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sr ALBANS MASORTI SYNAGOGUE
REpoirr OF THE TRu￿EEs
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
The T￿￿, who are akn d1￿Ct{l5 of the Charity for the purpc6es of the C(xnpanies Act 2006, prtsent their annual
rep)rt with the fnancial statements of the tharity for the year ended 31 Narth 2021. The Financtal Statements have kEen
prepa￿d in acc¢)rdance with the accountiThJ kxjllcies set out in Note l of the Accounts and ((￿p￿ with the Statement of
Recommended Ftracti￿ (SORP) AppIl￿ble to charit￿5 PreparirvJ ther Accounts in ￿cOrdan￿ with the Financkal RetM)rt
Standard applicable in the UK and Ireland (FRS102) (effectwe l January 2015) and the Compantis Att 2006. This report
atso reprewts the Direttors Report as required by the CompanEs Act 2(K)6. Mie Trust￿ have had r8Jard to the Charity
Commission's gUKlan￿ on Publ￿ benefit. This report 6 in aCc(rdan￿ with the SORP wuirenEnts and exemptions set out
for smaller charities.
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVTfIES
St Albans Masorti Synagogue (SANS) promotes and t￿0vide$ Jewith religKW, educational, pastoral, ojltural, and social
services for its a)nstrf(ueni mem￿e￿ and a$$￿TateS in Herffordshire and tti the St Mban5 distrit area in particukir. The9e
services are delwered via ts Rabbi, Adam Zagoria-moffet and a team of lay leaders, slaff, and volunteers. The f￿u5 (
the seNies is ￿ntr￿ at the SynwJcoue bLJlkJing in St Albans. SAMS is alvJned to Masorb Judaism. The Masorti Judaism
movement wath"se5 traditional Judaism but intertrts Jewish teaching in the loht of contemtx)rary knowledge and
sdK)larship. It allows gradual thange in law and practi￿, but if the (haThJe 15 in harrYK)ny with lewish trajitton.
The SynagcxJue's thities and servtces were partHIty imrkirted by the Covid-19 pandemic in the year to March 2022, wth
severdl months of in person attivitEs sustended and some moved to virtual during the full and partkil 1c(kdowr￿. At all
tunes memb&s were able tr) many events online or in person depending on their natu￿. One ￿tstanthing example
of the artwib.es was in September 2021 when our members met for a lunditime pl￿1C in Verulamium ParK prior to Shofar
blowing from Ihe Calhedral Toww. This was the second time St Albar6 Qithedral alk)wed us to do this, and cOnt￿ueS to
be a great exanN)le of faith group ctroperation.
Throughout the year th&e were numemus cultural arKI S￿la1 events in person and on z(thi, including a regular I￿k
group, coffee mrmings, a Communal Seder (Passover),Whiskey Tastiro, QU￿ night and Comedy evenng. In additK)n,
there was a fijll range of adult education discl￿S￿n g￿ps, courses and lectures, ¥)itsally on Zoom cmly, and from the
auttjmn in-tErson.
Earty in the yew, SAMS was offeFed an allobment pkit at the St Conynunty Gan*n, where a ran￿ of local
organisa￿(￿S grow flowers, and vegetables, keep bée hive5 fr(xn whith horw is made. In June the SAMS Garden
was launched. With the help of a gTWP of enthusiast￿ SAMS garde￿rS our plot pn)vided ft￿d for Kiddush and ftowers
to adom our prayer hall on special oCcaSKX￿.
The Care G￿uP of SAMS cDntTiued to suppi)rt vUl)erab￿ memb&s of the Crmunity comprising cherkiThJ-in wth
vulnerable nEmben% ((N)line and in-person), delivering food, medicines and hog)ital visiting. The ca￿ Group also
coynforted and supported familEs during lifewle events. In additDn, new carE initk3tNes We￿ launched during this
year.. the SAMS 'Meal Tftin,, to provide meals to members in neeAI (e.g. after birth, surgery or illness,. and 'Feeding
Centre 33,, to provth an e￿Ing meal Imce a rnonkn to FK¥neless who use the support and ftcÉlitks at Centre 33
in St Albans.
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ALBANS MASORTX SYNAGOGUE
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEE S
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
Registered office
Harben House
Harben Parade
Finchky Road
LONtK)N
NW3 6LH
Tru$te¢s
Beverfy Cohen
NichoL3s Flitteman
Sirmn Samuels
Moira Hart
DanEn Marf
Le(¥)ie AwJin
Michelle Pedmutter
vttoria Pw
Benjamin Rouknn
Chartotte Schlosberg
Andrea (Avwa) Weinstein
Ctrcnair
CTrChair
TreaSu￿r (Apwnted 30.06.21)
Se(retary (Appointed 24.05.22)
Immediate Past Co-chair
(Appointed 05.07,22)
(￿1pointed 30.06.21)
(￿)pointed 01.11.22)
Andrew HougE (ReSIJn￿ 24.05.221
Michelle Knight (Resigned 01.(f4.22)
Nicola Freedman (ResKJned 30.(￿.21)
Peter Hart (Resigned 30.06.211
GiroliTE Pearce {ResignpAt 30.06.21)
Diana San￿els (Resigned 30.(￿.21)
REFERENCE AND ADMINIsfRATIVE DETAILS
Company Secretary
Andrew Houg
Independent Examiner
KBSP Pathers LLP
Ch￿tered Accountants
Hart￿ House
Harba) Parade
Finchley Road
LONtK)N
NW3 6LH
Approved by order of the board of trustees on ............
and si￿e￿ on its behalf by..
muels- Trustee
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Unrestricbd|Restricted|Total|Total|
|||funds|funds|funds|funds|
||Notes|E|E|E|E|
|INCOME AND ENDOWMENTSFROM<br>Donationsandlegacies||312,048||312r0tf8|267,268|
|Other trading activities<br>Investment inmme|2<br>3|40,168<br>193||40,168<br>r93|78,947<br>3,199|
|Total||752,4LO||352.ALO|299,414|
|EXPENDITURE ON<br>Raisingfunds||L84,4L9||L84,4L9|165,992|
|Charitableactivities<br>SupportCosts||L_z,344||L52,74|L30,487|
|Total||336,763.||336,763|296,479|
|NETINCOME||L5,il7||L5,il7|2,935|
|RECONCILIATIOI{OFFUI{DS<br>Total funds brought forward||238,,L78||23,8J78|235,243|
|TOTALFUNDSCARRIEDFORWARD||re||253,825|238,178|





