## **Greater Manchester Council of Mosques**
## **Trustees Report**
## **For the Annual General Meeting – 18[th] January 2025**
## **_________________________________________________________________________**
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION**
Charity Name – Greater Manchester Council of Mosques Charity Registration Number - 1199038 Principal Office – 75/77 Drake Street, Rochdale, OL16 1SB
## **BOARD OF TRUSTEES**
Jawad Amin Asif Patel Amiradin Ahmed Saima Alvi Abdul Hafeez Anjum Basit Shah Tahir Mehmood
## **BANKERS**
Co-op Bank Plc
## **Governing Document**
GMCoM is registered as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation with the Charity Commission.
## **Organisational Structure**
The trustees are responsible for the general control and management of the Charity. The trustees give their time on a voluntary basis and receive no remuneration or any other financial benefits.
## **Public Benefit**
The trustees have considered the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit when reviewing their aims and objectives and in planning future activities. In particular, the trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives they have set for GMCoM.
The vision of GMCoM is “Fostering a harmonious and enriched Greater Manchester where Muslim communities are leading figures, thriving alongside diverse groups through respect, understanding, and joint efforts for the betterment of all."
GMCoM aspires to bridge this gap, offering a strategic voice to Muslim congregations, addressing inequities, and enhancing service delivery through collaboration with diverse faiths and entities. Its Mission Highlights are as follows:
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- Empowering mosques to promote Islamic values for the benefit of the public.
- Catalysing collaborations within the Muslim community for collective action.
- Advocating for community interests to improve life chances.
- Providing educational and developmental support to mosques and the broader society.
## **GMCoM's Unique Value:**
- A central platform for united leadership, advocating equitable resource distribution and service access.
- A facilitator for cross-faith dialogue, promoting respect and cohesion.
- A provider of robust infrastructure for community development.
## **Activities and Achievements**
The trustees are delighted to report the following:
1. The trustees continued to engage with the already established councils of mosques as well as the ones which are being developed and offered support and advice to ensure a streamlined approach across all boroughs.
2. GMCoM continued to engage with regional and local strategic partners either directly or through local council of mosques and provided support as necessary.
3. The most critical engagement has been with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Police during highly tense summer riots in various towns and cities, as well as ongoing conflict in the Middle East GMCoM played a key role as a conduit to promote peace through its members and wider partners.
4. The trustees set up regular meetings with the Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester Combined Authority who is responsible for policing and these regular meetings entail planning for security measures during Ramadhan and other important occasions.
5. The trustees continued to employ a temporary admin support to help them with the day-to-day activities. The admin support has extensive experience of working in the charity sector.
## **GMCoM Plans for 2025**
1. To commission comprehensive research into the needs of Muslim community in Greater Manchester
2. Secure financial support to ensure that GMCoM is fully operational in all areas of its work.
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3. Enhance the capacity of local councils of mosques with a structured approach to ensure these are joined up and functioning effectively in their respective boroughs.
4. Continue to build on engaging with strategic partners to ensure that the interests of the Muslim communities of Greater Manchester are taken care of properly.
## **Appointment of trustees**
At the time of incorporation as a CIO, the following were appointed as trustees of GMCoM:
- Asif Patel for 4 years
- Tahir Mahmood for 4 years
- Abdul Basit for 3 years
- Abdul Hafeez Anjum for 3 years
- Amir Ahmed for 2 years
- Saima Alvi for 2 years
- Jawad Amin for 2 years
The last three trustees in the list above who had served for two years and were happy to continue in their role as a trustee of GMCoM. All three were unanimously re-elected to serve another two years.
## **Financial Report**
The accounts for the period ended 31[st] March 2024 are attached as appendix 1.
To date, the trustees have made voluntary contributions to fund the day-to-day expenditure of GMCoM. The trustees also managed to secure a donation from Human Appeal to deliver some important training to mosques which includes Safeguarding, first aid and governance.
Jawad Amin and Asif Patel Joint Chairperson On behalf of the board of trustees Greater Manchester Council of Mosques
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## **Appendix 1**
## **Greater Manchester Council of Mosques**
## **Accounts for the year ended 31[st] March 2024**
|**1. **
**2. **|**Income**
Donations
**Expenditure**
Professional Fees
Bank Charges
Events and
General Expenses
**Total Expenditure**
**Balance as of 31**
**st**
**March 2024**|**£**
**11,920.00**
4,567.43
25.00
5,325.00
**9,917.43**
**2002.57**|
|---|---|---|
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**Greater Manchester Council of Mosques No (if any) 1199038 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 4/1/2023 3/31/2024
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**
Donations
**11,920**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,920**
**nonee**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 11,920**
**A3 Payments**
Professional and admin cost
**9,917**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 9,917**
**None**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 9,917**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 2,003**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**-**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 2,003**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**11,920**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,920**|**-**|
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||**-**|**-**|**11,920**|**-**|
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**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**9,917**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**9,917**|**-**|
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||**-**|**-**|**9,917**|**-**|
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||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**2,003**
**-**
**-**
**2,003**|**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|**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**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by two trustees on behalf of all
the board of trustees|**Details**
None
**Details**
none
**Details**
none
**Details**
None
**Details**
None
Signature
Jawad Amin
Asif Patel
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Agreement Error
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
M Jawad Amin
Asif Patel
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
||||**-**|
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||||OK|
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**Endowment**
**funds**|
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**(optional)**|
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||||Date of
approval|
||Jawad Amin|M Jawad Amin|1/18/2025|
||Asif Patel|Asif Patel|1/18/2025|