Charity number.. 1107341 Company number. 5227785 HUMANITARIAN AID RELIEF TRUST IA COM￿ry Ilmlttrd by guarantoo) Rbport and Flnonclal Statemonts For the year ended 31 Decémber 2023 molh•r Answer 8ook8 & Aeeouftt8 111 Floor Bourne Hou80 Cores End Road Bourne End SL8 SAR HUMANITARIAN AID RELIEF TRUST Contents Legal and 8flmlnI8tralva infomiaknn Report ol th¢ tN8t••8 12 IndapendenlAuditorfs r•port 1$15 Stsl•m•nl of financial aGtfv1ti88 16 B￿anCe 8h••t 17 Statomonl of ¢a8h11 18 Ntst88 to thg fin8wal statements I￿30 HUMANITARIAN AID RELIEF TRUST Le al and adrnlnistratfve Inforniatlon Directors and Trus￿1 Thg Ulrectors of th& ¢hafit8ble company are its trustees for Ihe purpo8& of ch8rity 18W and throughout IhS8 report are ¢olJectivety referred to as th• trust••s.,Charity nurnber. 1107341. Company n¢Jmb8r. 5227785. Tru•t••8 Dovld 8oto8 (Chairl Stuart Nothtsll Slgven Turner Prakash Patel (Honorary Tr8a8ur•rl K•y M•Mg•ment P•r•onn•l Barone88 Caroline Cox IPr¢6ld•nt and Founder) Samuel Mason Ichiof ExeGulive Officer) David Thom88 IProjects and LogistscB c0-￿dInat9r) R•ql8t•r•d Offl Unlt 7 Jubilee Busines8 Centre 213 KIng8t￿ry Road Klngsbury LONDON Nwd 8AQ Audltor Sterllng Grove Accountant8 Llmited Fawley Hc4J 2 Regatta Place Martow Road Boume End 8ucAingham$hir• SL8 STD 8ank•rn HSBC Bank plc 333 Vauxh811 Brld98 Road Londtsn SW1V 1EJ W•bslt• i.hart-Ld(.org Country of In¢orporatlon Erylar*J and W￿•8 HUMANITARIAN AID RELIEF TRUST Trustses Annual Re ort for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 The director6 present their report andthe financial statements of Humanitarian Aid Rdi8f Trust IHARTI for the year ended 31 Dacgrnber 2023, which have bèen propared in &L*ordance wlh the Companies Act of2￿, the Charities Statement of Recornmended Practsce (Charities SORP IFRS 10218rtd Financial Reporting Stsndard 102 IFRS 1021. The annual report servgs the purp0888 of both a Trustee5' R8POrt ana a Dlrectw, Report under company18W. Organlaallon HART 18 a charitable cornpany limited by guarantee. The company was eslablishad unthr a Memorandum of Association which established Ihe obj8cts and power5 01 the charitable cAJmpany ana is gov$rn8d undor Its Artidos of A890Cl&tion. The dire￿or$ oftha ￿rnpanY are also charhy Irv$leeB ferthé purposes ol charity law and under the ¢omp8ny's Artides are known as m8mb•r$ of the Board ol Tru6t8e8. Llnd8r the requlrements tsf the Mernorandum and Artlde8 01 A8Boclation, the memb8rs ol the Board of Trustees are el6cl6d lo serve f￿ a period of Ihroo yèar8 after which they must st•p down and may be re-8lacl8d 8t tho next Annual General Meetlng. A troad skill 88t 18 represantad on the Board of Trust&8s, incluolng gxpertg in 8du¢ation, ffinénee, medic81 practice and business. Thi8 bo8rd h88 been conBlituted in order to provide th• professional an(t 1o¢hni¢al expertise required lo ¢n6ure accountabillty for and ett￿lancY In HART'S work. TruBteeB are encouraged to Vi8il 81 le88t on& oflhts HART humantsrian progr8mmes abroad. We belleve a88è88lng the quality of the work being undertaken with HART lunding, th• competence ol local pathers,. and the financial inl¢grfty of the progrnmrn88 are tho most appropdale way8 lor Truste88 to en8ure the accountablllly ol HARf8 work. The key man8g8ment Personnel of the charity 88 Ilsled on Pag8 3 are In ch8rye of directing. controlling, running and oper8ts.ng th8 tharity on a day-to-day ba818. The pay and r8rnun8rats.on of the Chial Ex8cuthfe Officer 18 revbewed annually by the Board of Trustee8. Th8 pay and ￿m(￿neratIon ol all 81aff are reviewed by the CEO annually, Fullllment of th• Ch*rlty Commlg•lon guld•11n￿ on Publlc B•n•lll W6 have relefred 1¢ the Chadty Cornml88ion'8 general guldance on publlc boneft when revi•wing our alm8 and objectives and pl8nnlng our future act1v￿e8. In pgrfe)Jler, we eon8ider how wr planned activities will ntribute to the aim8 and objectivas of the charity. HART 1$ committed to Borving conflict-affacted peopla and remoto communllg8 who 8re t4yoTra r88eh of major aid organlsations. We operale in seven localionB' Abyei. Armenia. Burrna Imyanmarl, Sud8n, South Sudan, Syria 8nd Nigeria. HAR T's r8POrts ar8 rnade wdely available to th¢ VK Governrn8nt and Parliament, the Foreign and Commonwaalth Office. national and intern8tlOn81 media. olher govemmentsl and non- governmentsl ¢rgani88tions, and a broad crogs-8o¢tion of the public, partscularty thr￿9￿ lallh gfoups, s¢tt0018 and universiti88. HART delivered hlgfvlmpact prolect6 throughout 2023. The DlrerAors are 191 of £330.188 to our local partners. HART dl•lrfbut•d £330,188 to 12 prolKt• u follow•: Angllcan Di0¢888 ol Aby•i Agok Library and Teachar Training Centre (Abyell Anglican Dioc888 ol Abyei Ernerg8ncy Relief IAby811 Anglican Dioc8se ol Jos Em&rg&n¢y Rellef (Nlgerial Anglican DIoc8se ol Wou Emergency Relief (South Sud8nl CSDA Blue Nile and Soulhem Kwdolan Emergency R8h•l Isudanl Health & Hope (Bumiol £21480 £19,497 2¥. 