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NorriNGHAMAFGHAN FOUNDATION Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 St March 2024

NOTnNGHAM AFGHAN FOUNDATION Rep(rt of the Trustees for tt year ended 31 hlarch 2024 The trustees present thelr anrKAI rem aNI audlted financial statements for the year ended 31" March 2024 and confimi ttry comply wlth the CharitiesAct 1993, as amended by the Charities Act 2(￿, the trust deed, arKI thecharities 50RP 2(KI5. References and Adminf5tratlve Inforn)atl¢ Charlty name.. NOThINGHAM AFGHAN FIXiNDATII Charity reglstrntion Nmber: 118WS)4 PrlnciFol office.. 3 Street, ￿ttir41￿m, NG7 3LN Board of Trustees Khlaly Khan thm1181(Y412022) MirlAohammad Sahebzada121105120201 Farhan Freydun Sakhl12110512020) Prlnclpal Admlnlstrator Mlr Mohammad satr￿zada Accountants DINSON & CO Bankers LLOYDS BANK

Structure, Governance, and Management Cfftrning document NorriNGHAJA AFGHAN FOUNDATION is constltuted as a charftabie trust registered with the Charlty Commlsslon on 21st Aliy 2020 urKJer charity number 1189604. Or8anisational structure The charity tr￿teeS are re5[%￿￿tle for the c(x)trol arxl mawment of charity. The trustees gfve thelr tlmefreeiy aTrJ receht rmi reMurffitI￿ crotlwfinarKial IEnefits. The trustees meet as a tA)ty ff#xtNy and are respjsibie all decisi￿￿ taken in relation to runnlng the Mosque and the community facilltles and ttr￿ act?vities pro￿ded by the charity. The day.to.day management Is delegated to tre staff. TIE trustee5 also deal with the collection and distribution of Zakat, a donation to charity Wokxrtional to a Mu51im'5 income mandated under Isiarnlc ruling. Recrultment tralnlr8 of trustee5 The existing tnjstees are reS[￿nSIblef0r the recruitnEnt of tntstees, seeking t1￿ view5 a￿1 recommendations of community leaJ of tlE rtsks happening, arKI t1￿ measures taken to manage t￿ffl. The tntstees review this risk matrix regularLyat theTr meetings. The tnrtees e￿rethat slsteffs are in place. or arrangements are in hand, to manage the risks that have been Identrfied.

