Registered Charity Number :- 1196696
HAJI BASHIR AHMED FOUNDATION a Charitable Incorporated Organisation
## AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR END 30 November 2023
**Haji Bashir Ahmed Foundation 115 BUCKNALL NEW ROAD**
**STOKE-ON-TRENT**
**HAJI BASHIR AHMED FOUNDATION**
**CONTENTS**
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 November 2023
TRUSTEES' REPORT....................................................................................................................................................... 3 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................ 6 BALANCE SHEET ........................................................................................................................................................... 7 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS .............................................................................................................. 8
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**HAJI BASHIR AHMED FOUNDATION**
**TRUSTEES' REPORT**
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 November 2023
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE, AND MANAGEMENT**
## **Governing Document**
Haji Bashir Ahmed Foundation ("the charity") is registered as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) and is governed by its constitution, adopted on 19 November 2021.
## **Trustee Appointment and Induction**
New trustees are appointed by the existing board in accordance with the procedures set out in the constitution. Upon appointment, they receive a comprehensive induction, including:
Legal obligations under charity law.
## **Organisational Structure**
The charity is governed by its board of trustees, who manage the day-to-day operations. The trustees meet regularly, as specified in the constitution, to discuss and approve all major operational and strategic decisions.
## **Risk Management**
The trustees actively review the risks facing the charity. Measures are in place to mitigate key risks, with systems and procedures regularly reviewed to ensure they align with the charity's strategic goals and comply with regulatory requirements.
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
## **Charitable Objectives**
The objects of the charity, as outlined in the constitution, are the relief of those in need due to youth, age, ill health, disability, financial hardship, disaster, or other disadvantage, particularly in Pakistan and Sierra Leone. This is achieved through providing access to services that may not otherwise be available, such as:
Education
Healthcare
Housing
Other essential amenities required for basic living standards.
## **Activities to Achieve Objectives**
To fulfil its objectives, the Haji Bashir Ahmed Foundation has implemented the following initiatives:
**Education** : Financial support for orphans' education.
**Healthcare** : Operation of a free Sunday Medical clinic offering homeopathic consultations and prescriptions for the needy.
**Housing** : Assistance with essential housing repairs and new constructions for widows.
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**HAJI BASHIR AHMED FOUNDATION**
**TRUSTEES' REPORT**
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 November 2023
## **PUBLIC BENEFIT**
activities to ensure that they are aligned with the charitable objects and continue to provide clear benefits to the public.
## **ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE**
## **Key Achievements**
Over the past year, the charity has made significant progress in achieving its objectives:
Provided free medical care through the Friday and now Sunday clinic, including medication for those unable to afford it.
Constructed housing for impoverished widows.
Funded necessary school repairs to ensure continued access to education.
Supported the education of orphans, enabling them to pursue their studies despite financial hardship.
## **Impact Measurement**
The charity regularly assesses the impact of its programs through feedback from beneficiaries and quantitative data, which helps guide future strategies and ensure that resources are used effectively.
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
## **Reserves Policy**
ability to raise awareness of its activities within the UK. This reserve policy is reviewed annually to ensure it meets the ongoing financial needs of the charity.
## **Income and Expenditure**
During the year, the charity received £104,469 in donations. These funds were used to support healthcare, education, and
## **PLANS FOR THE FUTURE**
The trustees have set out clear plans for the future, focusing on:
Continuing the operation of the Sunday medical clinic and ongoing support for orphan education. We have 5 students that are furthering their education into Universities who would never have had the financial capacity to achieve this.
Purchasing and deploying two further ambulances in remote areas of Pakistan to improve access to healthcare. We have three ambulances now in Chak Gujran Khurd, Punjab, and 2 more in villages in Rawalpindi.
## **Local Community Projects**
We had several successful pilot projects in our local community of Shelton and wider Stoke-on-Trent. We ran summer activities for young girls consisting of badminton, roller skates, football, dodgeball, and rock climbing at the local
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**HAJI BASHIR AHMED FOUNDATION**
**TRUSTEES' REPORT**
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 November 2023
YMCA. Young girls are a hard-to-reach group for many agencies we respect and cater for the religious, social factors that impact these girls. Feedback from parents, young girls, and supervising staff was excellent and inspiring. The YMCA is keen for us to continue the partnership.
## **Future Development**
A base/office: We will look into hiring a venue for meetings, storage, and office space.
Developing an interactive website: To reach a bigger audience for sponsorship and to showcase the great work we have done.
Additional trustees: We aim to build our team as the need is growing for us.
## **TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES**
In compliance with charity law, the trustees are responsible for preparing financial statements that give a true and fair must:
Select appropriate accounting policies and apply them consistently.
Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent.
Prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation.
reasonable steps to prevent fraud and ensure compliance with the Charities Act 2011.
