**Registered charity number 1196030**
## Al-Aqsa Educational Centre
## Al-Aqsa Educational Centre
Report of the Trustees for the period 01 April 2024 to 31 March 2025
period 01 April 2024 to 31 March 2025.
Reference and Administrative Information
Charity Name Al-Aqsa Educational Centre
Charity Registration Number
1196030
Principal OJice
496 Whippendell Road Watford WD18 7QJ
## Board of Trustees
Samar Elhames Fardoss Begum Wedad Mohammed Sara Iguedad Ahmad Khalid
Independent reviewer of accounts
Exel Accountancy Ltd 31 The Metro Centre Dwight Road Watford WD18 9SB
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## Structure, governance and management
## Governing document
Al-Aqsa Educational Centre is constituted as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) registered with the Charity Commission in October 2021 under charity number 1196030.
## Organisational structure
The charity trustees are responsible for the general control and management of the charity. The trustees give their time freely and receive no remuneration or other financial benefit for their duties as trustees. Payments for any other activities are disclosed separately in the financial accounts.
The trustees are responsible for all decisions taken in relation to running the educational centre and activities provided by the charity. Specific administrative duties are delegated to staJ.
## Risk management
The trustees have developed a safeguarding policy that is reviewed to assess its continual appropriateness and application. Additional steps have been taken to identify and mitigate major risks. In particular, insurance cover is in place and the finances of the Charity are kept under review. Appropriate Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, supported by regularly review policies, are made for all those who work with children within the Charity.
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## Objectives and activities
## Our aims
The objects of the charity are set out in the charity’s governing document:
Islamic education according to the Quran and Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad.
To advance the education of the public in the study of the Arabic language.
## Our objectives
activities have been reviewed to ensure they continue to reflect our aims. This has taken into consideration the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and in particular its supplementary guidance on the advancement of religion for the public
The overall objective is to provide young people and adults in the local community with self-confidence and a well-rounded understanding of Islam that will allow them to develop and contribute positively to society.
The main objectives are:
Provide weekly classes for young people and adults to study Islam, Quranic recitation and the Arabic language.
## Strategies
Discounts are oJered to larger families and for those requesting financial assistance.
There is regular communication with parents to update on term activities, obtain feedback and share ideas. End of term reports are sent to parents giving a summary of student progress.
Enrolment is open to all, with students attending from a variety of religious backgrounds.
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## Activities and achievements
##
The trustees consider that the activities carried out in pursuit of its charitable aims benefit directly those who attend the classes provided as well as the wider community.
## Weekend Classes
Regular weekend classes continued with student numbers largely unchanged compared to the previous year (166 Autumn Term 2023/24, 169 Autumn Term 2024/25). Student numbers fell to 145 at year end in Summer Term 2023/24. This was largely due the older boys’ class being stopped owing to diJiculties finding replacement teachers, as well the expected drop due to regular school exams. The weekend classes taught the full curriculum of Quranic recitation, Arabic language and Islamic Studies to children.
## Weekday Classes
Weekday classes continued with a waiting list due to parental demand. There are two classes per day, three days per week after school with two teachers per class. Classes are small (maximum 13 students) in order to ensure appropriate supervision and maintain standards.
## Financial review
## Principal funding sources
The main source of funding is student fees (£63,207) with a small contribution from donations (£21). Course fees are mainly paid termly for weekend classes and monthly for weekday supplementary classes.
## Principal costs
The main costs are:
- Teacher payment £35,225
- Classroom £6,970
- Books £4,885
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## Statement of Trustees’ responsibilities
statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the charity trustees to prepare financial statements for each year which give a true and fair view of the state of aJairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period. In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are required to:
- Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently.
- Observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP.
- Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent.
- State whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements.
- inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 1993, and the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulation 2008. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The trustees for the purposes of charity law who served during the year and up to the date of this report are set out on page 1.
Approved by the trustees and signed on its behalf by:
Ahmad Khalid (Trustee)
24 January 2026
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The notes on page 7 form part of these accounts.
## **Al-Aqsa Educational Centre Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 March 2025**
|**Note**
**Receipts**
Student fee
Donations
**Total receipts**
**Payments**
Facilities
Staff payment
2
Books
IT
Accountancy
Other
**Total payments**
**Net of receipts/(payments)**
Cash funds last year end
**Cash funds this year end**|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total Funds**
**Total Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
63,207
-
63,207
62,031
21
-
21
56|
|---|---|
||63,228
-
63,228
62,087|
||6,970
-
6,970
30,330
35,225
-
35,225
30,840
4,885
-
4,885
5,278
785
-
785
623
600
-
600
-
2,750
-
2,750
1,074|
||51,215
-
51,215
68,145|
|||
||12,013
-
12,013
(6,058)|
||24,504
-
24,504
30,562|
||36,517
-
36,517
24,504|
Approved by the trustees on date and signed on their behalf by:
Ahmad Khalid
Trustee
24 January 2026
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## Notes to the accounts
## _1. Accounting policies_
## _a. Financial policies_
The accounts have been prepared on a receipts and payments basis in accordance with CC16 as the gross income is less than £250,000.
## _b. Corporation tax_
The charity is exempt from tax on income and gains falling within section 505 of the Taxes Act 1988 or section 252 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that these are applied to its charitable objects. Not tax charges have arisen in the charity.