sr ALBANS MASORTI SYNAGOGUE
BALANCE SHEET
31 MARCH 2022
2022
Total
fvnds
2021
Toial
fund5
Unrestricted
funds
Restrict
fijnds
No
FIXED ASSErs
Tangd)le assets
99,096
99,096
120,206
cuRRETr￿ A$s￿s
63,023
135 497
63,023
135 497
67,155
128 960
Cash at bank
198,520
198,520
196,115
CREDThORS
Atnounts falling due within one year
(43,791)
{43,791)
(75,588)
CURRENT ASSErs
154 729
154 729
120 527
TOTAL ASS￿5 LESS CURRENT LIABILXTIES
253025
253,825
240,733
CREDThORS
Amounts frdlling due after rrL)re than one y
io
(2,555)
NEf ASSErs
253 825
FUNDS
Unre5tritted fimds
12
TOTAL FUNDS
The thar￿able company is entiued to exempti¢Jn fnm audfc under SettK)n 477 of the Companies Att 2(X)6 for the year
end￿ 31 March 2022.
The monters have not rwuired the CL¥npany to (kntain an audit of rts financial statements foy the year ended
31 Marth 2022 in accordance with 476 of Companies Att 2tM)6.
The t￿St￿ acknowled￿ their responsibilths ft
(a)
ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply wth Settions 386 ènd 387 of the
Cxjmpanies Act 2006 and
(b) wq)aring financhal statements whKh give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charifdble company as
at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or defiot ftr each financlal year in accordan￿ with the
quirements of Settions 394 and 395 and whith otherwige comply with th requirements of the Companies Act
2tK)6 relating to financial statements, 50 far as applrabk to the thantable company.
These financial statements have pry)a￿l in acC[Ydan￿ wilj) the provision5 applic2b￿ to charitable CoMpan￿S
subjett to small companies wime.
The financi?1 statements were approved by the Boanj of TrLStee5 authorsed fcr issue on
and were 5ign&1 cn ts beha￿ by:
n Sarnuels- Trustee
The notts fonn part cfj these financial 5tstements
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|OTHERTRADINGACTIVMES|||
|---|---|---|
||2022|202t|
||E|E|
|Advertising<br>Other income|457<br>32,794|489<br>23,569|
|EventsIncome|9173L|2,084|
|Memorialwallincome|392||
|Cheder income|L794|2,905|
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|Net income/(o<penditure)isstatedaturchargingl(oediti|ng):||
|---|---|---|
||2022|202t|
||e.|t_|
|Depreciation - ownedassets<br>Other operatingleases|23,27O<br>66,799|23,529<br>49.750|



