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
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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 methc*ls
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￿$. The FoJndation's charita￿e purposes indudo disastsr
relief. the of ￿￿tion. the reffief ￿ ￿K)Verty ar¥J hunw. the
(rnb"fM of heamh, aThJ tt)e of hum￿ dunity.
policies and prO￿dureS
adopted for the ind￿￿10n and
training of twstees.,
the chartty's organiSat￿r￿1
structure and any wider
network with which the charity
works;
ACT IntemalK)nal FoLH)d*ion ￿KlertakeS actth IKth int￿alty and within
the Unite(l Kingdom. In the UK the FoJndats"on Supp￿ charitable
atNes, inc1￿J￿g the proviS￿n of f(KKI lo In￿￿dual$ 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 w*h 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 apwopr*te 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 effeL*Ne
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$ur
thrrxjgh ZurKh Insur3rKe Compwry, prov4thrwJ apFYopriate aThJ comprthnsive
er forthe FWr¥JaI¥￿'s thit*s.
ThroLbJh effectNe 9)Verna￿e, internatw)nJ cc*weratic￿, and the commthienl of
vduntetrs and ￿rtr*r$, 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.
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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 amor*J 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 ethc*ion, 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 isc4*in, and SLpporting
enwronmenta wcltttic￿.
Dwing th"s year ACT InternatK)t*l 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$F￿JIrQ lo humanitarian emerger￿les. The charty
wlyked in wtrErshp vAth kKal ACT teams and trusted community
Org￿ls￿.￿￿ to ensure th* SLWWt Was delivwed effiCien￿Y and rexh&J those
most in wl.
prcwanmes. and aid distritrAth.C￿, water arid sanf(ath)n projects,
SUFPOrt dderty care, and animal *￿fare ￿rtIatives. These projects provtded
Immediate reltef arKI brger-tern tr￿fft8. hejyng to strengthen ccmmunty
resilien￿ in un¢*r3erwJ re9ons.
These Intern￿onal *iwbes ddwer&J cl￿r put￿￿ benefft ty providing
rel￿f.
access to foc•J. waer sanitatkin edu¢*iorF
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sur@ortiryJ mAnera￿ clildren and elderty indiwt*JaL%, promoting animal ￿￿fare,
and stfentswu c￿nmul¥ty wlienee in drA*fr￿ta9￿ regions.
Additional details of obieclives and a¢tiviiies (Optional infom*lion)
ACT lTrterT￿E Fwndats'e￿. as p*t ofthe ￿ll￿r ACT global disaster rdief
net*YJrk, play&J an &tive rde w) swuting 1￿M￿)tarIan re$￿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.
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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 indN*JuaL8 famitses IlYoJgh fc*Jd 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. Cc*nmunty 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 frx*J 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
ethK*N)nal items, tcrys, and tr&*. swrtirKJ children's wEll￿1r￿j aThJ
Eld8rly Care Home Vtsils
, Vcluntews carritsy oul elderty cwe home viwts ￿0$8 hxal UK
| (x¥nmun￿e8, Wovhling c￿p￿lI￿shlp, sctral interacts"on, *KI ￿ti￿al
si4wt to res#l8nts. Wpr¥J to red￿e tsolatitttr arKI iMF￿ve ¥￿Ibe1ftg.
Blood tk)natlon Drlves
. ACT UK comftxmty rortiLypatP￿ in blcrA dC￿all0￿
drives. S{w￿ting nalicnal health servKes by KYThMOtirg parttcipthg in
Anlmal Welfare Support
¢h*ily antrnal ty (lonaung aFvrO￿m￿￿Y Z,C(JO
kKJrams cl food to ￿￿11a1 sandLHTES aTrJ vAfare organisaticns across
the UK. NFirKJ to ensLre ardm￿8 i) Care recryved *quate ryJtrit*)n.
! ErN1r￿Ments1 resp￿5￿41ty fmed wt ofthe charity's throtNJh canal
cieatFup prq￿ and (rther volunteer4pJJ envircnmental inrtthes ui local
UK CLinmur¥bes. C￿ to eNrryJmerrtal ￿￿eCtiOn aThY c￿nMUnty
ellt*irwJ.
l Across all UK prqecb. ACT Found*on UK cccfdinated over 1(KJ seM¢e
| actNit*s deENergJ aFfffoximatdy 1,7(KJ vdLmteer h￿r$,
demcfistrating a strong ccrnmrtm¥rt tr) sdness servv a￿1 measuraL4e
pL￿1C b￿efft.
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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￿ d*Els 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￿ irKliv*knls 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 ￿lIk*ing 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.
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Section D
Achievements and performance
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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 rest*Miblè 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.
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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 kn*slm•rt sa
18ee tsblo).
A3P
A¢T4UKRAINE
AU4SRILANKA
1936
$W2
TLvkey vdrWu*e
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 &hrè*l*l
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 seclK*1 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
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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