Registered number 1193106 

## PEOPLE FIRST FOUNDATION 

Trustees' Annual Report and Accounts 

## 31 December 2024 



## **PEOPLE FIRST FOUNDATION Trustees' Annual Report and Accounts Contents** 

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**Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 


Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 01 01 2024 **To** 31 12 2024 

## Section A                        Reference and administration details 

**Charity name** PEOPLE FIRST FOUNDATION 

**Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1193106 

**Charity's principal address** 37 BROWN STREET 

ACCRINGTON LANCASHIRE **Postcode BB5 0RS** 

## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 


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Dates acted if not  Name of person (or body) entitled<br>Trustee name  Office (if any)<br>for whole year to appoint trustee (if any)<br>1 Mohammad Asghar  Chair<br>2 Farrkh Sadiq<br>3 Shehzad Arif<br>4 Mohammed Usman Ghani Hussain<br>5 Qasim Ditta<br>6 Mahmood Akhtar Hussain<br>7 Imran Ahmed<br>8 Asif Raza<br>9 Shahid Afzal<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20<br>Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


**Name Dates acted if not for whole year** 


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**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of adviser Name Address** 


## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Section B              Structure, governance and management** 

## **Description of the charity’s trusts** 

Type of governing document 

CONSTITUTION 

- (eg. trust deed, constitution) 

ASSOCIATION How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) BY RESOLUTION AT AGM Trustee selection methods 

(eg. appointed by, elected by) 

## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: 

- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; 

- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; 

- relationship with any related parties; 

- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. 

## **Section C                    Objectives and activities** 

**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** 

To advance in life and relieve the needs of young people in the Blackburn area and assist them to integrate into society, mainly but not exclusively through leisure time activities, so as to develop their capabilities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society 

**TAR** 

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The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the charity commission on public benefit. 

The main activity provided to the community was Islamic education through various events and youth projects. 

**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** 

**Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: 

- policy on grantmaking; 

- policy programme related investment; 

- contribution made by volunteers. 


**TAR** 

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Section D                      Achievements and performance 

**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** 

The provision of facilities for religious services and education of the local community. 

We are at an advanced stage in constructing and refurbishing a multi-use centre for the wider community in Accrington. 

**TAR** 

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## **Section E                    Financial review** 

**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** 

The trustees deem the unrestricted reserves sufficient to cover the core costs of the charity for the next year 

**Details of any funds materially in deficit** 

Not applicable 

## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: 

- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); 

- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; 

- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. 

## **Section F                     Other optional information** 

## **Section G                    Declaration** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Shehzad Arif **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** 31/10/2025 

**TAR** 

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Charity Name Charity No<br>People First Foundation 1193106<br>Receipts and payments accounts CC16a<br>For the period  Period start date Period end date<br>To<br>from 01/01/2024 31/12/2024<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>




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Section A Receipts and payments<br>Unrestricted  Restricted  Endowment<br>Total funds Last year<br>funds funds funds<br>to the nearest    £  to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £<br>A1 Receipts<br>Donations    35,551    -   -     35,551    54,201<br>  -   -     -   -<br>  -   -     -   -<br>  -  -     -   -     -<br>-    -   -     -   -<br>  -  -     -   -     -<br>-    -   -     -   -<br>  -  -     -   -     -<br>Sub total  (Gross income for<br>AR)    35,551    -   -     35,551    54,201<br>A2 Asset and investment sales,<br>(see table).<br>  -  -    -  -<br>  -  -    -  -     -<br>Sub total    -  -    -  -     -<br>Total receipts  35,551   -  -    35,551   54,201<br>A3 Payments<br>Premises costs   4,425    -   -     4,425    7,276<br>  -   -     -   -<br>  -  -     -   -     -<br>-    -   -     -   -<br>  -  -     -   -     -<br>-    -   -     -   -<br>  -  -     -   -     -<br>-    -   -     -   -<br>  -  -     -   -     -<br>Sub total   4,425    -   -     4,425    7,276<br>A4 Asset and investment<br>purchases, (see table)<br>Property development   20,706    -  -    20,706    47,043<br>Plant & Equipment   -  -    -     542<br>Sub total   20,706    -  -    20,706    47,585<br>Total payments  25,131   -  -    25,131   54,861<br>Net of receipts/(payments)  10,420   -  -   10,420  - 660<br>A5 Transfers between funds  -  -   -  -    -<br>A6 Cash funds last year end   375   -  -   375   1,035<br>Cash funds this year end  10,795   -  -   10,795   375<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**the end of the period**|**the end of the period**||
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|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Property<br>Furniture, fixtures & fittings<br>Plant & machinery<br>Bank<br>Cash<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**8,795**<br>**2,000**<br>**-**<br>**10,795**<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>Unrestricted<br>Unrestricted<br>Unrestricted<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|
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|||||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Current value**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Current value**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**When due**<br>**(optional)**|
||Accountancy and Independent Examiner<br>fees|<br>Unrestricted|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||
||Signature|Print Name<br>Shehzad Arif||Date of<br>approval<br>31/10/2025|



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## **Independent Examiner’s Report** 

|**Report to the trustees/**<br>**members of**<br>**On accounts for the year**<br>**ended**<br>**Set out on pages**|PEOPLE FIRST FOUNDATION|
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||31 DECEMBER 2024<br>**Charity no**<br>1193106|
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||I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above<br>charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/2023.|



- **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). 

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

**Independent** I have completed my examination.  I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: 

- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or 

- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records 

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

|**Signed:**<br>**Name:**<br>**Relevant professional**<br>**qualification(s) or body**<br>**(if any):**<br>**Address:**|**Date:**||
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|||30/10/2025|
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