## **TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD 23 MARCH 2023 TO 31 MARCH 2024** ## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS** ## CHARITY NAME **URGENT PROJECTS** **REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER** 14752294 (ENGLAND AND WALES) ## **CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER** 1204315 **REGISTERED OFFICE** FOURTH FLOOR 32 ST JAMES’S STREET LONDON SW1A 1HD ## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES** ## **SUMMARY OF THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY AS SET OUT IN THE GOVERNING DOCUMENT** The Charity's objects are restricted specifically, in each case only for the public benefit: - (i) to assist with humanitarian and/ or environmental emergencies and disasters, whether man-made or natural, to ensure that assistance and funding is provided quickly at times of crisis, conflict or disaster in the United Kingdom and worldwide; and - (ii) to promote the protection and care of children, young persons, youths and other vulnerable persons anywhere in the world (without differentiation on the ground of race, gender, colour, nationality, sexuality or otherwise) who have been abducted, gone missing, taken hostage or have been otherwise exploited. ## **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.** ## **ZOOPATRUL ANIMAL SHELTER** Zoopatrul, an animal shelter in Irpin, Ukraine, was established to serve as a refuge for animals affected by the war. Irpin, a suburb of Kyiv, experienced devastating damage during a 30-day occupation by Russian forces in the spring of 2022, with nearly half of its buildings—approximately 10,500 structures—damaged or destroyed. Following the city's liberation, donors and volunteers collaborated to establish Zoopatrul as Ukraine's first European-style animal shelter, providing essential care and protection for animals displaced or injured by the conflict. With support from Urgent Projects, the shelter successfully covered the cost of electricity and heating during the winter months of November 2023, December 2023, and January 2024. As the shelter lacks central heating, it relies on electricity, charged at corporate rates, to maintain warm enclosures for its inhabitants, including newborn puppies and kittens. This funding ensured stable and safe conditions for the animals during the harsh winter months. Urgent Projects recognises that animals, like humans, require care and protection during crises. By supporting Zoopatrul, the Charity demonstrates its commitment to ensuring that vulnerable animals are not forgotten amidst humanitarian challenges. ## **FOOD AID DELIVERY TO ACTIVE WAR ZONES IN UKRAINE** Urgent Projects has undertaken a vital initiative to deliver food and essential supplies to families living in active war zones across Ukraine. These efforts focus on towns and villages where civilians face severe hardship and urgently need basic necessities. One such project targeted Bilopillya, a town in the Sumy region just six miles from the Russian border. This area endures daily shelling, leaving 150 families in dire need of immediate assistance. Urgent Projects provided food boxes containing essential staples such as grains, pasta, canned meat, tea, hygiene products like soap, toilet paper, and wet wipes. These supplies serve as lifelines, offering sustenance and hope to those enduring relentless conflict. In addition to Bilopillya, Urgent Projects extended similar aid to families in the Donbas and Kherson regions. These initiatives are critical in supporting the most vulnerable populations affected by the ongoing war. Urgent Projects continues to uphold its mission of delivering timely humanitarian assistance in regions of acute crisis by addressing their immediate needs. This