Dowsiw Envelope ID.. AC754tr2>78EC453&NBEWAnG127F54 COUNCIL FOR BRITISH RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT (Registered Charity Numbw 10730161 {C(xnpany Reglstration Number 3566646) ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 PIARCH 2021 'AAF143XHU* 2511012021 COMPANIES HOUSE *115 DovJSign Env•lope10.. AG7S4tr2¥78e¢463WE￿A76clz7FsI COUNCIL FOR BRITISH RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 PIARCH 2021 CONTENTS TRUSTEES, REPORT >11 STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES. RESPONSIBILITIES 12 INDEPENDEhlT AUDITOR'S REPORT STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVMES 17 BALANCE SHE 18 CASH FLOW STATEMENT 19 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Dowsign Emieky ID.. Ac75ID22.nEfA63&NBE￿￿76C127FS¢ COUNCIL FOR BRITISH RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 Council for Brftlsh Researth In the Levant Registtted Chwity Numb¥ 1073015 Registered Cc*npany Numbw 3566646 Registered Off￿e.. The Biiiish Academy 10 Carlton House Ttrrace Londtm SW1Y SAH President- Professor CINe Holes FBA TNstoes James Watt CVO Dr Robert B￿eY Dr Gerasimos TsoLrygS John Shakeshaft Dr Elian V4eizman Chainian {retirwJ November 20201 Chaimian {elected November 2(r201 'rvJ Hon TreOSLrer (Marcwovember 2020) Hon Treasurer (eleded November 2020} Hon Secfew (Acting Hon Sec Mwch 2020,. elected Novanber 20201 Hon Researth Chair (retred Marth 2021 > Hon Ed¢tor, M4YWr￿hS and Publicati￿$ Char (retired No¥￿ber 20201 Hon PUbl￿tionS Chair letected Nuiember 20201; Actry Hon Research Chair {M￿h 2021) Data Prthecticfi Officer (elected November 2020) Irelired NO¥￿nber 2020) Prof Matthew Jc*Fes Dr Joame Clwke Professcrf Graeme Bark Tom Thomson Dr Kamal Badreshary Dr May Darwich Dr Nellie Phoc&Cosrnetatou Dr Nadia Naser-N8llab Kale Owen Dr Rathael Sparkas (elected Novembw 20201 The trustees act as directors f(r the wrpose5 (* CoM￿Y law. Prlncipal Bankers Royal Bank of Scotland PIC London Dnjmmonds Branth 49 Charing Cross Road London SIMA 2DX Authtorn Iliamson Mcrton Thomton LLP Verulam Point ststion Way St Al)ans, Herts AL1 SHE 00gJ&gn Envelope10.. A¢754032.78EG463&A8EMIA76C127F54 COUNCIL FOR BRITISH RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 Govomance and PAanagement Constituli The Council for Bn'&'sh Research in the Levant f"CBRL? is a chanty registeredin England and Wales (Number 10730 15). It is also a Gompany registered under the COmpan￿S Ad 2LX161Number 3566648). The C8RL is governed by its Memorandum andAffjcles ofAsscaation supplemented by 8yelaws Corporate Goveman Management of the C8RL is vested n a Ctynmittee of Managthnent, vthith cMsists of noi fewer than fNe members elected by the CBRL membwship in addition to those sawirwJ by virtue of Iheir office. Honorary officers elected al the AGM in 2020r2021 are the Presijeni Char, Honorary Treasurer. Honorary Secretary, H¢)norary Researth Chair, and Hi)nwary PubliCatic￿5 Chair. EditcKs of CBRL'5 journals and M￿oI￿aphS are no Eonger requ￿ed to be trustees. All members of the C￿mi￿e8 must be CBRL members. The Committee of Managemerrt is the CBRL'S Board of Trustees, and it$ member5 lother than the Preshknll are the trustees ￿ the CBRL. ordin￿ Trustees serve lor a rnaximux pened of Icw consecutive ye*s. On èlection. trustees are gven a copy d the MemrAan(hJn arKI Articles of Ass¢xI*￿n, a wpy of the 8yelaws and CBRL procedural dc¢umenl*ioTr They are offered guidan* on the role and responsibilities ol trustees of regislwed charitres. Tfustees oversee the management of through qu8rterty meetings of the Committee of Managanent in London. sthethled meetings of the sul committees. and whwe necessary, on an ad hoc basis via email, telephone or intemal secure messaging. as approFfiate. In 202012tr21. due to the ccyonavwus pandemic, all meetings were held virtualty. induding the AGM. The AGM was brouotrt forward by one month, with elections taking place in November. with new trustees fonnally taking up their roles at the December Cornmitlee meetir#J. The Commrtte& of Management is supp￿1 by speoalist sub￿MMittee5 wtrK*se membership is supplemented by sl8ff memb85 ￿ere required by add￿1)nal co•ed members. A Human Resources IHRI SUt￿COMmittee was athled in 2020r2021: Finance and Govemance." J Shakeshaft {Chairfrom December 20201. R Bewley. T Thom51)n. and Dr E Weizrn￿. Pat Sucher. as past Hon Treasurer lrets.red March 20211. serv&J as chair eX￿￿ClO until Seoember 21Y20. Research.. Dr Sossie Kasban"an lexlwnal assessLY), Prof M Jwes (Chair until Marth 20211. Prof Graeme Barker {Chair after March 20211, Dr M DaTh¥th (retired December 20201, Dr R Sparks. and Dr G Tsowapas. Publications.. Dr J Clarke {Chair. Edit(Y Mwaphs unlil DecemLv 2020). Prof G Barker (Chair, from December 2020). Prof G Philip (Levant Edrtor, exdficio Lnlil DeC￿ber 20201. Dr Sarah Irving IContemFW Levant Edit(x4n4hief. ex-offiao). C Middlet(￿ Ico- opted until December 2020: Lev•rt Edilor4rFChief from Januay 2021. ex￿1￿0). Hwnan Resources: Dr E Weizman (cha￿). T Thomson, K thven Each sub-committee has its ovm t¥ms of refer￿. arKI ttwr rep(¥is ¥e standing agenda items f Ihe Committee of Management. (￿Ing lo the increasing ryofessionalisation of CBRL'S operati¢)ns. review of CBRL'S constitution, committee SIrL￿$, Hcrnrary oificer, trustee roles, memtser$hip structtre has been initiated. A(>hoc 4)p¢Xntm￿tS panels continued lo be set up lo appoint new members of staff as well as ad4￿ working gr(x￿S for time4imrted issues of strategic imP(ts￿e. In receni yews these are fundraising and library wthing groups. The Commrtlee of Management is responsible for Ccn￿g and appwovvw all Ihe rwnmendalions