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Trustees' Annual Report for theperiod
**From ** Period start date To Period end date
01 August 2021 31 July 2022

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Ciro & Armand Charity Foundation – Help Children Now

Other names charity is known by None

Registered charity number (if any) 1157493 Charity's principal address Basement 51 Beauchamp Place Knightsbridge London Postcode SW3 1NY

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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Ciro Orsini For the entire annual period
Ciro Coppola For the entire annual period
Yvette Hoyle For the entire annual period
Armand Assante For the entire annual
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

mes and addresses of advisers (Optional information) mes and addresses of advisers (Optional information) mes and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of
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Fundraising		 Joelle Rahme
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humanitarian
Projects		 Vincent Lyn
Conflict Safety Tony Schiena

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Heath Donnelly CEO

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

A constitution adopted 11[th] March 2013 and as amended 10[th] February Type of governing document 2020. (eg. trust deed, constitution)

Unincorporated association charity. How the charity is constituted

New trustees are nominated and appointed annually by AGM. If a serving Trustee selection methods trustee, wishes to discontinue their term for retirement or health reasons (eg. appointed by, elected by) or any other reason they must submit a trustees termination notice in - writing to the charity trustee body to accept.

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

CHARITY STATEMENT:

Ciro & Armand Charity Foundation – Help Children Now is an unincorporated charity. The trustees of the Ciro & Armand Charity Foundation – Help Children Now present their annual report and accounts for the year July 31[st] 2022 and confirm and comply with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 and ‘Accounting and ‘Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland SORP (FRS102)” as amended for accounting periods commencing from 1 January 2016).

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR INDUCTION:

During this annual period the charity maintained its status as a registered active member with the FSI, thereby granting full access for its trustees to use an open helpline and advisory service and complimentary ongoing training. As part of all trustee appointments a formal induction process was provided equipping all trustees with the necessary information to effectively fulfil their duties. It’s worth noting for the selection and nomination of all new trustees, is vested in the hands of the board of trustees. No new trustees were appointed within the confines of this annual timeframe.

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THE CHARITY STRUCTURE:

THE CHARITY IS A UNINCORPORATED CHARITY:

TRUSTEES’ CONSIDERATION OF MAJOR RISKS:

The Charity Trustees conduct a comprehensive evaluation of all significant activities undertaken by the charity especially those susceptible to risk as an integral part of the activity assessment and implementation process. In the course of the evaluation, any major risks are diligently identified. If a particular risk is classified as high, the charity’s trustees collectively cast their votes to decide whether to discontinue the proposal or proceed with further evaluation. Subsequently all major risks are categorised by the trustees as low, medium, or high risk and the exposure to the charity or its personnel particularly when providing aid in a conflict region. Charity. safeguarding measures are established and implemented alongside necessary procedures and actions to mitigate the identified risk.

HIGH RISKS IDENTIFIED ARE:

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The trustees continuously evaluate all risks and were satisfied with the presence of effective systems and procedures for risk management.

Noted - include risks assessed during the annual period: The trustees showed heightened concern for the potential risk faced by our British volunteers to support Ukrainian children both before and during the border mission in Poland. The trustees received assurance that strategic measures were fully assessed and in position.

In the event of an unexpected, heightened risk to our volunteers providing aid at the operational border refuge site, where civil unrest and conflict occurs at a neighbouring border: The trustees were assured and confident that emergency evacuation mitigating systems were in place to reduce significant exposure to its volunteers and the charity.

Section C Objectives and activities

THE CHARITIES OBJECTS (‘THE OBJECTS’) ARE: 1)To promote the relief of sickness, or mental or physical disability, or stress and hardship of children anywhere in the world. 2) To advance the education, and health of children by encouraging and assisting, the provision of opportunities and facilities. CHARITY AIM: To support children and young people anywhere in the world who seek advancement in education and training -The Advancement of Health - Summary of the objects of the Saving of Lives Disability and The Prevention or Relief of Poverty charity set out in its Overseas Aid and famine relief. governing document WHAT WE DO TO HELP We make grants to Individuals and other charity organisations and provide aid. The charity delivers its charitable aims: • Through direct delivery of aid overseas in areas where we can facilitate immediate aid and support ground operations. • Through grants and donations to charitable partner organisations or individuals. • By partnering with charity organisations, where our charity has no infrastructure internationally. Or where it is useful to manage staff and operations or if it provides a more economical approach. We

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also utilise local charities in regions especially where English is not the first language to assists us in the delivery of our emergency aid.

