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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLANO AND WALES Trustees, Annual Report for the period From 014)9-2023 Period start date To 31418-2024 Charity name: SAMEERA FOUNDATION Charity registration number: 1154228 Objectives and Activities nod end date SORP ￿fe￿ PaTr 1.17 Summary of the purposes of the charty as set out in its governing document Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular. the activities, projects or serVi￿S identified in the accounts. The prevention or relief of poverty in Pakistan, Commonwealth and developing countries by providing grants, items, and services to individuals in need. EDUCATION - Sameera Foundation h&s been giving educational grants to orphans or disadvantaged school students since 2012. This year. 11)0 students of Neelam Valley were given School nOte￿￿kS. Sch(K)I kits were given to 100 orphans of MFK)go Orphanage, Ugand - School desks and benches were given to GOVL Girts Elementary Sch(M)l. Kuldathi. - The notrbooks and basic stationery items were given to 69 vu]nerable Orphans of Madagascar. - 15 students of Mial were given jerseys and socks during winter. - We atranged Eid ul Fitr lunch for the ory)hans and vulnerable children of ugan￿ madaga￿￿[ and Rohingya Refugee camp. Bangladesh. The Rohtngya school was also provided carpets for the classroom. - A chest freezer was given tr) orphan schwl of BaluchTrstsn. Pakistan for the use of 110 orphans. - 106 needy Ix)ys' and girls, students of Neelam valley were given school no*books. - Sameera Foundation acquired (as a Gift) an area of 3,400 sq. m in the village Shamsabad. Atto¢L Pakistan. We are tying to construct a Technical Institut4 a children leisure part an adult recreation and a welfare health centre. The ￿￿osed ro Technical Inbtituie will offer the mostly needed skills which Can faGilitate the jobs for the students of the sumiunding 87 FKM)r villages of Chach region scattered within an area of 31 kni by 14 km. EMPOWERMENf SKILL FOR FEMALES - Sameera Welfare Institute of Information & Technology is a skill learning centre especially established for the empowerment of orphans, widows, and low-income female5 of poor villages. Currently, there are 60 girls learning Computer Skill. Domestic Sewing and Beautician cour5e5. These female students come from drfferent poor village5 of Chach region. Chach re ion ha5 87 poor villages Para 1.17 arKI 1.19

within an area of 31 km by 14 km. - Rescue 1122 deals with emergencies and road accidents in Pakistan. The staff of Rescue 1122 visited the Institute on 12/1212023 to teach the lifesaving technique that are useful in many emergencies such as a heart attack or near drownin& in which someone's breathing or heartbeat has stopped. - Sameera Foundation orEanised the Certificates Award Ceremony of 5th Group on 6th December 2023. The certificates of Information Techno108y, Dress Making and Beautician skill courses were given to the students who completed the courses successfully. - Sameera Foundation organised the Certtficates Award Ceremony of 6th qualified Group on 19th February 2024. The certificates of Aifvanced Information Technology, Modern Dress making and Beautician skill courses were given to the students who completed the course5 successfully. These courses are free for the needy females of Chach area. Sameera Foundation provides financial support to UVE TO GIVE Charity (Yemen) from last few years. Thi5 group imparts the domestic sewing skill to needy females. Similar￿. we provide monthly support for Beautician courses run by a local Hair Salon. Make up, Demobilization. Take care of hair with indrviduality & protein,. Haircut, Hair dye. and Clean the skin and body skills are provided free to the needy females. HEALTH AND DISABILITY 9 years old. Mr. A., from Kalu Khurd village has been paralysed in the lower portion of his body since the age of 5. He is given a Tricycle to facilitate his job. - O. S. a resident of Karèchi was suffering from mouth cancer. He is disabled from one leg, unemployed and has 5 children below the ages of 18. He was given a financial support of Rsi(K).000 for the treatment of mouth cancer. Mr. K. S. is getting treatment in Mount Elgon H05Pital, Mbale, Uganda for the prostate problems. He was Eiven a grant of UGX 1,500,000 for medical treatment. - Miss K Z. is 35 years old and suffers from a severe kidney disease for the last 4 years. She requires dialysis twice è week. She was given a grant for her treatment. 51wears-old M. H. of Ghori Town. Islamabad needed support for her liver transplant. Doctors have recommended her, the stem cell therapy, and proper medication. She was given a medical 8rant for purchase of medicines 7 Years old Ms. S. has mental and physical disability since birth. She wa5 given a wheelchair. 8 years old Ms. M. B. ha5 disability since her birth. Her legs are paralysed. and she can neither stand nor walk. She is gifted a wheelchair and now she will be able to Bo to school easily. 72 years old Mrs. M. J. has broken her rlght leg as well as fractured the left arm by an accidental fall in her home. She was given a self-propelled wheelchair to facilitate her life.

