The trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021.
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the accounts and comply with the charity's Trust Deed, the Companies Act 2006 and “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)” (as amended for accounting periods commencing from 1 January 2016)
Charity Mission
To engage, unite and empower the UK’s more than 1.5 million British Pakistanis, by bringing them together, giving them a voice, and supporting their socio-economic development.
Our Vision
Our vision is to create a platform that serves and protects the best interests of the British Pakistani community.
Achievements and performance
BPF GLO HUB – Rochdale - 6 Month Pilot Programme
A community Hub in the heart of high deprivation Pakistani communities delivering:
Community walk in advice service
Entrepreneurs forum
Women’s network
Men’s network
Youth drop in
Youth forum
Deliverables
May 22nd - May 31 :
Hub activities:
No. of queries to Hub: 17 Queries
CV Clinic for Kickstart in partnership with Jamia Chastiah: 47 participants
Outcomes: 64 interventions, regular CV clinics from June onwards.
June :
Hub activities:
No. of queries to Hub: 26 Queries
Vaccination Drive Pop Up: Provided vaccine advice in Urdu at 3 vaccine clinics in Castlemere: 83 Interventions
Hub supported activities :
CV/Jobs clinics: 33 reviews
Wills: Co-ordinated visits to Khoobsurat House (67 people), RS women’s group (32) and Pakistani House (43 people). Introduced to Women’s Welfare Association, Prestige Solicitors, Pakistan House Committee and Rochdale Council of Mosques (Running a workshop across 13 mosques on importance of Wills and inheritance taxes over Sep and Oct - 650 people)
Outcomes : 934 interventions, Partnership with Rochdale Mind and Local Council, Hub Volunteers selected for Rochdale areas, and Wills Mosques Workshops. Law research placement programme being devised to launch Nov 2021, sponsored by ASL.
July :
Hub Activities:
No. of queries to Hub: 10 Queries
Vaccination Drive Pop Up: 65 Interventions
Eid Events: 72 participants
Women’s network: 34 members
Men’s Network: 13 members
Hub supported activities:
Chaand Raat: Funded through stall fee, circa 250 people
CV/Job clinics: 23 reviews
Outcomes : 467 interventions, Women’s weekly walk organised by members of women's network, for keeping fit (1 hour a week, starting with 17 women increased to 34 by end of Oct). Media Coverage by Channel 44 for Eid Events.
August
Hub activities:
No. of queries to Hub: 52 Queries
Afghanistan Clothing Drive with champions: co-ordinated the collection and drop off of 426 donation Bags from 143 households.
Business Forum with Aneel Mussarat – 134 attendees
Pakistan Independence Community Celebration - 154 attendees
Hub supported activities:
Speakers provided and business sponsorship introductions provided to All4Youth for Community Funday in Park – Circa 600 attendees, £10,180 revenue generated for local businesses.
Awakening Minds Ladies Night – Funded by local sponsorship, 120 females
Letz Talk Azaadi event – 43 Women
CV Clinic: 21 Reviews
Outcomes : 1,267 Interventions, Letz Talk offer of partnership to deliver programmes and activities jointly.
Awakening Minds partnership to offer mental health services.
Mauve Property Group now conducting on-site open sessions twice a month for Community Hub referrals, service advertised to all community hub partners.
September-October
Hub activities
No. of queries to Hub: 62 Queries
Youth Forum Launch event: 143 attendees
Jobs surgery: 63 People
Hub supported activities:
Rochdale Allotment Planting Project – 53 participants over 2 week period
Women Home Working stitching competition (on going) – 123 participants, prize donated.
63 1:1 mentoring in property development directly to Mauve Property Group, further 54 referrals from attendees.
CV Clinic: 51 Reviews
All4Youth Meet the Leaders weekend walk: 432 Households
Nasheed Classes: 16 signed up through hub, 21 through attendee referrals
Outcomes: 981 Interventions, Chai Wala monthly meet ups, Army outreach event, regular neighbourhood clean-up and planting group formed, All4Youth Sufi night, All4Youth Monthly Nasheed classes with two artists that attended the Youth Forum Launch event.
Webinars:
1. BPF Business and Professionals’ Programme (BPP) - 14th, 19th, 20th April 2021:
Securing a training contract or vacation scheme in the city hosted by Pinsent Masons, London
The British Pakistan Foundation in association with Hammad Akhtar, Partner at Pinsent Masons offered a unique opportunity for students studying Law to come to a series of 3 workshops helping equip them with the skills to get onto a training contract or vacation scheme at a top law form.
