CBRL Council for Brttish Research in the Levant (Reglstered Charity Number 1073015) (Company Registration Number 3566646) ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 PAARCH 2023 *ACI?ItsX 12112r2023 CCthIPANIES HCMJSE #12 COUNCIL FOR BRITISH RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 21r23 CONTENTS TRUSTEES. REPORT STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES. RESPONSIBIUTIES 15 INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTivrriES 17 21 BALANCE SHEET 22 STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS 23 NOTES TO THE FINhllCIAL STATEMENTS 24 COUNCIL FOR BRITISH RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT ANNUAL RepoRT YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 Council for British R•search in th• Levant Registered Charty Number 1073015 Registered Company Numtjer 3566646 Registered Office.. The Brftish Academy 10 Carflon House Terrace London SW1Y SAH Website.. W•W•¥.cbrt.x.uk President- Professry Dawn Chatty (elec￿ DecerT*w 2￿22) Trustees Dr Robert Bew John Shakeshaft Professor Graeme Barker Chairman {elected Novemt>er 2020) Hon Treaswer (ele￿ed November 20201 H¢)n Re$earth Chair lelected November 20211: Hon Pubfications Chair le*led November 20201 Trustee with responslbllity for r*k goV￿nCe. Hon Secretsry leleded December 2022) Dr Nellie Phoc*Cosmetatou (elected December 20191: Char of D￿e￿we￿ Committee Kate Owen lele¢ied December 20191 Dr Flachael Sparks (elected December 2019) . Dr Kamal Badreshany (etected November 20201 Dr Nadia NaSer4la￿ab (dect&J Novemiw 2020) Sarah Ewans Trustee {electe¢Y t)ecemtw 2022) Sean Hird Truslee (elected December 2022) Rev Canon David Long• Tru$lee le￿￿ December 2022) Professor Andrew MacLeod Trustee {eWed December 2022 and September 20231 Dr Gerasimus Tswrapas Trustee {resyie(1 December 20221 Dr Elian Weizman Hon Se¢rotary (resigng(l December 2022) Thoms The trustees act as dtr8clNs for the ofc4ynwy law. Prlnclpal Bankers Royal Bank of Scodand PIC London Drummonds Branch 49 Charing Cross Road LI￿dOn SW1A 2DX Audllors Williamson Morton Thomton LLP 4 Beaconsfiekl Road Sl Albans. Herts AL1 3RD COUNCIL FOR BRITISH RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDÉD 31 IAARCH 2023 Objectlves and Activlties for Ihe PubfK Ben•lft The CBRL is eSIa￿lShed lo advance public &Jucation ltsough conductiry, supp)rting. and promoting schdatiy research in th8 humanities. rrial sL?ences, and felaled subj'ect areas in the Levant, and the dissemlnation of the useful results of s￿h resoarch. The trusleos confirm that they have tsken dug regard lo the Charlty CommisS￿n'S guidance on wblic bengfft vthen rnviewing lh& CBRL'S achievements and ￿ans. Lists of cuttgnl and recent award5 8re publthed 1he website, which also lists forthcoming and previous events. regular news ite￿ and blogs. The trusts8s hav8 cunplMd wth the duty to h8ve due rega￿ to the benefft 9uidance published by the Charity Commission Iseclirm 17 of the Chwili8$ Act 20111. The trustees draw attention to the rnembership 8ervice$ detailed on wvw.cbrl.ac.uk IpTovi$ion of litwary seThice$. a¢comThK#Jalion, meetng and research space, and access to ￿ference cdlectKKs). grants and scholarships, public lectures, aca¢Jemic workshops. and other related events. The CBRL Library. with its bfanches in both I￿￿Ut$S and combined catslogue. has reopened ats caosure f01cv￿ng me c0vir￿15 pandemic. 2022-23 also saw the rebjm of more wyrson events. The F4arffted rer￿vationS 8t thè Kenyon Institute in Jerus81em are now com￿ete. arKI Ihe knim8n Instrtute moved offi￿$ 10 8 new Iccation in Amman in March 2022. Teopeniry in June 2022. CBRL joumal publvtlons have open a￿sS polic￿8. although ar8 ijependent on fundry being arrange(l ty the authots of papers. C8RL open access M￿OgraphS publish8(I belween 2￿0 and 2018 We￿ moved lo the JSTOR platfonn from the Archaeological Data Service {ADSI to improve searchatility and accessiknlity. CBRL is a¢b"vely working lo make more oliis back catsiogue available open access c￿￿1r*. New archaeologi¢al volumes in future 11 be pla¢gd cffiknno a$ (yn Achlw•m•nts and P•rfornian¢e The CBRL achieves its obJ'eciNes for benefft thrcwh 8 programme of ¢ondu¢try. sportsoring and facilitating research arKI the dissemination of its ￿houSe public*1￿￿ IL8vant. Contomporary Levant. the C8RL Bulletin (to 20201. arKI monographs) thriyjgh rts website, supp)rting publicatrjn other outlets. by organising academi¢ meetings. put4ic lectures and webiiars, and through ihe presentation of lecture5 on research by staff member5. The webw.le continued to ￿ devaloped with additional content in 2022-23. Following tho issug of an eleCtr￿1C Yoar ￿ Ra¥￿W in Decembgr 2021, CBRL issued an electronic Almana¢ in 2022 h*Jhlighting the year's achievements and restatirvJ CBRL'S updated mis*on. wsK)n and objeclives. These annual deL*onic ￿icatIOnS replace the CBRL Bullelln. 2022r23 was a year of good progress ￿ sevwal key fr(Mls. Ongoi￿ strategic priority work on CBRL'S archivos and the Organisatir￿ of and partrwship in a *41de raroo of events and activities. A major collaboralive archlve inrb'alive stsrted wilh felDW Bn'lish Inlemabcmal R6$9arch Institutes IBIRII fundgd by the British Academy. Ihe i￿.n1 BIRI Digital CLKsrdination and straiegy Project, to devebp a joint BIRI archive portal. CBRL has significantty C￿tribu1ed lo and benefrted from thks collab(Katson. which rellects continuing efforts twrd$ fvrthor collaboration betwfjen the BIRI. The teams * CBRL'S Kenyon Institute in Jerus*m and the Ajnman Instltute were delithted toweknmo several trustees in June 2022 on a visilwheretrustees enjoyed discussions with staff and kKal partr)ers. In Jerusalem, wsit was c(ordinated to ti31￿[de with a keynote lethre by Or Yusuf Natsheh on JeNsalern's Islamic archrtectural hen"lage. an event (*lebrating both the reopening of the Kenyon lollowlng renovallons and Ihe launch of the Jerusalem Proj&1 (IJP) funded by the AITajir Trusl. The IJP project is to digitise three major publ￿at1(￿S frorn the Briti"sh Schcfv)t of A￿eolOgY suNeys of Jerusalem's Ayyuknd. Mamluk and Ottmn builyings and rrKJnuments and to make more accessible associai8d archives. slafting with the Mamluk vc4ume. In Affynan. the trustoes and staff visiied HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal at Malls El Hassan. patron of the Amman Institute. to mart ihe Institute's opening at its new location. accompanied by dislirKJuished guests. Tours were made in bolh cities.. to better-known sites and hidden Ireasures of Jerus*m's Old City: and. in Amman. trughlights were a 9uided visit of Ihe Jordan Museum. acu)nyanied by the Museum's director. a￿1 a vwtto Ihe Ummayad Palace on tho Amman Citadel. In Jerusalem, hostel btr)kings relUM￿ tr)full capacty. 