SOLACE UK LTD Charity Accounts

COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 07952733

CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1149720

SOLACE UK LTD

Company Limited by Guarantee

Unaudited Financial Statements

31 December 2025

SOLACE UK LTD

Company Limited by Guarantee

Financial Statements

Year ended 31 December 2025

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Trustees' annual report (incorporating the director's report)	1

Independent examiner's report to the trustees	7

Statement of financial activities (including income and expenditure account)	9

Statement of financial position	10

Notes to the financial statements	11

SOLACE UK LTD

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)

Year ended 31 December 2025

The trustees, who are also the directors for the purposes of company law, present their report and the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2025 .

Reference and administrative details

Registered charity name	SOLACE UK LTD

Charity registration number	1149720

Company registration number	07952733

Principal office and registered	Solace UK
office	Lock Studios
	7 Corsican Square
	London
	E3 3YD
	England

The trustees

	MS. A. HURNI
	MS. B. QUADRI
	MS. J L DJELLOUL
	MS. S. CLEMENTS
	MS. W O BABALOLA
	MS. S E AROUCHE	(Resigned 9 October 2025)
	MS. T. RAHMAN	(Resigned 8 September 2025)
	MS. F. I YAHYE	(Appointed 28 August 2025)
	MS. M. B HUSSAIN	(Appointed 2 October 2025)

Company secretary	MS. S. CLEMENTS

Independent examiner	Z F BEGG
	Begg Williamson & Co
	Chartered Certified Accountants
	24 Church Road
	Crystal Palace
	ENGLAND
	SE19 2ET

Structure, governance and management

* Governing Document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16 FEB 2012* Charity Constituted by way of Limited Company by guarantee* Trustees are appointed/elected as per Charity Commission guidelines

Objectives and activities

Summary of Objects set out in our governing document:

TO ADVANCE THE FAITH OF ISLAM IN PARTICULAR BY SUPPORTING, AIDING AND EMPOWERING WOMEN WHO ARE OR HAVE REVERTED OR RETURNED TO THE ISLAMIC FAITH (AS REVERT SISTERS) AND WHO ARE IN NEED SO THEY CAN FULLY ADVANCE THEIR RELIGION.

Public Benefit:

The Trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in Section 4 of the Charities Act 2006 to have due regard to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit Charities and Public Benefit.

Solace UK is a charity which aims to advance the faith of Islam in particular by supporting, aiding and empowering women who are or who have reverted or returned to the Islamic faith (as revert sisters) and who are in need so they can fully advance their religion.

In setting and reviewing Solace's strategic objectives, the charity has had due regard for the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit. The guidance sets out the requirement that all organisations wishing to be recognised as charities must demonstrate, explicitly, that their aims are for the public benefit.

In delivering its objectives, Solace UK provides the following identifiable public benefits through the advancement of faith in particular supporting, aiding and empowering women who are or have reverted or returned to the Islamic faith:

* Liaise with a range of diverse supportive services to enable revert women to receive specialist support * Developing a network of mentors and support staff throughout the country* Develop a comprehensive educational program to educate the wider community on how to develop and support revert women * Provide a safe space for revert women to discuss their difficulties in a supportive and confidential environment.

Achievements and performance

In 2021, Solace UK developed a 10-year strategy. In 2025 - the fourth year of implementing that strategy, Solace UK can report the following information about its team, activities, projects and services:

Team

In 2025, the Solace team was made up of 32 members of staff and 65 volunteers.

The accounts will show a large percentage of expenses which have been allocated to wages and salaries. It is important to note the following:

In 2025, 16 members of staff out of the 32 members of staff held roles within Solace where direct support was provided for our beneficiaries. This means that they directly provided emotional, practical, Islamic, financial, social and marital support for our beneficiaries either on a 1-1 basis or via direct project delivery. As a result, the vast majority of wages were not admin related but rather classified as project delivery.

A further 6 members of staff held roles that were part project delivery and part administrative, leaving 10 members of staff that were only administrative based.

In this way, as a board of trustees, we believe our expenses towards wages is justified as without these roles, our beneficiaries would not receive the direct support for their needs.