In general. insurarKe coverts fn place arKI thefinance5 of theI14Mue are kept under review. Approwiate Criminal Rec￿d5 P￿￿eaU ICRBI checks, wed ty regularly reviewed P￿ICIeS. are madeforall ttrose w￿1 workwith children orother ¥thwabie gr￿pS wtthin themosque community center. Aims, Objectives, and Strategies Our alms To tjoknnce the ethjcotlon of iwarhYglr15, aThl In￿rtICUlar tomolntoln dry sclwl. Thls Is donebyprovldlns an edKOtIcrfK71 en￿r(¥￿t Wheree￿ stthlent con d￿d￿andfulfil their tentlal. bulldlns tI￿r 5e1f.c￿e￿e1ll￿l I￿lI01t1￿0 deslre to C￿triL￿te to the w7der community. To tlrdision of15117n thrapjhpr&1￿tl￿ of Its teochiTrJs, by theprovls1￿0r osslstance in theprovision of focilitiesforlslomlc worship G￿ledUCatI￿. Our obJectlve5 Ourobjectfves a￿ set to reflect wrfalth a￿1 C￿mUnItY aims. Each year our trustees revlew r objectlves and actlvltles to ersure tlw continue to refiect CAJralms. Thls ts done by C￿67dering ￿charitY Commi55ion's ge[￿1 guldJKe on wbik Lweflt, ar•J particularly Its supplementary publlc guIda￿e on d￿adya￿en￿nt of reLlglon for the wbilc ber￿ffjt. Our alm remalns to rrnlde a faclllty fu perS￿l arrfj social dfftiOpn￿nt for MLtsllms In our communlty, as as to help make our CoMw￿DIty mNe vityant arKI harnKX)ious by welc¢Jning all Inhabltants wlth organlsed actfvftles. Strate8les Wewant to make ourmdjsy an accesslbie aThl weicomlryvenue for people of all ages. We are fortunate ewh to have facllltlesfor prayerand worshlp. both for men and women. Here people from the ccmmunlty, AM￿lIm$ arKI rw)n.Musilrrs, can gather trfjetl￿r to leam abwt the rellglon gxead Informati￿ in a safe envfronment. The most lrnrx)rtant part of Lwrstrategy ts e(ILKatlon. We fiJcu5 on provldlng a structured edLKath)nal envlronThEnt that d?￿10P5 our wplis, capabilitles and skills. Thls isdone by hlrfn8 ofesslonal teachers arKI followlTrd a strKt curriculum in wr hwue, to provide our students W7th a wlde range of intwdiKTpLinary skills as weil as specific aptitude in hlathematics and Eng115h. We aLs0 Use Fx)sitfve reinforcefflent t&iching ty rewarding stLKlents for behaviiwr, er￿tyJra8ln8 a culture of FM)iiteness that can be applied to interactions in all aspects of scKial life. Wewldely ao%vttse ow frKllit5 aThl a£tfvltEs I￿1￿11￿Cla￿, language learnir&, aThl spxts day5. these are open to the IIKal cijnmunity arKI we welcome their participation. These are SVPPOrted by donation5 or grant fuThJirva. Where a charge is made. Co￿esSIOns are made for students, people on mearts-tested ber)efits, a￿1 pensloners.

Activities The charity carries cMJt a wk1e ra￿of activities in wtsuaKeof its charitable aims. The tnL8tees consider that these activities, summarised beitrw, ber￿lt both children of thehwue as well as the wider community. L%Jilyproyers oThJ Zokat collectim: the11thq￿ tsopen all dayfftry day for the dally prayers. We have peorAe atterYlng every prayer, a￿1 es￿ClaI[Y a large numter who atte￿1 the ￿￿Y Frthy (ya￿ lknimth). We also all(yrt fc Zakat cdlection" a MLslim need r￿t give Zakat thr￿gh t1￿ Mosque we do provide the opFw)rtunity for those ttendinq theP•wue to give Zakat and we arrange its dIStri￿tion for approved purposes. The hlosque does not chargeforthls servlce, nor do we keep any of the donatlon arn￿nt. Taking chlldren toJumnx7hproyereoeryFri<ty.' we cknse to take the children to t Jummah prayer. as an opportunlty to see C￿l￿￿￿7ty interactiijn in wactice. prayer Is a soclal event as well as a religiou5 one, so while the children may not LV)derstarKI everythir4 an Inkwn may lectu￿ at#yJt, tw gain vaiuatAe integratlon into their communlty. Islamicfestivals at theM05we.' as a way to rd&x at theend of the schry)I term or durt Jlldays, we chr￿￿ to trv)st fun festivals for the chlldren at themosque. Currently we run a fllm festfvai for the stthts to unwlThl and bC￿d wlth each other, helpirvd to form friend5hip5 in the long tem. We also run an IsLimk Joke festival, where we enci)urage Inoffenslve stand-up comedy from volunteers: thls helps to traln social 5kilts such as publlc speaklng and self-confldence. Lonsuoge le55ons alonsslde the hlosque currlculum.. we clM)ose to run language lessons from a professlcKwl Pashto teacher to teach chlldren their home langua8e alongside Engllsh. This to maintain the culture a￿1 Uniql￿ of our communlty, as well as academically pushlng the st￿ts who are akln to thts type of learnlng. Financial Review Reserves Pollcy to meet four months, operatlng costs of tlKbAts)sque, eXci￿11n9 the collectlon and thStril￿Elon of Zakat, a￿1 of our C￿mUnity actfvltle5 a￿1 WOBrammes. Thls Is (kne for two reasons. Firstly, to allow funding of futwe Fffojects to L* made easier, as an extension to themosque prayer area. A reser%eallows projects to begin beforefull community fundlng has been acqulred. exFedltlng the rKocessand ralslng awareness of the project as early as posslble. Secondly. as a backup In case of sudden economic downturn such as global recession, or other natural disasteror pa￿leMIC. We see this asa very unllkely threat but must be consldered nO￿thelesS. We fcKesee that four Th?nttts Is a &IlL￿e reali5tK a￿￿nt of for whkh a r￿￿￿e can be kept, arKI aim to keep thts up tIw1￿t the ruMlr8 of the h¥)4ue.