2022 marked ts witenary oflhe eStsbI￿hrnen1 of Iho British Mandatg in Palesline11922-19181, and the Keny￿ Insblute team ¢￿dInal￿d activitie5 10 mark the event. Th￿e main acts¥ll￿S were organised: ledure in partnership with Edinburgh COUNCIL FOR BRITISH RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 Universty with Dr Salman Abu Sitte as the guest speaker.. the oryanis8tion of a session * the Reassessing The Bntish Mandafe Conference organised by th8 Institute of Palestine Studies held at Birzeil University. and an ￿llin8 webinar lecture series wth four inviied speaker5. In addition, a Conversat￿ series biinging together scholar5 workin9 ￿ Kashmir arHI Pabstine wa5 run. an outcome of Dr Toufic H3ddad's partKyation in the Biibsh ACadeM￿CBRL Kno%¥ledge Frontiers Exch8ng0 Workshop h¢hJ in Amman in JanLtary 2020. an intliatN8 WèVKyusty deLayed by Covid-19. Finalty. tho Kenyon team COwOTganTrs8d Ihe Conference. Access Denied.. ReslrKtiM$ on Intemational Prosence in tho [￿(upIed Palestinian terriwi￿ (oPtI wth Newcasll¢ Univers￿. In Amman, the team We￿ p*ased io wekm)e back library vi>tots. wth thtr lay￿1 of the new instiiute offering additional wthspaces aTh1 comfortable opefvplan facdities. Avariety Of9vent￿[￿res. t￿10k launches, workshops and seMinars￿￿e￿ organised in drfferent fcffjiats. in-person. online and hybrid. ihat used the new meeting r(wn to effect The 15th Intemational Conference on Ihe Hi£tory and Archaeology ofJordan IICHAJ}took F4ace at Yamiouk Universty. Irbid, in August2022, and the Amman team was pleaseil lo parlicipate in. and rnThIrit￿e lo. Ihts impt>rtant event for the Jordanian heritage community held every three years. The b)ryunning Awial Archaec4ogy Project's 25￿ season occurred In November 2022, led by Robert Bewtey. CBRL'S Chair. wlth Ftras 8qa'in. C8RL's Operations Managor, appointed co4t8Ctor. In Septernber. C8RL Amman s*Jn8d an Mou witti the Departrnent of Antiquities of Jordan {DoAI. The Mou is the first wilh the De￿ and is intended to build on the organisations. suc¢essfvl I￿leM &)HaboTalKm fmly. The Amman Institute also signed an MOU with the Inlernational Councl rK* Monuments and sile￿rdan IICOMO&Jordanl to define the relationship between the kn¥0 wties. The CBRL's ￿lIab￿kn"0n with Ihe Jordan Engbn8ers' Association ¢onts"nued with online evenls and trips and a s￿dY day li November 2022. bringi)g t¢gelher architects from the occupied Paksmian territories arKI JordaTr to exchange kn0￿?d9e and experience in lh8 restora11c￿ and feusg of hgrttage buijdings. CBRL supported and portiu"pated in the Dana+20 Wothshop September 2022 to di￿usS mobil• Ind￿e￿ouS peoples. conServat￿n. gjstainable developr￿. and C￿rnate change iwr) d￿adeS 8ftÈr the Dana Declaration. The wthshop. with over 40 parbcipants. includiro 17 repre¥entalive5 from indigenous peoples. was heid at Ihe Royal &riety for the ConseTr81ion of Nature's (RSCNI fac51ities in Dana Village, Dana 8iosphere Reserve. In Mar¢h. a intefdiscipb'nary Workshop was held al ihe Afflman Inslitute to bring tcgether social and environmental scientists liviro andlor working in &)rdan and the WKler Levarht reg•)n to critic*ty examine current undwstandings of and approachgs lo envirmmentsl con5ervalw. agrI￿lIu￿ and 9)vemanco. Dawn Chatty. CBRL'S Prestdent, was present at bolh Dana+20 events in 2022123 and * the original workshop held ￿ Dana in 2002. Iho I￿ear anniversary workshop. aThJ In romi￿all￿ thg original Dana Dodaratiw. In th6 UK. the CBRL'S strategic wiority ar￿fid digrtising ar¢hives and improving library provision continued to be led by the Strategtc Prolects Director, Jessica Holland. and her te8m. As well 8$ grant to fund the Islamic JenJs8lem Project, gwi by the AIT8jir TrusL an appl￿tion was submitted lo the British knbrary Endang?￿d Archives Progr8mme. Refurbished office facilit￿S on the third fbor at the British Academy p￿ded eomfortafAe workirrfd $pa¢e lo the London team. Howevèr. ils use was disrupted by ttte start of building wtyks * the P£ademy. In temis of in-perS￿l events In the Gera5wrth Ts(yJrapas (UnTversity of Glasgowl. together with Rawan Arai {UniYerslty of Washington) and Benjamin Thoma5•White IUnNersty ol Glasgow) coordlnatsd a CBRL4pOnsc￿ed emerging schc4ars' ¥KJrk5hop. ResearchiThJ Forced Migr8tion in the Middle East in Glasgow. bringir¥J tcoether 17 researchers in Glasgow. in March 2022. including public events. The CBRL partiopaled in the British A￿demY Summer Showcase event in June 2022, the fitst following the pandefflic. Andrew A￿an (ur￿ver$ify of Cambridge and CBRL Research Committee) sreaking on Demcracy in the L￿wIt. The open 9ranl call was successfully run. with highqual.ty appl￿1*￿. albeit with some continuing delays posl4OVIO, and current and past grant holders abte to retum to the figkl. Tha d8va$tating eartPw4uako in Febiuary 2023 in furkiye and Syria impacted the ￿anS olone researcher, wEth alternative plans made. CBRL continues to monrtor Ihe impact of the earthquake on the possib￿ltIeS for Teseaich in the r￿thern Levant, whith is alrèady heavly affrttod by the orwn9 c4n11￿1 in Syria and the atastrophic e¢cmrynic stluatKm in Lebanon. COUNCIL FOR BRITISH RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 PIARCH 2023 Grnntees andpnzfr￿nner$ CBRL made 15 award5 {10 pos14Yoct(Yal and S p)stgr8du8te) in 2022r2023.. hvo neh¥orK partnership awards. three project grants. w research support grant. Ihree resiJential fgllowships and five postgraduate travel grants. The 8rillsh Academy grant fvThJ all post4odoral awafd$. and monies from membership fges, donations and unrestricted income are used to fund poslgraduale grants. Gr8nt amount5 and sufyect matlers are detaled in Note 3 of the finarrial statements. CBRL èwardeA prizes forfin*year undergraduate and MastWs' dIssertat￿n$ in Levantinè Archaeow or Histw and C0n￿rr￿r8ry Levanlrne slud*s. The wiinets recebvè a cash prize. CBRL membwship for one year. including onlyie subscriplti)n to one of CBRL'S JrJJmals. Contem[￿rary Lovantino Studies UThJergraduate Disseriation Piize 2022 lona Clark Irish and lThJtan on in Britsh Mandate Pale51inB. Uni¥er5ty of Carrknidg8 c.1922-1939 L8vantin¢ Archaeobw or History DissertaiTh Priz•5 2022 (Joint Ww￿015) Daisy Bwrt Urmversty rl'ourtwm E{Xy￿Yntc Ltses d H(x5es and Chafiots In the Late Bronze Age Han1￿>￿ P¢)tter Uhww5ty of Raadiry aswa.. usirwj Ihe dis1r*￿ of Minoan p)tt•ry kn drsc8m sitè h￿rthY and as iThtstrxofauthW on Bronze Age Ic.1651>1050 BC) Cypru5 ContsmFfvyary Levantine st￿J1e5 Masterfs Diys8rta￿n Pfize 2022 Ju(lith H¢x•peftmann Unww5ity of Gla8gThf Impa(* ofcdonialism aTrJ Nedthralism e4) N4ritrJMurè in lh• IknLyi8d Wost 8ank: A Sectty 881￿ Ctynp8tin9 Pa195thn• Plus. a oJrrwneThlalw to Hannah Sthutl Ilthivergty Cdlege L￿￿)} tr heidissertatth. 'MapFANJ movèmen( mappir¥J W$tsn(¥: A of ts Modit8Thwn Soa thrwh I￿￿￿118$ mcknltsations". Levanline Archaeology or History Master's Dissertstion Prize 2022 1￿C￿rI1 Pear50n Ilenth￿.ng Pastc¥al¢sm and Sedentsnsation Ihrough Sheep Isotopo {87SR186SR) Unsver5ity College LOnth￿ Analysts at Lale Bfonze I1*￿ l Trnn%t#)n Tall ak'UmayTi Publications We continue lo dlssernlr￿te a ￿￿e rar¥Je of rewrch thn)ugh ourioumal$ Lfrvant and Cortempwdry Levanl published online and in PTint in p8rtneTship with Taylor arKI Francis. L8vant wntinues to bo ranked in the top quartile of all archaedogical and historical worbtsde and Contemporary L8vanf. CBRL'$ newer journ￿. quickty establishing Trtsem as a le&Jw a￿8 slud*s jtyjmal for the Middle East Dr Caroline Middlelon serves as Editor4n-Chief of Lew8nf and Dr Sarah lThng {Stsfford5hire Univer%ty} EditoraiTrChi8f of ConlempLYary Levant. $upprxtgJ by thek re$p8cli¥e editorial boord$. 