In 2025, Solace received 1827 requests for support from revert women from 22 countries worldwide, averaging at 5 requests per day. Solace directly impacted 2405 revert women and their children (141) through our services and events. Of these services and events:

Services

1-1 Support Service

Solace UK's core service continued into its 14th year. The 1-1 Support Service is a person-centred provision where a beneficiary is allocated a trained support worker. An initial assessment of her circumstances and needs is carried out. This is followed by an action plan where the support worker helps and empowers the beneficiary to overcome challenges, set and achieve goals. These goals can be anything from faith-based goals to marital resolution to practical support, and more.

378 revert women were supported through the 1-1 Support Service ranging from different ethnicities, age groups and worldwide geographical locations.

Through Solace's flagship service, reverted women have been emotionally and practically supported. They have been empowered to make a difference in their lives and others. They have begun work to process trauma through our Psychotherapy support programme which supported 44 revert women in 2025 who needed further intervention.

In addition to being assigned a trained support worker for 1-1 support, beneficiaries and their dependants in 2025 were:

1. Fed and clothed, and their basic needs were covered.

2. In receipt of care packages through gifts, days out together, toys, Eid gatherings and Eid gifts. 3. Protected and kept safe by helping them stay in their own homes.

4. Provided with emotional and spiritual support.

5. In receipt of investment in their learning and education.

6. Helped as they battled domestic violence and mental health struggles linked to trauma and abuse.

Financial Aid

Many revert women were also struggling financially with rent costs, food and clothing costs and debt. 139 revert women applied for financial support in 2025. Due to our robust and thorough financial application process, 37 service users were awarded financial support and 47 received debt relief support. This lessened their financial and emotional burdens. There were also a number of women who found themselves in homeless circumstances, Solace was able to assist them with emergency housing.

Sponsor a Revert

Our Sponsor a Revert campaign sponsored 152 revert women in difficulty who received the following support:

Emotional support sessions

Counselling

Islamic courses

Attendance to retreats

Online Islamic courses

Marriage webinars

Islamic clothing

Food vouchers

Travel assistance

Retreats

Single Mum

Our Single Mother Relief project saw 33 single mothers and their 58 children supported with:

Food vouchers

Eid gifts for their children

School uniform assistance

Retreats

Trips

Counselling

We also continued for the fourth year to provide our services in our second branch of Solace in the North of England - extending our services to revert women in Manchester, Bradford and Leeds.

Solace in Marriage Service

The Solace in Marriage service continued into 2025 where 380 participants signed up to our flagship Pre-Marriage Course. 22 service users accessed our pre-marriage wail support - a service that acts as a surrogate family/father figure in vetting potential husbands for revert women and the facilitation of marriage meetings. 4 service users married through our service. 36 couples were provided with in-marriage support.

Wills

20 revert women applied to complete their will in 2025 - a fundamental step for revert women who largely do not have Muslim family - ensuring their affairs are taken care of in accordance with Islamic guidelines after their death.

Ask A Sheikh Service

Solace launched the much needed Ask a Sheikh service which provides revert women with a person of knowledge who is qualified to answer Islamic questions of a personal nature or those related to Islamic jurisprudence. In 2025, 266 questions were received from revert women, providing them with guidance in how to live their lives according to Islamic law.

What's On Service

Crafted exclusively for revert women, the What's On service was created to enhance accessibility to activities, events, and services in their vicinity - thus addressing feelings of loneliness and isolation.

Institute

Solace delivered its first online course in collaboration with Arabic Gems: Inspiring Hope, Resilience and Connection with the Qur'an, which launched the Solace Institute - our newest service. 250 women attended from 41 countries.

Events

In 2025 we held 10 support events - benefitting 516 women and 83 children. These events included two iftar events in London and the North of the UK, two Eid parties in London and the North, a beach trip for women and children, an afternoon tea event in both London and the North, two support sessions at the time of Christmas. And finally, a weekend pre-Ramadan spiritual retreat.

We held 2 fundraising challenges with 50 fundraisers. These initiatives included a Ramadan Revert Support Challenge and a Dhul Hijjah Revert Support challenge.

Awareness

2025 was another year of building awareness surrounding the plight faced by our beneficiaries. Solace created awareness in a number of ways. This was namely done online via a number of social media campaigns, that were particularly held during the month of Ramadan, namely the Revert Support Challenge. Through these campaigns, we were able to highlight the array of various difficulties encountered by revert women were launched. Speeches in mosques around the country took place. The Solace blog also continued, providing our beneficiaries with heartfelt articles - there to support them during their time of need. All were successful in highlighting the difficulties faced by our beneficiaries as well as raising much needed funds to continue Solace's services.