5ameera Foundation arranged a free medical camp to provide free medical examination and medicines for the village of Shamsabad and surrounding villages on l and 2nd March 2024. Many adults, female5 and children were treated free and were provided free medical tests and medicines. - The Second medical camp wa5 arranged on 4th May 2024. A total of 42 males. 63 female5 and 33 children were treated on thi5 occasion. They were provided free medicines as well as the relevant medical tests. Mr. S. Y. S. A.. 8-yearS￿Id, has fractures in both mandibular condylar heads with callus formation. His both lav￿ were frattured. and he can't open his mouth. He was treated successfully in Alrefai Alnmothe8e Hospital. Yemen and it costed us £1,150. Sameera Foundation has been providing disabilitv appliances to people with physical disabilities since 2014. We provide thi5 facility to the disabled residing within the Chach Region (about 87 poor villages). We gifted 73 self-propelled wheelchairs during the period 2019-2024. The visually impaired communlty of Attock District organised a Rally on 15th October 2023. International White Cane day. We provided lunch for about 200 participants. The people of Eastem region of Uganda generally uses polluted drinking water due to shortage of clean drinking water. Sameerd Foundation constructed 13 deep water wells in Uganda Since March 2023 and provided clean drinking water to the needy communtties. - We constructed vRter hand pumps No. 3- 6 for Rohingya Refugee Camp, Bangladesh. Two water hand pump5 V￿re also constructed in Sindh, Pakistan to facilitate the needy families. - Sameera Foundation started the construrtion of 10 m high welfare water tank with a capacity of 10.(N)O Gallons on 1410212024 and its estimated cost is £IO,CNJO. Various donors contributed for this welfare project for Rangoo Tajak Rural Health Centre. It seNes about 13 poor villages and desperately needs a proper water tsnk. - Completed the Construction of 4 VKdter tanks to take clean drinking water from Shaheed Garh Mountain to villages of Lora Miana, Khyber Pakhtunkhwè, Pakistan. Dheri Baba graveyard (Pakistan) and surrounding houses desperately need clean water. On the request of the local community, we arrang￿1 the deep drilling of a tube well to get the fresh clean Water for local necessities. - We provided a tube well for the con5truttion of a mosque in Pakistan. The village is expanding on the East side and there is no mosque in this area. - Provided potable water for Al-Najd IDPS Camps in Taiz, Yemen. 12,(Y)O L of clean drinking water for 12 mosqu￿ Suqia of Taiz, Yemen. The safe drinkin8 water 1.000 L wa5 given to each of the 12 mosques. 9.OLKJ litres of drinking water for needy and displaced families of Taiz. Yemen.

on our FB site. HOMELESS & RESIDENTS OF SHELTERS Sameera Foundation has been working regularly with ough sleepers, homeless. asylum seekers, refugees, nd residents of shelters since 2016. We sent fresh hot eals or fmit pack5 or gift packs containing items of aify necessrties for deprived segments of Swansea ciety. We distributed a total of 430 fruit packs on 16th Jst 2023 22 Se t 2023 22nd ljov. 2023 and 15-h Jla 2024 to the residents of Swansea shelters and nity in Diversity IUIDI drop in community of Asylum ekers. Food item5 were sent on 27/10123- 100 fresh unch boxes on 25110/23 to the shelters of Swansea. Statement confirming whether the twstees have had regard to the guidan issued by the Charrty Commission on public benefit Para 1.18 TheTRUSTEES tried their best to follow the recommended guidelines issued by the Charity Commission.. Havethe money it needs; Spend its money sensibly. on the attivitie5 it Wa5 raised for- Follow the law, inclu(Jing preparing reports and accounts to send to the Charity Commission,. Doesn't break rule5 in its governing documents (its constitution. trust deed5 or articles). .rom Additional information (optional) You ma choose to include further statements where relevant abouL' SORP referen Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Head of a village sch￿1 (Headmaster or Headmistress) provides a list of orphans and/or financially disadvantaged school students to the Sameera Foundation annually before the start of acadernic session. Consequently, the Foundation pays the school fee, admission or examination fee rf applicable and provide them school notebooks, school bags and stationery. The organisations/communities or people in need of our help reach us directly through emails or WhatsApp messages. Their requests are studied by our Trustees, and the grant or welfare work is carried out after the approval of the Executive Committee. We launch appeals to raise funds to meet any local or international ernergency. People wrth physical disabilities from low-income familie5 of the villages can apply for assistance for disability appliance. artificial limbs, grant for medical treatment or purchase of medicines. The applicants are assessed based on their medical reports. The local hospf(al or dottors can also recommend an applicant for disability appliances. Some donors 8rant monthly stipend for orphans which are administered by the Foundation. Some donors Erant monthly financial support for Policy on social investment induding program related investment Para 1.38