2022 marked the 54th year of the publication of Levant, with I￿r prnted issues (after publication online) prcthced153.3 & 54.141, induding the specMI Bsue153.31. Endangered Archaeology m the Middle East and North Africa.. Mapping. Heritage Mèn8gemenl and R8s8arch. èditèd by Leity ten Harkel, Pascal Flohr and Michael Fradley. In tolal. 28 res$arch artides. 2 stKJrt reports. 4 obituaries. 4 book review5, and inlroducm piece to the special issue were w￿lsh￿d. In a ngw initialiv¢. b9$1 article wizes were offered in sunmer 2022. The winners were: Stove Milhgn UnIve￿ty ol R¢wAir*J S*ra. rilual. an¢J Fwlorrnance al N8olithK WF16150Uthgm Jc*danl Golan Shafvi unive￿ ol Haifa Earty Cafftr8•st P4w. Thtt bJvJ BCE at Tel Shiqrno￿ {Isra•ll.' COUNCIL FOR BRITISH RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 IUIRCH 2023 2022 marked tr* 7th year of the publrntp)n of CMlempL¥ary Levanl. The swng spec4al issuè {7.1} entiued knf6ralure.' Continuities and COn￿￿t￿$ was guest ediled by Daniel Behar (Hebrew University ol Jerusalem) and A19xa Frdt (Temple UnivW. Phaadelphkil. In total for bolh issue5. 11 rti¢les, 8 book reviews. and hvo introductions (edito￿. nol05) were wtsli5hed. Carc4ine Mi&Jkt￿ also Sor￿ as CBRL Mwaphs Edknr. Existry open access publtshed material was moved from the ArchaeokNJical Data Service IADS) al York University lo the JSTOR platform. In 202>23. 18 monogrophs from tha C8RL back c8ts109u8 warè madg aVa￿eble on the new plaffofm as frbc*)ks. CBRL also has new monographs under production in 2022123. or agwmgnt lo publish, a5 well as working lo continu6 to putlish its bèck calakgué. notably rar publications. open access on the JSTOR platfomi. Ropt)rted publications in 2022123 frNn CBRL-sponsored research lincbjding frnrstsff) includè Its monograptrts and seven rnsearch articles in pèer4eviewed j¢yJmals. The rrnnc4raph8 are: Man¢hester. marK￿$th￿ Uni• Press. Jqai$iyo. Wa*. 2023. Dect*7Th"41 Paleslkn. RouU*. Gattsr. Mèfissa, 2023. fime and P0￿M Aziaq Ref￿ Cry.. A En￿￿￿y. Cairo." Arneri￿n UnNersity of CairD Press. STgnificanl publications by slaff includ• a chapter ty Carc4 Palmer on ts CBRL'S history in Palestm and Jordan in a major publiC￿lOn ediled by Hani Hayajneh. Ajexander von Humboldt Fellow. ￿sUlting from a conference swnsored by the Humbott Fcwndation hehj in 2019. Shalh8 Mubahdeen and c4> authors published a maiw paper in the Levanl special issug with the Endaroered Archaeology in the Mi¢Jdle East North Africa IEAMENAI team. on Amman Heritage Houses. Publications wntinue lo be projuced from tho highty $￿ceSSful map￿n9 Digil31 Herita98 in Jordan IMaDiHI project. 201￿2021. Car¢Y Palmerwas granted a period of research *ave, starting in Marth. to a t￿k on p8asant agri¢ulture in the hills around Jgrusalem based on the 1940s observahty)s of the Pobsh elhnogiapher, Lucian TurkowskI11￿&19T6l. to b& published by the Palostine Exptryation FuTrJ IPEFI. Events and outreach WÈ organised. cnllaborated on. paiticipat￿ in. and s[￿lS{wed a very dNerse seiies of cfflline events in 202212023.. 25 lectureslwebinars. four c¥Mferences. six W￿rkshOps, three training activities and three outreach events. T¢￿al onling evenl reach was 8.834 in 202W23. counting aitendegs plus vigw5 across all CBRL'S soc￿1 medkq. This is less than in 2021r22. relloctiThJ a relwn to ￿￿eTSOn ev8nts. The I￿perSOn. onhne and hybrKI I￿lUreS. panel diScus￿orffj arKI seminars were." P8tsstinthi Rituals ol Identy. The Prnpty81 Festiv•l in Jerus*•ffl. I￿1948. Speaw. Aw•J Halabi (Wrighl Stat8 Univèrsbty. oh￿). 18 May 2022 {C￿lIn01. Using lh• Mastsrfs to 0￿m&n￿+ the Mostsrfs ￿￿4. Inlem8th)n&i8wandPolesbriw L*gr8iw. Speakw. Dr Ralph Imlde (Univw￿ty Colle98 Lon¢knl. 26 May 5)22(ty￿1￿1. C8RL & Endar￿￿dArch3￿ in I1￿ E8St and North Africa, olOxfDnl {EAMENAJ webinar.. Dwltalmapwng. horf18gemanag•iIt8nta￿ar¢I￿￿118$Ottth•n the Lfj¥tnt.' syn&iylsmandfithim dir8cithS. Speakers." Pa5cal Flohr, Michael Fradley. Lelty Hark81 IE4MEMA), Shatha Mubaideen ICBRL), V•Jharnm•J -Jarada¢ (MofA Palests"nel.15 JU￿ 2022 lonlin). K8nyoTh Inslitsjie Reopenir¥J and Launch ofthe Wamic Jefttsthm Prni8d.. Evaluating Iho LI)cUn￿￿t?ft & Pr¢s8N81￿ olJerusalems A￿￿118Cl{￿* H8n*-A PersonalP8rsp8clwe. Sp•ak8r. y[￿Uf Natsheh. 23 June 2022 (ln p￿S￿l. Challtyng Ihe Kyl4ngarnan Am#ndTh*nt' Owrnn9 Acc6SS to SateNrt& Im89gryO￿r 1sra8l8f￿PaI￿st1￿e. Joinl event wilh th¢ Palesbne ExpbN*in IPEFI. S￿aker. Mithael Frdd* IEAMENAI, rnemory of knjrea Ze￿nI. Pae3b"ne E¥t4orabon Fu￿. fy8enwth. L(yKknn. 6Juty 2022 IhybrhJl. COUNCIL FOR BRITISH RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 IUnl¥grwty of Sheffieldl. Or Plata G￿neM YA*ffi0￿I. Amman knSbfu￿. 11 Seoerriber 2022 (hybr￿1. J8ws8lem." Cty Per5F￿{￿&S from ond bvrtlwn. SF*aker5.' matIh￿ Tdler Ilreelart• Fjumalistl. B15an A￿￿Elsh¥h ICBRLI. 13 2022 lonkne}. Rèbgl PWism- Révduith 8rtd Loss Aftw Syrfw L•bourw¥ ￿ 88A¥t Philip Ilrtstilute of DeveWRnt Studies). Amm•) InstibJt•. 26 sep1￿be￿ 2022 IWKI). British Mandate in Palestine Sewies M.. The WKknians ￿ P&tsstin8." LB)iryCc4oni8lFOun￿t￿&. Speaker.. Gabriel Polloy (uni￿r$lty ol Exot¢rl. 12 Odober 2022 lonWI. Brilish Mandate • Palosline so￿ K2.. ThKsty W*t•rCanw&" Th• L•9¥tyoICok)rrithffl w th• Gthl••. Sp•ak•r Dr Muna Dajani ILSEI. 17 tht¢t*r 2022 {onk*l. Knowuy abo￿EarthqUakes in Ihe Alonty8toryLevart Speaw. Sarah ISlaffordsNre un￿er$ty arKI Edltor.. iTrCIMefof Cuntwnpow Leyqntl. Arnrn￿ IMtibJte. 18 Odober 21Y22 IhytrKII. 8rf1ish Mandate in Pales￿ne Series #3.. Bnlw"n$ Pacific8kn of P8lesIw￿." Tl* BrftislAm?y, the C&onl8lSt8te. and Arsb Rgvott. 193Pr99. S￿ake1. Mattsw Hughes (Blu￿4 Uniyersityl. 19 October 2022 (￿lin￿l. Launch ol Kashmir-P*estsne Sclxkn s￿ker. GokJi8 Osuri IUrw*M5ty of War*ickl. 24 October 2022 Ihytrld The Kashmir.Pa18stin8 Conversatb￿¥ SeTi8S #1.. Hiin 8gck" (l)w. F8h8d Sh8h 20151 lilm S¢Tr8ning and Dlscussion, with Suhad Dahèr Nash8f IK811è Univer5Ayl Talat Bhat IkthFendtnt flrTrmak8rladTrvistl. 25 On the Centenaryolthe Alandate Er¥ in Palestsrn {1922.19481." Dr Salman Abu Srfla's Address to Balfour. In partnership wrfh the UnNgr8ty of Eth"nl)urgh IRACE.EDI 8ThY rTr ¢fAponsrthip vmh Idenbtses.. Glob8lSlu¢*es Culture and Power, Institu18 olAd¥anced Studies in the Humanrties IIASHI. Cenkerfor Research Colwion ICRC). History, SoryolDgy, Pohb"¢y •nd lThternDti£￿￿ Reknbovw Easl Rexwth GroLW IPIR-MERGI rffjd 1sLryM￿ r IAiddie East Stwlw IIIAESI. 8 ￿￿eM￿er 2022 lin Fer￿1. Thè KaslwnirAestin8 CC￿ver5alhjnS S￿185 #2: Ect¥￿n￿ DIn￿ls￿ons. Sp8ak8rs.' Dr M8hrc#J5h T* IRoy81 V•t•rinary Cdl•gal. Drsobhi Samour{￿l￿ds AknduHa Moasww IUrfvets(ty L4 Exthl 23 N¢Mrnbar 2022 lonlinel. British Mandate in Se￿$ #4: AleAwry Fut￿ in Bntisti Al8ndate Paknstsne. SFeaker. Penny SinaMglcoJ (W8k8 Fornst Univer*il. 29 N￿rnber 2022 IwlinBI. Jgmkern and Ihe lnfrastfw1u￿ ol Synan L>sWa¢emnl actvss th& Medil•rtaft••n.. A WoF* in Prt¥mss. Speaker. AM.Chrisb"n Zunlz Iufwersity of EdinburrJh). Amman Fnsith. 4 2022 lin p8rsoTrl. E¢Jinburgh). knm3n In51tirt8. 