CHARITY OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES:

From August 2021 to July end 2022 the charity objective was to ignite and raise the charities profile to progress to a more consistent fundraising level that would enable the charity to support more global projects for children and young people suffering immediate hardship. Following the instability globally post covid and recent arising global conflicts the Charity needed to concentrate on fundraising. The charity chose to use and engage social media specialists, to promote the charity on social media platforms and campaigns to create awareness that would enable the charity to fundraise and help more children. The unprecedented increase in conflict in Afghanistan and Ukraine and the unlawful breach of human rights conditions meant that a greater number of children and young people were no longer in education, suffering hunger, trauma, mentally and physically.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Our primary aim was to become effective and maximise our support for children and young people. To achieve this, we chose to enlist more volunteers in the UK. The volunteers played a crucial role in helping the charity to further its objectives in providing aid for victims, fleeing their home countries, due to being exposed to war, conflict and heightened levels of suffering, hardship, trauma, and hunger. We identified young victims in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Ukraine. We also chose to facilitate temporary ground operations at the Polish Ukrainian borders and establish charity partners within Pakistan to improve our aid impact within those territories.

Late August 2021 American and British troops withdrew from Afghanistan leaving behind many vulnerable children who needed urgent care and assistance. The charity founder and trustees appointed volunteer CEO Heath Donnelly to advise and direct the chosen charity projects and charities direction for the next twelve months.

The activities selected and carried out during this annual period of August 2021 to July end 2022 for the benefit of children were as follows:

In setting out programmes we facilitated the following missions:

PAKISTAN MISSION

In November 2021, we made the decision to provide aid and assistance to displaced young people and child refugees from Afghanistan forced to flee their homeland. Families with children fled to Pakistan in fear of their lives having endured harrowing accounts of persecution and hunger. Under Taliban rule, girls in Afghanistan were being denied an education, causing

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them to live in constant fear for their future, which had taken a toll on their mental health. Our founder Mr Ciro Orsini had been a long-standing personal donor and contributor to an orphanage in Kashmir, Pakistan. He became aware through a charity advisor of the dire circumstances faced by Afghan children, who were suffering hunger and uncertainty seeking shelter and aid support in Pakistan.

The American withdrawal from Afghanistan placed the entire country into uncertainty and turmoil. In response as a charity, we were called upon to extend our assistance to a group of Afghan refugee children who had recently arrived in Pakistan. Many children had parents who were accused of not complying with Sharia law or from religious minority groups all of whom facing an imminent threat of arrest under the Taliban rule. Due to the dire shortage of food supply, children were experiencing severe malnutrition and there were distressing reports circulating of parents resorting to selling their young daughters for marriage in local markets in exchange for sustenance. Recognising the urgency of the situation we categorised it as an emergency humanitarian crisis. Subsequently, the charity trustees and founders held a meeting and reached a unanimous decision and agreed to support the Afghanistan project. We initiated collaboration with other Charities, organisations (ILO’s) and nongovernmental organisations (NGO’s) with extensive experience in the region in handling crisis at this magnitude.

Our primary focus revolved around channelling our charity resources and commit to pledging grants for the provision of food, bedding, medical aid, and shelter with the aim of delivering essential services for Afghan children. By leveraging the support of experienced charities within Afghanistan and in Pakistan, and the US Alight Foundation, Future Brilliance, and Nurturing Learners we aimed to make a meaningful impact on the lives of children and young people affected by the humanitarian crisis.

