## **Annual Report & Accounts**
## **2025/2026**
For the year ended 31 March 2026
## **Rebuilding Lives – One Life at a Time**
Registered Charity No. 1209379
Annual Report & Accounts 2025/26
## **Contents**
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Message from the Board and Leadership||
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About One World Relief||
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Our Objects and Public Benefit||
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Year at a Glance||
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Our 100% Project Donation Approach||
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Our Areas of Work||
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Where We Worked||
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Volunteer-Led and Community-Owned||
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Financial Review||
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Reserves and Stewardship of Funds||
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Strengthening the Charity for the Future||
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Looking Ahead||
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Support Our Future||
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Reference and Administrative Information||
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Trustees’ Responsibilities||
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Independent Examiner’s Report||
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Receipts and Payments Accounts||
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Annual Report & Accounts 2025/26
## **1. Message from the Board and Leadership**
2025/26 has been a steady and encouraging year in the development of One World Relief.
Following our first foundation period after registration in August 2024, this year allowed us to continue developing our work, improve our systems and support communities through a growing but still carefully managed programme of activity.
One World Relief remains a small, volunteer-led charity built around sincerity, service and direct connection with people. We want the charity to feel **shared by** the **donors who give** , the **volunteers who serve** , the **communities who trust us** and the **supporters who help** carry the work forward.
During the year, our work continued across UK, Lebanon, Egypt, Pakistan and Comoros, with smaller support also taking place in Ethiopia through a trusted partner. Some areas are becoming more established, while others remain modest, developing carefully as our experience, relationships and capacity grow.
We are continuing preparation for the charity’s next stage by improving our website and communications, engaging more personally with donors, developing our volunteer base and strengthening the practical systems needed for responsible, organic growth. We recognise this is a long journey and needs to be done with due care to develop in the right way.
## **A charity belonging to the people**
Every donation, volunteer effort, introduction and act of support contributes to the story of One World Relief.
We are trying to build the charity patiently, with wider participation, practical systems and a longterm spirit of service.
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## **2. About One World Relief**
One World Relief is a UK registered charity working to relieve poverty and support people affected by hardship, crisis, displacement and disadvantage in the UK and abroad. The charity grew from the experience of people who had previously volunteered and worked alongside a range of charities and community organisations and who wanted to build a practical, people-centred approach to humanitarian support.
Our work is practical, people-centred and guided by the needs we see on the ground. We support individuals, families, organisations and communities through charitable activities including food aid, water projects, education, medical support, community assistance and wider poverty relief.
We are still a young, small and growing charity. Our development has been largely organic, shaped by trusted relationships, volunteers, donors and opportunities to respond where we can add genuine value.
Some projects are active and established, while other areas remain aspirations or early-stage ideas. We believe in growing carefully, learning as we go and strengthening the charity step by step.
**Food & Aid Water & Sanitation** Practical support for families and communities Water projects and longer-term community facing poverty, hardship and displacement. benefit through carefully delivered support. **Healthcare & Medical Education & Training** Developing healthcare-related assistance, School support, learning opportunities and including support connected to students and education-related assistance through trusted links. future professionals. **Shelter & Housing Community & Livelihood** A developing area of support for families affected Support that encourages dignity, resilience, local by hardship or instability. relationships and future self-support.
## **3. Our Objects and Public Benefit**
One World Relief exists to **prevent or relieve poverty and to assist people** affected by war, natural disaster, trouble, catastrophe, crisis or general hardship.
The trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit when planning and delivering the charity’s activities. The charity’s work provides public benefit by directing funds, goods, services and charitable support toward individuals and communities in genuine need.
We aim to ensure that our work is carried out with sincerity, fairness and care, and that charitable funds are used for the purposes for which they are given.
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## **4. Year at a Glance**
During 2025/26, One World Relief continued to develop its charitable activities, relationships and internal systems. As a small and developing charity, our focus remained on practical delivery while steadily improving how we record and report project activity and impact.
During the year, our work included:
- supported families and communities facing poverty and hardship
- delivered practical aid and food support
- developed water-related charitable projects
- supported education and school-based needs
- assisted healthcare and medical-related support
- strengthened relationships with trusted partners and communities
- grew our donor and supporter base
- improved social media engagement
- began redeveloping and improving the charity website
- developed stronger internal systems for the future
## **Practical Relief**
Direct support continued through food, aid and charitable assistance.
## **Long-Term Benefit**
Water and education activity remained important areas of donor-directed support.
## **Trusted Partners**
In several countries, delivery was supported through trusted local relationships.
## **Growing Community**
Donors, volunteers and supporters helped the charity grow beyond its first year.
