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2020-08-31-accounts

COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 5210204 CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1107768

Ashkelon Foundation Company Limited by Guarantee Unaudited Financial Statements

31 August 2020

HAFFNER HOFF LTD

Accountants 2nd Floor - Parkgates Bury New Road Prestwich Manchester M25 0TL

Ashkelon Foundation

Company Limited by Guarantee

Financial Statements

Year ended 31 August 2020

Page
Trustees' annual report (incorporating the director's report) 1
Independent examiner's report to the trustees 6
Statement of financial activities (including income and
expenditure account) 8
Statement of financial position 9
Notes to the financial statements 10

Ashkelon Foundation

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)

Year ended 31 August 2020

The trustees, who are also the directors for the purposes of company law, present their report and the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 August 2020.

Reference and administrative details

Registered charity name Ashkelon Foundation Charity registration number 1107768 Company registration number 5210204 Principal office and registered 2nd Floor Parkgates office Bury New Road Prestwich M25 0TL

The trustees

J Cohen Y J Hoffman M M Shein Independent examiner Mr Howard Schwalbe ACA 2nd Floor - Parkgates Bury New Road Prestwich Manchester M25 0TL

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Ashkelon Foundation

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2020

Structure, governance and management

Ashkelon Foundation is constituted by Memorandum and Articles of Association and is a company limited by guarantee. It was incorporated on 19 August 2004 as a company and the company number is 5210204. It was registered as a charity on 24 January 2005 with a charity number 1107768.

Recruitment and appointment of new trustees would be in line with the Memorandum and Articles of Association and with the consent of the trustees. The criteria set for the suitable candidate would be someone who is sensitive to the needs and demands of the organisation.

There is no chief executive officer. The day to day affairs are undertaken by Mr Y Cohen on behalf of the trustees. All major decisions are taken collectively by the trustees and all the trustees give of their time freely. The trustees are unpaid and details of any related party transactions are disclosed as applicable in the notes to the accounts. The arrangements for setting the pay of the charity’s employees are the sole domain of the trustees.

There are no policies for the induction or training of new trustees.

Risk review

The Trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed, in particular those related to the operations and finances of the Trust, and are satisfied that systems are in place to manage our exposure to the major risks.

The risks faced by the trust are principally operational risks from ineffective grant making. These risks are managed by the trustees researching potential beneficiaries before granting donations. Additionally, the risk of investments not performing appropriately.

Report back and review procedures strengthen these safeguards to ensure public benefit is achieved from all grants. With reference to investments, they are all ring fenced and even if they would lose rental income by way of losing tenants the investments are structured in a way that ensures there is no further liability on the charity to support an ailing investment.

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Ashkelon Foundation

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2020

Objectives and activities

The objects of the charity are the relief of poverty amongst the elderly or persons in conditions of need, hardship or distress in the Jewish Community; the advancement of the Orthodox Jewish Religion; and the advancement of education according to the tenets of the Orthodox Jewish Faith.

Public benefit

The trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit and in particular to its supplementary public benefit guidance on advancing education when reviewing the charity's aims and objectives and in planning future activities and setting grant making policy for the year.

Grant making policy

The charity is funded by donations and investment income. The charity gives out grants in line with the above objects.

There were no individual grants made during the year.

Grants made during the year to institutions are as detailed in the accounts.

The application of the funds by way of grants to either institutions or individuals and is almost always to institutions.

The trustees consider they have met the public benefit test and outline these achievements below.

The trustees measure the success of achieving the stated aims by the number and value of grants paid out for each object. The grants paid out in the year are detailed in the notes to the accounts and the trustees consider they have met their aims successfully this year.

The trustees consider the shorter term aims to be similar to the longer term aims and assess the achievement of the charity in the same way.

Strategic report

The following sections for achievements and performance and financial review form the strategic report of the charity.

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Ashkelon Foundation

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2020

Achievements and performance

The charity received £108,457 in donations during the year and £132,084 was paid out by way of grants and support costs. These grants were made in line with the stated objects of the charity and were for educational purposes.

The charity also had investment income receivable amounting to £266,418 during the year.

The charity has low governance costs. Other costs were kept low and were borne by a local charity. The governance costs incurred relate to professional fees incurred during the year.

