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|Independent|examiner's|report on the accounts||
|Statement of|financial activities|||
|Balance sheet||||
|Notes to the accounts|||13to 20|









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|Description ofthe charity's trusts||||||||||||||
||Type ofgoverning||||document|||Consiitution||||||
||How||the|charity is|constituted|||Company||||||
|||Trustee selection methods||||||Recommended<br>by Directors after consultation<br>with|staff, elected by Board of||Trustees|||
|Additional|||governance||issues||(Optional information)|||||||
|You may||choose to include additional||||||Current organisational<br>structure:||||||
|information,|||where relevant, about|||||Trustees: Marina Galanti,<br>Muwaffak<br>Bibi, DrTareq|Baconi, Daniel Machover,|||Dr||
|~|policies||and|procedures||adopted||Mezna Qato||||||
|for the induction||||and training of||||Co&irectors: Tamara<br>Ben-Halim and Aimee Shalan||||||
|trustees;||||||||Payroll staff:||||||
|~|the charity's|||organisational||||Satwa Abu-Wardeh,<br>Education<br>&Finance Manager|(left May 2022) Hussein||Khalidi,|||
|structure||and any wider network|||||with|Programme<br>Manager (left Sep 2022)||||||
|which the||charity works;||||||Sarona Bedwan, previously<br>Outreach<br>Officer, now|Programme<br>&Outreach|Manager||||
|~|relationship|||with any related||||Aatikah Rashid, Communications<br>Manager||||||
|parties;||||||||Benjamin Tagoe, Finance &Operations<br>Manager (since May 2022) Sara Khan,||||||
|~|trustees'||consideration|||ofmajor||Programme<br>&Impact Officer (since June 2022)||||||
|risks and||the system and||||procedures||Hadeel<br>Himmo,<br>Programme<br>&Communications<br>Officer (since Oct 2022) Caroline||||||
|to|manage||them.|||||Echwald, Communications<br>Intern (since June 2022)||||||
|||||||||Part time Contractors:<br>Mehdi Beyad, Researcher|Pascale Pban, Researcher|||||
|||||||||Policies &Procedures<br>relating to Trustees: Code ofGovernance<br>policy introduced|||||in|
|||||||||2020||||||
|4|~||||||~ ~|A<br>~||||||
|||||||||The objects ofthe Charity are:||||||
|||||||||-To advance the education<br>ofthe public in the subject of human<br>rights<br>including||||||
|||||||||international<br>Iaw and human<br>rights<br>in the Middle East, with a focus on Palestine||||||
|||||||||-Forthe public benefit to promote the education of|people [pupils, university||students,|||
|||||||||and professionals]<br>in the UK and internationally<br>on|the subject of human<br>rights|||in the||
|||||||||Middle East, with afocus on Palestine,<br>in such ways as the charity trustees||think fit,||||
|||||||||including<br>by: providing<br>workshops<br>on the subject, providing<br>seminars<br>and talks||||at||
|||||||||educational<br>institutions<br>and beyond,<br>and providing|briefings to interested<br>or|concerned||||
|||||||||parties/individuals||||||
|||||||||—To advance the education ofthe public in general|on the subject ofhuman|rights|||in|
|||||||||the Middle East, with a focus on Palesbne,<br>including|through<br>media —articles,|||||
|||||||||interviews,<br>op-eds, talks, lectures, briefings, factsheets,<br>and participant<br>workshops||||||
|Summary ofthe objects ofthe<br>charity set out in its governing<br>document||||||||- To raise awareness<br>among the genera( public in the UK and internationally<br>human<br>rights issues, particularly<br>with regard to the subject ofPalestine.<br>-To promote equality and diversity<br>by the elimination<br>ofdiscrimination<br>on the <br>ofage, sex or sexual orientation,<br>particulariy<br>on the subject of Palestine.|||of<br> grounds|||
|||||||||-To strengthen<br>communities<br>working on human<br>rights issues focused on Palestine|||||in|
|||||||||the UK and abroad,<br>build cohesion among them, and foster cooperation<br>and||||||
|||||||||collaboration||||||
|||||||||-Toengage<br>in community<br>building<br>activities||||||





|Summary|ofthe main activities|Education and human<br>rights:||
|---|---|---|---|
|undertaken|forthe public benefit in|1. Workshops<br>and training||
|relation to|these objects (include|Between July 2021 and June 2022;||
|within this|section the statutory|We ran 11workshops<br>which focused on Palestinian<br>human<br>rights, the history of||
|declaration|that trustees have had|the Palestine/Israel<br>conflict, understanding<br>the language<br>ofinternational<br>law and||
