## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 01/08/2022 Period start date To 31/07/2023 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Hidayah LGBTQI+**
## **Charity registration number: 1188802**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|Hidayah LGBTQI+ was set up in 2017 by four
queer Muslims. Hidayah is a secular
organisation and seeks to bring together queer
people of all faiths and none, with a mission of
providing support and welfare to LGBTQI+
Muslims. Above all, our mission is to ensure the
voices of LGBTQI+ Muslims are heard and
understood. We also promote social justice and
encourage education about the queer Muslim
community, aiming to counter discrimination,
prejudice and injustice.|
|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|The purpose of Hidayah is enshrined in its
aims, objectives and mission statement, which
the trustees regularly ensure is carried out
through the charity’s activities.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Hidayah’s board of trustees can confirm
compliance with the duty as specified in Section
17 of the Charities Act 2011 and have adhered
to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public
benefit.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38||
|---|---|---|
|Other||Challenging common views of faith, gender and
sexuality through education and a wealth of
resources is indicative of Hidayah’s sizable
public benefit as a charity.
In doing so, we have honoured our mission, of
prioritising and supporting the welfare of queer
Muslims, many who may not be openly queer
around their family and thus would have lacked
a safe space were it not for Hidayah.|
## **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|**Launch of Membership:**
Hidayah has been working on creating a formal
Membership program to provide a safe, virtual
space for our members to connect at both our in-
person and online events. We are doing this by
instituting an ID verification service to prevent
fraudulent applications and safeguard our
community. We have chosen Yoti as our IDV
partner, as they are one of the leaders in the
space for privacy and security. We have put
policies in place to manage the program and
outline a data management program for the PII.
**Website restructuring:**
The website was moved to a new hosting provider
to continue providing value for money. The layout
and design of the website has also been
overhauled to make our resources more
accessible.
**In-person events we’ve run, Pride attended,**
**impact we’ve had**
Hidayah run a variety of events both online and in-
person. This year, we focussed more on flagship
events in cities such as London, Manchester and
Glasgow. We hosted our annual Eid party in
London, marking the end of Ramadan, and
making space for our London queer Muslims to
come together, as well as our Eid Potluck to
celebrate Eid-ul-Adha. For Manchester, we
focussed our efforts on making Manchester Pride
our main event of the year. We have focussed our
efforts on two UK prides, these being the
aforementioned Manchester Pride and UK Black
Pride held in London. In Glasgow, we had our first
flagship event in the Rennie Mackintosh Tea
Room.
**Wellbeing overhaul:**
As a volunteer led organisation, we receive a high
number of requests for support from members of
our community. We overhauled our triage process
for handling wellbeing requests and introduced a
wellbeing mailbox shared between a pool of
volunteers and trustees. We onboarded more
wellbeing volunteers and cleared our backlog
using our new ways of working.|
**Book project:** Hidayah successfully obtained funding from the Tides Foundation to pay queer Muslim writers in an ongoing book project. To be completed by FY 2023/2024
**MIND research:** Research is underway. Still spending the awarded money, aiming to complete spending in FY 2024/2025.
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of fundraising activities against objectives Para 1.41 set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The charity generated income of £42,347
during the year and incurred expenditure of
£22,342, giving a surplus of £20,005. The
funds carried forward at the end of the year
were £51,288.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The policy is to ensure that Hidayah LGBT
has £3k of unrestricted reserves available
at a given time.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Unrestricted reserves at the year end were
£37,106.|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|N/A|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity Other
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|
Para 1.25|Constitution|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation|
|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|Appointed by the Chair, Deputy Chair,
Secretary or Treasurer|
## **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|
The charity has no paid staff members and
solely consists of volunteers. The charity is
structured with two tiers - trustees in one tier,
volunteers in another.
Trustees have monthly meetings and minutes
are taken for each of these. The board of
trustees takes votes on any changes in policy.
Trustees are appointed through the following
process:
**1. Recruitment -**The post is advertised
on various platforms, including Indeed,
CharityJobs, Linkedin, on social media
and via the Hidayah website.
**2. First stage interview**- The first
interview is usually with the Deputy
Chair, where the interviewee is asked
questions concerning the culture of the
charity and getting some background
on the prospective trustee’s
background.
**3. Second stage interview**- The second
interview usually takes place with the
Chair, along with the Secretary or
Treasurer. The prospective trustee is
asked about their knowledge of
safeguarding and wellbeing, as well as
questions on leadership and the nature
of the role.
**4. Formal offer**- Following a board
meeting resolution, the prospective
trustee is given a formal offer for the
trustee position, subject to references.
**5. Acceptance and references**-
Provided this offer is accepted, the
charity requests references from the
new trustee.
**6. Joining the board**- Conditional to
satisfactory references, the trustee can
thenjointhe board andwillbe added to|
|---|---|---|
|||the Charity Register. The trustee will
serve a six-month probationary period.