Over the course of 3 evenings, they learnt about:
Applying for a training contract or vacation placement with a city law firm — what you need to know
Completing Application Forms — Top Tips and examples
Interviews and Assessment Days — how to be successful
2. Arts & Culture showcase in collaboration with Asia Scotland Institute - 9 th Feb 2021
Speaker: Nour Aslam (Artistic Director RF): presenting ’South Asian art through the eyes of Wahab Jaffer’
3. 'UK Market Trends and Metrics' Presentation in collaboration with Colliers - 16 th Feb 2021
Economic presentation by Dr. Walter Boettcher, Head of Research & Economics, Colliers International, about "UK Market Trends and Metrics".
Speakers:
Dr Walter Boettcher (Head of Research & Economics, Colliers)
Moderated by:
Adnan Shaikh, Co-Founder South Street Asset Management.
4. Women in Leadership: Achieving an Equal Future in a Covid-19 World in collaboration with The Pakistan Society (Partner event) - 08 th March 2021
Speakers:
HE Leena Salim Moazzam (Ambassador Retd.)
Dr Naseem Salahuddin (Head of infectious Disease at Indus Hospital)
Lt Gen, Nigar Johar (3 Star surgeon General in Pakistan Army )
Dr Samia Latif, Consultant Communicable Disease Control at Public Health
Dr Humaira Jamal (Consultant Physician in Supportive Care Medicine at the Peace Hospice)
5. Kickstart Scheme webinar with Aasim Ishaq - 18 th March 2021
Speaker:
Aasim Ishaq (Founder-The Entrepreneurs Trust and Government approved Kickstart Gateway)
Moderator:
Nissba Qayyum (CEO - City Hub Housing)
6. UK Volunteering Opportunities for British Pakistanis in collaboration with UPSIGN (partner event) - 18 th March 2021
Speaker:
Moawia Bin- Sufyan
7. How to become a Justice of the Peace (JP) - 23 rd March 2021
A discussion with the Magistrates on 'How to become a justice of the peace'
Speakers:
Deputy Senior District Judge, Tan Ikram
Duncan Webster, OBE. JP
Captain Ibrar Ul-Haq, JP
Sally Thorne, JP
Moderator:
Hammad Akhtar (Trustee - BPF)
8. Roshan Digital Accounts in collaboration with Samba bank Ltd - 25 th March 2021
Speakers:
Asif Rangoonwala- BPF Chairman
Ghazanfar Baig- Samba bank Ltd
Assad Kazalbash-Samba bank ltd
Amjad Pervez (Founding Partner- Seafresh)
9. Covid Vaccines Question/ Answer - 1st April 2021
An informative Q&A session with experienced medical professionals, as we discuss learning about the Covid Vaccine and dispel some of the misinformation about the vaccine.
Panellists:
Dr Samia Latif
Dr Rahila Zakir- moderator
Dr Imran Kauser
Dr Raghib Ali
10. Roshan Digital Accounts in collaboration with Habib Metropolitan Bank Ltd - 20 th May 2021
Speakers:
Mohsin Ali (President & CEO, Habib Metro)
H.E Moazzam Ahmed Khan, High Commissioner of Pakistan-UK
Dr Reza Baqir- Governor SBP
Dr Murtaza Syed Deputy Governor SBP
Dr Shamshad Akhtar, Chairperson, PSE
Ali Jamali, CEO Indus Motors Co
James Caan CBE Global Entrepreneur
11. Opportunities in The British Army - 3 rd June 2021
A discussion with Maj Naveed and Col Guy about how young professionals, especially from BAME community can have a career in the British Army
Panellists:
Major Naveed Muhammad MBE
Colonel Guy Bartle-Jones
Moderator:
Faryal Khan
12. A Holistic Approach to Health & Wellbeing - 8 th June 2021
Discussing simple and sustainable ways to help you transform your mental, emotional, and physical health. Followed by Q&A session
Speakers:
Aale Mowjee Kahloon (Holistic Health Coach, Member of UK Health Coaches Association)
Laleh Habib Ali (Certified Yoga Teacher and Therapist, Psychotherapist in training)
13. Opportunities & Challenges for Women Entrepreneurs - 24 June 2021
Highlighting the challenges women face as entrepreneurs and various opportunities available to them, and how to overcome these challenges.
