Company Reglstsred Number IEngland and VValesl.'02171893 Charlty Registered Number'.1029450 A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION (A Company Limited by Guarantee) TRUSTEES, REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
A.M. QAThAN FOUNDATION IA Company Limlted by Guarantee) CONTENTS Page Reference and Administrative D2tails of the Foundation, its Trustees and Adv1s8rs Trustees. Report 2-27 Statemerht of Trustees. Responsibllitles 28 Independent Auditors, Report on the Financial Statements 29-32 Statement Df Financial Activities 33 Balace Sheet 34 statement of Cash Flows 35 Notes to the Financial Statements 36-59
A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION IA Company LlmSted by Guarante91 REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS OF THE FOUNDATION, ITS TRUSTEES AND ADVISERS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 Trustees Omar Abdul Muhsen Al-Qaltan, Chair Dr Najwa Al-Qattan Nadia Hijab Abla Maayah Dr Khalil Hindi Dr Raif Zreik Professor Khaled Fahmy (appointed 1 October 20201 Dr Mezna aalo (appointed 1 October 20201 Company registered number 02171893 Charity regist&r8d number 1029450 Registered offi¢* Tower House 226 Cromwell Road London SW5 OSW Director General FidÈ Touma - Ramallah Independènt auditors MHA Maclntyre Hudson Charted Accountants and Statutory Auditor 6th Floor 2 London Wall Place London EC2Y SAU Bankers EuropeArab Bank 73 Broc>k Street Mayfaii London W1K4HX Natwest Bank PIC South Kensington Station Branch PQ Box 592 18 Crotnwell Place London SW7 2LB Solicitors Thomas Eggar 75176 Shoe Lane London EC31 3JB Page 1
A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION IA colnpany limited by guarantee) TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 The Trustees present their annual report togeth8r with the audited financial statements of the Foundation for the year 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020. The Trustees confirm that th8 Annual Report and financial Staleme(S of the company comply with the curr&nt statutory requirEtnent5, thE requirements of the company's governing document and the provisions of the Slalement ol Recommended Practice ISORPI. applicable lo charities preparing their accoLsnts in acoordance with the FI3ClaI Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FR8 102} 3s amended by Update Bulletin 1. Foreword This report provides a summary of 2020 achievements measured against the objectives sel by our 2020-2024 strategic plan, which wag approved by the Board on 12 D¢cember 2019. The core direction of prograrnmes has not radically chanued. NDnetheless, the stralegy for the m8ntionod years included audience building engagement and outreach as a key objective, znd while for the first Iwo tnonths of the year this seemed attainable, the first cases ol COVID-19 in Palestine and the UK appeared in March 2020, both countries wént into inlermiltenl lookdowns. creating an overall state of uncertainty. This meant ¢onlinuous review of plans and planning lor shorter periods as well 2$ resourcè redistribution and changes in contracts and dgr8&ments. However, despite all of this, the Foundation was able lo implement morè thzn 60D/o Df its planned activities and readapl its operationg and proj&cts lo suppori ils staff, beneficiaries and partners in a manner that serves ils goals and objectives. Th@ report is divided into the tnain adminislralive divisions of the Foundation.. General Management lin¢luding finance, ai5ministiative. cornmunications ancs ILJnd-r8ising units) and each ol the live main programme5.' Culture and Arts Programme, Edu¢ational Research and Development (Palestinel, the Child Centré Gsza, the Public Programme IPaleslinel and the Mosaic RoDtHs IUKI. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES Objects The objects of the Charity are the advancement of the education of Arabs in general 2nd Df Palestinians in particular, and the advancement of th8 education ol the public in Arab and Palestinian sludie5. Activities While this trxtended review procèss was underway, the Foundation continued to work along the five Irack5 below. However, th2t process is expected lo affect both the nature ènd scope of currenl programmes and, consequently, the Foun(falion's programmatic and Drganizational structures. Culture and Arts ProgrammÈ ICAPI is the main grant making activity at thé Foundation. CAP offers grant5, residencies, awards, and training in all fields of cultural practi¢e. The core criteria lor awarding its granls are excellence, creativity, and innovalion. Grants and awards follow a procedure approved by the Board, are annonce4 through open calls, and judged by external juries. Based on CAP'S well documented and credited track record in supporting cullure and arts, it has successfully developed long-lerm co-lunding programmes in various fields, most recently in the visual arts with the Sw&dish Int&rnational Development Agency and with the Swiss Development Cooperation ISDCI on the in Culture, Arts and Social Engagement programme. Page 2
A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION IA company limited by guarantee) TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DEGEMBER 2020 Educatlonal Research and Dèvèlopment Programme IERDPI is focused on the formation and developrnenl of teachers in Palestine and contnbutes directly lo the Foundation's goals ol supporting a critical public discussion on culture and education, as well as promoting progressivei 8ducatlDnal and oultur81 policies that respond lo so¢i$ty's evolving needs. ERDP adopts a long- term p3rticipalory approach with teachers in all fiélds ol knc>wledge in the belief that they can be 2gents c>1 change in Iheii Gommunity. In the Drama in EduGatiQD as well as the Early Childhood tracks, teachers are engaged through workshops that vary in duration and complexity. ERDP also founded the Interactive Soienc8 Studio, which is a cfgsign and fabrication workshop ol eduGaIna5 scienc8 8xhibits, where teachers, families, artists, and scientists meet lo explore science-related Ihemes and ways to improve science @ducalion. The programme also runs tho Foundation's public Iit)rary In Ramallah, publishes a joutnal on education PFovideb SUPPOrt to t83chers' Ir)cal and regional forums and other initiatives. Child Centre - Gaza ICCGI is a full-fledged cuf(ural centre that caters to children aged 0-15 in the Gaza Strip. Centred around one ol the biggest childrèn's libraries in the region Iwilh over 100,000 library materials & books), thè Centre offers all-day Scheduled and open activities to children, f8tnilies, professionals and institutions. The activities calendar is built seasonally. During the school year activities are organized with schools while during the winter alld summer breaks these are also open to the publiG and planned In coordination wilh child-focused Community organizalions. Annual plans include short term trainings, long term courses, annual festivals and special proje¢ts on a wido spectrum ol èducational and Gulluial themes and topics The main goal ol the Child Gentr8 IS to contribute lo a society that encourageg knowledge by providing children with diyerenl experiBnces that nurture critical thinking and engages parènts, teachers and prolegsionals who work with the children. The Cenlre also works in remote areas of the Gaz8 Strip through an extensive outreach service arid mobile library. Ihus increasing its network and impact and creating an infrastructure of p8rtn8rs that shar& ils values and objectives. The Centr6's activities also Gontribut6 to the Foundation's goal ol offering an inspiryational model of inslitulional performance. Approximately 50,000 childrèn benefit from the Centre and its outreach programmes annually. The Public Programme organiaes and implements the Foundation's events and activities at Its Cultural Centre in Ramallah and throughout Palestine, inGludino exhibitions, Gomtllissioned research, musical performancgs, plays, rèadings, film screenings and so on. The Mosaic Rooms is a non-profit art gallery and bookshop in London dedic2ted to supporting and promoting contemporary culture from thè Arab world and beyond, through free art exhibitions, a mullidisciplinary &vent% programme including film screenings, current affairs talks and book launches, and a learning and engagement programme. MR works in partnership with local, national, and inlernation21 organisations to disseminate th8ir programme to the widest r>ossible audienc8 in London and beyond. Previous partnfjrs include The British Museum, Institute of Conlempor3ry Arts IICAI, Shubbak Festival, London Design Fegtival and the London Festival of Architecture. amongst rriany otheis. MR also organizes the annual Edward W Said London lecluie. MR belitrves in the InipDrtance of creating a cultural space th3t presents new thinking and dering Crèativity, illuminates idgas, inspires understanding, and interrogate5 contemporary issues. Its vision is foi a London audience wlth a more informed. engagèd and critical und9rstanding ol Arab culture and society. Pège 3
A.M. QAThAN FOUNDATION IA company limited by guarantee) TRUSTEES. REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 Achievements and Pèrformance Culture and Arts Programm• ICAPI The culture sector was gravely impacted by the spread of the pandemic and ils repercussions on mobility, social ii)leraction and tullLtrr81 lil& as well as the cultLJral economy generally. Almosl all in-person events and activities were halted, and new productions w@re frozen. This has required a new way ol thinking and of implemenlation, as well as Ilèxibility and patience. As a grant-making programme, we listened lo our partners, and tried our best lo assist them to ovércom& th8 effects of the crisis by supporting their most urgent needs. The Art and Literature Unil supportèd 55 projects in various lields. These projects were selected from arrong 102 applications submitted by individual art1sls after the programme announcecl an emergency fund to support srn811 productions after the spread of coronavirus. Meanwhile, we continued lo rllonilor two projects that were underway from the prèvious funding Cycle. All of these projects provided new opportunities for many artists and also contributed to their livelihoods. In partnership with Al Mawr6d Al Thaqafy In Lebanon, CAP also laun¢h$d 'Takalof', a new grant to support cultural institutlons operating in Palesline and Lebanon. The grant came as a response to thé éscalating Itnpa¢t of the coronaviius. 17 grants totalling $422.000 USD were approved. A further six study support grants were awarded lo sludenls who were still able lo pursue their education during the year and in addition lo two new grants werè also awarded. This year also saw five students complete their studi&5 With our support. Most hav8 since found work andlor uncsertzken new creative projecls. As part of our capacity-building interventior)s, we announced the results Trl the Young Writers Award at the end of 2019. A reading event Ic>r the prize-winlling books was scheduled to be held on 16 March 2020 but was cancelled due lo thè pandémic. DL5ring Ihe first hall ol the 2020, we organised a zoom playJvri(ing workshop with six young plarIght$, who dEveloped thBir texts in preparation for the last ph&se of the playwriting projecl, planned lor 2021. Doa Qishla, a visu21 artigl from Gaza, was supported lo join an zrtisl's residency at the Cité Internatic>nale des Arts in January 2020. Regrettably, artists Taqi al-oin Sibati from Bethlehèm and Mohammed Omari from Gaza nominal6d to join the following cycle were unable to do so because of the oulbreak and bc>rder closuies. We 81so nominated Zeina ZarDur frotn Jenin l Ramallah for a residency at UNIDEE in Italy, which was held virtually this year. A furthei four artists from Hebron, Jerusalem and Ramallah were hosted at the Visual and Perfoimin9 Arts Studios of the Foundation's Culluial Centre in Ramallah lo pursue their projects, and lo receive financial and lechnifjal support and artistic guidance from several established artists. W8 also continued lo work on the special edition of the Young Artist of the Year Award IYAYAI 2020. Five of our six ariisls were contracted and. in dialogue with curator Ad£nia Shibli, began developin9 projects to implement in 2021 with production grants of 10,000 USD per project. The programm@ also resumed its meetings with Ramallah Doc partners during May 2020 in pieparation for the upcoming edition ol th? film festival. We continued lo tnake available seasonal grants to support various f8StIV215, events, and important cultural and art projects, and funded 32 such activities in the fields ol lilerature, performing arts, visual arts and cinema and which COLJld take place during the pandemic. These activities were held in Hebron, Ramallah, Tayb&t al- Mulhalath, Nablus, Jerusalem, Gaza 2nd Nazareth and, inlernationally, in Franoe. the US, Germany, Sweden and the UK. Approximately 41,598 people allended. We also supported two international traine8s in Lebanon and Spain. Page 4
A.NI. QATTAN FOUNDATION IA company limitèd by guaranteel TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 We also organized "Night Shift a joint project befvieen the Foundation in Ramallah, Khashabi Th8atre in Haila and Vooruit in Ghent, as part a two-tracked programme. The first track aims lo foster artistic collaborations between six Palestinian Flemish artists to develop ideas during a one-year period and then present them as WOTks-in-piogress during the festival. The second track organizes a series of events in public spacos with 12 of these projects. Due lo the outbreak of Ihe eoronavirus, howevei, Ihtrse èvenls were postponed until further noliGe. In April, a delegation 0115 programmers and diredors of French cultural centres and festivals was clue to visit P21estine through Onda Foundation, and to attend more than 18 plsys, music and dance performances, film screenings and mpgtings wth artists and cultural professionsls in Ramallah, Jerusalem, Hebron, JeniTr, H£ifa and Birzeil howev81 this visit was also cancelled du$ lo the pandemic. We also SUPPOrted the publication and promotion ol new works, through a collabor81ion with al-Ahliah Publishing House, and which will include publication of works by Young Writers Award 2019 winners. By the end of 2020, fSve works had been publish8d, and a further seven will bg published within the next year. Close collaboration with our collèagiies in the Educational Research and Developmelll Programme IERDPI on the second round of the Culture, Art and Social Engagèment ICASEI project co-lunded by the Swiss Agency lor Development and Cooperation ISOCI continued. Five project grants totalling $200,000 USD were awarded. and implementation began in various areas of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. A monitoring and evaluation system for the project was developed, and three journalists and filrnmakers w&re conlracted to documènt the proj8Cts. In Cycle 2 of the Visual Arts.. A Flouiishing Field" IVAFFI prtsjo¢t, which spans 2019 to 2021, len partner institutions implemented more than 110 activities and int8rv6ntions including speGialist workshops taTgeting artists, ¢ulturgl professionals andlor the genfsral public. These activities were dèlivered despite the lirnitations and difficullies causèd by the corollavirus. The opportunities offered lo artists through the partner institutions stretch8d over a wide geogiaphy from Tulkarem in the north Its the Gaza Strip in the south. 34 f6male and 31 malg artists r$¢$ived produLtiori yranls, and eight femalé and eight male artists participated in residencies. 15 art workshops were held and attended by 519 people, in addition ID nine virtU31 workshops attendod by 304 artists. 10 workshops attracted 577 children. Among the participants in these educational workshops were 446 studénts who participatÈd Èn seven academic progratnmes. Six ol Ihese programmes werè delivered in person and one virtua15y. 30 lectures and seminars wèrè also organized, six of them hBld in-person with 134 parti¢lpants, and 24 via zoom with 546 partlGip3nt5. In r9sponse to the nèw coronavirus context, some institutions adapted their activities to become accessible online through various sccial media platfoms and websites. Othei institutions also developed programmes which responded lo emerging needs including the Khalina Nshuf (Let's Seel initiative 8iTrèd at encouraging creative practi¢es within familiès, particularly duiinq lockdowns. This inilialiv& was implemented collaboratively by the Visual Arts Forum IVAFI and Dar Qandeel lor Culture and Arts. Many institutions also d8veloped Online exhibilions, such 85 th8 Artist at Work exhibition organized by the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre IKSCCI, or thos@ that were produced in par81191 to a physical exhibilion sueh as Prlntèd In Jerusalem at the Palestinian Museum, and the exhibitions organized by the General Union ol Cultural Centres and the Elleqaa Group in thè Gaza Sliip. We also sUPPOrted ten exhibitions end open studios allended by 1.481 people in-person, and three onlln• exhlbS1Sons viewed by 5,475 p80pIe. Finzlly, the exlernal evaluatDr Moukhtzr Kocache completed his review of CAP which was prgsented lo the Board ol Trustees,, who took notè ol its very positive findings whilst also noting its récofflfftendations. Th&se will be incorporated into the Foundalion's new organisational structure and stiategic plan. Page 5
