
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From Period start date   2[nd] July  2021                  To Period end date: 6[th] October 2021** 

**Charity name:** Muslim Forum of Britain (MFB) 

## **Charity registration number:** 1195034 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|To advance the education of the<br>public in the subject of Islam and<br>Islamic culture. • To advance the<br>Islamic education of Muslims and to<br>support their development of all<br>aspects of Islamic education and<br>scholarship. • For the public beneft to<br>promote the education (including<br>social and physical training) of people<br>of all ages in the UK in such ways as<br>the charity trustees think ft, including<br>by: 1. Awarding to such persons<br>scholarships, maintenance allowances<br>or grants tenable at any university,<br>college or institution of higher or<br>further education. 2. Providing their<br>education (including the study of<br>Islamic arts and calligraphy), to<br>undertake travel in furtherance of<br>that education or to prepare for entry<br>to any occupation, trade or profession<br>on leaving any educational<br>establishment. • To assist in such<br>ways as the charity trustees think ft<br>any charity in the UK, whose aims<br>include advancing Islamic education<br>of persons of all ages by developing<br>their mental, physical and moral<br>capabilities through leisure time<br>activities. • For the public beneft to<br>promote learning for pleasure by<br>people no longer in full time<br>employment through the continued<br>development of their individual<br>capabilities, competencies, skills and<br>understanding in subjects of<br>educational value. • To advance the<br>education of the public in general<br>(and particularly amongstscientists)|





|||on Islamic science and to promote<br>research for the public beneft in all<br>aspects of science and technology<br>and to publish the useful results.<br>Religious education and development<br>• To advance the practice of the<br>Islamic religion in the UK for the<br>beneft of the public through the<br>holding of prayer meetings, lectures,<br>public celebration of religious<br>festivals, producing and/or<br>distributing literature on Islam to<br>enlighten others about the Islamic<br>religion. Community development •<br>The relief of fnancial hardship by the<br>provision of free legal advice and<br>assistance to persons who, through<br>lack of means, would otherwise be<br>unable to obtain such advice. • To<br>relieve the mental and physical<br>sickness of persons resident in the UK<br>sufering from bereavement or loss by<br>the provision of counselling and<br>support forsuchpersons.|
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|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|Regular fortnightly online webinar to<br>educate our members and the public of<br>Islam and its unique culture, and to also<br>build a social and spiritual hub for them.<br>We also held a seminar talking about<br>importance of blood donation especially<br>within the Muslim community, we hosed<br>this in conjunction with BIMA. Through this<br>we cleared the concerns Muslims have<br>regarding this issue, and we also hope this<br>will go on to increase blood donations from<br>the Muslim community.<br>We have helped members and non-<br>members with flexible loans in their times of<br>need or even gift them when appropriate.<br>Summer family conference in August 2022<br>at Condover halls, which brings people<br>together across UK, for both members and<br>non-members. This afforded them the<br>opportunity to socialise, and also network,<br>aside providing spiritual education<br>nourishment that we need on a regular<br>basis.<br>We also ran a Ramadhan foodbank, 10<br>families benefitted from this.<br>We ran several workshops during COVID<br>lockdown, including themes like emotional<br>resilience, Health talks, women<br>empowerment and we even funded a start<br>up for one of the members.|





|||We also held several regular youth<br>conferences discussing issues specific to<br>youth and aimed at empowering, educating<br>and making them good citizens of this<br>country and the world at large. We hold 3<br>conferences in a year, winter, easter and<br>summer conferences, this is a mix of online<br>and face to face conferences.<br>We also held couple’s seminar aimed at<br>improving the relationship within families<br>and rejuvenising the love as it was at the<br>beginning.|
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|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|All our activities were undertaken with due<br>regard to the guidance issued by the<br>Charity Commission on public benefit. Our<br>seminars on better understanding of the<br>religion and on health and well being were<br>all aimed at supporting community<br>cohesion and peoples’ emotional and<br>health well-being. Our Ramadhan food<br>project provided food and materials to<br>several families irrespective of their<br>demography and background. Our youth<br>activities, seminars and conferences<br>catered for children of all ages and of<br>varying background. In all of these, we<br>were guided by the Charity Commission’s<br>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 Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other 

**Achievements and Performance** 



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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**As above**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>Achievements against<br>objectives set|<br>Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 financial position at the end of the period Statement explaining the Para 1.22 policy for holding reserves stating why they are held Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 reserves Details of fund materially in Para 1.24 deficit Explanation of any Para 1.23 uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern 

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## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|<br>Para 1.47||
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25||
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25||
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25||



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## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
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## **Reference and Administrative details** 

Charity name Other name the charity uses Registered charity number Charity’s principal address 



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

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Ismail Adelopo|Chairman|||
||Mojeed Adams-<br>Mogaji|Secretary|||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects 

Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

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

**Type of Name Address adviser** 

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

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

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

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

**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Ismail Adelopo **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 20[th] July 2023 




**Charity Name No (if any) Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**to the nearest      £**<br>**A1 Receipts**<br>Donation<br>**15,490**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**15,490**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                               -**<br>**_Total receipts_                  15,490**<br>**A3 Payments**<br>Summer Conference<br>**8,600**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                        8,600**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                                -**<br>**_Total payments_                    8,600**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_                    6,890**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**-**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**-**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_                    6,890**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_<br>**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**<br>**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**|**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**15,490**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**15,490**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**15,490**<br>**8,600**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**8,600**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**8,600**<br>**6,890**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**6,890**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees|**Details**<br>Balance to be paid for summer conference<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Signature<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))|**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**6,890**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**6,890**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<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>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>Ismail Adelopo<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**|**to nearest £**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|
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||||Date of<br>approval|
|||Ismail Adelopo|7/20/2023|
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