The trustees would like to record their appreciation for all the financial support received from the local charity who has sponsored the office costs during the course of the year.

The charity purchased various investment property syndicates during the year the details of which can be found within the notes to the accounts. The charity also sold various investment property syndicates and the details of the gains can be found on the face of the SOFA.

Grants over £1,000 made during the year to institutions are as detailed in the accounts.

There were no fundraising costs during the year.

Related party transactions are disclosed as applicable in the notes to the accounts.

There was an overall net income and net movement in funds for the year amounting to £286,210 that includes £43,419 of actual gains as mentioned above.

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Ashkelon Foundation

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2020

Financial review

Investment performance

The investments of the charity have provided a return of almost 10% in the year.

The trustees consider this acceptable when compared with returns available on deposits in any of the banking institutions. These investment returns have been consistent for a number of years and are not at the expense of any exposure of loan to value covenants that would put these investments at risk.

The gains made in the year are attributable to improving market conditions.

Reserves policy

The Unrestricted Fund represents the unrestricted funds arising from past operating results.

The Trustees are satisfied that the balance of the Fund is an acceptable level of reserves given the nature of revenue receipts against grants payable.

In considering the limited financial obligations of the charity, the trustees have resolved to maintain a minimum reserve roughly equal to the net current assets of the charity.

The trustees have considered the fair value of the investment property taking into account the loan to value of the properties as well as the nature and exposure of the syndicate properties. The trustees consider the holding value to be the fair value.

The trustees are delighted to have made many valuable contributions to the community as a result of this income and hope to be able to do so for many years to come.

The free reserves, being the net current assets of the charity, stand at £241,125 all of which are unrestricted.

The trustees' annual report and the strategic report were approved on 5 May 2021 and signed on behalf of the board of trustees by:

M M Shein

Trustee

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Ashkelon Foundation

Company Limited by Guarantee

Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Ashkelon Foundation

Year ended 31 August 2020

I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Ashkelon Foundation ('the charity') for the year ended 31 August 2020.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the trustees of the company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act’).

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner's statement

Since the charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), which is one of the listed bodies.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or

  2. the financial statements do not accord with those records; or

  3. the financial statements do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair' view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or

  4. the financial statements have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).

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Ashkelon Foundation

Company Limited by Guarantee

Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Ashkelon Foundation

(continued)

Year ended 31 August 2020

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Mr Howard Schwalbe ACA

Independent Examiner

2nd Floor - Parkgates Bury New Road Prestwich Manchester M25 0TL

5 May 2021

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Ashkelon Foundation

Company Limited by Guarantee

Statement of Financial Activities (including income and expenditure account)

Year ended 31 August 2020

2020 2020 2019
Unrestricted
funds Total funds Total funds
Note £ £ £
Income and endowments
Donations and legacies 5 108,457 108,457 200,000
Investment income 6 266,418 266,418 175,342
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Total income 374,875 374,875 375,342
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Expenditure
Expenditure on charitable activities 7,8 132,084 132,084 107,400
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Total expenditure 132,084 132,084 107,400
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Net gains on investments 11 43,419 43,419 20,285
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Net income and net movement in funds 286,210 286,210 288,227
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Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward 2,650,417 2,650,417 2,362,190
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Total funds carried forward 2,936,627 2,936,627 2,650,417
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The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

The notes on pages 10 to 17 form part of these financial statements.

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Ashkelon Foundation

Company Limited by Guarantee

Statement of Financial Position

31 August 2020

2020 2019
Note £ £ £
Fixed assets
Investments 15 2,695,502 2,287,822
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand 243,525 364,995
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 16 2,400 2,400
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Net current assets 241,125 362,595
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Total assets less current liabilities 2,936,627 2,650,417
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Net assets 2,936,627 2,650,417
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Funds of the charity
Unrestricted funds 2,936,627 2,650,417
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Total charity funds 17 2,936,627 2,650,417
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For the year ending 31 August 2020 the charity was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Directors' responsibilities:

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime.

These financial statements were approved by the board of trustees and authorised for issue on 5 May 2021, and are signed on behalf of the board by:

M M Shein Trustee

The notes on pages 10 to 17 form part of these financial statements.