Other

For the 14th year running, Eid gifts were sent out at Eid time which is always so well received by Solace's beneficiaries. During very difficult circumstances with many unable to share Ramadan and Eid with family due to their different faith, Eid gifts really do provide solace.

We are also proud to announce that we launched our Financial Literacy and Business Empowerment programme for revert women who are in debt. 163 applications were received of which 47 were shortlisted, seeing 21 women benefit from debt relief and financial literacy empowerment. The programme continued into 2026 which will be reported in the 2026 Trustees report.

We believe our objectives provide a public interest, in that we are aiding individuals in a holistic manner and encouraging them to become better members of society which in turn has a positive effect upon their own families and communities.

Financial review

All income of the charity was received by way of donations from public individuals or companies. At the

end of the financial year, Solace UK had: Income £ 352,445 (2024

£267,807) Spending £ 546,695 (2024 £ 387,319)

Reserve Policy

The trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level which equates to 6 months of unrestricted charitable expenditure which we believe is sufficient.

Small company provisions

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies exemption.

MS. B. QUADRI MS. S. CLEMENTS

Chair of Trustees Charity Secretary

Small company provisions

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies exemption.

The trustees' annual report was approved on 23 September 2026 and signed on behalf of the board of trustees by:

MS. B. QUADRI	MS. S. CLEMENTS
Trustee	Trustee

MS. S. CLEMENTS
Charity Secretary

SOLACE UK LTD

Company Limited by Guarantee

Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of SOLACE UK LTD

Year ended 31 December 2025

I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of SOLACE UK LTD ('the charity') for the year ended 31 December 2025.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the trustees of the company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements 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 the 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

Since your charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a listed body. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a registered member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants which is one of the listed bodies.

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 charity as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or

2. the financial statements do not accord with those records; or

3. the financial statements 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 financial statements 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.

Z F BEGG Independent Examiner

Begg Williamson & Co Chartered Certified Accountants 24 Church Road Crystal Palace ENGLAND SE19 2ET

28 September 2626

SOLACE UK LTD

Company Limited by Guarantee

Statement of Financial Activities

(including income and expenditure account)

Year ended 31 December 2025

	2025			2024
	Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Total funds	Total funds
Note	£	£	£	£

Income and endowments

Donations and legacies	5	124,906	227,539	352,445	267,807
		---------	---------	---------	---------
Total income		124,906	227,539	352,445	267,807
		---------	---------	---------	---------

Expenditure

Expenditure on raising funds:

	Costs of raising donations and legacies	6	203,628	11,770	215,398	97,617
Expenditure on charitable activities		7,8	93,815	239,881	333,696	289,702
			---------	---------	---------	---------
Total expenditure			297,443	251,651	549,094	387,319
			---------	---------	---------	---------

	---------	---------	---------	---------
Net expenditure and net movement in funds	( 172,537)	( 24,112)	( 196,649)	( 119,512)
	---------	---------	---------	---------

Reconciliation of funds

Total funds brought forward	437,551	168,288	605,839	725,351
	---------	---------	---------	---------
Total funds carried forward	265,014	144,176	409,190	605,839
	---------	---------	---------	---------

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.

All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

SOLACE UK LTD

Company Limited by Guarantee

Statement of Financial Position

31 December 2025

	2025	2024
Note	£	£

Current assets

Debtors	12	12,967	19,671
Cash at bank and in hand		424,203	605,794
		---------	---------
		437,170	625,465

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year	13	27,980	19,626
		---------	---------
Net current assets		409,190	605,839
		---------	---------
Total assets less current liabilities		409,190	605,839
		---------	---------
Net assets		409,190	605,839
		---------	---------

Funds of the charity

Restricted funds		144,176	149,775
Unrestricted funds		265,014	456,064
		---------	---------
Total charity funds	14	409,190	605,839
		---------	---------

For the year ending 31 December 2025 the charity was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Directors' responsibilities:

- The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476 ;

- The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements .

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime.