14Y4 £47 500 £13 900 Fil Lady Cox Di88bility Rehabilitation Centre 1￿men181Na9Ornts K8rÈbakhl Marol Academy (Soulh Sudan) NSCC Nuba Mountains Emèrgency Rellel (Sudenl Roads lo Hope.. Emergency Education and Healthcare (Nigedal SWAN Women's Wellbein Programrne IBurmal Tekayan Contre Funiy IArmenial Totsl gront• •warded £45,698 14Y4 £82.9S2 £47 832 £30 438 15Y4 £330,188 101YA ABYEI Abyei 811$ 8long Ihe border beNveen Svdan and South Svd8n and 18 claimed by both countrtes. It is 0ft8n de8crited as 'the biggest fl88hpoinl' left unresolved when tha cokJntnÉs $8par8led in 2011. There is no fomi81 govgrnrnent or criminaljuslice syslom in th6 ragion. Inlernabonal agencies often choosa not to angage, believing th8 issu88 to be loo Complex, polrtically 8ensitlvè or OLJtsid8 their m8ndate. More than 15,350 r•fug88¥ have arrived in Aby•i sinc8 th& oulbr08k ol conflict in Sudan. in 4)ril 2023. PARTNER.. Angllcan Dloc•g• of Aby•l ththe sUPPOrt of Barnaba• Aid, HART succeeded in administ8rin9 emer9en¢y asslstsnce via local rtner8. The Anglican Diocas& of Abyei coordinated the delivery ol programmed food 388181an¢e and surviva items lo 1,150 bèn8fia8rie8. many ofwhom ran forthéii lives in Khartourn. or had been directly affeded by th¢ ¢ondu ol hostilities in Darfuf and the 8ta18s of Kothlan. The Anglican Dii)¢9$g of Abyei compiet8d the Gu•rn8èy Ovwrsg0¥ Ald & Development Comm1881on IOA&DCI ftjnded dassroom blod( at Agok Primary School. They designated one of thè fwr classrooms for secondary level gducation, and constructed an a¢cess ramp forchildren disabilrties who would 0lh8rwi8a tsce barrief6 to school parts"cSpafjon. HUMANITARIAN AID RELIEF TRUST Trustees Annual Re ort for tho Year Endèd 31 December 2023 continued Our partnw8 continued to rnake stealty progress on Abyei's first library and teocher training centre, dessj'te series ol delays caused by int&r-communal viol8neA and a prolonged rainy season. The landrnark project, funded by OA&DC. wll provide lifelong leaming opportunities to schookaged children, aspiring te8chers and university students. Thè d•v•lopment of educab'on and teachertraining opportunitie515 a historic achievernent for Abyei. "Confl￿1 and und8r-funding pr9$9nl m8ny cl)8118ng88 fOrAb￿l. A sp&¢lal thank ytru fv IlJ& OA&DC lor Iheirsuppcrt to th• 8ntwé AbyeA C(mmunlly- 8nd for making these rellelantl d8v&lopmonl proi8Ctsposwble." B18hop Michael, Angllcan Diocese of Aby•l ARMENIA ANO NAGORNO KARABAKH Nagorno Karobokh ha8 enclured rnany y&ars ol polllical turrnoil and economic neglect, with rnajor wars erupting In the early 1990s and 2020. The crisis reached a polnt of no roturn in December 2022, when Azorbolian enforced a nlne-rnonlh blockade ol the Lachin Corridor, which prevented Armenian ￿5￿￿entS from acc8s8ing fuel, food and lIfe-sa￿n9 medication. Azorbaijan's flnal military offen8lve began on 19 September 2023. 11 ¢ulmina¢¥d in the exodus of rnore than loo.￿0 ethnic Armenian8. PARTNER." Lady Cox 01gablllty Rehabllttatlon C•ntr• Followlng Azerbaijan's blrtz offensive in September 2023, the Lady Cox Dlsabillly Rehabllilalion Centr& In Na9omo Kar8bakh was forced lo dose. Staff and patients fled in their hundreds wlth minimal possessions and without e88entl81 equlpm8nl, crossing the border lo $9ok relu9e in the Republic ol Amienia, ChikJr&n wllh utism and cerebr81 p81sy, a8 w811 as adults in chronic pain, ware arnong thos8 who were forc•d to ovacuat•. 'Il was sirnply too dangerous for us to stBy in N89(yno K8r8b8kh. 'W6 8r8 h68rtbfok8n After 25 y88rs of hop& and healing, we hatl no bul lo evaGu&t&. We will re.