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

**From    04/12/2023 To    31/03/2025** 

**Charity name:** Starting Tomorrow Foundation 

## **Charity registration number:** 1206029 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP<br>reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para<br>1.17|The preventon or relief of poverty in Bangladesh by<br>providing grants, care packages and services to<br>individuals in need and/or charites, or other<br>organisatons working to prevent or relieve poverty|
|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<br>1.17 and<br>1.19|The charity delivers a range of core projects each<br>year to support individuals and communities in<br>need. These key activities typically include:<br>•<br>Food Aid<br>•<br>Medical Aid<br>•<br>Education Bursaries<br>•<br>Financial Aid<br>Together, these programmes form the foundation<br>of the charity’s ongoing commitment to providing<br>essential assistance and improving the wellbeing<br>of those it serves.|
|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<br>1.18|Trustees are aware of the guidance.|
||||
||||





## **Achievements and Performance** 

Our charity has successfully implemented a series of impactful projects across Sylhet and greater Sylhet, Bangladesh, aimed at improving the lives of vulnerable communities. Through the consistent support of widows with monthly grocery provisions and essential women’s hygiene supplies, we have helped ease financial burdens and promote dignity. We also delivered comprehensive care packages to destitute families in remote areas, ensuring that basic needs were met during times of hardship. To empower individuals toward self-sufficiency, we provided rickshaws as a sustainable means for income generation, enabling beneficiaries to support their families with dignity and stability. Additionally, we donated water wells in regions facing shortages of clean drinking water, significantly improving health and quality of life. These initiatives reflect our continued commitment to fostering long-term positive change and uplifting communities in need. 

|<br>Our charity has successfully implemented a series of impactful projects across Sylhet and<br>greater Sylhet, Bangladesh, aimed at improving the lives of vulnerable communities.<br>Through the consistent support of widows with monthly grocery provisions and essential<br>women’s hygiene supplies, we have helped ease financial burdens and promote dignity.<br>We also delivered comprehensive care packages to destitute families in remote areas,<br>ensuring that basic needs were met during times of hardship. To empower individuals<br>toward self-sufficiency, we provided rickshaws as a sustainable means for income<br>generation, enabling beneficiaries to support their families with dignity and stability.<br>Additionally, we donated water wells in regions facing shortages of clean drinking water,<br>significantly improving health and quality of life. These initiatives reflect our continued<br>commitment to fostering long-term positive change and uplifting communities in need.|<br>Our charity has successfully implemented a series of impactful projects across Sylhet and<br>greater Sylhet, Bangladesh, aimed at improving the lives of vulnerable communities.<br>Through the consistent support of widows with monthly grocery provisions and essential<br>women’s hygiene supplies, we have helped ease financial burdens and promote dignity.<br>We also delivered comprehensive care packages to destitute families in remote areas,<br>ensuring that basic needs were met during times of hardship. To empower individuals<br>toward self-sufficiency, we provided rickshaws as a sustainable means for income<br>generation, enabling beneficiaries to support their families with dignity and stability.<br>Additionally, we donated water wells in regions facing shortages of clean drinking water,<br>significantly improving health and quality of life. These initiatives reflect our continued<br>commitment to fostering long-term positive change and uplifting communities in need.|<br>Our charity has successfully implemented a series of impactful projects across Sylhet and<br>greater Sylhet, Bangladesh, aimed at improving the lives of vulnerable communities.<br>Through the consistent support of widows with monthly grocery provisions and essential<br>women’s hygiene supplies, we have helped ease financial burdens and promote dignity.<br>We also delivered comprehensive care packages to destitute families in remote areas,<br>ensuring that basic needs were met during times of hardship. To empower individuals<br>toward self-sufficiency, we provided rickshaws as a sustainable means for income<br>generation, enabling beneficiaries to support their families with dignity and stability.<br>Additionally, we donated water wells in regions facing shortages of clean drinking water,<br>significantly improving health and quality of life. These initiatives reflect our continued<br>commitment to fostering long-term positive change and uplifting communities in need.|<br>Our charity has successfully implemented a series of impactful projects across Sylhet and<br>greater Sylhet, Bangladesh, aimed at improving the lives of vulnerable communities.<br>Through the consistent support of widows with monthly grocery provisions and essential<br>women’s hygiene supplies, we have helped ease financial burdens and promote dignity.<br>We also delivered comprehensive care packages to destitute families in remote areas,<br>ensuring that basic needs were met during times of hardship. To empower individuals<br>toward self-sufficiency, we provided rickshaws as a sustainable means for income<br>generation, enabling beneficiaries to support their families with dignity and stability.<br>Additionally, we donated water wells in regions facing shortages of clean drinking water,<br>significantly improving health and quality of life. These initiatives reflect our continued<br>commitment to fostering long-term positive change and uplifting communities in need.|
|---|---|---|---|
||<br> <br> <br>Summary of the main<br>achievements of the<br>charity, identifying the<br>difference the charity’s<br>work has made to the<br>circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|<br> <br> <br> <br> <br>Para<br>1.20|Our charity has achieved significant impact<br>through a series of completed projects across<br>Sylhet and Greater Sylhet, Bangladesh. We<br>successfully supported widows with monthly<br>grocery provisions and essential women’s hygiene<br>supplies, reducing financial strain and promoting<br>dignity. We completed the distribution of<br>comprehensive care packages to destitute families<br>in remote areas, ensuring that basic needs were<br>met during periods of hardship.<br>To strengthen long-term self-reliance, we<br>facilitated the provision of rickshaws as<br>sustainable income-generating assets, enabling<br>beneficiaries to support their families with stability.<br>We also completed the installation of water wells<br>in communities facing shortages of clean drinking<br>water, resulting in improved health and overall<br>quality of life. These accomplishments reflect our<br>ongoing commitment to delivering meaningful,<br>lasting change for vulnerable communities.|





