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## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From** 27/03/2024 **Period start date To** 06/04/2025 **Period end date**
## **Charity name:**
## **Charity registration number:**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|For the public benefit to advance the
education of young female students in the
Central Asian countries, in particular in
countries where female education is
discouraged.|
|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.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Awarding to young females students
scholarships, maintenance allowances or
grants to study at any university, college or
institution of higher or further education.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Yes, trustees have had regard to the
guidance on public benefit in that the
charity’s purposes and activities must
genuinely serve the public, transparent
reporting must be made, and unjustified
private gain must be avoided.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference **N/a** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making **N/a** Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment **N/a** Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers
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## **Achievements and Performance**
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|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|•
Completion of Charity website
•
Registration with HMRC
•
Winning a donation from Citywire
•
Making a connection with Uzbek
University's Chair of Women's Affair
•
Connecting with AfghanAid to better
understand their approach to
fundraising
•
Connecting with Sam Gordon from
Keeping Children Safe to
understand the implications and
necessary protections required
when dealing with children or
vulnerable individuals|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|Still in organisational and fundraising
developmental stage but working along the
necessary path to eventually begin making
grants|
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|Successful given limited time and
personnel resources but more challenging
than expected to fundraise for a cause and
country that many people in the UK
perhaps don’t know enough about|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|N/A - Still in organisational and fundraising
developmental stage|
|Other|||
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## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|We have sufficient funds to start making
our first grant.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|We will look to maintain small reserve to
cover unexpected expenses.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|N/a|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/a|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/a|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|N/a|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Donations from individuals and
organisations. No formal fundraising as of
yet|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|N/a|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Fundraising - time and effort required to do
this successfully in order to fully fund one
student is very demanding on trustees who
have full time work commitments|
|Other|||
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Apart from the first charity trustees, every
trustee must be appointed for a term of
three years by a resolution passed at a
properly convened meeting of the charity
trustees.
In selecting individuals for appointment as
charity trustees, the charity trustees must
have regard to the skills, knowledge and
experience needed for the effective
administrationofthe CIO.|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:|
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|N/A – currently only three founding trustees|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|N/A – flat organisational structure currently
with three founding trustees|
|Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|N/A – no formal third party relationships
established to date apart from service
providers such as banks|
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Silk Moon|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1207634|
|Charity’s principal address|52 Cleaver Square, London, SE11 4EA, UK|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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||Shakhista Turner||||
||Amy Leigh
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||Britta Drexler||||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name** N/A
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|||
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|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||
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## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
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## **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)** Shakhista Turner **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 12/12/2025
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## Charity Commission Annual Return 2025
SILK MOON
Charity registration number: 1207634
Most of the information you give in this form will become publicly available on the Register of Charities. Any field that the Charity Commission will not display will be clearly marked.
This document is a record of the information provided in the Annual Return 2025.
## PART A - Charity information
## Financial period
Financial period start date 27/03/2024
Financial period end date 06/04/2025
## Income and spending
## Income £
£ 954
Spending £ £ 0
Number of contracts from government
How many contracts (other than grant agreements) did your charity receive from central government or a local authority during the financial period for this return?
0
## Number of grants from government
How many grants did your charity receive from central government or a local authority during the financial period for this return?
0
## Income breakdown
Donations and legacies (excluding Endowments Received) £ 954
Charitable activities
£ 0
Other trading activities
£ 0
Investments
£ 0
## Other
£ 0
## Grantmaking
Is grant making the main way your charity carries out its purposes?
Yes
## Recipients of grants
Please round all figures to the nearest pound (do not enter decimal points or commas). Individuals
£ 0
## Other charities
£ 0
Other organisations that are not charities
£ 0
## Trustee payments
Excluding out of pocket expenses, for what were any of the trustees paid during the financial period for this return? ⊠ e. None of the trustees have been paid
Did any of the trustees resign and take up employment with your charity in the financial period of this return? No
## Income from outside the UK
Did your charity receive income from outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return? No
## Delivering activities outside the United Kingdom
Did your charity deliver charitable activities outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return? No
## Spending outside of the United Kingdom
Did your charity spend funds outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return? No
Total Spending outside of the United Kingdom £
Trading subsidiaries
Does the charity have any trading subsidiaries?
No
Employment contract types
## People were permanently employed by your charity
0
## People were on fixed-terms contracts with your charity
0
## Self-employed people were working for your charity
0
## Governance policies
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures Not applicable
Safeguarding policy and procedures Not applicable
Financial reserves policy and procedures Not applicable
Complaints policy and procedures Not applicable
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures Not applicable
Internal risk management policy and procedures Not applicable
Trustee expenses policy and procedures Not applicable
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Not applicable
Investing charity funds policy and procedures Not applicable
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures Not applicable
Bullying and harassment policy and procedures Not applicable
Social media policy and procedures Not applicable
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures Not applicable
## Safeguarding
Has your charity provided services to children and/or adults at risk in the financial period of the return? No
External risk and impact
Donations
No impact
Other income - grants Not applicable Other income - contracts Not applicable Other income - investment Not applicable
Expenditure on charitable activities Not applicable Expenditure on overheads Not applicable
Number of volunteers No impact Number of employees Not applicable Number of trustees Not applicable Fundraising activities Not applicable Capacity to deliver services Not applicable Total service demand Not applicable
## Volunteers
Excluding trustees, provide an estimate of the number of volunteers who carried out charitable activities on behalf of your charity in the United Kingdom during the financial period of this return? 2
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