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

**From 01-04-2021     To 31-03-2022** 

**Charity name: Hankool Foundation** 

**Charity registration number: 1175365** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes<br>of the charity as set out in<br>its governing document|Para 1.17|THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:<br>A) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ADVICE,<br>INCLUDING ADVICE ON HOUSING,<br>WELFARE AND EDUCATION; B)<br>INCREASING, OR CO-ORDINATING,<br>OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE BENEFICIARIES<br>TO ENGAGE WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS,<br>TO ENABLE THOSE PROVIDERS TO ADAPT<br>SERVICES TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS<br>OF THAT COMMUNITY; C) SUPPORTING<br>THE EDUCATION OF MIGRANT CHILDREN<br>BY PROVIDING HOMEWORK CLUBS 2. TO<br>RELIEVE POVERTY AND THE NEEDS OF<br>CHILDREN LIVING IN SOMALIA, IN<br>PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF<br>BOOKS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL<br>MATERIALS.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to<br>those purposes for the<br>public benefit, in<br>particular, the activities,<br>projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|•<br>Provided advice, support and guidance<br>on housing, welfare benefits and<br>education.<br>•<br>Supported the education of migrant<br>children by providing homework clubs.<br>•<br>Provided books and other educational<br>materials to children in Somali.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the<br>guidance issued by the<br>Charity Commission on<br>public benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees confirm that all decisions<br>made, are in line with the guidance<br>issued by the Charity Commission on<br>public benefits|



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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|No grants have been made during this<br>financial period;|
|Policy on social<br>investment including<br>program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|Trustees had not considered any social<br>investment at present. This is due to<br>lack of reserve funds of the trust.<br>Trustees has now sought advice and<br>plan to develop policy in accordance<br>with charity commission guideline.|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|Hankool Foundation is conveying their<br>sincerely gratitude to all the volunteers<br>who had assisted the trust with their<br>valuable time, effort and expertise.<br>Trustee’s would not have been able to<br>source the provisions required or have<br>been able to deliver them to those who<br>need them without volunteer’s<br>commitment and dedication.|
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## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the<br>charity, identifying the<br>difference the charity’s<br>work has made to the<br>circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any<br>wider benefits to society<br>as a whole.|Para 1.20|•<br>Provided advice, support and guidance<br>on housing, welfare benefits and<br>education.These communities are<br>most deprived and disadvantaged<br>due to the hardship and<br>longstanding civil war.<br>•<br>Supported the education of migrant<br>children by providing homework clubs,<br>after school club and supplementary<br>education.<br>This service has been vital to the<br>migrant children giving them the<br>opportunity to fulfil their potential.<br>•<br>Provided books and other educational<br>materials to children in Somali. The<br>readingmaterialprovided to the|





children in Somali was donated to the foundation and we did not have to pay. We are collecting old education books for Somalia. 

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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|One of our objectives is to provide<br>goods and services to those who need<br>them most. Hankool Foundation has<br>met that by providing its service to its<br>beneficiaries.|
|Performance of<br>fundraising activities<br>against objectives set|Para 1.41|No fund raising activities have been<br>undertaken this year.<br>The charity is working with donations<br>from the trustees and general public<br>and the services of its volunteers.|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|We had not made any investments as<br>yet. This is due to the fact that trust<br>does not have any large surplus for<br>investment yet. However, trustees will<br>seek advice and guidance from the<br>professional on this matter.|
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## **Financial Review** 

|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the<br>end of the period|Para 1.21|Hankool Foundation on 31 March 2022<br>has a surplus of £5,450.00<br>The Trustees are aiming to increase the<br>surplus to facilitate for widening the<br>activities of the charity to meet its<br>objectives.|
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|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserves are needed to bridge the gap<br>between the spending and receiving of<br>income and to cover unplanned<br>emergency and other expenditure.|





|||The trustees aim to maintain free<br>reserves in unrestricted funds at a level<br>which equates to approximately 6<br>months of unrestricted charitable<br>expenditure. The trustees consider that<br>this will provide the charity with some<br>time to secure additional funds.|
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|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£2,500**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially<br>in deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a<br>going concern|Para 1.23|There are no uncertainties to the charity<br>continuing. Trustees are confident that<br>they will be able to sustain the<br>organisation as we struggled during the<br>Covid-19 pandemic.|