## **Financial Review** 

|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para<br>1.21|The charity commenced its operations during the<br>year 2023 and this represents its first accounting<br>period. Total income for the year amounted to<br>£19,381 derived predominantly from charitable<br>donations received from the public. Expenditure for<br>the same period totalled £13,700 resulting in a net<br>surplus of £5,681 at the year end.<br>The charity is administered by 3 trustees, who have<br>ensured that all funds were applied in accordance<br>with the charity’s objectives and for the benefit of its<br>intended beneficiaries.|
|---|---|---|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para<br>1.22|Policy in place|
|Amount of reserves held|Para<br>1.22|£5,681|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para<br>1.22||
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para<br>1.24|Not applicable|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a<br>goingconcern|Para<br>1.23|No uncertainties present with opportunity for<br>growing concern|
||||



## Structure, Governance and Management 

|Type of governing<br>document|Para<br>1.25<br>|General governance document issued by Chair and<br>agreed by trustee|
|---|---|---|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?|Para<br>1.25|CIO – Charitable Incorporated Organisation|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions<br>e.g. election to post or<br>name of any person or<br>body entitled to appoint<br>one or more trustees|Para<br>1.25|The board of trustees follows specific criteria which<br>candidates must satisfy, in addition to sharing the<br>vision and having demonstrated good ability and<br>skills.  Almost anyone can apply but there is a strict<br>selection and interview process to determine best<br>fit.|





## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charityname|StartngTomorrow Foundaton|
|---|---|
|Other name the charityuses||
|Registered charitynumber|1206029|
|Charity’s principal address|76 Horseley Court,<br>4 Candle Street,<br>London<br>E1 4RX|



## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|**Name of person (or**<br>**body) entitled to**<br>**appoint trustee (if**<br>**any) **|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Zillur Rahman||||
||Helen Le||||
||Joynal Uddin||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

|Description of the assets held in this<br>capacity<br>|Not applicable|
|---|---|
|Name and objects of the charity on<br>whose behalf the assets are held<br>and how this fall within the<br>custodian charity’s objects<br>|Not applicable|
|Details of arrangements for safe<br>custody and segregation of such<br>assets from the charity’s own<br>assets<br> <br>|Not applicable|





## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

Not applicable 

## **Declarations** 

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

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

**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Zillur Rahman **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 18 January 2026 