Principal F￿di￿ Sources The charity's main s(wrce of income is donation. Giving at Friday prayers is the ff)st significant arhj we are appreciative to see generou5 aThJ erK(wraging donations every week. We also gain funding from ￿ c(Mnmunity.wi(k evtnts such as the aforementiord festivats. We accept a ynall fee to participate, which trywards FAanning cost of such events. We have rnt yet secured any grants to fLmd large.scale wojects, so we ￿t thls as a goal for the coming year of the l•thque. Investment Pollcy and Objectfves The charity ha5 no lon8.tem In￿tnRnts. cash re5er%¢s are held In morw market and dep051t acccMJnts. The interest eamed is c¢ysidered ty the trustees as a glft of the UK banklng 5y5tem and ￿pple￿￿ts the work suptmxted by cdLKtion of Likat. Future Plans For the Immedlate future, we rAan to contlnue Lu work a￿1 I￿rease our scale by contlnulnq to accept donatkrts fr￿ tIKb gefWLKS community. Ideally. we wlsh to secure a grant to ￿1p fuThJ an exter6ion to the this would have the benefit of comfortably accommodatiTrd more people at ourjumrnah prayers, especlally for women. Such a bel￿fft vKYks twoff￿d. wewS11 dlrectly 8aln mcKe fuThllng from a larger of donors, but we wlll also Increase our communlty presence and become a more prominent feature of the area, which Increases overall developfftht and makes securing future grants more feaslble. Statementof Trustee's Re4mx￿b1l1tles The charlty trustees are reSp￿￿bie1Or weparfng an annual rem arKI flnanclal statements in accordance with applicable law and Unlted Klngdom kcountlng Standards (United Klnqdom Generally A£cepted Accountlry Prnttkel. The Law applkable to charltles In England arKI Wales requlres tre charlty trustees to prepare financial State￿￿ts for year thich gilt a tft￿ and falr view of the state of affalrs of the charlty and of the Incomlrv4 resources arml aFvilcatlon of reS￿rCeS of the d¥arltyfcK that perk￿. In werArlr8 the fInar￿taL statements, the trustees are requfred to: select sultable accountlng wtlcles then apply tfffii conststendy; observe the metlwxls a￿1 principles in Charfties SORP" make judgennts and estimates thatare reasonable and wudent; state whetkff appLicable acccmtirq standards have been fcALth¥ed, subject to ary material departures disclosed aTrJ expiairEd in financial statements. epare the financial stateffnts unless it 15 Wwwklte to prewme charity will continue In business. The trustees are responsible for keepiry accowtiry record5 that dT5close WTth reasonable accuracy at any time thef]nar￿7a1 Ftyjsition of t1￿ charity aThJ to enable them to ensure that the financial staterrthts comply with the Charlties Act 1993. the Charity (Accwnts aThJ ReF￿$) Rewiations2Q)8, arKJ the of trLStdee(l. Tlw are

also reswmsibie forsafeguardTng the assets of thecharity hence taklr4 reas(￿able step5 for the preVentf<￿ arnl detecti￿ of fra￿ aTrJ other l￿e￿ULanties. Tre tntstees forthe of thrity ser41ed dLrna yeararml up to trtdate of thls report are t out on page 2. Approved by the tntsteesarnl swRd ￿ its L￿lf by. Khialy Khan Adam Date: 0610512025 NorriNGHAM AFGHAN FOUNDATION Statement of Flnancial Activitses for the year ended 31 St March 2024 NOThINGHAM AFGHAN FCkiNDATK)N statement of financial actfvities for ttr￿ ypar ended 31"l•arch 2024 is displayed on the final pages of this d￿￿Ment.