## _2. Sta8 payments_
|**Staff payments**
Unconnected persons
Connected persons
**Total**|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total Funds**
**Total Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
33,255
-
33,255
29,540
1,970
-
1,970
1,300|
|---|---|
||35,225
-
35,225
30,840|
## _3. Classroom hire_
Classroom payments (£6,960) were only part payment for the year due to late invoicing from Westfield Academy.
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||**AL-AQSA EDUCATIONAL CENTRE**|**AL-AQSA EDUCATIONAL CENTRE**|**AL-AQSA EDUCATIONAL CENTRE**|**AL-AQSA EDUCATIONAL CENTRE**|**AL-AQSA EDUCATIONAL CENTRE**|**1196030**|**1196030**|**1196030**|**CC16a**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**For the period**
**from**||01-Apr-24||**To**||31-Mar-25|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|
Student fee|**63,207**||**-**||**-**||**63,207**||**62,031**|
|Donations|**21**||**-**||**-**||**21**||**56**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**63,228**||**-**||**-**||**63,228**||**62,087**|
|||||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||||||
||**-**|||||||||
||**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||||||
||||||||||**62,087**|
|||||||||||
|
Facilities|**6,970**||**-**||**-**||**6,970**||**30,330**|
|Staffpayment(unconnectedpersons)|**33,255**||**-**||**-**||**33,255**||**29,540**|
|Staffpayment(connectedpersons)|**1,970**||**-**||**-**||**1,970**||**1,300**|
|Books|**4,885**||**-**||**-**||**4,885**||**5,278**|
|IT|**785**||**-**||**-**||**785**||**623**|
|Accountancy|**600**||**-**||**-**||**600**||**-**|
|Other|**2,750**||**-**||**-**||**2,750**||**1,074**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**51,215**||**-**||**-**||**51,215**||**68,145**|
|||||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
||**-**|||||||||
||**-**|||||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||||
||||||||||**68,145**|
|||||||||||
||**12,013**||||||||**- 6,058**|
||**-**||||||||**-**|
||**24,504**||||||||**30,562**|
||**36,517**||||||||**24,504**|
24/01/2026
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
1
|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**|**Details**
Bank & cash in hand
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
SIGN|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**36,517**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**36,517**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
AHMAD KHALID|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
|||||
|||||
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||||Date of approval|
||SIGN|AHMAD KHALID|24/01/2026|
|||||
24/01/2026
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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**REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31/03/2025 FOR**
**AL-AQSA EDUCATIONAL CENTRE**
## _Prepared by_
## **EXEL ACCOUNTANCY**
## **CHARTERED MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS 31, Metro Centre Dwight Road Watford WD18 9SB**
## **AL-AQSA EDUCATIONAL CENTRE**
## **CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
||Page|
|---|---|
|Statement of the Independent Examiner|1|
|Income and Expenditure account|2|
|Balance Sheet|3|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|4|
## **’ - Independent examiner s report to the Members of AL AQSA EDUCATIONAL**
## **CENTRE**
I report to the members on my examination of the accounts of the AL-AQSA EDUCATIONAL CENTRE for the period ended 31/03/2025
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the members of the Centre you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The committee consider that an audit is not required for the year and that an independent examination is needed.
## My responsibilities:
- Examine the accounts
- To state whether particular matter have come to my attention
## **Basis of independent examiner's report**
We have conducted an independent examination of the Centre's financial statements for the year ending 31/03/2025. Our examination was conducted to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement. The procedure incudes a review of the accounting records kept by the centre and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records.
The financial statements include the balance sheet as at 31/03/2025 and the income and expenditure statement for the year then ended.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
- (1) to keep accounting records
- (2) to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records have not been met
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.
Signed:
Name: Mohammed Khayam ACMA, AFA Address: 31, Metro Centre, Dwight Road, Watford, WD18 9SB
Date: 13/12/2025
## **AL-AQSA EDUCATIONAL CENTRE**
## **Income & Expenditure Account for the period ended 31/03/2025**
|**Notes**
Revenue
3
Other Income
Administrative Expenses
4
Other expenses
Surplus/(deficit) for the year
Surplus/(deficit) brought forward
Surplus/(deficit) carried forward|**2025**
**£**
63,228.00
-
51,215.00
-
12,013.00
12,013.00|
|---|---|
## **AL-AQSA EDUCATIONAL CENTRE Balance Sheet as at 31st of March 2025**
|**Sch**
**Fixed Assets**
**Current Assets**
Cash at bank
**Creditors: amounts falling due within**
**one year**
**Net current Assets/(liabilties)**
**Net Assets/(liabilties)**
Members General Funds
**Members' funds- surplus/(deficit)**|**2025**
**£**
36,517.00
36,517.00
-|-
36,517.00
**36,517.00**
36,517.00
**36,517.00**|
|---|---|---|
These fianancial statements were approved by the committee on the ___________ and are signed on their behalf by the Committee Chairman
**AL-AQSA EDUCATIONAL CENTRE**
**Notes to Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2025**
## **1. ACCOUNITNG POLICIES**
## **Accounting Convention**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the applicable accounting standards.
## **2. TAXATION**
No liability to Uk corporation tax arose on the ordinary activities for the year ended 31/03/2025
## **3. REVENUE**
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|---|---|
|2025|
|£|
|Student Fee|63207|
|Donation|21|
|63228|
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## **4. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES**
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|||
|---|---|
|2025|
|£|
|Facilities|6970|
|Staff payment (unconnected persons)|33255|
|Staff payment (connected persons)|1970|
|Books|4885|
|IT|785|
|Other|2750|
|Accountancy fee for 2024|600|
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**51215**