of its sutKcfflmittees, wc*king with the CBRL direcius, develcping the overall strategy and direction of the CBRL. CBRL has begLn a revtew of rts missi￿. visiorn strategy. govemance. policies. and ant management. vthich is continuing irto 202112022. Day404ay management of the CBRL is delegated to the directors who act both as Institute dtrectors and ex-officio members of committees. Carol Palmer. the CBRL Director h)¢ated in Amman. oversees erations at all localiC￿S. TcAffic Haddad, 1*reCa￿ of the Keny￿ Instiltrte is responsibk for staff and Do¢uSvJn Envdgp• ID: AC754D2>78EC463UBE549A78C127F54 COUNCIL FOR BRITISH RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 operations in East Jerusalem, also acling as C8RL Dewty Director. Bolh institute dirWA￿S are aclive researthers in addrtion to their administrative and cperati￿al responsibilities. Remunerdtit)n poliGy The governing winciples of the Chwitrfs (traft WLwation pcqiGy we as f￿h￿S.. To ensure delivery of the Ch*it￿$ obiedi To attract relain a motivated w(rt￿Ce with the ￿ll5 and eX￿lIse necess¥y for ¢Ygsnisalional ¢ffectNenes$ That remuneration str￿uld be equitable and Colw￿t arxoss the C(g￿ls￿l0n while recowis#ig the partiujlw complexities of employing staff in sevexal COLmtrieg To lake account of purposes, *ms and values crf the Charty To ensure that Pay levels and pay increases are aFprcwriate in ccrtext of the interests of tyjr beneftci*ies. SeniorEx8CUtive Remunerdtion CBRL takes into Kcount of the follu*ng wnc*s in ternis oflhe Temunw*ion of tts seniar executives.. To ensurg that the Chwity can acce5S t￿ tyFes of skills. experienw and compelencies that il needs in its senior staff, the S￿lf￿ seope of these roles in the Chwity and the link to pay The natu￿ of the wider ￿￿￿Oyment offer made to senior emptoyees, where pay is one part Lrf a package that Inck￿e$ pwsonal and carew develot¥nenl. personal fuifilment and ass￿ratIon wilh the wblic benefrt delpiwed. The Chwrty rec(y3nises thal it is. on occasion, possible lo attrwx exe(xrtives at a io sector c* private sector market rales. In line wth th8 recommendaticms of Ihe NCVO Inquiry Executrwe Rwnunwats'c￿ published in April 2014, the Charity has deo.ded lo disclose the remuneration cl ts Exe¢xlNe Team. whth for 202012021 ¢iThpriged the directors of Ihe ov¥seas insliluies. Remuneration for the year ended 31 Marth 2021 comwsed salwy and pension cottrrbutions. There are no other pecuniary benefits for seni(x or olher slaff at the Charity. Rl8k8 The Board has accepted tho widw r¢sF4)nsitrAlties ¥) the revised Stat￿ent of Recommended Practice, AccoLmting and Reprxting by Chanttes, issued by the Charity Commission in Oct¢)ber 2000 as updated by SORP 2015. The Fin8nce and Governan￿ S￿￿￿MmIttee reviews m￿agernent and fmancial wocedures lo ensure the identrfution of major risks to vknith the CBRL May be exposed and to ensure aFyowiate systems are in place to M￿'gate them. Responsibilrty for reviewing and updating the CBRL risk register is currerrtty held by the Data Protection Officer, a trustee and member cl tha Comrnthee of ManagwnenL Fin¥tt and Govttnance and HR 5￿CoMMittees. Risks to our adivities arise frrrfn regi¢*al instabilty and Ihe potential impact ￿ the secJJrity ol our Institutes. staff, and visiting researchers. CBRL cannot replace the risk a55essments undertaken within UK HEIS ncK accept resKk)nsibilty for visitir¥J researchers and students, bLrt CBRL wcYk$ to rninimise risks to staff vIsrt￿s. Procedures have updated to enswe that rese￿￿$ visiltiig our overseas Institutes have Undertak￿ their risk assessments. The opwalicn of our Instiiuies is reliant ￿ relevant FwmissicTh frcm aJthor*ie# in the IwTitories wi which th&y are situated. Foreyi NGOS and18amed societs.es are increasingly subject to increased regulation and gr&2ter scrutiny throL*oLrt the Middle Eas( where C8RL maintains tnslilules one each in East Jerusalem and Amman. CBRL mitigates these nsks by demonstr8tin9 benefit lo the local cLYnmunily and researthers le.g. the Institute libraries and throu￿ partnerships on researth wojects) d building strtxg relationships ￿￿th al relev￿ local ￿ intemational slakehoklers. The other material risk faced by C8RL is in respect to its ￿e Bn'lth PLademy IBAI fundirwJ. From March 2020. disbursement of the Brrtish Academy grant was mcrfthly until June. when the British Academy notified CBRL that the anr￿￿ allocati￿ for 2020r2021 would be based on flat cash plus Dow&w En¥elope ID.. AC754D2&70EG4$3WEWA78C127F54 COUNCIL FOR BRITISH RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH ¥J21 1.5%. Howevtr, the BA kept CBRL other British lfflwn*￿81 Rese*th Institutes (BIRII affiliated with the BA informed of Its negotiations wth the UK goVerrM￿t throughout, including the outcome of the 2020 Comwehensive Spending Review. The CBRL 1$ ccrtNwing ts efforts to Taise fLnds throu a wide variety d means. to redu￿ dependence on the BA gr ObJectlve8 and A¢tlvltles for the Publlc 8endh The CBRL is estsblished to ath￿Ce p*)h"c educati¢Jn thrcAJgh C(YKl￿tirrfJ, supporting, and promoting scholarly research in Ihe humanitses. slxial scY&nces. and related sut4.ect areas in Ihe Levanl, and the dissemination of the useful results of SLth re￿th. The truslees corfirm that they have taken due regard lo the Charty Commission's guidance on PLA)lic benefrt when reviewing the CBRL'S hievements plans. In M¥ch 2021. CBRL revised its missicn and vision statements. to advance knowledge underslanding of the peoF4es and I￿￿￿eS of the Lev￿ Imissi)nl and 'for research in the humanities, soci81 sciences related fields to make the fullest possible contribjticffl to fostering kn¢)wledge