## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 02 April 2024 Period start date To 01 April 2025 Period end date** ## **Charity name: The Nawroz School in Leeds** ## **Charity registration number: 1201524** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|•
**To promote social inclusion for**
**the public benefit among refugees,**
**asylum seekers and migrants**
**living in Leeds who are socially**
**excluded due to their ethnic origin,**
**religion, belief or social and**
**economic position. This includes**
**relieving need and supporting**
**integration through advocacy,**
**information and advice, English**
**language education and training,**
**and the provision of recreational**
**facilities and community events**
**that bring people together and**
**encourage participation in local**
**community life; and**
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**To advance education for the**
**public benefit, in particular for**
**children and young people, with a**
**focus on children from Kurdish**
**backgrounds, by providing free-at-**
**the-point-of-access education and**
**cultural learning that supports**
**personal development, inclusion**
**and positive future outcomes.**
**In delivering these objects, the charity**
**aims to deepen participants’ sense of**
**citizenship, belonging and inclusion**
**through an annual curriculum covering**
**language, music, drawing, Kurdish**
**dance, behaviour-change development,**
**education, seminars and arts. The charity**
**also promotes equality, diversity and**
**community cohesion, and supports**
**wellbeing through safe and responsible**
**delivery of activities.**
**Sessions are delivered by trained**
**teachers and supported by volunteers,**
**with appropriate safeguarding**| |||**procedures, risk management and clear**
**expectations for safe practice. The**
**trustees are committed to ensuring**
**activities are accessible, inclusive and**
**delivered in a way that protects**
**beneficiaries and supports positive**
**development. Through education,**
**awareness and positive role modelling,**
**the charity seeks to prepare a confident,**
**responsible generation and contribute to**
**a more informed, inclusive and cohesive**
**society.**| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**During the reporting period, the charity**
**delivered a programme of free**
**educational, cultural and wellbeing**
**activities for children, young people and**
**families in Leeds, directly supporting its**
**charitable purposes.**
**Activities included language learning,**
**arts and drawing sessions, music and**
**Kurdish dance, behaviour-change and**
**personal development activities,**
**educational support, and awareness**
**seminars for both adults and children.**
**These activities were delivered through**
**regular teaching sessions, workshops,**
**cultural events and community-based**
**programmes, led by trained teachers and**
**supported by volunteers.**
**Expenditure recorded in the accounts**
**reflects the direct costs of delivery,**
**including sessional teaching, venue hire,**
**learning materials (including Kurdish**
**programme books and classroom**
**resources), safeguarding measures, and**
**other community activity costs.**
**Delivery evidence from the year included:**
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**Regular teaching sessions across**
**the year (approximately 34**
**teaching dates recorded), with**
**sessional payments to teachers;**
•
**Venue hire costs to ensure**
**activities were delivered safely**
**and appropriately;**
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**Purchase of learning resources,**
**including Kurdish programme**
**books and classroom materials;**
**and**
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**Safeguarding and compliance**
**measures, including DBS checks**
**and appropriate insurance.**
**These activities provided clear public**
**benefit by increasing access to education**
**and cultural learning, supporting**
**emotional wellbeing, positive behaviour**
**development and social inclusion, and**
**promoting equality, diversity and**
**community cohesion. All activities were**
**delivered safely and in accordance with**| |||**the charity’s safeguarding and risk**
**management procedures.**| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees confirm that, in carrying out**
**their duties and planning the charity’s**
**activities during the period, they have**
**had due regard to the Charity**
**Commission’s guidance on public**
**benefit. The trustees believe that the**
**charity’s purposes and activities**
**continue to provide clear, identifiable and**
**demonstrable public benefit, and that**
**access to activities is open, inclusive and**
**aligned with the charity’s objectives. **| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**The charity’s main approach is direct**
**delivery of services rather than grant-**
**making. Where the trustees decide to**
**provide financial support to individuals**
**or groups, this will only be done where it**
**clearly advances the charity’s objects,**
**with trustee approval, clear eligibility**
**criteria, and proper records to evidence**
**decision-making and use of funds. **| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**The charity did not undertake any social**
**investment or programme related**
**investment during the period. Any**
**surplus funds are held to support**
**ongoing delivery of charitable activities**
**and meet short-term operational needs**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Volunteers play a vital role in supporting**
**delivery and community engagement.