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One Woman at time REPORT AND FINANaAL FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 ATEMEllfS ber 2024 Charity Number 11 3863

One Woman at a tlme REFERENCE & ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Reglstered char￿ Number I￿3863 Princlpal Address Trustees Jean AndersorTr Zainab Moham Celiè Gaze LTD The Busiftess Centre Ltnesstreet Morecambe LA4 SES Pa£e 2

One Woman at a tlme REPORT OF THE TRusfEES F￿1 THE YEAR ENDED 31 ber 2024 the charlty forthe ￿arended 31 December The trLtstees wl¥) are also rfirector5 of the tharltyforthe pu re￿rt wbth the financial ststemefrts of the chaiity for the year e adopted the provtsions of Accounting and Reporting by Chwities applicable to charities wepar5r4gthelr xcourts Sn accordarKe w In the UKand Republrcof Ireland IFRS 102) leffedive ijarwary )f the Companie5 Art 2W6. presert thelr ded 31 December 2024. The trustees have Ststement of Recommermjed Practlce the Financial Reportin8 Stsrthrd applicabSe The oblertw of the charity are as foifows.. Work with women that includes Female Genital Mutilath)n. Dornestic w￿lence. Fo Sexual Abuse. Modem Day Slaw and Traffickn¥ women in p . through ad¥ffacy and outreach support servrces. Work with wo al)out Gender Based w101e￿e. The charlty offets esserthl su P5ycholo8ical support through therapies Ike Trauma Through Ta supplies for medlcal and obstetrlc care. Volunteers are vital to th success of the charrty andthelr contrilxrtions are 8reatly apprecia r5 ofGender Based VIolff￿ In Afrlo d ma￿lage. Honour Based Violence {HBVI, n and worrth experienc1￿ Mental Health, n in the Uk thro￿1 teach1￿ students Se￿Ic¢S s￿h as •Jvocacy. outreach, in8 I￿. and health-related trainlng and continued grow￿ development and Charitable actNttie5 In West Pokot in Keny4. 44% of women aref frorn the age of 13 and Ihe illiteracy reforthe whole commun vlllages. Pokot has very few nurse5 who speak PokoL so the charity has s ith Ortum Missionary Hospttal in Kenya and currentty suwjrts n their Univer￿ education. The tharity 15 (¥rrenty fundlr 10 Pok pro8ramme. The effert ofthis will betwofold, {11 the women will gain educthn, empowerment aThl employme 12) the women wlll retum to their communlty ar￿ show the area t education. health awarenets and by (fauk be rDle modets for girl In thelrown larbgvagetheywill mentorother chlldren as well as fomts ofGBV. In 2024. the chamty SUCC￿1￿ supported girls fleeing G8V - 14 girls supported in prtmary education. 52 in secondary ed￿all populatiohl wovided 7Aryth xhuol unifomi arKI transporL 2 college tallor 7 nurses qualif￿d Iptannin8thelr8fdduat¥)n) and ran awar community. Into female genital mutilation IFGMI 15 67%. Thls could be hlther In remote rrt conslderdble ttme twlldlng refatlonship5 rses through fvndingtheirtuition fees and nwse5 on a >year nurse tralninB t women ha¥e a role to play In tr to aspire to. ate awarene55 on FGM. FEM. and other . 12 from 8aringo Ihighty maryinalised udents. 2 universsty students. I qualified prisrammes for mèrry ￿re In the The tharityworked thrO￿h and supwrted knal groy aTh of activism. SOMÈ of the other actrilties th*the tharity supported Tnduded A alongside the World Health organ￿tIon to support Kenyan actr¥t Passage. We fund transporL food etctotske Moses and hls team spread the word about altemab¥es to FGM. The Iharty supported bcal groups and activ15ts to coN￿Jct Traini Officets to Increase their knowledge OD FGM and thild Marria8e. i to carry ou¢ artThiitse5 durin8the 16 Days rnative Rite of Pas53ge artmtles. We work In gi¥7ng the girls an alternatTr￿ Right ol marginalised areas around Kenya to and Capauty strengthening of Police health and psychological compllcatlon5