understanding of the Levant. fcy the c¢Jxmcffl good. Ivisionl. CBRL'S fesearch Ihemes were also upd*ed in March 2021 and can be the CBRL website Ictyl.ac.ukl. Lisis of current and recent awards are puWished in the CBRL Bulletin the website. whth also lists forthcomiro and kYevNJus evwts. The trustees have complied wth the duty to have regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commissson (Secti￿ 17 of the CtrAriti8s Act 2011). Tr trustees thaw attention to Ihe membership services detailed on www.cLYl.aauk Iprovisi¢m of librwy servKes. accommodation. researth equipTnent, lak(YatQry SP8ce and reference Com￿1￿$), want and schcAarships. and publ lectures. academie workshops and other related events, rKthvithstsnding the disruptions imposed by COVID-19. The CBRL Library. wlth its branches in bcAh institutes and ccmbined calalogue, remained closed during 202012021 due to the COVID-19 p￿deMIC. There wwe some lit*ary visits by private appointmenl vthen c1￿MstanceS allowed in ArnM￿. CBRL jownal wtAicati¢)n5 have operpaccess pjlicies, although these are dep￿dent ￿ fuTrJing being arrwed by authors of papers. Many CBRL monographs are Currently on an ty8n access repository (the Arthaeologital Data Service). New . volumes in fLrture will bo placed diredly onlim as tjpen xcess. Athievament8 and Perfomianc¢ The CBRL aCh￿ve5 rts d4ecfives for public benefrt thrwh e wogramme of ¢￿￿ting, sp(Thoring and facilitating researth and the dlssemlnatK￿ of ts irFhouse pUbli&￿10nS (Levant, Contemporary Levant, the GBRL Bullehn, 8nd monoJraphsl, thrcwh rts website, SUFW1￿19 pUbl￿allon in other outlels. by organising academic meetings arKI wblic ledures. thrc4Jgh the present*h)n of lectures on research by staff members. The CBRL Bulletin serves as a Ic￿mal of record, with reports on all sponsored research", the website [￿IdeS ongoing irrfcthiation in researth and aclivilies. W8 continue lo disseminate a wide range of researth ttrwh wr JOLmals Levant and Contempyary Levant published online and in print L8vant ccrtinues to be r￿ed in the top wartile of all archaeolc*Jic81 joumals wtylthwide. DurirwJ the period of tri$ report 202￿21, Levant received 56 submissions of whith 24 were accepted lin some cases sthiect to revision), 26 were rejecied and 6 were withdrawn. 2020 marked the 52nd ythqr d the publicatFon of Levant. a backlog of Kyinted issue$ laftw publication onl1r￿) is ab￿rt to cleared, with Levant Vol. 51, Issues 1. 2 appearing in 2020. Issue 3 in early 2021. Vol. 52. SK*cial Issue11-21. ¥)pearwig in June 2021, follcwed closely by Vol. 52. Issue 3. CBRL apwnted a new Edrt￿4rth￿ of Levart. Dr Carc4ine Mhdd1etc￿, Itho began January 2021. takng over Professcf Gr*h¥n Phlip. Edrt(* $vKe 2CI)8. Dr Sarth Irving (Edge Hill UT￿erS1ty) ccrfnpleied her first ful year as Contemporary Levant Editu-i Chief in Odober 2020 and wbl¢cation CA both issues of Volume 5. The fr51 was a special issue on Levantine chronotopes.. pnsms forenlangled hist￿leS with west edit¢xs Rana Issa & Emi* Wgen. The seCC￿d issue induded the wirnir¥J Contempornry Levant article prize in 2020.. Petitioning for Paleshne." ￿fUgee appeals ID intemahonal athlwibes by Anne Irfan IOxf¢xd University). A close nner up and special mention wa$ given to Thirsty water cam8rs." the pr&*ucts"on of uneven waterscapes in Sahl al-Battuf by Muna Dai*1 ILSEI. A double issue {201&19) of C8RL's annual document of record. Ihe C8RL Bulletin was projuced in hoLW in spring 2020 and made availat4e online on the CBRL websit Ourusign Erw•lry• ID.. AC754D22.78EG463&￿￿76c127FS¢ COUNCIL FOR BRITISH RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 IAARCH 2021 Ow other F*ablishiro athity, wthaeological mow*. c(x*iNes to eXperW￿ Irhver take up. Thrs 1$ lTri ety to be the ongoing effect of the move to digital Wb1￿￿rvJ. and of people still wthing to see they books in h¥d copy as offered by other Hrywever, Open Aceess10A1 thallenges will c(mtiNe to place pressures ￿ the'Fxknlisher pay¥ model. In the n&xt few yews, online OA d￿lIa1 Mon0￿3phS is likdy to beCc￿e the prirNipal method (rf Fthlishry 8rd￿￿￿O9￿1 morKJgraphs. COVID-19 meant that it was impossible to org*bse fac+lcAace events thjring 2020f2021. and all events moved online using the zO￿n platromi. Bethen May 2￿20 and the end of Marth 2021. 22 webinars in were organised.. five pand pr6sentations. ten bcK>k talksnaunthes. seven lecturesh¢)pical talks. All ¥e arehived C￿ Ihe CBRL'S YouTube ehannel (CBRL video) and avail*le as wdcasts vfd Ihe CBRL websrte. Some of the highlights and examF4es of the dNersty of events include: "Lod(ing forwards backwards.. arthaeological and geobgical perspectives ￿ a Sustainable future" a panel discussion with lain Stewart (Royal Scientrfic Society, Jordan). NI￿ Abu-Jthr IGeman-Jordanian Univwsity), and Carol PakneT (CBRL).. 'Migati￿ dplomacy in Ihe Levant. LesscYJs frorn the Syrian refugee crisis" CBRL'S AGM leC￿￿e by trusiee Gerasimos T8(x￿apaS (then al BifMfft￿8m. from July 2021 at Glasgow, and CBRL tntsleel; "Covid. neolthralism and the'hxab SPnn￿, with Gilbert Achcar ISOAS University of London) in conversation wrth Tour￿ Haddad (CBRL); and"StealNig from the Saracens.. Hthv Islamic Architecturg Shaped Eurcfe" a discussion with the author Diana Darke d Veneti8 Pcrfter and Scott Redf(Kd ISOAS}. The webinars w&e popular. allowing CBRL to reach v4Jdiences gfobalty. There was totsl reach rrf 20,1￿ in 202{￿021, counts"n9 attendees plus views aoyoss all CBRL'S soctal media. CBRL cc#7)missioned a long%damed rewew of its litKaries n autumn 2020 to inform shap futures for CBRL Ikiyaries. FollrAving a public l￿dering protess, the c(wnmission was Lmdertaken by an expert