. The tharty repaid most of the loan within the CUT￿nt year, with Ihe balance being settled ￿st year end. LOANS An anatysis of the maturity of loans is gNen behN. 2021 2020 Amounts falling due within or¢ year on demand.. Bank k)ans 10,000 An￿￿fits falling be￿een one and two years." Bank loans - 1-2 years 20,000 Page 12 conkn'nued... UNIVERSAL GOD: hlESSA E OF PEACE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 MOVEMENT IN FUNDS Net movement in funds At 31.8.21 Al 1.9.20 UnRstricted lunds General fvnd {16,159} 11.328 14,8311 TOTAL FUNDS 116.159} 11.328 14.8311 Nel movement in funds, included in the above are as folk)ws". Incoming reSoUr￿S Resources expended Movement in funds UnrestTlcted funds General fund 45,587 134,2591 11,328 TOTAL FUNDS 45,587 134,2591 11.328 Comparative• for movement In funds Nel movement in funds At 31.8.20 Unrestricted funds General fund 118.1591 116.1591 TOTAL FUNDS 116.1591 116,1591 Comparalbve net movement in lunds, induded in the above are as fdlov*E." Incomin9 resources Resources Movement expended in funds Unrestrict•d funds General fund 36.450 152,6091 (16,1591 TOTAL FUNDS 36.450 (52.6091 {16.1591 Page 13 continued... UNIVERSAL GOD: MESSAGE OF PEACE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - contlnued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 10. RELATED PAR￿ DISCLOSURES During the year donations of £9.300 were received trom Trustees and a balance of £6,971 was owed to a Trustee ai the year end date. There were no other reFated paty tr8nsacth?ns. Page 14