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Trustees, Annual Report for the period Periixl start date 07 April 2024 From To . Aprfl 2025 Section A Reference and administration details Charity name ACT Intsrnational F¢Jundation Other names charfty is known by Mohanjl ACT Foundallon ACT Foundatlon Registered ¢harity numbor Irf any) Charity's prlncipal address 7 Hillman Ck)se UxbTrJge Middlesex U88 1QA Names of the charlty trustèès wlK• manage the charity Oftk• Iifanyl Dates act￿ If not forwthole Name of person lor b￿ly} enthd oirttnL8t•o rfan Mohan PathirBseri Kesavan Founder Gbtel Preswjent Chair of TNstees Biljana Mohan Jay JeYasee￿n Rashila Pankhania Vijay Anand RamanaKIoo Subhasree Thottunga5 SesJetary 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Names of the tTUStees for the charity. rf any, {A)r exampl•. any Custodian trustsos) Name Dates acted if not for whole TAR Marth 2012

Names and addresses of advisern (Optional inforniatlon) of advlser Name A<klress Name of chi8f ￿eCutIve or names of senior staff mem1￿$ Ioplional Infonnation) Section B Structure, overnance and mana ement Description of the charltys trusts Type ofgoveming d(Kument | Trust de&J - Sept 2012 How t1￿ tharity is constttuted Model tkclarab'cffi Trust Trustee SeleCt￿n methcls By ACT Intemall￿a[ FourndatK)n Board of Trustees Additional goveman¢o Issues (Optional information) You may ¢hooso to Niclude athitional inf0nnati0￿ where relevant, 8tNyJt: ACT F(yJTrJalion is an irrtemaM)rpl tharitth (w81ing &r05s more than 28 ecthtries, esta￿lS￿ed Io F￿0V￿le MIM￿rt￿Hn assista￿ a￿1 supwt to VLAnerat4e 0￿Munit￿$. The FoJndation's charita￿e purposes indudo disastsr relief. the of ￿￿tion. the reffief ￿ ￿K)Verty ar¥J hunw. the (rnb"fM of heamh, aThJ tt)e of hum￿ dunity. policies and prO￿dureS adopted for the ind￿￿10n and training of twstees., the chartty's organiSat￿r￿1 structure and any wider network with which the charity works; ACT IntemalK)nal FoLH)dion ￿KlertakeS actth IKth int￿alty and within the Unite(l Kingdom. In the UK the FoJndats"on Supp￿ charitable atNes, inc1￿J￿g the proviS￿n of f(KKI lo In￿￿dual$ e4￿rien￿ry homelessness aTrJ assistan￿ to ar¥mal ￿1[are wctuaries. These actpiities are delivwed n furtIWar￿ ofthe Four#l8tim'$ charilatle obje(li¥e5 wbhc relationshii with any rekt parties. trustees. consideration of mapr llsks and the sysl and procedures to manage Irrterrptiwmy, ACT Intem￿ Foth)da]"on in partnetship wh registered AGf F￿￿1th"On teams and trustgj Ic¢at o[g￿lSatIonS to ensure that aid is delivwed etstivdy, lthjty. in alignment with Ihe FO￿da￿￿'S goveming ct¥ectives. L(￿1 Fortner1e￿￿ in c(wntn"es such as Sri Lanka, India. Nepal and T￿la￿ nave Inyrnttea woymmes wrth apwoprte oversvJht aTrJ ountats'lty. AJI 8ctfvrt￿ Urth13k￿ in the Unit8J lfjrydryn are delTriered by vc4unteers. The FoLThlatNM also coll8Lxrtes wth Oth￿ charitabk arKf n￿-pr0fft orgAnis8tions on ad knis ￿ere Cly.￿tiveS are alwJrnd parthwshps supwrt effeLNe reS[￿r￿ltIe risk M￿￿￿1¢nI. The Four¥JatM)n t)es ￿1 undertake ￿tl￿tieS that expx6e rt to uTraue financial risk. Al OFerations are fulty in$ur thrrxjgh ZurKh Insur3rKe Compwry, prov4thrwJ apFYopriate aThJ comprthnsive er forthe FWr¥JaI¥￿'s thits. ThroLbJh effectNe 9)Verna￿e, internatw)nJ ccweratic￿, and the commthienl of vduntetrs and ￿rtr*r$, ACT lrternationa FoUThJaIb￿ ¢￿tinUeS to d8liver humanitarian asSiStarKe, reSp￿d to emergencigs, and supw)rt communrties in re￿11(￿n9 tIH"r Ir￿5 in a mannerthat is Jawful. accountat4e, and cortsistent with its charitable puposes. TAR Mafth 2012