Onewoman at a time and their artNe ro￿ In law enforcomenL (Wified SUM¥orhandl supported the trainin8 of police officers in the Pokot a FGM is illegal in Kenya but in remote areas, tt still prewails. Man Illegal. When the 8trls ran awayto escapp from the threat of FG thelr homes ertherthfQU8h laL of placement or Sa& of kn¢ they now re¢o8n&e the $4ns thatthe 8lrls are under risk of FGM places ofgfety. The tralningwas welcowd bythe lttal police. public awarene55 through media collalx)ratEon. ampfrfyrythe forced marriage IEFMI to the wider communlty. Within the UL ts charltywill contlnueto SUFPOrtM)rk wlth bo 8enltal muilkltlon. of the polKè Of￿15 dld not reallse FGM was etc, the w[1￿ often returned the glrts to e. Nowthat the police have been tralned. nd Can liaise wlth tre Birts to tske them to MO￿ Wds requested. We continue to ralse e arOUr￿ the issue of FGM and eady erIOr￿ on pmmotir awarene55 on female FUNI)K41SIMG AcrivmES The charlty would like to thank ￿eryrJne Txho has us fvndraisln8endeavours. Thro￿hoUt 2024 fundralslry were hmlted as a lotof tim talks to wornerf 5 ￿0￿p5. communlty events etc to incftase our marathons and ra21ng funds and awareness. swrsor5hiptwJ supFK#ted our wa5 invested in fvmlitw sponsor5 by Oving POnSOf5. We hadvoluntsers Nnnln8 Internal aThl external factors The Charity Founder and Trustee5 h Covld but have Èstsblished good online w45 of communicati three times a week During this chaI￿1n8 finanttal time. we n tharitable efforts. In November 2024 Celia Gaze. Jean ArKlerson, and Pauta Arndt a ever GTaduadon and to take multiple 8oods to the area to help 17 footballs and 48kilo running shoes for the thlklren and Tunne Id theirfKst interschO￿ towrwnentthich attracted over S event the glrls and then boy5 and ¢orNnunitywere Invited t After the event the your8 men ofthe ¢crfnmunrty requerted so are tKiping to fadlitate tNs in 202516. Part our awareness talks in LIK was too RAPID R In Boltth) and t take to West Pokot and stsrt a community H￿b in time $0 these ommunlty a5 a whole. These were distributed to ovrcoNdina the St￿nts and grath￿te5 to ald thelr 5tudyln¥ and save the DUÈ to the costof livi￿ In the UK. sponsorship is harderto com 5Utalnable to the educlon and tralningof the girfs Into wom girls wlll enterthe prwme forttw next few ￿•T5. The ch¥ity will wrtinue to supportthegirls alrvaty In the pm further education foreverygraduate may ha to bewithheid a Ilkelyto forced Into gender-based vIolen￿. Those 8rnduatln8 In vocational tFainitw only funds are avble or we m ve akn not been able to visit Kenya since rw8h their Kèrryan Co-ordinator at least to look at cons01idatlon and $ustaininB our setf-fvnded vlsfted West Pokot for our first e cmimunrty IrKi￿1ng 150 Sanitary kits and from Iten trairm￿8 camp. Whllstthere they people from the local community. Durin8 th health. FGM and 68V awareness. epuiixnent to run a man's event. and we ¥erygenerousty donated 10 computers to uld help notjust the sponsored gir15 butthe to the Sd￿ vlith a of teachln8 dTi¥ to find an Intemet café. by, and we need to rify our plans. To be hcd and economi¢ power means no more mme. Some ofthe plars we have made l.e. the maln prK)rity must be the thildren most 02415 wtll be pia¢ed into academlc or The charity wlll continue to support the 8lrls in Kenya WI￿ are i them attaln thelrgoals, whether xademic. medical orvocati have estsblished around gr￿n$furthered￿0tlon to the older81 chance to have financia5 Independen￿ wtbetherthr0L￿ unNe diarFty wlll also Contin￿10 providetrainirry in poli(e statloThs forced marriage. Forthe following few years 0UFW¢￿ in the UK is on hold until solety on West PokoL prlmaryand secorKlary educat¥)n and help . We wlll seek to expand thè pro8fdmmeswe s who arn leaving 5th001. giving them the ty or in agriculttjre. tsiForin8 or beauty. The ote areas onfrmale genrtal mutÉlatlon and Jrts b￿Qme xdllable and ourempha51s ts P¥4

