Trustees, Annual Report for the period Period stsrt date Period end dale ear January 2024 From 01 To 31 December 2024 Section A Reference and administration details Charity name Helping The Poor Other names charity 18 known by Reglstered charlty number Ilf any) 1182248 Charlty's prlnclpal address 28 Oxford Street Mount Pleasant Batley, W8St Yorkshire Postcode WF17 7PR Names of the charity trustees who manage the charlty Dai•8 actsd11 not for whole ygor TnMt•• name Offlc• Ilf any) Name of pgrson lor body) entltl•d to appolnt trustee Ilf Mohammed Hanif Adam Mayet Mahmood Ebrahim Patel Chair Treasurer Halima Aswat Secretary Namès and addre8•e8 of advl8er8 Ioptlonal infomiatlon) pe of advlsor Name Address Accountant Adams Accountancy, 66 Savile Road, Savile Town, Dewsbury, Wesl Yorkshire, WF12 9PJ Mr Ebrahim Adam Section B Structure, overnance and mana ement Descrlptlon of the charlty's trusts Constitution adopted on 181h September 2018 Type of goveming document How the charity is constituted Foundation CIO Trustee selection meth¢xls First Charity Trustees appointed on 18th September 2018 Additional governance issues (Optional infomiation TAR Marth 2012
You may ch003e to in¢lude additional information, where relevant, about.. The First Trustees have been provided with a copy of the Charity Commission Essential Trustees (CC3) and a copy of the Trust's constitution. policies and prOdureS adopted for the induction and training of trustees.. the charity's organisational structure and any wider neOrk with which th& charity works., relationship with any related parties. trustees, Consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. There are no further changes or additions to te made at the current time. Section C Ob"ectives and activities (1) To relieve poverty, responding to humanitarian emergencies and to support disadvanlag8d groups in fighting poverty particularly in thè South Asian continent and other poorer countries around the world as and when required. Summary of the objects ofthe charlty set out in Its governing document (2> To improve Ihe lives of poor people by providing financial assistance and support. TAR Marth 2012
Our prime objective is to support certain section of the communty in India that are less fortunate, Yth some aid which will hopefully give the family mu¢h needed relief. We target those who meet our set criteria in order to receive aid from us. This is based on set categories in that they must be either.. elderly, widowed, orphaned, disabled or sick. isolated or in acLrte poverty. Each of the beneficiaries who reiVeS aid from the charity are surveyed and records UF<lated on an annual basis by our project team leaders and local Volunteers. Each beneficiary is also photographed dLFring the distribution prosS. Below is the summary ofthe main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to our objects.. Food Kit Distribution Food Kits and in many places blanket (or bed sheets) and stainless-sleel utensils are distributed to the deprived and und8rprivi189ed, elderly, widows. poorly and the needy. These Food Kit provisions are enough for a family of up to five to live on for fivelsix weeks. r Provisi Summary ofthe maln 4ctlvltle8 undertaken for the public benefit In relation to thes8 objects {include withln thls sectlon the statutory declaration that tru8tees have had regard to the guidance Issued by the Charlty Comm1881on on publlc benefit) nPro We continue installing a large number of hand operated water pumps including some that are motor-operated. We also install small wells (known as Kuvas) where hand pumps are not practical. We concentrate our inslallation on those areas where water is much needed for every day usage and where people currently have to walk between 1 to 4 kilometers to accèss water for their daily needs. on the water pumps are installed, water is made available lo anyone regardless of their social standing or beliefs. A Goncrele base is also provided for the locals lo handwash their clothes or wash their pots and pans and crockery. owerment Pro'ect The charity continues to njn an Empowerment ProJect which supports widows and women living in isolation lo leam lo sew and design clothes. Those women who wish to leam to sew are sent on a scholarship to learn at a designated learning centre and SUCssful attendees are then given a brand-new sewing machine (together with accessories} to start making clothes and earn a living for themselves rather than relying on handouts. Scholarshi Pro ect The charity has on annual basis given scholarships to bright, eligible students from poor and needy families until their gradualion. Students are selected on the basis of their socio-economic condition and academic pèrformances. We prefer to support students from the medical field for scholarships as this is more career based and the expense for these studies is a lot higher for the families. TAR March 2012
KafanlDafan Burial Materials ect The charity is committed to help the poor section of the community by providing burial materials to the remote villages -mainly in the jungle areas of Gujarat, India by providing Kafan (white cotton shrouds) for the deceased whose family cannot afft)rd this and other burial items. Medical Su ortIAssistan We currently visrt around 190 remote villages within 100km of Chikhli and regularly come across many elderlies, disabled and infirm individuals who Cannot a¢SS or afford medical treatment. The charity supports these people with their medrcal costs which may be with purchasing medicine, covering hospital Costs or support towards their cost of medical surgery. In association with the kind generosity of our Project Partner, Alipore Hospital Welfare Trust these individuals are identified and also able to attend the Alipore Hospital where the treatment is undertaken free of cost. The cost is bome out by jointly by either the Alipore Hospital Relief Fund or in partnership through our charity. Additlonal details of objectlves and actlvltle$ (Optlonal infomatlon TAR Marth 2012