Section C Objectives and activities a) The preventKJn ( rdEf of F¥)verty %wrfdw"de by providing donats'ons. axl swMces to pe(P￿ in an￿¢￿ charities. or thr bl The relief cl sthEss wtservation of heath amorJ the siGk.p>y Summary ofthe objects ofthe charity setout in its governing document c) The relid ￿ peoF4e in need VhJrfth¥ide eit￿ generaty or in￿th￿lty throLoh the pY0vis￿ of ethcion, trdiniTNJ sklb. d) Forthe benefft ofthe ￿kn11C to re￿eve the Suffu￿ of imas in n￿1 of care a)d 8tteniton and, in partrcular. to wovide and maintain rescu8 ￿$MeS ¢y dher f￿]rtiti$ for the r￿p1￿, c￿e and treatment of suth anim￿$. KAdlvlile5~Achl•vemen andP nce During year wiod. ACT lrtematK)nal Foundation carried oth cfv4ritatrAe actyvities acrc6s the Unrted lo r￿￿Ve SUp￿t vUlnera￿e The charty supp(Kted Kecple exWI￿rAng hjM￿￿r￿ss ty pre￿n9 and distritrKrtirKJ appr￿rnatety 2.200 n1jtr￿S Veg￿ meas thrwgh regular outreach "wkn"es aThY partnerships ¥￿h kxal ¢xganisatMs. Essentsal items induding drAh'ro. tu"th"es. trAankets ￿re aso wovthy. To address fcod insewty, ￿ tharity donated over 5.0[￿ kibgrams offcM>d to in(tiw'thals arnl familtes wa foc¥J ba￿ ccmnmunty groups. In addits'on, appr0￿matety 2.OC() kilowams rf foc%1 we donated to supm animal weware. provhlirvJ S￿￿les to animal Salth￿ oryJaniSati0r￿ caring for anmals in ne&J. Sumrnary ofthe main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relalion to th8$0 objects linclude vathin this se¢lion the statutory declaration that trustoes have had regard to tho guidance Issued by the Charlty Commission on publ benefit) The chty Sur4)￿led thilthen arbj &I￿at￿)n ty tffovKling Clvistmas shoeboxes to 189 sdKdchl(tr￿ at St Pajl vath St Luke Primary Tower Hamlets, conta.ning edL￿at￿l It￿$. tffjls. aKI treai& &ttvities mdLthd Msits to dderty care ￿)meS. drives, on9Jing supp(Kt for arimd sarthkrn, arKI envir(nmental inrtk4b.ves such as These &tivths delI￿red dear Wt4￿ b￿fil ty al￿v￿Ong hardslip, imp￿ng fl￿￿ S￿urity Peofv￿e aNm. socil isc4in, and SLpporting enwronmenta wcltttic￿. Dwing th"s year ACT InternatK)tl FO￿ld81￿ SUFPJrted a range of 1nlwTh9tiC￿8l charrtat4e woiects aimed at reliewng poverty. athjressing fwd insecity, SUPFQIt"tYJ e(hJcknn, improMrrfJ and sanrtation. promotir#J animal w8ifare. arnl fe$F￿JIrQ lo humanitarian emerger￿les. The charty wlyked in wtrErshp vAth kKal ACT teams and trusted community Org￿ls￿.￿￿ to ensure th SLWWt Was delivwed effiCien￿Y and rexh&J those most in wl. prcwanmes. and aid distritrAth.C￿, water arid sanf(ath)n projects, SUFPOrt dderty care, and animal ￿fare ￿rtIatives. These projects provtded Immediate reltef arKI brger-tern tr￿fft8. hejyng to strengthen ccmmunty resilien￿ in un¢r3erwJ re9ons. These Intern￿onal iwbes ddwer&J cl￿r put￿￿ benefft ty providing rel￿f. access to foc•J. waer sanitatkin edu¢iorF TAR Mard12012