## **Better Systems**
The charity continued improving administration, communications and future planning.
## **Future Focus**
New areas of work are being considered slowly and carefully as capacity grows.
## **Improving impact reporting**
During the next reporting period, we aim to further detail how we record project outputs, donordirected funds, country-level activity, volunteer involvement and beneficiary reach. This will allow clearer and more consistent reporting in future years.
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## **5. Our 100% Project Donation Approach**
One World Relief follows a 100% project donation approach for donations **specifically designated to a project, appeal or charitable purpose** . Our intention is to apply those funds **entirely** toward the charitable purpose for which they were given and **not toward unrelated** general administration or organisational overheads.
Every charity has genuine operating costs. OWR seeks, where possible, to meet these through Gift Aid, unrestricted income, separately raised administration support and other appropriate sources, alongside the time and resources contributed by trustees, volunteers and supporters.
As the charity grows, operating and compliance costs will also grow. We therefore aim to develop appropriate unrestricted and administration funding so that designated project donations can remain focused on their intended charitable purposes while the charity continues to operate responsibly and sustainably.
This approach is intended to **protect the spirit and principles of donor giving** while allowing the charity to operate responsibly and develop proportionate systems and support.
## **Careful wording, strong intention**
Every charity has real operating costs and must be properly managed. Our intention is to keep designated project donations focused on their intended charitable use while building separate support for administration and charity development where possible.
As the charity develops, we hope to build more separate support for administration, systems and organisational development.
This helps keep designated project giving focused on its intended purpose while strengthening the charity in a proportionate and sustainable way.
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## **6. Our Areas of Work**
## **Food and Aid**
Food and practical aid remain central to our work. We continued supporting people facing poverty, displacement and hardship through food-related support, general aid and seasonal relief. We aim to provide aid with dignity, care and sincerity.
## **Water and Sanitation**
Water projects remain an important area of donor interest and charitable need. They can take time to deliver properly, particularly where locations must be assessed and suitable suppliers or local arrangements confirmed.
## **Healthcare and Medical Support**
Healthcare and medical support continued to develop during the year. This included assistance connected to medical needs, access to healthcare and selected healthcare-related education or training where this furthered the charity's poverty-relief purposes and could provide longer-term community benefit.
## **Education and Training**
Education is an important part of the charity’s future direction. During the year, we continued supporting education-related needs, including support connected to schooling in Comoros through trusted partners. As capacity develops, we hope in future to support education costs for students who may otherwise struggle to continue their studies.
## **Shelter and Housing Support**
Shelter and housing support remains an area of need where poverty, displacement or crisis affects families’ ability to live safely and with dignity. This area is still developing within the charity. Future support may include assistance for people living in temporary shelter or families struggling with essential housing costs, where this falls within the charity’s purposes and available resources.
## **UK Poverty and Community Support**
The trustees also recognise that needs within the UK are growing. As our capacity develops, we hope to further support carefully selected local poverty and community initiatives, preferably through trusted partnerships where this can add genuine value.
We recognise that strong community facilities and infrastructure can play an important role in relieving poverty and strengthening communities. This may include community centres, medical and educational facilities, youth and sports groups, places of worship, public facilities and other locally led initiatives.
Where this furthers our charitable objectives and provides clear community benefit, we may support appropriate facilities through equipment, improvements, utilities and other practical or sustainable assistance—strengthening their capacity to serve people in need over the longer term.
## **UK development focus**
Over time, One World Relief hopes to develop modest UK-based poverty and community support, particularly through trusted local partnerships and where our capacity allows.
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## **7. Where We Worked**
## **Lebanon**
Lebanon remained one of the charity’s main areas of work. Support continued for families and communities facing poverty, displacement and hardship. Our approach remained practical, careful and community-based, working with trusted local relationships.
## **Egypt**
Egypt continued to be an area of charitable support, including activity linked to hardship, education and medical-related needs, with some support connected to displaced communities and students. Our support remained focused on people and communities where hardship and financial pressures created an identified charitable need.
## **Pakistan**
Pakistan remained important for water and relief-related support. Water projects can provide lasting benefit, but require proper planning, assessment and delivery. The trustees remain committed to fulfilling donor intentions carefully.
## **Comoros**
In Comoros, One World Relief continued supporting education and school-related activities through trusted local relationships. Support included educational resources, equipment and childfocused development activities. Looking ahead, the charity hopes to explore further school development or expansion, subject to funding, appropriate planning, due diligence and partner readiness.
## **Ethiopia**
During the year, One World Relief also supported a smaller meat distribution through a trusted partner in Ethiopia. This was limited in scale but may be considered for future development if the need, trust, capacity and funding are present.
