T￿￿teeS'RepOrt
Forthe yeorendiry 31 tlecember2022
The trustee5. who are also dlrectors of the company for the purposes of the Companies Acts. present their annual
report wlth accounts frjr the organlzation for the year ending 31 December 2022. The accounts comply with the
requlrernents of the Companies Act 2CQ6. the Financial Reportin& Standard for Smaller Entltlès lèffèctive April
20081 and follow the recommendation5 in "Accounting and Reportin8 by Charltles: Statement of Recommended
Prattice 2005..
Ob￿￿5¥•$ and A¢tlvltSes
Who w• are and what we do
We are a non-profit development OT8anI￿t￿n that provides ald and support to vulnerable ¢hlldren In E8yPt. Our
Proyams Indude..
Coptlc Orphans, fla8ship program, Not Alone, serves ovei 14,602 orphans and thelr famllles In 60+ Coptlc Orthodox
dloceses in E8YPt. Each child in Not Alone, throv8h a mentorln8 and nurturlnB relationship with one of Coptlc
Orphans, 732 church-ba5ed volunteer representattves, or'Reps." recdves the protectlon. support, and conflden
that was lost when hls or her father died or abandoned him or her. The emphasis ofthe Not Alone Pro8ram Is not
on eharity, but rather on the transformatlon of Children and those around them. Piogram partl¢lpantS 8aln the
resources to break the cyele of poverty. as well as the coura8e to become chan8e-rnakers In thelf own
communltles. Coptlc Orphans addre55es both Immedlate and long-term needs so that Not Alone chlldren can deal
succe55fully wlth the academlc. sodal. and ernotlonal challenges they face.
Coptlc Orphan5 Utilizes education a5 the primary tool to empower children to become self-sufficient, well-adlusted
adults. A$ Such, Not Alone prioritize5 Ilteracy and other ski115 that help program partlclpants succeed In school. The
¢hildTen are en£oura8ed to develop their God-given talents In order to ean overcome their ¢ircum5tances and
transform future generations. Each of the Reps 15 nominated by hls or her bishop in the Coptlt Orthodox Church.
The Reps work wlth fatherless famllles In some of the most Impo¥erlshed communltie5 In E8VPt. from the slums of
Calro to remote rural vlllages. Each Aep has relationships with 15-25 children, and strvès tath ¢hild by..
Vlsrtin8 the chlld on a re8ular basis in his or her hometo assessand provide for basi¢ needs and addres5
underlying problems rooted in the home Ilfe of the child-
Connectlng the thild. mother. and any slblln8S to assistance in acad￿niC tutoring and mentorlng for
speclal talents or needs-
Engaging in community education and advocacy for familie5 to access resources such as bSrth
rtificates, 8overnment-provided widows, pensions, land Tights, and government IDS,.
Gatherin8 childrèn and their mothers In specialized workshops that build skills in literacy, leadershlp.
computers. household finan¢e. rdationshipbulldln& cultural appreoation* job readiness. and income

