HAYAAT WOMEN TRUST
TRUSTEES REPORT AND FINANCIAL
sTATEME￿s
FOR THEYFAP FNDED
31ST MARCH 2026
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number 1165727
M ANVARI & CO.
Chartered Certified Accountants

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INDEX
Officers and other information
Trustees Reporet
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Independent Examinerfs Report
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Balance Sheet
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Income and Expenditure statement
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Notes to Financial Statements
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HAYAAT WOMEN TRUST
OFFICERS AND OTHER INFORMATION
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025
TRUSTEES
Suad Ismail (Resigned 161612025)
Abdi Samed Mohamed (Resigned 161612025)
Kaltun Abdulwahab Mohamed (Resigned 161612025)
Zanib Mohamed (Appointed 161612025)
Khalid Ahmed (Appointed 161612025)
Omer Sam8ter (Appointed 281812025)
REGISTERED OFFICE
BLrtetown Community Centre
Loudoun Square
Cardiff
CF10 5JA
ACCOUNTANTS
M Anv8ri & Co.
Chartered Certified Accountants
152a Whitchurch Road
Cardiff
CF14 3NA

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Hayaat Women Trustees CIO Annual Report
Financial Year April 2024- March 2025
Hayaat Women Trust (H￿) came into existence as a group of women and men working as
volunteers with the language skills and cultural knowledge needed to fill the gap in
signposting and advocating for welfare and social support provisions. Through this work our
group became expert leaders in providing the social and welfare support that the African
community needed, particularly Somali, Sudanese, Arab, and other African refugee-
background families. We promote social inclusion for members residing across the city and
advocating for those who are socially excluded on the ground of their status, ethnic origin, or
gender.
Over time driven by our aims and objectives we have developed into an organisation with a
clear mission and vision, and coherent set of operational practises to ensure that our charity
is well run and can offer professional service provisions. As a charity we adhere to the highest
ethical standards and have adopted policies and procedures that demonstrate transparency
and accountability in all aspects of our work.
As a grassroots roots organisation supporting and empowering communities in Wales, we
have first-hand knowledge of the local issues, cultures, and circumstances in which these
communities live. We are led by these communities in addressing need and have developed a
clear understanding of the local and regional projects and service provisions landscape. We
act as a feedback organisation to 3rd sector and statutory service providers aiding them to
better understand how their services or provisions can be made more accessible and
effectual, As an organisation we see our role as innovators and co-ordinators of efforts to
design and implement provisions that create positive and lasting change in our communities.
As the organisation has grown, we have developed many services that have enabled HWT to
fill in the gaps that have existed in service provisions.
Himilo Advocacy and Advice project, BME women's writing project, Covid -19 Response
Project, Catch Up Education project, Teo and Talk project, Basic Literacy project, Hygiene and
Sanitation Project, Maternal Health Education Project, BME learning disability and Autism
Project, Golden Years Yoga project, Health shared Learning project, Befriending Elders project,
BME Swimming Project, Empowering young women programme, Mentoring project, Inspire -
Aspire.. Student Career Pathway project, Young Queens, Advocacy Without Barriers, Happy
Path - Sisterhoods Mind Project, Hayaan Advocacy Project, Health and Wellbeing Awareness
Project, Young Peoples Emotional and Mental Health Navigators Project, Thrive
Online
learning.
As a charity we have been fulfilling our remit of making the voices of our communities heard
through campaigning work to influence policy and provision, information services of
advocacy and advice, and as a service provider.