## **United Kingdom**
OWR continued smaller-scale charitable activity in the UK during the year. This remains a developing area of our work, and we hope to expand appropriate local poverty and community support over time where there is clear charitable need and suitable capacity.
## **Future Areas**
The charity may explore opportunities in other countries where genuine need, trusted relationships and suitable capacity come together. These are possibilities rather than established commitments, and any expansion would be gradual and subject to appropriate due diligence, trustee oversight, legal and regulatory considerations, and available funding. We have volunteer contacts and possible future links in countries including Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, parts of Africa and Colombia, but these do not presently constitute established OWR programmes.
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## **8. Volunteer-Led and Community-Owned**
One World Relief is a volunteer-led charity. **Volunteers are central to our work** , and we hope more people will gradually come forward to contribute their time, skills and experience as the charity develops.
We want One World Relief to feel like **a charity that people can genuinely participate in** : donors, volunteers, supporters, communities and others who wish to use their time, skills and energy for good. What people could be involved in:
- fundraising and events
- administration and donor care
- media, design and website support
- project coordination and grant research
- community outreach and UK support projects
- professional services and business support
## **Take ownership**
We hope to build a culture where volunteers can grow with the charity, take appropriate responsibility and help shape its future.
## **Working in Partnership**
We do not see other sincere charities, community groups, organisations or individuals working toward similar humanitarian aims as competitors. The needs are too great for any one organisation to meet alone, and we believe cooperation can often achieve more than working in isolation.
Where appropriate, we are **open to sharing experience, contacts and practical knowledge, collaborating on projects, or helping deliver work** where our local relationships can add value. Any collaboration remains subject to appropriate due diligence, clear responsibilities, suitable agreements and trustee oversight.
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## **9. Financial Review**
2025/26 was a year of continued growth for One World Relief. Total receipts were £241,216.40 and total payments were £198,021.02, producing net receipts for the year of £43,195.38. This represented an increase in activity from the charity’s first reporting period and an **encouraging sign of continued donor and community support** .
Receipts came principally from public and corporate donations, online giving platforms, donordirected giving and other voluntary support.
As the charity develops, we recognise the importance of building a more sustainable and diverse funding base. Over time, we hope to grow support from individual donors, regular givers, local businesses, corporate partners, CSR programmes, grant funders, foundations and community fundraising.
Growth also brings greater responsibility. For a small charity, this means steadily improving accounting, administration, communications, volunteer coordination, project reporting and other core systems in proportion to our size and activity.
## **Developing unrestricted support**
The charity aims to develop unrestricted income and separate charity-development funding alongside project fundraising, helping support essential systems without relying on designated project donations for general overheads.
## **10. Reserves and Stewardship of Funds**
The trustees aim to use funds diligently and in line with donor intentions. At year end, the charity held a combination of unrestricted funds and funds restricted for particular charitable purposes or projects. Some unrestricted funds may also be set aside by trustees for known or anticipated commitments.
A proportion of the closing balance related to restricted or donor-directed projects continuing into the following financial period. It is not always possible or responsible to spend every fund immediately before year end, particularly where a project requires assessment, suitable delivery arrangements, changing conditions on the ground or further due diligence.
For example, water and other community projects may require time to confirm local need, assess suitable locations, arrange suppliers and complete delivery properly. Funds may therefore remain at year end where donations were received recently or a project was still being prepared, while trustees continue to work toward the donor’s intended purpose.
At 31 March 2026, total cash funds held by the charity should not be regarded wholly as free reserves, as it included funds restricted or committed to particular charitable purposes and projects continuing into the following financial period. The trustees seek to maintain a proportionate level of unrestricted funds to provide resilience, meet operational commitments and respond to changing needs. More detailed fund-level and free-reserves reporting will continue to develop as the charity's financial systems mature.
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## **11. Strengthening the Charity for the Future**
Alongside project delivery, One World Relief continued strengthening its organisational foundations, particularly accounting and finance, digital communications, donor engagement, volunteer coordination and project reporting.
As a small volunteer-led charity, our aim is not to build unnecessary bureaucracy, but to put in place proportionate and dependable systems that allow the work to continue beyond any one individual and give future volunteers, trustees and partners a clearer foundation to build on. Further work is being undertaken to ensure that the systems, knowledge and experience developed by the charity’s early trustees and volunteers can be passed on, allowing OWR’s work to continue beyond dependence on any individual.
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
One World Relief is a Foundation Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), registered on 1 August 2024 and governed by its constitution. The charity is overseen by its Board of Trustees, which retains overall responsibility for governance, strategic direction, financial stewardship and oversight of the charity’s activities, supported by staff and volunteers.
