## **REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: CE032933 (England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1203941**
**Report of the Trustees and**
**Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 1 June 2025**
**for Muslim Community Connect Wokingham**
Three Leaves Chartered Certified Accountants 2 Manor House Lane Datchet Slough Berkshire SL3 9EB
**Muslim Community Connect Wokingham**
**Contents of the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 1 June 2025**
||**Page**|
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|**Report of the Trustees**|1 to 3|
|**Independent Examiner's Report**|4|
|**Statement of Financial Activities**|5|
|**Balance Sheet**|6|
|**Notes to the Financial Statements**|7 to 9|
|**Detailed Statement of Financial Activities**|10|
**Muslim Community Connect Wokingham**
## **Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 1 June 2025**
The trustees, who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their annual report together with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 1 June 2025.
The trustees have prepared the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 and have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) 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)..
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
## **Objectives and aims**
The charity’s primary objective is to establish a community hub to primarily serve Muslims living in and around Wokingham. The proposed centre will provide religious, educational, and recreational facilities, while promoting social inclusion and strengthening community cohesion.
In furtherance of its charitable purposes, the charity:
" Organises and facilitates religious services and educational sessions.
" Promotes interfaith dialogue and positive community relations.
" Engages with local organisations and stakeholders on matters of mutual concern, including equality, diversity, health, safety, and civic engagement.
" Supports initiatives designed to foster inclusion, wellbeing, and positive community development.
The trustees confirm that they have had due regard to the Charity Commission's public benefit guidance and are satisfied that the charity's activities meet the public benefit requirement, particularly under the advancement of religion, advancement of education, and community development.
## **ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE**
During the year, Muslim Community Connect Wokingham (MCCW) continued to develop relationships with Wokingham Borough Council and local community groups. The charity's activities are aligned with the broader aims of Wokingham Borough's Community Vision, encouraging engagement, creativity, and collaboration within a growing and diverse local population.
The charity focused on community engagement activities, educational sessions, and fundraising initiatives in support of its long-term objective of establishing a permanent community hub. Trustees are encouraged by the positive response and support received from donors and the wider community during the year.
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
## **Financial position**
The charity experienced significant growth in voluntary income during the year, primarily due to increased fundraising efforts and strong community support toward the establishment of a future community centre.
" Fund balances as at 1 June 2025: £201,960 " Fund balances as at 1 June 2024: £10,880
Expenditure for the year ended 1 June 2025 totalled £38,884 (2024: £6,449). Costs related primarily to community activities and essential operational expenses necessary to deliver the charity's objectives. These included arrangements for children's educational classes, Jumu'ah (Friday) congregational prayers, and Ramadan prayer services, as well as event organisation.
The trustees are satisfied that expenditure during the year was applied solely in furtherance of the charity's charitable purposes. The strengthening of reserves places the charity in a more secure position as it progresses towards the long-term objective of acquiring and establishing a permanent community hub. The trustees remain committed to prudent financial management and to ensuring that all funds are used transparently and effectively.
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**Muslim Community Connect Wokingham**
## **Report of the Trustees**
## **for the Year Ended 1 June 2025**
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
## **Reserves policy**
The trustees recognise the importance of maintaining adequate reserves to ensure financial sustainability and to support the long-term objective of acquiring premises for a community hub.
The majority of funds held at year-end are designated towards the future purchase and establishment of a community centre. The trustees regularly review the level of reserves to ensure they remain appropriate in light of planned activities and operational risks.
## **FUTURE PLANS**
The charity's key priorities for the forthcoming year include:
" Continuing to provide religious, educational, and recreational activities that promote community cohesion.
" Expanding fundraising initiatives to support the establishment of a permanent community hub.
" Developing programmes that respond to the evolving needs of the local community.
" Organising educational seminars, workshops, and outreach sessions.
" Strengthening partnerships with local authorities and community organisations.
The trustees remain committed to delivering sustainable growth while ensuring compliance with all regulatory and governance requirements.
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document**
The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust and constitutes a charitable incorporated organisation.
## **Organisational structure**
Muslim Community Connect Wokingham (MCCW) was established in 2023 as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) and is governed by its constitution and registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
The charity is managed by four trustees, who are responsible for the overall governance, strategic direction, and financial oversight of the organisation. Day-to-day operations are overseen by the trustees with the support of nominated volunteers.
All trustees and core team members serve entirely on a voluntary basis. They hold no beneficial interest in the charity and receive no remuneration for their services. Any reimbursement of legitimate expenses, where applicable, would be made strictly in accordance with the charity's policies and Charity Commission guidance.
## **Trustee Contributions and Related Party Considerations**
During the financial year, trustees made voluntary monetary donations totalling just under £10,000. These donations were given freely and without conditions, and no trustee received any direct or indirect benefit in return.
In addition, the charity received in-kind donations from trustees and core team members. Such contributions included prayer mats, kitchen equipment, sound system components, disposable event supplies, and food items used for community events. These voluntary contributions significantly reduced operational expenditure and supported the charity's objective of building financial reserves for a future community hub.
The trustees confirm that all related party transactions have been conducted in the best interests of the charity and in compliance with the charity's governing document and applicable regulations.