A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION IA company limlted by guarantee) TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 Success Stories and Case Studies The "Huna al-Quds' I"This is Jerusaletn'l project run by the Palestine Institute for Cultural Development NAWA received a S50,000 awzrd from TAAWON. We have supported Nawa's projects on sevFral occasions during the la51 few years. Purple Girl, a children's slory written by Ibtigam Barakat, illustrated by Sinan Hallaq and published by the Tamer Institute for Community EducAli¢)n which is supported by VAFF, received the prestigious Sheikh Z2yid Award. The Story was published as an animation video narrated by artist Alaa Hleihel aDd has been watched and shared widely. Aller a long and ¢areful survey, the Dar al-Kalima University College ol Arts & Culture succ8ssfully launched a new academic track focused on the coTrsep(ation and restoration of paintings. This track will network with professionalg region211y and internationally and was launched with the partieipalion of 12 students from varic>us Palests'nian cities, and of many Experts from various Ljniversities in Palestine, UK, China d the U.S. among othèrs. Educational Research and Developtnent Programme IERDP In the lirsl quarter of 2020, the Foundation commissioned the evaluation of ERDP by 8n external education oonsullant, Di Rabab Tsmish. We also contracled consuliant Fadya Salfiti to plan the futurè dis8ngag8ment of the Ni'lin Centre from the Foundation and to develop a sustainability plan to ensure that it will continue ils work in Ni'lin and nearby areas. As the coronavirus hit Palestine, thè first facilities to be closed were the schools, and chaos ensued as result. No one in the education sector was ready, and that iemains largely unchanged to date. In addition lo incapacity. inlernel connectivity and access to cornputers was a major issue, particularly in the public sector, In rural aroas and throughtsul the Gaza btrip. ERDP sought to provide support to teachèis, both emotionally aiid ped¢igogiL£illy. Our first responsè was to listen to teachers and give them space to share their concerns online, then to offer online training, discussion forums, and the development of various new leaching lools. Unabl$ lo hold in-person activities with tBa¢hers arhcs the public such as festivals 2nd scientific activities, we redesigned our plans in line with the new health and safety measures imposed by the pandemi¢ As an example, all meetings and workshops with teacher5 were held onlin8 during full lockdowns. During partial Ic)ckdowns, courses took place online and in person and included teachers from the Ramallah distriGI able to be present at the Foundation. Teachèrs from distant districts and the Ar8b world were inviled lo join online. This shift towards online workshops and the cancellation of in-person activf(ies enabled the programme to re-allocate funds lo support individuals and institutions within the Takalol Gran Is99 above under CAPI. Among our tnost important achievements during this rèporting p9ri0d were the educational produc15, package5 nd distance-learning activities which we created and were able to share via social networking platforms and through the "Frc>tn Home" button created on Ihe Foundation's website and detailed below. Going forward, there will undoubtedly be structLiral chang8s and revisions to our programme in light of the external ieview. We also lace a number of challenges to deliver the BOT'S 2019 recommendations, which include(J closing our offi¢$ in Gaza. Ni'lin Centre disengagement, the possible merging ol the Sci8nce Studio with the Public Programme and reconsidering the format ol the Drama in Education Summer School and Ru'8 rarbawiyya journal all of which have been pillaTS of our programme's mission as a cultural and educational laboratory. Furthemioie. the 8xlent of the challenges has increased with the realities produced by the pandemic and the shtft towards digital learning. Nevertheless, our team 113s continuèd to work togethef following Ihe "employees as partners" principle and we look forward to transforming these challenges into opportunbties. Page 6
A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION IA company limited by guaranteel TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 ERDP'S achiev8rnents during 2020 (online & offline) includèd". The Science Studio organized 11 school visils which included 220 students from various ag8s, and 25 teachers and supervisors to ils exhibition 'Echo' on sound and its phenomena. It also created 6 inteiactive science stations and organized a Science Night at the Cultural Centre in Ramallah. The évent attracted approximately 150 people aged ov8r 18 years old while maintaining CQVID-19 health and safety measures. The exhibition was lenl lo the Edwaid Said Music Conservatory in Bethlehem, Four animated film sereenings were held during February and March as part of a programme on Cinem8 In Education, targeting 72 students from four schools. The screenings wère follow&d by discussion sessions and creative writing ex8rcisès based on the films. Student5 also practiced developing a visual narrativè inspired by the film plots using cinema Iwls including seènography. In our Approaches to Home Education programmt, we created 5 digital education psckages in response lo the challenges of the corongviius. Thè packages focussed on major historical disasters which affect&d humanity and our various respDnses to them. They aimed to assist teaeh6rs, students and parents to reflect deeply on such events and lo emplo¥y art, soence. research gnd storytelling to understand these tragedies and ways lo overcome them. Online Educational Material.. As part of our"From Home" online platform, the programme shared sci8nb.fic exhibits and interactive a¢tivities and produced a Wonder Box., a collection of online exercises on horne gardening dèsigned for educationa1 purposes.11 also collaboralively produced educational p3ckages will a group of earfy Childhood @ducators focLJsed on dealing with Children during the pandemic and these were implemented in 15 participating KGS. A film club was also established to provide a space for learning and teaching for teachers interested in ulilizing cinema in classès. Six online meetings wer& held with a small group of t82chèrs with the aim of dovelopiiL g a family cinema progremme. Thesè six teachers now form a core group. Weekly film recommendations were published lo Inlroduc8 children and their families lo a variety ol films from world cinÈma. Three winter gduLational modules were held ovèr three days15 - 7 January 20201 at the Oasis Hotel in Jericho with the participation 0191 teachèrs and earty childhood eduoalors. They covered them95 ol drama and social conl&xt and the 'Manlle of the Expert, educab"on81 approach. A nurnber of in-pgison trainings with 300 leacheTS took place, including in the use of drama in earty childhood education. More than 100 people were able to attgnd our papèr-folding and tinkering workshops. We also hosted four artists who were part of Ihg Public Programme's'We8d Control axhibition and helped them to develop and create their proj8ct8. The Leila Miqdadi al-Qattan Library bècame a main attraction in Ramallah thanks lo its collectiori of books and Gomfortablo reading and working spaces. The library received approximately 5,100 guests this year despite being Glosed for four months because of the pandemic. The Diama in Education Summer Programrne was held in August with 15 teachers partiapating in person fiom all over Palestine, and 26 other teachers joinir)g us from 8Gross Palestine and the Arab woild. Follow up courses w¢re held in September with 41 participants and È second and third in Novembgr and DeEember. It is expected thal additional courses will be held in 2021 to give leachers the opportunity lo complete their graduation trotll thè programme. Page 7
A.M. QArrAN FOUNDATION IA company limlted by guarantee) TRVSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 The first meeting of the Early Childhood Educators Forum wis hèld In F@bruary 2020 and was allended by 35 educatois. We were also successful in securing funding of $450,000 USD over thre6 y8ars frorn Drosos Foundation for our Professional Develupment programme on early childhood. science and drama. AdditlDnally, the piogrzmme profflotes collaborative methods to dov$lop online ecjucalional technique5 and share them through courses lor teachers. alongside a cultural programme on cin8tlla in educalion, tinkering, animation and. in partnership with the Ministry of Education, a training project in drama lor teachers. e also published Ihe first Arabic translation of The Hidden Plot - Not8s on The8lr8 and the Slate by Edward Bond, translated by Nuha abu Arqoub. Within th8 fT2mewotk ol the Sada IEchol exhlbitltsn, the Abbasid musician a5-Aaw1'S book on ancient musical rhythms was notated and shared with the audience in collaboration with the percussionist Jihad al-shuaibi. The scores weie recorded al the Edward Said Conservatory of IAusic studios. Other achievemenls ol note include the publication of Issue 61 of Ru'a T8rb8WIyy8 Journal. The Child Centre, Gaza 2020 brought major Ghallenges unlike any challenges th8 Child Centre had faced in pVIOuS yoars. Whil& working wilh a large audience has been a constant challenge, this yBar in-person allendance diminished due to the pzndernic. The new reality forced staff lo adopt ngw methods that have added to their skills. It also served as a practical exercis6 to t8St somé of the new intervenlitsn me¢hanism5 proposed in the Fc>undation's rÈ-structung process. Most Import2ntly, we succeeded in implementing long-term programtnès targ8ting sp8cifi¢ gioups during peak periDd5 like the winter and summer holid2ys. In the digit21 realm, the Centre invested in its extended n8twoik of partners Lo continue working via online platforms. This allowed It to reach beneficiaries who could not be reached otherwise. particularly in distant aaS such as R2fah and Khan Younis. We created an online programme allracting a large group of inleFested and enthusiastic audiences lo IhB Centr&. The programme was varied and included science and technology activit165, SCl8ncg and art exhibitions, provision of various Infortnation iesources, and Lltilizing th? different media outlets of the Foundalion lo provide Vaed and r8newable conl&nl to the public. The Centre provided ils services in-person and online to serve the audience's various needs focusing on promoting three oompelencies for our childrèn, including accumulating essenbal knowledge, acquiring effective skills, and adopling approaches that appreciate CLilture, openness and active participation. As part of our performing arts programme, we organized various 8Ctivities and drama courses lucused on creating experiences merging fiction with re8lity. The young members of the theatre and drama Grubs, performing arts, the Foundation's Ghoir and chess club took part in variou8 events including the production of plays. Many of their productions were shared online such as the play "In Caesar's Shadow" the Teei Ya Hawa" video clip, and DÈbk8 P8rfoitn8nc8 and songs such as"Dal'ona- and "Meeli bi Abaytek.. Our Little Painters Club mat frequently and produced a large number of artworks which we shared both online and in offline exhib.,tions including "Eyes of Gaza., "A Palette fiom Home and "A Larger lrnagination. We also organized a national art competition 8ntitled 'Your Window is Our Window P2ge 8
A.M. QAThAN FOUNDATION (A company Ilmlted by guaranteè TRUSTEES. REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 We also C&ted a series of tèchnology prugrammes airned at enhancing children's ¢reative and teohnological skills. Among the most important were in robotlcs, motion graphics and smart elèctronics. Work continued in the designers and programmers club to d8velop children's competencies in coding and design_ Children worked on th8 microcontro11er board Adruino and gained understanding of how the system works. Participan15 gained sufficient skills to be ablè to design and iniplement many integrated eleGlroni¢ projects. In the Science track, we worked with teachers to 8nable them to gain tools in scientific research skills, most not8bly through the "Design your Own 8cience Project", "Physics DI Electrical Energy" Simple Sciences" end Fab Lab programmes. In th8 library, we organized tllany cultural and reading programmes and activities, which contributed to enhancing Ihe competencies of ehildren and their parents In reading, creative writing, research melhods, Crltical thinking, storytelling, self-learning and questioning. Evenls included thg "T8a on Coal online lileiary evening. hosting many local and international writèrs such as Asmaa Aiaizeh, Ahlam Bisharat, Fatima Sharaf al-Din, Michael Loder and Melissa Madenski. We also succeeded in providing safe spaces for parents and children und8r six years old ancl providpd SCTentific, leohnc)logi¢Èl, educational and artistic aclivities which contributed to enhancing the skills of the children and allowed for parents to connect with their children by sharing those activities with them. As part of the 'Dardashat" programme, we held 24 meetings on educationsl matt8rs led by qualified and experienced parents. In outreach, we were able to expand our circle Of interventions to rfiach boy5 and girls in rnany marginalized arèas where we iw,plemented face-to-lace art and reading activities. We also organiz8d 18 external sessions on various art and literary lopi¢s that prc>vided the childrèn with learning opportunities equal to those held at the Cenlre's own gpac6S. Approximately 1,000 new bor)ks on v8rious subjects were ordered ltsr our library collection but only some weTe received with the rest prcymised lor 2021. We continued to iestorè a number of daFllaged books. A number of colleagues in the public and outreach teavll parti¢lpated in a mobil8 Iilming and editing training workshop, which look pla¢e online and aimed lo d8vèlop their technical skills to produce horne videos. In partnership with the ERDP, we also developed a number ol programmss in the fields ol drama, anlmation and early education. Howèver, these were suspended duè to the panrtsemic. During the year, the Centre worked with many grassroc>ts institutions, schools and kindergarten5 thrc>ugh our mobile library and the 'child-friendly zones" Our partnership with the Edward Said National Conserv81ory of Music continiJed through a violin leaching programme involving 11 girls from uur choir. Additionally, we succeeded In n8tworking with the Averioos ASSOLiélion in Berlin to organize 'Eyes ol Gaaa The'your Windowls our Window painting competition which was exhibited in our virtual gallL+ry on social media Bnhanced the PL5blic's knowledge of the Foundation and facilitatèd their access lo the Foundalion's productions. The productions also provid8d a vital space for people tD share Iheir poirits DI view and contributlOn5. For example, our chDir's video clip entitled 'Teer Ya Hawa" was widely watched and undoublodly reached new audiences. Page 9
A.M. QArrAN FOUNDATION IA company lim*ted by guarantee TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 Gaza initially underwent a lockdDwn schedule that was dissimilar to the Vlest Bank, but the inherent Dbslacles and challeng&s in the Strip were exacerbated when the pandemic finally hit. As a iesull of 14 years of siege, access to clean water, electricity and the internet is already Iimitad ancl inlermillenl with m2ny homes facing overcrowding. As a result, il was not easy to Iiznsition to rinline working and our many different commur)ilies of beneficiaries did not hav& the same levels ol internet access. Nonetheless anol despite all tsf the abov&, we were still able lo serve a large portic>n the community by intensifying OLJtrea¢h during lirnes outside of lockdown and by planning online work lo meet the electricity schedule and the availability of participants. The vast majority of online work was done in the form c>f Facebook closed groups in order to maintain privacy and provide adequate support wh8n needed. Below are some key numbers from 2020, which are significantly below the annu21 avérsges from previous years s expected, but on the positive sid8, lower numbers of allendees meant More engagement lime pei pe150n and this is a lesson to learn for when the centre fully opens ils doors again.. During our 2020 open periods11 January- 22 M8ich & 22 May- 23 August), there wèré a total of 1,726 new and renewed fflemberships, w11h 6.047 children benefiting from the mobile library bus seNice, 4,475 from educational and community organisations visiting and a further 27,333 beneficiaries from our programme8 and activities at the Centre. We organised 400 onlin8 meetings, workshops and ev&nts with approximately 900 childr6n participating. Success StorSes Batool Abu Aqleen115 years) won first prsie in the Barjeel Po•try Prize foT the YoulhlArabic pc>elry category organized by the Barjeel Art Foundatlon lor her poem '1 Dld Not Steal the Cloud" Abu Aqleen is the youngest ever winner of the piize. She is an active member of our Literafy Club and a regular visitor to Dur library. .1 visited the A.M. Qallan Foundation for the first time while I was in 5th grade. I had a purple nDtebook in my hand, in which I wrote my first tgxt about the sea. I still have it today. Back then, I was not connÈcted lo books and.1 did not like writing but being in a plaoe like the Centre encouraged rne. That is where my story began. In this context, Salool says,. 'It was beyond my dreams to rneel sorne writers and poets, and the club not only offered me the opportunity lo meet them, bul also tts talk to them and learn from their experience. l also connected with some writers and wè'r6 still 8xch2nging emails. We write to live,. the passion inside me needed 2 wake-up Thtr Publi¢ Programme IPPI As was the case with all cultural treS around the globe, public progriimmes had to be frozen, relhoughl, and replanned. And this was the oase with ours. Despite these challenges. many of our planned activities were held and othois were Teformulaled. Below wè pr8sent a summary ol what took place. Five exhibitions were produced, of which one, 'Weed ContrDI', was on a large scale. The exhibition 'ForensiC Aichitecture.. Assembltrd Practices" opened in partnership with the Forensic Architecture regearch group at Goldsmith University. London in January 2020. The aim ol the exhibition was to inforrn Ihe public aboul thè methodologies ol the Forengic Architecture group, which erllploys aichiteclure, law, art, elc., in Order to expos8 slate crin',es, in addition to contributing to the development of research methodologie5 in Palestine, especially at the academic level. Architecture students at Birzeil University worked on a proposal lo build prototypes and projects based on new methodologies. About 700 people attended the exhibition due to the pandemic, more than 15 tours weie organized with the curators and three films were Screened in parallel to the exhibilion. Page 10