These financial statements were approved by the board of trustees and authorised for issue on 23 September 2026 , and are signed on behalf of the board by:

MS. B. QUADRI	MS. S. CLEMENTS
Trustee	Trustee

SOLACE UK LTD

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements

Year ended 31 December 2025

1. General information

The charity is a public benefit entity and a private company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales and a registered charity in England and Wales. The address of the registered office is Solace UK, Lock Studios, 7 Corsican Square, London, E3 3YD, England.

2. Statement of compliance

These financial statements have been prepared in compliance with FRS 102, 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland', the 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) (Charities SORP (FRS 102)) and the Companies Act 2006.

3. Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis, as modified by the revaluation of certain financial assets and liabilities and investment properties measured at fair value through income or expenditure.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the entity.

Going concern

There are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue.

Disclosure exemptions

The entity satisfies the criteria of being a qualifying entity as defined in FRS 102. As such, advantage has been taken of the following disclosure exemptions available under paragraph 1.12 of FRS 102: (a) No cash flow statement has been presented for the company.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees to further any of the charity's purposes. Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular future project or commitment. Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure declared by the donor or through the terms of an appeal, and fall into one of two sub-classes: restricted income funds or endowment funds.

Incoming resources

All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when entitlement has passed to the charity; it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the charity and the amount can be reliably measured. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income: - income from donations or grants is recognised when there is evidence of entitlement to the gift, receipt is probable and its amount can be measured reliably. - legacy income is recognised when receipt is probable and entitlement is established. - income from donated goods is measured at the fair value of the goods unless this is impractical to measure reliably, in which case the value is derived from the cost to the donor or the estimated resale value. Donated facilities and services are recognised in the accounts when received if the value can be reliably measured. No amounts are included for the contribution of general volunteers. - income from contracts for the supply of services is recognised with the delivery of the contracted service. This is classified as unrestricted funds unless there is a contractual requirement for it to be spent on a particular purpose and returned if unspent, in which case it may be regarded as restricted.

Resources expended

Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is classified under headings of the statement of financial activities to which it relates: - expenditure on raising funds includes the costs of all fundraising activities, events, non-charitable trading activities, and the sale of donated goods. - expenditure on charitable activities includes all costs incurred by a charity in undertaking activities that further its charitable aims for the benefit of its beneficiaries, including those support costs and costs relating to the governance of the charity apportioned to charitable activities. - other expenditure includes all expenditure that is neither related to raising funds for the charity nor part of its expenditure on charitable activities.

All costs are allocated to expenditure categories reflecting the use of the resource. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs are apportioned between the activities they contribute to on a reasonable, justifiable and consistent basis.

Financial instruments

A financial asset or a financial liability is recognised only when the charity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at the amount receivable or payable including any related transaction costs. Current assets and current liabilities are subsequently measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received and not discounted. Debt instruments are subsequently measured at amortised cost. Where investments in shares are publicly traded or their fair value can otherwise be measured reliably, the investment is subsequently measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognised in income and expenditure. All other such investments are subsequently measured at cost less impairment. Other financial instruments, including derivatives, are initially recognised at fair value, unless payment for an asset is deferred beyond normal business terms or financed at a rate of interest that is not a market rate, in which case the asset is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument. Other financial instruments are subsequently measured at fair value, with any changes recognised in the statement of financial activities, with the exception of hedging instruments in a designated hedging relationship.

Financial assets that are measured at cost or amortised cost are reviewed for objective evidence of impairment at the end of each reporting date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised under the appropriate heading in the statement of financial activities in which the initial gain was recognised. For all equity instruments regardless of significance, and other financial assets that are individually significant, these are assessed individually for impairment. Other financial assets are either assessed individually or grouped on the basis of similar credit risk characteristics. Any reversals of impairment are recognised immediately, to the extent that the reversal does not result in a carrying amount of the financial asset that exceeds what the carrying amount would have been had the impairment not previously been recognised.

4. Limited by guarantee

Solace (UK) ltd is a private company limited by guarantee without share capital. The members guarantee in case of winding up, or within one year after ceasing being a member they will contribute to the assets of the company as required to settle any debts or liabilities and any payment of costs in winding up the company.