&slablish the Centr6 inside Am?enia a8 soon 88 we are able, bul my Ilrsfprfortly18 the Immo¢*81& safgty 8nd w•llb8lng ofmyp8118nls 8nd st8ff.' Vardan Tadevosyan, the Centre'¥ Founder and Diwtor HART re$pondod lo our partners, requestlo provide displaced patients with bespoke, ac￿ssible hurnanilarian assistance in Amienl&. Wo asslsl¢d them lo estsblish a Horne Vls118 department which prioritises treatment fc>r 200 Individuals lexisting paty'enlsl with highly-complex needs. HART continues lo $upp¢rt do¢t¢r8, nufS•S 8nd specialists from the Reh3bilitali¢n Cantre ¥tho fled to Armenia. PARTNER. T•ktryan Contro Fund HART ambarked on a partnership with the Tekeyan Centre Fund, based in Yer8van, Armenla's caprt81, lo deliver refugee and housin9 assistance lo p?ople who were forcibly displaced from Nagorno Karabakh. Togathef, we18und)ed a housing assistance initiative to renov*e hornes for r&ftJ9ee8. F8mille8 receive rgnl- free housing for a pariod of th188 yegr8. Parent3 are Invrted tojoin local farming initiatives to help support their lamlllgs. HART a150 provided 106 displacad familie5 Wlth essential supplies. Our inilialives help lo sustain the needs and rastore the htspe of hundred6, a8 they rebuild their lives in ￿men1&. "Families fled from Nagorno Karab8kh lo esc4p8 d&&lh, war and hungw. Thanks to HART, families r8C8iV8d food 8nd hyg18n8 ilems for their first months DfdlsplAcement in Armenia. It might seem Ilke a )p in the cceen, butP8ople neéd this supp(yt lo sl8rt a new life., Armen T8ullky8n. Dlre(*or at Tekeyan Contre Fund HUMANITARIAN AID RELIEF TRUST Trustees Annual Re ort for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 {continued) A co81iUon of Ethnic AThed Or9gnis8tions 18unthed a succas61ul offensive against the Burmese military in October 2023. The offenswe (known as Operation 10271 provoked 8 brutal response from local Military COrnTnander8, who doubled down on thèir efforts to suppress the opposition. The escalats'on ol confiict In Shan state and oth8r bthnic border regions represents thé heaviést c18shes In three years. More than 660,(M)O people have been fOr￿d lo flee their horne8 since October 2023, including more than 100,000 In Shan stale alonè. Displaced farnilies have lirnited-or-no access to healthcare and education. They Suffer from food insecurity and malnutntion. PARTNER.. Shan Womon'$ A¢llon N•fvwrk ISWANI SWAN health workers undtrrtoke the r88ponsibility ol being the only heoKhcare providers In Ihwr18rgel 8re88. operating wllh support from field staff based In Shan statè, and its hèadqu8rters in Chiang M&. Thailand. In 2023. HART funded the annual costs of the Wom¢n's Wellbeing Programme I￿p). Local health workers were tr8lnad lo treat traumatic injuries sustaine4 In atta¢k$ l$u¢h a$ gunshot wounds and burns), provid8 ernergency obstetric ¢arè and birth delivery servi￿S, cA)rnbal malnutnlion and di$e88& 8mong als￿8¢ed popul81ion8. and deliver trauma counselling lo those r8covering from conflict. HART scaled up its fundralsing efforts for SWAN in 2023. We wer8 succe$$ful In 8 £74,681 grant appll¢8llon to Th• Aall Found•tlon, which will provlde pro9rammè ftjnding Ihiou9hout 2024 8nd 2025. Wè 8180 launched SUCCeS51ul match-fund•d c8mpai9n- the Big Give Christmas Challènge -which was 'champi¢ned' by Ihe Cob•.Mèdlo¢k Foundallon. We remaln grat•ful lo The A811 Foundation, the Cole8.Medlock Foundation, Pro1•￿ Longhurnt and HART •upport•rn lor their gèn&roug ¢harltsble donations. 'It 88&ms th8 rost of fhg worldPJos forqotten u& Th*v ar8 no laws to prctsctcivilian8- 08p8cially wom&n and chlldr•rft. W• h&vg not b8en &bl8 to rely on th8 central govemmont, tho milit8ry orormgd groups, bul wo can roly on HART, 11 1$ L¥ucl&l forour8uNival 8nd th8 8uNival ollha99 Wa SUPPOrt. Nang Kam Kaw. Director ol SWAN'S PAR TNER.. H••lth & Hop• Health & Hope provid8 hum8nitarl8n ald, edu¢alion81 scholarships and rnedical core to rem¢le ¢ommunil•s in Chin 8tate, weslem Burma. In May 2023, Cyclone Mocha 8INek the B8y of Bengal and devastated the coastlinas ol 88ng18de8h and Burma. 