**
**The charity reported 23 volunteers, who**
**helped with session support, events,**
**administration, learner support and**
**community outreach. Their contribution**
**increases the charity’s capacity, helps**
**keep activities free, and strengthens links**
**with the local community**| |Other||**Safeguarding and safe delivery: The**
**trustees recognise safeguarding and safe**
**delivery as central to the charity’s work.**
**The charity has safeguarding policies**
**and procedures in place and keeps risk**
**under review to ensure activities are**
**delivered responsibly and protect**
**beneficiaries**| ## **Achievements and Performance** SORP reference ||Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**During the reporting period, the charity**
**successfully delivered free-at-the-point-**
**of-access educational, cultural and**
**wellbeing activities for children, young**
**people and families in Leeds, directly**
**supporting its charitable purposes.**
**The charity’s programmes enabled**
**beneficiaries to access structured**
**education and cultural learning that many**
**might otherwise be unable to afford.**
**Through activities including language**
**learning, arts and drawing, music and**
**Kurdish dance, behaviour-change and**
**personal development sessions, and**
**awareness seminars, beneficiaries**
**developed confidence, skills, positive**
**behaviour and a stronger sense of**
**identity and belonging.**
**The charity’s work also contributed to**
**improved emotional wellbeing, positive**
**social interaction and increased**
**engagement in learning. Families and**
**participants benefited from safe,**
**inclusive spaces that encouraged**
**participation, cultural understanding and**
**mutual respect.**
**Wider benefits to society included**
**strengthened community cohesion,**
**promotion of equality and diversity, and**
**increased understanding between**
**communities through shared educational**
**and cultural activities. By supporting**
**positive development and inclusion, the**
**charity helped contribute to a more**
**informed, resilient and cohesive local**
**community in Leeds.**| |---|---|---|---| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**The trustees reviewed performance**
**against the charity’s objectives and are**
**satisfied that the charity made good**
**progress in advancing education and**
**promoting social inclusion during the**
**year. Key objectives met included the**
**continued delivery of the annual**
**educational and cultural programme,**
**maintaining free access to activities, and**
**ensuring safe and inclusive delivery**
**through trained staff, volunteers and**
**safeguarding procedures.**
**The charity also strengthened its focus**
**on wellbeing, positive behaviour**
**development and awareness-raising,**
**supporting beneficiaries to develop life**
**skills and confidence alongside**
**educational outcomes.**| |---|---|---| |||| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**Fundraising activity during the period**
**focused on securing sufficient resources**
**to support the delivery of charitable**
**activities. The trustees monitored income**
**against planned expenditure and ensured**
**that funds raised were used efficiently**
**and in line with the charity’s objects.**
**While fundraising remained modest,**
**available resources enabled the charity to**
**continue delivering core activities**
**without charging beneficiaries.**
**The trustees continue to explore**
**opportunities to strengthen fundraising**
**and improve long-term financial**
**sustainability while protecting public**
**trust and confidence**| |---|---|---| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**The charity did not hold any investments**
**during the reporting period and therefore**
**had no investment performance to report.**| |Other||**The trustees reflected on delivery during**
**the year and identified opportunities to**
**further strengthen monitoring of**
**outcomes, volunteer development and**
**future programme planning, while**
**maintaining a strong focus on**
**safeguarding, inclusion and quality of**
**delivery. **| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**For the financial year ended 31 March**
**2025, the charity had total receipts of**
**£20,269 and total payments of £18,501,**
**resulting in a net surplus of £1,768 for the**
**year.**
**Income was generated primarily from:**
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**Student fees: £17,150**
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**Donations: £781**
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**Grants: £1,000**
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**GCSE maths club income: £1,338**
**Expenditure during the year was focused**
**on direct delivery of charitable activities,**
**including:**
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**Teacher payments: £10,400**
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**Venue hire: £3,840**
•
**Purchases and learning**
**resources: £3,223**
•
**Student trip costs: £325**
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**DBS checks: £537**
•
**Equipment: £169**
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**Bank charges: £7**
**At the end of the period, the charity held**
**cash funds of £1,768, all of which were**
**unrestricted. The trustees consider the**
**charity’s financial position to be stable**
**and appropriate for its current scale of**
**activities.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The trustees define reserves as**
**unrestricted funds freely available to**
**spend on the charity’s purposes. As a**
**small charity focused on direct delivery**
**of services, the trustees aim to hold a**
**modest level of reserves to:**
•
**support continuity of educational**
**and cultural activities,**
•
**manage timing differences**
**between income and expenditure,**
**and**
•
