## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 6/8/2024 To 6/8/2025** ## **Charity name: New Beginnings UK** ## **Charity registration number: 1195427** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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||| |---|---|---| |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** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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|**- We have facilitated over 300**
**conversions.**
**- We have sent out 185 welcome packs**
**at a cost of £80 per pack.**
**- We hosted 2 Eid parties with around**
**300 people or more attending each one,**
**social gatherings and meet-ups, as well**
**as an annual conference.**
**- We have had over 1,500 registrations**
**for our online courses. 80% from the UK**
**and 20% from the rest of the world. 80%**
**are female.**
**- Almost 80 service users have**
**accessed our wellbeing and counselling**
**services.**
**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 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
against objectives|Para 1.41|| 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 £18,539 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 20% 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|**£18,539**| |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 recruited through an**
**application and an interview process**
**- 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** |1
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5
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7
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Wajid Iqbal||20/03/24 - Present|| ||Mohammad Riazul
Islam Razak||16/03/23 - Present|| ||Imran Rahim||15/07/21 - Present|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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** 17.11.2025 **Company Registration No. CE026348 (England and Wales)** **NEW BEGINNINGS UK ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 6 AUGUST 2025** ## **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| - 2 - **NEW BEGINNINGS UK COMPANY INFORMATION FOR THE YEAR ENDED 6 AUGUST 2025** ## **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 - 3 - ## **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 2025. ## **Directors** Bilal Brown held office during the whole of the period. ## **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: 18 December 2025 - 4 - ## **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 2025** 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 2025 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 loss 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 18 December 2025 - 5 - ## **NEW BEGINNINGS UK INCOME STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 6 AUGUST 2025** |**Turnover**
Cost of sales
**Gross surplus**
Administrative expenses
Other operating income
**Operating (loss)/surplus**
**(Loss)/surplus on ordinary activities before taxation**
Tax on (loss)/surplus on ordinary activities
**(Loss)/surplus for the financial year**|**2025**
**£**
201,093
(39,896)
161,197
(177,631)
187
(16,247)
(16,247)
-
(16,247)|**2024**
**£**
196,167
(29,754)| |---|---|---| |||166,413
(169,207)
3,585| |||791| |||791
-| |||791| - 6 - ## **NEW BEGINNINGS UK STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT 6 AUGUST 2025** |**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**|**2025**
**£**
1,137
22,733
(5,331)
17,402
18,539
18,539
18,539|**2024**
**£**
1,338
39,235
(5,787)| |---|---|---| |||33,448| |||34,786| |||34,786| |||34,786| For the year ending 6 August 2025 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 18 December 2025 and were signed on its behalf by Bilal Brown Director Company Registration No. CE026348 - 7 - ## **NEW BEGINNINGS UK STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY AS AT 6 AUGUST 2025** |At 7 August 2023
Profit for the year
At 6 August 2024
At 7 August 2024
Loss for the year
At 6 August 2025|**Share**
**capital**
**£**
-
-
-
-|**Profit**
**& loss**
**account**
**£**
33,995
791
34,786
34,786
(16,247)
18,539|**Total**
**£**
33,995
791| |---|---|---|---| ||||34,786| ||||34,786
(16,247)| ||||18,539| - 8 - **NEW BEGINNINGS UK NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 6 AUGUST 2025** ## **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 2024
At 6 August 2025
**Depreciation**
At 7 August 2024
Charge for the year
At 6 August 2025
**Net book value**
At 6 August 2025
At 6 August 2024
**5**
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
Accruals
Deferred income|**2025**
**£**
375
4,956
5,331|**Computer**
**equipment**
**£**
At cost
1,852| |---|---|---| |||1,852| |||514
201| |||715| |||1,137| |||1,338| |||**2024**
**£**
325
5,462| |||5,787| - 9 - ## **NEW BEGINNINGS UK NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 6 AUGUST 2025** ## **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 (2024: 3). - 10 - ## **NEW BEGINNINGS UK DETAILED PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 6 AUGUST 2025** This schedule does not form part of the statutory accounts. |**Turnover**
Sales
**Cost of sales**
Direct labour
Other direct costs
**Gross profit**
**Administrative expenses**
Wages and salaries
Staff training and welfare
Travel and subsistence
Entertaining
Rent
Telephone and fax
Postage
Stationery and printing
Subscriptions
Bank charges
Software
Repairs and maintenance
Depreciation
Accountancy fees
Advertising and PR
**Other operating income**
Other operating income
**Operating (loss)/profit**
**(Loss)/profit on ordinary activities before taxation**|**2025**
**£**
201,093
2,582
37,314
39,896
161,197
46,949
1,150
91,111
26,100
2,640
129
2,445
834
479
149
1,818
-
201
1,575
2,051
177,631
187
(16,247)
(16,247)|**2024**
**£**
196,167| |---|---|---| |||7,605
22,149| |||29,754| |||166,413| |||44,387
-
62,404
36,656
2,640
170
2,825
699
238
206
8,155
317
236
1,650
8,624| |||169,207| |||3,585| |||791| |||791| - 11 - ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees** Charity Name NEW BEGINNINGS UK **On accounts for the year** 06 August 2025 **Charity no** 1195427 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** CC32a Independent Examiners Checklist (P1-P7) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 06 / 08 / 2025. **Responsibilities and** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** [The charity’s gross income has not exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified **examiner's statement** to undertake the examination by being a qualified member of [Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA)] _._ I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or - the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or - the accounts did 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 accounts to be reached. - _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ **Signed:** SANain **Date:** 31/12/2025 **Name:** Sarrosh Ahmed Nain **Relevant professional** AFA, ATA & ACCA(PQ) **qualification(s) or body (if any):** 1 **Oct 2018** **IER** **Address:** D11-D13 Aura Business Centre, 412 Stretford Road, Hulme. M16 9DA ## **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . Satisfied. There are no material concerns regarding the going concern element of the charity. However, there were nominal misclassifications that were rectified during the independent examination process, discussed and notified to the trustees via phone conversations. These misclassifications have no significant implications on the SORP as directed by Charity Commission. 2 **Oct 2018** **IER**