Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 04 03 2021 To 05 04 2022
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name[Foundation for the Study of Ancient Arabia's Languages and ] Cultures Other names charity is known by N/A
Registered charity number (if any) 1193702
Charity's principal address Burmington Manor
Shipston-on-Stour Postcode CV36 5AG
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any) |
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| Michael CA Macdonald |
Chair | N/A | N/A | |
| Jacob Dahl | Hon Treasurer | N/A | N/A | |
| Orhan Elmaz | Hon Secretary | N/A | N/A | |
| Ahmad Al-Jallad | N/A | N/A | ||
| Alessia Prioletta | N/A | N/A | ||
| Ali Al-Manaser | N/A | N/A | ||
| Hythem Sidky | N/A | N/A | ||
| Jérôme Norris | N/A | N/A | ||
| Laïla Nehmé | N/A | N/A | ||
| Maria Guagnin | N/A | N/A | ||
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
Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organization How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Elected by the Trustees Committee Trustee selection methods
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(eg. trust, association, company)
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(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
To advance public education throughout the world by recording, studying, interpreting, editing and making freely available online and/or in print and/or by any other method the inscriptions and/or ancient and/or mediaeval written documents and/or rock art found in the Arabian Peninsula and the inscriptions and/or ancient and/or mediaeval written documents and/or rock art of similar types to those in the Peninsula found in countries such as, but not limited to, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Palestine, Israel, and Egypt or items from one or more of these countries
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| 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) |
now in museums or other collections elsewhere PROVIDING THAT the inscription and/or written material is in a language or script examples of which are found in the Arabian Peninsula. |
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| (1) Maintain, improve and expand the Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia hereafter known as OCIANA or any successor or other means of storing, cataloguing and publishing data by the entry of inscriptions and/or ancient and/or mediaeval written documents and/or rock art which are newly discovered or which are already known but have not yet been entered, together with images of these inscriptions, written documents and/or rock art together with information which is as accurate and precise as possible about their provenance as well as all other available information about the inscriptions and/or ancient and/or mediaeval written documents and/or rock art. (2) Create, support or maintain, improve and expand digital databases or other ways of storing, cataloguing and publishing in an easily searchable manner written material providing that the written material is in languages or scripts examples of which are found in the Arabian Peninsula. (3) Create, support or maintain, improve and expand digital databases or other ways of storing, cataloguing and publishing in an easily searchable manner rock art in the countries listed PROVIDED THAT the rock art is linked or in some way related to that of the Arabian Peninsula by for example but not exclusively inscriptions associated with the rock art. (4) Encourage promote and provide facilities in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in the world for the education and training of suitable persons in fieldwork research, the interpretation and study of inscriptions and/or other ancient and/or mediaeval written material and/or rock art. (5) Promote and carry out or assist in promoting and carrying out research, surveys and investigations and publish or assist in publishing the useful results thereof. Sofar the Charityhas beenseekingfundsto carry out these objects. |
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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policy on grantmaking;
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contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
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Section D Achievements and performance
The Charity has been seeking funds to carry out its objectives, so far Summary of the main without success but will continue to seek substantial funding in the achievements of the charity coming year. during the year
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Section E Financial review
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
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);
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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) Full name(s) Michael Christopher Archibald Macdonald Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc) Date 01-02-2023
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The Foundation for the Study of Ancient Arabia's Languages
1193702
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Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts CC16a For the period 04/03/2021 05/04/2022 To from
Section A Receipts and payments
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ |
Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
Total funds to the nearest £ |
Total funds to the nearest £ |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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Donation from MCA Macdonald 7/7/2021 |
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) | 1,000 | - | - | 1,000 | - | ||||
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| **Sub total ** | 72 | - | - | 72 | - | ||||
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| 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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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) Categories B1 Cash funds |
1 Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 928 - - 928 OK |
02/02/2023 Restricted funds Endowment funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - OK OK |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use |
Details | Details | Unrestricted funds to nearest £ |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ |
Restricted funds to nearest £ |
Restricted funds to nearest £ |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name J L Dahl MCA Macdonald |
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| MCA Macdonald | 02/02/2023 |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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