400 people were killed In the dlsasler. In some p8rts ol Chin Slate, the Storm destroyed homes and dam8god roof6. HART sent £7,300 to Health & Hopg lo provlde emer9ency to gffacted hou8ehold8. Thls donation 8180 5UPPOrted the 'New Dawn, initlalive. whi¢h ha8 establi8hed six new foodbank5 on the Burrna-lndia border lin addition to 3 pilot srtes launche¢J by HART and Health on¢ H¢)pg In 20211. Rwolvlng food storès offer e83ential items at a subsidig•d Pr￿e. Refugees wlh minirnal income now have access to Supplies over a longor pgriod, "The food bankq sall Items al 8 Iow8rpnc8 ih&n shops in th& vl118￿, so l ¢&n pay my chmdrnn s lultson fgps, buynutn"fyous food&nd also buy som8 mgdici118 trmyfamlly.. Benelclary, Burmg-lndia border HART Sent a furth8r £6,6Ck) to Pfovidè emergenry relief to Chln Stste fdlrming thé eJc81ation ol COnfl￿t in Novemb8r 2023. The donation supported evacuation efforts arhl the delivery ol humanitarian assi6tan&ry lo families caught in thè uossfire ol milil8ry attacks and ethnlc 8rmed counter-offensives. HUMANITARIAN AID RELIEF TRUST Trustees Annual Re rt for thé Yéar Ended 31 December 2023 continued The world's media take6 little interest in the conflict in c6ntral Nigèr￿, whith has cJ8imed up to 22,COO lives In 15 years. Millions of peopl& hav8 bean forc£d to flee their homes. Countless others are left with life.changing inlurlgs and trauma. Neither the Nigerian Government nor UN relief agenaes operating in Nigeria wovide adequate medical aid to displaced peoplè in any of th& country's central slates. This includes parts of Pl8le8V $tst& arKI southern Kaduna, where HART is among the very lew international NGOS on the groutKI. PARTNER." RoAd$ to Hope In 2023, HART $&cured 8 Single Year Award from OA&OC to devalop the'Ernergency Healthcare in Nigeria, prqect in southem Kaijuna and Plateau stal&. HART commissioned ￿ mobile health dinics - the first of which was funded by the 2022 Big Give Christmas Challeng8 to ènable a Irondine medical responso in central Nigeria. Plans are undeD￿aY lo de￿0Y another IOA&DC-lundedl vehicle, equipped with medicines. m8dical equipment. and a treatrnent area, where patients will receive life-saving medical attention and p￿- hospital cère, The iwo he8llhc8re vehides have reached 2,500 villagers Sin￿ late 2023, helping victims of conflict who cannot visit a hospital, and who would olherwse bè left to fend for tham8elv6s. HART hosts remot& monlhty meetings lo establish a'6ki118 rnatrix, to train volunteer health workers operating under the Roads to Hope ha8tth service n&tr4ork. These meolings are lèd by HART Ch8ir ¢1 Board, Colon David Bates (Senior Lecturer Dlsaster Response at the Universlty ol Cumbrial and Esther Dittmar IUK- based pararnedlcl. joined by Hassan John Ile8d Implementing partner), Esther Yakubu Ilea4 nurs• in Nigorio) and Beth Stephen8 (HART PrograrnrneB Man8gerl. "Str8ngthening first aid 8kllls is ono ol the most cru¢l818specls of he81thc8re provlslon, e$pe¢i8lly In regitsns where traumatic inGid6nts are fr6qu•nl 8nd omerggncy c8lV $8MC8S SC8rce. 88slc Out r8wd Interventions can truly save lives- ils th81 $implg.' Esther Dlttrnar, UK Pararnedlc and HART vdunteer SOUTH SUOAN Civiliang in South Sudan hav• endured years ¢fviolen¢8 and failed peace agreement8. Rebel groups continue to murtiply along 0tt)ni¢ and tribal lines in localis8d militia. Confllct has dalm8d Ihousands ol liv88 and driven millions to flee thair homes. The people'8 plight 1$ described by experts as a 'fvll-blown humanitar￿￿ 9rngrg8ncy', exacerb8led by devastating floods and droughts, In8qUltable distrlbution ol resourc8s, economlc mlBrn8nag8ment and serSous human rfghls vi01811on8. PARTNER.. Angllcan DI0¢e￿ ol W4U South Sudan15 one of Ihe pnm8ry host countries for refvgees fleeing the confiid in Sudan. With support trorn Sar4h'$ Tru*t, HART wa5 able to strengthen the Anglican Diocasa of WAU'S lile-8aving humanitarian interventions lor Sudan¢se r¥fugae8 and South Sudanese returnees. HART'S local pather8 delivered life. 88thng food 888islance to 120 displaced lamllies, 38 01 ¥thich worg dire¢lly supported by Sarah's Tru8L The most vulnerable households in Majook Yithiou and Mth)Il in Wanyjok Di0¢gse were supported wrth enough food to last 1,5 months. This dèlivery of aid assisted our local partners to reduce lo$$ of life and prevent an scalalion In the region, where resour￿ compglilion could rtsell become a driver of conflict. Households I￿ude￿ those recently di8placed from Sudan's Ca￿"t81 and major dti&s', sln9le or wi¢owod motrer$,' the elderly". and larnilies_supporbng_vulnerable pe150n5.