Trustees have no limit on how long they can
serve on the board, but they must be voted in
again every three years. Hidayah’s trustees all
have day-to-day hands-on duties and are
involved in overseeing the charity’s operations
and strategies, while coordinating with our
volunteers.|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Hidayah LGBTQI+|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|Hidayah LGBT+, Hidayah UK|
|Registered charity number|1188802|
|Charity’s principal address|3rdFloor
86-90 Paul Street
London
EC2A 4NE|
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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||XX - Trustee with
dispensation|Chair|Appointed 1stMay 2023||
||Marc Kershaw|Deputy Chair|Appointed 22ndFebruary
2021||
||Osman Rafiq|Treasurer|Appointed 14thApril 2020||
||XX - Trustee with
dispensation|Secretary|Appointed 10thMarch 2021||
||XX - Trustee with
dispensation|Programme Officer|Appointed 3rdJuly 2023||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
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**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** XX **Full name(s)** XX – Trustee with dispensation **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 02/05/2024
**Hidayah LGBTQI+** Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees For the Period Ended 31 July 2023
## **Independent examiners report to the Trustees of Hidayah LGBTQI+**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts for Hidayah LGBTQI+ (“the charity”) for the period ended 31 July 2023.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the 2011 Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 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 2011 Act; or
2. the accounts do not comply with these records
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.
## **Michelle Ferris BSC (Hons) FCA DChA**
Albert Goodman LLP Chartered Accountants Goodwood House Blackbrook Park Avenue Taunton Somerset TA1 2PX
Date: 07 May 2024
**Hidayah LGBTQI+**
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## **Receipts and payments accounts**
**CC16a**
**For the period** 01/08/2022 31/07/2023 **To from**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £**
**Total funds Last year**
**to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £**
||**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**21,837**
**4,847**
**145**
**44**
**26,873**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26,873**
**294**
**-**
**1,125**
**699**
**847**
**192**
**262**
**225**
**281**
**1,938**
**332**
**11**
**2,220**
**30**
**-**
**235**
**5,401**
**55**
**1,416**
**1,447**
**52**
**100**
**1,573**
**18,737**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**18,737**
**8,136**
**-**
**28,970**|**15,474**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**15,474**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**15,474**
**-**
**-**
**1,927**
**788**
**890**
**3,605**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**3,605**
**11,869**
**-**
**2,313**
1|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**15,474**
**21,837**
**4,847**
**145**
**44**
**42,347**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**42,347**
**294**
**-**
**1,125**
**699**
**847**
**192**
**262**
**225**
**281**
**1,938**
**332**
**11**
**2,220**
**30**
**-**
**235**
**-**
**5,401**
**55**
**1,416**
**1,447**
**52**
**1,927**
**788**
**890**
**100**
**1,573**
**22,342**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**22,342**
**20,005**|||
|Donations(restricted)||||||**-**|
|Donations(unrestricted)|**21,837**|||||**5,630**|
|Speaker|**4,847**|||||**3,458**|
|Events|**145**|||||**262**|
|Retail|**44**|||||**21**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
**26,873**|||||**9,371**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**|||||||
|||||||**9,371**|
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Chair- Travel|**294**|||||**-**|
|Chair- Office|**-**|||||**16**|
|Chair - Other|**1,125**|||||**1,070**|
|Community Outreach- Travel|**699**|||||**196**|
|Community Outreach- Other|**847**|||||**-**|
|Community Outreach- Events|**192**|||||**-**|
|IT- Office|**262**|||||**761**|
|I.T. Other|**225**|||||**38**|
|Marketing-Office|**281**|||||**-**|
|Secretary- Office|**1,938**|||||**369**|
|Secretary- Travel|**332**|||||**194**|
|Secretary - Other|**11**|||||**-**|
|Speaker|**2,220**|||||**1,740**|
|Treasurer - Office|**30**|||||**1,215**|
|Treasurer- Other|**-**|||||**97**|
|Volunteers|**235**||||||
|US Hidayah||||||**297**|
|Strategy -Strategy|**5,401**|||||**127**|
|W&NB Community Outreach|**55**|||||**1,525**|
|Board Resources|**1,416**|||||**25**|
|Events|**1,447**|||||**130**|
|Business Development|**52**|||||**-**|
|Lush- London||||||**-**|
|Lush- Manchester||||||**744**|
|Mind||||||**-**|
|Retail|**100**|||||**2**|
|Contra (refund due)|**1,573**|||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**18,737**|||||**8,547**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
||**-**||||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_ **
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)|||||||
|||||||**8,547**|
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||**8,136**|**11,869**|**-**|**20,005**||**824**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**28,970**|**2,313**
1|**-**|**31,283**||**30,459**
07/05/2024|
_**Cash funds this year end**_ **37,106 14,182 - 51,288 31,283**
07/05/2024
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||
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|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**|(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
Barclays
CAF Bank Unrestricted
CAF Bank Restricted
**_Total cash funds_**
**Details**
Prepayment for AnB Strategy returned in FY
23/24
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Independent Examiners Fee
Signature
XX|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**4,947**
**31,240**
**919**
**14,182**
**37,106**
**14,182**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**1,573**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
Unrestricted
720
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
XX - Trustee with dispensation|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
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**funds**
**to nearest £**|
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**(optional)**|
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07/05/2024
CCXX R3 accounts (SS)
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