A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION IA company limited by guarantee) TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 A relrospeGlive Sxhibition ol the Palostinian artist Suzan Hijab was also held, in cooperation with al-ma'mal Foundation in Jerusalem. The exhibition summaiizes the artist's career over the past lour dec8des, focuging specrfically on her oil pastel works on paper. The exhibition includ8d more than 50 of Hijab's important works. 'Weed Control, included the participation of 33 artists from Palestine and the Diaspora and opened on 9 January 2020. In addition, tours of the exhibilion were organized foi tllany Palestinian illslitulions and universities such as Birzeit University, al-Najah University, Dar al Kalima, the Polytechnic in H&bron, al-Haq Organisalion, Union of Agricultural Work Committeès, the Khalil Sakakini C&ntro, Riwaq Cenler, Dar Qsndil. Ishtar Thealer and the Dalia Foundation. We also organised tOLJrs for sohool teachers and for the Ministry of Information. The exhibition was visited by nearly 3,000 people. In addition, the catalogue included contributions by 33 artlSts and 10 writers in both Arabic and English and was launched on 23 November 2020 wilh the participation of 3rtist Emil Saba and the journalist NasTeen Awad. We also launched new5 books by Aish8 Odeh, Zakaria Muhammad, and the artigt Khaled Jarrar and commissioned Rima Hamami's book on the wildllow6rs of Paleslir)e. In parallel to the exhibilion, Jumana Manna's Iilm Wild Relatives" was screened. Work continued on the prèparation c)f the 'Palesline Iiorn Above. exhibition, due lo open in 2021, coronaviru8 permilling. In addition, two issues181 & 821 of th¢ Jerusalem auarterly (Jal journal were produced in GOOPEration with the Institute lor Palestine Studies, with contributions from 15 academic iesearchers and 10 artists in both Arabic and English. The two issues locussed on the topic of the view ol Palestine and its geography from abova. These two Issuos were exceptionally combined and tianslated into Arabic lo form the exhibition cataloguè. As part of our in-person cinema programme, we presented a weekly programme of European cla5si¢s which the Foundation had previously subtitled. Six films were initially screen&d but the programm9 was then interrupted by the lockdown. We also worked with the ERDP to devslop a schools, filrll prograrnme but only 4 in person scr88nings were able to be held due lo the PareMT¢. These were focugséd on Japanese animated films. Four films directèd by Youssef Sh8heen were also shown. A vid¢o installation by artists Tumer-Prize winner Naim Muhaimin, entitled Two Meètings and a Funeral was also held lor a week during Det6mber 2020. During the first hall of Ihe year, we were due lo hold two thèatrical performances by the winners of the Performing Arts Grant, including Bis8n by VV8se¢m Kheir and The Roundabout by Alaa Shehadeh. We were also due lo host a large part of the Ratmallah Conlemporèry Dance Festival. However, ihe Contemporary Dance Festival had lo be cancelled and the thealrical performances postponed indefinitely due lo the COFDnavirus. A performan¢¢ by 'Stereo 48 entitled A Journey lo Jenjsalem, was organized on August 31, 2020, and was attended by 60 people. Our residències prwramme included hosting Swiss artistArron Rossmann, who came tc> Palestine early March 2020 but was forced lo return home 14 days after his atrival, which he had spent in quarantine. As a result, we decided lo suspend all residenoies for the year 2020. In addition, we ¢ontacted all participating artists to relormLJlate thèir projects within our new four-year plan, starting In 2021. As for our partnerships program, we worked with Mohammed V University in Morocco. Cairo Univgrsity in Egypt and the Centre for the Modern East in Germany through a grant from the Volksw3gen Foundation, on a composite proj8ct callèd Liminal Spaces as Silfjs ol Socio-cultural Transformation ènd Knowledge ProduGlion In the Arab World. This project CDllSlSts of several small inilialives. This year It produced ajoinl publiGation called al-mubtada, with contributions from 11 writers. We also work8d on the catalogue for our previous exhibition Past Disquiet12019-20201. This was edited by Guralors Rasha Salti and Chri8tine Khoury and features texts OD the topic of international solidarity with Palestine through art by Vora Tamari, Yazid Anani, Abaher el Sakka and Birzeit Universty studènts, Rawan Sharaf, Saji al-Sh8wa, and Hanna Quply. Page 11
A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION IA ¢ompany1Smlted by guarantee) TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 We also organised six concerts by Sarr3j Choir. Habib Shehadeh and Reem Talhami, Shadi Zaqlan, Rihlel Asdiqa,, Malar Band, and Stale of Four. Regrettably, these havg not yel been able to take place due to the pandemiG. During the lockdown period, an experimental platform for interactive music was launGhed online by recording the song 'Oyounak (Your Eyésl by muSlGl8n Maysa Daw. The platform 811ows the listener to control the musical arrangernenls ol the song and intéract with thg piece. In addition. there were projects during the home quarantine and pandemic 3irned at supporting artists and connecting wilh the public SUGh as.. Project CoronaPhone." through the Continuous interventions of a group of writers. the project looked at the implications on the Palestinian cUltra1 field of the temporary shutdown of the world econorny during 2020. 18 were comrnissioned to publish four pieces on thèir Fac8book and social media pages leqvivalenl to 72 texts). An agreement was signed with Magazine 28 to publish a special issue on this, Magazin9 28 then produced its 17th issue launched under the CoronaPhone framework. In the first stage, a group ol writers was asked lo create short texts that would be published al the bèginning on SQGial rnedia platforms, with the aim ol creating a wide dialogue about the current crisis, and then edrtor Dalia Taha and the Magazine 28 slay were assigned to work on tuming it into a magazine. AnolhEI online piojeol was On the Wall" which aimed lo collect video eonlnbutions from people throughout Palesline aboui Storiès of painting5, family photos, historical posters, or other objects hanging on the walls ol iheii hotnBS, to aGknowledge the importance of Ihése artistic, social or political items and tell their story. kn open call was posted on thè Foundation's Facebook page and social nebMork5. To complement Ihe project, an Invi181ion was 18unched lor art15t5 and film producers lo work with us collectively, to formulate an art exhibition that will be héld during Ilie firsl quarter ul 2022. This exhibition will examine Ihe visual materials that fortn the identity of Palestinian homes, through the objects and works hanging tsn the w2lls of these homes, particularly thè living rooms. The"This Is Palestine" project.. This projact aims to provide an opportunity loi Palestinian artists and writers from inside and outside Palestine, and from various creative fields, lo present themselves to a wide audience through social media. and to lamili3rizè the public with Ihe work of artists 2nd writers. and their 8rlislic and intelleclual orienlalions, 3nd to promot2 their latest creations. This is done by accompanying th6m on a virtual visit to their studios, where the artist introduces their private space in which they produce their work, before presenting it lo the public. Thé artist provides an explanation of their work proTrss noting any visual or audio materials Ihal contribute to their Inspiratii)n. The artists also share their peisonal persp&ctives aboul tlig current crisis. and their vièws on th8 iole ol art in imagining a better future. Through an open call, 8 artists from various fields participated in the project. In cooperation with the Child Centre in Gaza, the PP implemented an art competition for children aged betwee 8-17 years old called Your Window is Our Window, to encourage children to produce artworks during the quarantine period using materials available at home that gimulat8 the reality ol the pandemic and quarantine and use materials th81 are environmentally friendly and easily available. Nparly 200 participation requests were received. Artists Mohamed Abu Sal, Mahdi 8araghithi, Raedah Saadeh, and Maisarah Baroud were 2PPOlntÉd as the jury to evaluate the applications, gnd the audience was given all opportunity to votè on the works with 20°/0 of the total score. The competition was concluded with nine winners from thrèe age groups1&111112-151 115-171. Page 12
A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION IA company Ilmited by guarantee TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 We also launched An Hour with,.. whi¢h aims tD present electronic music21 parformances for a period of one hour through a live broadc85t on the Foundation's Facebook page. During the performance. the participants were also able to prDvide their choice of videos to accompany the musical performance. 5 electronic musicians participated in the project for two months every week. Work on this project will continue in 2021. We also published Isolation. Separ8fion and Quaranlin&- on the social, econorlliG and political repercussions of the pandemic on Palestine and globally. The book, in both Arabic and English, contains len articles by writers from Palestine, Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom and was edited by tho eminent sociologist Jami Hilal. We also produced a monograph on artist Veia Tamari as an artist, educator, and art aclivisl, the first such extensive study ol hér work, with contributions from 12 curators, artists and critics including Alaa Younis, Amer Shomali. Hanan Toukan, Huda Shawwa, Inas Y8ssin, Rasha Salli, Rawan Sharal, S8mia Halaby, fania Tamari, Tina Sherwell, Rania Estifan and Yazid Anani. The monograph was edited by Penny Johnson gnd Anita VitLIIIo (Khouryl and was published in Arabic and English. In addition, Èn partnership with the Mosaic Rooms in London, we held a series of online discussions under the title 'Culture in Crisis, Crisis in Culture, with thè participation of dislinguished speakers and experienced professionals from around the world. We also held a number of book laLEnchsg namely "Palestinian Bereavemont.. A Nalional and Reliqious Perspective" by Maram IAasarwEh, Èltended by 90 people 3nd"DÈtained Childhood and the PolitlGS Df Childhood Digamament" by Nadira Shalhoub-Kevorkian, with 100 attendees, both held in January. However, other events had to be cancelled due lo the pandemic. Our lecture programme inGluded Canadian wrilèi Max Haiven who introduced his book Art After Money. Money After Art.. Crea ive Strategies Against Finanoializalion" at 8 lecture attended by 150 people, including students from Dar al Kalima College and Birzeit Unlvtsrsty. Another lecture was organizéd lor Mr Haiven at Bard CollegB at al-Quds University l Abu Dis on his book 'Radical Imagination and visits lo several other inslÈtutions in the Country weie also arranged for him. P8lestinian artist Shurouq Harb spoke online about struggling with boredom un(ler the pandemic. The event was allended by 35 per)ple. Photographèr Rola Halawani spoke abouL her creative journey from studying mathemalics in Canada, to her work as a photojournalist in Paleslino. and later as a leading Arab photographer. The avonl was attended by 30 people. Four poetry readin9 sessions were organized by poet and novelist Maya Abu Al Hayat under thè title'A poem a day, keeps the doctor away." These were hèld in November and in¢luded readings selected by p08ts and presented by actor5, and discussions on key issues lacing contèmporary poetry. A symposium solidarity through art, entitled 'Art Solidarity was held on the 1 December 2020, in which a group of intematitsnal solidarity projects with Pal8stin& through art were reviewed. Eighl SPBakers were hosted.. 8c>yana Bishkur, Mila Touraglik, Rasha Salti, Vera Tamari, Yazid Anani, Abaher 31-Sakka, Faye2 Sarsawi and Hanna Qupty either In PèTson or online. Only six people attended the symposium in person, in addition to 9,400 joining online through our Facebook page. Finally, within the 'Mujawara" programme, the Public Prograrnme hosted 4 loca1 trainees. The number of f8ce- lo-face attendees at the programme's events lor 2020 was about 5,680 péoplè in spite Df the pand¢mi¢. Page 13
A.M. QAThAN FOUNDATION IA company limited by guarantee TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 5. The Mosaic Rooms Like 211 Cultural organisations around the globe, The Mosaic Roorlls experienced 8n unpreoedenled and challenging yezr due to the advent of COVID-19 and its impact. Nationwide lo¢kdown5, UK Government u-turns and the ever-changing epidemiological natur¢ of COVID-19 has made il extraordinarily difficult to plan even in the short-term. Exhibitions. events anLI activities were continuously having lo be rescheduled, Bhange formal or lo be cancelled. The lockdowng result8d In th& gallery being open to visitors foi just 22 wcoks Idue lo social distancing regulalionsl, which has meant our audiBnce figur8s for 2020 have been Gompaiatively very low. Despite these challenges, The Mosaic Rooms did produce and present two important exhibitions by artists Mohammad Omar Khalil and Heba Y. Amin. Heba Y. Awin's solo exhibition in particular a¢hieved exl¢fjsive international press coveragé and in terms of her own practice ha5 been her most ambitious and intellectually rigorous oxhibilion to dale. We also have in place an exciting and ambitious exhibition programme for 2021. Whilst The Mo821e Rooms was often physically closed. lor the first lime we experim8nted and deliveied a critically acclaimed online programmo which had a total 0129,700 participants from the UK and around the worlts. 11 h35 b8en a huge learning curve lor the team and we are very proud Df what wè have 18arnt 8nd delivered in such a Shori space of timp. We also managed to conceive and deliver soms lèaining activities remotely, including a bespokè online programme with local schools, which has been recognised as outstanding example of best practice within the ¢reatlve laarning sector. Fundraising and income has Dbviously taken a huge hil during this lumulluous year. However, we re81igned our programming activities because of the lockdowns, made savings across various individual budgets and tDok advantage of the UK Government's furlough scheme and as a result achi8V8d an underspend in this year's budget. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 1- The Go To Place To achieve this Thè Mosaic Rooms conceived and produced • year-round programme ol temporaiy exhibitlOnS and public events. However, like many places in the world, the UK experiencèd lockdowns during 2020 due to the pandemic. Our exhibition and evenl programme was rewhedvled accordingly and two exhibitions instead of thé three planned were presented. EXHIBITIONS Mohammad Omar Khalll- Honpeland Under My Nai15 22101120 - 30108120 Vlsitor Numb8rs.' 1,144 visitors The exhibition WBS ¢losed to the public from 16 March to 9 July 2020 due lo a UK lockdown. As a result. for the majority of the exhibition Ihere werè no in person events which usually account for 40°/D ol visitors lo The Mosaic Rooms. Page 14
A.M. QATTAN FOUMOATION IA company limited by guaranleel TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 Heba Y. Amin- When I see the future, I close my eyes 1110120 616121 Vlsltor Numbers.. 46411110120 151121201 Pleagè note the gaSlery was closed from 5 November until 2 December and subs6quently closed from 19 Decembèr due lo a nationwide lockdown. We plan to reopen the exhibition on 17 Klay 2021 in linè with UK gov8rnménl guidance. Touring Exhlbitions The MosaiG Room5 toured ils exhibition Nèw W8ves.' Mohamed A4elehi ènd the G8S8bl&n¢a Art School to two international venues. 11 was presented at MACA4L, Marrakech from 21 Septemb&r 2019- 5 January 2020 and received 3,200 visltors. 11 then Iravelled to Concrete, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai from 19 Sèptember to 21 November 2020 and received 1,841 visitors. PUBLIC EVENT PROGRAMME In 2020, Dur Public Event programme audience lolalled 30,073.. 373 visited th8 gallery in person and 29.700 p3cIPated online. A total of 373 attendéd the'Homeland Undt3r My Nails, live programme of Mohammad Ornar Khalil's work. Due lo the first UK lockdown in MarGh 2020 we had to cancel sev8ral liv8 events however the team reacted quickly and pulled logeth9r a compèlling and well received online programme r6lating to Mohammad Omai Khalil's show which altraGted an audien of 12,231. This was the first lime The Mosaic Rooms had spe¢ifically produced an online events prograrnme. Encouiagéd by this extremely positive uplake for our online programme, the team curated and produced a new interim online programme Fthure Threads, featuring artists, Curators and thinkers from the Arab world gnd its diaspora. Tho overarching theme was lo explore how £lrtisls' respond to past and to ongoing orises as well as lo profile some ol Ihe Inost innovative and original responses by MENA artists during this ¢urrent pandemic. For example, Radio Al Hara was founded during quarantine in Palestin8 and Younes Baba-AIT'S Project 003278079060 was part of a sound art projscl where people Gould ring a tnobile phone numbèr and listen lo Pi8C8 01 sound art via its voicfjmail system. The programmè was as follows.. Future Thread5= 1 June 2020 - 16 Augu$t 2020 Total engagement= 16,922 Heba Y. Amin Public Programmo-. 7 October. 10 December 2020 {continued in 20211 Total engagement: 547 Even though we could install and upen Heba Y. Arnin's èxhibition, social distancing reslrictinn.% unfortunately meant that Dur public event programme could not take place in the gallery and so il was transfèrrèd online. Edward W. Saifl London Lècture Unfortunately. thE 2020 Edward W Said Annual London LeGture, that was to be given by Abdulrazak Gurnah and hosted at the British Library was cancelled becaus¢ of social distancing r&strietions in place throughout 2020. UDIENCE I VISITORS SUMMARY FOR 2020 The total nurrber of visitors to the gallery in 2020 was. 1,728 (Mohammad Omar Khalil.. 1.314 visitors and Heba Y. Amin. 414 visitors). Despite low visitor figures, The Mosaic Rooms, for the first lime in its history, expp.riménted and deliveied bespoke onlinè programming and Gontent. It achieved a total of 29,700 online participants, attendees and viewers from the UK, MENA countries including Egypt, UAE, Palestine, Saudi Arabia among olheis, U.S., Europe Iweb an8lytics note online visits from Gemany, Netherlands and France). PagE 15