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Ashkelon Foundation

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements

Year ended 31 August 2020

1. General information

The charity is a public benefit entity and a private company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales and a registered charity in England and Wales. The address of the registered office is 2nd Floor Parkgates, Bury New Road, Prestwich, M25 0TL.

2. Statement of compliance

These financial statements have been prepared in compliance with FRS 102, 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland', the Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (Charities SORP (FRS 102)) and the Companies Act 2006.

3. Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis, as modified by the revaluation of certain financial assets and liabilities and investment properties measured at fair value through income or expenditure.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the entity.

Going concern

There are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue.

Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

The preparation of the financial statements did not require management to make judgements, estimates or assumptions that affect the amounts reported besides the valuation of fixed asset investments at the year end.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees to further any of the charity's purposes.

Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular future project or commitment.

Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure declared by the donor or through the terms of an appeal, and fall into one of two sub-classes: restricted income funds or endowment funds.

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Ashkelon Foundation

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2020

3. Accounting policies (continued)

Incoming resources

All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when entitlement has passed to the charity; it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the charity and the amount can be reliably measured. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:

Resources expended

Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is classified under headings of the statement of financial activities to which it relates:

All costs are allocated to expenditure categories reflecting the use of the resource. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs are apportioned between the activities they contribute to on a reasonable, justifiable and consistent basis.

Investments

Unlisted equity investments are initially recorded at cost, and subsequently measured at fair value. If fair value cannot be reliably measured, assets are measured at cost less impairment.

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Ashkelon Foundation

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2020

3. Accounting policies (continued)

Investments (continued)

Listed investments are measured at fair value with changes in fair value being recognised in income or expenditure.

Investment property

Investment property is initially recorded at cost, which includes purchase price and any directly attributable expenditure.

Investment property is revalued to its fair value at each reporting date and any changes in fair value are recognised in income or expenditure.

If a reliable measure of fair value is no longer available without undue cost or effort for an item of investment property, it shall be transferred to tangible assets and treated as such until it is expected that fair value will be reliably measurable on an on-going basis.

Impairment of fixed assets

A review for indicators of impairment is carried out at each reporting date, with the recoverable amount being estimated where such indicators exist. Where the carrying value exceeds the recoverable amount, the asset is impaired accordingly. Prior impairments are also reviewed for possible reversal at each reporting date.

For the purposes of impairment testing, when it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, an estimate is made of the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. The cash-generating unit is the smallest identifiable group of assets that includes the asset and generates cash inflows that largely independent of the cash inflows from other assets or groups of assets.

For impairment testing of goodwill, the goodwill acquired in a business combination is, from the acquisition date, allocated to each of the cash-generating units that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the combination, irrespective of whether other assets or liabilities of the charity are assigned to those units.

Financial instruments

A financial asset or a financial liability is recognised only when the charity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at the amount receivable or payable including any related transaction costs.

Current assets and current liabilities are subsequently measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received and not discounted.

Debt instruments are subsequently measured at amortised cost.

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Ashkelon Foundation

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2020

3. Accounting policies (continued)

Financial instruments (continued)

Where investments in shares are publicly traded or their fair value can otherwise be measured reliably, the investment is subsequently measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognised in income and expenditure. All other such investments are subsequently measured at cost less impairment.

Other financial instruments, including derivatives, are initially recognised at fair value, unless payment for an asset is deferred beyond normal business terms or financed at a rate of interest that is not a market rate, in which case the asset is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.

Other financial instruments are subsequently measured at fair value, with any changes recognised in the statement of financial activities, with the exception of hedging instruments in a designated hedging relationship.

Financial assets that are measured at cost or amortised cost are reviewed for objective evidence of impairment at the end of each reporting date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised under the appropriate heading in the statement of financial activities in which the initial gain was recognised.

For all equity instruments regardless of significance, and other financial assets that are individually significant, these are assessed individually for impairment. Other financial assets are either assessed individually or grouped on the basis of similar credit risk characteristics.

Any reversals of impairment are recognised immediately, to the extent that the reversal does not result in a carrying amount of the financial asset that exceeds what the carrying amount would have been had the impairment not previously been recognised.

4. Limited by guarantee

Ashkelon Foundation is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee and does not have a share capital. In the event of the charity being wound up, members are required to contribute an amount not exceeding £10.