sur@ortiryJ mAnera￿ clildren and elderty indiwtJaL%, promoting animal ￿￿fare, and stfentswu c￿nmul¥ty wlienee in drAfr￿ta9￿ regions. Additional details of obieclives and a¢tiviiies (Optional infomlion) ACT lTrterT￿E Fwndats'e￿. as pt ofthe ￿ll￿r ACT global disaster rdief netYJrk, play&J an &tive rde w) swuting 1￿M￿)tarIan re$￿se eff(￿ts during times of crisis. d￿onStr￿ed its commthn&rt to eff￿lIve a￿1 ¢omFossonate dts8Ster rdtef by pYovithtYJ SLtpptrt in respcx7se to fi(hJdirNJ in Keny4 Banswesh, and Sn" Lanka. W)rking in ccordinatw Trmth local ACT teams ar¥J tnjsted partners, ACT lrternkn'ona FWrnlat￿n ccfitribLrted to the delivory of emwgency assistance, I￿uding fcth and essential supplies, ensuriry timety aNI Pract￿ siwyt rethgj affected communrtres. Throu cooyonated and c￿L￿rat￿￿. the charity helred èJdress immedi8te hum￿lialan r￿￿S 8UFpothJ efforts in regions impxted natLwaf disast￿5. You may choose to include further state.mp.nt%. vthèrè rek8vant, ab(￿t.. policy on gr￿t making: poliw prcgramrne rethd investment- contribution made by volunteers. TAR March 2012

Section D Achievements and performance Summary ofthe main achtevefflents of the charity during tho year United Ki dom ACT FoLr#Jation UK supw1￿ pe￿e elw1￿cir0 homelessness preparry and d1stn"L￿tir￿j apwmat 2,2￿ nLrtritK)us vegan mea during 2024. Outreath ¥JJ¥iti"e5 t￿k F4aco in Central London, Uxbridge. Windsor, R￿d￿. maKtr￿ter. and surrourKling areas, ddrvered in partnership kxa shèlter$. soup kitch8ns, aryj ￿mMu￿ty F￿d B•nk Conxnunty Food Support To ￿l￿re$S fc)J insecwity. chty d￿1￿1 ovw 5.181 kilcgrams of fc¥)d to indNJuaL8 famitses IlYoJgh fcJd tr￿nkS and community organisakn$. Fyimarty li ReadiTr3 arKI ￿ SLwroJnding areas. Part organ￿￿K)nS ind￿led CIRDIC Churths tri ReadiTrJ Dropin Centre, Fa(th christi￿ Gr￿p B&J for the Night Realing. Ccnmunty Kitthen at P ul￿ed Rdcrfmed Chwch. s￿ Rea(ry, and Wocdty F(￿￿ Bank. Sch¢)ol Food Hampors ACT F¢￿dati￿ UK dk%trityJted sthoc4 frxJ I￿￿perS to familvds exren"erKirg fin￿la1 hardship. Fortiojlaty durirrfj schxl holhlay periotJs. These ￿tiViti.eS ￿tre in R&ding and nea￿ eommunrties. I Chiistsnas Shoebox Appeal ch￿ty ddi¥er&J 189 Chrrstm8s S￿￿boXeS lo wpils at Sl Pa￿ Y￿h St L￿(e Primary S¢hcK4 in Tow Hamlets, LoThJon. Each Sh￿bOX contained ethKN)nal items, tcrys, and tr&. swrtirKJ children's wEll￿1r￿j aThJ Eld8rly Care Home Vtsils , Vcluntews carritsy oul elderty cwe home viwts ￿0$8 hxal UK | (x¥nmun￿e8, Wovhling c￿p￿lI￿shlp, sctral interacts"on, KI ￿ti￿al si4wt to res#l8nts. Wpr¥J to red￿e tsolatitttr arKI iMF￿ve ¥￿Ibe1ftg. Blood tk)natlon Drlves . ACT UK comftxmty rortiLypatP￿ in blcrA dC￿all0￿ drives. S{w￿ting nalicnal health servKes by KYThMOtirg parttcipthg in Anlmal Welfare Support ¢hily antrnal ty (lonaung aFvrO￿m￿￿Y Z,C(JO kKJrams cl food to ￿￿11a1 sandLHTES aTrJ vAfare organisaticns across the UK. NFirKJ to ensLre ardm￿8 i) Care recryved quate ryJtrit)n. ! ErN1r￿Ments1 resp￿5￿41ty fmed wt ofthe charity's throtNJh canal cieatFup prq￿ and (rther volunteer4pJJ envircnmental inrtthes ui local UK CLinmur¥bes. C￿ to eNrryJmerrtal ￿￿eCtiOn aThY c￿nMUnty elltirwJ. l Across all UK prqecb. ACT Foundon UK cccfdinated over 1(KJ seM¢e | actNit*s deENergJ aFfffoximatdy 1,7(KJ vdLmteer h￿r$, demcfistrating a strong ccrnmrtm¥rt tr) sdness servv a￿1 measuraL4e pL￿1C b￿efft. TAR Marth 2012