report reflects the Charity's commitment to its mission. It highlights the significant impact of its activities in alleviating suffering and providing essential support to those most affected by conflict and disaster. We have carefully considered the guidance provided in the Charity Commission's general framework on public benefit when reviewing our aims and objectives and planning our future activities. The trustees place particular emphasis on ensuring that all planned initiatives align with and contribute meaningfully to the Charity's established goals and mission. ## **ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE** The Charity's work during the reporting period has significantly improved the circumstances of its beneficiaries while contributing to wider societal benefits. By supporting the Zoopatrul animal shelter in Irpin, Ukraine, the Charity ensured the well-being of animals displaced by conflict, funding vital heating and electricity during the harsh winter months to provide safe and stable conditions. Additionally, delivering food and essential supplies to families in active war zones, including Bilopillya, Donbas, and Kherson, provided lifesaving aid to those enduring daily hardships. These efforts alleviated immediate suffering and fostered resilience, compassion, and unity, demonstrating the transformative power of timely humanitarian assistance in times of crisis. **DECLARATIONS** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature**
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14.01.2025| REGISTERED COMPANI. NUhlBF.R: 147.52294 (F.ngl&nd and lTrales} REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: J21H315 Re rt of the Trusiees and Unaudited Finanlial Staienwiis Fnr The Peiiod 23 Miirch ?(123 tTr 31 March 2024 for Upeni Pro e¢ts Danbio AcrountiT)g Ltd Jubilee House Ed%1 BLaLh Lytham St.annes Lancashite FY% 5Fr ent Pro e¢ts Contents of the Financial Siaittntnts For PilLud ?3 MI￿Lh ?0?3 to 31 Mdrch 2024 Pagc Report of the Trustees Independent Examin¢rfs Repon Stalemeni of Financial Aciivilie5 Balance Sheer Notes to ih¢ Financial Statemenis ent Pro ects IR isiered numl)tr.' 1475**94 R¢ Tl Lifihe TTusiees For Thi PLriod 23 mA￿h 10?3 10 31 Nqdrch 7024 The Iru51e¢s who a￿ also directors of Ihe ¢haiity for the puwtK)5t5 of Compani&% Act "IM)6. present their report with the fin3n¢ial statements of The cliariry for ihe period ?3 March ?a?3 10 _1 l March J? )*4. The trusites haNe adotAed tlie provisions of Accounting nd Reporting by ChaiitlL%.. Statement uf RtLOII]lJlindcd Praclict ￿pP1K￿ble to ch￿Itl￿￿ prLpatill¥ tiieii ULLuunts in dCLordllnct with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable In the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 1021 ieffeciive l Januan. 20191. INCORPORATION The ¢haniable Lornpany was inc(Wlfdied on 23 MaTcb 20?3 and commenced irnding on (he same daie. STRUCTURE. GOVERNANCE AND M.4NAGEMENT Governlng docurneDt The charity is conlrolltd b). It% goi'eThing docU[ne￿¢ a de￿1 of iru%l. con%titut¢s a lirnit¢d cotnpillly, liwnited b) guaraiit¢e, defined by Ihe Companies A¢1 •(K]6. REFERENCE AND ADMif*lSTRATIVE DET.41LS Reglstered Company number 14752294 IEn¥ldJid dnd Il'ale81 Registered Ch*rih' number 04315 Registered office FvutTh Floor, 32 Si Jam￿'s Sireei London SWIA IHD Trust¢¢S E Vekua Chair lappoinied 23.3.10231 R Shishkov lapptsinted 8.6.2023) E V Malveilhuk (appointed 8.6.?023) L Chubuklitva (appoinied 13._1.20231 Cotnpan}' Spcrelary Independent Examiner Danbro Accouniing Lid JubilbL HL)U.