genefatlon. as well as cover[￿ crltical topk3 In effect￿ parentln& dlsea5e pre¥ention, and
preven￿n8 female 8enital mutlljtlon.
Wlthln the Not Alone Program, the Future Leader5 Stholar5hlp Is a competttlve scholarshlp Inltlatwe desl8ned for
hlgh school graduates in the pro8ram who ex￿1 In academlcs. personal Ilfe. leadership, and volunteerfsm. It alms
to provlde scholarshlp reciplents wlth flnandal, moral. and sodal support to pursue higher education the fields
of thelr tholce, to develop thelr leadershlp skllls, and to In5dll value5 of ¥olunteÈrlsm and servlce, whlch wlll
enhance their potentlal to lead thange In thelr commun[t￿$
The Valuable Glrf Project Is a multl-faceted development pr¢)grarn that tsr8ets m?rglnallzed ilrls and young women
In hl8h-poverty areas In E￿t. Valuable Girl's main 8oal Is to emptswer glrfs on the Intrapersonal, Interactlonoj, and
behavloral levels by IrNestlng In thelr potentlals and empowerfn8 them to maxlmlze thelr Influence In thelr
communltles. The project brln8S together mU￿1m and Chrlstlan 81rt5, aAes 7-22, In 3 818 Slster-uttle Slster
m*fttor5hlp arran8ement that promotes pe*eful co*xlstence. stren8then5 the glrls. understandln8 of thelr rl8hts,
and Improves academlc retentlon rates, along w￿h othef Posltfve soclal and econom1¢ outcomes for partirlpants.
Thls unlque opportunlty empowers glrls and youn8 women to contlnue thelr ed￿￿tIOn. rdlse thelr 5elf-esteem
develop de¢lslon-makln8 and leadershlp skllts, ralse awareness on 8ender-based vlolence and, m05t Importantly,
reduce thelr 50clal Isolatjon and break the barrlers of sectarl¥nlsm.
Slnce Its IncePt￿n 20 year5 a80, the project has operated In 184 sltes across E8YPt and empowered more than
15.000 8lrls and young wom•n. In the current Lydè12021-20231, the project operates In 20 loutlons In four
Bovernorates. namely Calro, Mlnya. Asyut and ¢]ena. targetin8 2,tLKI glrls and youn8women and bulldln8the
capacty of 80 on4lte staff members from 20 Community Development Assodadons ICDAS).
serve to Learn Is a dynamlc program that strengthens the tles of Coptk Dlaspjra Volunteers (second- Ind thlrd-
8eneratlon E￿ptIanS Imni In the dl•sporal with theSr homeland, E8ypL through 5ervln8 underprtvlle8ed thlldren
over a span of three weeks. The program strfves to PrO￿de youth wlth the hands-on experlence and enable them
to not only wltne3S the challenges undetserved thlldren face, but alw actively partlopate In the effort to Improve
th• chlldr•rfs Ilv•s by eontrlbutlrtr& alb•lt short-term, to thelr educ•tlon. By Il¥lng In the chldren's vSlla8es. teachln6
In classrooms, v151tln8 theor hornes, and eft8a8ln8 wlth their Gommunlty, the volunteer5 re￿1Ve a multl-dlmenslonal
vlew of a Not Alone thlld. The Immersfve nature of the experlence lets volunteers see our program partlclpants
from multlple v¥nta8es 10 8lve them a deeper and more Insi8htfvl understandin8 of each child beyond the veneer
of poverty. Upon thelr return, K*lunteers are equlpped to a<fvocate as ambassadors for the cause of dlsadvantaged
chlldren In E8VPt. Serve to Learn volunteers and alumnl then ljecome the drMn8 force for development In E8yPt.
After beln8 Inactlve due to covirk19 In 2021. the Serve to Leam pro8ram resumed In 2022 wlth 11 ¥olurrteers who
seNed In E8yPt from January 28 to Febrnary 18.
In 2022. The 21 program was launched. Through the 21, ￿Ung people who Ilve In the dla5pora and have Coptlc
an¢e5try vlsEt Egypt to en8a8e wlth rauses Important to the Coptlc communlty. Whlle they a￿ In E8yPt. these
fellows partlclpate In CoP￿c Orphans acb¥ities. t41th churthes and cultural sltes. and st￿ngthen thelr tles wlth thelr
roots and herttsge. Coptlc Orphans has a competftlve selertlon process for these fellows. In 2022, 107 partlclpants
went to E8yPt for The 21: one woup of fellows vtstted from June 17 to July 11. and the other visited from July 15 to
August 8.

Flnandal Rtvlew
FSnandal p051tlon
2022 was a fruitful year, whereln we raised 605,206 GBP. We used this amount. along wtth the income raised In
2021, to support our main programs In Egypt in 2022.
Reserve pollcy
The trustees consider that the Charity has adequate reseryes and wlll contonue to raise fvnd5 for Its projects.
Prlnclpal fundln8 source5
In 2022. 40% of the funds in the UK were collected from indlvldual donors. and the remainln8 60% came from our
partnership with St. Kyrel Trust.
The present level of fvnding is adequate to meet the trustees, objertive5. The trustees conslder the flnanclal
posltlon of the charity to be satisfactory.
MaJor rlsks
The Trustees have considered the posltion of the charlty wfth re8ards to T15ks and. as It has no hxed Costs or staff,
they are satlsfied that there are no malor rlsks at present wlth re4ard to its balance sheet. However, the posltlon
will be revlewed annually.
Strurturei I0￿m￿nce and minagem•nt
Gov•mln8 dooJm•nt
Coptlc Orphans Is a reglstered charlty and a company limited bv Buarantee, re8lsteied In England and W•les. In the
event of the Company belng wound up. the liabillty of members is Ilmited to 10 GBP.
Board members
In 2022, two members of the publlclolned the Copt1¢ Orphans board.
Statement of publlc benellt
The trustees have paid due re8ard to the 8uldance of publ1¢ benefit produced by the Charftles Commlsslon and are
confldent that the work of the charlty meets all the crtteria lor publi¢ benefit.
Thls report has been prepared In a¢coTdance wtth the statement of Accountlng and Reportlng by Charltles I￿¥1$e￿
20051 and In 2ctordance wlth thé $p•¢lal provlslons of part IS of the Companies Act of 2006 ielgtlhg to small
eompanles and the Flnanclal Reportln8 Standard for Smaller Entltles IEffertl¥e Aprll 2CM)81.
Thls report was approved by the Dirertorsl Trustees on October 19. 2023
ermien Riad
Executive Director

