## **Helping Our People Endure** **Charity Registration Number:** 1205442 **Trustees’ Annual Report and Accounts For the period 26 October 2023 – 15 August 2024** ## **Trustees’ Annual Report** ## **1. Reference and Administrative Details** - **Charity Name:** Helping Our People Endure (HOPE) - **Registration Number:** 1205442 - **Principal Address:** Flat 11, Upper Grosvenor Street, London W1K 2NB - **Trustees serving during the year:** - Bassel Ojjeh - Ali Ojjeh - Sirine Ojjeh - **Structure:** Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) governed by its constitution ## **2. Objectives and Activities** - **Charitable Objects:** To advance education of refugees, particularly Syrian children in Lebanon, Turkey, and Jordan, through digital literacy and computing training. - **Public Benefit:** Trustees confirm they have had due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. ## **3. Achievements and Performance** During this first partial financial year (October 2023–August 2024), the charity focused on: - Completing registration with the Charity Commission. - Formalising governance policies (including safeguarding, financial controls, and complaints). - Maintaining relationships with overseas partners in Lebanon in preparation for delivery of digital literacy training. - Planning activities for future delivery in Lebanon. - Engaging three UK volunteers for governance, planning, and policy development. _Note:_ No charitable activities were delivered on the ground in this financial period, and no funds were transferred overseas, but groundwork was laid for future implementation. ## **4. Financial Review** - Total income: **£0** - Total spending: **£0** - No reserves held. - No debts or liabilities. - No grants or donations received. - No trustee remuneration or expenses paid. - **Reserves policy:** Not applicable this period (no funds held). - The trustees consider the charity to have been financially dormant during this reporting period while establishing governance and planning. ## **5. Structure, Governance, and Management** - The charity is a CIO registered with the Charity Commission (No. 1205442). - Trustees met informally during the period to review governance policies and plan future projects. - Formal policies adopted in 2024 include safeguarding, complaints, financial controls, trustee expenses, investing charity funds, and serious incident reporting. - External risk in Lebanon was monitored - The charity engaged one self-employed worker on a zero-cost basis this period. ## **6. Future Plans** - To begin active fundraising. - To secure grant funding or donations to enable programme delivery. - To deliver first digital literacy training sessions in Lebanon with local partner NGOs. ## **7. Declaration** Approved by the trustees on 6 July 2025 and signed on their behalf by: Bassel Ojjeh, Trustee ## **Receipts and Payments Accounts** **For the period 26 October 2023 – 15 August 2024** ## **Receipts and Payments Account** **Receipts £** Donations and 0 legacies Grants 0 Other income 0 **Total receipts 0 Payments £** Charitable activities Governance/admin costs Other payments **Total payments 0** ## **Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 15 August 2024** **Assets £** Bank balance Cash in hand 0 Other assets **Liabilities £** Creditors 0 Loans 0 ## **Notes to the Accounts** 1. **Accounting Method:** Receipts and Payments basis. 2. No income or expenditure was recorded this period. 3. No funds were held or restricted. 4. No payments were made to trustees. 5. One self-employed contractor was engaged on a zero-cost basis this period. 6. Overseas planning work was undertaken in Lebanon via partner discussions with no expenditure this year. ## **Independent Examination** Not required this year as income was £0 (below £25,000 threshold).