## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 6/8/2023**
## **To 6/8/2024**
## **Charity name: New Beginnings UK**
## **Charity registration number: 1195427**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**New Beginnings UK is a CIO registered**
**on 6th August 2021. Its purposes are to**
**advance the Islamic faith for the benefit**
**of the public in accordance with the**
**statement of faith and in such ways as**
**the trustees think fit including:**
**a) providing information on Islam to**
**enlighten others about the Islamic faith,**
**b) supporting in exclusively charitable**
**ways new converts to Islam,**
**c) holding prayer meetings, seminars,**
**lectures**|
|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.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**New Beginnings UK provides free**
**educational courses, advocacy, and**
**information about Islam and conversion**
**to Islam, wellbeing support in the form of**
**counselling and group therapy delivered**
**by qualified professionals, open**
**discussions, social gatherings and**
**outdoor activities, gifts and certification**
**upon conversion to Islam. This is carried**
**out online and in the UK.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have taken into account the**
**guidance issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit and have**
**followed the Trustees' annual report**
**template (SORP FRS 102)**|
## **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|||
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|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**We have seen incredible support and**
**sacrifice from our volunteers which**
**demonstrates their belief in the value of**
**our organisation and its projects.**|
|Other|||
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|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.|Para 1.20|**In 2024:**
**- We have facilitated 303 conversions.**
**- We have sent out 200 welcome packs at**
**a cost of £70 per pack.**
**- We hosted 2 Eid parties with around 300**
**people or more attending each one,4 in-**
**person events, 1 mosque/heritage trips, 1**
**umrah trip, and 1 retreat, each hosting**
**approximately 50 service users.**
**- We have had over 1,308 registrations for**
**our online courses. 80% from the UK and**
**20% from the rest of the world. 80% are**
**female.**
**- We delivered 49 free counselling**
**sessions.**
**Service users report a sense of ease and**
**comfort after accessing our services,**
**enabling them to be confident and stable**
**in their communities.**|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
|---|---|---|
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**New Beginnings has over-achieved,**
**considering the miniscule budget it had**
**to work with, and continues to fulfil all of**
**its objectives. The impact we have made**
**is highlighted by the feedback from our**
**service users.**|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance|Para 1.41||
against objectives
Other
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The final balance at the end of the period**
**was £36,386.58 which put New**
**Beginnings in a comfortable position to**
**continue its work in the future.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**These reserves are roughly 30% of our**
**income for the period, which is needed**
**for financial stability and to pay for future**
**activities.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£41,271.47**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23||
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**New Beginnings relies solely on**
**donations from the general public and**
**sponsorship from businesses and**
**charities.**|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**New Beginnings governing document is a**
**constitution.**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|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|Para 1.25|**Trustees are recommended by the**
**founding members**
**- Apart from the first charity trustees,**
**every trustee must be appointed by a**
**resolution passed at a properly convened**
**meeting of the charity trustees.**
**- In selecting individuals for appointment**
**as charity trustees, the charity trustees**
**must have regard to the skills, knowledge**
**and experience needed for the effective**
**administration of the CIO.**|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:|
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|**All trustees are given an onboarding**
**meeting to clarify their roles and give**
**them a full insight into New Beginnings.**|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|New Beginnings UK|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|New Beginnings|
|Registered charity number|1195427|
Charity’s principal address
Prospect House Featherstall Road South Oldham OL9 6HL UK
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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||Mumina Begum||22/04/24 - Present||
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||Imran Rahim||15/07/21 - Present||
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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
**Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
Bilal Brown, Rumela Bandyopadhyay
## **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)** Mohammad Riazul Islam Razak **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee Member **Chair, etc) Date** 26.05.2025
**Company Registration No. CE026348 (England and Wales)**
**NEW BEGINNINGS UK ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 6 AUGUST 2024**
## **NEW BEGINNINGS UK ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED ACCOUNTS CONTENTS**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Company information|3|
|Director's report|4|
|Accountants' report|5|
|Income statement|6|
|Statement of financial position|7|
|Statement of changes in equity|8|
|Notes to the accounts|9|
|Detailed profit and loss account|11|
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**NEW BEGINNINGS UK COMPANY INFORMATION FOR THE YEAR ENDED 6 AUGUST 2024**
## **Director**
**Company Number**
**Registered Office**
## **Accountants**
Bilal Brown
CE026348 (England and Wales)
Prospect House Featherstall Road South Oldham Greater Manchester Lancashire OL9 6HL UK NMR Accountants Ltd Aura Business Centre 412 Stretford Road Hulme Manchester Lancashire M15 4AE
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## **NEW BEGINNINGS UK (COMPANY NO: CE026348 ENGLAND AND WALES) DIRECTOR'S REPORT**
The director presents his report and accounts for the year ended 6 August 2024.
