JRoots Limited
(by guarantee)
Company number 07114903 Charity number 1136532
Trustees’ Report
And Financial Statements
For the year ended
31 December 2020
JRoots Limited
| Contents | Page |
|---|---|
| Legal and administrative information | 1 |
| Trustees’ report | 2 - 6 |
| Auditors’ report | 7 - 9 |
| Statement of financial activities | 10 |
| Balance sheet | 11 |
| Cash flow | 12 |
| Notes to the financial statements | 13 - 20 |
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JRoots Limited
Legal and administrative information
Directors / Trustees
D Goldberg (Chair) E Lee P Vecht N Schiff (Chief Executive)
Company Secretary
D Goldberg
Principal Address and Registered Office
379 Hendon Way London NW4 3LP
Details of Incorporation
The company was incorporated on 3 January 2010 in England under company registration number 07114903, and was registered with the Charity Commission on 22 June 2010, governed by its memorandum and articles of association, charity number 1136532.
Auditors
Crowe U.K. LLP Aquis House 49-51 Blagrave Street Reading Berkshire RG1 1PL
Bankers
National Westminster Bank Plc 5 Central Circus Hendon Central London NW4 3LE
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JRoots Limited
Trustees’ Report
The trustees, who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act, submit their annual report and the financial statements of JRoots Ltd (the company) for the year ended 31 December 2020. The trustees confirm that the annual report and financial statements of the company comply with current statutory requirements, the requirements of the company’s governing document and the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) “Accounting and Reporting by Charities” issued in 2015.
Legal and administrative information set out on page 1 forms part of this report.
Structure, Governance and Finance
Organisation structure
JRoots Ltd is a company limited by guarantee and registered as a charitable company. The charity’s objects are set out below in the Charity’s Objectives and Activities.
The trustees, who are also the directors for the purpose of company law, and who served during the year were D Goldberg, E Lee, P Vecht, N Schiff. None of the trustees has any beneficial interest in the company. Jewish Futures Trust Limited, the parent company, is the only member of JRoots Ltd and guarantees to contribute £1 in the event of a winding up.
There are no specific restrictions imposed by the governing document concerning the way the charity can operate.
The management of the company is the responsibility of the trustees who are elected and co-opted under the terms of the Articles of Association. The number of trustees shall not be subject to any maximum but shall not be less than two.
Appointment of trustees
The appointment and training of a new trustee is subject to the oversight of current trustees.
Induction and training
New trustees are given a brief induction by the charity’s legal advisors on their responsibilities in accordance with the requirements of the Charity Commissioners. They are also given an induction by the current trustees regarding the activities of the charity and its statutory responsibilities.
Charity’s Objectives and Activities
JRoots core objective is to facilitate immersive Jewish cultural and educational experiences. This experience is a powerful pedagogical tool that serves to inspire and educate Jews of all backgrounds, affiliations and ages, especially when combined with travel to places of Jewish interest, worldwide.
JRoots core objective is to facilitate Jewish journeys to international as well as domestic destinations that tell a Jewish story. The immersive educational and cultural experiences organised hand in hand with groups from all backgrounds, affiliations and age groups, combine to create monumental pedagogical milestones in participants lives.
JRoots was established in order to visit the past, engage with the present and ensure the future of a vibrant Jewish community who’s members play active roles both in their own locale and in society beyond.
JRoots has developed a particular expertise in organising momentous informative and inspirational journeys to Poland and other European sites with respect to Holocaust education. Extensive interaction with Holocaust Survivors including latest technological and professional interviewing and recording of their testimonies, life experience and wisdom shared, places JRoots guides and educators and experiences in a uniquely powerful position to impart knowledge and values to the younger generation.
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JRoots Limited
Trustees’ Report (continued)
Charity’s Objectives and Activities (continued)
By sharing with participants an intimate personal and hands on connection with the past, the charity aims to instil a deep sense of historic pride and responsibility to shoulder leadership and moral leadership within society. This includes combatting Holocaust denial and standing up for decency, tolerance, volunteerism and goodness across the community.