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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds<br>(including any<br>fundraising)|Para 1.47|Donations from the communities and<br>trustees.|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|Hankool Foundation is not in a position<br>to partake any financial investment at<br>present. The Trustees have now agreed<br>to put an investment policy in place.<br>Trustees will only invest when we are in<br>a financial position to do so.|
|A description of the<br>principal risks facing the<br>charity|Para 1.46|•<br>The principal risk is the financial<br>sustainability and continuous<br>financial support from the<br>community. Sending educational<br>material to Somalia extremely<br>challenging during the pandemic.<br>•<br>Delivering activities during Covid-19<br>pandemic meant we had to deliver<br>online and maximising the use of IT.|
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## **Structure, Governance and Management** 



|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:||None|
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|Type of governing<br>document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution (adopted). Sunday 8th<br>October 2017|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection<br>methods including details<br>of any constitutional<br>provisions e.g. election to<br>post or name of any<br>person or body entitled to<br>appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|A trustee must be appointed by a<br>resolution passed at a trustee meeting<br>of the foundation.<br>In selecting individuals for appointment<br>as charity trustees, the charity trustees<br>must have regard to the skills,<br>knowledge and experience needed for<br>the effective administration of the CIO<br>and their legal obligation.|



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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees||The Chair of Trustees will be<br>responsible for ensuring that the<br>induction process is carried out.<br>A training programme will be developed<br>to ensure that any newly appointed<br>trustee will receive training on all<br>matters necessary to enable them to<br>perform their duties effectively. This will<br>be tailored to their specific needs but,<br>unless the appointee is already<br>sufficiently experienced, should cover<br>as a minimum:- governance and<br>management; equal opportunities; a<br>thorough introduction to the history and<br>current activities of the organisation;<br>sufficient explanation of the charities<br>financial accounts and reporting<br>procedures to enable them to exercise<br>effective fiscal oversight; explanation of<br>all charity policies including that relating<br>to trustee expenses and how they can<br>be claimed. If the new trustee is to take<br>on any specific duties training needs in<br>relation to these should also be<br>assessed. It is acknowledged that<br>trustees have a wide range of other<br>commitments and every effort will be<br>made to make this training accessible<br>to the individual by arranging it to be<br>conducted at times convenient to them.|
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||Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51|The Chair of Trustees will be<br>responsible for ensuring that the<br>induction process is carried out.<br>A training programme will be developed<br>to ensure that any newly appointed<br>trustee will receive training on all<br>matters necessary to enable them to<br>perform their duties effectively. This will<br>be tailored to their specific needs but,<br>unless the appointee is already<br>sufficiently experienced, should cover<br>as a minimum:- governance and<br>management; equal opportunities; a<br>thorough introduction to the history and<br>current activities of the organisation;<br>sufficient explanation of the charities<br>financial accounts and reporting<br>procedures to enable them to exercise<br>effective fiscal oversight; explanation of<br>all charity policies including that relating<br>to trustee expenses and how they can<br>be claimed. If the new trustee is to take<br>on any specific duties training needs in<br>relation to these should also be<br>assessed. It is acknowledged that<br>trustees have a wide range of other<br>commitments and every effort will be<br>made to make this training accessible<br>to the individual by arranging it to be<br>conducted at times convenient to them.|
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|The charity’s<br>organisational structure<br>and any wider network<br>with which the charity<br>works|Para 1.51|The Hankool Foundation networks with<br>local organisation and faith-based<br>groups in the area. It also developing<br>wider relation with national and<br>international charities. Hankool<br>Foundation attends local network<br>meeting arranged by BVSC.|
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|Relationship with any<br>related parties|Para 1.51|None|
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## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Hankool Foundation|
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|Other name the charity<br>uses||
|Registered charity number|1175365|
|Charity’s principal address|8 Wallbank Court<br>Ward End<br>BIRMINGHAM<br>B8-2EW|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**<br>**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**<br>**entitled to appoint trustee**<br>**(if any)**|
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||Mr. Mire Jaran Mohamed|Chairman|||
||Mr. Omar  Sheikh-Nur<br>Mohamed|Secretary|||
||Mr. Ali Moalin Hassan|Treasurer|||



– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** None 



Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

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|**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**|||
|Description of the assets<br>held in this capacity|None||
|Name and objects of the<br>charity on whose behalf<br>the assets are held and<br>how this falls within the<br>custodian charity’s objects|N/A||
|Details of arrangements<br>for safe custody and<br>segregation of such<br>assets from the charity’s<br>own assets|N/A||



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Additional information (optional)**<br>**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Additional information (optional)**<br>**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Additional information (optional)**<br>**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **N/A** 

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**N/A** 

## **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. Mire Jaran Mohamed] **Position (eg** Chairman **Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** 