|regard tothe guidance Issued by||human<br>rights faw, and communications<br>skfll4uitdfng.<br>Through these workshops,<br>we||
|the Charity|Commission<br>on public|built the knowledge<br>and capacities<br>of177human<br>rights advocates and university||
|benefit)||students across Britain, North America and Europe||
|||We ran 3tralnlngs<br>tailored to the needs ofindividuah<br>and organisations<br>working||
|||on human<br>rights in the Middle East, building the capacities ofa further 45 people,||
|||induding<br>established<br>human<br>rights advocates,<br>legal scholars, organisations<br>working|in|
|||human<br>rights / humanitarian<br>issues, members<br>oftrade unions, and university<br>students.||
|||Through these educational<br>programmes,<br>we have advanced<br>and promoted<br>the||
|||education ofpeople in Britain on the subject ofhuman<br>rfghts<br>in the Middle East while||
|||promoting<br>indusivily<br>and diversity. We have also strengthened<br>communities<br>and||
|||organisations<br>working on human<br>rights issues focused on Palestine/Israel<br>in the UK by||
|||providing<br>them with knowledge<br>and tools on the subject.||
|||2. Nrtual talks||
|||We continued<br>our evening<br>talk series and held 6virtual talks tn this period, which $1S||
|||people in Britain &around the world registered toattend. These talks featured||
|||academics and experts who discussed issues rehting to human<br>rights, sochl justice and||
|||international<br>law, wilh a focus on the Middle East and Palestine/israel,<br>whilst also||
|||broadening<br>the focus to took at other rehvant<br>human<br>rights hsues. These talks are a||
|||key part ofour educational<br>and community-budding<br>efforts as they bring together||
|||members<br>ofour network and the public who engage<br>in open dialogue on crfffcat hsues||
|||surroundfng<br>Palestfne/israel<br>and human<br>rights more broadly.||
|||Through these talks, we have expanded<br>our reach, advancing<br>the education ofthe public||
|||on the subject ofhuman<br>rights in the Mktdte East and beyond.||
|||3. Outreach and collaboration||
|||During thh period, we continued<br>to buftd connections<br>wffh other tocat and international||
|||groups &organhatfons<br>working<br>on human<br>rights. We furthered<br>our community<br>building||
|||efforts through<br>regular communication<br>with our network,<br>and paticipated<br>in several panel||
|||discussions<br>with other human<br>rtghts groups<br>/ on untversffy campuses<br>both in person and||
|||online, as weft as organhing<br>brtetfngs<br>&round tables on key issues concerning||
|||Palestinian<br>human<br>rights wffh other partner organhatfons.||
|||tn this way, we have strengthened<br>ties with other groups and organisalions<br>working<br>on||
|||education<br>and human<br>rights, white raising awareness ofhuman<br>rights hsues focused on||
|||the subject ofPalestine/israel.||
|||4. Online resource and tools||
|||During this period, we continued to develop our online resources, which contafns||
|||extensive fact-checked<br>and rel'erenced<br>educational<br>content around<br>human<br>rlghls in the||
|||Middh East, with a focus on Palestine. This content h availabh to the pub!le vta our||
|||social media accounts and our website, and aho features content, videos and tinks from||
|||other organhatlons<br>in the fiekl —ensuring<br>that our website acts as a hub ofinformation||
|||on Palestine/Israel<br>as well as a portal into the important<br>work ofother rehvant||
|||organisations.||
|||Through our online resources, we have worked to promote the education ofthe public in||
|||the subject ofhuman<br>rtghts<br>In the Mkktle East, and heipad to foster collaboration<br>with||






|You may choose to include|You may choose to include|You may choose to include|You may choose to include|You may choose to include|You may choose to include|further|further|Members ofour network,<br>including<br>students<br>and young professionals,<br>sometimes|Members ofour network,<br>including<br>students<br>and young professionals,<br>sometimes|Members ofour network,<br>including<br>students<br>and young professionals,<br>sometimes||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|statements,|||where relevant,|||about:||volunteer to help us with our activities and research.||||
|~|policy on||grant-making;|||||We regularly<br>connect people<br>in our networks,<br>including<br>our workshop<br>alumni,||with||