10 December 20ZJ lin perswb AGPA LectyJ￿ 2022: A ccyniti.ve Arab U￿"$￿7 Pai8dw Shrts in Arab SoeAI Scth7ces. Speaker S8 Hanafi IPmen¢an UN¥erW of 8elnJtl. 14 Oec*mber ￿23 (￿lIne). Kashmir-Palestine CM¥ersation Series #3: PoWlarRe*St￿. Speakers.. Aa AJ Azzeh (Rlce Un￿￿￿ty), Inshah M*ik (Ne1￿ University). ViriThJer Kalra Iunivwsty ofwar￿1. 16 January 2023 I￿1•[¥e1. K8shnw-Pabstrne S8riBs #4..Poety 8nd LiteTrturp. Speakws.. Dali8 Ttha (Palestinian pJ•t and plJywFig*tl. Ath8r ZH (Unwew of Norfhem Cohy3dol. Nadine E￿EnanY IBirki*ck S¢*K>rA ol Law). 18 J8rthJ 2023 lonlin81. proiect with Syiian 18m>ers in Turf¥ey. In pathetshw wlth Ihe Unlww%ty of Edlrknurgh. fknn M and Cuhure ar*J Sydan Academi¢ Expertise. 2S January 2023 1￿Me). Speakers." Chftstina Slee￿￿1￿ IOxfNd Bro)ke¥ UniveTwtyI and Maya W¥zafy ￿l￿er￿ty of Jordèftl. l FebnJ8ry lonlirt•l. COUNCIL FOR BRITISH RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT ANNUAL REPORT YEAR EN0£0 31 MARCH 2023 Kashn￿￿P￿8$tt￿e Conv8r$8tw Senes.. ￿ coionialBw￿￿8ftO C￿temP￿yc￿en$knp. Speakor Yagl Berda IH8br8w Univ8WI. 14 February 2023 lonlinel. Forc8dMigrntson in A*dd• East.. P&starxl Fbsent. A C*Jnversatw Lwa R(*S(￿ IP8M Sl*e u￿￿5￿} and Ibrahim Awao (Americ￿ Universty m CairD). Public evgnt in partnership vrilh GRAMNeÉ l&asgow Rafugee, Asylum aThJ Mityation N•h¥th) dwin9 ts Fwc¢d Easl %K¥ksliq). UThv8rsity of Glasgow. 23 Mafeh 2023 (hY￿"d). The R•fvg6• Syst•nL A s￿oIc9￿alApw8¢fi.. A TaMtbyRawiArar{Uni¥ersrty ofW8¥huWLYtl ￿ htrr new bL*Jk (Polity Press 20231 wSth David FrtzGerdd. 24 PA￿Ch 2023 Ihybrbjl. Publc eTr&ent in parlnèrship wth GFIAMNet h¢ld durtng lh• Fofc¢d In tl* IAth Easl ￿kSh¢￿. UnNw5ity ofGksgcr*. 24 Marth 2023 Ihybridl. Conlerences: in¢emaUon* Corfgr¢n¢e ￿ the Arthafjokwy and off Jordan (ICHL115J. Paper presenktions and sèssicn thyj*aIiL￿ by the C8RL knman te8m. Yanntyjk Lknivei*. Irbid. Jc*dan. I￿22 Jusy 2022 lin person). R&8ssessin9 the Bfknsh K18nd8le. The I￿lIttrte of PaW"ne s￿l￿es in rortrwslmp 8irzeil Uth8r5ity, CBRL, New Di￿¢￿(￿$ in Palestinian Studies at 8rtr*n Un¢vw3ity. Cenief for Pal•stine Studies at Cdurnba Univetsity. HeanThJ Palestine. European Centre lor pa￿ti￿ Sludi8$ atExoter Universty, aTrJ thg Cgntre forPal8sttha St￿J￿$ - SOAS. 8irzwt Ur*vwsity. Ram*h. 31 ¢)clobw-2 November 2022 {hythl). Acc688 Donlod." R¥¥lridth$ on Inl*rn81ion81 Pros8nco in th8 +xcupi8d P818stsrri8n temtW5 (oPt). Nv•KaslJe University Ilea4 LYgaThser. Griffithsl. c4>organised *ilh the Keny￿ InstKute. East Jowsalèm. IS November 2022 (in per￿11. 6th Oxford Inte￿$s1￿￿K8ry Oesert ConfeTrnGe. l)y ts UnNer5iy of (Yxford I188d orgarM58r. fvjiel Aheaml. Stho(d ol Gec¥Jr4)hy and the Enwn)nmwrt IS)GEI, 0th. 1r￿17 March 2023 lin personl. Workthp$: Hgrit8ge & Dnw•J #6 8tts German &JrdaTWèn Unwtwsity. ￿￿￿oI1jInts0d w11h Ihe Institut Frar6a Prothe-orient Ilfp)), C8RL, the Arnerican Cenier of R95earth IACORI anLI tho Gemian Protsstsnt In5ti1ute of ArchaeLAogy IGPIAI GPIA. the supwrt Of￿ Geroa Honkel Suftun9 Gennan. S jur￿ 2022 (ln pwsonl. Dana+20, workshop M 20 years afterthe Dana Oodaration. Oryan￿d ty the Refijgee StLKlies C8rntr* {RSCI 8ThJ the S¢hod ol Geography and the ETh¥ir¢)nm8nt ISOGEI. Univer5ty ol Oxtord. and the Royal Sctlety lor ConseThai*Jn ol Natwe IRSCNI. ￿ by CBRL a)d a 0f(A9anisaty￿6. W•JÈ Dana. Jwdan. 7- 10 September 2022. Lab *KI Middle Eost Afri￿ Cwrtro IV*n•>l. Umiowsity. S Odob8r 2022 (n por$￿). Mobility, Dov*1t￿ent. 8ftd Ihe tl* Levant, event frryn ts Dan? +20 Krfyhip. In partnethp vAth the Unlversity ol 0X￿d (Arioll Ah•am) and Newca5Oe Vnlvw5ity IObv0 Ma$cffil. Arnman InstifjJte. 16- 17 Marth 2023 lin pernon Coloni*knhilecturp ￿ rmn4￿ld8￿.' th• OlA$4•fawiHS$latr￿. In pathgrship wAh the Hashgrni18 Univ¢rsity, Dutham UnNwgty ar￿ the Uni¥ergty of Gwhw. Ammn In5tihrtg. 15 Mar¢h 2023 oly￿￿1). R•seaffjhtyYJ Forndrttyratson An Easl. E￿9￿9 Schdars W¢xkslAI. Unrvergty of Glas9ow and CBRL. Organisets.. Gerasirnrk8 Txjurapas ILkniv• ol Glasg￿1. R••An AJar {UntvorW of WashWon}. aTrJ Benjamin ￿￿1*-ThomaS (Unive* ol C4asg¢xl. Univw5ty ol Glas9w. 23-24 March 2023 {in person>. TrainirKJ'. M¢nkning evenl In patherthw *ilh BRISk4ES1Th8 Blitth Stor8S Challenges of sustainability and resi¥en¢e Covid hastsned thg move lo digitsl. rh)t only for events. a150 as a Flatform for regular staff and tru51ee meetings. Howevgr. in the immediate postrCovi&19 Feriod 2022123, there has been a retum lo in-per50n events, wilh pgople. where possible. preferriva 1￿c￿tsfaCe meeting5. esp8cialty f(x wrykshcps. conferences and ¢)utr8ach evonts. As of March 2023. the Kenyon I￿titUte tK¥stel is open and fv knman Institute library open to the public 9 am- 4 pm. SurKlay- Thursday. with wular i￿person pubk events. One leam-based project rernains lo be ccmpleted from before Covid, wrfh projects from 2022123 given an extension until D￿ember 2023 to submit re[￿$. Grants Pollcy Grant opportun¢ties a￿ avaliat4e for researeh project grants for earfy career and eslablished resear¢her5 based in a UK HE Instituti￿ to undertake pilot work to estsblish the feaslbilty of a larger project. or to bring an established proieGt to wnple1K￿ lup to £8.000)." ￿SidentIal fellowships ar? availabl8 for eady career and estatlished researc1￿s, eIt￿r based in a UK HE institution or within 10 years of obtainin9 a PhD al a UK universty rf based in one of the cwntries within CBRL'S rernit to undertake a period of ￿SearCh Inormalty three month5) at the C8RL's institute5 in Amman andlor Jerus￿eM.. travd grants are avaMabl• for doctoral students registered at a UK HEI or pos14ocloral members ol slaff al a UK HEI to undertake travel in the Levant. and research supwi 9rants lor researchers based in one of th8 cxjuntries v*thin C8RL's remrt for grnduate students registered al a COUNCIL FOR BRITISH RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 IAARCTrI 2023 universty in ihe Levant to urwJ8rta(e project research to £1.0001. The travel grants aval￿ble lo PhD researchers and resear¢h supwrt grants to researchets from the region a￿ funded by members, donors and our r8serve$ in 202112022. as the specific teffl￿ do not alk7W US to support PhD work from our BA grant. Neiwork Partnership Awards are offered t014ards the eslablishment or devdopmènt of researth partnershw between the UK aThJ Levwbl&sed posbdrthral researthers. Applkations for fuThJing of researth pcyects in the Levanl are 5￿ght through a(Ivertistng in academic and research institLrtions and th8 Intem•t. Applicants arg invited to submit their proposals in 8 specific fomiat. The appli¢ations a￿ ￿VIeWed M their academic meFiI through 8 Stringent process ol peer review ty appropriate eX￿rts, indudiry those who are not a$s￿lated CBRL Final 8ele¢tion is mado by Ihe CBRL Research sub-committee. Ethnw. geTrler. age. disability. sexual c￿entation, relwjion. 