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Partnerships are at the heart of the way we work, we use our knowledge, skills and capacity,
organisational and personal connections, diversity, access to policy arenas, research
evidence, action, and influence in partnership with others.
Working together, supporting each other, and developing long-term relationships allows us
to achieve far more than we could achieve alone,
Aim & Objectives
To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by working with African women residing in
Wales who are socially excluded on the ground of their ethnic origin or gender, to relieve
their needs and to assist them to integrate into society, in particular by:
l. Providing health and well-being information, advice, education, and training to support
and enable them to increase access to quality health and clinical services
2. Providing workshops, forum, advocacy, and general support to raise their awareness, of
the existing health providers, services, empower and promote their health rights.
3. Raising public awareness of the health issues affecting them by planning and delivering
educational programme, training sessions, workshops, and seminars for health services
workers
4. Co-ordinating opportunities for them to engage with health and education services
providers Ivoluntary and statutory}, to enable those providers to adapt services to better
meet their needs.
5. To develop a link and partnership working with partner organisations in the Horn of Africa
in relation to improve the lives of African women and to provide trainings sessions and
support to the health workers in Africa to improve the health and well-being of women in
Africa.
6. Promote and carry out or assist in promoting and carrying out research and surveys and
publish results thereof.
Activities
Delivering Advocacy drop-in sessions for our local community offering casework
support, information and advice on accessing health, education, housing, welfare
benefits and other public services,
Cultural Awareness training sessions for public and third sector organisations
Hwf supports individuals with autism, neurodivergence, neurodegenerative
conditions, and mental or emotional health needs through advocacy, education, and
peer support. We provide one-to-one advocacy for parents and family members, run
peer support workshops, and deliver targeted educational sessions to raise awareness
of these conditions and related needs.

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Providing a safe space for confidence building and mutual peer support for our
service users
Providing equality and diversity awareness raising workshops, gender balanced focus
group discussions for disability/mental health sensitisation, culturally appropriate
social events facilitated by health professionals, information sharing talks and
activities.
Provisions of peer support workshops and one to one advocacy support for parents
and family members of people with autism or neuro divergence.
Catch Up education sessions for BAME school children and support for BAME families
addressing educational needs of their children. Our work also includes ESOL classes
and targeted educational workshops.
Cultural Drama & Arts sessions for BAME girls to boost their confidence and increase
their self-esteem.
Regular consultations and community meetings with 3 Sector organisations, Local
Authorities, Welsh Government addressing iriequality of BAME communities in access
basic services such as Health, Housing, Social Care and Wellbeing provisions.
As a founding member of Alliance of Somali Led Organisations IASLO), HWT ensures
through representation and engagement that Somali and wider African diaspora
voices are able to influence local decision-making and Welsh Government strategy,
including poverty reduction.
HWT preserves heritage by celebrating and sharing the traditions, languages, and
histories of African and diaspora communities through cultural events, storytelling,
and educational workshops. By encouraging intergenerational learning, supporting
traditional arts, and linking cultural identity to wellbeing, HWT ensures that heritage is
actively maintained, passed on, and embedded in everyday community life.
rd
We have continued to engage users, community members, volunteers, stakeholders,
trustees, Staff, partner organizations, and community ambassadors in the development, co-
production, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the trust and services and
provisions we provide.
As a part of our sustainability strategy we have increased significantly dialogue and
engagement with the users, community members, other community-based projects and
network partners to improve our understanding of the current community needs landscape.
Additionally, we have been able to fully evaluate the benefit and impact the Hayaan project
has had in the community and on people's lives.
Findings from our extended feedback activities will be integrated into the development plans
for Hayaat Women Trust's new 5-year strategic plan, which is currently being formulated.
As an organisation we have been very fortunate to have been able to benefit from a
consistent increasing demand from community members to get involved with the project.
This h3s resulted in a year-on-year increase in the number of people wanting to become
volunteers for the organisation.