Section D Achievements and performance I International Sri ￿￿ka ACT IntematKJnal F¢xTrJatKsn SUPF¢)rteJJ mulb'ple humanitark?n and development inrtth'v&s in Sri Lanka. A(knrbes includeAI disaster rdref assistar￿, school me programmes, WKI fo(xl rati(￿ dISthbth￿n to vuIrwa￿e families. The charty also contribui&J lo the c￿ruCt￿ dEls aTrJ witatw fao'litios, imwoving x¢ess to clo8n oTrJ hhsieno In Nepd. thè chty fcty>tsed ￿ Iwtem ¢xffHnurity ¢JèVelopm￿t and imkYo¥irKJ basK livirYJ c¢ythI￿$. Supw)rt vrds provided for p£hcol me I Indla ACT lrtwnatxxJJ F(jJTrYat￿ pr(¥￿ts li IrKla aimed at reli8ving and sUpp￿tir￿j y￿nerab￿ irKlivknls and families. Assistar￿ included ' food ratK)ns, thikl siwKwt initptNes. aTrY cortributions to cx)mmunity we￿are projects delivered through kjcal partners. hel￿ng to address basic needs arKI l imF￿0Ve of bfe. In addli1￿, suptx)rt was prowded to ek1￿ care project, Mohanji Homes for Senicfs, Fyomthng (fignty ￿lIking for older p￿pIe. Kenya l Fc4hMng severe dumg the year, ACT 1rrternati￿ Fwndation | proMtsd emèrrJeney ¢*saster r￿￿f in Kerya. FLnds we al￿￿ed to ILKal ACT ,' teams to supwt families affeLt&J by the Ih)ods, helpiThJ to meet urgent n￿d5 , Bangladesh The chanty r&sp￿ded to flo(Kting in BaNJLadesh by provKliNJ (lisasler rel to locJ partws. Supw)rt f(used on &JdressirYJ immediate huMan[tari￿ needs. ￿ng access to f(Kd and t@s¢ n&eSsIt￿ f0faff￿ted Thalland In Tri1￿. Ch￿ SUFWt&l fc#)d thStritMjb￿ and communty Surp￿( ,' proJecl& hdF4rvJ vulnwth indNiduas ￿ famlw meet basic ￿ and ', providing rdièf dunng per￿dS crf hardslip. TAR March 2012