**respond to unexpected costs,**
**including safeguarding, venue or**
**essential delivery expenses.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**At 31 March 2025, the charity held**
**unrestricted reserves of £1,768,**
**equivalent to a short period of core**
**operating costs. **| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Not applicable.**
**The charity did not hold zero reserves at**
**the year end. **| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**There were no funds materially in deficit**
**at the end of the reporting period.**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**The trustees have reviewed the charity’s**
**financial position, cash balances and**
**expected income and expenditure for the**
**forthcoming period. Based on this**
**review, the trustees believe that the**| **charity is a going concern and is able to meet its financial obligations as they fall due. The trustees will continue to monitor income, expenditure and cashflow to ensure the charity remains financially sustainable.** ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**During the reporting period, the charity’s**
**principal sources of income were student**
**fees, donations and a small grant, all of**
**which supported the direct delivery of**
**charitable activities. The majority of**
**income was generated from student fees,**
**reflecting contributions made to support**
**educational and cultural programmes.**
**Additional income was received through**
**voluntary donations and a grant, which**
**helped to subsidise costs and ensure**
**activities remained accessible.**
**The trustees oversee income generation**
**and ensure that funds raised are used**
**efficiently and in line with the charity’s**
**objects. The charity did not rely on**
**professional fundraisers and did not**
**undertake large-scale public fundraising**
**during the period.**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**The charity does not currently hold**
**investments and did not undertake any**
**social investment or programme-related**
**investment during the reporting period.**
**Any surplus funds are held in a UK bank**
**account and are used to support the**
**charity’s ongoing activities and short-**
**term operational needs. The trustees**
**keep this position under review as the**
**charity develops.**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The trustees regularly review the risks**
**facing the charity and have identified the**
**following principal risks, together with**
**actions taken to mitigate them:**
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**Financial sustainability risk: The**
**risk of insufficient income to meet**
**ongoing costs is managed**
**through careful budgeting, regular**
**financial monitoring and**
**maintaining modest reserves.**
•
**Safeguarding risk: As the charity**
**works with children and young**
**people, safeguarding is a key risk.**
**This is mitigated through**
**safeguarding policies and**
**procedures, DBS checks, training,**
**and clear expectations for safe**
**delivery.**
•
**Operational and delivery risk:**
**Risks related to venue availability,**| |||**staffing and volunteer capacity are**
**mitigated through forward**
**planning, use of trained teachers**
**and volunteers, and flexible**
**delivery arrangements.**
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**Governance and compliance risk:**
**The trustees mitigate this risk**
**through regular trustee oversight,**
**adherence to Charity Commission**
**guidance, internal financial**
**controls and documented policies**
**and procedures.**| |---|---|---| |Other||**Other**
**Monitoring and improvement:**
**The trustees continue to strengthen**
**monitoring of activities and financial**
**performance to ensure resources are**
**used effectively, risks are managed**
**appropriately and the charity continues**
**to deliver high-quality, inclusive and safe**
**services for beneficiaries.**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||**The charity is governed by its Charitable**
**Incorporated Organisation (CIO)**
**Constitution (Association model), which**
**sets out the charity’s objects, trustee**
**powers and duties, membership**
**provisions , decision-making processes,**
**financial controls and reporting**
**requirements.**| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**The charity is constituted as a Charitable**
**Incorporated Organisation (CIO)**
**registered with the Charity Commission**
**for England and Wales. As a CIO, the**
**charity is an incorporated body with its**
**own legal personality, enabling it to enter**
**contracts and hold responsibility in its**
**own name, while being regulated by the**
**Charity Commission.**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Trustees are appointed in line with the**
**CIO Constitution. New trustees are**
**recruited to strengthen the board’s skills,**
**experience and community**
**representation, and are appointed**
**through a trustee decision-making**
**process in accordance with the**
**governing document. The trustees seek**
**to maintain a balanced board with**
**appropriate expertise (including**
**safeguarding, education, finance and**
**community engagement). All trustees are**
**required to confirm they are eligible and**
**not disqualified from acting as trustees,**
**and conflicts of interest are managed in**
**line with the charity’s policies. **| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**The charity is led by a trustee board**
**which meets to set strategy, oversee**
**compliance and safeguarding, monitor**
**finances, and ensure activities deliver**
**public benefit. Day-to-day delivery is**
**supported by trained teachers and**
**volunteers, with clear oversight and**
**accountability arrangements. The board**
**maintains appropriate internal controls,**
**risk management and safeguarding**
**procedures to ensure services are**
**delivered safely, effectively and in line**
**with the charity’s objects.