## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 01 04 2023 31 03 2024
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## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1169246
Kateb Cultural Association
**Charity's principal address** 27 Audley Drive Beeston Nottingham **Postcode NG9 2SF**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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||Joma Ahmadi|N/A|Acted for wholeyear|Annual General Meeting|
||Ilyas Noor|N/A|Acted for wholeyear|Annual General Meeting|
||Kamran Akbari|N/A|Acted for wholeyear|Annual General Meeting|
||Zia Amiri|N/A|Acted for wholeyear|Annual General Meeting|
||Sakina Noori|N/A|Acted for wholeyear|Annual General Meeting|
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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)**
**Type of adviser Name Address**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document
CIO Association Constitution
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
Association How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustees are elected by members in Annual General Meeting Trustee selection methods
- (eg. trust, association, company)
(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**
The objects of the CIO are:
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
- 1- To further or benefit the Afghanistani community in Nottinghamshire by associating together the said community, other local residents and the local authorities, voluntary and other organizations in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for education, culture, recreation and other leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the residents and helping them get integrated into their community and British Society, including the establishment of a community centre.
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2- The advancement of the Islamic faith in accordance with the tenets, philosophy and ideology of moderated Shia Islamic beliefs and practices. 3- The promotion of racial and religious harmony for the public benefit by: a- Promoting knowledge and mutual understanding and respect of the culture, beliefs and practices of different racial and religious groups including awareness of their distinctive features and their common ground to promote good relations between persons of different racial and religious groups. **Summary of the main** b- Working towards the elimination of discrimination on the **activities undertaken for the** grounds of race or religion. **public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory** Furthermore, the charity carries some range of activities in pursuance of **declaration that trustees have** its charitable objectives: **had regard to the guidance** Education Activities: **issued by the Charity** - Organising community-based Education such as teaching Farsi **Commission on public** Language, community awareness programs. **benefit)** Recreation Activities:
- Organising community-based Education such as teaching Farsi Language, community awareness programs.
- Recreation Activities: - Festivals: The major events our charity has organised and celebrated were Nawruz (Persian New Year), Eid-al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr. Members of the community contributed in various capacities and roles in organising and celebrating these events.
- Religious Activities: - Organising religious events to educate our community members in better understand the modern interpretation of Islam.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
Maintaining and pursuing the community’s objectives and working **Summary of the main** towards achieving its goals. **achievements of the charity during the year**
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## **Section E Financial review**
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
The Charity has been accumulating funds in order to purchase a property as a community centre for its charitable causes in the forthcoming years. Trustees must ensure that the charity’s fund are monitored and used appropriately, prudently, lawfully and in accordance with the charity purpose for the public benefits.
## **Details of any funds materially**
**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);
- 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**
**Signature(s)** Ibrahim Sarwari
**Full name(s)** Ibrahim Sarwari **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Volunteer Member **etc) Date** 29/01/2025
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