## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
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## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** Pato Solidarity Association **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1203548 **Charity's principal address** 30 GREEN ROAD HEADINGTON OXFORD **Postcode** OX3 8JZ
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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||Mohammad Afzal Noori|N/A|Acted for wholeyear|Annual General Meeting|
||Hamida Hakimi|N/A|Acted for wholeyear|Annual General Meeting|
||Asadullah Arefi|N/A|Acted for wholeyear|Annual General Meeting|
||Mohammad Asif Anis|N/A|Acted for wholeyear|Annual General Meeting|
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**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**
Type of governing document
CIO Association Constitution
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
Association
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustees are elected by members in Annual General Meeting Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
The objects of the CIO are:
1. To prevent and relieve poverty and hardship in the UK and Afghanistan by providing direct financial aid, essential items, and welfare support to individuals in need; to empower charitable organisations in the UK through grants and collaboration; and to advance education for disadvantaged communities _._
2. To provide grants, scholarships, educational materials, and other support to advance the education of children living in poverty in Afghanistan.
3. To promote social inclusion and better integration of members and disadvantaged communities within UK society by providing community support, guidance, and opportunities for participation in civic and social life.
4. To preserve, promote, and celebrate cultural heritage for the public benefit through the organisation of cultural and community events, including but not limited to Hazara Culture Day, Nowruz (New Year) celebrations, and other cultural activities.
5. To advance employability and career development for members by organising workshops, online language training, CV writing sessions, interview skills training, career guidance, mentoring, and by sharing job opportunities and professional experience.
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## **Section C Objectives and activities**
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document 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) Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
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You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on Grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
## Section D Achievements and performance
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Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main** Maintaining and promoting the objectives of Pato Solidarity Association **achievements of the charity** and working towards achieving its charitable goals. **during the year**
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## **Section E Financial review**
The Charity continues to utilise its funds to support its ongoing charitable **Brief statement of the** activities and objectives. Trustees ensure that all funds are monitored **charity’s policy on reserves** and applied appropriately, prudently, and lawfully, in accordance with the charity’s purposes and for the public benefit.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- 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)** M. Asif Anis **Full name(s)** Mohammad Asif Anis **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Trustee **etc) Date** 16 April 2026
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