Section D Achievements and performance TAR Marc* 2012

Section E Financial review The charity is crmmitt&J to mantairmrg a tKtsitive fir￿laj balance and I OFffit"rg wrthin its means. Through cweftjl mar¢agement of resources aThl i eXpe￿s. it ￿ effthety supwrt its irnkn"8tNes and assist I￿se wi need. This aFproach enab the orgaiusation to o)nfid8ntly f(K the ftlure while remainry fle￿ble erbau￿ lo reskx)nd to emergencw4 CY new oppxx￿nrties. ', Maintaining a ￿x)s￿"¥e balance also tmjilds eonfidgnce ty den￿nstratIng stroTrJ and restMiblè financBI steYd(dshrp. Umwnalely, this strategy hdps ma￿mtse the chan￿$ impxt and sustain the drff￿enCe rt makes in the commurmb.es it serves. Brlef statement of the charity's policy on reserves Dotails of any funds materially in deficit None Further financlal review details (Optional information) You may chooso to include additional infonnalion, where relevant about.. the charty's principal SOUTces of funds (inGkndirg any fvndraising).. how expenditure has supported the key (¢iecti%Es of the charity; investment polry and objectives indudirvJ any ethical inveslment p)licy adopted. Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on bohalf of the charity's trustees Signaturnls) Full namels) Position (eg Secretary. Chair. etc li l. TAR Mar( 2012

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES ACT Interna￿0￿1 Foundation Receipts and payments accounts CC16a To Section A Receipts and payments UnTr5tricted Restricted End(>wment Total funds Lastyear A1 R8cg1 173 1.112 ARJ J92 61,1 and knslm•rt sa 18ee tsblo). A3P A¢T4UKRAINE AU4SRILANKA 1936 $W2 TLvkey vdrWue 2,182 1.123 1182 123 AdThn UK 8ankcharg85 74 Sub lolal 58571 86M31 A4 Asset and Inves￿onI rchages see table Sub totsl S5J71 65,671 86,8J1 Nétof re￿￿Pa￿lI1*ltsJ AS Transfers betwetrn funds A6 Cash fundB last yw¢nd Cash funds thts y•arond 3,821 25.70 Il123 25.7 CCIX R1 ISS) 17107r2028

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period UnresEr5￿d Restrictsd Endowment lunds -￿ie(So4 It ts(aiiS +n•AF*£ B1 Cash funds 14123 14.123 11 funds Dpts115 Details CurMnttA pta.,Is 84 AS￿ Yetalned for th• chartty¥ own u00 Detalts B5 Uabilrties &gned byrKe Ir￿0$L Date of roval ECLA CCXK R28coyJnts (SSI 17m1r2028

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustogsl members of ACT International Foundation On xcounts for the year ended 0710412024 - 0610412025 Charity no (if any 1149049 Set out on pages r of &hrèll I report to the trustees on my eyAmlnat￿)n ofthe 8£counts ofthe above charity (Ihe Twstl forthe year end￿ 0710412024 to 0610412025. Responsibilities and basis of report As the tharivs trustees, you are responsib￿ for the preparat￿n of th8 arxounts in ac0}rdar￿ wrth the reqU1￿MentS of the Chartties Act 2011 he Acn. I report n respect of my exaninati(m of the Trusys al￿nE$ ts￿led OLrt under section 145 ofthe 2011 Act and in (3rying out my examinati￿, I have foll¢Med all the aFpli(xbfe ￿r￿tionS given by the Charity Commission under seclK1 14515}(b) of Ihe ACL Independent I have o)mpleted my examinatK)n. l Crmfim) trtat no material matter5 have examinerfs statement come to my attentiort in Connecti￿ with Ihe examwiab.on vthich gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounb'ng records We￿ kept in aoxrdarts with seCt￿n 130 of the Charities Art" or the aC￿unts did not accord wtth the accounting records,. or the ac(x)unts did not ￿Mpty wtth the applicable rwuirements concerning the fomi and content of accwnts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Reguktions 2CK)8 other than any requirement that Ihe ac￿Unts gNe a 'true fra1￿ view vthich is nol a matter consthred as of an indeFeThlent examination. I have no concems and have come across no other mattefs in connection with the exaM￿a￿n to which attention sh(xJkl be drawn in this report in order to enable a Proper understsnding of the accounts to be reathed. Signed: Name: I-f i JVI Relevant professional qualification{sl or body (rf any): Address: J //t Hf6 6c<t . Oct 2018 IER

Section B Disclosure Onty complete rf the examiner n￿S to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, lThJependent examination of tharity actounts: directK)ns and guidance for examiners). Give here brief delalls of any items that the examiner ￿$he8 to disclose. t&+ ¥ Ac/ IER Oct 2018