team from the American Cwtter CA Res8arth IACORI in Amrn￿. Jordan. and the report SLbmitted in December. Su Hyeou Cho was appJint&J as a consuttant lo assist in making the changes and some of the rewl's recommenda11￿$ have akea* been implanented, includwig moving and securing the Kenyon Institute's rwe bcd( tcllection arthNe materials lo a rMv Icotion within the building and taking acts.on to resubscxitie to JSTOR auoss srte& The libw report has also informed CBRL strategic ￿MIng discussvJns and 0￿￿n9 M￿agement From April 2020 CBRL moved to the Xero plalform for financial managematt with improved rewJrtir capabihties. Further IT improvements inchjde an wade to Mic*osoft ￿ across CBRL. coordinated from the Amman Institute. This upgrade has unrted all CBRL lo￿lI0n$, staff, key trustees digitally with new emails under the thl.ac.Ll( domain name. li has been a tremendous boon for team communication and essential in the pandemic context. serving to secure ¢c￿nmUnIc*ions and data. In addition, a new Customer relationship msnagemenl platlomi IMemtr*rshipWort(s} has been adopted to improve the management of CBRL'S membership and ccntact lists. alltrwing for seamless integration with CBRL'S new website and ￿r uP￿aded fina￿al F4affLYm. This move coincided wsih a r*w membership structure from j￿Uary 2021 that separates enrollment from subsCript￿n to CBRL'S 1¢￿¥nals. Jcwjmal Subscripti￿ is ntrw an opts"(￿£1 added extra. CBRL'S new website developed throughout the year was laLmched n ￿)ri12021. After lockdown restrictiMs &qsed al Ihe CBRL'S Keny￿ In$trtute in East Jttusalem, s￿t Ihat all staff and COrnracl¢)rs had access to the srte. T￿V￿1￿$ began to UFgr&Je and refurbk*h interic¢ and exterior spaces. Internalty, renovations irK￿ded redecorating. window ￿paIrS and new bedroom fwniture, plus tsvo bedrooms reassigned to aCc￿lModate rare boo* comections. archive materials and extra study space. This relocaticn created mcwe wC￿space for library visrtors w the ground floor. a key recommendation ol the litrary revi￿. A longw￿ned renovatIc￿ of iwo extemal rooms. FfevH)usty used lo store arehaeologieal finds, have also been C￿￿ed. These are a portacajtn which has been ccnverted into a ¢xfflfortable office suitable fc￿ r￿tal lo like-mirKled oryanisation d the lower storage room, part of the original nine1eentfvc￿￿ry villa cOnstruct￿n wth its roof refu￿Ished 85 a seatry area. 8oundary ferw and walls hav• be￿ secued. as well as a camera system installed to imFrfove secwty. At the C8RL's inslrtute in Amman. work c(rtirxJed cffl the N*lm4(halidi Culiural Heritage for Sustainable Development proj8¢ts. Mapwng ￿￿tal Heritage in Jordan IMaDiHI wth Kings Collego Lorvjon and the Hashemite Universty and the Our Past, Our Futu￿, All Togetherin Faynan (OPOF) with Reading Universty to develop FaYft￿ Museum. A Se¢￿d AHRC-sponsr*ed project. OWJSIk￿ Emfelope ID.. AC754022.7jEfA$J￿￿Em9Arn¢I27Fs¢ COUNCIL FOR BRITISH RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDEO 31 MARCH 2021 A￿ha80lo9Y to 8usiness in Faynan {ABIFI. led ty Readng Universty to SUFWt establishing a women's cTroperalive to produce handic¥8fts inspired by heriiage frK the wrynen of the Faynan cc¥nmunity, ran alongside OPOF. CBRL P4nman continued to employ Iwo Ffojecl managers, supported by and with contribution5 the tore team. Nebras Maslamani, fc* OPOF and ABIF and Shatha Mubaideen, for MaDiH . A][ three prc4ects were originalfy scheduled lo be compleied at the end of February 2021 but were exiended due lo delays caused by the pw¢dernio In November 2020, CBRL was delithted when the OPOF prqecl th8 Nv•Aon PrEe to fwir¢er devekjp social Iwprise in the Faynan area in 2021122 with Petra Univerw arml th8 J￿danIan norFgovernmental ganisation INGOI. Fthure Picneers for Empowering comm￿￿&S IFPECI. FPEC lo(* over management crf OPOF and ABIF'S woject e￿enSionS wth the woiect manager moving to FPEC in March 2021 in athance of cc*nrnencemenl of the new Ntr•Aon Prize wojecL MaDiH was eXI￿ded to the end of N>ril 2021 with the yc4ect manager c¢YrtiNing 8t CBRL Amman. CBRL led with the British Instrtute at A￿￿a {8IAAI on the BA4unded BIRI Stage 2 revivw, manrfesto and branding project started in November 2020 to capture ports of shared interes( evidence of Jllabcyalion and opycKiunilies fcf greater c(Ymectedness teWI the BIRI. The prqect consists of three elements". a rep¢Xt to indLKle pathways towards greater collabc*ation and mutual benefit, the development crf a skwed visual identity, woducticm of a manrfesto. Ihat is a promots.onal leafiet showts$ing the BIRI. The cornmi5siw was by Only Studio with Ckiire Reynolds serving as oiect coordinatu on behdf ol all the BIRI ￿gaged ty C8RL. CBRL employs staff in Ihree Ic¢ations' in Land￿. AMM￿ and East jerusal￿ in addition to the Directors. Staff in UK in 2020r2021 were.. Miranda Lu(hJen, Financial Controller Iforn¥ty titled Finance Offic*rl," Claire Halliday. Execxrtrve Assistant (taking on the exewtive fLmCtions of the fcfmer ExecLrtive Officer August 20201.. and Maggi8 McNuliy, CommunKaknons, Development and Programffle Manager. Max Slaughtérjoined the L￿n offi￿ as Development Olficer replacing magg￿ McNulty from September 2020 to May 2021. Kendall Llvingston held Ihe ro￿ of part4ime Outreath and Administrative CcKfdinator in Ihe London office until S¥ember 2021 Wh￿ Silv$8 Ferreri was appjinted. The latter is a shared role wrth fv40 other British Intemational Research Institutes IBIRII and administered by the British Inslituie for PerS￿n Studies IBIPSI. as part of on- going collab)ration effcrts. Office staff at CBRL tn Amman in 202012021 were". Firas Bqa'in. Operations Manager. Safa