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|The averagemonthlynumberofemployesduring th|e year wasasfollows:||
|---|---|---|
||2022|202L|
|Charitable activities<br>Rabbinical|3<br>1|3I|
|Administration|2|2|
||6|6|



|The num|berofemployees whose employeebenefits|(excluding employer pension costs) o<ceeded|[60,000w|
|---|---|---|---|
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|7.|TANGIBLEFIXEDASSETS||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||ImprovementsFixtures||
|||Short<br>leasehold|property<br>to|fittings<br>and|
|||E|E|E|
||cosr<br>AtlApril2021|55,359|236AL7|5O857|
||Additions||||
||At31 March 2022|55,359|236,4L7_|56,857|
||DEPRECIATION||||
||AtlApril2021|35,586|LsL,O77|50,732|
||Chargeforyear|3,955|L6,887|1,531|
||At31 March 2022|39,541|L67t-,964.|5\263|
||NETBOOKVALUE||||
||At31 March 2022|!5,818|_E3dl|-lr!e4|
||At31 March2021|-19&.|_sffig|_98|
|||Sefer|Computer||
|||Torahs<br>E|equipment<br>E|Totals<br>f|
||cosr||||
||AtlApril 2021<br>Additions|TrOOO|51222<br>2"L6O|3601855<br>2,t.w|
||At31 March 2022|7,OOO 7,382||363d1!|
||DEPRECIATION||||
||AtlApril 2021||3,254|24O,ilg|
||Chargeforyear||897|23,27O|
||At31 March 2022||4,151|263df9|
||ilETBOOKVALUE||||
||At31 March2022|J,OOO.|--9,8L|_99de6|
||At31 March2021|_Z9q9|__!Egg|129,206|
|8,|DEBTORS:AMOUNTS FALLII{GDUEWITHII{ONE YEAR||||
||||20.22|2021|
||||i.|E|
||Trade debtors||118|4,178|
||Other debtors||42tLO3|4t,126|
||Prepayments and accrued income||20.,8O2|21,851|
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|9.|CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING|DUEWITHII{ONEYEAR|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||2022|202t|
||||E|E|
||Bank loans andoverdrafts(seenote11)||2,555|12,773|
||Trade creditors||467|15,149|
||Other creditors||15,681|L2,360|
||Accruedoeenses||25,088|35,306|
||||EAz!|-EJqg|
|10.|CREDITORS:AMOUNTSFALLING|DUEAFTER MORETHAN ONEYEAR|||
||||2022<br>t|2A2t<br>E|
||Bank loans (seenote11)|||-?E|
|11.|LOANS||||
||An analysis ofthematurityofloansisgiven below:||||
||||2022|2A2t|
||||g.|E|
||Amounts falling duewithinone year|on demand|||
||Bankloans||--?1551PlZ1||
||Amountsfallingbetween one andtwoyears:||||
||Bank loans-1-2years|||_?di5|
|L2.|MOVEMENTINFUNDS||||
||||Net||
||||movement|At|
|||At1.4.21|infunds|3r.3.22|
|||E|E|E|
||Unrestrictedftlnds<br>General fund|238,L78|Lstil7|253,825|
||TOTALFUNDS|?38,L78.|JE,il7-|_?53,82s|
||Net movementinfunds.included in|theabove areasfollows:|||
|||Incoming|Resources|Movement|
|||resources|o<pended|infunds|
|||E|E|E|
||Unrcstricted funds<br>General fund|?s2,4LO|(336,763)L5,U7||
||TOTALFUNDS|_!5Afl9|(33e7ffi)|J8,il7|





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|---|---|---|---|
|||Net||
|||movement|At|
||At1.4.20|infunds|31.3.21|
||E|E|E|
|Unrcstrlcted funds<br>Generalfund|235,243|2,935|238,778|
|TOTALFUNDS|23s&.|__28|233,178|



|Comparative net movementinfunds,includ|din the above areasfollows:|||
|---|---|---|---|
||Incoming|Rsourc€s|Movement|
||resources|e:<pended|in funds|
||E|E|E|
|Unrcstricted tunds<br>Generalfund|299,4t4|(296,479)|2,935|
|TOTALFUNDS|299.4L4|(296.479\|<br>2.935|



|A current year 12 months and prioryear12|months combined positionis asfollows|||
|---|---|---|---|
|||Net||
|||movement|At|
||At1.4.20|infunds|3L.3.22|
||E|E|E|
|Unrcstricted funds<br>Generalfund|235,243|18,582|253,825|
|TOTAL FUI{DS|23s&|__1gJg2|2s3f4J.|



||Incoming|Resources|Mwement|
|---|---|---|---|
||resources|o<pended|infunds|
||E|t_|E|
|Unrcstricted firnds<br>Generalfund|651,824|(633,242)|<br>18,582|
|TOTALFUNDS|_fl&I|$332la)|__1gdga|





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