Trustees are appointed in accordance with the constitution for terms of three years by resolution of the trustees. In selecting individuals for appointment, the trustees have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO.
## **Trustees who served during the reporting year**
- Sharaz Rakhmat - Chair
- Shakeel Rashid
- Nathan St Clair Connell
- Muhammad Qaasim Rauuf
- Ziaed Ahmed
## **Risk management**
The trustees seek to manage risks proportionately to the charity’s size and activities. Particular attention is given to safeguarding, overseas delivery, partner due diligence, financial controls, restricted and donor-directed funds, and the safe transfer and use of charitable funds.
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## **12. Looking Ahead**
The coming year is another stage in the development of One World Relief. We hope to strengthen existing work while improving the charity’s structure, partnerships and long-term sustainability. Our continuing plans:
- continuing support in UK, Lebanon, Egypt, Pakistan and Comoros
- developing the Comoros school expansion vision
- fulfilling water-related donor commitments
- administering zakat and donor-directed funds carefully
- expanding UK poverty and community support
- strengthening volunteer recruitment and supporter involvement
- developing partnerships with charities, community groups, businesses, CSR programmes and grant funders
- improving the website, online donation journey and supporter communications
- developing appropriate unrestricted and administration funding alongside project income
- further developing our administration practices, processes and policies
Our future plans should be read in that spirit: they are aims and aspirations reflecting the passion of a small and developing charity. They are not promises that every project, country or area of work will proceed, and each will depend on need, funding, trusted relationships and available capacity.
Over the coming years, the trustees hope to grow the charity’s capacity responsibly, allowing OWR to support more people where need, funding, governance, trusted relationships and delivery capacity allow.
## **Careful growth**
Our aims may sometimes sound larger than our present size. They reflect the passion, experience and hopes of the people involved, not a claim that every idea is already established or guaranteed to happen.
Growth will remain organic and proportionate to need, funding, trusted relationships, due diligence, governance and our capacity to deliver responsibly.
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## **13. Support Our Future**
We welcome further support from people and organisations who share our aims and would like to contribute to the charity’s work and responsible development.
## **Volunteers**
## **Donors**
We need more volunteers to come forward, take ownership and help build the charity.
We need donors who can support both direct We need more volunteers to come forward, take projects and the wider growth of the charity. ownership and help build the charity. **Businesses & CSR Admin & Development Fund** Corporate social responsibility, staff giving, Support for systems, professional services, media, matched funding and sponsorships can help grow accounting, compliance and volunteer impact. coordination helps protect project giving.
**Partners & Collaboration Personal Engagement** Charities, community groups, organisations and Where appropriate, supporters remain connected individuals with aligned aims can work with us on through volunteers, staff and trustees. shared or complementary projects.
One World Relief welcomes people who want to **become part of the journey** . Project donations remain important, while unrestricted giving, volunteer support, professional expertise and collaborative partnerships can also help the charity develop responsibly.
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## **14. Reference and Administrative Info.**
**Charity Name** One World Relief **Registered Charity Number** 1209379 **Legal Structure** Charitable Incorporated Organisation **Reporting Period** Year ended 31 March 2026 **Website** www.oneworldrelief.org.uk **Email** info@oneworldrelief.org.uk **Contact** +44 7777 459595
Principal Address: 27A Burleys Way, Leicester, LE1 3AY
Governing Document: Foundation CIO Constitution (registered 1 August 2024)
Independent Examiner: Irfan Akbar FCCA
Bankers: HSBC and The Co-operative Bank
## **15. Trustees’ Responsibilities**
The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Annual Report and the accounts in accordance with applicable charity law and Charity Commission requirements.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records, safeguarding the charity’s assets and taking reasonable steps to prevent and detect fraud or irregularity.
The trustees confirm that they have approved this report. Signed on behalf of the trustees: Name: Sharaz Rakhmat
## _SR_
Position: Chair of Trustees Date: 01 August 2026
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## **16. Independent Examiner’s Report**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of One World Relief for the year ended 31 March 2026.
As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act).