In the United Kingdom we received a request by charity advisor Joelle Rahame and Sue Mitchell, a BBC correspondent, to assist a group of young female cyclists who were not only denied their fundamental right to engage in sport but also faced an imminent threat to their lives. These young girls were unfairly persecuted under the Taliban’s interpretation of Sharia law leaving them in a state of fear and desperation. The girls no longer had a future and were unable to continue cycling or their education in Afghanistan, both were forbidden especially in the aftermath of the tragic beheading of a young sportsgirls in Kabul. In response our charity committed to funding safe passage, refuge, safe shelter, medical assistance, and aid in Pakistan. These provisions were channelled through the charitable organisation ‘Future Brilliance’ safe house and ‘Nurturing Learners’ both of which maintained safe houses. Concurrently, we took the imitative to reach out to the British government, appealing to the Home Secretary, to consider resettlement for these young female athletes. The decision to fund this project as a one-off was unanimously agreed by the charity trustees, founding members and CEO.

The charity founders and its advisors took steadfast action by fundraising through corporate donations and social media campaigns. Our aim was to urgently galvanise support and mobilise the young vulnerable refugees who were ensnared by brutality and human rights abuses.

UKRAINE MISSION

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On the 24[th ] of February 2022, the war, in Ukraine erupted, demanding immediate attention for the welfare of child refugees. Many young children were travelling alone, or with their mothers towards the Polish border.

In response to the dire situation the charity founders, trustees and our CEO convened and unanimously agreed to dispatch a small team of three personnel to Ukraine. Their primary mission was to provide emergency aid and support to vulnerable displaced children travelling alone or escaping Ukraine with their mothers, desperately seeking refuge at the ‘Merkaya’ Polish border. The mission inception involved raising awareness and collecting donations, clothing, medical, food and water supplies through a social media fundraising campaign.

The volunteer group departed on the 20[th] of March 2022 to Warsaw and Metkaya at the Polish- Ukrainian border. On site in the UK under the leadership of our CEO Heath Donnelly equipped a motor home with winter coats, essentials food, clothing, water, and raised medical supplies for the children’s hospital ‘Ohmadyt’ in Ukraine. On site the team also distributed medical supplies to those facilitating medical aid at the refugee camps. At the ‘Metkaya’ refugee camp’ the team provided food and the founder prepared fresh pizzas cooking them a local pizza oven and suppled much needed bottles of water to those in urgent need. Notably, a generous charity volunteer Mr Zebedee Sibiga donated his motor home to transport the aid from London to Poland and, also volunteered as the driver of the vehicle. He contributed in delivering aid and doubled as a talented musician to provide musical entertainment at the refugee camp. Additionally, the team purchased art and building supplies to build a child’s soft play area creating makeshift art and drawing tables for traumatised children arriving at the refugee camp under extraordinary challenging circumstances. The soft play area allowed children to draw pictures and express themselves in their own time.

To maximise our mission and make a significant impact we planned a series of press interviews and fundraising campaigns to achieve our objective and contribute where possible. As the number of children fleeing Kyiv, continued to grow daily. and the demand for essential necessities we continued our social media awareness campaign in London and decided to collaborate with another charity at the border, ‘Be human kindness’ a charity based in the US. Together we provided a safe and nurturing environment for young people and newly arrived children at a temporary safe house. Our team provided support in facilitating their stage of relocation including their refugee registration paperwork and when necessary, served as translators to help officials complete the paperwork for relocation onto a safe country. Our team also engaged in buildings beds and essential sleeping arrangements for displaced children and mothers, as well as, purchasing and building creative areas for childfriendly soft play activities and sports.

During the early stages of the Ukraine war. It became evident that an unprecedented number of children, young people and mothers who were urgently seeking refuge and requesting ongoing assistance in the midst, of having fled their homes due to war. The charity team observed and recognised the acute need for counselling and chose to partner with the ‘Mindy Foundation’ a Ukrainian Charity who worked alongside a team of qualified professional psychologists willing to provide free support for traumatised mothers and children. The counsellors offered ten free counselling sessions for all children and young people and mothers. To help them cope with the hardships and shock of war, aiming to stabilise their lives during this turbulent period.

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Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

POLICY ON GRANT MAKING:

The trustees consider grant making as an effective means of delivering humanitarian financial aid. That aligns with the framework of our objectives and collaboration with partner charities, and NGO’s who have accessible facilities, expertise, and staff resources to facilitate the delivery of aid, including food and shelter.