%L East Beach Lvtham St.anlles Lanrashiie FY8 5FT Approved by order of the board of tTUStees on 20 No¥ember 2024 al￿ SigT￿d on it5 behalf by.. E Vekua- Trustee Page I Inde lld￿1 E.xaminerf% Re Llr?cni Pro rt ￿ the Trustets of ects Independent tx&minerf5 ￿pOrt to thv trustees of LTrgent Pr•je¢ts I'lhe Compani.) report io rhe uharii>' Irusie¢s on m}. examination of the aicoimts of the Compani" for ihe 23 March 202.3 10 31 March 2024. ReSPOT15ibilities bw515 Dr report As the charil}'s In151ees of the Company land al￿ its direeiors for the purposes of company lawl you are responsible for tlie prtpurlltion uf tht ￿L'cuU11t￿ ￿ accord4LllCe with tht rtsiiiiremLllt4 uf tht con1p4￿1￿ Aci 2O(kn i*he 20D6 Ac¢l. Hjving satisfied my>elf that the a¢¢ounts of the Company are noi requiryd to be audiied under Part 16 of the 20U6 Act and are ¢libpible for independent examination. I report in respect of mv eyamination of i'our charity's accounts as ¢arried out under Section 145 of the C'harities Aci 2011 I'the 2011 Aci'l. In catTving oui m)" examinaiion I have followed iht Dire¢iions given bs, the Chaniy Commission undcr Sc¢tion 145{51 Ibl of t}￿ 2011 Abt. Independent exatniner 5 5taternent I haN'e conipl¢t¢d my exaTnin(iliTrD. I confJTm thal maltCY5 have come to wny attention in coDnertIt￿ wilh th¢ exiunination givin¥ me ¢aus¢ lo beliew¢'. accou￿ti[1g record5 were Dot kept in respect of ihe Company as required bv s￿tioN 386 Ol'the 2￿6 Act: or Ihe accounts do not accord with those re¢onk- or the dc£ountkS do not comply with the accoujiting requireinents- ofsection 396 of the 21K)6 Act other than any requiremeffl that Ihe account5 gipe a ITue aTrd fair view H'hich is nol a Tn311er con51dered as part oran independent exaTnination: or the decounts have noi been piepatyd in aiLoidance M ith the melhod5 dnd prin&iples of the Staremenl of R¥eonimeIided Practice for accouniing and re￿nIng by charities (applicable io charities preparin&y iheir accounts in accordance wilh the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Irelalld IFRS 1021). I have no ¢on¢ems and hai.'e come a¢mss no oiher rnaiTetS IA ¢Otmeciion with the examinauon 10 which aiieniion should be drawn in this report in ordtr to tnable a proper undetstst￿ing ofiht accounis io bt reacht Leanne Edwat¥J5 The Association ol Aectsunling Technicians Danbro Accounting Lid JubilbL HL)U.%L East Beach Lvtham St.anlles Lanrashiie FY8 5FT 28 Novewnber ?024 Page 2 ent Pro e¢ts Staiemeni olFinancial Aciii ilies For Thi PLfLod 23 MdfLh 10?3 10 31 N4drLh 7024 Unrestricted rund Restricted fund Total funds Notes INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS Fli0￿1 Donations and legacie5 82J26 88,915 EXPEIYDITLIRE OIY R4i%ing tund 27.574 6589 34.163 Ch&ritable *dl¥ltles Fund Raising Total 49 NET If4COME 39558 395511 TOTAL FUNDS CARRtED FORWARD The notes lorni part of these fuk￿claI siatements Page 3 ent Pro ects IR isiered numl)tr.' 1475**94 Balance Shrtl 3 l MarLli 2024 Unrestricted rund Restricted fund Total funds Notes CURREiwf ASSETS C'ash at bank 39J58 39358 IYET CURRENT ASSETS 39 39 TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 59￿58 NET ASSETS 39 S8 39 Unrestri¢ied tunds TOTAL FUNDS 39 The charitable compan), 15 entitled to exemption from audit under Seaion 477 of ihe Companies 2006 for the period ended _I I March 2024. The Inewnbers have not required rhe company to obtain an audit of its flnancial staiefflent% for the period ended 31 March 2024 in accordance wilh Seciion 476 ofihe Companies Acr &(K)6. The trustees acknowledge their rtbpolliibilities for en%uring ihdt the chdiitdble keep% actouniing retoril% thdt comply with Se¢iions 386 317 of the Comp£inie% A¢t 2006 gild prcparing [in￿n¢la1 starcn)cnts which givc a mic and fair vicw of thc slatc of affairs of thc charitsblc company as at the Clld of each tinancial year and of ils surplu5 or deficit tor each financial Trear IT) accordance with the TEqiiirernellls of Sections 394 and 395 and which oihetivise Comply