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2024-03-31-accounts

ANNUAL REPORT

FOR SAWERA WELFARE FOUNDATION

FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31[ST] MARCH 2024

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  1. CHARITY DETAILS...................................................................................... 2 2. TRUSTEES REPORT .................................................................................. 3 3. ACCOUNTING POLICIES............................................................................ 7 4. FINANCIAL STATEMENT 14[TH] APRIL 2023 TO 31[ST] MARCH 2024 ............. 8

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1. CHARITY DETAILS

Charity Name :

Charity registration number :

Report of Trustees :

Financial Statement:

Charity Structure:

Sawera Welfare Foundation (SWF)

1202675 14[th] April 2023 to 31[st] March 2024. Year ending 31[st] March 2024 CIO

Trustees:

Chair: Ramzan Sheikh

Trustee: Abbas Abbas Trustee: Ibrahim khan

Registered Address :

225 Firth Park Road

Sheffield

South Yorkshire

S5 6WG

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2. TRUSTEES REPORT

Charity Objective and Activities

The charity’s objects’ (‘Objects’) are specifically restricted to the following:

The charity’s objects are

Objectives

  1. The relief of financial hardship among people living or working in the village of Tajak in Pakistan by providing the beneficiaries with financial assistance to assist them to relieve poverty and obtain goods and or services which they could not otherwise afford through lack of means

  2. The relief of financial hardship, either generally or individually, of people living in the village of Tajak Pakistan by making grants of money for providing or paying for items to assist with weddings, education, health and relieving poverty

  3. The relief of the sick-poor living in the village of Tajak Pakistan either generally or individually through the provision of grants, health related services that include ambulance, water plant and similar services to assist in improving the welfare of the said community of interest.

Achievements and Performance

Chair's Report

Last Financial year ending in March 2024, we have done some remarkable work in the Tajak local community to end poverty and transform lives. Our mission is to provide very basic necessities of life to those under privileged families and individuals who are living under the poverty line and unable to afford these basic needs of life.

1. Education Support Grants:

Warm clothing Grant

January 2024 – 250 students of a local Islamic centre given warm clothing. This included shawls, shoes and hoodies.

These are young mostly students under the age of 15, who live in Islamic centres and have no source of income. The Islamic centre provides food, books, and clothes. As the Islamic centre operates on donation, they don’t have many resources to accommodate all needs of these children. In addition, these students originate from a deprived area and their families are classed as poor and low income families mostly hence they are unable to afford warm clothing.

Regular monthly Grant

1 orphan student has been sponsored by foundation who receives monthly grant every

month (this is a student who would stop his studies if doesn’t receive support from SWF

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2. Health/ Medical Support Grants:

A total of 18 patients received medical grants (from April 2023- End of March 2024)

3. Ambulance Services

SWF provides 24 hours emergency ambulance services to the local community of Tajak Rangoo village and surrounding other villages. During this financial year the ambulance team has transported 500 patients to hospitals free of charge.

4. Provision of Clean Drinking Water :

Clean water is a basic need of life, and everyone should have easy access to it. UNICEF reported in 2022, that 60% of Pakistan population doesn’t have easy access to clean drinking water, due to which 27000 children died in one year.

During the last financial year, 22 families who didn’t have any drinking water in their homes, have been provided this basic need of life. All these families were on very low or no income hence “Water Support Grants” which provided a “Boring Well” enabling them to have access to water in their own homes.

5. Housing Projects:

In last financial year 3 home projects were completed by SWF.

6. Monthly orphans & Widows Sponsorship

SWF has sponsored 20 families to provide them monthly grant, these are the families who do not have any source of income. These are widows and single parents with young children. SWF give these families a small grant every month to help with them with their livelihood.

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7. Wedding Support Grants

During the last financial year, SWF has helped 12 families for their daughter’s wedding. Wedding support grants are only given to those families who are on very low or no income. In the local community of village Tajak Pakistan, the girl’s family must pay the expenses of wedding if they are unable to do so that means their daughter would not get married at all or marriages are delayed for many years. SWF through their links within the community, identify those family in extreme needs and financially helps them for their daughter’s weddings.

8. Ramadan & Eid Special Packages (Festive Grants)

Ramadan and Eid are special occasions for Muslims. Muslims fast in the month Ramadan and at dusk they open their fast with. Unfortunately, not everyone has regular income or have the means to celebrate Ramadan. This is why SWF provides grants to most of the deprived families of Village Tajak & Rangoo Attock.

Last Ramadan 250 families received grants. This special package was given so all these families enjoyed Ramadan. Following the end of Ramadan, the occasion of Eid is celebrated. This is one of the most celebrated festivals in the Muslim Calendar. SWF has provided special Eid Package to 100 families who did not have the means to celebrate Eid.

9. Collective Qurbani

Eid ul Adha is another mostly celebrated festival which comes once in a year when all Muslims who have the means to sacrifice an animal. This meat then gets distributed between family and friends. However, some less privileged people do not have the means to purchase an animal, therefore SWF through their collective qurbani scheme provided meat to these families so that they could cook the meat and participate in the celebratory day of Eid. SWF has performed Collective Qurbani of 10 animals last year and their meat was distributed to 400 families.

Donors & Volunteers.