deser¥ing y￿d0v￿ administered by the Foundation. The visually impaired are given whtte canes on International White Cane Day through the District Voluntary Welfare Group of Visually Impaired. The development of welfare skill centre for females of 87 poor villag&s 15 a programme related investment. Ambulance service for the village communities is also a programme related investment. W¢ started the C4)nstn￿tIoTr of a Welfore Complex nsisting of a T¢Cl]n1￿ Institute, a welfaTe public park for children and adults as well &s Welfare Health Centre. Volunteers are important element as they help the Foundation in organising charitable welfare activities in different villages of Chach and different parts of Pakistan as well as in developing countries. They collect and supply us with vital information about low income deserving people and comrnunities in need of grants or disability appliances or food packets. We utilised a Similar strategy in Bangladesh, Brazil, Cameroon, Gaza, Jordan. Kenya, Libya. Madagascar. Morocco, Nepal. Pakistan. Syria, Uganda, Yemen and Swansea (UK). We are working with local volunteers to provide us Wlth vital information about deserving people or communities in need of aid. We are a small charity and cannot open an office or employ staff to do our charitable tasks in the stated countries. We use either the local charities or the local volunteer5 to V￿rk abroad Par3 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other Achievements and Performance SORP ￿f￿en

l-Development and construction of a free skill centre situated wtthin a cluster of 87 PCK)r villages of the Chach region (Pakistan). Since January 2021 it is providing free skill courses of Inforniation Technolo8y. Domestic sewing skill and Beauticia skill for 60 females in each acadernic session of 6 months. This emwiwernient skill of femaIes is giving good results as many femaI4 found the employment or worktng from home to earn some livelihood. The deserving females are given monthly travelling aIlowance to come to the skill centre frorn other villages. Sameerd Foundation is also giving financial SUPEK)rt since March 2021 to *Live to Give a San Yemen based charity for itnparting domestic sewing skill to 10 females in the morning session. 11]e financial grant Is also given to a Bedutician SaIon in Taiz for itnparting skill to io females to increase their chances of livelihood. We constrncted a Welfar¢ Health Clinic and Community Centre in the village Shamsabad. It is providing free medical emergency service to the local community and the suThounding villages. We are pmviding welfare emergency Ambulance service to the locaI community since March 2023. 4_ Th¢ people of Eastern region of Uganda generally uses polluted drinking water due to shortage of clean drinking water. Sameera Foundation provided 14 deep water wells for the w)or villages. 5 _we work regularly for the benefit and welfare of our locaI (Swansea) homeles4 Tough sleepers, asylum seekers & refjJge¢s by providing fresh hot meals or fresh fruit packs from time to time. During the month of Ramadhan we distributed food packs for 5LK) needy familles in Pakistan and Yemen. Summary of the main achievements of the charity. identifying the differen￿ the charrty's work has made to the circUmstan￿S of rts beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as whole. Para 120 Additional inforniation (optional) You ma choose to indude fvrther statements where relevant about: Achievements against objectives set Para 1.41 Sameera Foundation is happy for its achievements against the objectives set by us. We are getting more donors and expanding our philanthropic work to many developing countries We invariably managed to obtain funds for all objettrves set by us. The best example is the construction of a free skill empowerment skill centre known as Sameera Welfare Institute of Information & Technology. We also managed to construct a Welfare Health Clinic for poor families of villages. We are constructing a welfare skill centre for boys of Chach region as well as a public park and a children recreation park for the public. Perfomiance of fundraising activities against objectives set P8ra 1.41

