## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From Period start date:** 01/08/2024 **To Period end date:** 31/07/2025 ## **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 through the charities’
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 |Policy on social
investment including
program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |---|---|---| |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 of
whom may not be openly queer around
their family and this 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|Over the past year, the charity has
strengthened both its internal foundations
and its community impact. We introduced
new branding to better reflect our mission
and increase visibility, alongside a full
review and update of all organisational
policies, the Volunteer Handbook and
induction processes. These improvements
have enhanced governance, safeguarding
and volunteer support.
We also formally separated from the US
branch of Hidayah, which established its
own independent organisation. This has
allowed us to focus more clearly on the
needs of queer Muslims in the UK. During
this period, leadership transitioned
smoothly to a new Chair, ensuring
continuity and renewed strategic direction.
Our community work has continued to
grow. Our Pride Social in Manchester 2024
was a major success in bringing together
queer Muslims from Manchester and
beyond. We delivered our Sharing Stories
circles and wellbeing events to reduce
isolation and support mental health.| Additionally, we hosted inclusive Ramadan and Eid celebrations in Manchester, London and Glasgow, providing safe, affirming spaces where service users could celebrate together. In total, over 160 queer Muslims and allies celebrated at our iftars and Eid party, demonstrating a strong, sustained appetite for our in-person events offer. Overall, our work has strengthened community connection, improved wellbeing and increased visibility/inclusion for queer Muslims. ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of Para 1.41 fundraising activities against objectives 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 an income of**
**£8,252 during the year and incurred**
**expenditures of £30,336, leaving a**
**deficit of £22,084. The funds carried**
**over were £4,062.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Our reserve policy stipulates that we**
**must maintain a reserve of £3k of**
**unrestricted funds at any given time.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£80| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund materially
in deficit|Para 1.24|In the past 12 months, we have invested in
upskilling our volunteers in order to
enhance and supplement the services we
provide, including our Outreach and
Mentoring programmes. Our investment
has resulted in a refreshed and robust
infrastructure for our training offer through
paying our Freelance Outreach Lead (a
brief role that has now come to an end).
Our oversubscribed Mentoring programme
is similarly being refreshed, ready for a
relaunch in the coming months, following
the Lead for this programme undergoing
training in coaching.
Although our reserves no longer low (as of
May 2026), demand for our services
remains high. Largely, our overheads are
manageable, low risk and projected to be
substantially lower for the next twelve
months, particularly as we do not foresee
any further training costs. Speaker fees are
divided equally between speakers and the
organisation, and we are currently planning
to substantially expand our outreach offer
for external organisations. We are also in
the process of putting in more funding
applications to supplement core and project
costs.| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern|Para 1.23|A
s a Board, we have proven to be
responsive upon recognising the reduction
in unrestricted reserves, significantly cutting
back on expenses from June 2025. As a
result, at the time of writing this report (May
2026), our unrestricted reserves are
healthy and above the £3k stipulated in our
policy. We continue to apply for grants,
receive generous donations, have high
uptake in our paid ticketed events and
undertake speaker fees in order to sustain
our activities with lower overheads. Given
this, we believe any uncertainties regarding
Hidayah's financial health have already| been mitigated, and we are hopeful for the future of our charity. **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: The charity’s principal Para 1.47 sources of funds (including any fundraising) Investment policy and Para 1.46 objectives including any social investment policy adopted A description of the Para 1.46 principal 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 and 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 done with the
deputy chair, where the interview is
asked questions concerning the
culture of the charity and getting
some background on the
prospective trustees 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 then join the board and will be
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| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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Position (eg Chair
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|**Hidayah LGBTQI+**||**No (if any)**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||**CC16a**| |**For the period**
**from**|01/08/2024|31/07/2025
**To**|| ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**-**
**4 077**
**1 350**
**2 711**
**114**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**

**8 252**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8 252**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**535**
**-**
**201**
**980**
**1 669**
**-**
**1 600**
**875**
**1 045**
**-**
**1 906**
**1 957**
**-**
**134**
**1 558**
**1 527**
**28**
**-**
**-**
**9 313**
**99**
**-**
**19**
**9**
**-**
**2 435**
**2 080**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**27 970**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2 295**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**120**
**-**
**-**
**- 11**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**- 38**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2 366**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**4 077**
**1 350**
**2 711**
**114**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8 252**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8 252**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2 295**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**535**
**-**
**201**
**980**
**1 669**
**-**
**1 600**
**875**
**1 045**
**-**
**2 026**
**1 957**
**-**
**123**
**1 558**
**1 527**
**28**
**-**
**-**
**9 313**
**99**
**-**
**19**
**9**
**-**
**2 397**
**2 080**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**30 336**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Donation Restricted|**-**||||**1 300**| |Donation unrestricted|**4 077**||||**1 018**| |Speaker|**1 350**||||**1 850**| |Events|**2 711**||||**538**| |Retail|**114**||||**104**| |Interest|**-**||||**22**| |contra|**-**||||**1 573**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
**8 252**||||**6 405**| ||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||| ||**-**||||| ||**-**||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**|||||| ||||||**6 405**| ||||||| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| |Mind|||||**1 805**| |EquityNetwork|**-**||||**31**| |Consortium|**-**||||**24**| |Members Support|**-**||||**136**| |Tides|**535**||||**6 600**| |LGBT Consortium|**-**||||**1 038**| |Retail|**201**||||**87**| |Speaker Fee|**980**||||**992**| |Travel|**1 669**||||**1 193**| |Bank charges|**-**||||**264**| |StrategyDay|**1 600**||||**1 087**| |Marketing|**875**||||**17**| |Events expenses|**1 045**||||**-**| |DailyExpenses|**-**||||**1 128**| |Rent|**1 906**||||**60**| |Hotel and Accomodation|**1 957**||||**1 225**| |Clothing|**-**||||**632**| |General expenses|**134**||||**913**| |Entertainment|**1 558**||||**2 465**| |Refreshment|**1 527**||||**248**| |Recruitment|**28**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| |Trainingcosts|**9 313**||||**-**| |Insurance|**99**||||**96**| |US Trip|**-**||||**6 804**| |Postage|**19**||||**53**| |Stationary|**9**||||**228**| |AccountacyCharges|**-**||||**720**| |Subscriptions|**2 435**||||**1 231**| |Therapy|**2 080**||||**2 470**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**27 970**||||**31 547**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 1 |**A4 Asset and investment**|**A4 Asset and investment**|||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||||| |||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|||| |||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|||| ||**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |||||||||||||| |**_Total payments_**||**27 970**||**2 366**|||**-**||**30 336**||**31 547**|| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**||**- 19 718**||**- 2 366**|||**-**||**- 22 084**||**- 25 142**|| |**A5 Transfers between**|**funds**|**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**||**19 798**||**6 348**||**-**|||**26 146**||**51 288**|| |**_Cash funds this_**|**_year end_**|**80**||**3 982**|||**-**||**4 062**||**26 146**|| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 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
**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))
Co-op
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**80**
**3 982**
**-**
**-**
**80**
**3 982**
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)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| ||||| ||||| CCXX R3 accounts (SS) 3