I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act. In carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which give me cause to believe that, in any material respect:
- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or
- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
**Name:** Irfan Akbar FCCA
## **Signature:**
**Date:** 1 August 2026
**Address:** 20 Hazel Fold, Queensbury, Bradford, BD13 2FE
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## **17. Receipts and Payments Accounts**
## **Receipts and Payments Summary**
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|**Category**|**Amount**|
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|**Total receipts**|**£241,216.40**|
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|**Total payments**|**-£198,021.02**|
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|**Net receipts / payments**|**£43,195.38**|
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|**Cash funds at year end**|**£125,508.55**|
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## **Annual Report & Accounts**
## **2025/2026**
For the year ended 31 March 2026
## **Rebuilding Lives – One Life at a Time**
Registered Charity No. 1209379
Annual Report & Accounts 2025/26
## **Contents**
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Message from the Board and Leadership||
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About One World Relief||
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Our Objects and Public Benefit||
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Year at a Glance||
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Our 100% Project Donation Approach||
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|6
Our Areas of Work||
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|7
Where We Worked||
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|8
Volunteer-Led and Community-Owned||
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Financial Review||
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|10
Reserves and Stewardship of Funds||
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|11
Strengthening the Charity for the Future||
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|12
Looking Ahead||
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Support Our Future||
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|14
Reference and Administrative Information||
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|15
Trustees’ Responsibilities||
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|16
Independent Examiner’s Report||
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Receipts and Payments Accounts||
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Annual Report & Accounts 2025/26
## **1. Message from the Board and Leadership**
2025/26 has been a steady and encouraging year in the development of One World Relief.
Following our first foundation period after registration in August 2024, this year allowed us to continue developing our work, improve our systems and support communities through a growing but still carefully managed programme of activity.
One World Relief remains a small, volunteer-led charity built around sincerity, service and direct connection with people. We want the charity to feel **shared by** the **donors who give** , the **volunteers who serve** , the **communities who trust us** and the **supporters who help** carry the work forward.
During the year, our work continued across UK, Lebanon, Egypt, Pakistan and Comoros, with smaller support also taking place in Ethiopia through a trusted partner. Some areas are becoming more established, while others remain modest, developing carefully as our experience, relationships and capacity grow.
We are continuing preparation for the charity’s next stage by improving our website and communications, engaging more personally with donors, developing our volunteer base and strengthening the practical systems needed for responsible, organic growth. We recognise this is a long journey and needs to be done with due care to develop in the right way.
## **A charity belonging to the people**
Every donation, volunteer effort, introduction and act of support contributes to the story of One World Relief.
We are trying to build the charity patiently, with wider participation, practical systems and a longterm spirit of service.
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## **2. About One World Relief**
One World Relief is a UK registered charity working to relieve poverty and support people affected by hardship, crisis, displacement and disadvantage in the UK and abroad. The charity grew from the experience of people who had previously volunteered and worked alongside a range of charities and community organisations and who wanted to build a practical, people-centred approach to humanitarian support.
Our work is practical, people-centred and guided by the needs we see on the ground. We support individuals, families, organisations and communities through charitable activities including food aid, water projects, education, medical support, community assistance and wider poverty relief.
We are still a young, small and growing charity. Our development has been largely organic, shaped by trusted relationships, volunteers, donors and opportunities to respond where we can add genuine value.
Some projects are active and established, while other areas remain aspirations or early-stage ideas. We believe in growing carefully, learning as we go and strengthening the charity step by step.
**Food & Aid Water & Sanitation** Practical support for families and communities Water projects and longer-term community facing poverty, hardship and displacement. benefit through carefully delivered support. **Healthcare & Medical Education & Training** Developing healthcare-related assistance, School support, learning opportunities and including support connected to students and education-related assistance through trusted links. future professionals. **Shelter & Housing Community & Livelihood** A developing area of support for families affected Support that encourages dignity, resilience, local by hardship or instability. relationships and future self-support.
## **3. Our Objects and Public Benefit**
One World Relief exists to **prevent or relieve poverty and to assist people** affected by war, natural disaster, trouble, catastrophe, crisis or general hardship.
The trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit when planning and delivering the charity’s activities. The charity’s work provides public benefit by directing funds, goods, services and charitable support toward individuals and communities in genuine need.
We aim to ensure that our work is carried out with sincerity, fairness and care, and that charitable funds are used for the purposes for which they are given.
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## **4. Year at a Glance**
During 2025/26, One World Relief continued to develop its charitable activities, relationships and internal systems. As a small and developing charity, our focus remained on practical delivery while steadily improving how we record and report project activity and impact.
During the year, our work included:
- supported families and communities facing poverty and hardship
- delivered practical aid and food support
- developed water-related charitable projects
- supported education and school-based needs
- assisted healthcare and medical-related support
- strengthened relationships with trusted partners and communities
- grew our donor and supporter base
- improved social media engagement
- began redeveloping and improving the charity website
- developed stronger internal systems for the future
## **Practical Relief**
Direct support continued through food, aid and charitable assistance.
## **Long-Term Benefit**
Water and education activity remained important areas of donor-directed support.
## **Trusted Partners**
In several countries, delivery was supported through trusted local relationships.
## **Growing Community**
Donors, volunteers and supporters helped the charity grow beyond its first year.
