THE ZAY INITIATIVE

Charity Number: 1182725
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Zay Initiative creates awareness; providing a platform for cross-cultural understanding and tolerance across the globe by promoting the findings of research projects and studies centred on traditional dress and body adornment. This is done through exhibitions and collaboration with museums and galleries to display the traditional articles of dress from the UAE and other Arab countries.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024

Total income: £2,591
Total expenditure: £1,651

People

3 Trustee(s)

4 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England
  • Bahrain
  • Egypt
  • Jordan
  • Kuwait
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Syria
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Yemen

Governance

Registration history:
  • 01 April 2019: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

3 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
NADIA DIAB-SHAMARI Trustee 01 April 2019
None on record
Dr REEM TARIQ EL MUTWALLI Trustee 01 April 2019
None on record
MAE NOAF AL-KALAMCHI Trustee 01 April 2019
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023 31/12/2024
Total gross income £11.14k £19.33k £7.20k £3.98k £2.59k
Total expenditure £4.21k £25.47k £4.88k £1.80k £1.65k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2024 13 May 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2024 13 May 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2023 09 July 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 09 July 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 07 July 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 07 July 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 13 September 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 13 September 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 13 October 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 13 October 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 01 Apr 2019

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE ART BY THE CARE, MAINTENANCE, PRESERVATION AND DISPLAY AND IN SUCH OTHER WAYS ARE THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT OF ETHNIC TEXTILES AND TRADITIONAL COSTUMES OF THE ARAB AND ISLAMIC WORLDS

Contact information

Address:
Flat 41
Alder Lodge
73 Stevenage Road
LONDON
SW6 6NP
Phone:
+447555055055
Email:
assistant@reemelmutwalli.com
Website:

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