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

Applications for grants are not solicited but identified by our advisors who then recommended the development of grant initiatives and delivery for the year. Upon acceptance of a grant application, we evaluate whether it is most effective to deploy our own staff and resources or to locate a local service, not for profit organisation, or charity partner within the local area to deliver aid and services and at a more cost-effective rate, thereby, maximising our aid impact. Unconditional grants are conferred and awarded where local partnerships and assessment are established. Our grant making policy undergoes an annual review each year to align our grants with our aims and core objectives, ensuring the successful giving of aid programmes and charitable humanitarian priorities.

POLICY PROGRAMME RELATED INVESTMENT. The charity has no programme related investment.

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CONTRIBUTION MADE BY VOLUNTEERS.

The trustees express their eternal gratitude to fifty or more volunteers, including the Charities Advisors and Ambassadors who contributed throughout the year. Who dedicated their efforts in fundraising and collecting food aid for distribution, as well as administrative tasks, campaigning and providing their time and expertise especially those who have tirelessly donated and continue to donate food, IRR Ali Malik and Kort. A special recognition goes to those who continuously contributed their time, raising and donating blanket, food, clothes, and medical aid throughout the annual period. The charity greatly depends on its volunteers and the giving of their valuable time and expertise to minimise costs and maximise the charities’ ability to fulfil its core aims and objectives particularly in support of young people and children in suffering acute hardship due to war or conflict.

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Section D Achievements and performance

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

Summary of the main achievements of the charity The Trustees were pleased with the progress and achievements of the during the year charity throughout this annual period. The engagement of the press and the international dissemination of updated news reports on Sky, BBC and Fox News channels by founders Mr Orsini and Mr Assante significantly contributed to the overall success of the campaigns, as well as the onground activities, especially in Ukraine pertaining to fundraising and the distribution of emergency aid. These efforts have not only raised the charity’s profile but have also enhanced its capacity to make a positive impact on children and young people suffering hardship.

UKRAINE - OUTCOME

The trustees were satisfied with the overall outcomes and objectives achieved for the Ukraine mission especially in the team’s execution of delivering aid, winter coats, clothing, food, water, and medical supplies. The strategic partnering with ‘Be Human Kindness’ and the ‘Mindy Foundation’ for ground operations at the Ukraine and Polish border maximised our ability to deliver aid and offer refuge and counselling to traumatised children. The displaced children responded positively to the opportunity of drawing and soft play, providing a welcome distraction from the horrors of war. The team worked tirelessly to ensure their needs were met. In the early months of the Ukraine war, we leveraged and utilised the celebrity profiles and skills of the Founders, Armand Assante a land mind activist and American Actor and Ciro Orsini a well-known London business entrepreneur to engage with celebrities. The founders both participated in interviews on Sky news to assist in creating further awareness of the plight of Ukrainian displaced young people and children needing urgent aid.

PAKISTAN & AFGHANISTAN - OUTCOME

The trustees were pleased with the overall outcomes and achievements of the Pakistan Mission. The charity mission was resolute and successful in supporting young people and children by providing food, bedding, medical aid, and emergency shelter in Islamabad. The Charity founder and CEO travelled to Islamabad to meet with the shelter management and refugees as well do complete their due diligence in the execution of the project. We reached out to other charities, IRR and Kort for further medical aid and food donations to maximise our giving resources. The trustees deduced that the release of campaigns and press releases and partnership with the charity ‘We Save the Children’ raised public awareness and greater attention to children suffering in Afghanistan, resulting in a combined positive impact, and giving of emergency aid, exceeding the charities expectations. Our campaigning efforts spearheaded by Yvette Hoyle and our communications and affairs team, included lobbying parliament and UNHCR to request support for the young Afghan girls who were also denied the right to an education or to participate in sports. Helped change a few lives significantly.

OUR CHALLENGES

As a small charity run by volunteers, we faced challenges in comparison to bigger charities who received the bulk of the public donations. We continued in unprecedented times to create awareness via social media and press media interviews. Our focus remained in supporting essential

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Section D Achievements and performance

food, medical donations, as well as soft/child play. Further challenges arose during the appeal for the Afghan young cyclist to be offered governmental asylum. To address this, we engaged pre-bono advice and support from human rights lawyers Jason McCue and activist. Who wrote to the UK government, in addition to the charity correspondence. Due to the Ukraine war and Afghanistan withdrawal, it was unprecedented times for children and young people in desperate need of support and aid.