The charity is not currenlly engaged in grant-making or programme related investment. We are extremely grateful to all our volunteers (Project Team Partners and members) who are responsible for undertaking, conducting and co- ordinating surveys throughout our distribution areas ahead of the Trustee visit to India each year. You may choose to include further stalernents, where relevant, about.. policy on grantmaking., policy programme related investment., contribution made by volunteers. This helps the ¢haiity to ensure that the beneficiaries meet our criteria for assistance and that they are the rightful recipients for our distribution. We are also grateful to our primary Project Partner, Alipore Social Welfare Trusl who are based in India. Alipore Social Welfare Trust and their team and volunteers make all the necessary arrangements to enable the Trustees to persona15y visit eaGh distribution Gentre. Our primary Project Partner also make arrangements for th8 smooth dislnbution process to the ben8ficiarses in each of th8 remote villages and towns with proper care. TAR Mafth 2012
Section D Achievements and performance We continue to take great care and do our level best to ensure that all donations are given to those who are in need of help or financial support and are eligible as righfful recipients. Most importantly, we remain unique in that aspect as the Trustees undertake the distribution and by hand an in person. Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year We were fortunate that 2 of the Trustees had a rEriod of stay in India during the year to personally overs see the charity work. The Trustees in conjunction with our Project Partner, Alipore Social Welfare Trust {Aswfi were able to visit many remote villages from dawn to dusk on a daily basis to distribute the aid to the people in need. As well as work undertaken in the Guiarat state, the Trustee was also able to visit the following citiesldistrictslstates around India, namely.. Rajasthan West Bengal Jharkhand, and Maharashtra The charty has a long standinglarm supervisors who have been in association with the charity for well over a decade in each of these states in India. Each team of supervisors with their own respective and dedicated volunteers undertake the surveys of their area identifying those who meet our set criteria in receiving the aid from the charity. Below is a summary oflhe main achievements of the Charity during the year.. Food Kil Distribution The bulk of our charity work has been Ihe distribution of Food Kits lo those struggling households who face great difficulties in making ends meet. The charity has been able to distribute Food Kits and Blankets {andlor Bed Sheets) and Stainles$-Steel Utensils to over 190 villages many of them from remote areas ofGujrat state (within 100km of Chikhlil which were targeted again this year. On top of this, we were also able to distribute Food Kits in the other states mentioned earlier. owerment Pro ect This year, through our donors continued generosity, we were again able to continue the project and distribute brand new sewing machines with essential accessories to the eligible women. Scholarshi Pro The current student has been supported through our specially designated fund created for this purpose Medical Su ortIAssistance TAR Marth 2012
Section D Achievements and performance We are committed and shall continue lo piovide this much needed service in association with the kind generosity of Alipore Hospital Welfare Trust. We Gontinue to witness at first hand the positive impact this servi provision has had to those struggling to meet their medical costs. We were also able to help wrth the following during the course of the year.. Or han Relief Our team have previously identified 4 children below age of 16 having no one to look after them, in Surat. We continue to provide Food provision to these children. We also provide new clothes and sweets to them during the festival periods. 11 Year Bed-ridden Paral ic Person Our team have previously identified a young man with his family who was bed ndden for the last 11 Years. We continue to sponsor his medication and Food provision. Disabled or Differentl -Abled We have also distributed 2 wheel-chairs to Alipore Hospital and for the differently-abled who are in need. haned Bums iblin Our team have identified a family who met with a gas cylinder explosion where 4 members of the family succumbed to bums injuries. There were 2 infant brothers who have been left behind (who are now looked after by their widowed paternal grandmother) and we are supporting them wilh medication and Food provision. Malawi In June 2024, one of our Trustees undertook a visit to Malawi to assess and undertake a survey as to whether we would be able to participate in relief work to the poor and the needy in Ihe town of Dedza and its surrounding villages. It was saddening to see that there was a lot of poverty and people were still living in mud huts and houses made out of wood and plastic sheets. After consulting with some of the village elders, we were able to distribute beef (from the animal sacrifice rituals of Eid-ul-Adha) along with food parcels containing ri, lenlils, flour, Cooking oil and spices to 13 remote villages (and a total of 195 poor households). It was deemed at Ihe end of the visit that due to a lack of commitment from the locals and our inability to find a suitable long arm supervisor to undertake future charitable work on our behalf (in accordance with our TAR Maith 2012