- PAR TNER.. Marol Acad•My Wo are proud to support Marol Acadarny in B¥hr el Ghazal, South Sudan, with renovation and expansion ol Ihelr school facilitie5. HART funds are contributing towards the ¢onslruction of thre8 8ddilional Classrooms, dorrnitory for girts, and a scitnc818boiatory for the secondary school. Since 2011, HART has supported local efforts lo establlsh IM¢ primary and secondary schools at Marol Academy as academic institutions of excellence. HUMANITARIAN AID RELIEF TRUST Trustees Annual Re ort for the Year Ended 31 Decomber 2023 contlnued SUDA Sudan Is laing a cornplex humanitarian emergency luelled by amied conflict. Opon warfare beNve8n the SudaneseArmed Forces Igovernment army) and the Rapid Support Forces la pafamilitsry group) has resulted in th• intgrn81 displacement of 5.4 million peO￿e and more than 10,0(X) ovi118n death8. The states of Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile 8lso known a6 the 'Two Areas, _ bear some ol the worst consèouèncès. Thé Sudanese Gov&rnfflent has 80 far lailed to ensure unlmpeded humanil8fi8TI 8cce8S 8nd an adequate level of aSSlStance to the Two Area$, whi¢h are siluat*d alcng the CLJuntry's volatile southern borders. PARTNER.. Compa$8lon and Su8tslnable Development Alrlco ICSDAI Dunng 2023. HART'S longstanding partner, the New Sudan Counol of Churche5 INSCCI, underwent transitional period to bacomo Compasslon and Sustainable Development Africa ICSDAI We priorilised the CSDA for emergency relief pro9ramme$ dunng 2023 and were successful in transferring more than £110.000 In ald to our in-country P8rtn6r. We deliv&rèd 8 £62.952 aid prograrnrne, funded by Th• AAII Foundatlon, tc> Thobo and Umdorein countle8 in Soulhern Kordolan, b&Nveen April and June 2023. In total, 7,091 people received f¢od o$$i$t8n¢¢l¢ ro¢over during thè huns8r gap Ilhe period in be￿8e￿ harv88ting seasons when IIv8s 8re at grtatest ri8k Irorn 818rvatlODI. We remain deeply gr8t•lul to The A811 Foundation for enabling this lile-saving Inl8rvention for 1,013 vulnerablo households. Their support arrived at a tim8 whan m8ny other Inlernallon81 agencie8 were forced to suspend operations, Indudlng thè United NalionB and World Food Programm8. We 18ar8d & hum￿￿Onen catastrophe. Wth tha support tsl HART and The Aall Foundation, liv￿ h8V• been saved. Thg Afjll Foundati￿ en8bled us to respond al a lime when oth•r aKI op8r8tions had b86n suspended.. Benjamin 8arnaba, CSDA Direator In D8cemeb8r 2023, HAR T was profoundly grateful to r8c81ve 8 £47,500 Emergency & Disaster Relief Award trom OA&DC to r8inlorce CSDA'S hum3nll8rlan interventions in the states ol Southern Kordolan and Blue Nile. This award 18 8n8bling lilfrsaving relief for wopl8 who f￿￿ open warfar8 in the capital and major aties. as well as those dirèctly 8lf8Cted by the recent conduct of hosliliti8s insidè tho Two Areas. The CSDA have d¢liv¥red food assistsnce and survival n8c•ssiti88 to rnoie than 1.000 displaced persons in Kurmuk host cornmunity, Blue Nlle slal•. and 1,000 people in Agid dlsplacern6nt camp, Southèrn Kordofan. Monltorlng, Ev•lu8tlon, A¢¢ouniablllty and L•arnlng D•v•lopm•nt Project impact is monllored by our local partners and members ollhe UKi•am. Through ernbedded cornmunlty structures. HART partners conduct community moblli$alion and staff routinely carry out monitoring and evaluation of ttta projèct'8 a¢tivilles for quality assurance. We remain Impr¢ssed by the financial and adminislr8tive cornpetency ol our partnei8' narr8live and financial reports to HART. Subject lo travel or $ecurlty fastrjclions, HART aims to vlslt partnws each year. Including monrtoring visits lo beneficiary villages involved In our projects. In 2023. we were able to v18rt partnors and prlorili$$ lor support in Armenia las access lo Nagorno Kaiabakh was restricted). HART INITIATIVVd Through our intemship scheme. graduate8 8re able to galn valuable experi8nr2 in the intern8tional development S8cior to help Ihem to shape an(J establish their careers. The work they do for HART 15 invaluable.. writing w811-researched briefings and blogs, organising events, raising awareness on soci81 medi8 and supporting u8 with fundraising and adtllilliStrativo tasks. Our 5rnall tearn achieves so much, whlch would not be possible without tha halp of OLJr superb interns and volunteers. HUMANITARIAN AID RELIEF TRUST Trustees Annual Re ort for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 continued IART Prfz• for Human Rlghts In 2023, HART coordinated it8 annual com￿lIti0n Itx young peop16 P88sionale abwl human rights. The HART Prize lor Human Rights Is open to anyone bebmeen the age8 of 11 25. can either write an essay or submit a creative piece lar￿￿rk, poem, short film ètc.) that cribcal examines human rights abuses i)¢curring in any ol the places where HART works. Students from m8ny parts ol the UK and around ihe worfd entered the competition in 2023. HART hosted an online Awards Ceremony which featur8d entrie8 trom some ol the compelthon's shorflsled enlranls. 