Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 07 2024 To 30 06 2025
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name Oxford Kurdish Association
Other names charity is known by
Registered charity number (if any) 1169977
Charity's principal address Flat 3
125 Iffley Road
Oxford Postcode OX4 1EJ
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) year to appoint trustee (if any) 1 Olga Batty 2 Mustafa Barcho 3 Sherko Zen-Aloush 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
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
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)
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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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.
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The 2024-2025 year continued to have a very reduced operation. Support was provided on an individual case-by-case basis. No community-wide events were organised by the charity during the period, although the trustees continued to maintain the charity’s online presence and infrastructure so that the organisation is ready to resume wider activities when capacity allows.
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)
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
Supporting individual cases following the pause in core activities Summary of the main follwoing the Covid-19 pandemic. achievements of the charity during the year Continuing to provide support to individuals on a case-by-case basis and maintaining the charity’s website and online presence so the organisation remains visible to those who may need its support.
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Section E Financial review
Reserves are small and held in the charity’s current account. No Brief statement of the fundraising campaigns were undertaken during the year. Reserves charity’s policy on reserves reduced over the period as the only payments made were for website hosting, with no new donations received.
Details of any funds materially in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
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- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
Donations from individuals remain the charity’s only source of funding. No donations were received during the 2024-2025 period. The only expenditure was £618 on website hosting and domain services (SiteGround and Webflow), supporting the charity’s online presence.
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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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 17/05/2026
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| Charity Name Oxford Kurdish Association |
Charity Name Oxford Kurdish Association |
Charity Name Oxford Kurdish Association |
No (if any) 116997 |
No (if any) 116997 |
No (if any) 116997 |
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| For the period from |
Period start date 7/1/2024 |
To | Period end date 6/30/2025 |
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| Section A Receipts and payments | |||||||
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - 345 273 618 - - - 618 - 618 - 1 368 750 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ - - - - - 345 273 618 - - - 618 - 618 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| 500 | |||||||
| 73 | |||||||
| 74 | |||||||
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| 147 | |||||||
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| 74 | |||||||
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| AR) | - | 1 161 | |||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| - | - | ||||||
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| Sub total | - | - | |||||
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 1 161 | |||||||
Website hosting (SiteGround) |
345 | 122 | |||||
| Website hosting (Webflow) | 273 | 345 | |||||
| 31 | |||||||
| 600 | |||||||
| 248 | |||||||
| 171 | |||||||
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| 366 | |||||||
| 1 317 | |||||||
| 660 | |||||||
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| **Sub total ** | 618 | 4 035 | |||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| **Sub total ** | - | - | |||||
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 4 035 | |||||||
| - 618 | - | - |
- 618 | - 2 874 | |||
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| 1 368 | 1 368 | - | |||||
| 750 | - | - |
750 | - 2 874 |
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees Olga Batty B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B1 Cash funds |
Signature Olga Batty Details Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Details Natwest Bank account |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 750 - - - - 750 - OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name Olga Batty |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Current value (optional) |
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| When due (optional) |
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| Date of approval |
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| Olga Batty | Olga Batty | 17/05/2026 | |
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