SWF would like to thank donors and volunteers who support the charity. Without their support and assistance we would not have been able to carry out the above activities. Our donors and volunteers include:

Future Activities of the Charity

All our charity activities are showcased on social media platforms that include Facebook, WhatsApp TikTok and YouTube. SWF has a great following on all these platforms, mostly people who have connections in the Tajak Rangoo Attock area and local communities. This is how we are reaching out to more and more donors. Our work

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is very transparent, economical and efficient. This is one of the main reasons we have repeat donors and many of our donors support regularly on monthly basis. All our donors trust our mission, our vision and they are closely attached to SWF to support in all the programs. We share regular updated and progress of all of projects through our social media channels, all our donors are given regular reports from start to end of any project. This includes updated reports, pictures, videos and feedback from beneficiaries.

The aim is to expand our activities and have a far greater reach, especially in the areas of health, education and support for enterprise. This is something we will focus on in the forthcoming years.

Committee & Volunteers:

SWF has 3 trustees, and many volunteers in UK. During our monthly and annual meetings we discuss all the charity work. We have 14 management and 5 public WhatsApp groups. We discuss all the projects and welfare work on a regular basis. In Pakistan we have a committee consisting of 20 members. This committee was selected by trustees and volunteers of UK after long discussion and thorough consideration. The committee member consist of respectable members of community, imam of mosques, school teacher , doctors from hospital, and some few elders of local community.

We receive applications for grants through emails, letters and social media. The 20 members committee carry out an independent survey on the behalf of SWF to make sure the families or individuals we support are eligible for the grants according to the constitution and objectives of SWF.

Prior to any grant being approved by the members of UK board of trustees, the committee in Pakistan completes forms and forward them to the trustees prior to any grant being approved.

The forms are as follows:

Form 1

Consist of the request from applicant, their initial details and the nature of request.

Form 2

A detailed survey completed by members of committee, including 2 independent witness who verifies in writing that the family or individual are eligible

Form 3

A declaration statement from the beneficiary, to take an oath that they are eligible, especially for the Zakat donations provided by SWF.

Form 4

This is a detailed completion report form, which is completed when a project completes, project details, expenses, receipts, beneficiary details, grant amount, who and how grant or project is delivered, who received it, beneficiary confirmation and satisfaction report.

All this paperwork is completed for every single grant and project completed in Pakistan, all the paperwork is sent to the committee in UK for approval.

On the approval of UK trustees, who regularly check every single grant details, beneficiary, paperwork, prior to making a decision and they ensure that the grants and projects are completed according to the objectives and constitution of SWF and expectation of our donors.

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3. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements

The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities.

Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Income

All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received, and the amount can be measured reliably.

Expenditure

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to headings, they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

Grants offered subject to conditions which have not been met at the year-end date are noted as a commitment but not accrued as expenditure.

Taxation

The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees. Restricted funds for example Zakat, can only be used for restricted purposes within the objects of the charity or when specified by the donor where funds are raised for specific purposes.

Trustees are responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. The Trustees are also responsible for the contents of the Trustees’ report, and the responsibility of the independent examiner in relations to the Trustees’ report is limited to examining the report and ensuring that, on the face of the report, there are no inconsistencies with the figures disclosed in the financial statements. Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner.

The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements. The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) as the charity’s gross income did not exceed £25,000.

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4. FINANCIAL STATEMENT 14[TH] APRIL 2023 TO 31[ST] MARCH 2024

Charity Name No (if any) Sawera Welfare Foundation Receipts and Payments Accounts

CC16a

For the Period start date To Period end date period from 14[th] April 2024 31[st] March 2024

Section A Receipts and payments Section A Receipts and payments Section A Receipts and payments Endowment
funds
to the
nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Total funds
to the nearest
£
10,851.00
400.00
-
-
-
11,251.00
-
-
-
-		 Last year
to the
nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
A1 Receipts Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
to the nearest
£
to the nearest
£
10,851.00
-
400.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
10,851.00
400.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

DonationsReceived		 10,851.00 -
Donation from other
charities		 400.00
- -
- -
- -
Sub total(Gross
income for AR)		 10,851.00 400.00
A2 Asset and
investment sales, (see
table).
- -
- -
Sub total - -
Total receipts
- - - - -

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A3 Payments -
-
-
400.00
-
-
-
-
-
400.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 7,547.00
285.00
99.00
400.00
-
-
-
-
-
8,331.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Grants expended to
Tajak Attock Pakistan		 7,547.00 - -
Grants to UK Charities 285.00 - -
Bank Charges 99.00 - -
Water Project - 400.00 -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
Sub total 7,931.00 400.00 -
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
- - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories
B1 Cash
funds
B2 Other
monetary
assets
B3
Investment
assets
B4 Assets
retained for
the charity’s
own use
B5
Liabilities
Signed by one
or two trustees
on behalf of all
the trustees		 Details
Bank Balance as at 31st
March 2024
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts
and payments account(s))
Details
Details
Details
Details
Signature		 Unrestricted
funds
to nearest £
2,778.00
2,778.00
OK
Unrestricted
funds
to nearest £
-
-
Fund to which
asset belongs
Fund to which
asset belongs
Fund to which
liability relates
Signature Print Name
Ramzan Sheikh

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