NJ4ALknlaseb, AdminisIratorlAcc￿nt•iL and Rudaina AJ Momani, Librarian. GhosoLm Al Shebli I￿ned the Amman team as A5SiStanl from January to May 21r21. Maida Smeir conttnued in her role as Adminislratcr at CBRL'S KenycY> In*ihrte in Jerusalem. Carelaking and housd(eeping staff at the Institutes were: S￿1 Saleh (Kl). Oswna Daswi IAJnman}, Sameera Jbwr (Amman), and Mc+wnmed Saleh (Kl). Futur• plans The trustees and Directors ol the Inslilutes have made C￿SIderable progress ￿ fomiulaling 8 new straiegy and fcKJr-year business plan designed lo refresh renew rts mission of SUFWting and disseminating researth on the Levant on a sustaina￿¢ basis f¢x the commcm good. The pandemi cr&Ated time and space for CBRL staff trustees to undertthe a wocess of comprehensively updatt.ng CBRL strategrc wiorities. poliaes, pr￿*lUreS, facilities, and grant ￿ management structures. to ueate a sound basis for CBRL futures, in a manner that the team ¢￿Id not have (hjne under rnrmal cycumstances. The new strategy recognises thanging enVIr￿ment m tems of funding source$. reswthers. needs wW￿￿e$, and Ihe ￿1&yanCe of ow *tiV￿e$ to the courrtries of Ihe Levanl. CBRL strategy for Ihe next fow years is Struc￿ th three wities: Protecting and enhancirvJ researth excell￿Ce ExpandirwJ reach 8nd engag￿nent Strengthening Organisati￿ cperkng mryjel Our aclivilies to support Ihese cknj'eclives inthde.. Reviewing and modemisKig w govern￿ structwe: Dowslgn Envelope10.. A¢754LI22.71£C4638￿T6Cl27FSl COUNCIL FOR BRITISH RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 Reassessing our award prfolio to inckAe guidance on best Wac1￿ to the UKS Research Integrity Concordat, revised residency oppcxtunit￿s at our Institutes and a greater diversty Lrf researth OFP(rtLWlities for a diverse and indusNe range of stholars" Investing in our librar￿S ￿ the a￿eS￿LI.1rtY of ow arth"¥es reswth resources, Fthysical and digital., Fomalising Strateg￿ pW1n￿l￿p$ with UK WKI regional HEIS and 4xganisatrons sharing our missM?n and vtsicfi. Moving the Arnrn￿ Institute la a new with Poss￿1htIeS ftx increased engagement and collabc*8lKn', Developing and ¥npl￿7entlng a coMm￿￿8110nS strategy. ￿Ck￿ling improving measLwements to evaluate impact and thai buikl m eth¥Ked ￿P£￿t￿lI18$ digital engagemenl and oulreath., Continuing to upJrade HR stnxlures and r*&tice5; Designing and developing a ccmnwehenswe fundraising strategy.. and Increasing collaboratKrt wilh fell￿ British Interr￿tiOnal Researth Institutes {BIRII Inwct of Covld-19 A eonsequence of the COVID-19 pandemic was that both CBRL'S Instriutes in the fegion remained officialty closed to the public in 202012021 with UK4)ased rese*eP*ts unable to travel lo the region du8 to travel restriciions imposed by FCDO their home instilLrth)n5. C8RL's branth in Easl Jerusalam, the Kenyon Institute. C￿sIstenI￿ featured wrthin the COLntys'red zone,. at limes mth'r#J imFKJssible for any stsff exwt the Institute's Dire(*or lo have access the srte during the country'5 three severe lockdovms. Jordan imposed the wc*lds strictest most SLKcessful lockdown initially, with ￿1 staff working from h¢yne for rn￿$. AJI staff in the UK worked from home. While project- funded work in Jordan was able to C￿tin￿, progress on S￿ne elements were delayed dug to travgl restrictions and the possl)ility of holdirrfJ face404ace meetings. The direct financial impact of the Fockdown measwes ￿sing frryn the Cow&19 pa￿Mie was limited to the loss of Income from the hostels which could not be run for the ￿ule of the financial yw by the Instrtutes in East Jwusalem and Amman. A n¢xmd year of hostel r8verwJe wwkl be approximately £40,000. The majority ol CBRL sPc￿SC￿ed researchers 202012021 wtre unable to ￿dertake resewch visits, awaiting the lrfting of travel restrictions. CBRL'S two researche￿ funded by UCL'S Nahre Ne￿Ork were unable to travel from the regi￿ to the UK lo take up their felkhvships witr virtual scho18rships offered latterty. also due to the retraction of ftmdng from the AHRC fdlowing a change in goverrffient wiorilies caused by the p￿deMIC. It was not possible lo hold lac&to fact events in 202012021 L￿1 CBRL was able lo develop online resources and activities in reswjnse, which had a positive effect of increasing wtreach gbbally. All tnjstee meetings were virtual in 2020r2021 C8RL on Zocrfn. wthich had a posrtive effecl on attendance. reducing travel time for trustee5 travel cosls of goVern￿Ce c¥g￿lsationalIy. Holth'ng the AGM by Zoom also facilitated member attendance removing the necessty to travel to London. Moreovw, as discussed a￿le. Ihe pericd of the Pandem￿ ueated time and space for a comFfehensive review of C8RL strategy. policies, gr￿t offerings and oversvJht that we continuing beyond the end of the year. Covi&19 delayed planned renovalion5 and upgrades at C8RL's Kenyon Institute in East Jerusalem. the eonts.nued do$￿e facilttated their cortirNOI￿n 8nd cornpletion once the situation allowed. At Amman Institute, Newton Fund AHRC woject wr*k continued tmjt faced sLvne minor deWs. Covid-19 has affected opporiunrties lo appty for new UKRI resean* fvnding opportunitw, notabty e to a reducti￿ in Ihe Global Challenges Research {GCRFI flmth'w, whith also funds Ihe Newt Fund pro3ramme, following the UK govemment deusIC￿ to red￿e Overseas Develoyn& Assistance IODAI in March 2021. Grants Pollcy CBRL awards held In 2tr2012021 were based crt wotocols in the C8RL Mar¥Jal for Researth Swp( (last reviewed 20131. The C8RL Fellowships sthemes offw Post4)octoral Fellowships to applicants within seven years of eompleling a PhD, an¢J Vtsiting Researth Fellowships to established Dow&gn &vel¢po ID.. A¢7$4D2&71EC403WBEWA78G127F54 