5. Donations and legacies

Unrestricted Funds	Restricted Funds	Total Funds 2025
£	£	£

Donations

	Donations	113,198	153,372	266,570

Gifts

	Gift Aid	11,708	–	11,708

Grants

Grants receivable type 1	–	74,167	74,167
	---------	---------	---------
	124,906	227,539	352,445
	---------	---------	---------

Unrestricted Funds	Restricted Funds	Total Funds 2024
£	£	£

Donations

	Donations	122,218	127,639	249,857

Gifts

	Gift Aid	17,950	–	17,950

Grants

Grants receivable type 1	–	–	–
	---------	---------	---------
	140,168	127,639	267,807
	---------	---------	---------

6. Costs of raising donations and legacies

	Unrestricted Funds	Restricted Funds	Total Funds 2025
	£	£	£
Costs of raising donations	195,365	11,770	207,135
Costs of raising donations and legacies - Other type 2	8,263	–	8,263
	---------	--------	---------
	203,628	11,770	215,398
	---------	--------	---------

	Unrestricted Funds	Restricted Funds	Total Funds 2024
	£	£	£
Costs of raising donations	87,518	9,365	96,883
Costs of raising donations and legacies - Other type 2	734	–	734
	--------	-------	--------
	88,252	9,365	97,617
	--------	-------	--------

7. Expenditure on charitable activities by fund type

	Unrestricted Funds	Restricted Funds	Total Funds 2025
	£	£	£
Activity type 1	92,015	239,881	331,896
Support costs	1,800	–	1,800
	--------	---------	---------
	93,815	239,881	333,696
	--------	---------	---------

	Unrestricted Funds	Restricted Funds	Total Funds 2024
	£	£	£
Activity type 1	98,296	189,766	288,062
Support costs	1,640	–	1,640
	--------	---------	---------
	99,936	189,766	289,702
	--------	---------	---------

8. Expenditure on charitable activities by activity type

	Activities undertaken directly	Support costs	Total funds 2025	Total fund 2024
	£	£	£	£
Activity type 1	331,896	–	331,896	288,062
Governance costs	–	1,800	1,800	1,640
	---------	-------	---------	---------
	331,896	1,800	333,696	289,702
	---------	-------	---------	---------

9. Independent examination fees

	2025	2024
	£	£

Fees payable to the independent examiner for:

Independent examination of the financial statements	1,800	1,700
	-------	-------

10. Staff costs

The total staff costs and employee benefits for the reporting period are analysed as follows:

	2025	2024
	£	£
Wages and salaries	254,719	156,087
Social security costs	9,745	12,440
	---------	---------
	264,464	168,527
	---------	---------

The average head count of employees during the year was 28 (2024: 29 ).

No employee received employee benefits of more than £60,000 during the year (2024: Nil).

11. Trustee remuneration and expenses

One or more trustees has been paid remuneration or received other benefits from employment with the charity or a related entity. Payments to trustees as remuneration was approved by the trustees and charities commission. The trustee B Quadri was paid £10,350 (2024 £10,350) for the year as salary. The trustee J Djelloul was paid £10,854 (2024 £10,854) for the year as salary. The trustee W Babalola was paid £18,997 (2024 £22,067) for the year as salary.

12. Debtors

	2025	2024
	£	£
VAT recoverable	953	702
Other debtors	12,014	18,969
	--------	--------
	12,967	19,671
	--------	--------

13. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

	2025	2024
	£	£
Accruals and deferred income	1,800	–
Other creditors	26,180	19,626
	--------	--------
	27,980	19,626
	--------	--------

14. Analysis of charitable funds

Unrestricted funds

	At 1 January 2025	Income	Expenditure	At 31 December 2025
	£	£	£	£
Unrestricted fund - General funds	437,551	124,906	(297,443)	265,014
	---------	---------	---------	---------

	At 1 January 2024	Income	Expenditure	At 31 December 2024
	£	£	£	£
Unrestricted fund - General funds	504,084	140,168	(188,188)	456,064
	---------	---------	---------	---------

Restricted funds

	At 1 January 2025	Income	Expenditure	At 31 December 2025
	£	£	£	£
Restricted Funds	168,288	227,539	(251,651)	144,176
	---------	---------	---------	---------

	At 1 January 2024	Income	Expenditure	At 31 December 2024
	£	£	£	£
Restricted Funds	221,267	127,639	(199,131)	149,775
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