THE SMILE AND OLIVE FOUNDATION (UK)

Registered charity 1177767 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BASMEH & ZEITOONEH

HistoryBasmeh & Zeitooneh was launched in September 2012 with field visits to areas with high concentrations of the most marginalized and desperate Syrian refugees. The main goal of these visits was to assess needs and find gaps left by other aid agencies. As a result of those preliminary assessments, we chose to concentrate our efforts in the most poorly served areas, including Arsal, the Bed

Objects

THE OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO SUCH PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO):3.1 THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF THE VICTIMS OF WAR, CONFLICT OR NATURAL DISASTER, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FOOD, MEDICAL AID, ACCOMMODATION, ACCESS TO WATER AND SANITATION AND OTHER HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT;3.2 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG REFUGEES BY PROVIDING (OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF) EDUCATION, TRAINING, ADVICE, INFORMATION, HEALTHCARE, HOUSING AND SUCH OTHER SERVICES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT;3.3 THE ADVANCEMENT, PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF REFUGEES AND THEIR DEPENDENTS;3.4 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF REFUGEES AND THEIR DEPENDENTS SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY;3.5 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES;3.6 THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG REFUGEES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL AND SKILLS TRAINING, ADVICE AND SUPPORT;3.7 THE PROMOTION OF RACIAL HARMONY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG REFUGEES BY THE PROMOTION OF KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS; AND3.8 THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF REFUGEES AND THEIR DEPENDENTS, WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.IN THE ABOVE OBJECT 'REFUGEES' MEAN PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN FORCED TO LEAVE THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IN ORDER TO ESCAPE WAR, PERSECUTION OR NATURAL DISASTER.IN FURTHERING THE ABOVE OBJECTS THE CHARITY WILL REMAIN NEUTRAL WITHOUT POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS ATTITUDES, CONTENT, OR BIAS IN ALL ITS ACTIVITIES.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

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Policies the charity declares

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• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2023 (received 16/08/2024, 47 days after the 30/06/2024 due date); year ending 31/08/2022 (received 27/09/2023, 89 days after the 30/06/2023 due date); year ending 31/08/2021 (received 19/03/2023, 262 days after the 30/06/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ABOUD MOUBAYED BADAWI
• AISHA ALI
• Danish Qayyum

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Lebanon · Throughout England And Wales · Turkey

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