**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|**New trustees receive an induction**
**covering the charity’s objects,**
**governance responsibilities, key policies**
**and procedures, safeguarding**
**expectations and financial oversight.**
**Trustees are encouraged to undertake**
**ongoing training appropriate to their role,**| |---|---|---| |||**including safeguarding awareness, risk**
**management, and good charity**
**governance, to ensure the board remains**
**effective and complian **| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**The charity is governed by a trustee**
**board and delivers activities through**
**trained teachers and volunteers**
**supporting children, young people and**
**families in Leeds. The charity works in**
**community settings and engages with**
**local communities to promote inclusion,**
**equality, and positive outcomes through**
**education and cultural learning. The**
**charity currently records 4 trustees and**
**12 volunteers supporting delivery and**
**operations. **| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**The trustees confirm that the charity is**
**independent and trustee decision-making**
**is carried out in the best interests of the**
**charity. The charity manages conflicts of**
**interest appropriately and maintains**
**transparency in governance. No trustees**
**receive remuneration, payments or**
**benefits from the charity. Any trustee**
**expenses (if applicable) are paid only in**
**accordance with charity law and the**
**charity’s policies..**| |Other||**The trustees review governance**
**arrangements regularly to ensure the**
**charity remains well-managed,**
**accountable and focused on public**
**benefit. The board is committed to**
**maintaining public trust and confidence**
**through strong safeguarding practice,**
**responsible financial management and**
**clear oversight of allactivities**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|The Nawroz School in Leeds| |---|---| |Other name the charityuses|None| |Registered charitynumber|1201524| |Charity’s principal address|71 Longroyd Terrace
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Kashan Kamal Ali|Chair|Acted for the whole year|Appointed in accordance with
the CIO constitution| ||Rebaz Pirot|Trustee|Acted for the whole year|Appointed in accordance with
the CIO constitution| ||Dr Nicholas Lalvani
MBBS BSC|Trustee|Acted for the whole year|Appointed in accordance with
the CIO constitution| ||Rebwar Rouaf|Trustee|Acted for the whole year|Appointed in accordance with
the CIO constitution| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name Not applicable. The charity does not have any corporate trustees and therefore has no directors.** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year **|| |---|---|---| |**Not applicable.**
**The charity does not own**
**or hold title to any land or**
**buildings, and no trustees**
**hold property on behalf of**
**the charity. **||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets **Not applicable.** held in this capacity The charity does not hold any assets as custodian trustee on behalf of other charities or organisations. Name and objects of the **Not applicable.** charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for **Not applicable.** safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** The charity does not employ a chief executive or senior staff members. Activities are overseen by the trustee board and delivered with the support of sessional teachers and volunteers. ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Not applicable.** **There are no exemptions from disclosure. The charity does not employ senior staff, and trustee details are disclosed in line with Charity Commission requirement** ## **Other optional information** The trustees confirm their ongoing commitment to good governance, safeguarding, financial responsibility and transparency. The charity continues to operate for the public benefit in accordance with its governing document and Charity Commission guidance. ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** KASHAN ALI **Full name(s)** Kashan kamala li **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 10/12/2025 CHARITY COMMISSION ' FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Th• N•wroz S¢holl In L••d 1201524 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forthe perSod from 01.04.2024 31.03.2025 Section A Receipts and payments Unmstricted funds tolh•ThDar•Bt Re5trlctad fund5 Endt)wmont funds Tolal tursds toth• rtoar￿t£ A1 R•e•S Is Stud¢nt F•è6 Donglth) Grnnl GCSE dub Stud•M Trw•l F•os 17.150 YB1 1.ODO 1.338 18.000 2$0 1.6fjS 761 1.000 1.336 Sub tolal(Gross income for AR) 20.269 20289 1808 table). Sub ¢otal Total rKelpts 20,269 20,269 20,6S4 A3Pa ents Teather Pa5Thnts Vènv Rom PurchAse siudeni Tnp Entartolnrnenl D8S Check eallk Chafge5 Equiwnèni 1D,4Dts lQ255 4,Q8ts 4￿74 slo ).223 325 J,223 32$ 537 5)7 169 Sub lotal 1B,SQI 20,139 A4 Asset 8nd Inv8Stm•nt ur£he58s, (see table Sub total 18,501 18.$01 20.839 N•1 of recelptsl(paymenl$) AS TrnnBl•rs bètwo8n funds A6 Cash funds 188t year end sh funds Ihls year end 1,768 1,768 185 1.76B 1.768 18$ 3010712025 CCXX R1 ac¢ounts ISSI Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestrl¢tBd fundi io n••r•$t£ ,J39 Rostrlcted fund• Endowmeht funds n•av4•t£ CalegorlÈs Details to B1 Cash funds Cashalbank rotal cash fund$ sl) ..AgT¢porn2r.t &iior Unréstrlctèd funds Rgitrlctod funds lo no•r•1l É Endowment hJnd$ Details B2 Othèr monetary a5s8ts Fund tswhleh Cuti•ntvlI￿• or￿1 CMt lèp14oMII Delalls B3 In￿stM￿nt a$s6ts Fund io whl¢h CoBt loptionall Curr•*i v•lu• Detalls B4 Ass•ts r•t8lned for lh• harlty's own us Fundtowhkh Wh•D¥LI DelaS1s Ilona B5 Uabllltl•s Date of roval S￿n?d byon? ortrW trustee$ on boh8ifo1811 lh• trusi4es SignBlur* Print Name 301J712025 CCXX R2 8Ecounl8 ISSI