'Del8nding human lights is e shared rnsponsith'lfy. Ev8ryyear, l am encouraged to se8 youn9 8(fvoc•lg$ engag& with th& Same rights concems Ih8tl bring lo UK Gtsv8mmenl. 11 glv8$ m& hopo that th8 futur6 1$ in salo hands.. Barone68 Cox, HART Foundor Pre81dent Empowerlng local people Our local partners are in some of the mo81 neglected. Inac¢essible and dangerous locations in the wortd. The instabillty of the $itU8tion$ means inl8rnalional organisalions are often ab$onl, making local peoFAe the best placed lo provide 8upport for thelr oym ￿MmunitIes. Ald Our partners Inform us on the greatest needs In their comrnunty. Our aid 18 floxible, efflcient An(J reaches our partners diroclly, In th• areas wh•re 11 1$ most needoa. Our aid is centred on six of the Su61*'nabl• Developrnenl Goals.. Poverty, Hunger, Health and Wellb8ing, Educatlon, Gender Equ9111y and P88ce. Jusbce and Strong ln8lilullon8. Advoca¢y W8 pr¢jecl unhtard voicos onlo tho international stage. With 8arongss Cox In tha HouBe ol LordB. HART has direct acce88 lo UK Parligmont. We shed light on human rights abu8e6 by p￿senting flrsl-hand •vid•nc• diredy from our partners in the15eld and enablSng thelr voices to ba haard. 8u•talnabl• Dev•lopffl•nt We open door6 for our partners by building Ih•ir capacity and connecting Ihern to 8ddillong1 n&hvorks ol support 80 that they achieve $eW-su$taln8bility- HART woubd Ilk¢ lo thank each and every one ¢f our 8UPPOrter$ wh¢ ggvg 98nerou$ly in 2023, I￿UdIng the following.. Jorge Vgrtyaronian David Ahmanson Lord Pearson David Rhod•s Rev Tighe Bemard Nazarian John Barber Deirdre Holding John Archer Lord Darzi Maureen Powell Clare Allen J R Godden Ruth Skidmore Michael Bruce Ruth Burrows Mona Marshall Philip Ward We 8re proloundly grateful to everyone who 8UPPOrt8 HART and we pay tributeto thosg lundraising 8ndèavours which, in so many imaginative ways, support our work. We thank the Trusts, Grant-making 8odies and Comp8niè8 which provide the much-neeiled funds lor spe¢ifi¢ projects. We also pay tribute to our loyal supporters and community fundraisers who run, swim, jump and abseil. We thank you alll We look lo￿ard lo the fksiura with muth hope 8nd enthu5i8sm. 10 HUMANITARIAN AID RELIEF TRUST Trustee$ Annual Re ort for the Year Endod 31 D8cemb8r 2023 contlnued Futur• dov•lopmonts The d)arty plansto continuethe oclvtti98 oudined above lnthtsfortr￿MIrg years su￿.eCt to satisfactoryfiJndin9 arrangements. In￿lImInt poll¢y Under the m8morandum and artides ofassocimtion, th8 tharity ha8 the power lo make any Snvestments that the Trustees saa frt. Ra8•r40• pollcy HARTS polwls to rnalntain unr88tricted funds suffldonl to ¢over4 months, owaung eypen6e8 whlch h88 been the ca8e throughout 2023. Unrestricted FundB at 3141 December 2023 ware £142,023, cornparèd lo £102.862 In 2022. Rl•k manag•m•nt A rlsk m4nag•ment programme is in Flace and, wharo 8ppropri8le, systems or proctsdures are 88tab118hed to mitigate any ri8k$the charity might lac£. These procedures, along with thè Ri$k Register. are regulafly r•Vi￿d lo &nsuro that they continue lo meo1 the nè8ds of the charity. The Trust888 considgr Ihg prlnrApal rf8k8 and uncertalnlb8 lgclng Ihe chartty and thelr plans and ￿8189105 for mangglng Ih88e ri8k8 lo be.. Risk 1.. Decline in r8gulaf Income > Miligalion.. irnpl8menl and Monitor ri9orou$ fundrai$lng $trgle9y. Rl8k2'. Imbalancè ol re8tricted and unrestricted funds > Mitigation.. drive individual oiving programme5 such a$ dIr￿t mail and online giving. Rl6k 3". Mi88pend ol funds al local pgrtnor level > Mit'gJlion'. Draw up contract8 and memorandums ol und8r6tandlng IMOU81 and introduce designaled monKoritYJ and evaluation framework for each pgthr wbth yearfy audrts. St•t•m•nt of fundrnl•lng pr*ctlc• In gc¢ordanc8 wtth the charibe8 (Protection 8nd Soc181 Inveslmenll Aci 2016, the following 8talem8nt OLrtlin08 the fundraising pract￿ for thè Hum8nitsrian Aid Rellef Trust in 2023. In 2023 ther9 wero no failurès to comply wrth Fundraising Regulator'B code ol pr8Ctice. HART L*)es not sèll or &w8p dat8 with othar charities or organi88tion$ or make 8ny Cold telephone calls to th8 general