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**HAJI BASHIR AHMED FOUNDATION**
**STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 November 2023
|**Recommended categories by**
**activity**
**Notes**
**Income and endowments**
**from:**
Donations and legacies
2
**Total**
**Expenditure on:**
Charitable activities
3
**Total**
**Net income/(expenditure)**
**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Total funds brought forward
**Total funds carried forward**|**Unrestricted funds**
**£**
**Total Funds 2023**
**£**
**Total Funds 2022**
**£**
104,469.42
104,469.42
38,222.49|
|---|---|
||**104,469.42**
**104,469.42**
**38,222.49**|
||96,682.96
96,682.96
36,668.74|
||**96,682.96**
**96,682.96**
**36,668.74**|
||**7,786.46**
**7,786.46**
**1,553.75**|
||**7,786.46**
**7,786.46**
**1,553.75**
1,553.75
1,553.75
-
**9,340.21**
**9,340.21**
**1,553.75**|
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**HAJI BASHIR AHMED FOUNDATION**
**BALANCE SHEET**
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 November 2023
|**Recommended categories by**
**activity**
**Notes**
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand
5
**Total current assets**
Creditors: amounts falling due
within one year
6
**Net current**
**assets/(liabilities)**
**Total net assets or liabilities**
**Funds of the Charity**
Unrestricted funds
7
Restricted income funds
7
Endowment funds
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**Total funds**|**Unrestricted funds**
**£**
**Total Funds 2023**
**£**
**Total Funds 2022**
**£**
10,060.21
10,060.21
2,273.75
**10,060.21**
**10,060.21**
**2,273.75**
720.00
720.00
720.00
**9,340.21**
**9,340.21**
**1,553.75**|
|---|---|
||**9,340.21**
**9,340.21**
**1,553.75**|
||9,340.21
9,340.21
1,553.75
-
-
-
-
**9,340.21**
**9,340.21**
**1,553.75**|
The financial statements were approved by the Board on 26-Sep-2024 and signed on its behalf by:
Kafeel Ahmed Trustee
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**HAJI BASHIR AHMED FOUNDATION**
**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 November 2023
## **1 Accounting Policies**
## **1.1 Accounting Policies**
The principal accounting policies adopted by the Charity, which is a public benefit entity, in the preparation of the accounts are as follows.
## **1.2 Basis of preparation**
These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention, as modified by the inclusion of charitable properties and fixed asset investments and investment properties at valuation.
Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial - Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Rep (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.
These accounts are presented in pounds sterling and rounded to the nearest pound.
## **1.3 Going concern**
The Trustees have prepared financial projections, taking into consideration the current economic conditions and have, at the time of approving these accounts, a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the accounts.
## **2 Income from Donations and Legacies**
|**Analysis**
Donation and gifts|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**income**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**2023**
**Total funds**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
104,469.42
-
-
104,469.42
38,222.49
104,469.42
-
-
104,469.42
38,222.49|
|---|---|
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**HAJI BASHIR AHMED FOUNDATION**
**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 November 2023
## **3 Expenditure on Charitable Activities**
|**Analysis**
Bank charges
Charity running cost
Donations
Printing and stationery
Support Costs|**Total funds 2023**
**Total funds 2022**
**£**
**£**
15.00
7.00
98.39
-
95,969.57
35,941.74
60.00
-
540.00
720.00
96,682.96
36,668.74|
|---|---|
## **4 Support Costs**
|**Analysis**
**Governance Costs**
Accountants fees|**Total funds 2023**
**Total funds 2022**
**£**
**£**
540.00
720.00
**540.00**
**720.00**|
|---|---|
## **5 Cash at bank and in hand**
|Cash at bank and on hand|**Total funds 2023**
**Total funds 2022**
**£**
**£**
10,060.21
2,273.75
10,060.21
2,273.75|
|---|---|
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**HAJI BASHIR AHMED FOUNDATION**
**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 November 2023
## **6 Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year**
|Accruals and deferred income|**Total funds 2023**
**Total funds 2022**
**£**
**£**
720.00
720.00
720.00
720.00|
|---|---|
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**HAJI BASHIR AHMED FOUNDATION**
**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 November 2023
## **7 Charity funds**
## **7.1 Details of material funds held and movements during the CURRENT reporting period**
||**Fund**|||||||**Fund**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Fund names**|**balances**
**brought**||**Income**|**Expenditure**|**Transfers**||**Gains and**
**losses**|
**balances**
**carried**|
||**forward**|||||||**forward**|
||**£**||**£**|**£**|**£**||**£**|**£**|
|**Unrestricted**|||||||||
|**funds**|||||||||
||1,553.75||104,469.42|(96,682.96)||-||-
9,340.21|
|**Total**|1,553.75||104,469.42|(96,682.96)||-||-
9,340.21|
|**tails of material**|**funds held and**||**movements**|**during the PREVIOUS reporting period**|||||
||**Fund**|||||||**Fund**|
|**Fund names**|**balances**
**brought**||**Income**|**Expenditure**|**Transfers**||**Gains and**
**losses**|
**balances**
**carried**|
||**forward**|||||||**forward**|
||**£**||**£**|**£**|**£**||**£**|**£**|
|**Unrestricted**|||||||||
|**funds**|||||||||
|||-|38,222.49|(36,668.74)||-||-
1,553.75|
|**Total**||-|38,222.49|(36,668.74)||-||-
1,553.75|
## **7.2 Details of material funds held and movements during the PREVIOUS reporting period**
**7.3 Transfers between funds This Year**
||**Amount**||
|---|---|---|
||**£**||
|Between unrestricted and restricted funds||-|
|Between endowment and restricted funds||-|
|Between endowment and unrestricted funds||-|
|**Last Year**|||
||**Amount**||
||**£**||
|Between unrestricted and restricted funds||-|
|Between endowment and restricted funds||-|
|Between endowment and unrestricted funds||-|
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report Report to the trustees** Charity Name HAJI BASHIR AHMED FOUNDATION **On accounts for the year Charity no** 30/11/2023 **ended (if any)** 1196696 **Set out on pages** (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 30/11/2023 **DD / MM / YYYY** . **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 exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified to **examiner's statement** undertake the examination by being a qualified member of [insert name of applicable listed body]]. _Delete_ [ ] _if not applicable._
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) 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:**
**Name:**
**Relevant professional**
**qualification(s) or body**||27/09/2024|
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||Muhammad Zamir||
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||AIA||
**Oct 2018**
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## **(if any):**
**Address:** 11A Snow Hill, Stoke on Trent, ST1 4LU
## **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** .
**Oct 2018**
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**IER**