## **Directors**
Bilal Brown held office during the whole of the period.
## **Statement of directors' responsibilities**
The directors are responsible for preparing the report and accounts in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the directors to prepare accounts for each financial year. Under that law, the directors have elected to prepare the accounts in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the directors must not approve the accounts unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these accounts, the directors are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- prepare the accounts on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.
The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the accounts comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
## **Small company provisions**
This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to small companies within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.
Signed on behalf of the board of directors
............................................................................
Bilal Brown Director
Approved by the board on: 3 June 2025
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## **NEW BEGINNINGS UK ACCOUNTANTS' REPORT**
## **Accountants' report to the director of New Beginnings UK on the preparation of the unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 6 August 2024**
In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the accounts of New Beginnings UK for the year ended 6 August 2024 as set out on pages 6 - 10 from the company's accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us.
This report is made solely to the Board of Directors of New Beginnings UK, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter dated 4 January 2022. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the accounts of New Beginnings UK and state those matters that we have agreed to state to them, as a body, in this report. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than New Beginnings UK and its Board of Directors as a body for our work or for this report.
It is your duty to ensure that New Beginnings UK has kept adequate accounting records and to prepare statutory accounts that give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit of New Beginnings UK. You consider that New Beginnings UK is exempt from the statutory audit requirement for the year.
We have not been instructed to carry out an audit or a review of the accounts of New Beginnings UK. For this reason, we have not verified the accuracy or completeness of the accounting records or information and explanations you have given to us and we do not, therefore, express any opinion on the statutory accounts.
NMR Accountants Ltd
Aura Business Centre 412 Stretford Road Hulme Manchester Lancashire M15 4AE
3 June 2025
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**NEW BEGINNINGS UK INCOME STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 6 AUGUST 2024**
|**Turnover**
Cost of sales
**Gross surplus**
Administrative expenses
Other operating income
**Operating surplus**
**Surplus on ordinary activities before taxation**
Tax on surplus on ordinary activities
**Surplus for the financial year**|**2024**
**£**
196,167
(29,754)
166,413
(169,207)
3,585
791
791
-
791|**2023**
**£**
115,671
(14,298)|
|---|---|---|
|||101,373
(83,052)
4,336|
|||22,657|
|||22,657
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|||22,657|
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## **NEW BEGINNINGS UK STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT 6 AUGUST 2024**
|**Notes**
**Fixed assets**
Tangible assets
4
**Current assets**
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
5
**Net current assets**
**Net assets**
**Reserves**
6
Profit and loss account
**Members' funds**|**2024**
**£**
1,338
39,235
(5,787)
33,448
34,786
34,786
34,786|**2023**
**£**
1,574
34,812
(2,391)|
|---|---|---|
|||32,421|
|||33,995|
|||33,995|
|||33,995|
For the year ending 6 August 2024 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The director acknowledges his responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime and in accordance with the provisions of FRS 102 Section 1A - Small Entities.
The financial statements were approved by the Board and authorised for issue on 3 June 2025 and were signed on its behalf by
Bilal Brown Director
Company Registration No. CE026348
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## **NEW BEGINNINGS UK STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY AS AT 6 AUGUST 2024**
|At 7 August 2022
Profit for the year
At 6 August 2023
At 7 August 2023
Profit for the year
At 6 August 2024|**Share**
**capital**
**£**
-
-
-
-|**Profit**
**& loss**
**account**
**£**
11,338
22,657
33,995
33,995
791
34,786|**Total**
**£**
11,338
22,657|
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||||33,995|
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791|
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**NEW BEGINNINGS UK NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 6 AUGUST 2024**
## **1 Statutory information**
New Beginnings UK is a private company, limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales, registration number CE026348. The registered office is Prospect House, Featherstall Road South, Oldham, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, OL9 6HL, UK.