One Woman at a tl Governing document the charity 15 controlled by itsgo¥emi Ilmlted company. Ilmited by 8uaraThtee. as defined by the Com l. To relieve the needs of women. particularty. but not exdusi¥e experiencrn& Bender-based Violen￿ and female genltal mutilati provislon of grarrts. support, servFces and t￿m5 directed at Impr 2. To advance the education ofthe publk in matters of GBV and enL a deed of trusL and constitutes a les Act 2￿. . those 7Atho have experien￿. or are at risk of n. induding by, without limitation, t ing thelr conditlons of life. GM aFKI other related subjects. RESPON51BILmES OFThE TRUSTEES Charity law requires the trLth to prepare finanoal ststernents fair vlew of the state of affair5 of the Trust as at the balan￿ sh applicatlon of resources. induthty Incon and expenditure for r eath finafKial year wh￿h fv a true and date and of ts inccvn4 resouros and financtal year. In preparin8 those ftnan¢ièl statements thetrustee5 sIK)uld fol selert suitsble accounting policies aDd ap￿ t make jvdgmerrts and estlmates that are reasona p￿pare the financtal ststements on the ￿Ing co assume thatthe charity will continue on that conslstentfy e and prudent and cern basls unless it 15 inappropriate to The trusteps are responsiblefor maintaining woper accountlng r flnandal position of the charity andto enablethem to ensure tha charity legislation. The trustees are ￿50 responsible for safeguard for taking reasonable stèps for the preventton and detectlon of s wthich dixlose at anytime the the financial statements Comply with ng the assets of the charity and hence ud and otherlrregularitles. Approved by trustee50n 12th N￿ernbel 2025 aNI slgwl on helr behalf Tnistee p4ts C fjaze Page 5

One Woman at a ilme INDEPENDENf EXAMINERS REpoirr TO ThE 7RUSfEES O SYATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED31 Decem￿ 2024 ThE UPIAUDITED FIP4ApiaAL I report on the xcountsof Or Woman al a time forthe year io. 31 Dwmbtt 21)24 set out on page5 3 to As the dmrty's trustees you are responsible forthe preparation requirement of sertion 114(21 of the tharfbes Art 2011 {the Art e¥amination ts needed. It is my rewn5iblty to examine the the w￿￿ureS laid down In the General DITe¢tions 8wI bythe ofthe A¢ and to stste whether particular matters have come f theaccourtS you consider thatthe audlt does not ath and that an independent unts under 5ectvJn 145 of the ACL to follow rrty Commlsslon under 5ertk)n 145{5llbl my attentton. BASIS OF INDEPENOEKf EXAMINais srATEMEiir My examination was carrted out In accNdano 7Mth the fnerdl An examinatlon includes a review of the accounting records kept accounts presented with those recorLts. ￿alSO indudes cO￿lde the accounts and seeking explanations from you as tnthees con undertaken do not provlde all the thryden￿ that would be requlr express an audlt oplnlon on the view8iben lrythe account ireciions 8ivÈn irythe Cjprity Commlsslon. the thartty arad a comparison ofthe of any unusual rtems or disclosures In rning any such fflatters. The procedures d in an audit. and consequently I do not In Mnn¢ctK>n wlth examination. no matter ha5 tyxne to my i) wltkh gives me reawnable cause to be￿e¥e that in a to keep proper accounUn8 records in acwrdance to prepa￿ accounts which accord with the accou accountinB requirermnts ofthe Alt h￿t not been metr, or materfal respettthe requlrements: fth section 130 ofthe Art: and in8 records and to comply wrth the 21 to In my opinlon. attention slK)uld be drawn I the accounts to be reachÈd. ordef to enable a proper understandlrvd of Mrs Ellzabeth E(Iwards BBS Bookkeepin8 Solthion5 Ltd The Buslnes5 Centre 6A Lines Street Morecambe LA4 SES Date: 12 N￿￿nber 2025

