## **Friends of Aschiana Trustee Annual Report - Year Ending November 2022** ## **Introduc�on** Friends of Aschiana was established with the objec�ve of providing essen�al support to street children in Afghanistan, including access to food, educa�on, and recrea�onal opportuni�es. Our commitment to these objec�ves remains, thanks to the generosity of our dedicated donors and the huge efforts of our Trustees. This is especially the case with Caroline Mylon who resigned as Chairperson and Trustee on 21[st] April 2023 due to ill health a�er 11 years suppor�ng Friends of Aschiana. She was extraordinarily commited and made a huge contribu�on to the charity, her leaving has created a challenge finding a replacement ## **Financial Overview** Despite facing numerous challenges throughout the year, including the evolving poli�cal landscape in Afghanistan, Friends of Aschiana con�nued to pursue its fundraising ini�a�ves. We faced many difficul�es in transmi�ng funds to Aschiana, a�er the regular banking system all but collapsed with the return of Taliban rule in August 2021, as well as interna�onal sanc�ons against senior Taliban, which created new difficul�es in finding acceptable money transfer companies. chari�es to share knowledge and exper�se and our inves�ga�ons into best prac�se and the best transfer mechanisms con�nue. ## **Impact on Educa�on and Well-being** Despite the challenges, Friends of Aschiana has con�nued to make a meaningful impact on the lives of Afghan children. Throughout the year, we maintained par�al funding for five schools in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps. These educa�onal facili�es have given some opportunity to the children who have faced the harshest of circumstances. Addi�onally, we played a role in sustaining Aschiana in Kabul by contribu�ng to the salaries of three key staff members. These individuals are the backbone of Aschiana's opera�ons, and without their dedica�on, ours and their objec�ves would be impossible to accomplish. ## **Acknowledgments** We extend our hear�elt gra�tude to our donors, whose unwavering support enables us to persist in our mission. We also commend our Trustees for their dedica�on and hard work in raising funds and naviga�ng the challenging opera�onal landscape in Afghanistan. ## **Looking Forward** Friends of Aschiana remains commited to its objec�ve of providing a brighter future for the street children of Afghanistan. Due to the current condi�ons in Afghanistan, there are many challenges ahead but we hope that the situa�on will stabilise at some stage in the future and we will be able to increase our support and expand our reach to help even more children in need. In conclusion, we thank everyone who has contributed to Friends of Aschiana over the past year. Your generosity and support are crucial to our con�nued success in making a difference in the lives of vulnerable children in Afghanistan. Julian Davies – Treasurer Edward Lockhart-Mummery - Trustee |**Charity Name**|**No (if any)**||| |---|---|---|---| |**FRIENDS OF ASCHIANA(UK)**|**1101761**||| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||**CC16a**| |Period start date
**For the period**
**from**
01/12/2021|Period end date
**To**
30/11/2022||| ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**-**
**83,695**
**-**
**22**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**83,717**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**83,717**
**-**
**21,700**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**21,700**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**21,700**
**62,017**
**-**
**60,834**
**122,851**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**83,695**
**-**
**22**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**83,717**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**83,717**
**-**
**21,700**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**21,700**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**21,700**
**62,017**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**83,695**
**-**
**22**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**83,717**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**83,717**
**-**
**21,700**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**21,700**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**21,700**
**62,017**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||**-**| |Donations andgrants|**83,695**|||**83,695**||**37,702**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |Interest|**22**|||**22**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**83,717**|||**83,717**||**37,702**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| ||||**-**|**83,717**||**37,702**| |||||||| ||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||**-**| |Payments to Aschiana|**21,700**|||**21,700**||**38,728**| |Bank charges|**-**|||**-**||**100**| |Subscriptions|**-**|||**-**||**132**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**21,700**|||**21,700**||**38,960**| |||||||| |**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_**||||||| ||||**-**|**21,700**||**38,960**| |||||||| ||**62,017**|**-**|**-**|**62,017**||**-**
**1,258**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**60,834**|**-**||**60,834**||**62,092**| ||**122,851**|**-**|**-**|**122,851**||**60,834**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 1 ## **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))
Current account
Savings account
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**62,829**
**-**
**60,022**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**122,851**
**-**
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)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Julian Davies|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| |||Julian Davies|29/09/2023| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 2 ## **Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of Friends of Aschiana (UK)** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Friends of Aschiana (UK) ("the Charity") for the year ended 30 November 2022. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As trustees of the Charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Act"). I report in respect of my examination of the Charity's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiner's statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which give 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 this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Elaine Fisher FCA 78 Brocket Road Welwyn Garden City Herts AL8 7TU 29 September 2023