COUNCIL FOR BRITISH RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 IAARCH 2021 resear**ters, ￿C￿aty holdir¥J a ￿1VerSty PDSition. POSI￿)0cl¢nI Felowships are for 3 or 64nonth periods and Visiting Researth FeN(Miships are for 1-, 2- ￿ >m(￿l￿ periods. Pilot Study awards are available lo help researchers ￿r￿ertth"ng initial exrAoratcry wcffk or a feasibt'lrty study with a view to preparing a I￿￿ application for major funding from a Researth CoLmeil or the British Academy or similar. CBRL also crters Tean-based fielowork research awards, desiumed to suppcyt team-based researth over Me. tsvo cf Ihree years. In addition. CBRL is th lo fvnd a serie5 of annual Travel Grants, up to a maximum •*ard of £8￿, for rese¥th in the COLntries of the Levant The travel ryants available lo PN) researchers are funded by our membws and supForters through Travel Grants F￿d, as Ihe specrfic temis do rnt allthv us to support PhD work from our BA grant. Applj'ealions for funding of research wqeds in the Levant are soughl through advwtisirwJ in acadgm and research instrtutim$ and Wunts we lo sulynit their Froposals in a speufic formaL The app￿catIonS we rewewed thetr academic merrt Ilyough a strirvJent wocess cl peer review by approwote expwts including those who are not ass￿l￿8d wth CBRL. Final selection is made by Ihe CBRL Research sutKLKnmthee. ElhnKity. gender. age, disab¢lty, sexual orientation. religion, ar￿ person81 finan￿81 Circumsta￿ are not taken irrto acccAJnl. Prqects are funded and monitored on an anNal basis, athwgh the leam fiek￿baSed programmes have been funded on a 2- or >ye¥ basis. A new small grant Sfhme. Nthorking Partnership Awards. was la￿ched November 2020 to offer OFPortuni￿eS for coll*orative vytual w¢yking. The Project affili8tion for academi¢ rese*th n the countries of Ihe Levart is available to post4oclora rpsearthers. The Project Affiliati(￿ programme offers inslitLrti(ml supp¢Jrt onty and no direct funding r5 awarded. CBRL affiliated projects we eligible lo receive help wilh obtaining excavation or survey licences. or to develop and enharte collaboraticn wrth prc4ects run by Institut￿n5 from the hosl tnuntn'es. Project affiliats"￿s were suswded in Dec4mtw 2020. 1¥)wever, due to risks and in light of the pandemio The charity requests 8 resevth r￿)￿1 from 811 f￿ded inth(tsls and wc4ecls *thich are made licty available via the anr•aal CBRL Bulletin. public leclwes. blogs podcasts, in addition to stholarly public*ion$ arising from CBRL-SUFwled rese¥th. A review of CBRL'S research ￿0t015 and ethics took place in 2(Y2W2021 by the Researth Ccffnmittee in athance crf a revis￿ crf the pr&Jramme ￿ 2021 r2022. A particular c<>ncem wa$ to lake stock of risks and duty of we around irmlividual Tese*ws not affiliated with a unNersity or research LYg8nisation. as well as best ryaCt￿ wi general from the UKS Research Integrity Conc¢)rdat. Fundralsing pollcy W8 receive most of owfuTrJs in the fLvm of restric*ed Iwc4eL*I or unrestricled Igenerall grant support from institutional funders. primarity a granl-Traid frryn the Brrtish Academy, together with some tharitable trusts and found*ions. and grant in(yxne for academic wojects. raise donations from r members lo fund Travel Gr￿ts and from inslrtulional donors major prqects, felltrwships and ¢LYrference Spons￿ShI>. CBRL does not ern￿Y third party fijndrasers and does ncA raise funds from the gen8ral PLtJlic. All r staff follow the Code of Funthaising Praclice as outl¥wd by the UKS Funthaising Regulator. During the year there were ￿ cr8ry Treaswer) TnJst8e.' RL*)ert Bewley {Chaimwl Oate.. 24-Sep-2021 Dth 27-Sep-2021 12 Docu&gn En¥￿￿*10.. AC754022.neG463WSESB9ArnG1Z7F54 COUNCIL FOR BRITISH RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT INDEPENDÉNT AUDITOR'S REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 INDEPENDENT Au￿roR's REPORT TO ThE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR BRITISH RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT Qpinion We have audrted the financial statemarts d The c￿ne11 for &ili$h Researth in the Levanl (the 'ch8ritable Mmpan￿) for the year ended 31 March 2021 which comprise the Statement of F￿an¢￿1 ActNities, 8alance Sheet, Statemwrt of Cash Flows not8s lo th8 financh?I statements. including summary of SI￿￿1c2nI aCc￿nting pjlioes. The fmanck11 rep)rtJng framewcrfk that has been applied in Iheir preparation is apph'cable law and United lfjngdom ACC￿nting Standwds. including FinancFal Repcyting Standard 102 The F￿￿cial Rewtmig Standard aFplICab￿ in the UK and Republic of Ireland Iuniled KinoJ¢xn Generalty Attepted Accounling Pract￿). In CAW opinion, the fi￿neral slatwnent& give a true and fair view of the slate of the charrtable canpatys affarrs as at 31 Marth 2021 and of its incoming resources applicatton of res￿Jrces. inchJding its iK(xne and expendrture. for the year then eTrJed'. have been woperly prepared in acc￿d0￿ with Uniled Gonwaty Accepted Accounting Praclice." and have been Ffepared in acc(Ydarte wrylh the rwwiremwts of Ihe CoMpw￿$ Act 2CM Basis for opini We conducted ¢)ur audil vi aCcOrdar￿ wth Irrtemational Standwd$ on knjrfing (UK) {ISAs IUK)) and applicable law. Our responsI￿.11t1eS under those standards are ILrther desuibed in the Auditorfs responsibilrties for t1￿ audrt ol the financial statements SeCi￿n of our rewL We are indepenclant of the chartsble cempany in aCC￿danCe wilh the ethical reqU￿ements th* are ￿tseVant lo our audit of the financial statements in the UK inthding the FRC'S Ethical Standard. and we have fulfilled our Oth￿ elhieAI responsibilities in accordanr£ with these requiremwrts. We believe that the audrt evidence we