## **Better Systems**
The charity continued improving administration, communications and future planning.
## **Future Focus**
New areas of work are being considered slowly and carefully as capacity grows.
## **Improving impact reporting**
During the next reporting period, we aim to further detail how we record project outputs, donordirected funds, country-level activity, volunteer involvement and beneficiary reach. This will allow clearer and more consistent reporting in future years.
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## **5. Our 100% Project Donation Approach**
One World Relief follows a 100% project donation approach for donations **specifically designated to a project, appeal or charitable purpose** . Our intention is to apply those funds **entirely** toward the charitable purpose for which they were given and **not toward unrelated** general administration or organisational overheads.
Every charity has genuine operating costs. OWR seeks, where possible, to meet these through Gift Aid, unrestricted income, separately raised administration support and other appropriate sources, alongside the time and resources contributed by trustees, volunteers and supporters.
As the charity grows, operating and compliance costs will also grow. We therefore aim to develop appropriate unrestricted and administration funding so that designated project donations can remain focused on their intended charitable purposes while the charity continues to operate responsibly and sustainably.
This approach is intended to **protect the spirit and principles of donor giving** while allowing the charity to operate responsibly and develop proportionate systems and support.
## **Careful wording, strong intention**
Every charity has real operating costs and must be properly managed. Our intention is to keep designated project donations focused on their intended charitable use while building separate support for administration and charity development where possible.
As the charity develops, we hope to build more separate support for administration, systems and organisational development.
This helps keep designated project giving focused on its intended purpose while strengthening the charity in a proportionate and sustainable way.
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## **6. Our Areas of Work**
## **Food and Aid**
Food and practical aid remain central to our work. We continued supporting people facing poverty, displacement and hardship through food-related support, general aid and seasonal relief. We aim to provide aid with dignity, care and sincerity.
## **Water and Sanitation**
Water projects remain an important area of donor interest and charitable need. They can take time to deliver properly, particularly where locations must be assessed and suitable suppliers or local arrangements confirmed.
## **Healthcare and Medical Support**
Healthcare and medical support continued to develop during the year. This included assistance connected to medical needs, access to healthcare and selected healthcare-related education or training where this furthered the charity's poverty-relief purposes and could provide longer-term community benefit.
## **Education and Training**
Education is an important part of the charity’s future direction. During the year, we continued supporting education-related needs, including support connected to schooling in Comoros through trusted partners. As capacity develops, we hope in future to support education costs for students who may otherwise struggle to continue their studies.
## **Shelter and Housing Support**
Shelter and housing support remains an area of need where poverty, displacement or crisis affects families’ ability to live safely and with dignity. This area is still developing within the charity. Future support may include assistance for people living in temporary shelter or families struggling with essential housing costs, where this falls within the charity’s purposes and available resources.
## **UK Poverty and Community Support**
The trustees also recognise that needs within the UK are growing. As our capacity develops, we hope to further support carefully selected local poverty and community initiatives, preferably through trusted partnerships where this can add genuine value.
We recognise that strong community facilities and infrastructure can play an important role in relieving poverty and strengthening communities. This may include community centres, medical and educational facilities, youth and sports groups, places of worship, public facilities and other locally led initiatives.
Where this furthers our charitable objectives and provides clear community benefit, we may support appropriate facilities through equipment, improvements, utilities and other practical or sustainable assistance—strengthening their capacity to serve people in need over the longer term.
## **UK development focus**
Over time, One World Relief hopes to develop modest UK-based poverty and community support, particularly through trusted local partnerships and where our capacity allows.
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## **7. Where We Worked**
## **Lebanon**
Lebanon remained one of the charity’s main areas of work. Support continued for families and communities facing poverty, displacement and hardship. Our approach remained practical, careful and community-based, working with trusted local relationships.
## **Egypt**
Egypt continued to be an area of charitable support, including activity linked to hardship, education and medical-related needs, with some support connected to displaced communities and students. Our support remained focused on people and communities where hardship and financial pressures created an identified charitable need.
## **Pakistan**
Pakistan remained important for water and relief-related support. Water projects can provide lasting benefit, but require proper planning, assessment and delivery. The trustees remain committed to fulfilling donor intentions carefully.
## **Comoros**
In Comoros, One World Relief continued supporting education and school-related activities through trusted local relationships. Support included educational resources, equipment and childfocused development activities. Looking ahead, the charity hopes to explore further school development or expansion, subject to funding, appropriate planning, due diligence and partner readiness.
## **Ethiopia**
During the year, One World Relief also supported a smaller meat distribution through a trusted partner in Ethiopia. This was limited in scale but may be considered for future development if the need, trust, capacity and funding are present.