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Our existing and new activities and provisions coupled with an approach of consistent
innovation and improvement has resulted in increased awareness of our organisation, which
in turn has led to greater uptake and involvement of community members in the Trust's work
as a whole,
This year, we gained 152 new casework clients and continued with 159 existing casework
clients. We also held 91 community activities and workshops.
Our highest performing activities this year have been around our health and wellbeing
activities and workshop sessions which have proven to be extremely successful and resulted
in excessive demand for these provisions. This area of work has been documented as an area
of work that needs to be expanded in our future plans for activities and provisions.
The work we undertake with Senior citizens is another area of work that has been identified
as needing expansion in terms of activits'es and provisions. The older age group community
members attending our services have been steadily increasing and requests have been made
to Hayaat Women Trust for more work to be done in this area to meet growing needs.
As a part of our continued engagement with all sections of the community we have again
held half term and summer activities which have had 171 attendees.
This year our activities and workshops have attracted 1,670 attendees. Additionally, our
special community events and celebrations have been attended by 335 participants.
The advice, advocacy and casework have again increased in a year-on-year fashion, and as
such we have had to implement new triaging and casework management and allocation
processes. This change has been adopted in order to cater to the increased numbers of
people approaching Hayaan for support and to aid in the creation of work areas of specialism
within our casework staff base.
What we have learned
With the passing of our great leader Fowzia we have come to fully understand the need to
fully implement succession planning for all aspects of the management of the organisation
and work of the Hayaan project.
As the Hayaan project has come to an end in its third year, we have come to understand that
we have only scratched the surface in terms of meeting the many needs of the community.
We are grateful to have implemented a strategy resulting in services and provisions that have
positively impacted a lot of people, and it is the lessons that we have learned through this
development process that we will take forward in establishing other projects, provisions and
services that produce effectual change in the lives of community members. We will continue
to work in partnership with other community-based groups, projects and organisations as we
seek to continue to advocate on behalf of the community and their unmet needs.

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As an organisation that has been dependent on a single large funder for a stream of work, we
have come to see the benefi'ts of diversifying our funding base. We intend to take the lessons
that we have learned through this process and apply it to long term funding strategy and
diversify the funding required for the trusts services by seeking funding from several different
sources.
Challenges
Impact on our organisation
Hayaat Women Trust continues to experience sustained growth in demand for our
services, driven by the ongoing cost-of-living crisis and deepening inequalities across the
communities we serve. Operating from our base in Butetown Community Centre and a
newly acquired second office, we are now better positioned to meet this rising need.
However, we remain close to full capacity, requiring careful caseload management to
maintain service quality within existing budget and staffing constraints.
The funding environment remains challenging, particularly around securing unrestricted
5UPPOrt for core operations. In response, we've submitted multiple bids targeting
coordination and administrative costs and have embedded full cost recovery into all new
project applications to ensure long-term sustainability.
Staffing transitions this year have been managed smoothly, with all vacant roles
successfully filled and new posts created through additional service provision funding.
Our expanded team has strengthened delivery across key areas.
Despite the added office space, physical infrastructure remains a pressure point due to
increased footfall and service activity. We continue to assess space needs to ensure our
operational environment supports both staff and service users effectivelv.
Concluded Projects
Hayaan Project (Additional Leorning, Autism, Disability, Advice & Advoc¢7Cy)
The Hayaan Project was a multi-strand initiative by Hayaat Women Trust that supported
African and BAME communities through culturally competent advocacy, health and wellbeing
services, digital inclusion, and specialist advice. Delivered by three full-time Project Officers, it
included autism and disability support, community health activities, digital skills training, and
multilingual advice on welfare, housin8, and employment. Operating across two offices and
beyond standard hours, the project was co-designed with community members and driven
by outreach, peer support, and inclusive engagement to tackle systemic barriers and
promote lon8-term resilience.
Welsh Government- Child Povety Strategy Grant

