## **SHAH JALAL ACADEMY** ## **Report of the Trustees for the year ending 31 March 2022** The trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2022 and confirm they comply with the Charities Act 1993, as amended by Charities Act 2006, the trust deed and the Charities SORP 2019. ## **Reference and Administrative Information** Charity Name Shah Jalal Academy Charity Registration Number 1188405 Principal Office 108 Belfield Road ## **Board of Trustees** ## **MR BOSHIR AHMED** ## **Bankers** HSBC Bank plc 2 Yorkshire Street Rochdale OL16 1EE ## **SHAH JALAL ACADEMY** ## **Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 March 2022** ## **Structure, governance and management** ## **Organisation 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. ## **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 meeting 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. ## **Risk Management** The trustees have assessed the risks the charity faces and have drawn up 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 matrix at their meetings. 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 Shah Jalal Academy are kept under review. Appropriate Criminal Record Bureau (CRB) checks, supported by regularly reviewed policies, are made for all those who work with children or other vulnerable groups within 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 Rochdale area for the benefit of the public in particular through the holding of prayer meetings, lectures, the public celebrations of religious festivals and the distribution of literature on the Islamic faith to enlighten others. ## **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 long-term ambition is to build the self-confidence of Rochdale’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 Academy an accessible and welcoming venue where all Muslims, or those who wish to know more about our faith, can gather together to learn about the religion and worship. ## **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 Academy and the wider community of Rochdale. ## **Religious activities** Our Academy provides a centre for our prayers and worship and for activities associated with our faith. During the year under review, we offered a range of religious services and activities including: 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. There are 30 students who are attending the classes of holy Qur’an. There are more than 35 students who are learning Holy Qur’an. SHAH JALALACADEMY FINAIYCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022 M TAHIR & COMPANY FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANrs IND&PENDENT EXAMINER, S REPORT TO TRUSTEES OF SHAH JALAL ACADEMY. I report on the Accounts of Shah Jalal Academy for the year ended 31 March 2022 which are set on page l & 2 RESFECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TRUSTEES AND EXAMINER The Charity, s Trttstees are responsible for the preparation of accounts. Thè Charity trustees consider that an audit Is not required for this yeat (under section 43121 of the charities Act 1993 Ithe 1993 Act) and that an independent exaThination is needed. It is my responsibiLity to: ExamLne the accounts (under section 43131 lal of the 1993 Act to follow the procedures laid down in the general directions gLven by charity comissloners (under sectlon 43171 Ibl of the 1993 Act) and to state whether ￿[tICular matter8 have come to my attentlon. BASIS OF INDEPENDENT EXAMINER. S REPORT My examlnatlon wa8 carrled out in accordance with the general directlon$ by the charity CoTanission. An examination includea a revlew 0£ the accounting records kept by the charity and a corThparison of the accounts presented wlth those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual itetrL8 or disc103ure8 in the account3 arkd seeking expLanatlons from you as trustees concerning any such mat-ers. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence tha= would be requlred In an audlt, and consequently I do not express an audit opLnlon on the vlew given by the account8. INDEPENDENT EXAMINER, S REPORT In connection w. th my examinatLon no matter has Come to my attentlon: Which gives llLe reasonable cause to belleve that In any materLal respect the requlremencs to keep accounting records in accordance wlth section 41 of the 1993 Act, and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting equirements of the 1993 Act have not been rnet or to which In my opinion attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached M TAHIR & CO 29 OVERBRIDGE ROAD 14ANCHESTER KT 18L SHAH JALAL ACADEMY 108 BELFIELD ROAD ROCHDALE OL16 2XN STATEMENT OF ASSEfs AND LIABIUTIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022 FIXED ASSErs Add Dis Cost Bulldlng Building Improvement Fixtures & Fittings 40000 40000 CURRENT ASSErs Cash at Bank 239 Cash In Hand 1732 1971 41971 TOTAL A5SET5 OEDucf LIABIUTIES Expense credltors 3C 3C() 41671 NET ASSETS REPRESENTED BY: Reserve BIF Add Excess of Income Over Expendr(ures 40894 777 41671 SHAH JALAL ACADEMY 108 BELFIELD ROAD ROCHDALE OL16 2XN INCOME AND EXPENDITURE AccouKr FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022 RECEIPTES Donatlon & Other Income 8266 DEDucf EXPENSES Repalr & Malntenance Li8ht & Heat Bulldlng Insurance Water Charges Bank Char8es Statlonery INOTEBOOKI Cleanln8 Servlces & 5undrles Accountancy Charges 5146 966 21 20 344 300 7489 EXCESS OF INCOME OVER EXPENDITURES 777