with the requiremenis ol ihe Companies Act 2￿0 relating io financial siatements so applicable to the charitable eompany. These financial statem￿t5 have been preyJred in accotdan¢v wilh the provisions applicable to charitable companieb subject to the %mall companies Tegiin¢. The financial siaiemenis were approi'ed by ihe Boanl of Trt￿lees and authorised for issue on 20 November 2024 and were Si￿ed on ils beh￿[ by.. E Vekua- Tru%tee The notes lorni part of these fuk￿claI siatements Page 4 ent Pro e¢ts Noies 10 the Finaniial Siatemenis For Thi PLfLod 23 MdfLh 10?3 10 31 N4drLh 7024 ACCOUNTING POLICIES Basi5 of prep3Ting the financial statemeDts The finuncial %tdtemLllt% uf thc Lharitsble companv. ￿hiL￿ is a public ￿nefit tnlity under FRS 102, b￿n prepdiLd in accordance wilh the ChaTilies SORP (FRS 1021 'AccountiDg and Reportino by C.harities= SiateilleTrt of Recownrnended Practi¢e applicable to chari¢]e> preparing their *¢counis in a¥cordan¢e w'ith the Finan¢i*l Reporting Stsndard appli¢Jble in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 102) letTeciive l Januarv ?019I'. Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reptsriing Siandaid appliiable in Ibe UK and Republic ol Ireland, and the c.ompanies A¢t 2006. The financial siaiemenis havL IKcn prlP￿Ld under thc histOriLal cosi LonventLOn. Incojne All Income 1.4 rec(Ign15ed in tht Staletntnt of Financial Ac¢ii'itie5 once the charity enti¢lernEnt to ihe funds, it 15 probable that ihe incom¢ will be re£el￿'¢d and Ihe amouni can be Measur￿ reliably. Expenditure Liabililies are recognised as expeThJiiure as swn as there is a legal or constsuctive obligation commiiting the charity to thai expenditure. il 1% probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlemenl and the amount of the obligation can be Tneasured reliably. Expenditure is xcounied for on an accruals ba51s and has been classified under heading5 that agoregute all Lost ieldted tts the care8Ot%'. Where costs Lannot be directly attribllted to particul￿ ￿ddingS they have been allocated io actI￿ltIeS on a basis consi£ieni with ihe use ot resowces. Taxjtio The Lhariiy is exempi from eorporaTion tax on lis ¢lwiiable a¢Tiviues. Fund accounting Unrestricted funds can be used in xconlance with ihe charithble ￿)jeCtiveS ai the disLYetion of the trngtees. Restri¢ied fimds ¢an onl) be used for paniwlar Tesiricied purF0S￿ withi'n th¢ ¢)bj¢cis of the ¢harity. R¢stri¢iions arise when specified by the donor or when futM]s rni5cd for partliu1￿ restricted purwse5. Further explanation of the na￿re and purpo* of each fund is included in the notes lo the financial staiements. 114ISIIYG FUP4DS Investment maThaEe￿ent £05ts Adrninistralii'e expenses 69 TRUSTEES, REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS There were no trustees, remuneration or otherlKnefits. for Ihe penod en¢Je4131 March 2024. Trustees expewses There were no TA￿te¢s, expenses paid for the period ended 31 March ?V24. Page 5 continued... ent Pro e¢ts Noies io ihe Finaniial S￿l￿ne￿I5- coniinued For Thi PLfLod 23 MdfLh 10?3 10 31 N4drLh ?024 MOVEi¥IENT IN FUTrIDS Net movement in tunds. At 3 1.3.24 Unrestrlcted funds General fund 39558 39,558 'I'U'I'AL fr'UNDS 3Y Net movement in tund%, included in the aboi'e are as tollows= Incoming r¢50ur¢es Resources ex Mowement in funi Unrestricted fund5 General fund 82J26 {42.7681 39.558 Restricted funds Re%triLted Fund 6_589 (&5891 TOTAL FUNDS 88.915 49 RELATED PARTY DISCLOSiJRES There were related party transactions for the penod eDded 31 March 2024. Page 6 This document was delivered using electronic communications and authenticated in accordance with the registrar's rules relating to electronic forni, authentication and manner of delivery under section 1072 of the Companies Act 2006.