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

**From** 1 April 2024 **Period start date   To** 31 March 2025 **Period end date** 

**Charity name:** BIAFRA AID 

## **Charity registration number:** 1185825 

## **Objectives and Activities:** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**The Objects of the CIO are, for the**<br>**public benefit: 4.1. The prevention**<br>**and/or relief of poverty or financial**<br>**hardship among Biafran people and**<br>**their dependents and relatives including**<br>**but not limited to, providing grants,**<br>**advocacy and items and services to**<br>**individuals in need and/or charities, or**<br>**other organisations working to prevent**<br>**or relieve poverty and by identifying**<br>**factors that contribute to poverty and/or**<br>**financial hardship and taking action to**<br>**mitigate these; and 4.2. The relief of**<br>**sickness and the preservation of health**<br>**among Biafran people and their**<br>**dependents and relatives.**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**Makes Grants To Individuals**<br>**Makes Grants To Organisations**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**Confirmed**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making 

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Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|The CIO is not yet operational. It has no<br>assets and has carried out no activities.|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||



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|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
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## **Financial Review** 

|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**No reserves held.**|
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|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Zero**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**Not yet operating.**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23||



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity Other 

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## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Foundation Constitution Registered 15**<br>**Oct 2019 as amended by a Charity**<br>**Commission Scheme dated 15 January**<br>**2025**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**Clause 11 of the Constitution regulates**<br>**that Charity Trustees must appointed by**<br>**the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)**<br>**made at a meeting of its directors held**<br>**according to the ordinary practice of the**<br>**Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).**<br>**Apart from the first Charity Trustees,**<br>**every Charity Trustee must be**<br>**appointed for a term of three years.**|



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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|**Biafra Aid**|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|**1185825**|



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|Charity’s principal address|**Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP**<br>**134 Edmund Street**<br>**Birmingham**<br>**B3 2ES**|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
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||**Solomon**<br>**Uchenna Egbo**||||
||**Kingsley Kanunta**<br>**Kanu**||||
||**Alphonsus Uche**<br>**Okafor-Mefor**||**[INSERT DATE**<br>**REMOVED FROM**<br>**OFFICE]**||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 

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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

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

|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 

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## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s)** Kingsley Kanunta Kanu **Full name(s)** Solomon Uchenna Egbo **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee Trustee **Chair, etc) Date** 31/12/2025 

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**BIAFRA AID 1185825 Receipts and payments accounts For the period** 01.04.2024 31.03.2025 **To from** 

## **CC16a** 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**0.00**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**0.00**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**0.00**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**0.00**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**0.00**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**0.00**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**0.00**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**0.00**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**0.00**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**-**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**-**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**-**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**-**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**0.00**|||||**0.00**|
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|**_Sub total_**|**0.00**|||||**0.00**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**0.00**|||||**0.00**|
|**_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_**|||||||
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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>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**|Signature<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**0.00**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**0.00**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**0.00**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>KingsleyKanuntaKanu<br>Solomon Uchenna Egbo|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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||||Date of<br>approval|
|||KingsleyKanuntaKanu|31.12.2025|
|||Solomon Uchenna Egbo|31/12/2025|



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