8nd F*Is￿al finan081 CiT¢yJmstarw are Th)t tsken into &ctsinl. Prciects are funded and rnonit0￿d on an annu￿ basis. Fundrdlsing pollcy We receive most of our fiJnds in Ihe fomi of restrKted (wolect) (Y umestricted (generall grant support from Inslibjlional fiJndeTS. priM￿llY a grant￿TraId from Ihe British A￿leMY. tcgelher wbth some Cha￿tab￿ Irusts and foundations. and grant incc¥ne IOT projects. We use our membership ffjes artd raisg donations from our meml)ers lo provide research op&N>tunities. as tra¥61 grants for UK WSIgrad￿9teS aThJ for scwrs from the LevanL We raise fund$ from institutional donors for major prr4ects, fellowships and Confe￿nCe SponS￿ship. CBRL (k*s not employ thi￿ party fvndraisets and does raise knds from the general public. All our staff follow the Code of Fundrnising Practice as oulbned by the UK'S Furthising Regulator. During the year there were no comFlaints atout fvThJraisirg. Flnan¢lal R•vl•w The financial statements have been wepared in acctydance with the •XOLJntirwJ wlicies set oul in the mte$ to the financi81 ststements and compfy with the g)veming dOCu￿nt. the Companiès Act 2006 and Accounting and Reporting by Charit￿. ststeTr￿ of Recommended Practice applicabl& lo charities preparing their accounts in acc4Ndance the Fmancial ReF*yliThJ Stsndard appjicablg tn th¢ UK and Republ* of Ireland Ithe'Charib"es SORP.). The British Academy grant covered the y&ir to 31 March 2023. Th& BA grant 1$ divided between a core. or main. grant and the 8u$ine5$ Devek)prnent Fund {BDF) tpthich is intended to develcfj CBRL'S long-term finandal sustainabihty an¢ Is subJ"Kt lo separ*e annual bid5 lo the British Academy. In add￿.￿n. contingency fund5 arg offered. which ar8 abo $ubi8ct to a t¥'dd￿￿ process. The BA grant for 202212023 was the thffd year of a 4 year agreement erKling in 2024125 with th8 award letter issu8d at the end of March 2023. CBRL continues to develop inrt4tives to raise an InC￿asing prOport￿n of its funds from non-BEIS sourees and to seek to rasse its free reseThes to make it l)oth less dependent on a single funding source and more reslienl to swirMJs in foTh¥ard planning. This has to reslructuring and a cauli¢xJs approach lo expenditure and given the oryoing dimate of uncertainty this approach will continue. The overall resull for the year is a defityl on Ihe general lur¥J of £12,352 leaving unrestrthd rgsery9$ of £310.609. R8slrri¢ted resep4&s had a r*t Ir￿ment of £99.418 (def￿j.1> leayiry reslricted reserves of £107.478. Our ongoing ffinanci81 rAanryng strategy is to minim*e risk matchiw our p6m7anent cost base to the core grant. while growing our activities on the basis of income generation from other S￿rc*S ir￿luding invdvement as principal or partner in olher grant-funded initiatives and fvndrais¥w forspecific purposes such as major proiecis. fellowships and conference SFtyNbSorship. Resernos Policy Charity Commissh)n guhlance defines free reserves as'inccthe %thtch becomes avaiL8ble to the charity and 1$ to be expended at the truslees. discrelion in further¥K¢ of ￿ of the Chari￿$ obio¢ls. but is not yfrt spent. L¥)mmiited or designalèd.. 12 COUNCIL FOR BRITISH RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 The In￿leaS h8ve examined the needs and challenges f8ced by the Charity in both the stK)rt and medium terni. alongwilh reIevantfina￿Ial f(wecasts. and have formulated a p￿iCY lo meetthose needs. The existlng free reseNe fvlicy set bytr* trustths is a level where at least the equival8ntof four months of nomial expenditu￿ is maintsTrned, rocwigNJ Ihat some of thè potential risks to our opgratlon may cause a swJnfficant h)ss of ktal income streams. On the basis ol expenditure that is planned for 202312024, Ihis p0￿cY V•wkl require free reseNes in the order of £200,C(MJ. C8RL has current freo reservgs of £293.009 Al the balance sheet date. free reseNes corry1￿ the fdIry￿'. 2023 Total funds Balance Sheet Deduct: Restricted Funds (Note 91 Fixed Assets held fLY charity use (Note 5) Free Reserves al 31 March 2023 418.087 107.478 17.6CKI The trustees will assess this ￿livY on basis. Governancè and M•nag•m•rt Conslilullon The Crmjncil for Brilish R93earch in the Levant I"CBRL"l 1$ a charity r￿Ste￿d in En*nd and Wa (Number 107301 Sl. It 15 also a ￿rnpanY register&J under the Companies Acl 2006 (Number 3566646>. The CBRL is gov8rrnd by its M•mc*and￿l and Artteles of Assouatitsn suppkmente¢l by Byelaws. Management of the CBRL is vost&J in a Committee of Management. whi¢h ￿nSIsts of fewer Ihan fve members ele¢ted by the C8RL membership in addition to those serving by virtue of their office. Honorary offi￿rS elecled at Ihe AGM in 202212023 are the Char. Honorary Treasurer, Honorary Se¢retsry. Honorary R&search Chair. and Hcmorary Putlication5 Chair. Editors of CBRL'sjournals and mor￿graphS are no longgr requirod to be trustees. All members of Ihe Commiiteo must be CBRL members. Th• Committee of Management is Ihe CBRL'S Board of Trustees. and its m&mbers lother than the President) are the trust8es otthe CBRL. Ordhnary Irustaes serv8 fora maximum peric#J of four conseculive years. On election. trustees are gven a copy of ￿ MemcffaTh4um and Arlicles of Association, a copy of the 8yelaws and CBRL pr(Kedural dc¢umenlatK)n. They are offered guidance on the ro￿ and responwbillties ol Iwsl88s of registered d￿rille5. Tnjstees ovorsee manag8menl through quarterfy meetings of the Board. Scheduled meetHws of Sub￿0mMittee$, aThJ where n￿o$SOry. on an ad h¢x ba￿S via email. telephone or ￿ternal 5￿Ure messagwig. as appropriate. The AGM was hald December 2022. The Committee of Management is suppthl by specialist sub<(Mnmittees membership is supplemented by staff members and. where required. by additional extemal g￿1 ￿Mbets. Ffjn8nce arKI Govemanc*'. J Shakeshaft (Cha*). Or R Bekn. T TtthrsM. Sean H*d, and A Ma¢Leo(l. Research.. Prof G Barter (Chair). Dr K Badreshary. Dr N NaSer￿ajjab, Dr R Sparks arwj extemal guest member and ad¥isty Prof A Alsan. 13 COUNCIL FOR BRITISH RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 Publcatkjns.. PTOI G Barker (Chair). Dr S Irving (￿temp￿ary Levant Edilor-in£hief. ex- offi¢io}. Dr C MKldleton {Levant Edltor-iTrCh￿f from January 2021, ex-officrol. èr¥1 exlomal gufrst member and adviw Dr Jennie Bradbury (from Septem￿r 2022). Human Resources.. Dr E Weizrnan (Chair lo D8tsmber 2022}, T Thornson {Chalr from December 2022). S Ewans. D Longe. K Owen. Development.. Dr N Pkwx&Cfx8melai￿ (Char). Dr R B• and J Shakeshaft. Each su1￿COMmIt1•0 has its own twms of roferon¢o. and Ihoir repofts ar• $tanding aganda items for the Committee of Management. Owirvj to the increasing pmfessionalisatth of CBRL'5 operations. a re¥￿W of CBRL'S constitution. committee structures. hL￿rary oificer5, trustee roles, arhl memberstH'P structure is ongoing. Ashoc appointments panels conbnued to te sel up lo apwint r￿W members of staff as well 8$ ad-hoc W4￿rkIng 9roups for tirne4imiled issues of Strateg￿ importance. In recent years those have been lyndraisin9 (now ts devekjpmenl su1￿CoMIrott8eI and library wothThJ groups. The Commlttee of Managemgnt Is responsltjle for consfjdedTrJ and approviry all the ￿¢0MmendatIonS of its SUt*commfftees. working the CBRL direcrtrs. developing the over811 str8tegy and direction of the C8RL. CBRL C￿￿nUeS to revw and monilorits stalemgntof prIn￿pIeS. polwies {cnduct and gift acceplancel. and gfant managem8nt. DaY-tr￿aY management of the C8RL is delegated to th? di￿¢10￿ who act both as institute directors and ex-officio members of c#)mmittees. Dr ca￿ paI￿r. the CBRL Direclor and CBRL