|~|policy programme<br>related|||||||other human<br>rights organisations<br>and with one another, as well as with relevant||||
|investment||||||||opportunities<br>in the human<br>rights field.||||
|~|contnbution|||made by volunteers.||||This demonstrates<br>that we are strengthening<br>communities<br>working on human<br>issues, and fostering cooperation<br>and collaboration<br>amongst them,||rights||
||~|~||||||~<br>~<br>~||||
|Summary||ofthe|||main achievemen|||In the period ta 30<br>June 2022, the charity:||||
|of|the charity|||during the year||||Built the knowledge<br>and communication<br>skills of 177people an huinan<br>rights, international||||
|||||||||law and the Palestine/israel<br>conflict through 11workshops<br>and training sessions||||
|||||||||Deepened the understanding<br>ofappraximateiy<br>915people on key topics related|ta Palestine|||
|||||||||and human<br>rights through 6virlual talks||||
|||||||||Continued<br>ta develop human<br>rights content for aur online resources||||
|||||||||Finalised the production<br>ofthe first module<br>in an online course series and placed||it on a||
|||||||||learning<br>portal online (Ihe module was launched<br>later an in the year)||||
|||||||||Grew its Pragrammes<br>team||||
|||||||||Strengthened<br>its operations<br>and internal processes through<br>the hiring ofan Operations|||8|
|||||||||Finance Manager||||
|||||||||Continued<br>ta develop a cominunity<br>ofsupporters<br>and alumni||||
|||||||||Continued<br>ta foster and strengthen<br>partnerships<br>with other key groups and organisatians||||
|||||||||working<br>in similar fields||||
|||||||||Our different workshops<br>helped beneficiaries<br>improve the fallowing:||||
|||||||||~<br>Understanding<br>ofthe human<br>rights framework||||
|||||||||~<br>Understanding<br>ofintematianal<br>Iaw||||
|||||||||~<br>Knowledge ofthe history and contemporary<br>reality ofthe Palestine/Israel<br>canfiict||||
|||||||||~<br>Understanding<br>ofother issues induding<br>environmental<br>justice and anti-racism||||
|||||||||~<br>Communication<br>skills (public speskingtmesssging)||||
|||||||||~<br>Media skills||||
|||||||||TESTIMONIAl S:||||
|||||||||"Makan plays a crucial role in educafion and resourcing,<br>imparting<br>both historic and||||
|||||||||contemporary<br>knowledge<br>about Palestine. Makan's work is scholarly and strategic;|participants|||
|||||||||oftheir event and training workshops<br>thus emerge more informed<br>and more canfident-||||
|||||||||Workshop speaker, journalist 8 author, February 2022||||
|||||||||"Inspiring<br>and informative<br>session,<br>I learned a huge amount<br>in just 90minutes.<br>It built||an||
|||||||||previous<br>informafian,<br>challenged<br>some preconceptians<br>and opened<br>my eyes to new||||
|||||||||information,<br>Excellent!"—||||
|||||||||Workshop parficipant,<br>tÃarah 2022||||
|||||||||"Absolutely<br>loved it.Very thaughtful<br>and very well presented.<br>Excellent speaker and|excellent|||
|8rief statement|||||ofthe charity's|||The funding<br>Makan has received has been almost exclusively<br>unrestricted|in|this||
|policy on||reserves||||||period.<br>Funds are used to meet our charitable objectives,<br>run our pragrammes||||
|||||||||(workshops,<br>virtual talks, social events), compensate<br>staff, pay rent and utilities, and||||
|||||||||cover legal and administrative<br>costs.||||
|Details of||any||funds materially|||in|||||
|deficit||||||||||||
|Further financial|||||review details||(Optional<br>information)|||||











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|Recommended|||o|Unrestricted|income|Endowment|Total thht|Total hst|
|categories by activity|||z|funds<br>f|funds<br>E|funds<br>E|period<br>E|year|
|Incoming resources {Note3)|||||||||
|Incoming resources ftctm generated|funds||||||||
|Chsr¹abte<br>Donabons|||a|54,937|||54,937|359,074|
|Income from Char¹abte<br>Acttvttbm|||s|14,644|||14,644|9,589|
|Gnmt Fundtng|||||||||
|Incoming resources from charttabte<br>atttvtttes|||||||||
|Other incoming resources|||||||||
|Total incoming|resources|||69581|||69581|368 663|
|Resources expended<br>(Note 4)|||||||||
|Costs ofGenerating<br>Funds|||||||||
|Costs ofgenerating<br>votuntarl<br>Income|||||||||
|Fundratsing<br>trading costs|||||||||
|tnvesbnent<br>management<br>costs|||||||||
|Charitable activities|||4|156,490|||156,490|252,077|