Our investment in long term projects in the sector of health (ambulan￿) and ernpowennent skills for needy females are giving good and encouraging results. We are hoping to construct a Technical Institute which will provide technical skills to increase the chances of employment for 87 poor villa es of Chach. Investment perfonnance against obiects'ves Para 1.41 other Financial Review Review of the charitls financial position at the end of the period Para 1.21 The foundation was in a healthy financial position at the end of the period with £63,286 held in the main business account, sort code 20- 76-89, A/C No. 40338427 being used for charity related activity. This is in addition to the reserve account detailed below. We have a reserve account of £50,511 with Barclays Bank, Sort Code". 20 76 92 AIC No. 53094219. This reserve will be used for the construction of Sameera Welfare Institute of Information Technolo￿ for boys. It will be a unique skill centre for imparting Information Technology, DigTtal Technologyi Solar power systems, Web designing and technical courses which will improve the chances of employment of poor boys of 87 surrounding poor villages. £50 511 NIA statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held Para 1.22 Amount of reserves hekl Reasons for holding zero reserves Details of fund materially in deficit Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going cOn￿M Para 1.22 Para 122 Parn124 NIA Para 1.23 NIA Additional infomiation (optional) You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about". From our Trustees, colleagues. friends and relatives From donors of different countries who have ancestral links with Pakistan notsbfy the area of our charity work From local mosques and religious institutions From people of Chath who migrated and settled in USA UK, Europe and other parts ofthe World. From our First Trustee5 who donated the piece of land used for the construction of our Free Empowerment Skill centre and Welfare Health Clinic & Community Centre Appeals to our friends. colleagues, and general public through emails or WhatsApp groups The charity's principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) Para 1.47

Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted Our investment policy concentrates on the construrtion and running of Technical Skill Centres for empowerment of low-income familie5 to increase their chances of employment and livelihood. Development of a Welfare Health Clinit and Communty Centre and Ambulance service for emergencies Para 1.46 A description of the principal risks facing the charity Para 1.48 Other The only risk Involved is if the unstable Govt. of Pakistsn decides to take full control of the Skill Centre, Welfare Health Clinlc and ambulance servlce wlth some political excuse. Structure, Governance and Management Description of charity's trusts: Type of goveming document How is the charty constituted? Para 1.25 TRUST DEED Para 1.25 TRUST DEED Ir,-Itea Trustee selection meth(xls including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees Para 1.25 Trustees are appointed by the Trustees and Executive Committee Additional infomiation (optional) You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about.. The trustees are regularly informed through meetings and emails the progress of each proje(#. Our Executive Committee consists of 9 Trustees and 7 members. There is no specific training programme for Trustee5. Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees Para 1.51 The charity's organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works The charivs organisational strutture is shown in Organogram of our website www.sameerafoundation.org We work in different areas of Pakistan through voluntary groups well known for their interest or contribution for the welfare of their local communty. We workjointly with many local charities of Bangladesh, Brazil, Congo DRC, Egypt. Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Madagascar, P8ra 1.51 io

Syria, Uganda and Yernen to relieve poverty by giving grants to orphans and needy people. Slowly, slowly Sameera Foundation is increasing irs charitable works in many developing countries. Similarly, we established workAng relations with voluntary groups an(Vor local charities worknng in Banglades14 Congo CDIL EgypL Indi Kell￿ Lebanofy Liby￿ Uganda and Yemen. We als() ￿ablished working relation with Global Relief TTh￿ and WATAN. Both are UK istered charities. Relationship with any related parties Para 1.51 other Reference and Administrative details SAMEERA FOUNDATION SAFSOS - Sameera Foundation for Social Services 1154228 20-a Bernard Street. Uplands. Sketty. SWANSEA SA2 OHU Chari name other name the char uses Re istered char number Charity's principal address Names of the charity tnAStees who manage the charity Dates acted rf not forwhoie Office Irf any) ear Chairman Name of p8pJon (or body) entitled oint trustee ifan Trustee name iirman Dr S Athet Dr. Shahzad Ather Mr Zaeem Rana Dr R A Malik Sh M A Elbeltagi Dr Mahaboob Basha Dr Farooq Shah Dr Radwan Abdulla Dr Shaheen Uqaily Mr Wasim Malik TRUSTE TRUSTEES TRUSTEES FIRST TRUSTEE FIRST TRUSTEE FIRST TRUSTEE Treasurer Admin Secretary MEMBER fvIEMBER TRUSTEES TRUSTEES TRUSTEES TRUSTEES MEMBER MEMBER Vice-chair MEMBER 10 11 orate trustees- names of the directors at the date the re Director name ortwasa roved li