Amman Inslitule Director, directs oper8tions at all krtatk￿$. Dr TrAffi￿ H8ddad. the Kenyon Institute Director is respon$ible for staff and ¢)pera¢ions in JerLssalem. also acting as CBRL Deputy Direclor. Both institute directors are aC￿Ve researc*ers in **JitNJn to thelr aJmMiistr8tTve 8nd ￿eratIonal responslbl11l￿. Rfjmuneraf￿ ￿1¢Y The govoming prinoplgs of the Charity's draft r$munerati￿ pdicy aro as folows: To ensure delvery of the Charit￿5 objxtives To attract and ￿taIn a mti¥at8d wrykforco wilh skills and Wise necessary for organisalional effectweness That remuneration shoukl be equilable and coherert a¢ross the ¢yganisattrM V4tiile recognising tr* pa￿"cular complexilies of emtyoying staff in $8veral countries To take a¢¢ount of the purposes. aims and values of the Charity To ertsure Ihal pay kwels and pay increases are appropriate in the context of lh& interests of our benefiuaries. Senior Executrye Remuner8lff CBRL tskes into account the followng in lern￿ ol the remuneration of ils senior èxocutNos.' To ensure that the Charity Can aC￿S the types of skrfls. expfftnces and competencies Ihat ne&Js in its senkjr stsff. the srecif￿ scope of these fcles in the Chaiity ￿ Ihe link lo pay. The nature of the wrfler employment offar made to Sen￿ employe8s, Ythere pay is one part of a package that includes personal ar￿ career development. persffial fvffilment and assocption wilh the public benefit ddivered. The Chanty recognises that rt is. on O￿a510n. possible to attract sen•y exe¢utNes at a discount to Wb1￿ sector or privatg market rates. In line wilh the recommendations of the NCVO Inquiry into Exe(yJtive Remuneralion published in April 2014, the Charity has decided to disdose the remuneralion olthe ExecLrfi¥e Teom. which for 202212023 comtxTrsed the directors of the ovefseas institutes. Remuneratyon f(Y th8 yoar ended 31 March 2023 comwtsed salary ar¥J peTh8ion Cxintributicw. There are no other p8cuniary b8neffls for seniorc* othw staff al the Chanty. Rlsks The Board has accepled the wider re¥￿ns71 jill1￿ in Ihe revksed'ststément of Recommended Practtce Accovnling 8nd Reporting by Charities. issued by the Charity Commi55ion in October 2000 as vpdated by SORP 2015. The Finance and Govemance sutKommittee reviews management and financial procedures lo er￿￿re the wjentifiCati￿ of major rtsks to t•hKh Ihe CBRL may be exfx)sed and to ensure 14 COUNCIL FOR BRITISH RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENOED 31 MARCH 2r23 aFpropTiate systems a￿ in rA•ce to mthgate them. Re$F￿SIb4ty formiewirwJ and updating lh• CBRL risk register is currently held by the trustee wlh resF*MsIbi￿ty fc* risk wvemance. incorporalw￿ the role of Data Protection Offi(*r, who is a mert*r of the Committee of Management, Finance and Govemance anL1 HR sulKommittees. Risk$ to our ¥tivilies arise frcrfn reg￿1 instabdity a￿1 the potential impact i>n the security of cwJr Institutes, staff, and ￿￿tir￿j researcher5. CBRL camot ret4ace the risk assessrnents undertaken within UK HEIS {Higher EdLt¢alion In5thJb"ons) nc* a¢cept resFonsibilty for vi5tling ￿searCherS 8rt(l students. but C8RL wcffks lo minimise risks to staff and visito￿. Procedures have been updated to ensure that The operation of our Institutes 15 re&ant on relevant [￿￿}SsiOnS from authc￿llieS in Ihe territorie5 in whi¢h they are Situated. where CBRL maintains instilutes one each in Jerusalem arKI Amman. Foreign NGOS and leamed socEties a￿ Nicxeasingly subièct to enhanced 5crutiry thrwghoul tho Middle East T*hich causes frustratic¥) of the fvffilment of cvJr educational purposes. CBRL m￿gateS Ihese risks by demonstr8ting benefit to the knal c(rfnmunty aThJ researchers (e.g. the in51ilute libraries and throu￿ partnerships on ￿$earth woiectsl buddkng strong relatk)nshlps relev￿ local and inlemalional slakeholders. The othermattrial riskfa¢ed byCBRL rs in respe¢tlo its coffj eritishA¢ademy fvnding. British Academy core fijnding levels in 202212023 remaNied the samè as in 202112022 except that the contingency fvnd for all 81RI's has now been in¢orpor8W into the main grant. C8RL is c￿lInu1ng its thrts to ralse fvnds Ihr¢*Jgh a wide varièty of means. to r&auce depgndence on the Acalemy granl. TNsts• R•$poTrsibllitl•s In r•￿10n to thg Fln•n¢W Sta¢￿•nts The trustees IWIKJ a￿ also directors ol the C￿nCil for Brits'sh Research in th? Lovant for Ihg PUTposes of company lawl are reSrKJns￿j1é for pr￿rIfi9 thÈ TrustÈès' Rèport 2nd the financial slatemènts in accoroance wrth applicable law and United Kingdryn NLo)unting Standards (United Kingdom General Acc8Pt8d Accounting Pra¢lice.) Company law requires the trustees to prepare finanaal statements for ea¢h financial year which give a true and fair view of the stsle of the aff8irs of the Charitable Company arKI of its income and expenditure for that period. In preparing t￿¢ ffinancial statements, the trustoes a￿ requi￿ to.. Sele￿ $LMtsble accthjnting polioes and then apply them consistendy: obseNe the mell￿>￿$ ènd prin¢ples the Chwlties SORP". make judgements and estsmates that are reasonable and pnjdert, statewhethar appli¢abl?a¢counting stsndards. irKludrng FRS 102. have be•nfolhMd. subSe¢l to any material departures di5cb)sed and explained in the financial statements: stsle whether a Ststemenl of RèComM￿d8d Practic8 ISORPI appI￿S and has tjeen fr>lh)w•d. subpct to any matenal departurès whth arè Èxr4ainÈd u) thè financial statèmènts prepare the financid statements the goiThJ corbcem basis it is inappropriate to presu1￿ that th8 charilabk company wrfl continue in buwes5. The tru$tg9s are responwble ￿ keeping proper accounting recwds tha¢ disck)se wilh reasonabl8 accuracy at any time the financral posrbon of the charitsb￿ cijmpany and enable them lo ensure that the financial $talem6nts ccrfnply with thè Companies Act 2￿.TheY are also ￿sponSible for safeguarding the assets of Ihe tharitat4e company and her￿e for tskry reasonable steps for Ihe prevention and deteCt￿n of fraud and olher irregularbties. e of the trustees had any benef￿1 interest in any crmtract to Twhich the company was party durir#J the year. Each ofthe trustges has confirmed that so far as helshg is awarg. there 15 no relevant audii information of which the company'$ audrtors are unaware. and Ihat helshe has taken all the steps Ihat he ought to have tsken as a trustee in order to make himsetfaware of any relevant au¢Jit information and to establish that the companys aud[tO￿ are aware of that informatm. 