## **MUSLIM BURIAL SERVICES**
## _**TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT**_
## _**&**_
## _**RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS**_
_**FOR THE PERIOD 01[st] JANUARY 2023 TO 31[ST] DECEMBER 2023**_
**Reg Charity No: (1196145)**
**MUSLIM BURIAL SERVICES (1196145)**
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Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date
01 January 2023 31 December 2023
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## **Section A Reference and administration details**
**Charity name** Muslim Burial Services
**Other names charity is known by**
**Registered charity number (if any)** 1196145
**Charity's principal address** Unit E
86 Bradford Road Dewsbury, West Yorkshire **Postcode** WF13 2EF
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
## **Trustee name**
1 Gulam Hassan Haji Ahmed Maniyar 2 Mohammed Pandor 3 Nazir Daud
**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
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Name Dates acted if not for whole year
N/A
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## **Names and addresses of advisers**
|**Type of adviser**|**Name**|**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|**Bankers**|NatWest Bank|2 Northgate, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF13 1EA|
|**Accountants**|H&A Consultancy
Services Ltd|Ground Floor Front, 185 Audley Range, Blackburn,
Lancashire, BB1 1TH|
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members**
Ahmed Ebrahim Akudi
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## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
CIO – Foundation constitution
Type of governing document (e.g. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) How the charity is constituted
- (e.g. trust, association, company)
(a) Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee must be appointed Trustee selection methods for a term of three years by a resolution passed at a properly (e.g. appointed by, elected by) convened meeting of the charity trustees. (b) 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 governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
The charity is reliant on volunteers to assist in providing its services to the public in the event of a death.
In addition, the Charity works closely with the Local Registrars, Area Health Authorities and The Coroners officers. The Charity has formed links with all these organisations and have become a point of reference for them.
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
The objects of the CIO are the advancement of Islamic faith for the public benefit by the provision of a burial service specifically for but not limited to those who follow the Muslim faith together with advice support and assistance in relation to the procedures and practices relating to the burial of the deceased.
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The charity provides the services and items necessary to achieve their objects in the governing document. This includes, but not limited to, the following:
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
a) Provide facilities and services for the washing, transportation, and the burial of the deceased free of charge (including liaising with partner organisations where required). (b) Provide advice and assistance in relation to all aspects relating to the legal disposal of the deceased in the UK. (c) Dealing with other regulatory bodies and service providers relating to burials and all other aspects on behalf of the deceased and/or their families.
Charity Commission requires the trustees of a charity to: • Select suitable accounting policies, apply them consistently, make judgement and estimates that are reasonable and prudent.
• Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless there is a reason to believe that the charity will not continue for the foreseeable future. The Trustees are responsible for the keeping of proper accounting records, which 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 Charity Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence to take reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
The charity is reliant on volunteers to assist in providing the aforementioned services to the public in the event of a death.
The charity is truly fortunate and appreciative of the time and effort provided (and continue to provide) by its volunteers to assist those in their time of need and grief – Thank you to all volunteers!
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grant making;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance The charity has assisted in excess of 60 free burials within the West **Summary of the main** Yorkshire area during the period up to 31/12/23. **achievements of the charity during the year** The charity was also able to raise funds to help them to achieve their objectives and provide their services.
|**Section E Financial review**|**Section E Financial review**|
|---|---|
|**Brief statement of the**
**charity’s policy on reserves**
**Details of any funds materially**
**in deficit**||
||The charity aims to hold at least c£5,000 as reserves, in order to carry its
objects when income is low.|
||None|
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
|You**may choose**to include
additional information, where
relevant about:
the charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising);
how expenditure has
supported the key objectives
of the charity;
investment policy and
objectives including any
ethical investment policy
adopted.|The Charity has not undertaken any fundraising drives during the year, it
has mainly been approached by members of the public who have
suffered a bereavement within their family/friends, and they have offered
to donate towards the cost of services we provide.
The Charity will undertake fundraising activity on “needs” basis rather
than to hold surplus funds.
The Charity is now hoping to use the excess funds to purchase a second
Van/Hearse due to the volume of death being catered for.|
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## **Section F Other optional information**
N/A
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (e.g. Secretary, Chair,**
**etc)**
**Date**|_N Daud_|_M Pandor_|
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||NAZIR DAUD|MOHAMMED PANDOR|
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TRUSTEE|TRUSTEE|
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||28/10/2024|28/10/2024|
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
|**Report to the trustees/**
**members of**
**On accounts for the**
**period ended**
**Set out on pages**|Charity Name
Muslim Burial Services|
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||01 January to 31 December 2023
**Charity no**
**(if any)**
1196145|
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||I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity (“the Trust”) for the period ended 01/01/2023 to 31/12/2023.|
**Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the 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 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
**Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
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|**Signed:**
**Name:**
**Relevant professional**
**qualification(s) or body**
**(if any):**
**Address:**|_I Mulla_
**Date:**|28/10/2024|
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||Ismail Mulla||
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||Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA)||
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||Ground Floor Front,||
||185 Audley Range, Blackburn, Lancashire||
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