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity Trustee name Dates acted rf not forwhole ear Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others Description of the assets held in this (xpacty NIA Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charitys objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the chaity's own assets NIA NIA Additional infomiation (optional) Names and addresses of advisers (Optional inforniation) Type of Name adviser Address Member of Executive Committee Member of Executive Committee Member of Executive Committee Member of Executive Committ Member of Executive Committee Member of Executive Committee MR PERVAIZ KHAN 4124 Deepwater Lane, TAMPA, FL33615. USA MR AZHAR MAHMOOD 77 Parson Drive. Wet Hartford, cr 06117, USA ENGR. SAEED AHMAD MALIK Bubo Ji Havelli, Mohalla Molian, Village Shamsabad, Tehsil Hazro, Distt. Attocl Pakistan DR RAMZI EL AIWAH Alsadaka Hospital. ADEN, Yemen Col. {Rtdl FRRUKH HAYE H-62, St- 73. F-Il/i, Islamabad, Pakistan ENGR. JAMIL MALIK 1426 Fateh Jang Road, Attock Cantt., Pakistsn Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional infomiation) Dr Shahzad Ather, Dr R A Malik, Dr Shaheen Uqaily. Mr Zaeem Rana Exemptions from disclosure Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 12

NIA Other o tional infomiation Declarations The trustses declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. tees Signed on behalf of the charity's Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Dr Rasheed Ahmad Malik Admin Secretary Dr Shahzad Ather ChaiM￿n Date 13_0É_ 13

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Receipts and Payments Accounts Charity name SAMEERA FOUNDATION Charity number (if any) For the period from (start date) to (end date) Section A Receipts and paymenls Unrestricted funds to the nearest Restricted funds to the nearest Endowment fund5 lo the nearest Total funds Last yeai lo the nearest to the nearest A1 Receipts DONATIONS 143,576 143,576 125,900 Sub totol 143.576 143.576 125,900 A2 Assel and investment sales. etc Total receipts 143,576 143,576 125,900 A3 Paymenls EXPENSES 123,940 123.940 115.937 Sub tolal 123,940 123.940 115.937 A4 Assel and investment pufchases, etc Tolalpoyments Net of receipts/(poyments) A5 Translers between lunds 123.940 123,940 115,937 9,963 19.636 19,636 A6 Cash funds last year end Cosh funds this yeor end 94,161 94.161 84,198 94,161 113.797 113.797 CC16a March 2012: new loimatjanuary 2017

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted funds lo the neaiest Restricted funds to the nearest Endowment funds lo the neaiesl Details 81 Cash funds BANK 113,797 oto COS un {ogree bolonces with receipts ondpoyments occount(s)) 113,797 UnTestricted funds to the nearest Restricted funds to ihe nearest Endowment funds lo the nearest Details B2 Olher monetary a55ets Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) Current value (Oplional) Details B3 Investment assets Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) Current value (optional) Details B4 A55ets retained for the (hariiys own use Fund to which liability relate5 Amount due (optional) When due (optional) Details B5 Liabilities Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees Signature Print name Date of approval DR. RASHEED AHMAD MALIK 23.06.2025 CC16a March 2012: new lormatjanuary 2017

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of SAMEERA FOUNDATION On accounts for the year ended 31.08.2024 Charlty no (if any) 1154228 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity {￿he Trusf) for the year ended 3110812024. Responsibilties and basis of report As the charitys trUst￿S. you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordan￿ with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (°the Acr) I report in respect of my examination of the Trusfs accounts carried OLrt under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{5)(b) of the Act. Independent ￿he charity's gross income exceeded £250.000 and l am qualified to examinerfs statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of ACCA. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in. any material respect: the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records,. or the accounts dld not comply with the applicable requirements con￿mIng the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fairf view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concems 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. . Please delete the words in the bTrckets rf they do not apply. Signed: Date: 23-06-2025 Name: FARHAN AMIN Relevant professSonal qualificatlon(s) or body ACCA IER

(if any): Address: 32 ST ANDREWS ROAD GLASGOW G41 1PF Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charty accounts.. directions and guidan￿ for examiners). Give here brief details of any Items that the examinerwlshes to disclose. IER Oct 2018