One Woman * a tlffle STATEMENT OF FINANaAL ACTIV￿ FOR THEYEAR EII 31 Derembw 2024 Funds Total 2S,203 315 25.203 315 25,518 28.423 otherTradl￿ Actrrfibes 25518 28.423 Charltsble ActNitles Stsff Costs Govemance Costs 22925 369 6A29 29,723 22925 369 20,578 2.313 24.975 25.642 Net IncomW(oulzoln8) re%)urw before {4,X6) Trdnsfer between funds (4206) 0 14.206) Total funds broW fonvard 8.618 &618 5,170 Totsl fvnds urrled forw¥d 4,412 8,618 P4e7

One Woman at a Ilme BALAN￿ 5HEEfAS AT 31 December 2024 31 31 D•r•nb Cash at bank and in haNJ Debtors 8.618 46 Curyert Li•bllltles Credltoramounts fdlllng due within one year 8.618 Tan8lble Assets &6 XoTrCurrvrt Llabllhles Creditoramunts tdlling after more than one yeaf Netassets Restricted Funds Unrestricted Funds Total funds 8.618 Notes in pages 9 and 10 fom) part of these accounts Approved by the tnrtees on 12 Pknwnber 21YiS and s18r*d on ir behalf Trustee Ms CGaze

One Woman ata tlm• IIOTESTO ThE FINANC￿ STATEMEpifs FOR THE YEAR DED 31 Do¢ember2024 Basls of pTrpari￿the finandal slatementsThe finandal a publlc benefft enttty under FR5 102, been prep 1021 'Aca>untlng and Reportlng by Charities: Statemnt o Charit￿ prepariw their arzounts in accordan￿ wlth the UK and Republk Of1￿1•ftd IFRS 1021 (effecth l January Flnandal Reportln8 Standanl applicable in the UK and Rep The financlal ststements ken prepared undertr h. reco8nEsed in the Stat￿Trt of Flnancial Acltr4ftles once probable that the irKome wlll be rece￿￿￿ and the amourrt Liabilltles are reco8nised as a5 soon a5 there the charltyto that expenditure. It Is probth that a transF settlement aThl the amourt of theobr￿1kn can be mea5 an accruals basis and has beÈft dassffied under IEadlry t Wherè costs cannot be dirertfy attrtbuted to heathn8S th istent wlth the ￿se 0fresour￿ Grnrrts offered subj the year-end date are noted as a commitment Ixrt not exemptfrom co￿0ratiOn tsx on Its thafitable acttvhis F in accordance with the dwttable oble¢tros atthe dlscreti used for re5trlcted puryxw wlthln the obieLts of the c donoror when funds a￿ rdlsed for restrirted purpos￿. Fu o eath fund is induded In the notts to the finanoal ments of the tharltable companyi whlch Fs in accorrlance wlth the Charitles SORP IFRS Recommended Practke applicable to nanaal Reporti￿ standard ￿pIsCable In the 191.. Finandal RepLYting Standard 102 The Ic of Irdand. and the Companies Art 2LTh. rkal cost conventknn. Income AFI income Is tharrty has entitlement to the funds, tt Is n be measured rellably. ExFendlture a S•1 or corStriK￿ obltton committtnB r of economtc benefts will be requlred in red relFably. Expendlture is acuwnted foron t a8gregats all cost related ts the category. have been allocated to èctivitse5 on a basi5 to con(rrth?r4 whkh have not been met at as expendlture. TaxaUonThe charOty1s accountin8 Unrestricted funds can be L￿d n of the trusteek Re5trktÈd fvnds can only rity. Restrictllyls arlse when 5pecffied by the er ewanètron ofthe nature and purpose Audh & Accountsnry Fees Bank Fees Dire¢t Expenses Corporlon Tax General Expenses Insurance £1,842. £619.12 J47.65 £626.78 £217.67 £42.89 £342.93 m57 prtnting& Statkr Subsuiption5 IM•mlry At31# Dee Unrestricted Furtds 8.618 25￿18 25 {29,723 44

One at a Ihm There were no trarfja¢tion5 with tt*Trustees during the year P4e io