## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 01 June 2021 To 31 May 2022**
## **Charity name: Binti International**
## **Charity registration number: 1167060**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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||SORP reference||||||||
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To create a world where all women have**
**menstrual dignity**- ensuring adequate
access to menstrual products, providing
menstrual education. Campaigning to create
a normal conversation around periods so
that women do not suffer from health issues
because of their periods. We tackle the
stigma and taboos to eliminate the shame.|||||||
|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||||||||
|||Binti has been involved in a wide range of
impactful initiatives, contributing to various
communities in both the UK and The Gambia.
Here's a summary of the key activities
mentioned during this period. This is also the
period of time where Covid is still affecting our
liveswith restrictions,lockdowns.|||||||
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||||1.|**Renovation and Launch of Period**|||||
|||||**Charity Shop:**|||||
||||||•
Binti renovated and launched its
first Period Charity shop in
Walton on Thames.||||
||||2.|**Stock Movement and Warehouse:**|||||
||||||•
Moved all stock into a
warehouse, indicating an
expansion or reorganization of
logistics.||||
||||3.|**Period Reusable Bags Distribution:**|||||
||||||•
Provided reusable period bags
from the Ladies at Whitely
village to girls at Khalsa
Academy School in
Wolverhampton.||||
||||4.|**Period Dignity Campaign:**|||||
||||||||||
|||•
The Khalsa academy signed
Binti's Period Dignity Campaign
(TKAW).
•
Morrisons Weybridge also
signed up for the campaign.
•
Received recognition with the
BBC Surrey Radio Make a
Difference Award.|•
The Khalsa academy signed
Binti's Period Dignity Campaign
(TKAW).
•
Morrisons Weybridge also
signed up for the campaign.
•
Received recognition with the
BBC Surrey Radio Make a
Difference Award.|•
The Khalsa academy signed
Binti's Period Dignity Campaign
(TKAW).
•
Morrisons Weybridge also
signed up for the campaign.
•
Received recognition with the
BBC Surrey Radio Make a
Difference Award.|•
The Khalsa academy signed
Binti's Period Dignity Campaign
(TKAW).
•
Morrisons Weybridge also
signed up for the campaign.
•
Received recognition with the
BBC Surrey Radio Make a
Difference Award.|•
The Khalsa academy signed
Binti's Period Dignity Campaign
(TKAW).
•
Morrisons Weybridge also
signed up for the campaign.
•
Received recognition with the
BBC Surrey Radio Make a
Difference Award.|•
The Khalsa academy signed
Binti's Period Dignity Campaign
(TKAW).
•
Morrisons Weybridge also
signed up for the campaign.
•
Received recognition with the
BBC Surrey Radio Make a
Difference Award.|•
The Khalsa academy signed
Binti's Period Dignity Campaign
(TKAW).
•
Morrisons Weybridge also
signed up for the campaign.
•
Received recognition with the
BBC Surrey Radio Make a
Difference Award.|•
The Khalsa academy signed
Binti's Period Dignity Campaign
(TKAW).
•
Morrisons Weybridge also
signed up for the campaign.
•
Received recognition with the
BBC Surrey Radio Make a
Difference Award.|
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|5.|**GAMBIA**|||||||||
|||•
Conducted initial research to
find a library.
•
Refurbished and transformed a
school library.||||||||
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|6.|**Covid-19 Support:**|||||||||
|||•
Provided COVID-19 testing, PPE,
and sanitizers to the
Management Development
Institute and local communities.||||||||
|7.|**School Kitchen Reconstruction:**|||||||||
|||•
Built a kitchen roof for our
adopted school in The Gambia,
allowing it to feed
approximately 4000 children.
•
Launched the kitchen by feeding
300 children.||||||||
|8.|**Health Centre Project:**|||||||||
|||•
Started a project to build a
health centre for women in
Kerewan within a hospital in The
Gambia.||||||||
|9.|**Car Fleet and Branding:**|||||||||
|||•
Binti branded cars are now on
the roads.
•
Purchased a car for us to use
locally||||||||
|10.|**Menstrual Education MOU:**|||||||||
|||•
Signed an MOU with MobSe in
The Gambia to deliver menstrual
education across the country
and include it as part of the
curriculum.||||||||
|11.|**Campaign Launch with British High **|||||||||
||**Commissioner:**|||||||||
|||•
Launched the campaign in
Kalimba, attended by the British
High Commissioner.
•
Provided food to the
community attending the
launch.||||||||
These initiatives showcase a diverse &comprehensive approach to social impact,
|||covering areas such as menstrual health,
education, community support, infrastructure
development, & more. It's evident that Binti is
makingapositive difference in the lives of many.|
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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|Trustees have been briefed at Board
Meetings and signed up to their positions|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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||SORP reference||
|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|Volunteers get involved at events, train the
training programs, educating children at
grass root level, doing collection drives,
assisting with social media, writing articles,
creating digital art, helping with all facets of
running a volunteered focused charity.|
|Other|||
## **Achievements and Performance**
SORP reference
|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.|||
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||Para 1.20|Binti signed the first council in the UK to our
Dignity at |Work campaign with Surrey
County Council. This means we are in 55
locations across the county. We are working
towards ensuring all public places provide
free period products as they do toilet paper
and soap.