## **United Kingdom**
OWR continued smaller-scale charitable activity in the UK during the year. This remains a developing area of our work, and we hope to expand appropriate local poverty and community support over time where there is clear charitable need and suitable capacity.
## **Future Areas**
The charity may explore opportunities in other countries where genuine need, trusted relationships and suitable capacity come together. These are possibilities rather than established commitments, and any expansion would be gradual and subject to appropriate due diligence, trustee oversight, legal and regulatory considerations, and available funding. We have volunteer contacts and possible future links in countries including Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, parts of Africa and Colombia, but these do not presently constitute established OWR programmes.
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## **8. Volunteer-Led and Community-Owned**
One World Relief is a volunteer-led charity. **Volunteers are central to our work** , and we hope more people will gradually come forward to contribute their time, skills and experience as the charity develops.
We want One World Relief to feel like **a charity that people can genuinely participate in** : donors, volunteers, supporters, communities and others who wish to use their time, skills and energy for good. What people could be involved in:
- fundraising and events
- administration and donor care
- media, design and website support
- project coordination and grant research
- community outreach and UK support projects
- professional services and business support
## **Take ownership**
We hope to build a culture where volunteers can grow with the charity, take appropriate responsibility and help shape its future.
## **Working in Partnership**
We do not see other sincere charities, community groups, organisations or individuals working toward similar humanitarian aims as competitors. The needs are too great for any one organisation to meet alone, and we believe cooperation can often achieve more than working in isolation.
Where appropriate, we are **open to sharing experience, contacts and practical knowledge, collaborating on projects, or helping deliver work** where our local relationships can add value. Any collaboration remains subject to appropriate due diligence, clear responsibilities, suitable agreements and trustee oversight.
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## **9. Financial Review**
2025/26 was a year of continued growth for One World Relief. Total receipts were £241,216.40 and total payments were £198,021.02, producing net receipts for the year of £43,195.38. This represented an increase in activity from the charity’s first reporting period and an **encouraging sign of continued donor and community support** .
Receipts came principally from public and corporate donations, online giving platforms, donordirected giving and other voluntary support.
As the charity develops, we recognise the importance of building a more sustainable and diverse funding base. Over time, we hope to grow support from individual donors, regular givers, local businesses, corporate partners, CSR programmes, grant funders, foundations and community fundraising.
Growth also brings greater responsibility. For a small charity, this means steadily improving accounting, administration, communications, volunteer coordination, project reporting and other core systems in proportion to our size and activity.
## **Developing unrestricted support**
The charity aims to develop unrestricted income and separate charity-development funding alongside project fundraising, helping support essential systems without relying on designated project donations for general overheads.
## **10. Reserves and Stewardship of Funds**
The trustees aim to use funds diligently and in line with donor intentions. At year end, the charity held a combination of unrestricted funds and funds restricted for particular charitable purposes or projects. Some unrestricted funds may also be set aside by trustees for known or anticipated commitments.
A proportion of the closing balance related to restricted or donor-directed projects continuing into the following financial period. It is not always possible or responsible to spend every fund immediately before year end, particularly where a project requires assessment, suitable delivery arrangements, changing conditions on the ground or further due diligence.
For example, water and other community projects may require time to confirm local need, assess suitable locations, arrange suppliers and complete delivery properly. Funds may therefore remain at year end where donations were received recently or a project was still being prepared, while trustees continue to work toward the donor’s intended purpose.
At 31 March 2026, total cash funds held by the charity should not be regarded wholly as free reserves, as it included funds restricted or committed to particular charitable purposes and projects continuing into the following financial period. The trustees seek to maintain a proportionate level of unrestricted funds to provide resilience, meet operational commitments and respond to changing needs. More detailed fund-level and free-reserves reporting will continue to develop as the charity's financial systems mature.
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## **11. Strengthening the Charity for the Future**
Alongside project delivery, One World Relief continued strengthening its organisational foundations, particularly accounting and finance, digital communications, donor engagement, volunteer coordination and project reporting.
As a small volunteer-led charity, our aim is not to build unnecessary bureaucracy, but to put in place proportionate and dependable systems that allow the work to continue beyond any one individual and give future volunteers, trustees and partners a clearer foundation to build on. Further work is being undertaken to ensure that the systems, knowledge and experience developed by the charity’s early trustees and volunteers can be passed on, allowing OWR’s work to continue beyond dependence on any individual.
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
One World Relief is a Foundation Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), registered on 1 August 2024 and governed by its constitution. The charity is overseen by its Board of Trustees, which retains overall responsibility for governance, strategic direction, financial stewardship and oversight of the charity’s activities, supported by staff and volunteers.
