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Actual expenditure GBP
Ruble-GBP exchange rate
2021 2021 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
Line item Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Total Budget
Project Allowance MOSCOW 553.24 360.50 337.78 156.00 467.77 1875.29
Moscow Shelter 5356.83 5356.83
Project Allowance ROSTOV
Donation to RBO
Donation to Safe House
Victim assistance regular
DONATION TO PATHFINDERS
Victim assistance discretionary 70.00 145.00 28.50 243.50
Prevention
CEO Salary
Insurance
Russia travel/visas
Accomodation
Transaction fees 19.55 30.28 11.60 6.16 15.49 83.08
Registered address
Website and email accounts
UK travel 255.27 255.27
Publicity materials
Office/admin 193.04 192.50 385.54
HR/Finance
Events UK
Events/meetings Russia
Conferences/trips
Intern Exp 180.00 130.00 130.00 440.00
Just Giving 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 126.00
TOTAL 8765.51
Cumulative total
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Actual income
2021 2021 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
Line item Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Total BUDGET
Donor 30.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 180.00
Donor 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 600.00
Donor
Donor 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 60.00
Donor
Donor 20.00 150.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 250.00
Donor 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 90.00
Donor 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 300.00
Donor 50.00 100.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 350.00
Donor 40.00 40.00 40.00 40.00 160.00
Donor
Donor 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 180.00
Donor
Donor 100.00 100.00
Donor 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 2200.00
Donor 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 550.00
Donor
Donor
Donor 200.00 1.00 201.00
One-off gifts
Fundraisers
Gift aid reclaim
HMRC PAYE RECLAIM
Just Giving 136.94 417.07 199.41 262.77 549.11 267.25 1832.55
Grants 5000.00 5000.00
mydonate recon
Amazon Smile 18.49 12.43 35.28 13.78 79.98
PAYPAL
Virgin Money Giving 87.62 13.75 101.37
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Mayak Foundation
Charitable Incorporated Organisation
Trustees’ Annual Report
for the year ending 31 October 2022
Registered charity number 1154294
The Board of Trustees presents its report for the year ended 31 October 2022
Reference and Administrative Information
Charity name: Mayak Foundation Charity Registration Number: 1154294 Registered Office Address: International House 36-38 Cornhill London EC3V 3NG
Date of Constitution (last amended): 17.10.2013
Trustee appointments
In accordance with the Constitution, every new trustee must be appointed by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. In selecting individuals for appointment as charity trustees, the charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO.
Board of Trustees
In accordance with Charity Commission dispensation, the names of Charity Trustees shall not be disclosed. No new trustees were appointed during the reporting period.
Financial Statement
According to the CIO’s Financial Reserves Policy, sufficient funds are protected to cover three months of salaries and running costs.
No funds were materially in deficit at the end of the financial year.
Our Aims and Objectives
Purposes and Aims
Our charity’s purposes as set out in the objects contained in the constitution are:
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The relief of those in need who have been or are in danger of becoming the victims of human trafficking and exploitation in the United Kingdom, Ukraine and Russia by such means as the Trustees may determine.
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For the public benefit the advancement of education to raise awareness of the problem of human trafficking and exploitation.
The aims of our charity are to reduce the number of people affected by human trafficking and exploitation in Russia, and to increase the level of awareness among the broader public in Russia and UK of the problems of human trafficking and exploitation. Our aims fully reflect the purposes that the charity was set up to further.
Ensuring our work meets our aims and the public benefit
Each year we review our aims and objectives, and assess our activities in light of those aims and objectives. We review the effectiveness of our activities in meeting the needs of our beneficiaries, and in so doing we refer to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. An assessment of public benefit is key both to our evaluation of past work and to our planning for future activities.
Objectives and strategies
Our main objectives for the year were the prevention of human trafficking and exploitation and the provision of support, assistance and restorative care to those affected by human trafficking and exploitation and to women in the sex industry. Since 2016 we have sought to advance these objectives in Ukraine as well as Russia, since many of our beneficiaries in Russia are Ukrainian. The strategies we used to meet these objectives were as follows:
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raising awareness of HIV/AIDS and sexually-transmitted infections and offering free condoms, tests and medical advice/counseling to women in the sex industry and victims of trafficking;
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supporting survivors of human trafficking and exploitation who wished to escape, especially from situations of sex trafficking; and providing assistance to any women seeking a way out of the sex trade;
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working with partners to ensure that those who escaped were supported wherever possible with a comprehensive programme of rehabilitation and transition to help them build a new life;
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training and empowering young people at highest risk of trafficking, so that they can develop the skills and confidence to build successful independent adult lives free from the risks of exploitation and slavery; and
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educating the wider public in Russia, Ukraine and the UK about the risks of trafficking and exploitation.
Achievements and performance
Our achievements are detailed below, categorised by the object they relate to:
1. The relief of those in need who have been or are in danger of becoming the victims of human trafficking and exploitation in the United Kingdom and Russia by such means as the Trustees may determine.
Survivor assistance
Between November 2021 and October 2023 we provided assistance to 5 women and 2 children in their escape from situations of trafficking and exploitation. Of these, 2 women and one child were Nigerian and 3 women and one child were Russian. All were exploited in the sex industry. We repatriated 2 of these women and 2 children, connecting them with partners that work in their home country and offer follow-up care, vocational training and reintegration support.
We also assisted one Russian survivor of trafficking and exploitation as she and her child transitted through Europe fleeing the war in Ukraine. We offered practical assistance and referrals for psychological supportand training as they eventually returned home to Russia (following long delays in the UK visa system). We continued to provide a variety of support to
survivors that we had helped previously, both in Moscow and Rostov on Don and liaised with partners in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine. These survivors were Russian and Ukrainian.
Since Mayak’s establishment we have helped over 120 women and three men to escape from situations of trafficking and exploitation. We have provided repatriation support to over 100 women (including some who were referred to us after their escape) and to all three men.
Outreach
Each year we work with hundreds of women still in the sex industry – independently or under traffickers - providing practical and medical assistance and sexual health education.
On outreach trips throughout the year, we made visits to individual street ‘spots’ – locations where women are offered for prostitution. Our frequency of visits was reduced in this year due to Covid Lockdown restrictions and the start of the war in Ukraine. Our partners continue with outreach work in Moscow but our contact with them has been reduced due to security concerns and we have been unable to directly fund the work within Russia in the light of sanctions. .
A team of volunteers left Russia during this year and carried out anti trafficking support and education work in Georgia, Israel and Turkey using the opportunity to work with international contacts whilst supporting Russian and Ukrainian women trafficked to these countries.
We distributed condoms and other health and welfare items to women we met, ranging from sandwiches, hygiene products and handwarmers to flowers on chocolates on special occasions. Through clinic visits and hospital visits, we provided medical assistance and follow-up support to several women. We provided aid to women and children being safe housed by our partners whilst awaiting transit to their home countries (during the extended period of closed borders due to the pandemic and then the war).
Prevention
We have been providing prevention workshops to at risk young people in Donbass, Ukraine since 2016. However, since 2017, tightening political control and increasing instability have prevented us from providing these workshops in schools. Our team in Donbass moved to Southern Russia in 2020. However, they maintain links with volunteers and partners in Donbass and their work assisting survivors and prevention continues through this network.
We have worked with local partners to provide workshops and seminars in Moscow, South Western Russia and the adjacent Caucasus countries.
Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the trustees.
Signature: Signed on behalf of the trustees (signature withheld on public copy in accordance with Charity Commission dispensation) Full name: RH Position: Chair of Trustees Date: August 2023