## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 01 07 2022 **To** 30 06 2023 

## Section A                        Reference and administration details 

**Charity name** 

Oxford Kurdish Association 

**Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1169977 

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|<br>Flat 5||
|125 Iffley Road||
|Oxford||
|**Postcode**|**OX4 1EJ**|



**Charity's principal address** 

**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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||Olga Batty||||
||Mustafa Barcho||||
||Sherko Zen-Aloush||||
||Evin Abrishami||01/07/2022 – 01/11/2022||
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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** 

March **2012** 

**TAR** 

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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 

Constitution 

- (eg. trust deed, constitution) 

How the charity is constituted 

CIO 

- (eg. trust, association, company) 

Appointed by other trustees 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 the organisation are to provide support to persons and families - to those either settled or recently displaced  - through educational, moral, and material  support - and through any other support as may be deemed appropriate. In addition, to provide a welcoming space in which to share languages, cultures and ideas, to the benefit of all in the Oxford area and beyond. 

March **2012** 

**TAR** 

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The 2022-23 year saw a pause to some core activities due to the Covid19 pandemic. Community events and meetings had to be cancelled, and the charity focussed on individual case support. Notwithstanding reduced capacity in the charity, it organised a community celebration for the Kurdish New Year in March 2023. 

**Summary of the main activities 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 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. 

March **2012** 

**TAR** 

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Section D                      Achievements and performance 

Supporting individual cases following the pause in core activities due to **Summary of the main** the Covid-19 pandemic. **achievements of the charity during the year** Celebrating Kurdish New Year with a community event in March 2023. 

March **2012** 

**TAR** 

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## **Section E                    Financial review** 

Reserves are currently small and held in a current account. No major **Brief statement of the** fundraising campaigns have been implemented in this year. **charity’s policy on reserves** 

**Details of any funds materially in deficit** 

## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** 

Donations from individuals remain the only source of funding. 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)** Olga Batty **Full name(s)** Olga Batty **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Trustee **etc) Date** 20/07/2025 

March **2012** 

**TAR** 

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||<br>**Charity Name**<br><br>**Oxford Kurdish Association**|<br>**Charity Name**<br><br>**Oxford Kurdish Association**|<br>**Charity Name**<br><br>**Oxford Kurdish Association**|<br>**Charity Name**<br><br>**Oxford Kurdish Association**|**CC16a**|
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||**For the period**<br>**from**|Period start date<br>01/07/2022|**To**<br>|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**100**<br>**5**<br>**16**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**121**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**121**<br>**52**<br>**55**<br>**28**<br>**288**<br>**167**<br>**51**<br>**130**<br>**217**<br>**222**<br>**267**<br>**159**<br> **1 636**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**1 636**<br>**-                1 515**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-                1 515**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Donation|**100**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**100**<br>**5**<br>**16**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**121**|**-**|
|Amazon Smile schemepayout|**5**||||**-**|
|Amazon Smile schemepayout|**16**||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**121**||||**-**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||
||**-**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||||
||||**-**|**121**|**-**|
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|Grammarlywritingservice|**52**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**52**<br>**55**<br>**28**<br>**288**<br>**167**<br>**51**<br>**130**<br>**217**<br>**222**<br>**267**<br>**159**<br>**1 636**|**-**|
|Grammarlywritingservice|**55**||||**-**|
|Website domain|**28**||||**-**|
|Website hosting|**288**||||**-**|
|Website hosting|**167**||||**-**|
|Grammarlywritingservice|**51**||||**-**|
|Event costs - drinks|**130**||||**-**|
|Event costs - food|**217**||||**-**|
|Events costs - tables hire|**222**|||||
|Event costs - venue hire|**267**|||||
|Event cost - music|**159**||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**1 636**||||**-**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||
||**-**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||
||**-**|||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**||||**1 636**||
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||**-                1 515**||<br>**-**|**-                1 515**|**-**|
||**-**||**-**<br>**-**|**-**<br>**-**|**-**|
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||**-                1 515**||<br>**-**|**-                1 515**|**-**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>Olga Batty<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>Natwest Bank account<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Signature<br>Olga Batty|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**4 251**<br>**-**<br>Agreement Error<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>Olga Batty|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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||||Date of<br>approval|
||Olga Batty|Olga Batty|21/07/2025|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

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