Trustees are appointed in accordance with the constitution for terms of three years by resolution of the trustees. In selecting individuals for appointment, the trustees have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO.
## **Trustees who served during the reporting year**
- Sharaz Rakhmat - Chair
- Shakeel Rashid
- Nathan St Clair Connell
- Muhammad Qaasim Rauuf
- Ziaed Ahmed
## **Risk management**
The trustees seek to manage risks proportionately to the charity’s size and activities. Particular attention is given to safeguarding, overseas delivery, partner due diligence, financial controls, restricted and donor-directed funds, and the safe transfer and use of charitable funds.
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## **12. Looking Ahead**
The coming year is another stage in the development of One World Relief. We hope to strengthen existing work while improving the charity’s structure, partnerships and long-term sustainability. Our continuing plans:
- continuing support in UK, Lebanon, Egypt, Pakistan and Comoros
- developing the Comoros school expansion vision
- fulfilling water-related donor commitments
- administering zakat and donor-directed funds carefully
- expanding UK poverty and community support
- strengthening volunteer recruitment and supporter involvement
- developing partnerships with charities, community groups, businesses, CSR programmes and grant funders
- improving the website, online donation journey and supporter communications
- developing appropriate unrestricted and administration funding alongside project income
- further developing our administration practices, processes and policies
Our future plans should be read in that spirit: they are aims and aspirations reflecting the passion of a small and developing charity. They are not promises that every project, country or area of work will proceed, and each will depend on need, funding, trusted relationships and available capacity.
Over the coming years, the trustees hope to grow the charity’s capacity responsibly, allowing OWR to support more people where need, funding, governance, trusted relationships and delivery capacity allow.
## **Careful growth**
Our aims may sometimes sound larger than our present size. They reflect the passion, experience and hopes of the people involved, not a claim that every idea is already established or guaranteed to happen.
Growth will remain organic and proportionate to need, funding, trusted relationships, due diligence, governance and our capacity to deliver responsibly.
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## **13. Support Our Future**
We welcome further support from people and organisations who share our aims and would like to contribute to the charity’s work and responsible development.
## **Volunteers**
## **Donors**
We need more volunteers to come forward, take ownership and help build the charity.
We need donors who can support both direct We need more volunteers to come forward, take projects and the wider growth of the charity. ownership and help build the charity. **Businesses & CSR Admin & Development Fund** Corporate social responsibility, staff giving, Support for systems, professional services, media, matched funding and sponsorships can help grow accounting, compliance and volunteer impact. coordination helps protect project giving.
**Partners & Collaboration Personal Engagement** Charities, community groups, organisations and Where appropriate, supporters remain connected individuals with aligned aims can work with us on through volunteers, staff and trustees. shared or complementary projects.
One World Relief welcomes people who want to **become part of the journey** . Project donations remain important, while unrestricted giving, volunteer support, professional expertise and collaborative partnerships can also help the charity develop responsibly.
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## **14. Reference and Administrative Info.**
**Charity Name** One World Relief **Registered Charity Number** 1209379 **Legal Structure** Charitable Incorporated Organisation **Reporting Period** Year ended 31 March 2026 **Website** www.oneworldrelief.org.uk **Email** info@oneworldrelief.org.uk **Contact** +44 7777 459595
Principal Address: 27A Burleys Way, Leicester, LE1 3AY
Governing Document: Foundation CIO Constitution (registered 1 August 2024)
Independent Examiner: Irfan Akbar FCCA
Bankers: HSBC and The Co-operative Bank
## **15. Trustees’ Responsibilities**
The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Annual Report and the accounts in accordance with applicable charity law and Charity Commission requirements.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records, safeguarding the charity’s assets and taking reasonable steps to prevent and detect fraud or irregularity.
The trustees confirm that they have approved this report. Signed on behalf of the trustees: Name: Sharaz Rakhmat
## _SR_
Position: Chair of Trustees Date: 01 August 2026
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## **16. Independent Examiner’s Report**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of One World Relief for the year ended 31 March 2026.
As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act).
I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act. In carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which give me cause to believe that, in any material respect:
- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or
- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
**Name:** Irfan Akbar FCCA
## **Signature:**
**Date:** 1 August 2026
**Address:** 20 Hazel Fold, Queensbury, Bradford, BD13 2FE
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## **17. Receipts and Payments Accounts**
## **Receipts and Payments Summary**
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|**Category**|**Amount**|
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|**Total receipts**|**£241,216.40**|
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|**Total payments**|**-£198,021.02**|
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|**Net receipts / payments**|**£43,195.38**|
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|**Cash funds at year end**|**£125,508.55**|
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CC16a form here:
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