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

## **From 10/01/2023    Period start date   To 05/04/2024    Period end date** 

## **Charity name: Grace and Mercy UK** 

## **Charity registration number: 1201534** 

## **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|What the charity does:<br>•<br>General Charitable Purposes<br>•<br>Education/training<br>•<br>The Prevention or Relief Of Poverty<br>•<br>Other Charitable Purposes<br>Who the charity helps:<br>•<br>People With Disabilities<br>•<br>The General Public/mankind|
|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|Our project is to help people find suitable<br>employment. We create CVs for them. We<br>offer English and Maths training and<br>provide internet and help them to apply for<br>jobs.<br>Our project involves helping the poor and<br>the under privileged people. We wish to<br>provide food parcels to the homeless in the<br>community.|
|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|Yes trustees have had regard to the<br>guidance issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making 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|**Our aim is to organise food distribution**<br>**once a week, where everyone will be**<br>**welcomed. Our aim is to provide food**<br>**baskets with canned and long-life food**<br>**items along with fresh fruits and other**<br>**food items like bread, eggs and milk.**<br>**Our main aim is to bring people together**<br>**to build strong relationships in and**<br>**across communities. We welcome**<br>**candidates from various ethnicities and**<br>**social backgrounds and we endeavour**<br>**to help them to find suitable jobs.**|



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

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





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity didn’t do very well in the**<br>**first financial year as we do not have**<br>**any grants.**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**No funds are held.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**0**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**We spent the little amount we had, to**<br>**help people.**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**None**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**No concerns, we are finding new ways**<br>**to fund the projects.**|



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## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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





## **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|**Trust deed**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**<br>**(CIO)**|
|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|**Three main trustees with equal rights**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51||
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|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|Grace and Mercy UK|
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|Other name the charity uses|N/A|
|Registered charity number|1201534|
|Charity’s principal address|UNIT 7<br>PREMIER HOUSE<br>ROLFE STREET<br>SMETHWICK<br>B66 2AA|
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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 (ifany)**|
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||MAJID ALI||Fullyear||
||Firdousy Suleiman<br>Daud||Full year||
||Pervez Ali||Fullyear||
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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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|MAJID ALI|||
|FirdousySuleiman Daud|||
|Pervez Ali|||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the None charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for None safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

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

**Type of Name Address adviser** 

## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

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

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

**Signature(s)** Majid Ali **Full name(s)** Majid Ali 

**Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee **Chair, etc)** 

**Date** 

03/02/2025 