|Governance costs|||4|2,420|||2,420|3,771|
|Other resources expended|||||||||
|Total resources|expended|||158910|||158910|255848|
|Net incomlngl(oufgolng)<br>resources before||||89,329|||89,329|112,815|
|Gross transfers<br>between funds|||||||||
|Net incomingl(outgoing)<br>resources before|||||||||
|other recognised gains/(losses)||||89,329|||89,329|112,815|
|Other recognised<br>gains/(losses)|||||||||
|Gains and losses on revaluation<br>of|fixed assets||||||||
|for the charity's<br>own use|||||||||
|Gains and losses on investment<br>assets|||||||||
|Net movement||in funds||89,329|||89,329|112,815|
|Total funds brought forward||||231,278|||231,278|118,463|
|Total funds canted||fort/vard||141949|||141$49231278||









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|||Notes to the accounts|||||
|Note 2|Accounting<br>policies||||||
|This standard list ofaccounting policies has been applied by the charity except forthose deleted.|||Where a rNfferent||||
|oradditional|policy has been|adopted then this isdetailed in the box below.|||||
|INCOIIING RESOURCES|||||||
|Recognition|ofIncoming|These are induded<br>in the Statement ofRnancial Activities (SoFA) when:|||||
|resources||~<br>the charity becomes entitled to the resources;|||||
|||~<br>the trustees are virtually<br>certain they will receive the resources; and|||||
|||~<br>the monetary<br>value can be measured<br>with suNctent<br>reliabiiitv.|||||
|tncoming resources with||Where incoming<br>resources have related expenditure<br>(as with fundraising|or contract income)||||
|rektted expenditure||the incoming resources and related expenditure<br>are reported gross in the|SoFA.||||
|Grants and|donations|Grants and donations are only induded<br>in the SoFA when the charity has|unconditional||||
|||entitlement<br>to the resources.|||||
|Tax reclaims on donations||Incoming resources from tax redaims are induded<br>in the SoFAat the same time as the||giR to|||
|and gifts||which they relate.|||||
|Contractual|income and|This is only induded<br>in the SoFA once the related goods or services have|been delivered.||||
|performance|related grants||||||
|Gifts in kind||Gifts in kind are accounted<br>for at a reasonable<br>estimate oftheir value to the charity or the<br>amount actually realised.|||||
|||GIRs in kind for sale or distribution<br>are included<br>in the accounts as giRs only when sold or|||||
|||distributed<br>by the charity.|||||
|||Gifts in kind for use by the charity are included<br>in the SoFAas incoming resources when|||||
|||receivable.|||||
|Donated services and||These are only induded<br>in incoming resources<br>(with an equivalent<br>amount|in resources||||
|fact titles||expended)<br>where the benefit to the charity is reasonably<br>quantifiable,<br>measurable<br>and|||||
|||material.<br>The value placed on these resources is the estimated<br>value to the charity ofthe|||||
|||service or facifity received.|||||
|Volunteer<br>help||The value ofany voluntary<br>help received is not induded<br>in the accounts but is described<br>trustees'<br>annual report|||in the||
|investment|income|This is induded<br>in the accounts when receivable.|||||
|tnvestment|gains and losses|This indudes<br>any gain orloss on the sale ofinvestments<br>and any gain or|loss resulting|froin|||
|||revaluing<br>investments<br>to market value at the end ofthe year.|||||
|EXPENDITURE AND||LIABILITIES|||||
|Liability recognttfon||Liabitities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive<br>obligation<br>committing||||the|
|||charity to pay out resources.|||||
|Governance|costs|include costs ofthe preparation<br>and examination<br>ofstatutory accounts, the costs oftrustee|||||
|||meetings<br>and cost ofany legal advice to trustees<br>on governance<br>or constitutional<br>matters.|||||
|Grants with|performance|Where the charity gives a grant with condRIons for its payment<br>being a specNc level ofservice|||||
|conditions||or output to be provided,<br>such grants are only recognised<br>m the SoFAonce the redpient|||ofthe||
|||grant has provided<br>the specified service or output.|||||
|Grants payable without||These are only recognised<br>in the accounts when a commitment<br>has been|made and there|||are|
|performance|conditions|no conditions<br>to be met relating to the grant which remain<br>in the control ofthe charity.|||||
|Support Costs||Support costs indude<br>central functions<br>and have been allocated to activity|cost categories|||on a|
