Trustees’ annual report (including Directors’ report) for the period
From: 01/10/2021 Period start date To: 30/09/2022 Period end date
Charity name: Help Yateem
Charity registration number: 1158571
Company number: 08672833
Objectives and activities
| SORP reference | ||
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| Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document |
Para 1.17 | The advancement of education of orphans in the developing world for the public benefit. The relief of poverty of orphans and widows in the developing world for the public benefit |
| Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts. |
Para 1.17 and 1.19 |
Help Yateem has assisted this year 5 orphan schools in Somalia with their educational facilities such as maintaining existing 5 ICT rooms. The charity maintains these facilities and still in operation and sustainable. Our Ramadan Iftaar program has benefited more than 15,000 people that are orphan and needy families in poorer countries. Eid gifts for 124 Orphan Children. Eid Qurbani for orphan and needy families has helped more than 20,000 people. This year we have launched a campaign using “Launch-good” donation platform and others for assisting with the construction of Boy’s orphanage and rescue centre in Kenya. We have succeeded in helping the completion of Al-Walidayn Boy’s orphanage building. This project will benefit and accommodate 160 children and has a play area and sports centre. There is a school closer to the building where the children attend. This year our bakery in Yemen was operating in full capacity and delivered over 2 million bread to the orphan and needy families. This year we have also carried out water projects that helped 18000 people **in Yemen, Gambia and Somalia. ** |
| This year we have introduced selling dates to our donors. We have purchased Ajwah Dates from Madinah with the intention of any profits from the sale to be used for the care of orphan families. The trial project was successful as we have received more orders online and donors used the purchase to send the dates as gifts to friends, families and work colleagues. We had a slight delay in the delivery reaching us a month before Ramadan due to Sues canal traffic jam. But we managed to sell the rest of the stock on the next financial year. The date sale project improved our donor relations and helped us to raise more funds through further donations |
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| Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit |
Para 1.18 | The trustees declare that they have throughout their activities, had regard to guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. |
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
| SORP reference | ||
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| Policy on grant making | Para 1.38 | |
| Policy on social investment including program related investment |
Para 1.38 | |
| Contribution made by volunteers |
Para 1.38 | Our volunteers especially the youth have contributed a lot this year. The traditional way of collecting money during Ramadan such as mosque collection, events and other physical collection were not possible. The youth volunteers managed and made effective use of social media and other donation platforms such as Launch-good, Muslim- giving and Just giving. They also helped improving our website. We also had our own volunteers on the countries we were supporting especially Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Yemen. |
| Other |
Achievements and performance
| Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole. |
Para 1.20 | Our educational facilities programs are bearing more fruits. For example, the Somali government after a long period, has now introduced standardised exam for all schools in the country. They have also included ICT as a core subject. Our ICT rooms will equip the orphan schools we helped to do well in their exams. Our Ramadan and Eid program have helped many orphan families in many poor counties. As the schools are closed during Ramadan and they will not have the food they used to get from the schools they attended. Our relief program and bread factory in Yemen has benefited many orphan and needy families in Yemen. Our campaign and assistance in Al Waalideyn Boy’s Orphanage and rescue centre in Kenya was successful. The centre will benefit 160 children with food, shelter, medicine and education. Our orphan sponsorship program is growing. 150 orphans were sponsored this year and their lives have improved as a result. |
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| Achievements against objectives set |
Para 1.41 | Our main objective is improving the educational standards of the orphan children. Our educational projects complemented with orphan family relief programs helped us to improve the students’ attendance rate. |
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| Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set |
Para 1.41 | The pandemic year was very tough for every charity. But through the use of social media, other online donation platforms, targeted TV advert in Eman Channel, Somali channels, the hard work put by our volunteers and the generosity of the donors enabled us to perform well this year. |
| Investment performance against objectives |
Para 1.41 | |
| Other |
Financial review
| Financial review | ||
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| Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period |
Para 1.21 | Help Yateem had a very good year and total receipts were £644,599. Total Expenditure on different projects for the year was £590439. The remaining is carried forward to complete any **outstanding and future projects. ** |
| Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held |
Para 1.22 | Help Yateem policy is to have a healthy balance on unrestricted funds for three to six months to cover the running costs of the schools we assist in educational facilities as well as the admin cost necessary to maintain our website and resource generating activities. We managed not to overdraw throughout the year. Our aim is to buy land in Somalia to set up an orphanage with school and other facilities. We have been advised to first apply for free land from the government to set up this good cause. We have requested that and waiting for a response. If that does not become successful, we will search a good land **that is value for money. ** |
| Amount of reserves held | Para 1.22 | Balance at current account on the period end 30 September 2021 was £241907. This includes the balances carried forward from previous year. |
| Reasons for holding zero reserves |
Para 1.22 | |
| Details of fund materially in deficit |
Para 1.24 | |
| Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern |
Para 1.23 |
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
| The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) |
Para 1.47 | Our source of income are mainly from individual donors from our Website, other donation platforms such as LaunchGood, Muslimgiving, Ramadan Giving, Justgiving and Social media. Due to COVID-19, there was no mosque collection this year. |
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| Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted |
Para 1.46 |
Para 1.46 A description of the principal risks facing the charity Other
Structure, governance and management
| Description of charity’s trusts: |
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| Type of governing document: for example,trust deed, memorandum and articles of association etc |
Para 1.25 | The charity trustees, are responsible for the overall management and control of Help Yateem Charity. All trustees give of their time freely and no remuneration or expenses were paid in the year. They meet every fortnight and the work of implementing most of the policies are shared with the committee and volunteers. |
| How is the charity constituted? for example limited company, unincorporated association, CIO |
Para 1.25 | Registered Charity and Limited By guarantee. |
| Trustee selection methods 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 | As per memorandum and articles of association |
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Para 1.51 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 Para 1.51 Relationship with any related parties
Other
Reference and administrative details
| Charity name | **Help Yateem ** |
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| Other name the charity uses | |
| Registered charitynumber | 1158571 |
| Charity’s principal address | St Luke’s Business Centre, Suite 2, Tarling Road, London, E16 6NU |
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee(if any) |
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| Abdulghani Hassan | ||||
| Bazi Sheikh | ||||
| Ms Najma Hassan | ||||
| Ali M. Eidarus | 25/11/2020 | |||
| Ashik Miah | 25/11/2020 | |||
Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved Director name
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year
Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
| Description of the assets held in this capacity |
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| Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects |
N/A |
| Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets fromthe charity’s ownassets |
N/A |
Additional information (optional)
Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)
| Names and addresses of advisers (optional information) | Names and addresses of advisers (optional information) | Names and addresses of advisers (optional information) |
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| Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (optional information) | ||
Exemptions from disclosure
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
Other optional information
Declarations
The company has taken advantage of the small companies’ exemption in preparing the report above.
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report (including directors’ report) above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors
Signature(s) Full name(s) Abdulghani Hassan Position (for example Chairman Secretary, Chair, etc) Date 19 April 2022