A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION IA company limited by guarant8•1 TRUSTEES. REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 DIGITAL GROWTH SLIMMARY The digital audience interaction has ch&nged dramatically since the pandemi¢ began. Audiences are now accessing The Mosaic Rooms across various platforms for live inleraclions, something that wasn't previously c)ffered by the gallery. Animating the digital channels on Inslagram and Fatebook with live ev&nts increased followers lo Instagram particularly. The increase in numbers allending films and recorded events was also significant. Thi5 strand ol work has developed significantly and will need to b8 maintained and buill on in 2021, to continue to encourage the demands of existing and new audiences off-site through recoided live events, and exhibition inlerviews and tours. VISITOR SURVEY The 201912020 survey was compl6tèd In spring this year. A total of 385 peoplè parti¢ip8ted over a 12-month period. The respondents were a mix of exhibition and events visitors lo ensure feedback was presentative. The svrvey completed was the Audience Agency's Audience Finder survey which énables data comparison with other museums and galleries in England. SUMMARY FINDINGS The burvey's findings show that The Mosaic Rooms continues to attract a young audience. 11 also continues to attract a high proportion ol visitors identifyinq as Arab, reflecting Ilie gallery's role as an important meeting point for these groups to oncounler contgmporary culture connected with their idenlily. The proportion of black visitors rose which could reflect the prograrnming around the Mohammed Omar Khalil's exhibiliori. This should be born in mind wh6n programming in 2021 to encourage the offer lo a diverse range of London audi6nCèS. Co116Ction D* lurth8r audience data was a challenge because ol the pandemic. The visitor survey is about physical visits, and to collect data we have to Gollecl 380 contributions which would not have been possible within the lockdown closures this year. Unfortunately, a survèy developed on the existing lormal and capable of integrating exisling data was not SLlltable for use for online event visitors. Although data from online engagement shows a spread of UK and international visitors, a ThOT8 comprehensive suNey to build on ¢xisting data is needed. We are speaking with The Audience Agency about this and recognise this is a point for urgent dev61Dpment in 2021. The increasè in proportion cif inlernalional visitors to our site, and anecdotally lo our events, indicat8s an audienc who we have not been Interacting with previously. The online events programme and increase of our digilal offer provides opportunity lo build our relationship with these audiences and data collection in 2021 which will help us learn more. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE TWO - Advocate for the role of arts & ¢ulture in society We have pul on pause developing a network ol organisztions adopting a similar approach to Thè Mosaic Rooms. The pandemic and its Impact has meant this is not the right lime, particulzrly 85 many argani88lions are in survival mode. However, this year The Mobaic Roorns has joined both CVAN Iconlemporary Visual Arts Nelwoikl and VALS (Visual Art5 London Strategy Group) and allended monthly meetings with directors from leading public g211&Fl&S to share knowledge and feed into government policy and sectorial advocacy including approaches lo funding souices. As a result, the key activity lor this objective was our learning piogramme. A Creative Learning Curator was appointed in early 2020 and with this new role we were able to respond tts the pandernic by delivering digital projects for schools, yDung petsple and families. Page 16
A.M. QAThAN FOUNDATION IA ¢ompany IlmSt&d by guarantee) TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 Crtatlve Learnlng activities that took place in 2020.. SCHOOLS TogetherApart.' LoGkdown Di6rie5 was a Ic>ur-week school project which ran online during the UK lockdown from May - July 2020. The proje¢t engagecj a total of 60 students and wag a partnership with trNo local secondary schools.. The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School and Kensington Aldridge Academy IKAAI. Both schools h&v8 a diverse inlske IKAA has a particularly high proportion of pupils from disadvantaged b8¢kgroundsl. Our Creative Learning Curator, Najia Bagi, was invited to present the proj8Gt to the University ol the Arts London teachers, netwoth as an exatllple of a high-quality arts eduGalion prol¢¢t and resources have b8en shared with sevoral educational institutions. "Working remofelyl digitally is going to play an gv@r-greaterp8rt in our futures, and espeGi811y In educétion, so it felt like we were &xploring very relevant n8kV ground" Te2cher, The Cardinal Vaughan School. 'The project was a greaf opportunity to express ordinary things into £rt, I have learned that 8nything be art" lsraa, student Kensington Aldridge Ac8deThy. FAMILIES In February 2020, Mohammad Sabaaneh delivered a print making WDikshop artended by 30 children along with their farnilie5. As part c>f the FIrtU Threads digital programme, wè presènted four online experiences for fBmilies, which tDok the form of pre-recorded vidg05 made by artists Nadlne Kaadan and Elias Matar. Nadine read her books Tomorrow and Answer m8 Leila with an activity at tho end and Elias created a storytelling workshop and storytelling perfoFm2nce. Cumulatively, all wideos were watched over 3.000 timas eith81 on Instsgram or Vimeo. There were over 100 likes and shares through Facebook. In Novembèr Dla Batal deliveied an online workshop. Testing a new foimal, the woikshop was delivered live, and art materials were postod to families in advance. Ten families look part, creating collage and practisTrng Arabic words rèlated to Heba Y. Amin's exhibition. Lastly, Dia Batal and Najia B8gi designed an art pack for families, comprising of a sheet of creative activities about Heba Y. Amin's exhibilion, together with art materials. A total 0190 packs were sent140 to local corrmunity centres, D2lgarno Trust and Al Hassaniya centre, 40 to Kensington and Chtrlsea Food Bank ar)d 10 to familiès for the November session}. YOUTH WORKSHOPS A on@-w8ek onlin8 art prc>ject in partnership with th¢ University Cif the Ar15 London IUALI took place in July engaging 15 students in a week-long in16nsive course. The Mosaic Rooms cornmissioned artist Aya Haidar to work with the UAL Insights programme which supports young people from first generation immigrant b8¢kgrounds, and olhers idonlified by teachérs ag in need of support lo participate and consider applying for arts in higher education. The student5 respondBd to a brief from Aya Haidgr which related to the artist's Work with spatial and 3D d@sign and considered the building and ethos of Thè Mosaic Rooms whi¢h was presented by Najia Bagi. The standard ol work was impressive wilh all 15 students e8eh submitting a well-considered portfolio. Page 17
A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION IA company limited by guarante&l TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 ADULT WORKSHOPS On 14 March 2020 we held an artist-led linocut workshop for adults again with political cartoonist Mohammad Sabaaneh inspired by the works of Mohammad Ornai Khalil. On 16 December 2020 we delivered an online exhibition lour lo 12 women at Dalgarno Trust cornmunity oenlre. RELATIONSHIP BUILDING Creative Learning Curator Najia Bagi has created new workin9 ielationships with INIVA, Barnel RelLigeB Service. national reading charity The Reader and youth education charity Into University. She has devoloped existing relationships with Al Hassaniya and Dalgarno Trust comrnunity groups. The MosaiG Rooms are now members ol Young K&C,' an organisalion working with young people in the IoGal area which offers opportunities for partnerships and funding as well as marketing fo¥r crealive learr)ing.1n autumn 2020, Together Apart was featured In the tnetllbers, newsleller and featured Dn the website of the national learning network Engage_ In summer 2020, The Mtssaic Rooms, cligital learning projects were featuied in an Inslagr2m takeover by Aris CDuncil England on the Arts Council England Instagram account. An inlom)al neMork ol knowledge sharing has been developed between Najia Bagi, Heather Kaye, Family Manager at South London Gallery and AIBX Thorp, Learning Curalor at Serpentine Galleries. SUMMARY A total of 145 people engaged with the live Crealive Learning programme at The Mosaic Rooms and onlina recorded sessions receiverl 3,000 views. The family programme teslBd different approaches lo reach audiences, including pi8-Feicorded sessions, a live session and an activity pack. The 2021 plan will use the live session formal for online sessions as it offB15 the most inleractive experience tc> families. The activity pack will be offered. 8nd a new activity sheet produced for th@ next exhibition. This expands thè family off8r for children visiting outside Ihe family woikshops. Work with the University of Arts London IUALI was a useful learning experien¢& to understand how to deliver workshops to this age group online. Howevei, UAL plans W&Fe unGlear 8t Ihe end of 2020, and so it was d6cided not to Commit to a 2021 workshop, but to hope to use their network lo share newg. Community engagetnenl is a challenge under lockdown conditions bècause f8ce to facg visits in the community are usually an important part ol this work, however we have built ¢onneclions via online contact and we will offer further CDmmunity ttsur5 in 2021. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 3.. Competent Organisatior Rach8al Jarvis, the diiector ol The Mosaic Rooms, went on maternity leave in March 2020. Sh@ is returning full- time in April 2021. To cover her absence, we recruited Sandra Ross 2$ Acting Deputy Director Ipart-lime, 2 days p81 weekl- Because of the lockdowns th$ loam have often had to work from home. We have adapted lalively WBII lo remote working arkd have put in place systems and pioc8sses to ensure good communicalion and effici&nt ways of working within this context. We have weekly online team mEelings as well using MiGrosoft Planner. A compr6hènsive Tisk assesstment followed by implementation of health and safely prccedures and protocols i relation lo the pandemic are in place for when staff can work in the office. A review of th& P4R manual will be conductéd in 2021 when Rachael J<irvib relurnts from matgrnily leave. Page 18
A.M. QAThAN FOUNDATION IA company limlted by guaranteel TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE FOUR- FINANCIAL STABILITY FUNDRAISING Arts Council England IACEI Arts Council England is the UK'S biggest arts funder 2nd this yaar we continued lo develop our relationship, including with senior staff and decision makers. In J8nuary 2020 we submitted a £38K grant application lo support our cxhibition programme from mid-2020 to mid-2021. However duè to the pandemic ACE suspended all ils open funding progravnmes and unfortunately this application did not proceed, In late April w¢ applied to ACE'S Emergency Fund fcir £11 K towards oui Dnline programme. Unfortunately, we wère not successful, most likgly because Ihe primary purpose of this grant was for organisations faGed with immediate financial difficulty although the guidelines dicl stale a grant ¢ould be made for onlinè programme activities. In November we submitted another grant application, lor £29K towards the costs Cif the two exhibitions taking place in 2021. We received notification in February 2021 that w$ were successful and this show in our 2021 budget. statutory Fundlng and Trusts & Foundatlons (all figurss 8rs subject to final audit) During this Teporting period we recèivèd the last part of the 2019 gr8nt from the Royal Netherlands Ernbassy towards the costs of a publication by Praneet Soi. A guceessful application was made to the Royal Borough ol Kensington and Chelsea Arts Grant Schem¢, and we were awarded £2,460 for production and dislributiDn of family art rnalerial pa¢ks to gallery visitors and local community groups. However, s&veTal applications submitted lo trusts and foundations wer8 not successful. Often, WB dcin'l gel individual feedback. bul we know that fundèrs have been receivin9 an overwhelming number of applications and ftjnding is becoming evgn more compelilive. Lastly, as a srp.all team cap8cityto apply to all 2vailable funding opportunities as well explore new income stre3ms is limited. To address this th8 Acting Director who has been covering the Director's malernily leave will continue for six rnonlh5 Wlth a new role fDcussing c>n fundraising and income generation when the DiTector returns. EARNED INCOME AD REBATES (all figures ar$ subject to final audit) Museums & Exhibition Tax Rellef The Museums & GallÈries Exhibition Tax Relief allDWS qualtyIng charitable museums and galleries in the UK to olaitn a payable cash tax Credit on èligible expenditure incurred while producing a qualifying exhibition. Fof thig recording period we claimed £15,291 against the ¢osls ol exhibitions in 2018 which has been credited tD 2020's buclgel. This year we have completed a claim for £30,716.40 against exhibition costs in 2019 including a PTOPOrtitsn of staff costs. This tax credit will show In the 2021 budget. Coronavlyus Job Retention Schème At the beginning of the p2ndemic the UK Govemment put in place a Inb retention sch&me whereby eTnployers Goulos furlough staff and the government would subsidise their wag8slsalary up to 80Q/, IcappBd clt £2,500 p8r monthl as well as National Insurance. We have be8n taking advantage ol this schéme with staff at intermittent points on full-lime 01 part-tim& furlough. This énabled a saving of £40.224 on staffing costs. Page 19
A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION IA company limited by guarantee) TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 Private hire, Café and Studlo rental Earned incotne from private hire, the café and th9 residency studio have been soverely impacted by the pandemic. However, unlike many cultural venues in the UK, our business model does not heavily rely on 8arn8d incom¢, Th&re were two private hires LEP until March 2020 to the value of £1,125 but private hires booked after mid-march had lo be canc8lled and iefunded to the value of £1.481. Total private hire income in 2019 was £2,382 and It is likely this would have increasgd in 2020 had the been no pandetllic. Bookshop (all figures are subject to final audilj The tDtsI bookshop revenue generated online and at the gallery is £B,226 llo be confirmed by audill. This is compared lo £8,494 in 2019. Despite sales at the physical bookshop being severely impacted by low audience figures, we have seen dramatic growth in our onlin8 book sales. W¢ expanded our range of books from independent publishers and specrfie 8rtist's books such as Kayfa ta, Barakunan and Lifta which increased our sales as li attra¢l¢d a new young audience. During 2020 we hosted five book 12unches.' The Hundred Years War an Palestine, Death is Hard Work, How to remember your d&MS, Htrw to love 8 homeland and The General's SILirk (see public programmel. To highlight the visibility of our bookshop, w8 Introduced 'Book of the Week, wh$re $a¢h week a book is selected and presented on our websitè and on sar.ial media, in alignmenl with the exhibition and public programme. This also allovrfed us lo highlight our own publications, such as Flowers of Palesline (19971, with a sale 0121 copies. During the month of August, we lundrai5ed £1,179 Irom bookshop sales for the British Red Cross Beirut Emergency Appeal. FINANCIAL REVIEW Incoming resources in the 12 months to D8C8tllb8r 2020 wore £5,875,422 which w85 lowèr than £13,937,465 in the 12 months lo December 2019. The main source of funding for the FoundaliDn's core progiamme 2nd adminislralive expenses is the Al-Qattan Ghaiilable Trust, Jersey, Omar Al-Qallan, Najwa Al-aattan and Leenah Al-Qattan. Total expenditures w&re £7,785,059 which has increased from £7,038,884 in the previous period. The percentage of total expendilure vs. the approved budget for this yèar was 860/0, which rises lo 90°/o when excluding the building costs cif the new Cultural Centre_ Overall Iho Charity reported a deficit for Ihe ye£[ of £3,540,89612019'. net surplus c>f £5,215,081). Al the encl of the fiscal year, the balanc& ol the provident fund for employ¢es in Palestine was £926,628, while the severance fund b21ance for employees in Palestine was £1.831,890. Th8 funds of th8 Charity carried forward as at the 31 December 2020 were £39,793,736, of which £28,920,104 was held as restricted funds and £10.873.632 as unrestricted funds. Reserves pollcy The Trustees hèvo reviewed the Foundation5 need5 lor reserves in line with the guidance issu6d by the Charity Commission. The Trustees believe that a prudent level of reserves would be in the region of £1,700,000. This would enabl& thé Found8tion to have the financial resources to meet employees, salaries and basic running Gosts for 6 months. Page 20