COPTIC ORPHANS SUPPORT ASSOCIATION

FIIIA14CIALSTATEMEllfS
FQRIHEy•ar ENDI￿ 31 DECEMBER 2022
Pa8e
Cantènt
Compan*s InI￿t￿
5tstemÈnt of Fln3ndal Nxtwes
Bahntesheet
Noiestotht Flnandal Statejhpnts

COMPANY IIIFClllblATIOII
FCIITHE wrENDING JI DECEM8EA21)22
Coptlc l>ph3Thsw4s kncorpwaied on8Awd2CQ9 and asa Ch*lyon 16 December
Compa*y Numbor..
4514 IEn*a)d •nd wa￿5)
Company Lixlted byGuar3ntee
Chaiity Number:
1133307 IEnOaMI and Walul
Tru51ees (Dlrecthtsl:
Mrs Ntnn*n ￿"ad (Exetsrtp￿ threEttyl
Re8bthred and Prln¢lpalOllke:
RM*moNI
En8laRd
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HSBC Bankpk

STATÈMEMf OF FIlIANC￿A(llvITIE5
lind￿lin8 I￿o￿e*Nd Expe￿I￿￿eAtt￿rtj
FIJRIMEye¥ END￿ 31 DECÈMBER 2022
2a22
INCOMING RE￿VAC£s
Donation5
257.746
Tot#1 Inc¢Mnlry R•￿￿(￿5
RESOURCES EXPENDf D
DlrKt charftltrAee￿ndtture
Go¥emance costs
557.776
198
254,747
Totsi RwourAI
557974
NETINCOMINGIIOVTGOINGI VIESOURCtS Foll￿￿¥
IPletlnt0m•llENpend￿nl1oPth•1•41)
47,232
Baknt• br0¥htfw￿1d •t lJ•nu•ry 2022
35.057
nc• ebrrkndf￿rd 4t31 D•¢•mbw 2021
Nts 5ewrate Statement olTotsl Reciwtsed G•h*sor L¢4XShas been presethtsdas •lpln5and ￿$S•Sha￿ bew In th• Statqm•nt
of FIM¢KknI

BALANCESHE
FOR THEywt EN￿116 31 DECEMBER I
31 D¢c¢mb•rZOZI
CURREMfASSEfS
Cash atbHnk and In hand
Account Rett￿able5
Piepaymento¥peth5e
CRtDITORS'. *noiints 14illrydu•
I4.￿1
NEf CURRfpifASSErs
34.859
TOTALAsseTS LESS CUIREIIT UABILmts
8L28g
114COME FUIIDS
General Fund
35,057
TOTALFiINDS
Theseflnanckl statemtnts have been prepared In the s￿&1 ￿$￿)nsfor small companles under Part IS oftr
CompanlesArt I￿6 and th• Flnan¢41 Re￿nI stsnd•rd lorSmallEr Eniitse5 leffeth Aprti ￿￿1.
Forthe￿￿ar ended 31 OKember 2022 Ihecemp3nywas•rttlW toexemptlon ¥nder5edion477 ofthe Compan￿$ Att 211
No m•rnber% have requlredtr•wnpanyto obtskn afi audkollts•¢¢QWrt5forthe ￿ar In questkn In I¢￿aNteWitfv Sertlon 476.
TheTru5tee5 acknowled8t thtlr reSpOn￿b￿ls1¥ for..
Ensurbnlthe￿m￿nY keepSa¢Ct￿nthN8 rernrd5*thkh secik)n475.' and
Prepartnu xcounts whl¢h * true Ind fairvkn of the Matt of •ff•lrs of the eomwny •s •tttht end ol Its flninclol Y￿r, Ind
of its Incoffle ind expendlvre l¢* the flnanc￿l and ¥thkh +Xhen¥tse the r•qulrem4thts afih• Comp4nk•s A
{elat￿810¥￿trunts, 5ofvrasapw1¢ab￿ to the company.
TheflnancL*l statements•n pa8•$ 6t0 8weve tytheTntsw4)rt Ortober 19th. 2022.
N•1m￿Tr A￿d

