## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 01 04 2024 **To** 31 03 2025
## Section A Reference and administration details
## **Charity name** Lantern of Light
**Other names charity is known by**
**Registered charity number (if any) 1203567**
**Charity's principal address** 52 Manor Way
**Postcode HA2 6BY**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|1
2
3
4
5|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Adil Abbasbhai Kachwala||||
||Mohamed Hassanali Kanji||||
||Nasimbanu Mohamed
Husein Pirmohamed
Hyderali||||
||Sabira Mohamed Kanji|Chair|||
||Shenaz Sajan||||
**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser Name Address**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
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**Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Constitution adopted on 15[th] June 2023, and amended on April 2025 Type of governing document
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Trustees are appointed by the existing board and bring expertise in faith leadership, mental health, finance and youth work. They meet regularly to provide strategic oversight and ensure the charity delivers on its objectives.
## **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’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.
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**Section C Objectives and activities**
The charity’s objects are to advance the Islamic faith in accordance with the Al Quran and the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and following the Shia Ithna Asheri teachings and traditions for the public benefit, mainly but not exclusively by:
- Provision of Islamic religious education, producing and/or distributing material, and holding events about the Islamic religion.
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
- Promoting good mental health and spiritual wellbeing, in particular (but not exclusively) for Muslim women.
- - Promoting multicultural and religious harmony between Muslims and nonMuslims to foster mutual understanding and tolerance.
- Preventing or relieving poverty by providing grants to individuals in need and/or charities or other organizations working to prevent or relieve poverty worldwide.
- 1) Islamic religious education: The charity organised online lectures, classes and workshops on the Quran, the Sunnah and Shia Ithna Asheri traditions. Teachings were also shared through community-level talks, seminars and educational webinars.
- 2) Mental health and spiritual wellbeing During the year 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, Lantern of Light focused on faith-based mental health and spiritual support, providing safe spaces for growth and trauma-informed healing. Key activities included:
- - 1:1 mentoring: faith-based mental health support provided to 12 women.
- **Summary of the main** - Healing circles: monthly online sessions for 30 to 40 women. **activities undertaken** - Digital outreach: weekly Qur’anic reflections (45+) with a social media
- **for the public benefit** reach of 3,750+ followers. **in relation to these** - Serenity Sisters Retreat: 2-day retreat hosting 55 women, integrating
- **objects (include** wellness, Qur’anic reflection and meditation. **within this section the** - Youth engagement: 10 youth volunteers supported local homeless
- **statutory declaration** initiatives. **that trustees have had** - Interfaith activities: participation in local and international summits.
- **regard to the** - Global online support: daily online group supporting 140+ women **guidance issued by** worldwide. **the Charity Commission on** 3) Multicultural and religious harmony
- **public benefit)**
3) Multicultural and religious harmony The charity hosted interfaith dialogue and community-building activities to foster understanding and tolerance. The charity collaborated with Al Abbas Islamic Centre to hold joint events with people of other faiths.
4) Poverty relief The charity aims to expand its scope to support poverty alleviation both locally and worldwide, including funding emergency relief efforts in areas affected by natural disaster.
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**Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
## Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
- Provision of intensive 1:1 spiritual and emotional mentoring for 12 women and monthly healing circles for 30 to 40 participants.
- - Serenity Sisters Retreat 2025 welcomed 55 women, including international participants.
- Digital engagement grew to 3,750+ followers and 3,140 YouTube subscribers.
- - Ten youth volunteers led service projects, including feeding 100 homeless people during Ramadan.
- - Representation of UK Muslim women at the World Council of Churches Summit in Switzerland.
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- Impact feedback indicated: - 80% of participants reported a deeper connection to faith and community.
- 90% of participants in healing programs felt empowered to manage mental health challenges.
- - 75% of interfaith event attendees reported reduced misconceptions about Islam.
- - Daily online support was sustained for over 140 women globally.
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## **Section E Financial review**
Total income for the year was £104,866 (2024: £15,795), primarily from **Brief statement of the** donations, retreat/event income and Gift Aid. Total expenditure for the **charity’s policy on reserves** year was £73,077.00 (2024: £11,025), relating mainly to grants paid, retreat/event costs and administration.
Total funds comprised of restricted funds of £14,428 and unrestricted funds of £22,131. Restricted funds relate to restricted donations and event income received for specific purposes and may only be applied in accordance with the relevant restrictions.
## **Reserves policy**
The charity’s reserves policy aims to maintain sufficient unrestricted funds to cover at least three months of core operational expenses, allowing continued service provision in the event of unforeseen circumstances. Unrestricted funds as at 31 March 2025 were £22,131 **,** which the Trustees consider to be in line with this policy.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
## **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.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **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)** Sabira Kanji **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc) Date** 27-01-2026
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**Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** Lantern Of Light **On accounts for the year** 31 March 2025 **Charity no 1203567 ended (if any) 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 31/03/2025.
- **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.
**Signed: Date:** 27-01-2026 **Name:** Sajjad Rajan **Relevant professional** CTA, FCCA, ACA **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 38 Station Road North Harrow, Harrow Middlesex, HA2 7SE.
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**October 2018**
**IER**
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||**CC16a**|
|**For the period**
**from**|01/04/2024|**To**|31/03/2025|||
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**21,772**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**21,772**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**21,772**
**-**
**-**
**4,412**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,412**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,412**
**17,361**
**-**
**4,770**
**22,131**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**67,664**
**15,430**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**83,094**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**83,094**
**-**
**68,665**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**68,665**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**68,665**
**14,428**
**-**
**-**
**14,428**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**89,436**
**15,430**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**104,866**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**104,866**
**-**
**68,665**
**4,412**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**73,077**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**73,077**
**31,789**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**89,436**
**15,430**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**104,866**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**104,866**
**-**
**68,665**
**4,412**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**73,077**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**73,077**
**31,789**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Donations,Legacies andgrants|**21,772**|||||**5,670**|
|Charitable activities|**-**|||||**10,125**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**21,772**|||||**15,795**|
||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||
|||||||**15,795**|
||||||||
|Costs of fundraigingevents|**-**|||||**-**|
|Costs of charitable activities|**-**|||||**9,069**|
|Governance costs|**4,412**|||||**1,956**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**4,412**|||||**11,025**|
||||||||
|**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_**|||||||
|||||||**11,025**|
||||||||
||**17,361**|**14,428**|**-**|
**31,789**||**4,770**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**4,770**|**-**|**-**|**4,770**||**-**|
||**22,131**|**14,428**|**-**|**36,559**||**4,770**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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## **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
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Cash at bank
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Trade creditors
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**22,131**
**14,428**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**22,131**
**14,428**
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)**
0
**100**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
**Sabira Kanji**|**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|
|||**Sabira Kanji**|27/01/2026|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
28/01/2026
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