15 COUNCIL FOR BRITISH RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 IJIARCH 2023 This rew1 also represents the direcltys. r*pLv¢ as required by company law. These finartcial ststements have been prepared in accyxdance wrth provis￿r￿S of Part 15 of Ihe Companies Act 2006 relatirvj to smal ci>rnpanies and wilh Ihe Financial Reporting Standwd 102. &gned on behaff of the Cwnul by.. Trustse: John Shakeshaft (HcrfKxary Tre3sLTrrl Tnstee: Robert BeW￿Y (Chairl Date.. S￿ 29, 2023 16 COUNCIL FOR BRITISH RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT INDEPENDEpif AUDITOR'S REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 kWICH 2013 INDEPENDENT AUDfFoR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR BRITISH RESEARCH IN THE LEVAPIT Oplnlon W& havo audrted the fina￿la1 slatements of The Council for Britisti Research in Ihe Levanl Ith9 'charitable company'l for the year ended 31 March 2023 whtch comprise the Statement Financial Activities. Balance Sheet. Statement of Cash Flows and r*otes to the financial Ststements, Including a summ8ry ol stgntficant 8c¢ounts"ng policiés. The fmncial rnporting framèwork that has been applied In their preparation is appkat4e law and Uniied Kingdom AttountirKJ Standards. including Financi81 Re￿￿"n9 Standard 102 The FinanthalRepor*ng Standard8PWKab* in the UKand RepublK oflrgland (United KingL1om Generally Ac(*pled Accountsng Pra¢iKel. In our opinion. Ihe fin￿¢1•1 Statements: giv8 a true and fair view of th6 statè of the charrtable companWs affairs as at 31 March 2023 and of its irKomlng resource5 and a￿lCa1￿￿ of res￿rCeS. kncaudlng lis IncThne and exp￿￿ltUre, for the year then ended. have been yoperly prepared In 8cctydarte United Klng(lom Generally Accepted ACC￿n11n9 Practice: and have been prepared in aCc￿danCe wilh Ihe requirements of thg Companles Act 2(K]6. Basis for opinion We Conducted our a￿lt in aceordance Inlemational Slarthrds on Auditing IUKI IISAS (UKI) and applicaNe law. Our fesponsibilitses under those standards are fvrther dewtjed in the Auditorfs resp)nsibillties for the audil of Ihe financial statements section of cwjr report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance wilh the eth￿1 requirements tt￿t are reEevanl lo our 8udil of Ihe financial statemen15 in the UK, including the FRC'S Ethical Stsndard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance these rewinnents. We beligvo Ihat the audit 8VKJenc8 Wè have oblained is surricaent and 8PPfOPri8te to Fw4ide 8 basi5 ¢)ur Opin￿)n. Concluslons relatlng lo going conc•m In auditing the financial statemenls. we have conduded thatthe trustees. of the 90iNJ ￿nCern basis of accounting in Ihe weparakn.on of the finarod Staterr￿ts is appropriale. Based on the wcrfk we have performed, we have Th)1 idenbfied any material uncertainties relating to events or conditbns that. indtvidually LY ￿)llectiVe￿. may cast $￿j1￿￿Can1 doubt on the entity's abrlity to cwtinue as o gtyng concem of at tea5t twth M(￿1hS from when the ffinèncial stslements are authorss8d for issug. Our resptsnsikn"lrties and th¥ responsibiliti8s of the Intstees wrth respect to wrYJ ¢(￿¢￿n are desuibed in the rdev8nt sedions of this rep¢yt. Other 1nft*m￿tIOD The other infonmalicfft comprises Ih8 information induded in Ihe 8nnu¥l reFth othgr than tho financial st*em8nts and our auditorfs rewrt thertr)n. The trustees are responsible for the olher nfomiation contained within the annual re￿rt. Ouf opnion on the firbancia statements doeg cover the other information and. except lo Ihe exlent otheMse exF4icty stated in our reFrt we do nol express any fomi of assurance conclusi¢)n Ihereon. Our responsibility i8 to road the other infomwtion and. in dolng $0, consKler wheth8f the other information is matsri8lly in¢￿$￿%19ntW11h financial statements or OUT knowledge obtained in the course of the audit or otheTh¥ise appears to be malenalty mi$stated. If we identfy such material ino)ngstencies or apparent rnateri￿ misstatements. we a￿ reqUI￿d to det8miine whether this gives I￿e to a Materi￿ misstatement in the finantyat statements I￿rr￿selveS. 11. based on the work we have performed. ￿ condude that there is a malerial misstatement ofthis other infomalion, we are required to report that facL We have nthirwj tu TVF¥Xt in Ihis rry4￿1. 17 COUNCIL FOR BRITISH RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT INOEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 IAARCH 2023 Opinions on oth•r matt•rs pr•scrlb•d by the Comparwes Act 2006 In opinion, based fm the work undertaken in Ihe course of the audit: the inf(vmati(m given in th8 tnL%tees' rewl. which i￿aL*￿e$ the direct￿$. report prepared lor company law purposes. the ffftancial year for tr*è finanual stalements are propared is ¢onsistgnl with the financk11 stat6ments'. and the directors, reFK¥t irhcluded ￿thin the tru5tee5' repryt has been prnpareydancg with appli￿bIg 189al ra4￿r￿Ments. Matters on whkh we aro r•qUIr￿ to rnport by exc•ptlon In the light of the knowledg8 and Unde￿ndIng Of￿ chafitsblg company and its onvwonment obtained in the Cou￿8 of the a￿lIL we have ￿1 identified material misstatements in th8 trustees. re￿)rL We have nothing lo report in respect of the follcming matters in rel91￿ to Wh￿ the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you rf. In our (pbnion: adequate accounting records have not been kep( (x retums 8dequote for our audit havé not been received branches nol visttod by us: or the financial slatements are not in agreemgnt with accountin9 records and retum5'. or certain disclosures of trustees. rernuneration specif*d by law are noi made: or we have not receNed all tho information and oxpkrtations wé i¥uira for our audt". or the trustees. were nol enliued to tske advantage of Ihe small companies, exemptions in preparing the trustees, rewrt arKI thg requirement lo prepao a strategic report. ResPO￿lbIlItIeS of tr￿tte$ As explalnod more fvlty Trn lh8 trustees. reSpY￿l￿1rt￿ statement thè trustees (who aro also the directors of the charitsbk company for the pur￿Se$ of Company lawl are responsible for the preparation of the finanoal stsiements aid for being satisfied that Ihey give a true and fair v*w. and for such intemal ¢ontrol as the Irustees determine is necessary to enaikn the preparation of financial stat8m8nts that are free from matenal misstatement. whether due lo fraud or error. In preparln9 the financial sWeThnts, the truslees are resptr6ible fL¥ asses$ir¥J the chorltsble cc¥npany's abilty to ￿n1•n￿o as a concem. disd05wg. as a￿calle. matters relat8d to g￿ng oncem and using the going cor￿￿ basis of a¢counting unless th8 Irustees either intend to IN4uidate the ¢haritabie company or to cease operntions. or have no reaL$t￿ altemab.ve bul io do so. Auditoes responglblllties for the audll of the Ilnanclal statements OUT objectives are lo obtain reasonable asswan¢e aboul whether the f￿ancial ststements as a whole aro free from material Mlsst*e￿nt. whelher due to fraud or error. and lo issue an auditor's roport that indudes our opinion. Reasonable aSSurar￿ 1$ a high level of assuraftcts. but ts not a guarantee that an audii conducted in aco)rd8nce with ISA¥ IUKI ￿11 always ¢Jetect a materi81 misstatement when il exists. Misststements can orise from fraud or error and are consKiered material rf. individually or in the aggregate. they could reasonably be exFecled to infiueKe ￿ econom￿ d￿ls1OnS of user5 taken on the basis of these financial statemènts. Irregularities. induding fraud. are inslances of non&comF4iance WTth and ￿9￿lations. We design procedures in Ine wth our reSrA￿S1￿Irt•es. OLrtlined ab)ve. lo detect material misstatem8nls in respect of irregularibes. including fraLhJ. Thg extenl to T*thith our procedures are capabte of dgtecting irregularities. nduding fraud is detaled bekn¥: Discussions with and enquirigs of management and those charged with govemance were held wth 8 to idenlifyt.ng those laws and regulations thal couhl be expecied lo have a maler¢al impact OY¢ the finonryal statements. t)uring the engogemeni tèam briefing. the outcomos ol these discussions and 8nquirie5 were shwed with th8 team. a$ we¥ as cc*)s#JeratK)n as lo where ar¥J how fraud may occur in tho enlity. 