**Trustees' Report and Accounts for** 

## **FRIENDS OF YESHIVAT MEOR HATALMUD** 

**Year Ended 31st March 2022** 

**Registered Charity No 1102117** 




## Section A 

## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 

Period start date Period end date **01 April 2021 31 March 2022 From To** 

## Reference and administration details 

**Charity name** FRIENDS OF YESHIVAT MEOR HATALMUD 

## **Registered charity number (if any)** 1102117 

**Charity's principal address** 37  THE RIDGEWAY 

LONDON **Postcode** NW11 8QP 

## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

**Trustee name Office** 1 J Emanuel Trustee 2 T Grosskopf Trustee 3 N Jaffe Trustee 

## **Section B Structure, governance and management** 

## **Description of the charity’s trusts** 

Type of governing document Trust deed dated 16 February 2004 

How the charity is constituted Charitable Trust 

Trustee selection methods By existing trustees 

## **Section C** 

## **Objectives and activities** 

**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** 

To advance Orthodox Jewish religious education throughout the world and in particular by supporting the charitable activities of the Yeshivat Meor Hatalmud college. 



During the period the trustees raised funds for the charity from individuals and organisations. These funds were donated to Yeshivat Meor Hatalmud. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the** The trustees have taken due regard to the guidance issued by the **public benefit in relation to** Charity Commission on public benefit. **these objects** Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main** Due to Covid there has been a reduction in fundraising meetings which **achievements of the charity** has caused a reduction in contributions. Funds remitted to Yeshivat **during the year** Meor Hatalmud have been used in educational activities in line with the objectives of the charity. Yeshivat Meor Hatalmud started in 1978 with just 20 students. Today the Yeshiva has 500 students, including a thriving post graduate program, and it serves as a spiritual centre for the entire city of Rehovot. Grants made to the Yeshiva have allowed it to continue to function and fulfil its function as a centre of religion and education. **Section E Financial review Brief statement of the** The Charity does not have any significant overheads and so does not **charity’s policy on reserves** require any fixed level of reserves. The trustees are confident that there is a sufficient donor base for the charity to continue its activity in future years. Reserves at the year end were £8,447 (2021 - £803). 

**Section F Declaration** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature Full name** J Emanuel **Position** Trustee 

**Date** 29/01/2023 



**Independent examiner's report on the accounts** 


|**Section A**<br>**Independent Examiner’s Report**|**Section A**<br>**Independent Examiner’s Report**|**Section A**<br>**Independent Examiner’s Report**|**Section A**<br>**Independent Examiner’s Report**|
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|**Report to the trustees/**<br>**members of**<br>**On accounts for the year**<br>**ended**<br>**Respective**<br>**responsibilities of**<br>**trustees and examiner**<br>**Basis of independent**<br>**examiner’s statement**<br>**Independent**<br>**examiner's statement**||||
||FRIENDS OF YESHIVAT MEOR HATALMUD|||
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||31stMarch 2022|**Charity no**|1102117|
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||The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts.<br>The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year<br>under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an<br>independent examination is needed.<br>It is my responsibility to:<br>●<br>examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,<br>●<br>to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by<br>the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and<br>●<br>to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.<br>My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given<br>by the Charity Commission.  An examination includes a review of the<br>accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts<br>presented with those records.  It also includes consideration of any unusual<br>items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the<br>trustees concerning any such matters.  The procedures undertaken do not<br>provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and<br>consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true<br>and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the<br>statement below.<br>In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my<br>attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:<br>●<br>accounting records were not kept in<br>accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act or<br>●<br>the accounts do not accord with the<br>accounting records<br>I have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to<br>which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding<br>of the accounts to be reached.|||



|**Signed:**<br>**Name:** <br>**Relevant professional**<br>**qualification(s) or body**<br>**(if any):**<br>**Address:**||29/01/2023|
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||Jeremy Neuberger||
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||FCCA BSc||
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||13 Elmcroft Avenue, London, NW11 0RS||





||**FRIENDS OF YESHIVAT MEOR HATALMUD**|**FRIENDS OF YESHIVAT MEOR HATALMUD**|**FRIENDS OF YESHIVAT MEOR HATALMUD**|**FRIENDS OF YESHIVAT MEOR HATALMUD**|**FRIENDS OF YESHIVAT MEOR HATALMUD**|**1102117**|**1102117**|**1102117**|**CC16a**|
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||**For the period**<br>**from**||01/04/2021||**To**||31/03/2022|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**38,739**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**38,739**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**38,739**<br>**30,545**<br>**160**<br>**390**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**31,095**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**38,739**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**38,739**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**38,739**<br>**30,545**<br>**160**<br>**390**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**31,095**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Donations|**38,739**||||||||**1,088**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**38,739**||||||||**1,088**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||||||||
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|Grants made|**30,545**||||||||**-**|
|Bank Charges|**160**||||||||**420**|
|Professional fees|**390**||||||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**|**31,095**||||||||**420**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||||
||||||||||**420**|
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||**7,644**||**-**||**-**||**7,644**||**668**|
||**-**||**- **|<br>|**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**803**||**-**||**-**||**803**||**135**|
||**8,447**||**-**||**-**||**8,447**||**803**|





## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**|Cash in Bank GBP<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**<br>Cash in Bank USD<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>**Details**|Cash in Bank GBP<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**<br>Cash in Bank USD<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>**Details**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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||||**8,414**||**-**||**-**|
||||**33**||**-**||**-**|
||||**8,447**||**-**||**-**|
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||**Details**<br>Signature<br>**Details**<br>**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>J Emanuel||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
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||||||||Date of<br>approval|
||||J Emanuel||||29/01/2023|
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