CHARITY COMMISSION ' FOR ENGIAND AND WALES Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forth• [￿bOd To 01rtMf2023 31103r2024 Sectioii A Receipts arid payments Unrestrfct¢d lund8 R8Strlct¥d fun Endowment lundi Totsl funds Last ygar toth• nMr•it £ b)th• A••r••t¢ 10th•r￿r•Itt toth• nMr•itt ioth• nMff••¢¢ A1 Roc•1 70 tot ross Income AR) 1•170 a•J70 A2 A•••t and In¥#kn•nt Iw tablo). Sub tol•l 29.1¥ AJP• Prnm1￿ R•ni Pf•miwA 81• Bl• Pdrtti Syn¢M¥ AttipJnthn R•m•J•n fftar Dknn•i 102 102 396 300 21 Sub tot•1 W13 ¥,013 Sub tot•1 2•,113 21,30b Not olrnc•lpts/fp•ym•nts) AS Tr8nsfers behw•n fund• A8 Ca$h fund$18st ywr ond Cash funds thls y••r •nd - 8,743 41.257 8.381 0,361 CCXX R18(t￿lI ISSI 25hJ6r2025

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Re5tri¢ted funds Endowment funds ton•w•Jt£ Cal¢90￿e$ Dotal funds B1 Cuh fund• Totsl cash funds R•ttdet•d Endowmont ftJnd• fundJ t• n••r••t¢ fvnd• D•talh ' Oetai15 ¢urv•nt¥alu• D8tails 84 A•••ts r•tAlrod forth• charfty'• own u4• BS Ll•bllltl•• Dats of roval b8haLEol811 th&tr￿*S6 syJn8￿re CCXX R2 ISSI

CHARITY COMMISSION ' FOR ENGIAND AND WALES Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forth• [￿bOd To 01rtMf2023 31103r2024 Sectioii A Receipts arid payments Unrestrfct¢d lund8 R8Strlct¥d fun Endowment lundi Totsl funds Last ygar toth• nMr•it £ b)th• A••r••t¢ 10th•r￿r•Itt toth• nMr•itt ioth• nMff••¢¢ A1 Roc•1 70 tot ross Income AR) 1•170 a•J70 A2 A•••t and In¥#kn•nt Iw tablo). Sub tol•l 29.1¥ AJP• Prnm1￿ R•ni Pf•miwA 81• Bl• Pdrtti Syn¢M¥ AttipJnthn R•m•J•n fftar Dknn•i 102 102 396 300 21 Sub tot•1 W13 ¥,013 Sub tot•1 2•,113 21,30b Not olrnc•lpts/fp•ym•nts) AS Tr8nsfers behw•n fund• A8 Ca$h fund$18st ywr ond Cash funds thls y••r •nd - 8,743 41.257 8.381 0,361 CCXX R18(t￿lI ISSI 25hJ6r2025

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Re5tri¢ted funds Endowment funds ton•w•Jt£ Cal¢90￿e$ Dotal funds B1 Cuh fund• Totsl cash funds R•ttdet•d Endowmont ftJnd• fundJ t• n••r••t¢ fvnd• D•talh ' Oetai15 ¢urv•nt¥alu• D8tails 84 A•••ts r•tAlrod forth• charfty'• own u4• BS Ll•bllltl•• Dats of roval b8haLEol811 th&tr￿*S6 syJn8￿re CCXX R2 ISSI