publia In 2023 HART did not contact Berwces for any prof8s8ional fundraisers as dtsfin8d by section 58 of the CharitS•8 Act 1992. During the course of 2023 HART re¢xived no CLJrnplaints about tsur fundr8i$ing pr8¢ti¢e In re8pofbGe to 8ny of our fundraising direct mgillngs that were 8enl out HART does not engage in per8iStenl or Inlru8ive fvndraising practice6 wllh any of our supportars, indudin9 vulnerable people. Where vulnar8ble people or those acllng on their behalf request to cease comrnunicatsons, we act on their wishes. HUMANITARIAN AID RELIEF TRUST Truste08 Annual Re rt for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 contlnued Trn•t•M' r••poMlbllth8 In relatlon to th• fln•ncl•l *t*t•monts Thtr Trusteei {being Directorn ofth• eharitth• ¢onpanyl are r•8ponsiJle for prnparlng th• Annugl Report and the ffnan¢lal 8tstements In acc(JrdAnce wrth 8ppllcablo1gw and Unked Klngdom Accounting Slandord8 {Un6ted Ktrngdom G•n•ralty Accepted Accounting Practic8 and FRS 102 Standard). Comp8ry law requlr•8 that th• Trust•￿ ft￿61 nDI approve financlal 6tat8ffl•nl$ uThle85 they 6at1611ed thet Ihw glvg 4 Irue 8nd falr View of the Slate of aff8lrs of the company and of the income and expendilure ol lh¢ tharitablo company for that pertod. In prep4ting th￿0 Ibnancl* stsl•mgn18, the Tru8tee8 are requlr•d to.. Select 8uit8bb 8ccounllng poll¢lo8 and then app￿ them con818tsnly ObsoN• the m8lhod8 and prlnclple$ In tho Charflles Stalem8nl of R8commend8d Practi M8k¢ lutJgmont8 and esumates that ar8 rèasonable and prudent State whelh•r 8ppMcabl8 UK Accounting Standard$ hovg beèn followèd, iubied to any materfal deporturo6 dl$closed and explalned In the fin8n¢iql slatomenls Prepare the fin8ncial 8lat8monls on th• golng cLsncem ba811 unl888 ft18 In8pprWat• to that tho ¢harlt8ble company wlll ¢ontlnu• Iti oper81ions Thtr TruBle08 we rn8pon8ibl& lor keeplng proper xcovntln9 record8. whl¢h d8dos• wlth rèl￿nabkn accura al any lime the ffinancial posltlon of lh• ¢h8rltable company gnd •nabl• th•m to •n8ure thal thè ffin8n¢l•l 8tst*m8nts with the Corryanl•s Act 200e. They ar8 8180 responslbla for $afeguafdlng th• a$$•ts oftho company and hanee fortaking reasonablo 8tepsforlh• prevenllon and detectlon of fraud and otherifr8guladtl¢$. The Tru8tees 8r8 rè8poDslble for the maintenanc6 8n¢J iniegty of th¢ ¢orporate and financlal Infomiauon Included on the chari18ble comp8ny'$ websrte. Leglslallon in the Unltod Klngdom governlng the preparaiion and d1$••mkn•t￿)n of ffinancial stat•ment8 may dllt•rfrvm logi61#tion in Trrt4 2022 T¢ ewr4*ur• bfftjqhl fqrw* 4137 M,740 24,e72 13 14,766 212 66 7,948 13,750 2,218 1,730 16,0 {J7,1911 1291 I)2,￿2> Tmlnknq {st￿ lrnil C¢Nco ¢o•ti Isilff D•pmdthn ISt4trun))I 7,707 ,50 137 42 1.002 171} (711 {9,6QOI IDli•¢lcoil} 606 7.Z41 Obllr L•ylCottilSt411uml YrK• Istaff Um•1 1.427 916 TaW•xyndhur•2023 407M17 1,1•7 88.088 T4W•xp•ndftn2022 81.381 T4.219 Th• eh•ity lh• ol M wppcol funcuono. tt th￿ hJon1￿61 tr)0•• wti I•￿￿09 t¢ th• o¢¥•mwK• fvnthn. H•¥lty ¥J•nlrfl•d ll• oo¥•m•n￿ eNts. Ih r•rn•knlng¥UPpOrt￿￿tsO•mlr￿I￿th•w•r￿•r￿•C￿tI￿r•Ipp￿tknll•d botw•en RAl•kng Fundi.Ad BndAdwc4Cy Ucthlln •bova. 01th•t￿ •xpqndth, £287.692w41 unM•idEi•d12022. £311.712i*hd £381.3C15w•ir••b1otsd {2022." £316.8461, HUMANITARIAN AID RELIEF TRUST Notes to the finan¢lal statsmonts For the ear onded 31 December 2023 Grants Payable 2023 2022 NUm￿r Aldpro9r•mmaT Burrna N8gorno-Karabakh Nigèria South Sudan Sudan Syria Ugan¢Ja 44,336 70,298 51,407 53.893 110.452 IOT, 700 20,000 52, 764 139,069 17,880 29,433 Totalgrants •w•rdfyd 330 188 366 848 2023 2022 Hogllh & Hope ieumill Lol Tal Leng S¢heAI (Burmal SWAN Wornen's W8llbelng Prol8L#8 IBurmal SWAN Emwgency R81i8f18urmal SWAN Education Projects IBurrn81 Lady Cox Rehabllltsfjon Cèntrt INa9omo Kor8bakh) Tho Tokyan Centre (Nagorno K8r8bakhl Emergency Needs INig9ri81 Roads lo Hope (Nigerial J08 Chr18I8n Inslllutè INig•ri#l Mal Akido Pea￿ ProlOL# (Nig0￿8) OiocAs8 ol Wau Emergency relbel IS¢thh Sudan) Dio¢e8e ol Abyei Emergancy Rg1ig1 (South Sudan) DIoc*8e of Abyw Agok School IS¢ulh Sudan) Di￿$¢ of Abyel Thurlith School (South Sudan Marol Acadèmy (South Sudan) Blue Nile Educallon Projects (Sudanl Emèrgency Relief Isudanl Nuba Mountains Relief Isudanl Empow&rlTrJ Wornen in Maaloula (Syrtal 13,gJO io,oco 30,000 JO.0¢ 13,0 24,7CQ 20,OC 30.438 45,698 24.800 3.575 47.832 47,264 6,250 19,497 21,480 3T,000 48,080 48.163 5,826 8,486 17,880 47,500 62,952 29.433 Totalgrants •w•rd8d 330.188 366,846 23 HUMANITARIAN AID RELIEF TRUST Notes to the financlal statements For tho ear ended 31 Docember 2023 contlnued Slaff Numbers and Costs 2023 2022 Stsff costs.. Wa9es and salaries Social 88caJrlty costs 141480 9,212 758.361 11,354 Employer corrtrlbutlon8 to the defin8d conMbullonlpen*on tsthern88 2,731 3,050 160.403 172, T65 Tht averaga number of employe88 (head ¢ounl based on numbèr tsl staff empkjyedl during th• y88r was 8$ ftsllows.. 