5. Donations and legacies

Unrestricted Total Funds Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2020 Funds 2019
£ £ £ £
Donations
Donations 108,457 108,457 200,000 200,000
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6. Investment income
Unrestricted Total Funds Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2020 Funds 2019
£ £ £ £
Income from investment properties 266,418 266,418 175,342 175,342
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Ashkelon Foundation

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2020

7. Expenditure on charitable activities by fund type

Unrestricted
Total Funds
Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds
2020
Funds 2019
£ £ £ £
Charitable grants 129,500
129,500
105,000 105,000
Support costs 2,584
2,584
2,400 2,400
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132,084
132,084
107,400 107,400
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Expenditure on charitable activities by activity type
Grant funding
Support
Total funds Total fund
of activities
costs
2020 2019
£ £ £ £
Charitable grants 129,500
184
129,684 105,000
Governance costs
2,400
2,400 2,400
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129,500
2,584
132,084 107,400
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Analysis of support costs
Analysis of
support costs Total 2020 Total 2019
£ £ £
General office 184 184
Governance costs 2,400 2,400 2,400
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2,584 2,584 2,400
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Analysis of grants
2020 2019
£ £
Grants to institutions
Brongate Ltd 120,000
CFAR 70,000
Kanfei Yonah 35,000
Other religious grants 9,500
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129,500 105,000
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Total grants 129,500 105,000
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8. Expenditure on charitable activities by activity type

9. Analysis of support costs

10. Analysis of grants

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Ashkelon Foundation

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2020

11. Net gains on investments

Unrestricted Total Funds Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2020 Funds 2019
£ £ £ £
Gains/(losses) on other investment
assets 43,419 43,419 20,285 20,285
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Independent examination fees
2020 2019
£ £
Fees payable to the independent examiner for:
Independent examination of the financial statements 2,400 2,400
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12. Independent examination fees

13. Staff costs

The average head count of employees during the year was Nil (2019: Nil).

No employee received employee benefits of more than £60,000 during the year (2019: Nil).

14. Trustee remuneration and expenses

No remuneration or other benefits from employment with the charity or a related entity were received by the trustees.

15. Investments

Investment
properties
£
Cost or valuation
At 1 September 2019 2,287,822
Additions 637,155
Disposals (229,475)
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At 31 August 2020 2,695,502
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Impairment
At 1 September 2019 and 31 August 2020
Carrying amount
At 31 August 2020 2,695,502
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At 31 August 2019 2,287,822
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All investments shown above are held at valuation.

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Ashkelon Foundation

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2020

15. Investments (continued)

Investment properties

Investments in UK investment property represents capital introduced by the charity into the syndicate plus accrued surpluses less deficiencies but without revaluing the syndicate properties. The syndicates in which the charity is a participator have borrowings that are secured on the syndicate property. The charity accounts for its syndicate investments under the equity accounting basis and thus the charity's share of the borrowings are not included in these financial statements.

Valuation of the syndicate property is at fair value of the syndicate property in the opinion of the trustees. The percentage holding ranges from 1% to 10%. The trustees consider that they do not have significant influence over the operating and financial policy of the undertaking.

16. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

2020 2019
£ £
Accruals and deferred income 2,400 2,400
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17. Analysis of charitable funds

Unrestricted funds

Unrestricted funds
At 01 Gains and At 31
Sept 2019 Income Expenditure losses Aug 2020
£ £ £ £ £
General funds 2,650,417 374,875 (132,084) 43,419 2,936,627
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At 01 Gains and At 31
Sept 2018 Income Expenditure losses Aug 2019
£ £ £ £ £
General funds 2,362,190 375,342 (107,400) 20,285 2,650,417
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Ashkelon Foundation

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2020

18. Analysis of net assets between funds

Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2020
£ £
Investments 2,695,502 2,695,502
Current assets 243,525 243,525
Creditors less than 1 year (2,400)
(2,400)
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Net assets 2,936,627 2,936,627
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Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2019
£ £
Investments 2,287,822 2,287,822
Current assets 364,995 364,995
Creditors less than 1 year (2,400)
(2,400)
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Net assets 2,650,417 2,650,417
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19. Taxation

Ashkelon Foundation is a registered charity and therefore is not liable to income tax or corporation tax on income derived from its charitable activities, as it falls within the various exemptions available to registered charities.

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