The project has been sustainable and
instrumental in changing the conversation
around periods to create normalcy.
In The Gambia we signed an MOU with the
Government to deliver menstrual education
across the country. It will also become part
of the curriculum. We have now delivered
the menstrual training to 200 teachers
locally.
We launched the first Period Charity Shop
in Walton on Thames. This was a wonderful
way of initiating a conversation about
periods. Many girls and women came into
discuss menstruation and explored the
various types of products available. It’s
almost like we have never had an
opportunity to talk about it before.|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
Other
## **Financial Review**
|**inancial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Binti raised £22k for the period, of which
£38.5k was spent to meet its objective. This
left Binti with a deficit of £16.5k at period
end. This deficit was covered by reserves
held by Binti from prior years.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserves of £53.5k were held in order to
help buy more Sanitary Pad machines to
provide Pads to women at a more
affordable price.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£53.5k|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Binti does not hold zero reserves.|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|It has been difficult to find volunteers for our
projects in the UK particularly running the
shop. Events were minimal as we came out
of covid, and fund raising events were also
impacted.|
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Primarily donations online, cheques from
anonymous donors and fund-raising events.
Partnerships with Corporates.|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## Structure, Governance and Management
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|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust Deed|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO Foundation Constitution|
|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|Proposal by CEO, agreement at Board
meeting|
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|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|We have an active presence in the UK,
The Gambia, The US and India.
Although Covid impacted the work
delivered in India.|
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
Charity name Binti International
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|Other name the charity uses|Binti Period|
|Registered charity number|Charity no. 1167060|
|Charity’s principal address|Old Linden
50 Portmore Park Road
Weybridge
Surrey
KT138EU|
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**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)**|
|1|Ms
Hardeep
Kundan|Trustee|||
|2|Mr
Rakesh
Kapoor|Trustee|||
|3|Ms Jaipreet Gill|Trustee|||
|4|Mr Rakesh Paw|Treasurer|||
|5|Mr Surash Patel|Chair|||
|6|Ms Tina
Thakore|Trustee|||
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– 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
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
Manjit Gill CEO & Founder Mark Courtney COO
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)**[Mr Surash Patel ] **Position (eg** Chair **Secretary, Chair, etc)**
> **Date** 24/01/2024
## **Profit and Loss**
BINTI INTERNATIONAL For the year ended 31 May 2022
|**Account**|**2022**|
|---|---|
|**Turnover**||
|Corporate Donations|1,717.24|
|Donations from Trusts, Found|14,692.82|
|Private Donations (Gift Aid)|4,439.72|
|Private Donations (No Gift Aid|1,194.00|
|**Total Turnover**|**22,043.78**|
|**Cost of Sales**||
|Cost of Goods Sold|197.27|
|COVID Support|4,067.00|
|Education Programme|147.65|
|Events Costs|473.75|
|Fundraising Costs|9,554.23|
|Gambia Project Costs|16,618.96|
|Pads|4,003.35|
|**Total Cost of Sales**|**35,062.21**|
|**Gross Profit**|**(13,018.43)**|
|**Administrative Costs**||
|Advertising & Marketing|700.00|
|Audit & Accountancy fees|108.00|
|Bank Fees|366.89|
|Entertainment-0%|5.00|
|Entertainment-100% busines|78.18|
|Insurance|204.35|
|IT Software and Consumable|679.86|
|Motor Vehicle Expenses|102.90|
|Printing & Stationery|426.77|
|Subscriptions|29.99|
|Telephone & Internet|537.82|
|Travel-National|216.03|
|**Total Administrative Costs**|**3,455.79**|
|**Operating Profit**|**(16,474.22)**|
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|**Profit on Ordinary Activities **|**(16,474.22)**|
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|**Profit after Taxation**|**(16,474.22)**|
## **Balance Sheet**
## BINTI INTERNATIONAL As at 31 May 2022
||**Account**|**31 May 2022**|
|---|---|---|
|**Current Assets**|||
||**Cash at bank and in hand**||
||Binti International|46,655.86|
||Binti International Paypal|6,802.58|
||**Total Cash at bank and in hand**|**53,458.44**|
|**Total Current Assets**||**53,458.44**|
||**Net Current Assets (Liabilities)**|**53,458.44**|
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||**Total Assets less Current Liabilities**|**53,458.44**|
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||**Net Assets**|**53,458.44**|
|**Capital and Reserves**|||
||Current Year Earnings|(16,474.22)|
||Retained Earnings|69,932.66|
|**Total Capital and Reserves**||**53,458.44**|