have thained is suifitsent and apyopriate to ryovide a basis for opiniorK Conclusions relating to going Goncem In auditing the fMianci81 statements. have eonck*led that the knJstees' use of the going concem basis of accounting in the wepwation ol the f￿an￿al slatemerts is apwowialo 8ased on the work we havo F*rfonned. we have Id￿trf￿d any moterk4 uncwtainties relating lo events or condrtions that. irKlIv￿ua1ty or collectively, may cast signfficant doubt on Ihe entity's abilty to continue as a going concern for a period ￿ at least twefve months Ircrfn the financial statements e authorised for issue. r responsily.litie5 and the reSpC￿$1￿.4lIieS cl thè trustees wilh r8speci to going corKem are described in the relevant se¢tion$ of this reporL Other Infomiallon The other infomialion ¢￿￿$Se5 the w)chJded n the anwa rw)ryt other than the f￿ancial slateTnent$ our auditorfs repcwt therem. Th trustees are responsib￿ for thè other information contained vrithin the annual reporL Our oynion on the finanual statements does not cover the other irformalion ￿d. except to the extent otherwse eyph.utly Stsled in our rept>rt, we do not express any form of assurance C￿￿Usion thereon. Ow resFI)wbilty 15 to read the other information and. in doing $0, consKler whether the other inforynatiw is malenally inconsistwt with the finartial statements ojr knowledge obtained in the wse of the audrt or otheNise appews lo be materially misstated. Ir we identify such material inCc￿￿lSlencieS or apparent malwkql misstatem￿ls. we are required to deterynine whether this gives rise lo a m*erial mlssWem￿t ￿ the financial statements themselves. 11, based on the wtrk we have F*rfcfftieJJ. we e(mcWe tt*re is a material misst*ement of this Oth￿ rformation, we are rewired to rw>Jrt that f*L We hove nothing to re￿￿ in this regar 13 DOCUSI￿ Enwehp• ID.. AC754trI2.llEG463WE￿7ECI1m¢ COUNCIL FOR BRITISH RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT INDEPENDENT AULXTOWS REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 Oplnlons on other matters prescrfbed by the Comwles Act 2006 In our opinicffl. based ￿ the wcrfk undertaken in the course d the ￿drt.. the inftym*iM given in the trustees. rewt. which inc1￿leS the dfféctors, re￿ prepared for company law purwses. for the fin*￿Ial year for the f￿a￿la1 statements ¥e prepared is C￿sistenI with the financial statements.. and the direct(Ys' report ￿clUded within the trustees. has been mred in acC(￿dance with applicable legal reql￿rernents. Matters on which w• are reqUIr￿ to rwt by exc•plion In the light of the kn(A¥ledge and underslanding of the chantable ccfflpany its environmerrt obtained in the COLwse of the audtl, we have not idwttffied matuial misstatements in the trustees, report. We have nothirKJ to reptht in respect afthe foll￿1ng mattws ￿ relat11￿ lo which the Compantes Act 20C6 requires us to reFort to rf. in (yjr ¢)pInI(￿'. adequate x¢cxJnting rec￿dS have not been kepL or returns adeqLtale for our audit have not been receNed frc¥n tianches not visited by us.. LY the financi81 statements are not in agreement with the actounting re￿AdS retLmS' or certain discloswes of trustees. remuneration wified bylaw are not made.. or we hav& not received 81 the infomiation and explanations we rewire for cur audil" or the trustees. were not entrtled to t*e adVant￿e of the small c(xnp8nies' gxemptions preparing the trustees, report and fr(wn the rwirement to Prrya￿ a strateg¢c rep¢yt. R•sponGlbllllles of trust••s As exF4ained more lully in the trustees, responstsilrties statement the trustees (who are also the direclors of the charitabte company ftx Ihe purposes of company Iw#l are respwsible for the eparation of the financBI st*ements fcf being satisfied that they give a true and fair Y￿V, and fcf such intemal ci)nlrof as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation dfmancial statements that ￿e free from material misslatemen( whether due to fr￿d N error. In weparing the fwHncial statements. the tnJstees we resp￿S1b1e for assessing the ompanY$ a￿1￿Y to continue as a glyng ccrfKem. disck)sirvJ. as applicable. matters related to going concem and using going ￿nCern basis of aCe71E&163W£E>BgA76C127F51 COUNCIL FOR BRITISH RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT INDEPENDENT AUUTOR'S REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 Use of our report This report is made solety to Ihe ch¥itable ccmpan￿s I￿￿ts￿S. as a body. in accardwce with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Ccfflpanies Act 20(￿. Our audit work has been undertaken so Ihat we might stale to Ihe cherritat4e ccfftpany's members those matters we are reqU￿d lo state to them in an drt￿$ report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent P￿itted by law. we do not accept or assLme respon$ibilty to other than the charrtabte company and the charitable COmpa￿S members as a body. audit w(yK for this reF¥J1. or for Iha opin1￿$ we have formed. MT Elizabeth Ir¥int Senlor Slalutory Audltor For and on behalf of WMT ch￿ered Accountants and stat￿￿Y Authors Verulam Point Sialion Way Sl Albans HertlordshiTe ALI SHE Dale-. 28-Sep-2021 16 Enveknpe ID.. AC754023.78EC463WE￿A70c127FS¢ COUNCIL FOR BRMSH RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTMTIES YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 lkncoiporaling the b￿0￿• and expeTrdl¥Tr •¢Gourt) Total Llrwtsirldtra Re¥rithd Fun Fun Trtal 2020 Incl 794.1•0 &914 725,842 72&842 11,187 MwnkewshLD 6UtwnEthons Irs knnd Don*on$ 11.187 1.421 1,421 8ankinterest 1.1 Research la￿1￿8$ Grants spe(ifr pJrr¥J8e6 59.015 &7X 17,4 59,680 151,866 1T.40D 842 3,434 4,943 52m5 52. 