2023 Numbor 2022 Number Raising luTrJs Aid Advocacy Support GovomgrKe Ther• war• no em￿0yea$ with •mploye• ￿nefits eXClud￿g employer p￿$lon ¢osl$ abovo £80,000 12022.. nono). K•y Minag•m•nl P•rsonn The total •mFAoyee benefltB of th• k•y managom•nl perBonnel of the ¢h•rlty a8 li8led on pag& 3 were £86,50412022'. £85,809). 1 D Related party tran8actlon8 The key rnAn8gèmenl peisonnel ollh8 ¢horily a￿ 0)nsidered lo b8 rd8t8d partl•s 8nfl Ihetotsl employee benèfits are sel out In not• 9 above. The trustees are not remuner8led. No trusteas were ffjimbursed for travel and 8ubsi8lence expens88 incurred durlng thé charity 8 op&ralion8 In tho year12022'. ￿ trustees were relrnblned tr8v81 and 8ubsi8tence axp8n$&s of £8.8781. There were no clher rolaled party tran8athon$ during the year. 26 HUMANITARIAN AID RELIEF TRUST Notes to the Ilnancial statements For the ear ended 31 Decembèr 2023 Contlnued 11 Net {expendliureVlncome Thi$ is Btated after charging.. 2023 2Q22 Deprecial'on Auditor8, remunwatl)n Ilncludlng VAT).. Audit 481 224 9.686 9,886 12 Taxatlon Th8 charity 18 éxempl from corporotsonlox on tt8 charttabl• acbvtha8. 13 Tanglble Flxed A88ets Equipftwnl, fixtures & flttlngs Total Cost At 1 Jgnuary 2023 A&Jitlon8 in the y•8r 0i8POS818 in th• y•ar At 31 December 2Wd3 4,347 4,347 4347 4.347 Dye¢l•tlon At 1 January 21Y23 08prnagUon for the year Oeprec4alon on DIspo8al$ 2,506 2.505 At 31 De¢emb8r 2￿23 2.981 1966 Il•t book v4lu• At 31 December 2023 1,381 Al 31 D6cemb8r2022 1,842 1,842 27 HUMANITARIAN AID RELIEF TRUST Notes to the financlal statements Forthe ear ended 31 Dacernber 2023 ontlnued 14 Debtors 2023 2022 Prepayments Gift aid recoverabl& Accrued Incom8 Other Oebtor8 t,658 12,440 5,011 23.840 4,286 3,713 26,775 42.949 15 Credltor8'. amounts falllng duo wlthln one year 2023 2022 Ac¢wal8 Oth8r creditor8 Trade credltor8 Taxation ond sw81 10,000 2,339 1.724 4,001 12,520 86 249 3.987 18,064 16,842 16 Unrutrlcted Funds 2023 BA18n¢8 8t l January Income Exp8ndrturn Tr8n8fers 8Jl•n¢• •¢ JI Decembgr G•n•ral fund 102,862 306,853 1267,8921 142,023 2022 8818noe &t l J8nuory 881gncg 8t 31 D8c8mbèr Incom& E¥penthture Translars General lund 112.171 300,026 1321,7221 12,387 102.862 28 HUMANITARIAN AID RELIEF TRUST Notes to the financial statements For tho ear ended 31 December 2023 contlnued 17 Ra8trlcted Funds 2023 B818nce at l January Incom •lan¢• at31 D•¢ Expendrfum Tr8nsf6rs Bunna Nagorno•Karabakh Nig8ria Sudan South Sudan Syriq 12.997 59.600 108,325 31,873 108.879 40,017 144,3921 {120,9511 151.4641 {110,5031 153,9011 1941 2¢206 31.708 21207 974 7.658 42.798 21.542 124,269 348.788 {381,3051 91,TS2 2022 Balanc8 at 1 January 8818nC& •13ID Incom8 Expfjndrtur& Transfgrs Burma Nagc¢ntrKarabakh Niger18 Sudan South Sudan Syria 7,980 37,078 18,822 2,077 14,294 114 106,428 35,378 81,000 19,828 147,802 32,703 {107,7C4JI 120,0001 152,7641 117,8801 1139,oe91 129,4331 138e,848 6,289 18,1221 {4,2601 {1,4251 11,48SI {3,3841 112,38n 12,997 44,334 42,788 2,098 21,542 423,137 124,289 29 HUMANITARIAN AID RELIEF TRUST Notes to the financial ststements For the ear ended 31 December 2023 (continued) Analysis of net assets between funds Unr8s1ri¢t8d Funds D&signal8d Funds Fun¢Ys X123 Fund balances at 31 Decemb8r 2023 are represented by.. Tangible fixed 8688ts Current 888ets 1,381 158.708 1,381 91,752 CLKrent liabilitie8 118,0641 118,0641 142,023 91,752 233.776 Unmslrlctèd Fund$ Restn¢t8d Funds Funés 2022 Fund balances 8131 D￿6Mber 2022 are repwsonled by.. Tanglble fixed assets Cuffenl 8688ts 1,842 1,842 242,131 116,8421 227, 137 117,862 118,8421 124,269 Current118￿11110s 102,862 724.269 19 0￿ratIng Lease Commltments The total ol future minlmum I￿$ payments is s8 folbw8.' 2023 2022 thin on8 yegr thln 24 years 2,808 3,366 2,858 6,214 6,214 9,072 Th￿n￿W￿L￿On￿¢allc￿1NW0r*t[n91•*6O payAI•RlwwgnlG6d as an 8X￿N9&d￿N £2,8S812￿22- £2.8581. 30