## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the first period of account** **From 3 April 2020 To 31 August 2021** **Charity name: Taban** **Charity registration number: 1188892** **Charity’s address:2 Wilbraham Rd, Fallowfield, Manchester M14 6JZ** |**Trustee name**|**Office**|**Appointed**|**Resigned**| |---|---|---|---| |Richard Young|Chair|3 April 2020|| |Christopher Smail|Treasurer|3 April 2020|| |Helen Jones||3 April 2020|| |Daniel Burton||1 August 2020|| |Colin Hardicre||1 August 2020|17 November 2021| |Kaveh Golab||1 August 2020|| |Kurosh Bhepouri||1 August 2020|| |TimothyGibbs||23 September 2021|| ## **Objectives and Activities** |**Objectives and Activities**|| |---|---| |Summary of the purposes of the
charity as set out in its governing
document|Taban was set up to provide practical support to
asylum seekers and refugees, furthering
voluntary work by its participating churches with
predominantly Farsi-speaking communities.| |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.|Taban provides individual support and guidance
in areas including access to legal support,
interactions with GP’s and the NHS, housing,
access to work, both voluntary and paid,
education and training – including signposting to
other organisations.| |Statement confirming whether the
trustees have had regard to the
guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit|The trustees oversee the work of the charity in
such a way as to ensure it provides public
benefit as set out in Charity Commission
guidance.| |Policy on grant making|Taban does not make grants or investments of
any kind.| |Contribution made by volunteers|Taban is heavily reliant on volunteers in the
fulfilment of its objectives, not least its team of
trustees.| ## **Achievements and Performance** |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.|Over this initial period, Taban has successfully
raised funds to cover its planned expenses for
an initial 3-year period. We then ran a
recruitment process, at the end of which we
were delighted to be able to appoint our
Development Manager, Mojgan Bakhtiary.
Over the period Taban supported over 100
clients with a range of issues.| |---|---| |Achievements against objectives
set|The trustees are delighted with progress made
in this the first full year of operation of the
charity. Taban has laid solid foundations,
building out its network of relationships, both
with clients and with partner organisations.| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**|| |---|---| |Review of the charity’s financial
position at the end of the period|Taban’s financial position is secure. A
combination of funds in hand and
commitments from donors are sufficient to
cover the next 12 months expenses and a
substantial proportion of the anticipated
expenses for a further year.| |Statement explaining the policy for
holding reserves stating why they
are held|Taban holds cash reserves against its
spending commitments and in line with
budgets against which donors have provided
support.| |Amount of reserves held|Reserves held are sufficient to cover routine
expenditure until March 2022| |The charity’s principal sources of
funds (including any fundraising)|We are grateful to the Diocese of Manchester,
which has provided a significant initial grant,
over a 3 year period, to Taban and without
which we would not have been able to develop
the charity in the way we have. We are also
grateful to our private donors who have added
their support to enable us to reach our
fundraising objectives.| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s trusts:|All funds held by Taban are for the general
purposes ofthe charity..| |---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Taban is governed by a constitution.| |How is the charity constituted?|Taban is a Charitable Independent
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|Trustees are invited to join by agreement
amongst the existing trustees.| |The charity’s organisational structure
and any wider network with which the
charity works|The trustees would like to thank the members of
the participating churches, Holy Innocents,
Fallowfield, St Thomas, Pendleton and St James
& Emmanuel, Didsbury for their ongoing
support.| ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Signature(s)
Full name(s) C J Smail
Position (eg Secretary, Treasurer
Chair, etc)
Date
2 January 2022
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**1188892** ## **Taban** ## **Receipts and payments accounts** ## **First period of account** **CC16a** **From 3 Apr 2020 To 31 Aug 2021** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**19,500**
**2,080**
**24,783**
**13**
**-**
**46,376**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**46,376**
**23,117**
**1,980**
**817**
**179**
**435**
**430**
**1,783**
**199**
**-**
**28,939**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**28,939**
**17,437**
**-**
**-**
**17,437**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---| |Diocesan Grant|**19,500**|||**19,500**| |Donatioon - Not Gift Aided|**2,080**|||**2,080**| |Donations - Gift Aided|**24,783**|||**24,783**| |Interest received|**13**|||**13**| ||**-**|||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**46,376**|||**46,376**| |||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||| ||**-**|||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||| |||||**46,376**| |||||| |Salary|**23,117**|||**23,117**| |Pension|**1,980**|||**1,980**| |Expenses|**817**|||**817**| |Telephone & Computer cost|**179**|||**179**| |Insurace|**435**|||**435**| |Cash support|**430**|||**430**| |Set upcosts|**1,783**|||**1,783**| |Administrationn|**199**|||**199**| ||**-**|||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**28,939**|||**28,939**| |||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||| ||**-**|||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||| |||||**28,939**| |||||| ||**17,437**|**-**|**-**|**17,437**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**17,437**|**-**|**-**|**17,437**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 03/03/2022 1 ## **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**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Gift aid Debtor
Current account
Deposit account
**Details**
**Details**
Expenses
Admin
External examination
Signature
Pension|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**2,437**
**-**
**15,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**17,437**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**6,217**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
188
45
48
360
**-**
Unrestricted funds
Print Name
C J Smail|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||September 21| ||||September 21| ||||September 21| ||||March 22| ||||| ||||Date of
approval
2 January 2022| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 03/03/2022 2 (HARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examlner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Emaminer's Report Report to the tru5teesl member5 Of Taban l A Charitable Incorporated Organisationl On accounts for the perlod ended 3 Aprtl 2020 to 31, August 2021 Charlty no Ilf anvl 1188892 Set out on pages Section A on Page I headed Receipts and payments account l attached) Section B on Page 2 headed Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period I attached) I Section A and B refeired to as the accounts hence forth I I report to the trustees on my examination ol the accounts of the above charity I'the Trust") for the period ended 31" Au8LlSt 2021. ResponslbllStles and basls of report As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for thè preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 20111.the Act~l. I report in fespe¢t of my èxaminaiion of the Trust'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 undei section 14515llbl of the Act. Independeni examlner's statemeni I have Completed my examlnation. I confirm that no material matters have come to mv attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below I which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. the accountin8 records were not kept in accordance wlth seciion 130 of the harities Act.. or the accounts dld not accord with the accounting records,. or the accounts did not comply with the applicable iequirement5 conceTninÉ the form and content of accounts set out in the Cha¥ities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fairf view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in thi5 report in order io enable a proper understandin8 01 the accounts to be reached. Sllned: Oate.. 23 March 2022 Name and professlonal quallficatlon: Erlc Langer FCA Address: Langer & Co, Chartered Accountant. 8-10 Gatley Road. Cheadle Cheshire SK8 IPY IER Oct 2018