2021-03-31-accounts - Alrassed International CIO

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 31 March 2020 31 March 2021 From To

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

Alrassed International

Other names charity is known by

Alrassed Human Rights Monitor / Alrassed

Registered charity number (if any) 1166692

Charity's principal address 20 Hull Street

England, UK

Postcode NE4 6PU

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Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee(if any)
	A.A. Etbiga
	Dr Abubakar Itbega
	Dr Faraj Atbega

















	Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
	Name		Dates acted if not for wholeyear
	A.A. Etbiga
	Dr Abubakar Itbega
	Dr Faraj Atbega

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser	Name	Address
Bank	CAF Bank	25 Kings Hill Avenue, West Malling, Kent ME19 4JQ
Name of chief executive or names of senbior staff members(Optional information)

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Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Constitution

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company)

Charitable Incorporated Organisation

Appointed

Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

The objects of Alrassed are to promote human rights (as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and subsequent United Nations conventions and declarations) in Libya as a current mission and throughout the MENA Region.

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Summary of the main activitie 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 Additional details of objective and activities (Optional information) Youmay chooseto include further statements, where relevant, about: policy on grant making; • policy programme related investment; • contribution made by volunteers.	s l ) s	- This year has been a difficult year for the CIO. We had plans for period within March 2020 and March 2021 however all have been delayed. - Our strategy 2020-2023. Was proposed to finish in May 2020, however, due to the pandemic this is now delayed to a further date (expected to be May 2021). - The strategy was to provide an overall strategic direction to the management of the organization and gives a specific direction to areas like financial strategy, marketing strategy, organizational development strategy and human resources strategy, to achieve success in execution. - To coup with the new normal that resulted from the pandemic the CIO now has Zoom yearly membership to be able to maintain the lost communications and adapt to the new ways of working. - We have also developed and improved the appearance and the capabilities of our website page.	- This year has been a difficult year for the CIO. We had plans for period within March 2020 and March 2021 however all have been delayed. - Our strategy 2020-2023. Was proposed to finish in May 2020, however, due to the pandemic this is now delayed to a further date (expected to be May 2021). - The strategy was to provide an overall strategic direction to the management of the organization and gives a specific direction to areas like financial strategy, marketing strategy, organizational development strategy and human resources strategy, to achieve success in execution. - To coup with the new normal that resulted from the pandemic the CIO now has Zoom yearly membership to be able to maintain the lost communications and adapt to the new ways of working. - We have also developed and improved the appearance and the capabilities of our website page.
		At Alrassed International we involve our volunteers in decision making. Our volunteers’ work has become the driving force of positive change in our work in human rights cases. Alrassed Intl refers to its’ volunteers internally and externally, such as our Newsletters, websites where we mention and celebrate volunteering where relevant. We express our gratitude to all our volunteers that donating their time – without it we would not have achieved so much. We would like to also, thank the Volunteer centre Newcastle and London. We are very grateful for your support. The Strategy 2020-2023 will allow a better understanding of grant making and providing the relevant mechanisms to manage the funds.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

[Raised our public presence through social media (Facebook, ] Twitter, and Instagram) & through extreme media.

[We have made a progressive proposal for our strategy 2020-2023 ] which is now available in Arabic/English. We currently have a well written draft in Arabic. Due to the pandemic this is now to be approved in To be approved in May 2021.

[We have developed and improved the appearance and the ] capabilities of our website page. This will help provide the necessary information for our stakeholders and keeping them connected with our activities.

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Section E Financial review

We hold cash at bank of £100 (unrestricted). These funds held in order to Brief statement of the charity’s meet any unforeseen expenditure that may occur, the funds are also to policy on reserves make sure we pay our monthly subscription of £5 to CAF bank. We aim to hold around £500 and no more than £1500 in reserves at year end.

Details of any funds materially Not applicable in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

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

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);

Our main source of income this year has been from the trustees of the charity (CIO).

In the Strategy 2020 – 2023 we have outlined this issue of still depending on the trustees and highlighted the importance of applying for funds and grant making to ensure the development of Alrassed International and to achieve its outlined aims and objectives.

how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
Investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees.

ABDULBASET ETBIGA Signature(s) Full name(s) A. A. Etbiga Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc) Date 31[st] / 03 / 2021

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