A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION IA company limited by guarantee) TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 Thé Al-Qattan Charitable Trust in Jersey has been thè Foundations largest donor to date, over a period of morè than twenty years. The Al-Qatlan Charitable Trust was set up with a mandate to support the Foundations core prograrnmes and running expenses, among other charitablè goals. The Foundations Truste85 thérefore feel Confldent ol Ihe short- and m8dium-term security of this funding source. However, they also regaid Ime emergellGy provisions outlined abovB as ne$Sry to cover any suspension of the M-Qattan Gharitable Trust's funding lor reasons beyond their control. At the year end the free reserves ol the Charity las defined by unrestricted funds not held as fixed asseis and investment51 was £2,083,645 which is £383,645 in oxcess of this policy. The TrustBes have i&viewed the luture plans ol tlie Charity and are satisfied that the 19vel of free reserves will decrease in ling Wlth the policy over the curning year. However, at the end 012021 they will review the level and policy for free reserves as part of the budgét getting plan and in line with the strategic plan. Investment Policy Duiing 2020, the Board's Investment Committ&e recommended Ihe appointment ol an inv8Stment advisor lo help it place ils excess cash reserves in a conservativ&ly managed portfolio which would generale better returns than the currently very low rates offer8d on the money markets. Thus, 2 selection procèss was undertaken to appoint th8 advisor and three Gandidates were con8idèred on the basis of Iheii experience with Gharitigs, Lrusted third party recommendations, size and cost with Ihe Jersey-based lirm Enhancé winning the bid. Following a prgsentstEon of a draft invesltrLent policy by the Board, a'beauty paraote" of three possible investment managers were picked by ENHANCE and presented to the committee, the final choice falling Dn Sarasin & Partners in London. The dup diligence and onboarding process was thèn launched, and we expect lo transfer $2.5m ol reserve funds for investm8nt by Sarasin in mid-2021. P05t-audÈt event.. Amman House In early 2021, the Trustees were inforrned by the Charity's lawyer in Jordan, Attorney Thamer Obeic5at, that the Amman hous8 bequèathed by the late Mr5. Leila Al-Qatt8n ta thè charity on her death in January 2015 had finally beon registered in the C,harity's name after years of bureaucratic obslruclion. We are now working on securing the necessary excmptions which would allow u5 to sell Ihe house on the open mark@1 without having to wzit out the legally binding period of seven years imposed on foreign institutions, real estate asseis under Joidanian law. The investment committee will also be Iwking to ¢Dmmission an up-to-date valuation on the house during 2021. Principal risks and uncertainties 2020 has been an unpTecedented year in terms of uncertainties and risks as the pandemic swept the globo. The onset of the pandemic varied 8mong the various geog18phi8s and CDmmunili¢s the FDundalion servès. Please see the programme reports above for its direct impact on our work. More specifically for the Palestine context, thé first cases were reporied in March 2020, public events were cancelled, schools were closed ill the first week of March, and the country wfjnt into total lockdown on the 22nd March until end of May. Whilè strict measures were adopted in the Vvesl Bank during Jun8 and July, life went back lo normal in Gaza until Ihe end of August. By August, the authorities in the Wlost Bank eased restTlCtions and allowed public galherings, only to re-impose a IoGkdown late in Novembei. Meanwhile in Gaza, the second lockdown started at Ihg end Df August and continLJed, without effective Implementation, until the end of th8 year. As a rèsult, the Foundation, in addition lo caring for its staff and rgsource5 and to fulfilling its obligations ID Its beiieficiaries, also had to adapt to different regulations depending on the location of its operations. This affected internal Gorllmunications and flow of information. Page 21
A.M. QATTAN FOUNOATION IA COTnpany lim*ted by guarantèe) TRUSTEES. REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 Despite these challenges, the Foundation was able to impos? its own coronavirus health and safety regulations swiftly and 8ff8CtIV91y at ils premises in Palestine and was able to transition to remote working relatively easily as the technological infrastivcture 15 new and up to dat8. As expected though, all public events anct activities were initially postponed, Ihen cancelled or transferred online where possible, Programmes revisited thèir plang, made budgel changes where necessary and were able to iespond lo the changing enviionrnent at varying rates. CAP was exceedingly responsive to the needs ol its contracted grantees and the emerging needs of the cultur8 seclor by introducing two new grant schemes,. ERDP slowly lesled and tried onlinè traininqs with teachers, the Child Centre in Gaza was able to provide support to community cenlres and kindergartPns using unspent budgets, whilé trying lo balancg aLcess with health risks,. while the Public Programme drastically transformed its plans to accommodate online foimats. We are also very proud to have L>een able to maintain all our stall in full employment in Palestine despite a lack of govemment support, and in addition to supporting other organisations and individuals in the mogt difficult moments of the pandemic. Nonetheless, the impact of the pandemic has only bèèn slightly alleviated, and we expect further disruption in 2021, for which we are planning carefully, STRUCTURE, GOVERNANGE AND MANAGEMENT GovernanG8 The Charity is governed by policies and PTocedures devised originally with support from a professional firtn of auditors lo cover all operations. A semi-annual and an annual report on all programmés, projects and management issues are Submitted lo thè Board of Trustees IBOTI lor dis¢ussion, guidance and approval. Th BOT meets with the Managerll&nt Committee IMCI of the Charity al least twice a yèar. Th8 MG is Qomposed ol all members c)f staff at Director level and other selected senior staff. In April 2019, the Board 2lsD lorffted a Programmes Committee to focus on specific lasks related to content development and better integration between its five programmes. Two new Board Members were $leGled at the end of 2020. Th8y are Professor Khaled Fahmy and Dr Mezna Qato, both distinguished Cambridge Univèrsity academics teaching tnodein Egyptian history and the history of education in Palestine, rospeclively. The Foijndation has a long and successful history of collaboration with other maioi charities and instilulions, in¢luding the Ford Foundation, The Swedish International Development Agency, the Or0505 Foundation (Switzerlandl, the Art5 Council England, Taawon Ipreviously Welfare Associationl, the European Union, the Palestinian Museum and many Dtheis. Historical and current proj8cts have mainly been c(hfunding intetvenlions in medium lo long-term strategic goals. Our Chair of the Board was elected to chair the Palestinian Museum in August 2020. The Foundation has a risk Matrix and risk register that Is updal@d every year. The Const5tution of the Charity A registered Charity- a company limited by guarantee. The Articles of Associalion sets out the charity's purposés and its governing slruclure. It is supported by a Governance Manual which lays oul the detail of the pcilicies and piocesses in place to rnanage and administer the governance function. Page 22
A.M. QArrAN FOUNDATION IA compally limitèd by guarantee) TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 Reeruitment and Induction of Trustees The Charity rnay by ordinaTy resolution appoint a person who is willing to be Trustee. Potential candidates are recommended by the Nominations Cotnmitteè b3sed on several criteria. These are mostly fo¢uss¢d on candidates. professional expert15e in the Foundation's areas of work, as well as other areas such as management, audit, public relations and fundraising. Candidates are th8n presentèd for approval by the Board. The Chair of the Board is r¢sponsible for the induction of n8w Trustees. An inlormatlon pack is provided on appointmont, meetings with relevant members of staff and Truslees arranged 8lld any training provided as neeaed. Newly appointed Trustees return a signed Confidentiality Agreemenl. Declaration ol Iril¢rests and a Trustee Eligibility Form. Remunèration policy The Board conducts règul2r research on cornparab19 remuneration packages for all kèy management posts. All stall except for the DG are peid according to a salary scale that is reviewed regularly by the Board, The DG'S remuneration is negotiated directly with the Chair of the Board. Pybllc Bèneflt We have referrèd to thè guidance in Section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 on Publ1¢ Ben¢fil when reviewing our aims and objectives and in planning our future activities. In particular, the Trustees, as well as all sgnior mEmbers of staff. are aske¥d to C8r8fully consider how planned aGtivities will conlribute lo the aims znd objectives they have s&L In that regard, th$ Trustees are salisfied that all activities and the benefits arising from them are strictly in lin¢ with the Charty's staled aims,. that ils activities are solely focussed on children, teachers, artists and creators., that all opportunities and benefits ar6 offered on an open, IiaDsparent but competitive basis, while ensuring that activitigs are distributed across geographica1, SGonomic and sDcial areas and strsts with a specific focus On marginali5pd or impoverished cOmmnitIeS {for example in rural areas or ielugee camps), without ¢ompromising the quality of services provided. General Managernent (including Iinance, administrative, communications and resource dovelopment Dunng 2020, much time and effort was expended in responding to and planning for changos in the work environment resu5ting Iiom COVID-19. COVID-19 WHO and local regulations were adapted to the Foundation's faGililies in Ramallali and Gaza, and regular updates to staff and visitors wore duly shared and publicizgd. While several items on the 2020 work plans were delay8d, cancelled or shifted many w¢r¢ realized. The below is a summary of key achievements., With the goal of making operations more effective, efficient, and responslV8, the Foundation revisited its organizational slructur8 and worked Ihroughoul the year on building a new one. An external consultant was hired to do the job with the BOT and stzff. The inception report Idiagnostlcs) was presented lo the BOT in June 2020, and the overall layout lor the new structure was approved by Ihe BOT in its Oécemb&r meeting. The new structLJre will be operalionalized in th6 secDnd quarter 012021. Its main results are.. replacing the current programme divisions with Ihe following ngw dgpartm¢nts'. 11 Culture and Education Programme with three subdivisions al Grantmaking & Capabilit18% Support, bl Educational Development, cl Ghildren's Cieativty," 21 Public Prograrnme. which will be overseeing programming and outreach in all of thg Foundations branches and facilities including the Science Studio, and which has three subdivisions Page 23
A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION IA company limited by guarant661 TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 al Curation & Programming, bl Outreach and Engagement and dl Libraries,. 31 Communications and Development which will serv6 as th8 knowledge processing anc5 sharing hub and which will include al Communications and Multimedia, bl Fundraising cl Monitoring & Evaluation and dl Sectoral research. In terms of int8rnal measures and the continuous diive to make operations more effective, payroll preparalion wa5 moved to the oversight of the HR unit basèd on th& Internal Audit recommendations from previous years, which also allowed lor the automation of payroll-related operations lend ol service, providenl fund, loan requests, elc.) In addition, our HR software was upgraded lo accommodate the special requirements of the Ramallah restaurant staff. Finally, we trailed 2 new attendance system in synchronization with the HR one, and which will be In use in 2021. In terms ol policies and regulations.. our Staff Code of Conduct was reviewed, updated, and approved by the BOT,. our Employees, Children's Grants Policy was updated b£sed on the Grants, Committee's recommendations,. our IT User Manual l Regulations were drafted, and our Health and Safety Cofflrnittee TORS and Regulations were also drafted and reviewed. Additionally. 70Q/Tr of the Internal Audit notes on IT were iesolved and will be further reviewed during the Internal Audit of 2020, duL4 to GommenGe in March 2021. In 2020, threg n¢w fixed-lerm contracts and one permanent IProGuremenl & Contracting officer) employee were recruitèd", whil8 14 employees left lor various reèsons Iietirement, resignation and end of contrkct P8ri0dl. By the end ol the year, th$re were 95 full time employees. 45.10 of whom w8re female. All facility maintenance and service Gonlracls were updated and r8new8d.' eleaning, security, insurance, elevators, generators, building managemènt sofb2re, etc and a new facility rental website was commissioned and is being built. Additionally, a Health and Safely assessmelll was carried out l(>r the Foundation's new cultural eentre in Ram211ah, a rerredial plan was prepared and 70 /0 implemented with all saf6ty signs designed and placed where appropriate. The Employ88s' Children's Grant 6th cycle took place and a lolal of 13 grants Itotalling $31,300) w8r8 disbursed. In reference lo con5tiuclion maintenance of the new cultural c&ntre in Rarrallah, the soulhern street was paved by the Municipality, allowing for th@ use of the parking lot., and 90°/0 ol electromechanical adjustment works were implemented, faulty cor-vision glass faGades were replaced, the grey water filtration system was adjusted, and th6 Photovoltaic Cells project was tendered Ito be implemented in 20211. Communications and Multimedia.. wilh the ong$l of e coronavirus, the online spac8 bec8tll8 our main hub lor audience building and relenlion. Social media applications continued to be the key tODls used with Facebook being the most populaF19010 increase in number ol followersl with a wider geographical span lJordanlUAEIEgypll, followed by Inslagram (with a 41Q/g in¢r&a5e in followers), Twitter and Linkedln. The communications team woiked In sync wilh the progiatnmES' teams providing solutions and oppo.rt.Jnities for engagement and outreaeh through the editing, Iransformalion and PLJblicalion of online content. This amounted to 23 onlin8 visual arts exhibitions, 15 promotional vide05 and the editing of 35 videos for the Foundatior)'s YouTube channel Ivideos of public activities that took place at th6 Found8tion and were recorded in th6 past two y88r81 which more than doubled the numb¢r ol views of the channel. Page 24
A.M. QArrAN FOUNDATION IA company limitèd by guarantee) TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 On the lundraising level, seven co-funding agreements weie signed during 2020 totalling $2,486,151. These were as follows= Phase 11 ol the Culture & Arts & Social Engagement project with the Swiss Development Council for the period 0112020- 1212023 for $1.599,407 Quality and Inclusive ECCD for the most deprived and neglected children in ow with Save the Children lor the period 0IJ2020 to 0212021 for $26,522 and a further increase lo $40,146. Early Childhood Sector Support in Gaza with Taawon lor the period 06,'2020 to 0712021 for $120.000 Children Oulreaoh AdiYiliBs with IDRF Ilnlernational D&velopment and Relief Foundation) for 0712020 to 1012021 for $55,076 Support for our"Takalof' initiative frorn Al Mawred Al Thaqaty for $100,000 Creative Child - Blight Future project lor educational advancement with Drosos for the period 0112021 tD 1212023 for $450,OOD Finally, Ihe Fouridation coopÉrated with the King Baudouin Fund-us lo allow for individual donations lo the Foundation from US lax residenls. Accordingly, an amount of $95,000 was donated through this scheme by our Trustee Dr Najwa Al-Qattan and was allocaled lo the Science Sludio aclivilies. Olhgl incotlle genèrationl investrnent streams in¢luded= Due lo closures and lockdowns, equipment and facility rental activities generated $9,732 and $33,092 respectively. The Founcfalitsn's previous premises (two buildingg and one unoccupied land lot) WBie publicised for lease and we received several offeis. The BOT Investment Committee reviewed the offers and chose the Barenboim-said Music Foundation IBSMFI for the headquarters, building, bul offers foi the other building (the Old Al Quds University offices) and the unoccupied land were found unsalisfaclory and no decision was taken. BSMF will be rBnting Ihe premises for 5 years starting 0912020 lor a total of $77,U50 annually. The Foundation acquired 961244 shar8s ol thè land lot at the western border ol ils new cultural centre and is p5anning lo acquire the rest in 2021 as a movè towards preserving the natur81 landscape surrounding its centre. Al Mat81 Restaurant.. The Foundation's restauranl IAI-M3tall h8d planned its grand opening for the 21sI of March around 6 months after its soft opening however, due to the pandemic this did not lake plaGQ but the restaurant continued to opérate according lo the govemmenvs regLilations. Despite a total loss of $165,854, the restaurant did achieve sevtrral imporianl tasks.. menus were tested arid approved, staffing and staff training werè fully rèalized, internal facility adjustment end equipmént purchases were finalizsd, the storage area was *LJlly @quippèd, and the restaurant catBred for all activitie5 that look place al the Foundation. Most importantly though.. Ramallah wa5 open Iiom August to November and Al Malal was the hil restaurant of the 2020 season due lo its delicious mènu and comfDrtablè gèating and outdoor spaGe. FUNDRAISING STANDARDS The Foundation has an in-house Rosource Development Manag8r at its Ramallah heacfouarters who is responsible for fundr2isinq. In the UK, the fvlosaic Rooms, Directoi manages the fundrzising process. Both follow the FoundatlOll'5 ovin fundraising pnlicy approved by the Board of Tiustees. The Policy stales that Oxleindl funding should not exceed 40 /0 of the Foundation's annual budget. and that the FoLindalion should play a leading role in the design and implementalion ol all its proje¢t5. In addition, no conditions should be attachBd to external funding that contradict the Foundation's core mission. The Foundation appio8¢hes donors lo exlend and 8xp8nd its programmes, operations by co-funding gelecled projects 2nd programmes. Page 25