Panellists:
Tahreem Arshad (Founder & CEO, Sozie)
Abby Ghafoor (Founder & MD, ARC Management Consulting)
Raishma Islam (Founder & CEO, Raishma)
Moderator:
Zahra Shah (Co-Founder, Non-Executive Director & Investor, Seers & Trustee, BPF)
14. Challenges and Opportunities for Women in Leadership Role - 8 th July 2021
Our panellists talk about their personal challenges, and opportunities for women in leadership roles
Panellists:
Zara Mohammed (Secretary General- Muslim council Britain)
Hira Ali (Author, Executive coach)
Ebba Qureshi (Founder & CEO Femgames)
Moderator:
Emb Hashmi- BBC journalist
Our Finances
During the year BPF received income of £54,430 (2020: £73,165), the most significant of which coming from ZVM Rangoonwala Foundation amounting to £34,430 (2020:£31,000).
BPF also raised a further £20,933 (2020: £1,648) from programme initiatives and £3,000 (2020: £14,100) from its Patrons programme, added together with other income streams this meant total income was £80,879 (2020: £92,404).
Total resources expended totalled £71,879 (2020: £92,615).
For every £1 spent by BPF:
Charitable Activities 62p
Cost of Generating Funds: 2p
Governance Costs: 36p
The trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed, and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate exposure to the major risks.
The British Pakistan Foundation is both a registered charity and constituted as a company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital. The BPF is governed by its trust deed document submitted to the charity commission in July 2010.
The trustees, who are also the directors for the purpose of company law, and who served during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were:
BPF board vote on nominations, which are shortlisted by lead board members and the nominations are seconded by all the Trustees.
The trustees' r eport was approved by the Board of Trustees.
In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the accounts of British Pakistan Foundation for Development for the year ended 31 December 20 20 , set out on pages 18 to 25 from the charity’s accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us.
As a practising member firm of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, we are subject to its ethical and other professional requirements which are detailed at http://www.icaew.com/en/members/regulations-standards-and-guidance/
This report is made to the charity's trustees, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the accounts of British Pakistan Foundation for Development and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the charity's trustees, as a body, in this report in accordance with ICAEW Technical Release 07/16 AAF. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than British Pakistan Foundation for Development and the charity's trustees as a body, for our work or for this report.
It is your duty to ensure that British Pakistan Foundation for Development has kept adequate accounting records and to prepare statutory financial statements that give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and surplus of British Pakistan Foundation for Development. You consider that British Pakistan Foundation for Development is exempt from the statutory audit requirement for the year , and is not required to obtain an independent examiner's report.}
We have not been instructed to carry out an audit or a review of the financial statements of British Pakistan Foundation for Development. For this reason, we have not verified the accuracy or completeness of the accounting records or information and explanations you have given to us and we do not, therefore, express any opinion on the statutory financial statements.
Patrons programme
Programme Initiatives
Membership fees
Expenditure on r aising funds
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.
All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
British Pakistan Foundation for Development is a private company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 86-87 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 9RL.
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the charity's Trust deed document, the Companies Act 2006 and “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)” (as amended for accounting periods commencing from 1 January 2016). The charity is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.
The charity has taken advantage of the provisions in the SORP for charities applying FRS 102 Update Bulletin 1 not to prepare a Statement of Cash Flows.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling , which is the functional currency of the charity . Monetary a mounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of their charitable objectives.
Cash donations are recognised on receipt. Other donations are recognised once the charity has been notified of the donation, unless performance conditions require deferral of the amount.
Expenses are allocated for on an accruals basis and have been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to the headings, they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out resources.
Governance Costs
These include costs of administration, any costs for preparation and examination of statutory accounts and cost of any legal advice to trustees on governance or constitutional matters.
Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors are initially recognised at transaction p rice . Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of operations from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the charity ’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
In the application of the charity’s accounting policies, the trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
Patrons programme
Programme Initiatives
Membership fees
Expenditure on r aising funds
Consultancy fees
Website development
Rent
Office expenses
Other expenses
Governance costs includes payments to the accountant s of £ 2 , 68 0 (2020- £1, 5 00) for fees.
The average monthly number of employees during the year was:
During the year the services of 3 (2020 : 3) contractors were used.
There were no disclosable related party transactions during the year (2020 - none) .