FOR THEYW 31 DECEMBER 2022
I. ACCOUI4TrNG pouaES
8•&1501xcounii
Thefinanckl ttatements have been yepared ¢mderthe historkalc05tcon¥entlon, modrfledto irKludethe revaluatlon of Investment
and In accordante *ith the Finantial Reporting 5tsndard fotSmallerEntit*s lelfeaNe Aprjl 20)81. theCompanie5A£t 2frA$3￿1 follow
th2 rttommendatMs in ￿￿Jn￿neartd Reportln8ty Charths.. StatemtyrtofP*commendÈd Pratbce issued in 2rKA.
D•Mtlon5
rhMatlon5 are rewlsed knfu• in the Statemert•lflnarKi•l In thryare rthed.
ExpendkUre1s￿O8nIsed OTh an awuals basls as • li*bilty i5MKurred. Ewmithre MidtharyVAT*thkhwnot behllyretovertd
ènd is reported aSpartoftheexpendrtU￿ ¢0 wh*h k rtlate
arltable expendkurowm￿se$lhOsè tOSts incurred lorrtSbehefi¢L•r￿1. It IncWe5bo¢h
stsihat can be allou¢ed dlierity 10 xtlvft*54nd thosecostsofan kndirettniture nece5SarytOSUPKXlrtthem.
GovÈrn*nceMsts Sndudtth¢)5e ¢0srs ￿50￿31¢4 and staw rt4utraMntrfthetharlty.
Ilow st•t•m•rrt
TheTw51ees have tathtn aoknnweof the exemptbMforsm•ll compan￿$￿￿deftr￿ A¢wth8S¢•nd•rd forsmal￿r Entit￿$
Ind. Co￿5¢9￿Tr￿, no ¢•sh flow 5f•temeni hastttTh prtpBred.
Fundj
Uniestrktedfund artlncomkn8 regOurEes￿￿AbIto￿Y￿It¢dffjrthe objeas￿lthetha￿fy lurth¢r spe¢lW wrpostind
•re a￿lIa￿e¥S￿eneR1 lund.
I￿1
Varfousdonatk)ns
S,206
257.746
3. tXPENDnifle
2022
209,243
Otherwsts
k char8es
176
Totsl dlrea charilab￿*xPendltwQ
IndEpendent accountsnts
Adminlstratlon c05t5
49JlS
45W7
49,915
Notrusteesor em￿9¥ee$le￿hQdatyrÈMu￿rth durfretr*year•rihthÈ wedlo￿TryIr.
Thea¥erw numberofemF4oYeesdurir4the￿rWa5￿l(2O22.' nll

Notystr th? finarKW St•temerts Iu•ntkn*ll
FOVlnl >wENDING 31 OECEMBERIOZI
4. CREDrroR&. •mountsI*￿￿d￿èV￿thkn•My•￿
Other Credltor5
Auruals
.4,¢J)6
srATiISAND INCORPORAn014
CoptlEOrphans, Is Jcomp•ny Ilmlted bY8￿rantee nosh1￿CarAIaL
fj. FUWOS
Genernlfvnd
35.057
1557.9741
557 974
82,289


## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** 

**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** 

**Report to the trustees/** Charity Coptic Orphans Support Association **members of On accounts for the year** December 2022 **Charity no** 1133307 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 2 (remember  to include the page numbers of additional sheets) 

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 12/31/2022 

**Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). 

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

**Independent** I have completed my examination.  I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives 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 order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

- _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ 

10/27/2023 **Signed: Date: Name:** Harold L. Mohn Jr., CPA **Relevant professional** Certified Public Accountant, USA **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** UHY 8601 Robert Fulton Drive, Suite 210 Columbia, MD 21046 

**October 2018** 

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|**Section B**<br>|**Disclosure**|
|---|---|
|**Give here brief details of**<br>**any items that the**<br>**examiner wishes to**<br>**disclose**.|Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32,<br>Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for<br>examiners).|
||None|



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