The charity emphasised the challenge of fundraising for victims of Afghanistan, during the Ukraine crisis, particularly in comparison to larger charities with big marketing budgets. We elected to discuss the charity’s fundraising needs at small gatherings and discussion groups as well expanding our team of volunteers to improve our output and giving resources, thereby, maximising our overall humanitarian impact.

OVERALL OUTCOMES

The trustees were satisfied with the charity’s overall outcomes and objective and were pleased to have advanced the charity following the global pandemic, while optimising aid for children and young people identified most at risk.

The charity’s unwavering commitment demonstrated by the charity volunteers offering aid at the Warsaw and Medyka Polish borders for the most vulnerable children and young people suffering from trauma and, hunger, due to the Ukraine war proved to be a success. The trustees believe that the charity efforts to intensify and alleviate the suffering of vulnerable children and young people facing the dire consequences of conflict was highly successful, contributing to their relief from sickness and hardship and mental health challenges. Ultimately bringing transformative change to their lives. In particular, the trustees were satisfied that the charity’s decision to partner with other charities and NG0’s with a wider infrastructure, helped to facilitate emergency aid and provided greater support to vulnerable children, resulting in a positive outcome that maximised the charity’s overall impact. The trustees observed the meticulous planning by its senior executive volunteers in forming partner alliances in conflict regions and borders, which enabled emergency aid, clothing, food, and medical supplies to reach young people and children more quickly and safely.

TRUSTEE’S CONCLUSION

Specifically, the trustees were satisfied with the charity’s effective border distribution at the refugee camps. They were also assured that our volunteer teams’ rapid delivery of essential nourishment and necessities for children and young people along with providing opportunity for soft play, helped to stabilise their overall health and emotional well-being. This included the prevention of, mental health, hunger, and sickness due to unexpected displacement from fleeing a conflict region at short notice.

The trustees concluded that the charity’s overall outcomes for the one-off projects approved during this period were steadfast in delivering its humanitarian aid to support vulnerable children and young people devasted by war and conflict. The strengthening of partnerships with intelligent strategic alliances enhanced the charities, distribution logistics and overall performance. We felt it was our duty, to shepherd young people and children afflicted by war and conflict towards a safer future.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

RESERVES POLICY. It is policy of the Ciro & Armand Charity Foundation that unrestricted funds which have not been delegated for a specific purpose should be maintained at a level equivalent to three to six month’s expenditure. The trustees believe that maintaining reserves at this level will guarantee the ability to sustain the activities Ciro & Armand Charity Foundation in the event of a significant drop in funding, while exploring further strategies to raise additional funding. We endeavoured and made consistent to uphold a reserve policy throughout the year.

Details of any funds materially Not applicable (none) in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include THE CHARITIES PRINCIPAL SOURCE OF FUNDING. additional information, where relevant about:

No investments were made during this period.

Section F Other optional information

NOT APPLICABLE

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Section G Declaration The Iruslees declare that they have approved the trustees. report above. Slgnaturels) Full THmel5) Positlon {eg Secretary, Chair. etcl C (fL& OPS, Date TAR 13 July 2022

CHARITY (OMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report lo the trustsesl members of Ciro & Armand Charty Foundation - Help Children Now On accounts for the yoar ended 3110712022 Charlty no {if any) 1157493 Set out on pagos R1 to R2, and TAR 1 to TAR 13 Indude I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Yhe Trusf.) for the year ended 3110712022. Responsibllltles and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with lh8 requirements of the Charit18s Act 2011 ('Ihe Acr). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 ofthe 2011 Act and in carying out my examination. I have followed Ihe applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)Ib) of the Act. 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.. accounting records were not k8Pt in a¢cordanc8 With section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examlner's statement I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be rèachèd. Signed: Date: 2411111023 Name: Colin D Ford FCA Rolevant professional qualrflcation(s) or body {if any): Inslitute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales Address: Macalvins Limited 7 St John's Road Harrow Middiesex HA12EY IER October 2018

Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of con¢em (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). None Glve here brièf detalls of any items that the examlnor wishes to discloso. IER October 2018