A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION IA ¢ornpany litnited by guarantee TRUSTEES. REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 Thè R8sourc8 Dev81opmenl Manager answers dire¢tly lo the Oirector General and follows an annual plan that is approved by the Board of Ttuslee5. This will now changa with the n8W Strudure. The Foundation does not solicit lurilling from the public OF frotn individuals except in very rare cases where a personal introduction has been made by one of its Trustees lo an individual who has expressed interest in its work or in one of Its projects. No CDrnplainls were received from members of the public about the Foundstion's fundraising activrties. PLANS FOR THE FUTURE Foi 2021, the new structure will be operational, but will n88d tim8 to be lully embedded into the Foundation's daily operations, Iherefore for 2021, OUT key administration tasks will be to Review the strategic plan to r8flect the new structure U*lift the Foundation's brand. revisit its communications 51ralegy and content, develop a new wèbsit8 Adapt sofLware configurations to the new struclLJre le.g. Accounting & HR) Focus on the intemal environm¢nl and team building as a number ol posts will be eliminated leading to several voluntary redundancies, which will no doubt impact the remaining staff. With reference to c>ui 2019 report and the list of follow-up Issues rgquested by the BOT please note.. Board Recommendatlon.. Develop a programme to cover both the future Df the Science Studio and the way il works especially in connection with the new cultU121 c8ntre. Mana emenl res onse.. in the new organizational slmclure, the studio will b& m8n8ged under Ihe Public Programme as it Serv Ihe Foundètions goal of public engagem&nf in the Sciences. The new approach will open fh6 Studio for PGlIt10ners, artists and th8 public whIe also supporting teacher training in science education. The newly intmducad 8rrangemenl is expecled to last to 2022 during which the studio will he evaluafed and 8ny suggested changes will be communicated ancl approved by the Bor. Board Recomtnendation= Pteparalory steps for the merging of the Child.GentFe IGCCI with the Education Research and Development Programme IERDPI In Gaza, including defining Ihe new needs of thg Child Gentre & developing TORS for th¢ rehabililalion and development of It5 building. Mana emenl res onse.. ERDPS offiG8 in Gaza will be closing by éh& end of Jun8 2027 and its aclivities will be incorporated the GCC which is lo becoffne & full-fledged Cultural centre whife c(Intinuing ils main focus on children. Plans for rehabililalion have been prepared anrl the budgel will be sha& with the BOT in May 2021 for réview and approvél. Early childhood education.. Board Recommendatitsn= A pilot between GCC and ERDP 15 to lake place in eaily 2020. Mana ement res onse.- This WEIS partially achiev6d 2020,. full fiedged inlegration is lo start in May 2027. Board Recommendation: A 2020 study to survey inlervenlions with children Inot just èarly childhood education) was planned lo support the Foundation's strategic goal of working with children as a key segrrent in th& coming years Mana ement res onse.. The saidstudy is underway. Resulls will be out by n7id-2021 Board Recommendatlon.. RLJa' Magazine.. ideas on how to put>li5h it digitally need to go further lo serve as part of a learning plzrform to showcase the Foundation's cultural and 9ducalional products. In 2020. ERDP to print a limited number of hard copiès but to move towards a user-Iriend1y digital fortnal. Mana emenl res on e.- The 2020 issue was digital and will lo be so. Pag8 26
A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION IA company 5imited by guaranleel TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 Board Recommendation.. Key to note the internal vs external function of media platforms., il wa5 8grBed that an editorial team is to tje established to work on the editorial 'lines" of the Foundation, to be led by Mohamoud Abu Hashhash. The Cotllrnunications & PR department is lo work closely on developing the ToRs for any external consultancies needed. Mana ement res onse.. This was postponed until th8 new organizational Structu is operalionalizgd (Q3 of 2021). Board Recommendation.. Awards.. CAP, ERDP, PP to jointly review the future of visual arts in Palestine, in dialogue with a range of artlSts, given that the public is attached lo the Young Artist of the Year Award IYAYAI. Key that Interventions musl be based on long-lerm 5tr8tegic investment in the sector, avoiding duplication. Mana ement res onse.. A nsw version of YA YA was commissioned and is described in the earlier CAP seGlion above. This will rEsuIt in a new inleNention in 2Q21 lo new appmaches starting in 2022. Board RecommendatSon'. Selat (Lebanon) on hold for 2020 until a partner can be found. Mana res onse.. Project was frozen. Board Recommendation.. Ni'lin Centre to become independent within two years li.e. by January 2022 Ni'lin will be a separate entityl. Mana emenl res onse.- Plan was prepared and dis&ngagemenl process to start in March 2021. Drama in Education school lo be hfyld in Ramallah this summer to pilot the usè of the building, while developing p18ns for cost-effective engagement from Arab countri8s. Mana ement res onse.- The Soh()ol took place in Ramallah in 2027, although not in fh& previous ftrrmat due lo the paft7demic Board Recommendation.. Public programme.. Yazid to organize an exhibition at the Mosaic Rooms in 2021 and Rachael in Ramallah in 2022. Mana ement res onse.. Agre8d butposlponed due to the panderne. During the same period and in tandem with the above ts5ks, th@ Board also requested that an independent consultant be appointed lo review the current organizational structure. Mana ement res onse.. Complele and d&scribed in eèrlierAdministration section above. èment This report was approved and authorised for issue by the Trustees on behalf by.. 1*16 lJo&l and signed on its Omar Abdul Muhsen Al-Qattan Trustee Page 27
A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION {A Company Limited by Guarantee) STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES. RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 The Trustees (who ale also the Directors of the Foundation for the purposes of company lawl are responsiblè for preparing the Trustees, Report including the Strategic Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). Company law requires the Trustees to pr8pare financial statements lor each finencial year. Under company law the Trustees must not approve the financial statement5 unless they are satisfied that they givB a ttU8 and fair view of the state of affairs of the Foundation and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, foi that pe0d. In preparing these financial stat8rnents. the Trustees are required lo.. select suitable accoLJnting policies and then apply them consistently., observe the tnethods and principles of the Charities SORP IFRS 1021., make judgernents and accounting estimates th81 are reasonable and prudent., state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards IFRS 1021 have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial slalemenls., prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis Ljnless it is inappropriate lo presume that the Foundation will continue In business. The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Foundation's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financ181 position ol the Foundation and enablè th8m to ensure Ihal the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They ré also responsible for safeguarding the assets ol the Foundation and h8nc8 for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. In so far as the Trustees are aware.. Ihere is no relevant audit information of which the Foundation's auditor is Ljnaware., and the Tiustees have taken all steps that they ought lo have taken to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the auditor is aware of that infortll8tion_ Approved by order of the Members of the Board of Trusttsss and signed on its behalf by.. OmarAbdul Muhsèn Al-Qattan Trustee Date.. Page 28
A.M. QArrAN FOUNDATION IA Company Limited by Guaranteèl INDEPENDENT AUDITORS, REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION Opinion Wo have audited the financial slatements of A,M. Qattan Fotsndats'on (the 'Found8tion'l lor the year ended 31 December 2020 which compris8 th8 Statement c>f Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, the Statement ol Cash Flows and the related nolps, including a summary ol significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standdrd 102 'Th& Financial Reporting Standard app5iGable in IhB UK and Republic of Ir&land' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accountitjg Practicel. In our opinion the financial st8tèmÈnts'. give a true and fair view of the stale of the charitable ¢ompanls affairs as at 31 D8cèmber 2020 and of its incoming resources and gppl£calton of resources, incbuding its Incorne and expenditur9 for th6 y&ar then èftdèd,. have been properly prèpared in accordance wqlh Un¢(ed Kingdom Generally Accepted A¢counting Practice," and have begn prrspared in accoidance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. Basis for opinion We conductecf our 8udlt in a¢¢ordance with International Stsndards on Auditing IUKI IISAS IUKII and applicable law. Our rgsponsibilitiès under those standards are furthei described in the Auditors. responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our réport. We are independent of the Gharitable company in accor(lan¢o with the ethical requirements thÈt are relevant to our audit of th¢ financial statements in the Unitèd Kingdom, including the Financial Reporting Gouncil's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with those requiremènts. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtsin8d ig sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis lor our opinion. Conclusions relating to going concem In auditing Ihp financial stat8ments, we have concluded that the TrusteES' use of the going coneèrn basis of aGoounting in the preparation of the financi31 statements is appropriate. Sased on the work we have performed. w8 havè not identified any material unGertaintÉes relating to events or conditions that, individually or GDllectively, tllay cast signifipanl doubl on the charitable company's ability to continije as a going concem for a period of at least twelv8 months from when the finanGial stiilEments are authoris8d for issuè. Our respon8ibilrties 2nd the r&sponsibilities of the Trustees with respect lo going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report_ Page 29
A.M. QAThAN FOUNDATION IA Compartry Limited by Guaranteè) INDEPENDENT AUDITORS, REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF A.M. QAThAN FOUNDATION ICONTINUEDI other informatlon Th& Trustees are responsible lor the other information. Thè oth6r information comprises the information included in the Trustees, Rewrt, other Ihan the financial statements and our Auditors, Report theieon. Our opinion on the linantial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly slated in our report, we do not @xpress any form of assurance conclusion Ihereon. In cc)nne¢tion wth our audit of the financi21 statements, our responsibility is to read the other information ancl, in doing so, consider ivhether the Dther information is materially inGonsislenl with the financial statements or our knowl¢dge obtained in the audit or othepNise appears lo be materially misstated. 11 wè identify such material inconsistèncièg 01 app2renl material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material rnisstaternenl in the financial sl3temenls 01 a material misstatetllent of th8 other information. If, based on the work we have performed. we conclude that there is a material misstatement ol this other inlormakn'on, we are required lo report that fact. Wf> have nothing lo report in this rega. Opinion on other matters prèseribed by the Companles Act 2006 In our opinion, based on the work undèrtak8n In the course ol the audit,. the information given in the Trustees. Report including the Strategic Report for the financial yèar for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements. the Trustees, Report and the Strategic Report have been prepared in accordance wilh applicable legal requir&mènts. Matters on which we are required to report by Èxceptlon In the light ol our knowledge and understanding of the chaiitabl8 company and ils environment obtained in th8 course of the audit. we have not identified material misstatemenls in the Trustees, Report including the Strategic Report. We have nothing to report in respect of the followng matters in relation lo which Companies Act 2006 r8quir8S us lo report to you if, in our opinion.. adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audtt have not been received from blanches not visited by us; or the financial statements are not in agreement with the eccounling records and retums,. or certain disclosures ol Trustees, remuneration specified by law are not Fllade., or we have not CeiVed all the Information and explanations we require for our audit. Page 30
A.M. QArrAN FOUNDATION IA Company Limited by Guarantee) INDEPENtJENf AUDITORS. REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION ICONTINUEDI Rèsponsibilities of Trustees As explainèd more fully in the StateTnent of Trustees, Responsibilitiès. the Trustees Iwho are also the Directors ol the charitable company for the purposes of Gompany lawl are responsible for thè preparation of the financial slalemgnts and lor being satisfied that they givè a true and lair view, and for such internal control as the Trustees determine is neoo55ary lo enable thè preparation of linan¢ial stalements that are Ir86 from material misstatement, whtslher due to fraLJd c)r error. In preparing the financlal statements, the Trustees 8r8 responsible for assessing the charilable company's ability to conbnue as a going concern, disclosing, as èpplicable, matters rèlated lo going concern and using the going concern basis ol accounting unlèss the Trustees either intend to liquidatè the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic altèrnative but lo do so. Audltors. responsibilities for the audit of the financial statèmènts Our objectives are lo obl¥in reasonable assurance about whèlher the financial statemgnts as 8 whrjle are free from Matenal tnisstatement, whether due lo fraud or Brror, and to issue an ALJditors' Report that inoludes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is 8 high level of assurance, bul is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAS IUKI will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements Gan arise from fraud 01 errol and are considered mat&rial if, individually or in the aggreg8te, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statèments. Irr8gulariti6s, including Iraud, are instances ol non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our respc>nsibililies, outlined above, to detect material misstaterrents in respect of irregulatIeS, inelucsing fraud. The ext&nl lo which our procedures arè e2pable ol detecting irregularities, inGluding fiaud is delailed below.. Obtsining an understanding Df the legal and regulatory frarn¢works that the entity operates in, focusing on those 18wg and regulations that had a direot Bffect on the financial slalements Enquiry of management to identify any instances of known or suspected instances of fraud., Enquiry ol managèment and those charged with govemance around actual and potential litigation and claims,. Enquiry of management about any instances Of non-compliancé with laws and regulations,. Reviewino the contrc>l systems in place testing the elfec.tiveng8s ol the controls., Perfoming audit work over the risk ol management override of controls, including testing of journal entries and olhei adjustments IDr appropriateness, evaluating the business rationale of significant transactions outside the normal course ol bu5intrss and reviewing accounting estimates foi bias., R8viewing minutes of meetings of those charged with govem8nce', Reviewing fingncial statement disclosures and t&sting to supporting documentation to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Enqulri&s made ol the component guditors of the Palestine branGh. Because of the inherent limitstions of an audit, there Is 8 risk that we will not det¢ct all irregularities, inoluding those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk inGrease5 the more that comp112nce with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the finanGial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instancès of non-compliancg. The risk is also groalor regardin9 irr&gulaiilies occurring due lo fraud rather than erior, as fraud invc>lves Int8ntion£l concealrnent, forgery, collusion, omissic>n or misrepresentation. Page 31
A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION IA Company Llmltèd by Guarantee) INDEPENDENT AUDITORS. REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF A.M. QArrAN FOUNDATION (CONTINUED A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial stztements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at.. www.frc.or .uklauditoisres onsibilities. This description forms part of our Auditors, Report. Use of our report This report is rnade solely to the Bharitable company's Members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of th8 Corrpanies Acl 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might State to the charitable corr,pany's Members those matters we are required to stat8 to them in an Auditors, Report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitl&d by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the ¢haritable company and its Members, as a body, lor our audit work, for this report, C)r for the opinic>ns we have formed. Sudhir Singh FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor) for and on bEhal* of MHA Maclntyre Hudson Chartered A0tantS and Stslulory Auditor 6th Floor 2 London Wall Place London EC2Y SAU Date. 21 September 2021 Page 32