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The Empowering Somali Families project, Sed by Hayaat Women's Trust on behalf of the
Alliance of Somali led organisations, helped the community and tackle child poverty through
services being brought together and targeted at people needing them. Three satellite hubs
were established and operated in Butetown, Grangetown, and Riverside. These hubs
provided services designed to alleviate child poverty and provide essential services for Somali
families in Cardiff.
Diverse Excellence (Culture Grant)-Young Queens
Young Queens was a heritage project for young Somali Welsh women aged between 11 and
14 which explored their rich history of performance {Riwayaad) and Ciyaar Somali (Somali
folk dance) and encouraged them write and perform their own work as a means of building
confidence, boosting wellbeing and developing creative potential in relation to their Somali
Welsh heritage. The project main emphasis was the exploration of heritage and archiving
work that was generated from the project. The project included a community photoshoot in
Welsh landscapes with famous landmark5 called Rooted in our Dhaqan which culminated in
an exhibition hosted at the Senedd.
New Projects
The Waterloo Foundation
The Waterloo Foundation has provided Hayaat Women Trust with two years of grant for
unrestricted funding to cover core costs for management/support staff.
Uoyds Bank Foundation
The Lloyds Bank Foundation unrestricted grant has provided HWT with three years of funding
that is to be used towards the core costs of organisation and was awarded under the
Foundation's Racial Equity funding stream
Postcode Cornrnunity Trust
Postcode Community Trust unrestricted grant has provided HWT with one year of funding
that will be used towards the core costs of organisation.
Citizens UK-Youth Endowment Fund
As part of Citizens Wales successful grant application through the Youth Endowment Fund we
have been able implement local solutions for Grangetown and Butetown which include the
creation of 2 part-time Emotional and Mental Health Navigator posts hosted by Hayaat
Women Trust to provide individualised, emotional, and practical one to one support to young
people, aged 16-25 who are currently experiencing difficulty with their mental health and or
wellbeing.
BAWSO- Comic Relief funding- Development support

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This one-year restricted grant funding was received for organisational development support,
including the creation of a part-time Development co-ordinator post coupled with resources
and funding to be used for professional development and training of volunteers, trustees and
staff.
Continuing Projects
People's Health Trust- Happy Path - Sisterhoods Mind Project
Our project will provide professional and peer support to our community of interest to
establish social links, sharing worries, anxieties, mutual reassurance, expressing themselves in
ways meaningful to them. Confidence boosting and uplifting physical and mental health
activities and outin85. Challenging culture-related mental health stigma. Hosting weekly
group conferences with bi-lingual professionals and peers. Crisis intervention, build self-
esteem, develop emotional intelligence, and build peer support.
Funding and Financial Report
Summary of funds received this financial Years April 2024- March 2025
Total Income
Funders & Pro
ect Name
Community Fund Lottery- Hayaan Project
Welsh Government (Child Poverty Strategy
Grantl- Himilo Project
The Waterloo Foundation
Lloyds Bank Foundation
Postcode Community Trust
People's Health Trust- Sisterhoods Mind
Project
Citizens UK- Youth Endowment Fund
TY Cerdd
C35C
Diverse Excellence (Culture Grantl- Young
Queens Project
Other
Amount
121,200.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
25,000.00
25,000.00
10,000.00
10,833.33
845.00
1,250.00
5,000.00
535.52
TOTAL
254.663.85

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Trustees Res
onsibilities
The Charity trustees comply with Charities Act 2011 requirements in providing strategic
oversight in ensuring up-to-date accounting records, preparation and security of the
statement of Accounts, preparation and timely submission of annual reports and returns.
They have ensured that the Statement of Account, reports and returns are submitted to the
Charity commission, within ten months of Financial year end, irrespective of the income
of the CIO. The Charity Trustees also comply with their obligation to inform the Commission
within 28 days of any change in particulars of the CIO entered on the Central Register of
Charities.
CIO CHARITY PROVISIONS
The Report is prepared in accordance with provisions of the general
Regulations of CIO Clause 21.
By Order of the Trustees:
Hayaat Women Trustees..
Name of Trustee . Vi.k j.e(L i )1 NloHrtiMED .Ps6 )! A4iML
Signature
Date:

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT ON THE ACCOUNTS
TO THE TRUSTEES OF HAYAAT WOMEN TRUST
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025
Respective responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner
The Charitys Trustees are responsible for preparation of accounts.
The Charity Trustees consider that an audit is not reqUI￿d for this year.
under Section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and that an Independenl
Examination is needed. It is our responsibilty to..
Examination is needed. It is our responsibility to:
examine the accounts under Section 145 of the Charities Act
lo allow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the
Charity Commission (Under Section 145(5)(b} of the Charities Act), and
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent examlner statsment
Our examination was Ca￿led out in accordance with general Directions
glven by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of
the accountino records kept by the charity and a comparison of the
accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of
any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations
from the trustees conceming any such matters. The procedures undertaken
do not provide all the evidence that would be required on an audit and
consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a
true and fair view and the report is limlted to those matters set out in
the Statement below.
Independent examlners ststement
In connectlon with my examination, no matter has come to our attentS0n:
(1) which gives us reasonable cause to believe that in any material, the
requirements..
to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 130 of the
Charities Act
To prepare accounts which accord with the accounting requirements
of the Charities Act have not been met or
(2) to which, in our opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable
a proper understsnding of the accounts to be reached.

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M ANVARI & CO.
Chartered Certlfied Accountsnts
152a Whitchurch Road
Cardiff
CF14 3NA

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HAYAAT WOMEN TRUST
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31ST MARCH 2025
Notes
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible Fixed assets
2198
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash at bank
Cash in hand
Debtors and prepayments
138926
51
1100
140077
LESS: CURRENT LIABILITIES
Sundry Creditor
-3596
NET CURRENT ASSETS
136481
TOTAL NET ASSETS
138679
FUNDS
Unrestricted
Restricted
68883
69796
138679
The trstees acknowledge thelr responsibilities for preparing accounts
whlch give a true and falr view of the state of affairs affairs of the charity as at
the end of financial year, and of its Receipts and Payments for the
financial year.
These financial statements were approved by the trustees on..
signed on their behalf by..
. And are
.Trustee
The notes on pages 13 to 14 forni part of these financial statements.

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HAYAAT WOMEN TRLIST
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025
Note
RECEIPTS
Grants received
Donations
Bank Deposit interest
254664
6335
261005
LESS: EXPENDITURE
Salaries and Pension
Stationery
Refreshments
Start up and Recruitment Training
Monitoring and evaluation
offi￿ rent and ratss
Insuran
utilities
Marketing
Cleaning
Sessional Facilitators and Speakers
Travel and subsistence
Legal and professional
Accountancy
Depreciation
126620
2869
3031
7877
3000
10400
479
4979
631
1574
6894
5884
35148
1750
550
-211686
Excess of Expendlture over Income
49319
Funds Brought forward
89359
Funds Carried Forward
136678

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HAYAAT WOMEN TRUST
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025
1) FIXED ASSETS
Offlce
Equipment
Tanglbla Flxed Assets:
COST:
Balance at 11412024 and at
3110312025
8966
LESS: Depreciation
Balance at 11412024
Charge for the year
Balance at 311312025
6218
550
6768
NET BOOK VALUE
As at 31 March 2025
2748
2) GRANTS RECEIVED:
Community Fund Lottery
Diverse Excellence
People Health Trust
Ty Cerdd
The Waterloo Foundation
Postcode Community Trust
Lloyds Bank Foundation
Welsh Government
C3SC
Citizens UK
Others
121200
5000
10000
845
30000
25000
25000
25000
1250
10833
536
254664
3) DONATIONS RECEIVED:
Trustees and other donations
6341

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HAYAAT WOAfEN TRUST
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025
UNRESTRICTED FUNDS
BIF Recelved
Sp8nt
CIF
Balance
Postcode Community Trust
Lloyds Bank Foundation
The Waterloo Foundation
Other donations
7285
13503
1846
2248
25000
5473
3682
5439
36255
25000
25000
24530
2659
6341
20791
86341
38249
68883
RESTRICTED FUNDS
Community Fund Lottery
Welsh Government
Award For All: Bl8 Lottery
C3SC
Rosa Foundation
National Heritage
Moon Dance
People Health trust
Diverse Excellence
Citizens UK
P.P.Sisterhood
Ty Cerdd
Others
50905 121200
3200
25000
-7566
15
5399
-1020
500
9147
7988
119464
13040
52641
15160
-7566
1265
5399
-1020
500
1478
-2081
5467
-2828
845
536
69796
1250
10000
5000
10833
17669
15069
5366
2828
536
68568 174664
173436