## **2 Compliance with accounting standards**
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of FRS 102 Section 1A Small Entities. There were no material departures from that standard.
## **3 Accounting policies**
The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the financial statements are set out below and have remained unchanged from the previous year, and also have been consistently applied within the same accounts.
## _**Basis of preparation**_
The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention as modified by the revaluation of certain fixed assets.
## _**Presentation currency**_
The accounts are presented in £ sterling.
## _**Tangible fixed assets and depreciation**_
Tangible assets are included at cost less depreciation and impairment. Depreciation has been provided at the following rates in order to write off the assets over their estimated useful lives:
|Computer equipment
15%
**4**
**Tangible fixed assets**
**Cost or valuation**
At 7 August 2023
At 6 August 2024
**Depreciation**
At 7 August 2023
Charge for the year
At 6 August 2024
**Net book value**
At 6 August 2024
At 6 August 2023
**5**
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
Accruals
Deferred income|**2024**
**£**
325
5,462
5,787|**Computer**
**equipment**
**£**
At cost
1,852|
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|||278
236|
|||514|
|||1,338|
|||1,574|
|||**2023**
**£**
275
2,116|
|||2,391|
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## **NEW BEGINNINGS UK NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 6 AUGUST 2024**
## **6 Company limited by guarantee**
The company is limited by guarantee and has no share capital.�
Every member of the company undertakes to contribute to the assets of the company, in the event of a winding up, such an amount as may be required not exceeding £1.
## **7 Average number of employees**
During the year the average number of employees was 3 (2023: 3).
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## **NEW BEGINNINGS UK DETAILED PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 6 AUGUST 2024**
This schedule does not form part of the statutory accounts.
||**2024**|**2023**|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|**£**|
|**Turnover**|||
|Sales|196,167|115,671|
|**Cost of sales**|||
|Direct labour|7,605|3,013|
|Other direct costs|22,149|11,285|
||29,754|14,298|
|**Gross profit**|166,413|101,373|
|**Administrative expenses**|||
|Wages and salaries|44,387|24,597|
|Travel and subsistence|62,404|7,548|
|Entertaining|36,656|31,465|
|Rent|2,640|2,640|
|Telephone and fax|170|108|
|Postage|2,825|1,566|
|Stationery and printing|699|255|
|Subscriptions|238|1,328|
|Bank charges|206|135|
|Software|8,155|1,528|
|Repairs and maintenance|317|578|
|Depreciation|236|278|
|Accountancy fees|1,650|2,235|
|Advertising and PR|8,624|8,791|
||169,207|83,052|
|**Other operating income**|||
|Other operating income|3,585|4,336|
|**Operating profit**|791|22,657|
|**Profit on ordinary activities before taxation**|791|22,657|
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## **Independent Examiner Report:**
## **1) Income:**
## **a) Donations:**
Cash deposit **–** Identified – Satisfied
CAF- Checked donations over £500 (Satisfied)
Individuals –
Limited Companies – identified donation of £9K on 8/9/23 (Satisfied) Umrah Deposits –
Stripe – Checked donations over £1000 (Satisfied)
There were some umrah deposits identified however these were due to allocation preferences. These have now been rectified.
- b) Identified that sponsorship payments have been allocated to Donations. If this continues, then a separate Sponsorship nominal is highly recommended.
- c) Identified that some stripe payments have been allocated to Eid payment. Verify?
- d) Identified grants of £9.8k received from Platinum Patron. (Satisfied)
- e) Checked Umrah deposits over £1K (Satisfied)
## **2) Expenses:**
- **a) Direct Expenses:** Identified postal expenses and commission paid to one of the volunteers. These have been reallocated to their correct nominals.