141145 sale cl E¥￿ts income 0￿er inc4me 974 W14 1434 11*10 11.MO 095 IQ8 716 Expl￿re Éxpendrtur8 on rwwng lujds Grnnt4TrAKI Mernbejship 179.534 179.$34 21 1413 117,093 119.289 1413 R8s8afch Putli¢abons 4JA1 SU,44• 5•4510 11.740 497,339 11.655 98.6 39,973 509.079 29,785 100,745 4Q761 Evènts 8Tra Ccrfw8n¢es 176 31.3fjfj 31.542 Total •xwdilui• 14674 0111.442 8•4116 326 764.746 893.072 Netlneomrf•xp•ndltyrnl for th•yw (41911 291 7¢L39) 110,9C 181.29S 14716 TotalfLmds brw fowrd 1 Ary 216m1 317.236 804.117 2tQ491 216.330 422.8X TDtsI lund8 Cqwrtod t<>Nrtwd 31 March 33•.13P 286.289 104. 286.881 317,236 6D4,117 Thwe 8re no retx¥i¥sed gaTh8TrJ Itsws othe[th￿l￿￿ ￿1￿￿¥1￿#￿er￿ offirwiri•l atli*ts& 8btpée am￿￿6 retale to wntnuing 17 Do￿￿g￿ Erwelop• ID.. AC754D2>78EC463WaESB9A76C127F54 •UUNi•lL UN• i ian RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT BALANCE SHEEr AS AT 31 MARCH 2021 Fixèd ass•ts TAnlble assets 19.427 19.427 2.646 2.646 CuThent assets Debtors Cash al bank and In hand 59,512 770,060 •29.572 107,553 694.368 801,921 LlabHitles Creditor5'. Amounts duè thi1h￿ one ￿Er (159.502) {117.6951 N•t eumt aM•ts 670.07Q 684,226 Tot*1 *ss•ts l•M eun•nt Ilabllll•s 6•9.497 686,B72 Proyisions {•5.019) 182.7551 Twal Net •stsets 604.408 B04.117 Restrtcted fund5 un￿striCted lund5: Designated lunds General fvnd$ Total Funds 26•.219 317.230 32.708 254,173 604,117 338.139 604.408 Th•s¢ fin•n¢bal $tatgmgnts hove been pr•pAFBd in accordaFK• *ilh the WDwsM>ns of Part 15 oftho Cornpanie$ Act 2006 relating to smdl companies and wAlh the Financial Rewrting Standard 102 (January 2015). u&¥oved #nd authorfsed forlssue by the Coundl.. Truste•.' John Sh8ke$haft (Actwig Honorary Trea￿ TNsts*.. Robert B*¥￿ IChawThrdn) 24-Sep-2021 27-Sep-2021 The n¢t8s On pages 20 to 29 lorni part of the$e ac¢ount 18 Do>JSign ErMl¢pe ID: AC7$1D2>78EC463WaEgB9A76C137F54 VuN￿lL i iJn RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 2021 2020 Net Cash provided by Opwating Activities (Note A) M196 134.675 Cash Flows from Investng Activi1￿$.. Purthase of fixed assets (18,504) (2.879) Change in Cash WKI Cash Equivalerrts in the 131,796 Not• A Reconc￿latiOn of Net Income to Net Cash Fr Incofvthg r¢tovrces Gr4nt publ￿tiOnS irK•rne weremgriwd SOFAt4w•the th• vome. tt IB eertaln Ihatth• resouie• b• received. and the res(￿1￿ can b• *iih rea50nablt a¢wr•ry. lthere ehlllemwllo reqJre6 è sper¥ficpUftym￿(¢ to b¢ adueved fi.e. performan￿ W8frtl then kncomkng reS(YJf￿S are recoonistd ￿ty10 Ihe ext￿tthal Ihe PErfoMance has tsken plaGÈ. VthÉYe rnonies are re¢￿Ved in othgnce of •hdY*nehtlhey ¥• defwmd and ty*Jtrncoythed the •t •thmehttDth* Ihrom8 h86 teken ￿a¢a. b￿p￿￿$ and è¥erts act￿n￿d ltsr kn tht Y￿t0 *hich Ihvjt aw*y. &bs*tion kn￿m•that relates lo a sub5equ¢nt nafir1￿ •¢¢ounkng period ￿￿ed fobw¥d as O b&•K¢ thet •nd 6hts￿ rectr¥ed in a¢fvonce. Idl OIItsISwth In Klnd Goods •nd sep4ke* donated #bthe 5tsten* rethdth¢ v*e dastses wth*ded to Sthdars by the aasid In6tr1ute. Amntan. a6 wdl a6 Ihe vabje oflown* to ow llwaiies Ih Ajnman •d JeNsalem. These ¥t ihthded the Ststement ofFknantial A￿vIleS a8 ineame and astsouated ex￿th￿re *there therv 15 4 demor￿trable fin￿rA•1 ￿¥1 borne by the donor the ¢JJrnertTAhJelo the be rne•wr•d. No re¢•wa8td wler•lhwe i& r60 fm81￿1 co8t b￿e by a third pty. Al eywen¢lkwa Ki acwjrted for on 8n aecnwls b•iii. Grants payable are charged in th• ye•rtotAthi¢h the ofter relatss except in IhoJe uses vthere the offer conthknal, suth qronts belhg reco￿sed K expendhure Ihe all•thng it¢ fillled. Gr•ts 0ller¢4 wbleL*W ¢MdJbon6 havÈ not been met at the year 8nd ar? noted as a tr4Ji not acuued as expenthe. pport cmts arn allocatsd on th¢ I)￿1* of it•ff i￿. Alo¢•*"•n ofother tosts inthdes * elerb*nt offftiduemonl and the h•$ hod lo ¢4h$lthrth? co6t ofdelaled ¢al)Jaticth6 and re¢tyd keephg. Thereftye th¢ swc*t G¢Gts Èho*Tr are a best 66ts.male olthe costs thath8ve been $0 8locaied. Gosts In￿de the expertses atssouated *•lh ComTrwttee of ma￿geMent rrvèetin9S. Commrttee external Otrate￿ review. and oth¥ *trrt¢ry requirements. Etwek•E LO.. AC754DZ2-78EC463&￿E￿9A76C127Fs¢ rvrt iian RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT NOTES TO The FNANaAL STAIEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 DepreGMion ￿ ¢h* ¥thef*Kry rat8& Motor vehides Crmnwtefand ouwrt Furnitwe, fixture5 and f41iryB 191 PubMc•lboM¥ &*r*MDMb 11N p-¥ ￿n￿ba Ihl Stoc*0 111 Forelgn curnrKI ljl T•xaiir The 15 a d*rty*itMn the mtanry of Para 1 SchedLde 6 FiThartt ￿ 2010. 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F*trretrem•nt. 71% olAPICOO O) m*s 11Z% ofhFCOO lthration 01 for fem*k PosFfetremtnt. 97ffj% of&•PS S1NIAI IDr malts 8nd 102.7% RFVOO lur lem•le8 Mtylalty base tsbte CPAL20177•Ah a 8m00th￿9 0183 and a Iwtenn Invove￿Il91t of 1.8% pa fty mdes and 1.8% pa lorfem*s The ￿tte￿Ille •xp•dandeB rétr¢nwt•t au¢ fs are: 201 Moles aged 65 (year81 Females ryJThenty apd 65 fyearsl Males Cktsrenty oged 45 lyewsl F•mdes apd 45 lyeaTBI 24.4 25 26J 27.7 24.6 26.1 OorJJSgn Emieknpt ID.. AC754D2&7aEC463UBE￿9A70c127F51 COUNCIL FOR BRITISH RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 13 Pen•ion cammilments (conllnuedl A new deficit recovery ptan was w) pl￿ as wt of the 2018 va￿•11¢￿. vknic*) requires payment of 2% of salaries over the pen'od 1 O¢Xcthr 2019 to 30 Septembw 2021 at vthith point the rale will increase lo 6%. The 2020 deficit recovery liabilty refieds this The liab￿ty figures have be woduced using the folkming a83Lwnptions'. Dicount rate Pension*)ly salary grry￿th 2.50% Various 2.50% Various Over￿￿ p•n8k•n movemert 202 As at 1 April 2020 Severance pay Pension charga for Ihe ypar 12.408 (4751 10,325 22,258 23.412 {18.29)} 7.286 12.408