A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION IA Company Limlted by Guarantepl STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES IINCORPORATING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNTI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 Unrestricted funds 2020 Restricted fund5 2020 Total funds 2020 Total funds 2019 Note Income from.. DonatiC>115, legdcies and grants Charitabl& activiti8S Investments 541,717 11,572 174,969 5,045,199 76,493 25,472 5,586,916 88,065 200.441 13,.569,604 88,924 278.937 Total income Expendlture on.. Raising funds Charitable acts'vilies 728,258 5,147,164 S,B75,422 13,937,465 45,024 496.817 45,024 7,74D,035 26,943 7,07 1,941 7.243,21 B Totsl expenditurè 541.841 7.243.218 7,785,059 7,038,884 Nel losses on invostments 14 1648.7731 {648,7731 (516, 739) Net mov8mènt in funds before other rgGogni5ed galnslllossesl 186,417 12,744,827) 12,558.4101 6,381,842 Loss on foreign exchange 1982,4861 1982,4861 {1, 166, 7611 Net movement in funds Rèeonclliation of funds.. Total funds brought fotwaid Net movement in funds 186,417 13,727,3131 13.540,8961 5,215.081 10,6B7,215 186,417 32,647.417 43,334,632 13,727,3131 13.540,8961 38, 119,551 5,275,081 Total funds carried forward 10,873,632 28,920,104 39,793,736 43,334,632 The Slaterllenl of FinanGial Activities includes all gains and lossès rècognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from Continuing activities. The notes on pages 36 to 59 fonn part ofthese financial statements. Page 33
A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION IA Company Limited by Guarantee) REGISTERED NUMBER.. 02171893 BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2020 2020 2020 2019 2019 Note Fixed assets Tangible assets Investments 13 21,915.089 14,554,923 22,92Q, 727 15,369, 765 14 36,470,012 38,289.892 Current assets Stocks 15 20,491 1.493,734 7,214,354 2Q,491 160,899 8,444.000 Debtors Cash at bank and in hand 22 8,728,579 8,625,390 CdItOrS.. amounts falling due within one year 17 12,646,337) fl, 155,263) Net current assets 6,082,242 7,470, 127 Total assets less current liabilities 42,552.2M 45, 760,019 Provisions for employees, benefits 12.758.518) (2,425,387J Total net assets 39,793,736 45,334,632 Charity funds Restricted funds Unrestricted funds 19 28,920,104 10,873,632 32,647,47 7 10,687,215 19 Tolal funds 39.793.736 43,334,652 Th8 Ttustees acknowledge their responsibilities lor complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting recoids and preparation of financial st8temenls. The financial 51alemenls were approved and 8uthorised lor issue by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by: OmarAbdul Muhsen Al.Qattan Trustee Date.. 141& The notes on pages 36 to 59 form part of these financial statements. Page 34
A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION IA Company Llmited by Guarantee) STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 2020 2019 Note Cash flows from operating activities Nel Gosh used in opemting activities 21 1392,2051 8,453,225 Cash fl¢ws from Investlng actlvlties Investment income 200,441 278,937 11,D37,8821 (7,616,6201 427,053 (79.095) PurGhas& of tsngible fixed assels Proceeds from sale cif investmènts Puichasè of inv&stments 14 14 Net ¢ash used In Investlng actlvltles 1837.4411 {6,989, 725) Change In ¢a$h and cash equlvalents in the year Cash and cash equival&nls at the beginning of th& year 11,229.6461 8,444,000 1.463,500 6,980,500 Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year 22 7,214,354 S,444,000 Th8 notès on pag6s 36 to 59 form part of these financial statBtllents. P*geTr 35
A.M. QAAN FOUNDATION IA Company Llmited by Guarantee) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 General infom)atlon The Foundation is a CDtnpany lirllitgd by guarantee and is r8gist@red with the Charity Cc>mmission (Chaiity Registered Number 10294501 and Registrar of Companie5 (Cornpany Registration Number 021718931. The Members of th8 Foundation are the Trustees named on page 1. In the event of thè Foundation b8ing wound up, the liability in rèspèct of the guarantee is limited to £1 per Member of the Foundation. The address til the registeied office is given in the Foundation information on page 1 01 these financial stat8ments. The nature ol the Foundation's operations and principal activities are delailed in the Trustees Report. Accounting policl•s 2.1 Basis of preparation Lif financial slatem&nts The finzncial stalernents have been pr6par8d in accordance with the Charities SORP IFRS 1021 Accounting and Reporting by Charities.. Statement ol Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounls in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021, the Finan¢ial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic ol Ireland IFRS 1021 and the Companies Act 2006. A.M. Qattan Foundation meets the definition of 8 public bgnefit enlily under FRS 102. Ass&ts and liabilities are initially recognised sl historic81 cost or Iransaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant a¢counling policy. Thè financi21 statements are pFepaied in sterling, although the function81 currency is US dollars. The Charity IS fBgislered in the UK but condLECts thè majority of ils business via a branch in PÈl8stine, where US dollars is th$ preferred currency. Amounts presellled in these financial statemen& are roundod lo the nearest pound. 2.2 Golng concern The Trustees have assessed whether the use ol going conc81n and have consiclered Possible èvents or conditions that might cast significant doubt nn the ability Of the Foundation lo continue as going conLgrn, including the impact ol Covid-19, which is nsidered lo be a non-adjusling post balance sheet event. The Trusteeg have made this assesstnent for a peiiod of at least one year from the date of the approval of these fingnGial stalemenls. In pzrticulsr, the Trustees have cor)sidered the Foundation'5 forecasts and projection. After making enquiries, the Trustees have concluded that there is a reasonable expectation that the Foundation has ad8quate iesources lo continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Foundation therefore continue5 10 adopt th9 going concern basis in preparing ils financial statements Page 36
A.M. QAffAN FOUNDATION (A Company Limlted by Guaranteel NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 Accounting policie5 Icontinuedl 2.3 Income All income is recognlsod once the Foundation has enlitlgment to th8 Tncome, it is probable that the incom8 will b8 rèceived and the amount of income rec@ivable can be measured reliably. For donations lo bc iocognised the Fc>undation will have been notified of the amounts and thè sellloment date in wriling. If there are conditions atlaehèd to the donation and this iequiFES a level of pèrformance before entitlement Gan be obtained then income is deferred until those ¢onditions are fully met or the fufrFillment of thos¢ ¢onditions is within the control of the Foundation and il is probable that they will bé fulfilled. For legacies, enlitlem&nl is taken as the earlier ol the date on whiGh ellher.. the Foundation is aware that piobat& has been granted, the estat& has been finaliséd and notiiication has be&n made by thè èxeculorlsl to the FDundalion that a distribution will be made, or when a distributlDn is received from the estate. Receipt ol a legacy, in whole or in part, is only considcred probsble when the amount can be measured reliably and the Foundation has been nolilied of thg executorfs intention to make a distribution. Where legacifjs have been notifiéd to the Foundation, or the Foundation is awarè ol the granting of probate, and the lor income recognition have not been met, then the legacy 18 treated as * ntinuent asset and disclosed if malgrial. Investment income Is earnèd through holding assets for investrnent purposes such as shares and PToperty. It includes dividends and interest. Vvheie It is not practicable lo identify investment management cosls incurred within a scheme with reasonable accuracy the investtllent income is reported nel of these costs. It 15 included when the amount can bo measured reliably. Interest income is recognised using the effective inlerosl method and dividend incorne is recognlsed as the Foundation's right to receive payment is eslablishod. Fixed asset gifts in a recognised when recewable and are included al fair value. Th8y ars not deferred over the life ol the asset_ Income frorn trading activities includes income earned from fundraising events and trading a¢tivities to raise fLJnds for the Foundation. In¢omo is re¢èived in exchange for supplying goods and services in order lo raise funds and is rècognised when entitlement has occurted. Income from government and other grants ar8 recognised al fair value when tho Founddtiun has entillemenl after any performatsce conditions have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and th& amount cgn be measured reliably. 11 entitlornent 15 not mel then these amounts arg deferred. Inler@sl on funds held on deposit is included when recèivable and the amount can be ThEasured réliably by the Foundation.. this is normally upon notrfication of the interest paid or payable by the Bank. Income tax recoverable in relation lo donations received under Grft Aid or dèéds Cif covenant is recognised al the time of th8 donation. Income tax recoverable in relation to investment income is recognised at Ihtr tlme the investment incorne is receivable. Pag8 37
A.M. QAfrAN FOUNDATION IA Company Limited by Guarantee) NOTES TO THE FINANGIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 Accounllng pollcles l¢ontinuedl 2.4 Expenditure All expenditur6 is accounted for on an accrLJals basis. Expenditure is recognised oncè therè is legal or constructive obligation lo transfer economic benefit to a third party, il is probable Ihal a transfer of economic benefits will be requirèd in spttlgment and the atnount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expondilure is classrfied by activity. The costs of each activity are made up of the total Df direct cos15 and shared costs, including support cosls involved in undL4rtaking each activity. Direct costs allribulable lo a single activity are alloGaled directly to that activity. Shared cogts which oonlribule to more than activity and support costs whtr¢h are not allributable to a single activity are apportioned between Ihose aGtivilie5 on a basis consistent with the usè of resouTces. Cential staff costs are allocated on the basis of lime spent, and depreeiatioTr charges allccaled on the portion of Ihe asset's use. Expenditure on raising fundg includes all expenditure incurred by the Foundation to raise funds lor Ils ¢haritable purposes and includes costs ol all fundraising activitiés events and non-charitable trading. Exp6ndilur8 on chaiilaL>le activities is incurred on directty undertaking the activities which further the Foundation's objectives, as well as any associat6d support oosts. Costs ol generallng funds are c(>sts incurred En attracting voluntary income, and those incurred in trading activities that raise fundg. Other expenditure 18presents those items not falling Into the categories above. Grants payable are charged in the year when the offer is made excepl in thos¢ ¢as&s where the offer ig conditional, such gr*nts being recognised as expenditure when the conditions attaching arè fulfilled. Grants offered subject to conditions which have not been met at the year end are noted as a commitment, but not aCCTued as expenditure. All 6xpènditure is inclusive of irrecoverable VAT. 2.5 Foreign cuenC1eS Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at rates of ex¢hange ruling at the reporting date_ Transactions in foreign cutrencies are translated into sterling at the rat9 ruling on the dale ol the transactlDn_ ExGhange gains and Ic>sses ar6 rècognis&d in the Stalement ol Financial Activities. 2.6 Taxation The Foundation 15 considered to pa55 the tests set out in Paraqraph 1 Schedule 6 of the Finance Act 2010 2nd Ihorefore it meets the definition of a oharitable company lor UK corporation lax purposes. Accordingly, the Foundation 15 Potentially exempl from taxation in respect of income c>r capital gains received within categorios covered by Ghapter 3 Part 11 of the Corpoialion Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, to the extent that such income or gains are applied exclusiv81y to charitable purposes. Page 38
A.M. QArrAN FOUNDATION A Company Limited by Guaranteel NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 Accountlng policies Icontinuedl 2.7 Tangible flxed assets and depreciatio Tangible fixed assets ar? initially recognised at cost. After recognition, under the cost model, tangible fixed assets are measured al cost less accumLJlaled depreeiation and any accumulated imp(iirment Iosges. All costs Incurrèd to bring a tangible fixod asset into its intended working condition should be ino1uded in the measurernenl ol cost. Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of tangible fixèd assets less their residual value over their estimatèd useful lives, using the slraight-line method. Depreciation is provided on ths following bases.. Buildings Fumiture and fillings Books Computei equipment Motor vehicles 20 years straight line 4 - 7 years straight line 10 years straight line 3 years straight line 5 y6ars straight line 2.8 Investment propèrties Inveslmer)t properties arè recorded at fair value at each reporting datè with changes in fair value reco9nised in nel Igainslllosses in th& Statèmént of Financial Activities. 2.9 Investments Fixed asset investments are a form of basic financial instrument are initially recognised at their transaction value and subséquently measured al their fair value using the closing quotèd market price or the share of the Net Asset Valu& ol thè fund lif unlisted). All gains and losses are taken lo the Statement of Finanoial Activitie5 as they arise. The St8tém8nl of Finanaal Activitie5 includes all net gains and losses ariging on revalualiun and disposals throughout the year. Ag investments are revalued lo fair value continuously, no realised gains or losses ans8. Investments held as fixed assels are shown at cost less provision for irnpairment. 2.10 stocks stocks are valued al the Sower of Cost and nel reali58ble value after making du9 allowance for obsolelts and slow-moving stocks. Gost includes all direct costs and an appiopriate proportion of rixed gnd variable overheads. 2.11 Debtors Trade and other debtors ale recognised al the .Egttlement amount after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued al the amount prgpaid nèt c>f any trade discounts due. Page 39
A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION IA Company Limited by Guaranteel NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 Accounting policies Iconllnuedl 2.12 Cash at bank and in hand Cash at bank and in hand includes cash and short-term highly liquid investmènts with a short Maturity of thre6 fflonths or less from the dale of acquisition or opening of the deposit or sirni18r account. 2.13 Liabilities Liabilities and provision5 are recognised when theie 15 an obligation al the Balance Sheet date 8$ a re5uII of a past event, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefit will be reqbired in settlement, and the amount of the settlement can be pstimated rBliably. Liibilities are iecognised al Ihe amount that the Foundation anticipates il will pay to settle the debt or the amount it has receiveol as advanced paym6nts for goods or services it must provide. Provisions are measured at the best 8Stimate of the amounts required to settle the obligation. Where the effect of the time value of money is material. the provision is based on the present valuè ol thos8 amounts, discounted at the pre-tax disoount rale that reflects the risks specific to the liability. The unwinding of the discount is recognised in th¢ Statement of Financial Activities as a finance cost. 2.14 Financial instruments The Foundation only holds basic Financial Inslruments. The finan¢ial assets and financial liabilities of the Charity are as follows.. DÈbtors trade and other debtors lincluding accrued income) arè basic financial inslrumenls and are debt instrutnents rneasured al amortised cost as detailed in Nole 16. Prepayrnents are not financial instruments. Cash at bank- is classifietl as a basic financial instrument and is measured at face value. trade creditors. accruals and other ¢reditors will be classified as financial Instrurnents. and are measured al atnorti5ed cost as detailed in Note 17. Taxation and social security are not included In the financial instruments disclosure Deferred income Is not deemed lo be a financial liabilily, as in the cash settlement has already iaken p12ce and there is simply an obligation to deliv$r Gharilable services rather than cash or another financial instrument. 2.15 Pensions The Foundation operatgs a defined contribution pension scheme and th& pension charge iepresents the amounts payable by thlk Foundation to the fund in respect of the year. 2.16 Termination paymènts Termination benefits, including redundancy costs, are recognised when thè Charity h8S the obligation to pay thE benefits and they can be reliably measured. Page 40