18 COUNCIL FOR BRITISH RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT INDEPENDENT AUDrroR'S REPORT YEAR ENDEO 31 IIARCH 2023 Th fc41owiw laws and rog￿atiOnS were identif*d a5 being of Signif￿n￿ to the entity: Those laws and ￿ulat￿S rJ)nsidered to have a di￿¢1 effect on the financial statemènts Kjude UK f￿anCial repth'ng Strnda￿$. Ccthpany Law. and Charity Law. Those laws and rggulations for which n(yTrW57 •est￿ed fwos &9 321961 R¢8ittered CharityNumber'. 1161694. ie8Etwtd Comp•rry Nuft*tr.' 09388751 TheTrnst¢e$a¢kr￿￿e th* wortslbi1it￿$for£Cffl￿r%WIlh1I* reqU*er￿ThtsOfthe Comparuesp 2006. Under CompanlesArt Th. Sett￿n454. on a ¥duntary basis. Ihe vu5tte5 amend these flnantial statements if they sul)seq￿Trtty prove to bedelecrwe. The financial miements are prepared" at¢ordance with the$ped￿ applitaueto compan*ssubBett totre sm41 reEimv. Approved ￿the 8¢J4rd trldirertors on Sep 29, 2023 . ￿ *8ned on Its behalf Name.. John Shakeshaft re: Name.. CBRL Fimntial Statementsyear ended 31 Marfi 2023 Pagè 22 Statement of Cash Flows For the year ended 31 March 2023 Council for British Research in the Levant INuteA) 12LgW P4.551> eprn£fa¥Meen P￿ded. Icl MernbeTswbxripti¢xfj eNYntsand conferences Sul)scription5 e¥entsare accountod for in theyearto whith theyath. Substriptim relète5toa subsetye finanoal accountin¢ period IS￿rI*l foiward as deltrred irK0Th￿. Idl R*sovrtes Èxpended JI Èxpefidltureis a¢￿jnIel loron an accnth bas Grants phy*￿ ar¢th•r8td in th*￿110￿hl¢h the offerrelaies excew kntkne (ase5where oHer Is coryllth?nal. suth granES belng re￿gniSed a$expenditure when thÈct￿dlll￿s attachin4arefuffiled. Grants offered sublertio condltlons whlch have not been met ai the year end are noted as a wmrnitmenl bul nDta￿Cn￿d a5 expenditure. Gvants returned are reco8nSsed ifi the Ye¥ri￿ Ihey I￿ rec&W. Rosearth f05ts Incl*Yé8rartS. 5taft re5earth twne a5*￿Ia5 reseafth fa01iiies andrther5eTh4ce& SLWOrtcosts *rea1knMitytiothal and tory re4u4remen CBRL FlnwwlSt4tefi￿ts yearended 31 2023 P¥Be 24 Noiestothe Financial slatMmntscontin￿d lel ￿Xed assets All assets wlth a cost lThexce550f £I.$￿aler￿15ed asftted asset5 exttptforlaptopswhith are cèpitalised If the co Depredatlon lsthat8ed atihe IdlowÈn8 r*e5: Mator ¥¢hidE5 20% p.a. straight lir* basis Computerand ott*r equipn*nt 20% p.a. stra*hl lthe basis Fwnirure. ffflures ffttiW5 10% p.a. strai8titlw)e basis IQ Publl(31kn5 PuWkat*n ¢osts af*ar￿d￿￿Xd aTrdchar8•J to the St4tomert ol Fin¥Trtial ittthe year of ptsblicath)n. (81 *oc*s ocks ol wbI¢catior￿are Val￿ * tl*kYKr of co5t¥rMI net Ihl Foiei8n turrenoes The a¢counts0f￿rseas trfan(hesh3¥e been ira05kEed a¢the rale0fexth4￿Ty[w￿ *tthe yt*r end. 01 T￿tI)n The crffipany is a tharity wihin meanin8of Para I Schedule 6 FThr￿eAct 2010. ￿￿e0rd1￿￿, the company is potentsamy exernpt from ia4tion in resFettof incomewithin catryorie5 Co￿led by Chapter 3 of Part 11 of Corporation TaxArt 2010. tOt￿e￿￿nttha5vth èXdU￿¥￿fryd￿Itab1￿ PUrPD￿ Notèx charge ar05e in the pwiod. fil OpeY•tlft£ leases Aental costs under wr*iry lea5e5w¢th4f8¢d to Sra*em¢ntrfFihawl ￿tt￿lI*s. as ihe thaf¢es Ir*wred over Ihe ￿ase pvicd. (*) Fund acctyjnti Restri¢ted f￿r￿£t¥￿¥￿se untxwidtd b8lancesof dc•*tionsarKI yants heid or¢ trust to be applied forspeaf6c purposes. Gener* funds cornprise the 4c(umvlaied vnrestrtrted fvnd5 whith hJ¥E rHYt been dtsryfiated for any spÈtific p￿￿o$e. They are a¥4ila14e loruse atlhe dixretw of t￿t￿￿tE$ in furtheran￿ of tl* 8eneral objetti¥esof charity. 111 PensTons The in5trf(ution particip*e5 in Uni¥YryEiesSupevannLHtw 5rhtmt. The assetsofthe sthemeae hekf in a separate tn￿tee-èdAW￿qSlered fund. 8erause of the mutual olthr stherne. as5etsaro fiot attributed to indiwdual ir&tr(utions and a sthemtrwKle cortrrf>utioft rate s sei.The insvwtK)n 15 tsefore exptssed to artuarial risks 3ss¢xi•ttd viith other insiilutions. emph)yeesaDd 15 unaweto Nlentrfy its share of the tsnde[Iw￿ assets and li*bilitiesof th¢ sthème on a consistent and re*stthl￿e basls. hs requir￿ trysection 28 of FR5 102"EM￿¢)Yee ￿r¢S.. the in5¢ituth?n therefore accountsfarthe Scheme as if it a defined scheme. As a resulr. the3rr￿TrI chafgedto the profil aDd loss 3CCOUnt represents thE cOntritrArt￿￿S p8y4bletothe thme. sI￿e the ￿$￿tL*tIon has enTrred Into an a8reernent Ith& ReCo￿ry Plan) Ihatdet¢m￿nes htrw ¢ath employer wilhin ihe scheme will theo¥eraU deficir. the in5tilution reco8n15es Ikbllity lor theContri￿1#￿5 pw4bleth4t ar15¢from the¥eementllO the extentthat they rd*etothE defKItI vlth related expenses be4n8 ie£cfnised Ihrw8h the profil and1055 account. FoTei8n penslon5: Local empIry￿e5of the ovevsea5 inM6tuies*e membe¥s of relevani state pensv)n scherne5where reqiiif?d by local law.CtsAL pay5 emplwrconlributions as rEquiTeLI bythose sthemes. Addllb)rHI prov15ion is made for unfvnded pen￿n and terminattan oblytions in resped of I￿*M￿ee5 not co4Yred by rele￿￿t slote pensit schernes.where reoulred by local Ix. CBRLFinarKial SMen*ntspareTh*d 31 l+larch 2023 Page 25 Note5 tp finantial stat￿￿ts cOntin￿d Im) Herlta8eAssets The CBRL librwy s ol h6trrtalafvJ scienlfftirww￿ tothÈobie£iv¥es ol the thar*yand bakey resArcelor its Contributi￿ to krKyHle&Beand cthre. Both br￿theS01Ihe Ilbrary SnAmman aThJJerusalemare open tothe wblK and students.The histork role c4ihe CBRL Ilbf8ry Injeiusalem. predatlni modern pc4iiKal ￿￿nda￿e$. allows ¢ttoseTh* as one af the ftw neutral meetinÉ ￿3£*$ In an 4therwl3e divided cty. The library h45itsr**5 in tr*eartytwen¢th rentwyand 15 made up olyft4 exdbanies acquiYtion5. Foltowing the establishn*rrt ofthe British Schod of Arthae0Ic￿ in jery$a￿rn in 1919, the librarywa5 eslabllshpd to hold rhe Palesiine Eworttlm FunrtsJew5akn ltyaryaThl waseTrhanced bythegfftof p￿hlan-￿rf￿S. Ithe flrstAssistant Dlreaorl bookcdlettion. A lar8e part of ihe lIbr￿b￿dI￿$c￿￿d r￿t be reptsced. and rK) accuraie value can be e#abllshed any moans shrrt ot (4leritt8 ￿ fi¥ Part-llme libradaNs. supported by othÈr C8Rist•ff. curate both brarb¢the5dth¢ libvary. Th¢ &brary lsheld lfi a ofessiohal Ilbrnry softwar* system publthav4rf*le ryblirethroy8hthe webyte. The cuirent number ol entrles Inth¢ jthnt catalogue 15 17.144 bgoks and booklets. 108l•Jrnèl and onllne j¢)wThal serbes tyile5. 1,148 olf-prlnts and 593 rare book> The I￿reaS1￿ a¥ailabiNty ol di￿¥1 reso¥rw. meansthat thevirru* librarythai (an be accessedthrough CBRL is now è major re50urce.There Is a larye map cdleciw)n Inearly 2.rxo She￿ mapsl. a coilettw)D ol htstOFiC maps. The library budiet Intludes funds for such Items as blndlry orco¥vknibooks to preseNe Il*m. New paFer¥d softbKkbDoks are placed Irs plallic over5. knbrary poliry is rwlaiw re¥iv*d and updèted. AdditlY￿ iothe lit¥edèfeWda6m 5e4waMeaThllY*poyfw£65J2& It ontKipied ts*thec•5rwthE¢ ¥rttd a￿d￿s￿entsMadP￿3I 202 CBRL Financial Statements year ended 31 March 2023 Page 36