|||basis consistent<br>with the use ofresources, eg allocating<br>properly costs by|floor areas, or||per||
|||capita, staff costs by the time spent and other costs by their usage.|||||
|ASSETS|||||||
|Tangible fixed assets for use||These are capita!ised ifthey can be used for more than one year, and cost at least 6500.||||They|
|by charity||are valued at cost ora reasonable<br>value on receipt.|||||
|Invesbnents||Investments<br>quoted<br>on a recognised stock exchange are valued at market|value at the year||||
|||end.<br>Other investment<br>assets are induded<br>at trustees' best estimate ofmarket value.|||||
|Stocks and|work In progress|These are valued at the lower ofcost or market value.|||||





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|||||||This period|Last year|
|||||Analysis||E|E|
|Charitable|Donations|Donations - Restricted||||||
|||Donations - Unrestricted||||54,937|359,074|
||||||Total|||
|Income from Charitable||Workshops|- Unrestricted|||||
|Acthrities||Fundraising|campaign|||14,644|9,589|
||||||Total|||
|Grant Funding||Gift Aid Refund||||||
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|Incoming|resources from|Miscellaneous||Income||||
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|6.2Fees for examination|oraudit ofthe|accounts||||||||
|Please provide details ofthe amount paid forany statutory external scrutiny ofaccounts and|||||||||other|
|services provided by your independent||examiner orauditor.|||Ifnothing|was paid please||enter|NONE in the|
|appropriate<br>box(es).||||||||||
|||||||This|period<br>f|Last year<br>K||
|Independent<br>examiner's|orauditors' fees for reporting|||on the||||||
|accounts|||||||820||1560|
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||||||This period|Last year|
|Gross wages, salaries and benefits||in kind|||110,174|157,723|
|Employer's<br>National Insurance|costs||||10,630|9,636|
|Pension costs|||||619|743|
||||Total|staff costs|121,423|168,102|
|7.2Average number offull-time|equivalent||employees|in the year|This year<br>Number|Last year<br>Number|
|The parts ofthe charity In which the|||||||
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|||Freehold|land|Other land|8|Phnt,||Fbdures,|Fbdures,|Payments|on|Total|
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|||&buildings||buildings||machinery|and|fittings|and|account|and||
|||||||motor vehicles||equipment||assets under|||
|||||||||||construction|||
|Balance brought||||||||9,598||||9,598|
|forward|||||||||||||
|Additions|||||||||||||
|Revaluations|||||||||||||
|Disposals|||||||||||||
|Transfers|||||||||||||
|Balance cerned||||||||9,598||||9,898|
|forward|||||||||||||
|8.1Accumulated||depreciation|and|impairment|provisions||||||||
|||Basis||||||SLB|||||
|||Rate||||||20%|||||
|Balance brought||||||||6,907||||6,907|
|forward|||||||||||||
|Depreciation|charge|||||||1,752||||1,752|
|for year|||||||||||||
|Impairment|provisions||||||||||||
|Revaluations|||||||||||||
|Disposals|||||||||||||
|Transfers'|||||||||||||
|Balance carried||||||||6,659||||8,659|
|forward|||||||||||||
|8.2Net book value|||||||||||||
|Brought forward||||||||2,691||||2,691|
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|Note 9<br>Debto|Note 9<br>Debto|rs and prepayments||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Please complete this note lf||the charity has any debtors|or Ie a ments|||||||
|Analysis ofdebtors|||Amounts<br>within|falgng <br> one|due<br>ar|Amounts<br>more|falling due <br> than one||after<br>ar|
||||This period|Last year||This period<br>f||Last|year|
|Trade debtors||||||||||
|Amounts<br>due|from subsidiary|and associated||||||||
|undertakings||||||||||
|Other debtors|||1,577.0||1,577.0|||||
|Prepayments|and accrued income|||||||||
|||Total||||||||
|Note 10|Creditors and accruals|||||||||
|Please complete this noteifthe charity has any creditors oraccruals.<br>10.1Analysis ofcreditors||||||||||



|p   <br>10.1Analysis ofcreditors|y  a|y||.||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Amounts|falling|due|Amounts|falling due after|||
||||within one||ar|more|than|one|ar|
||||This period|Last year<br>f||This period||Last|year|
|Loans and overdrafts||||||||||
|Trade creditors||||||||||
|Amounts<br>due to subsidiary|and associated|||||||||
|undertakings||||||||||
|Other creditors|||2,983||6,431|||||
|Deferred income 'Restricted|Reserves'|||||||||
|||Total||||||||