A.M. QArrAN FOUNDATION IA Company Limited by Guarant881 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 Accounting polielès Icontinuedl 2.17 Fund accounting General funds are unrestiicted funds which are avail8ble for use al the discretion of thè Trustees in *urther2ncÈ tsf the general Dbjeclives ol the Foundation and which have not been designated for other purposes. Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific rèstrictions imposed by donors or which have been raised by thè Foundation lor particular purpDsES. The costs of rÈising and administering such funds are charged against the speerfic fund. The airn and usè of each restricted fund is set out in the not&5 to the financial statements. 2.18 Crltlcal accounting eslimalès and areas of judgemerÈt Estimates and judgements are continually evaluated and are based on historical experiencé and other factors, including expe¢tations of lulure events that are bèlieved to be reasonable under the circumstancèg. In the view of the Trugtéès in applying the accounting policies adopted, the following judgements have be8n made in the process of applwng the above accounting policies that have had the most significant effect on amounts reGognised in the account5.. Depreciation rates for tsngible fixed assets Basis of valuation of investment properties and financial investments Foreign exchange fflovÉmènts Page 41
A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION IA Company Llmited by Guarantee) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 Income from donations, legacies and grants Unrestrlcted Restri¢ted funds funds 2020 2020 Total funds 2020 Dc>nations LL4gacie5 Grants Coronavirus Job Retention SchetnB income 501,493 4,507,é11 5.009,104 537,588 537,588 40.224 40,224 Total 2020 541,717 5,045,199 5,586,916 The Charity has claimed funding from government support schemes in response to the coronavirus oulbieak. The Charity furloughed its staff undgr the government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the funding received of £40,224 relates to slaff costs ID respect of those furloughed staff members. There ale no unfulfilled conditions and other contingencies aliaching to grants that have been recognised in incc>me. Unreslricled funds 2019 Restrietèd runds 2019 Tot81 funds 2019 Donations 1.659,936 10,869,774 12,529, TI0 923 923 20,000 1.038,971 Legacies Grants 1,018,971 rolal 2019 7.680,859 7 1,888, 745 13,56J,604 Page 42
A.M. QAThAN FOUNDATIO IA company LSmlted by Guarantee) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 In¢ome from charltable actlvllles Unrestricted fund5 2020 Restrictèd funds 2020 Total funds 2020 The Mosai¢ Rooms 11,572 76,493 88,065 UnRBslricted runds 2019 ReslriGlgd funds 2019 Tolal funds 2019 The Mosaic Rooms 33,018 55.906 88,924 Investment lrt¢ome Unrestrlcted Restricted funds fLEnds 2020 2020 Total funds 2020 Rental incomo Bank interest receivable 174,839 130 174,839 25,602 25,472 Total 2020 174,969 25,472 200,441 Unreslrictgd funds 2019 Restricled funds 2C>19 Total funds 2019 Rontal incDTne Bank inlerest receivable 216,941 421 216,941 6Y,996 61,575 Total 2019 217,362 61,575 279,937 Page 43
A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION {A Company Limited by Guaranteel NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 Inve5trnent management costs Unrestricted funds 2020 Total funds 2020 Investmènt management Gosts 45,024 45.024 UnrÉslrictecl funds 2019 Total runds 2019 Invéstment rnanagement costs 26,943 26,943 Invoslment management costs wÈre incurred in respect of rental incomg on the investment prDperty. Page 44
A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION IA Comparsy Limlt#d by Guarantee} NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 An8lysÈs of &xp&ndlture on charitable aGtivities - by fund Unrestricted funds 2020 Restrlcted funds 2020 Total funds 2020 Culture and Arts Programmé Educational Research & Development PTogramme Child Centre 135,461 ,604 91,635 43,826 126,291 2,426,947 1,738,822 2,219,401 858,048 2,562,408 1,838,426 2,311,036 901,874 126,291 PubliG Programme The Musaic Rooms Total 2020 496.817 7.243,218 7,740.035 UMr&stricled fvnds 2019 R&slricted funds 2Q19 Total funrls 2019 Culture and Arts Programme Educational Res$ai¢h & Development Programm8 Child Centre Publi¢ Programme Thè Mosaic Rooms 127,834 93.996 86,476 41,358 270, 710 7,899,095 1,713,906 1.978,319 780,247 20,000 2,026,929 1,807,902 2,064, 795 821.6Q5 29Q, 710 rotal 2Q19 620,3T4 6,391,567 7.011,941 Page 45
A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION IA Company LlmFted by Guarantee NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 Analysis of expendlture on charitable activlties by typè Activities undertaken directly 2020 Grant fundlng of activtieS 2020 Support costs 2020 Total funds 2020 Culture and Arts Programme Educational Research & Development Programme Child Centre Public Programme Th8 Mosaic Rooms 463,827 1,149,078 949,503 2,562N08 1,104,615 1,394,041 555,657 98,402 46,868 71,470 10,754 686,943 845,525 335,463 27,889 1,838N26 2.311,036 901,874 126,291 Total 2020 3,616,542 1,278,170 2,845.323 7,740,035 Activities undertaken dir8CtIy 201g Granl fundin9 01 arlivities Supptrrt sls 2019 Total funds 2019 2019 Culture and Arts Programme Educational Research & Developm8nt Programme Ghild Centre 590,208 867,576 569. 145 2,026,929 1,282, 760 7,479,838 593,892 244,391 33, T54 39. 720 6,284 20,000 491,988 545,237 227,429 26,319 1,80T,902 2,064, 795 821.605 29C>,770 Public Prograrnme Th@ Mosaic Rooms Total 2079 4, 190,469 967,334 1.854, 118 7,011,941 Page 46
A.M. QArrAN FOUNDATION IA Company Limited by Guarantee) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 Analysis of expendTrture on charitable activities - by typè Icontlnuedl Analysls of support COSt5 Total fund5 2020 Total riJnd.g 2Q19 Stsff costs 1,155.548 1,385.120 21.079 3,519 26,215 24,312 32,064 35,035 101,494 8,074 44,752 7,908 205 3,017,830 479,963 75,340 Depreciation and itrpairtnenis Advertisement and promotion Events and activities Gov8rnÈn¢g ¢OSts Insurance Lègsl and professional fee5 Maintenance and ¢onsutnabl&s Other costs Other stay costs 36, 29,588 24,008 34,048 89,083 20.545 43,493 10,672 13, 704 39,063 Prèmisès costs Subscriptions and memb2Tship fèes Transportation, travel and accommodatlon Residencies and workshop expenses 2,845,323 1,854, 118 Governance costs 2020 2019 Auditorfs remuneration Audit of the financial statements Auditorfs remuneration - Preparation of the financial statements Audilorfs remuneration Other non-audit serViS 12.600 3.840 9,775 13,305 2,500 12,575 8,398 other govem2nce costs 26.215 36,778 Page 47
A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION {A Company Limited by Guarantee) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 37 DECEMBER 2020 Summary of grants pald 2020 2019 Grants paid to insb-tutions Grants paid to> individuals 1,018,591 259,579 766,792 200,542 1.278,170 967,334 An analysis of grant5 paid can be found below. Only grants paid over £10,000 are sepèrately disclosed. Page 48
A.M. QAThAN FOUNDATION {A Company Limited by Guarantee) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 2020 2019 Grants to institutions Al-Awda Center fDr Childhood and Youth 12,464 81,795 12,464 Al Hoash Al Mada Association Al Mamal Foundation Association Circus Mini (Assirk Assaghirl Baladi Cenler for CultuiB & Arts Bglt Byout Chariiable Assoaalion Bethlehem Icon Centre 8irzeit University Columbia University Dai Al Kalima Collage Fragments Ishalhayal Theatre Fridgo Theatre Association IThalaja Theatrel Gaza Association for Culture and Art Gener81 Union of Cultural Centers 73, 663 18,696 15,580 15,580 12,464 86,833 21.422 38,546 15,580 12.464 59,477 70,788 7 19,080 21,543 75,511 95,778 52.654 54, 190 Institute lor Palestinian Studies Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center Khazaaen Association Nawa Association Naqsh PopulaT Art Association Oushaq Arts Center Palestine Writing Association Qandeel for Arts and Culture Sakyia Shubbak Tamer Institute Thè Freedom Theater ITFTI The Palestinian Museum The Society of Awtar Center Visual Arts Forum 70,788 15,580 10.184 12,464 13,710 18,696 54,214 80,894 36,4T2 20,000 19,459 10, 184 47,023 70,164 74, 107 49,299 112,081 18,696 98,016 Yaa Samar Dance Theatre Grants paid to institutions < £10,000 166, 160 1,018,591 766, 792 Gianls to individuals 259,579 200,542 1,278,170 967,334 Page 49
A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION IA Company Limited by Guarantee) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 Staff costs 2020 2019 Wages and salari8S So¢ial security costs Pension costs 2,677.657 10,958 573,349 2,459,323 79,39Q 505,424 3.261,964 2,984. 737 Wagès and salaries for 2020 includes leNninalion benefits tot£ling £25,91412019 - £NILI. The paym&nt Was under contractual terms and there were rFo 8ssociated liabilitie5 at the year end. The avoTage number of persons 8mployed by the Foundation during the year was as follows.. 2020 No. 2019 No. Etnployoos 117 115 The number of emplc>yees whose employee bènefits (excluding employer pension Costs) exceeded £60,000 was.. 2020 No. 2019 No. In the band £60,001- £70,000 In the band £70,001 £80,000 In the band £80,001- £90.000 In the band £90,001 £100,000 Key DAanagément Personnel include Ihe Trustees and the Senior Managemènt (consisting of.. th8 Dirgc.tor General, CCG Director. EROP Director, CAP Director. Director of Finance, DireLtor of Administration, Director ol Communication & Publtc Relations and Public Programme Direclorl. Total remuneration paid to Kgy Management Personnel amc>unt&d to £653,63312019 - £581,6601- 12. Trustees. remunèration and expenses During the yèar, no TTuslees received any remuneration or other benefits (2019- £NIL). During the year ended 31 Decernber 2020, expenses totalling £122 were reimbursed or pald directly Its 1 Trustee (2019- £3,342 10 3 Trusteesj. In the current year. the Gosls related lo telephone costs and in the prior year, the expenditure relatèd to tr8V81 and accommodation costs. Page 50
A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION IA Company Limited by Guarantee NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 13. Tangible fixed assets Freehold Fumiture, land and fittings and Computer buSldin95 books equipment Motor vehlcles Total Cost or valuation Al 1 January 2020 Additions Dispos218 Exchange differences 22,630,718 890,935 1194.2561 1665,224} 2,968,630 108.906 130,4801 198,5691 785,903 38,041 18481 126,2691 124.407 26.509,658 1,037,882 1225,5841 14,0011 1794.0631 At 31 December 2020 22,662,173 2,948,487 796,827 120,406 26,527,893 Depreciation Al 1 January 2020 Charge foT tha yèar On disposals Transfer5 between classes ExGhange differences 1,652,415 1.327.572 954.909 297,332 1142,190) 130,1841 19,256 119,2561 1102,0881 155,8211 510,111 119,989 18481 98,833 3.588,931 8.736 1,380,966 1173,2221 122,2631 13,6991 1183,B71 At 31 D8cember 2020 2.382,302 1,519,643 606,989 103,870 4,612.804 Net book value At 31 December 2020 20,279.871 1,428,844 189,838 16,536 21,915,089 Al 37 Decemb9r 2019 20,978,303 1,641,058 275, 792 25,574 22,920, 727 Page 51
A.M. QArrAN FOUNDATION {A Company Limltad by Guarantee) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 14. Fixed a55et investments Other flxed Listed as$el investments investments Totsl Cost or valuation Al 1 January 2020 Revaluations 3.430,897 1648,7731 171,848} 11,938,268 15,369,165 1648,7731 1161,3151 Ex¢hange differences {89.467 At 31 December 2020 2,710,276 11,848,801 14,559,077 Impairment Charge lor the year 14,1541 4,1541 Al 31 December 2020 14,1541 14,154) Net book value At 31 December 2020 2,710.276 11,844,fA7 14,554,923 At 31 Dec8mb8r 2019 5,430, 897 71,938,268 15,369, 165 Oth&r fixed asset Investm&nt$ other investments relate to a psinting and artsvork purchased during 2014 by the A.M. Qatttn Foundation and a painting and property bequeathed to the A.M Qaltan Foundab"on during 2017, as well a5 the previous offices ol thè A.M. Qattan FoundaliDn, being two buildings and the adjac8nt land in the Masyoun are8, Rama112h. The Trustees consider that the valuation r6msins appropriale lor the purposes of these financial statements. 15. Stock$ 2020 2019 FIlShed goods 20,491 20,497 Page 52
A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION IA Company Limlted by Guarantee) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 Debtor5 2020 2019 Due within one year Trade debtors Other debtors 11,2401 89,920 1,405,054 11,214 97,270 58,475 PpayMentS and accrued income 1,493,734 160,899 17. Creditors= Amounts falllng dua within one year 2020 2019 Trade creditors 44,585 8,564 80,724 2,512,464 31, 727 12,683 62,170 1.048, 683 Othér taxation and social security Other creditors Accruals and deferd income 2,646,337 1, 155,263 2020 2019 Deferred Income Defeired incorne at 1 January Resources deferred during the year Amounts ieletssed from previc)us periods 1,016,781 7, 004, 160 1,940,433 1,076,781 11,016.7811 (1,004, 160) Deferred income at 31 Dèeèmbèr 1,940,433 I,Ql6, 781 Al 31 December 2020, deferred income was recognised for income received during the financial year for projects taking place in the year ènded 31 December 2021. Page 53
A.M. QAAN FOUNDATION IA Company Llmltèd by Guarantee) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 18. Provislons Severance Provident pay pay Total At l January 2020 Additions 1.636,141 412,931 1148,8471 166,3351 789,246 294,703 1121,6411 135,6801 2,425,387 707,634 1270.4881 1104,0151 Amounts used Exchange differonces 1,831,890 926,628 2,758.518 Severance pay The Foundation in Palèstinè provides for ils employees, sevgranoe pay according to the prevailing labour law. Provident fund The Foundation in Palestine contributes to the employees, provident fund. Page 54
A.M. QArrAN FOUNDATION IA Company Limlted by Guarantee) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 19. Statemenl ol funds Statement of funds - current year Balan¢¢ at 31 Gainsl December {Lossesl 2020 Balance at 1 January 2020 Income Expendlture Unrestricted funds UK branch 10,687,215 728.258 1541,8411 10,873.632 Restrlcted funds UK brsnch Pal6stinfr branch 96,308 32,551.109 76,493 S,070,671 201 173,002 17,243,218) 11,631,460) 28.747,102 32,647.417 S,147.164 17,243.218) 11,631,259) 28,920,104 Total of funds 43,334,632 5,875,422 17,785,059) 11,631,2591 39,793,736 On 29 April 1998, A.M. Qattan Foundation Palestine was ègtablished as a branch ol A.M. Qattan Foundation for thè specific purposes of managing the Foundation's work iri Paleqtin& and the projects being carried on out there. Th8 funds held by the branch are therefore treated ss 8 separate reslricled fund in the accounts of th Foundation in accordance with the Irealmgnl prescribed in the Charbties SORP, Gultur8 and Arts Programme.. A five year funding agreement has been supported by the Swedish Intemational Development Agency ISIDAI in order lo fund a Visual Arts Prouramme entitled, A Flourishing Field IVAFFI. Cultural Centre Project., Funds were r@coived from Omar A-Qattan whioh were r¢stncted towards th8 building of a new Cultural Cenlre. Page 55
A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION IA Company Limited by Guarantee) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 19. Statement of lund5 Icontinuedl Statemefit of fund5 - prior year Balance al 31 December 2019 Bklbnc8 81 l January 2Q79 Transf&rs in/oul Gains/ (Losses) Income Expenditure Unrestricted funds UK branch 9,403,293 1.93t,239 (647,317) 10,S8T,215 Rostricted funds UK branch 59, 780 55,906 (79,378) 96,308 Palestine branch". VAFF Project ISIDAI Cultural Centre Project Management & Programmes 427,992 683,500 (1, 111.492) 8,258,973 4,492, [42 (12.751, T15) 19,969,513 6. 774.078 (6,372, 189) 13,853.207 (1,683,500) 32,551, 109 28,716,258 12,006,226 16,391,567) (1,683,500) 32,647,417 Total of funds 38, 119,551 13,93K,465 (7,038.8g14) (t,685.5001 43,334,632 Page 56
A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION IA Company Limlted by Guarantee) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 20. Analysi5 of net assets between funds Analysis gf net a55ets between funds . current year Unreslri¢ted fund5 2020 Restricted funds 2020 Total fijnds 2020 Tangible fixed assets Fixed asset iDv6slments Current assets 14,132 21,900.957 21,915,089 8,878,160 5,676,763 14,554,923 2,083,645 6.644,934 8,728,579 1102,3051 12.544,0321 12,646,337) 12.758,5181 12.758,S18} Creditors due within one year Prc>visions for liabilities and charge5 Total 10,873,632 28,920,104 39,793.736 Analysis of net assets between funds - prior year Unr8slntttèd funds 2019 Reslricl&d funds 2019 Total funcls 2019 Tangible fixed assets Fixed 8SSèt Invèstmfrnts 32,960 22,887,767 22,920,727 8,878,160 ,491,005 Y5,369, 165 1,843,647 ,781,743 8,625,390 167,5521 (1,087,711) (1, 155,263) 12.425,3871 (2,425,387J Current assets CrediloTS duo wilhill one yBar Piovisions for liabilities and charges Total 10,687,215 32,647,417 43,334,632 Page 57
A.M. QArrAN FOUNDATION IA Company Limited by Guarantee) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 21. ReconclliatSon of net movement in funds to net cash flow from operating activities 2020 2019 Nel lexpenditurellincomé for the period las per Statement of Financial Activiti981 12,S58.4101 6,381,842 Adjustments for.. Depreciation charges lrnpairment charges Loss on Investments Investment incomè 13 1,380,966 4,154 648,773 578, 739 1200,4411 (278.93T) S2.362 17.675 11,332,835) 897,317 1.491.074 (9,393? 333,131 484,271 771,507 7, 136,509 1982,4861 (1, 766, 761J 479.963 14 14 Loss on the sale of fixed assets Ilncreaselldecrease in debtots In¢r&as$lldecreasel in creditors Increase in provisions Foreign exchangè adjustment on fixed assets Foreign exchange mDvement 17 18 13,14 Net cash provlded (used Inllby operating activities 1392,2051 8,453,225 22. Analysls of cash and cash equivalents 2020 2019 Cash in hand 7,214,354 8.444,tr00 Total cash and cash equivalents 7,214,354 8,444,000 23. Analysis of Net Debt At1 January 2020 Cash flows At31 December 2020 Cash at bank and in hand 8.444,000 11,229,646) 7,214,354 8,444,000 11,229,646) 7,214,354 Page 58
A.M. QAThAN FOUNDATION
IA Company Limited by Guarant8é1
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
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Related party transactrons
The Foundation was established by the late Abdul Mohsin and Leila Al-Qaltan, and by their lour children,
who continLJe to be its sole Members lin addition lo r)ne grand