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Qalb Connection Report and Accounts for the year en(le(131 January 2024

Qalb Connection

Charity Information

Trustees:	Mohammed Shabir Aslam
	Zaheer Abbas
	Mohammed Ramzan Younis
Governing Document:	The prevention or relief of poverty for the
	public benefit anywhere in the world, in
	particular but not exclusively, by providing or
	assisting in the provision of food packages,
	water aid, education resources and
	infrastructure restoration to people in need
	by reasons of poverty, war, and natural
	disasters.
Charity Registration Number:	1193355
Registered Office:	22 Kent Road
	Woking
	Surrey
	GU22 8DB
Bank:	Lloyds Bank
Accountant:	Sofia Hussain ACMA
	TaxAssist Accountants
	31 Penny Brookes Street
	Stratford
	E15 1GP

Qalb Connection Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 January 2024

About Qalb Connection

Qalb Connection is a small charity based in Surrey. Qalb Connection was formed by expatriates of Pakistan who took it on themselves to deliver charity directly to Pakistan. The founding members personally travel to Pakistan to ensure the charity is delivered to those in need.

Aims and Objectives

Qalb Connection aim to alleviate poverty and suffering in third world countries. Qalb Connection raise funds through social media platforms, some advertising but mostly from word of mouth through family and friends.

Our objectives are to invest in clean drinking water projects, housing restoration projects and to provide food packages to alleviate poverty in the short term. Qalb Connection also invest in individuals to support them to self-sufficency this has been in the past by providing sewing machines, farm animals such as chicken, buffalo and other cattle.

Qalb Connection

for the year ended 31 January 2024

Activities during year ended 31 January 2024 were:

Monies were collected via word of mouth and social media. Over 400 families received food packages from us.

A charity cricket match was played in order to raise funds. Food stalls were set up and monies from sales were collected.

A family fun day "Mela" was organised for August 2023 and donations were collected from stall holders and attendees

All funds are raised by volunteers and no costs for fundraising are borne by the charity.

Activities for year ending 31 January 2025:

Activities will broadly be the same as those for 2024.

A family fun day is planned for August 2025 where the local community can hold stalls to sell various products including home cooked snacks, toys, interactive games etc etc

Qalb Connection Independent Examiner's Report for the year ended 31 January 2024

I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Qalb Connection for the year ended 31 January 2024.

The report is solely made to the trustees as a body, in accordance with the Charities Act 2011. My examination has been undertaken so that I might state to the trustees those matters I am required to state to them in an independent examiner's report and for no other purposes. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I do not accept responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the trustees as a body, for my examination, for this report, or for opinion I have formed.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the Trustees of Qalb Connection, you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act). I report in respect of my examination of the ’s financial statements carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act.

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

Since the Qalb Connection's gross income exceeded £25,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in Section 145 of 2011 Act. I confirm I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, which is one of the listed bodies.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no 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 as required by section 130 of the 2011 Act; or

2) the financial statements do not accord with those records; or

3) the financial statements do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair 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 this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached.

Sofia Hussain (ACMA) TaxAssist Accountants 31 Penny Brookes Street London E15 1GP

Qalb Connection

Annual accounts for the year ended 31 January 2024

Combined Income and Expenditure Account and Balance Sheet

Income Total collected Expenditure Donations and gifts to families Fundraising Bank charges Miscellaneous Excess of income over expenditure Transfers to petty cash Opening Funds Closing Funds Represented by: Cash Bank Petty cash	2024 £ 42,839 42,839 40,718 - 84 - 40,802 2,037 - 19,153 21,190 21,190 - - 21,190 -	2023 £ 54,939 54,939 69,747 - 268 - 70,015 15,076 - - 34,229 19,153 19,153 - - 19,153 -

These accounts were approved by the trustees on 16 April 2024 and signed on their behalf by:

Zaheer Abbas

for the year ended 31 January 2024

Qalb Connection

Summary of funds

Opening balance as at 1 February 2023 Receipts Zakat Donations Sadqah Fitrana Fidyah Food Packages Emergency Water pump Sewing machine Payments Donations to families Bank charges Transfers Bank Petty cash Closing balance Closing balance Outstanding Lodgement Closing funds	£ 15,475 13,221 4,883 2,057 168 3,555 645 1,885 950 40,718 84 C	£ 19,153 42,839 40,802 - - 21,190 21,190 - 21,190 - urrent

These accounts were approved by the trustees on 16 April 2024 and signed on their behalf

Zaheer Abbas