## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From: 12 April 2024 Period start date To: 11 March 2025 Period end date Charity name: River of Mercy Relief Foundation** ## **Charity registration number: 1207824** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The purpose of River of Mercy Relief**
**Foundation is the prevention or relief of**
**poverty, primarily but not exclusively in**
**Pakistan by providing grants, items and**
**services to individuals in need and/or**
**charities, or other organisations**
**working to prevent or relieve poverty.**| |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|**During the reporting period, which was**
**the first since registration, the trustees’**
**efforts were focussed on opening a**
**bank account which would enable the**
**collection of donations which they**
**expect to make up the majority of**
**income.**
**Since the opening of the bank account,**
**donations have been received as shown**
**in the accompanying accounts. These**
**include some regular and one-off**
**donations to be allocated to projects**
**once established that align with the**
**charity’s purposes.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees accept their responsibility**
**to have due regards to the public benefit**
**guidance as published by the Charity**
**Commission and give assurances it is**
**operating for the public benefit.**
**Furthermore, the Trustees confirm they**
**are acting in the interest of the charity**
**and not for any private gain.**| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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|**During this initial reporting period, the**
**charity has been able to spread**
**awareness of the levels of poverty in the**
**area it will primarily be active within.**
**This information is key to establishing**
**relationships with donors who will be**
**the foundation for the charity to carry**
**out its purposes and achieve its aims.**
**This led to some donations being**
**received, predominantly by**
**communicating the purposes of the**
**charity by word of mouth amongst peers**
**and personal circles.**
**The trustees have worked on avenues to**
**reach potential donors outside of these**
**circles, by scoping opportunities on**
**building an online presence so**
**information about the charity and its**
**purposes can be found in an easy and**
**accessible way.**| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**At the end of the review period, River of**
**Mercy Relief Foundation held £2,161 in**
**its primary bank account.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**There are no reserves held.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**There are no reserves held.**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**The reason for holding zero reserves is**
**due to the charity having minimal**
**operational, which the Trustees cover.**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**Not Applicable**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**Not Applicable**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|
Para 1.25|**CIO - FOUNDATION**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**The charity is constituted as a 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|**Charity trustees are appointed for a term**
**of 4 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 administration of the CIO.**| |---|---|---| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|**River of Mercy Relief Foundation**| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|**N/A**| |Registered charity number|**1207824**| |Charity’s principal address|**Union House**
**111 New Union Street**
**Coventry**
**CV1 2NT**| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**Ismail Suleman**
**Patel**|**Chair**|**N/A**|| ||**Mohammed Hanif**
**Suleman Debar**|**Trustee**|**N/A**|| ||**Mohammed**
**Shaikh**|**Trustee**|**N/A**|| – 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 |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**N/A**||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets **N/A** held in this capacity Name and objects of the **N/A** charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for **N/A** safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **None** ## **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) Ismail Suleman Patel Position (eg Secretary, Chair Chair, etc) Date 10/01/2026** |**RIVER OF MERCY RELIEF FOUNDATION**|**RIVER OF MERCY RELIEF FOUNDATION**|**RIVER OF MERCY RELIEF FOUNDATION**|**1207824**| |---|---|---|---| |**Receipts and payments accounts**|||| |**For the period**
**from**|12/04/2024
Period start date|**To**|11/03/2025
Period end date| **CC16a** **For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 12/04/2024 11/03/2025 |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**2,161**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,161**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,161**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,161**
**-**
**-**
**2,161**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
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**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**2,161**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,161**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,161**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
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**2,161**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Donations|**2,161**|||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**2,161**|||||**-**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases (see table)**||||||| |**,**|**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||| ||**2,161**|**-**|**-**|
**2,161**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**2,161**|**-**|**-**|**2,161**||**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 11/01/2026 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
Bank Balance as of 11/03/2025
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**2,161**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,161**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Ismail Suleman Patel|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| |||Ismail Suleman Patel|10/01/2026| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 11/01/2026 2