Section D Achievements and performance project aims and obieclives) that for the lime being sadly there would be no further involvement on our part for the foreseeable future. Section E Financial review Briof statemant of th• Charity's policy on re8erves The charity's policy on reserves is to keep no more Ihan £20,000 for any unexpeGted Gost or an emergency situation Ihal may arise. Othernisé, all funds raised within thè financial year should be utilised during the Trustee visit to India each year. Dètails of any funds materially in d8fi¢it None Further flnanclal revlew detall8 (Optional Inforniatlon) You may choo80 to include The charity'5 principal source of funds is by way of voluntary donation additional information. where from members of the local community. The charity does not undertake relevant about.. house-t¢>house collections, slreet Collections or collections in public the charrty's principal areas or plas. sources of funds (including any fundraising); how expenditure has supported the key objectiV8S of the charily., investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. The bulk of the funds ar8 raised through family arKI friend circle and their own contacts or acquaintances. The holy month of Ramadhaan (the Islamic month of fasting) is our main fund-raising period. Donations collected are utilised in accordance with th8 charity's objectives and activities. As we are a small charity and are heavily dependenl on donations mainly from family and friends, we do not have surplus funds lo boost our charity income through investments. Section F Other optional information 2 Members of the Trust, in association with Alipore Social Welfare Trust in India along with the local team members and volunteers and our long standinglami supervisors undertook the work lo execute the various Projects undertaken by the charity. The Trustees would like to place on record our thanks for Ihis effort, hard work and support to carry out this much needed work. Section G Declaration The trustees dèclare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Slgned on behalf of the charity's trustees Signature(s) TAR Marth 2012
Full name(s) Posltlon leg Secretary, Chair, etc) Mohammed HanifAdam Mayet Chair Mahmood Ebrahim Patel Treasurer Date 2210912025 TAR Marth 2012
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl mombers of Helping The Poor On accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024 Charity no (If any) 1182248 Set out on pag88 1to2 I report to the Irustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charrty (Yhe Trust.) for th8 year ended 3111212024. Rosponslbllltles and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basls of report of the acKounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act'l. I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under s8Ction 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions giv8n by the Charity Commission under section 145151(b} of the A. I have completed my examination. l confinn that no material matters have Come lo my attention in connection with the examination which gives me Cause to believe that in. any matenal respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do nol accord with the ac¢ounling records I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable proper understanding of the ac¢ounts to be reached. Independent examiner's statsment Signed: Date: 2210912025 Namo: Ebrahim Adam Relevant professlonal qualificatlon(sl or body Ilf any): BA Hons Accountancy Address: Adams Accountancy 66 Savile Road, Savile Town. Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF12 9PJ Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). IER October 2018
Give here brief details of any items that the examlner wishes to disclose. IER October 2018
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES HelDSM The Poor 1182248 Recei ts and ments accounts CC16a For the perftsd from 0110112024 To 3111212024 Section A Receipts and payments Unrostrlctsd funds to th• n••re•i ReJtrJct•d funds to th• •r•£ Endowment funds to tho n•arwt£ Total fuftds Last year to th• rwr•&tf A1 R•eel Z8kaai Don8Dons Sadwh Donbw8 Inter8S1 Waiei Piovlsk)n IH8nd Pyffl Filra 99,144 238.073 13,220 11,425 2.628 S4.635 1S1.751 238.073 13.2 11,42 2,625 1,683 Proi6Ct5 270 38,982 ross Incom8 270 AR} 123. 384.767 JIX.071 •n J04,767 Po men T41ib EdLUlion85 ar Charitstyt TTu>I Aji s91 Welfare Trusi Prqecl Ip)re Sod81 Wdtsr• Truat Prqoct Jipore Swai Welfar6 Trust Prop re Social Welf8r• T] Proè Bank Charges- Ini8m41ion81 Payments 20.083 20,C¥)o 36,937 64,1S4 64,1S4 70.723 57,000 34.816 41,131 98,000 63,000 118.854 148 Sub tot81 130.998 371,9e6 301.149 A4 Asset and Invèstment Sub fotal 130,998 240,968 371.966 301.149 Net ole{pts1{paYrn0nts) AS Tr•nBf•rs beh¥•èn funds A8 Cash lund8 la•t year end C•h fun(ts th18 ye?r end 7,199 7,199 4.922 30,676 30,676 37.875 CCXX R1 a¢YDunts ISSI 2210912025
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestrlcled funds to near05t £ Restfocled funds to nBarBit£ Endowment funds to noaTe É B1 Cash fund8 Bank 8aLqn Total cash fun(ts 30.678 UnreStet•d fund8 lo nr#t£ ReSt¢ted fund• io t)•aro•l£ Endowment fund• to n•¥reBt £ Details Fund 107hkh Details C4)•t loptlom Cuff•ntvolu• onal 83 Invmtment a••ot8 Fvnd to %thlch •u•t L1 Details Colt loptlon•ll ¢uff•t v4lu• othal 84 Assot8 r•tslngd for the charlty'8 own u8• Details Fund to whlch AmouTr¢due When du• B6 Ll•bllltlo8 S*ned by one or ts¥o trustees on behawof 811 the trustsas Signature Prfnt Name Dale of rov81 Moharnmed Hanif M et 2210912025 Mahrnood EDrahim Palel 22109r2025 CCXX R2 accounts ISSI 22109r2025