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## **Muslim Community Connect Wokingham**
**Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 1 June 2025**
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered charity number** 1203941
**Company registration number** CE032933
## **Principal Address**
Suite 4, Bulldog House Reading Road Winnersh Wokingham Berkshire RG41 5AB
## **Trustees**
Muhammad Y Chaudhary (Chairman) Habibullah M H Thakur Tauqeer Iqbal Sajjad Mir Nehal M Salem (Resigned on 28 September 2024)
## **Independent Examiner**
Imtiaz Khan FCCA Three Leaves Chartered Certified Accountants 2 Manor House Lane Datchet Slough Berkshire SL3 9EB
10-03-2026 Approved by order of the board of trustees on ............................................. and signed on its behalf by:
........................................................................ Sajad Mir Trustee
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## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Muslim Community Connect Wokingham**
## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Muslim Community Connect Wokingham ('the Company')**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 1 June 2025.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity's trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act').
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by Section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of Section 396 of the 2006 Act 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; or
4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)).
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.
Imtiaz Khan FCCA
Three Leaves Chartered Certified Accountants 2 Manor House Lane Datchet Slough Berkshire SL3 9EB
11/03/2026 Date: .............................................
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## **Muslim Community Connect Wokingham**
## **Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 1 June 2025**
|Year Ended
1.6.25
Unrestricted
fund
Notes
£
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Donations and legacies
229,965
**EXPENDITURE ON**
Raising funds
12,827
**Charitable activities**
Educational Activities
7,211
Prayers & Communal Gatherings
18,847
**Total**
38,885
**NET INCOME**
191,080
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
Total funds brought forward
10,880
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
201,960|Period
1.8.23
to
1.6.24
Total
funds
£
17,329|
|---|---|
||5,554
-
895|
||6,449|
||10,880
-|
||10,880|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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## **Muslim Community Connect Wokingham**
## **Balance Sheet**
## **1 June 2025**
|2025
Unrestricted
fund
Notes
£
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Cash at bank
207,920
**CREDITORS**
Amounts falling due within one year
4
(5,960)
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
201,960
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT**
**LIABILITIES**
201,960
**NET ASSETS**
201,960
**FUNDS**
5
Unrestricted funds
201,960
**TOTAL FUNDS**
201,960|2024
Total
funds
£
11,240
(360)
10,880
10,880
10,880
10,880
10,880|
|---|---|
The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 1 June 2025.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 1 June 2025 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
## The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for
- (a) ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and
- (b) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company.
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime.
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on ............................................. and were signed on its behalf by: 10-03-2026
Tauqeer Iqbal ........................................................................................... Sajad Mir .......................... .................. ............................................ Trustees
The notes form part of these financial statements
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## **Muslim Community Connect Wokingham Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 1 June 2025**
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **Basis of preparing the financial statements**
The financial statements of the charitable company, 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 Companies Act 2006. 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 particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
## **Taxation**
The charity is exempt from corporation 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 can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes. Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
## **2. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS**
There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 1 June 2025 nor for the period ended 1 June 2024.
## **Trustees' expenses**
There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 1 June 2025 nor for the period ended 1 June 2024.
## **3. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
||Unrestricted|
|---|---|
||fund|
||£|
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**||
|Donations and legacies|17,329|
|**EXPENDITURE ON**||
|Raising funds|5,554|
|**Charitable activities**||
|Prayers & Communal Gatherings|895|
|**Total**|6,449|
continued...
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**Muslim Community Connect Wokingham**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued**
## **for the Year Ended 1 June 2025**
## **3. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - continued**
|**NET INCOME**
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
**4.**
**CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
Other creditors
Accruals and deferred income
**5.**
**MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
At 2.6.24
£
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
10,880
**TOTAL FUNDS**
10,880
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
Incoming
resources
£
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
229,965
**TOTAL FUNDS**
229,965
**Comparatives for movement in funds**
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Unrestricted
fund
£
10,880
10,880
2025
2024
£
£
5,000
-
960
360
5,960
360
Net
movement
At
in funds
1.6.25
£
£
191,080
201,960
191,080
201,960
Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(38,885)
191,080
(38,885)
191,080
Net
movement
At
in funds
1.6.24
£
£
10,880
10,880
10,880
10,880|
|---|---|
continued...
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**Muslim Community Connect Wokingham**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 1 June 2025**
## **5. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
|
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Incoming
Resources
Movement
resources
expended
in funds
£
£
£
17,329
(6,449)
10,880
17,329
(6,449)
10,880|Incoming
Resources
Movement
resources
expended
in funds
£
£
£
17,329
(6,449)
10,880
17,329
(6,449)
10,880|
|---|---|---|
|||10,880|
## **6. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES**
There were no related party transactions for the year ended 1 June 2025.
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## **Muslim Community Connect Wokingham**
## **Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 1 June 2025**
|Year Ended
1.6.25
£
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS**
**Donations and legacies**
Donations & Collections
229,965
**Total incoming resources**
229,965
**EXPENDITURE**
**Raising donations and legacies**
Ramadan & Jumah
8,853
Events
3,974
12,827
**Charitable activities**
Educational Activities
7,211
Donation paid
8,485
15,696
**Support costs**
**Management**
Insurance
137
Telephone
54
Postage and stationery
658
Sundries
42
Computer Expense
414
Repair & Renewals
2,685
Planning Application
4,074
8,064
**Finance**
Bank charges
1,338
**Governance costs**
Accountancy fees
960
Total resources expended
38,885
**Net income**
191,080|Period
1.8.23
to
1.6.24
£
17,329
17,329
1,820
3,734
5,554
-
-
-
402
-
-
23
-
-
-
425
110
360
6,449
10,880|
|---|---|
This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements
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