JRoots has become the largest provider of Holocaust related educational journeys in the U.K. Jewish community. Over recent years the scope of educational journeys has expanded beyond to include Lithuania, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Spain, Morocco, Portugal, Israel and Greece. JRoots continues to produce top quality educational material in the form of books, workbooks and workshops many of which have become the mainstay for groups visiting Holocaust sites in Europe.
Multimedia Division
The charity has invested resource over many years in professionally recording life lessons and testimonies of Holocaust Survivors worldwide in order to educate future generations. These testimonies are of a unique quality in their pedagogical focus which reaches beyond the stark evidential content to probing more deeply into universal life lessons that can be passed on from Survivors to young people in particular. Over 150 Survivors have been recorded. Having facilitated the return of numerous Survivors to lead educational journeys along with large student groups, JRoots now aims, via the continuing production of both long and short documentaries, for people to come as close to “meeting” a Survivor as possible.
JRoots plans to build free online access to archives that will both bring the Holocaust narratives of numerous Survivors to future generations. We believe that Survivors can also be the greatest teachers of essential life issues, values and sense of identity. Since inception many full length documentaries have been produced along with tens of short but invaluable life lessons conveyed by Survivors. There are a number of such series in production. These include “Timeless Wisdom from Survivors” series, 70 Faces and more.
The multimedia division prides itself on the high quality of its work which it achieves through the efforts of skilled and experienced personnel. Some of the consultants have worked at places such as the BBC, Sky and many other large, professional outfits.
Active member of Jewish Futures Group
JRoots is an active member of the Jewish Futures Trust group of charities, the sole member of which is Jewish Futures Trust. Jewish Futures Trust provides centralised head office services to all the group charities to enable the group to benefit from economies of scale and shared services. Charities in the group are actively encouraged to benefit from the services of each other where shared expertise will facilitate better use of resources. All the charities are encouraged to run their overseas trips through JRoots.
Achievements and Performance
The first quarter of 2020 saw a large number of JRoots journeys to Poland. In January 2020 JRoots was selected to partner with the Auschwitz- Birkenau Memorial Foundation in hosting the last large gathering of Holocaust Survivors and families in situ to commemorate the 75th year from liberation of those camps.
The charity’s principal activity of heritage programmes visiting international destinations was halted in March 2020 due to the global Covid pandemic. The charity took immediate action to retrain staff towards online educational work and furloughing staff whose focus was trip operations.
The resilient adaptation of JRoots during the period of the pandemic facilitated a very impressive font of creative educational innovation. These range from the creation of online virtual tours to huge international gatherings of Survivors for facilitated discussions and sharing of testimonies. JRoots ran two weekly courses during this whole period. Firstly the identification and in depth professional training of 20 new educator guides to run educational journeys. Secondly, weekly ongoing refreshment course for a cadre of 20 existing JRoots Educators.
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JRoots Limited
Trustees’ Report (continued)
Achievements and Performance (continued)
Many calendar events were marked by JRoots bringing together tens of other organisations and their constituent groups and followers to commemorate and learn from both Holocaust Survivors and renowned educators. These include Yom Hashoah, 9 Av and others. Some events drew up to 100,000 viewers. 120 educational videos were produced. JRoots online followers doubled to ten thousand. Over 10,000 hours of JRoots educational documentaries viewed.
Ironically, the speed and professionalism of the JRoots pedagogical adaptation during the the pandemic, served to grow its educational reach and impact exponentially beyond previous levels. This will place JRoots in a position to ramp up its activities in the post pandemic world.
Financial Review
JRoots generated a surplus in the year of £ 243,527 (2019: £73,257), despite the impact of Covid-19.
JRoots is supported by a broad spectrum of donors from across the community, ranging from grassroots student-level program participants and alumni to a number of philanthropists who partner with our charity and help encourage our activities. The Charity organised a successful fundraising campaign in November 2020 to secure resources for its future activities.
All of JRoots’ expenditure is focused on creating the wide range of successful high-quality educational courses and popular, impactful activities that deliver our stated charitable objectives.
Fundraising
Faced with the uncertainty of the pandemic threatening the travel industry JRoots launched its first ever online fundraising campaign. In November 2020 a campaign, under the banner “Passing on the Torch” successfully raised x between y donors. A clear indication of the importance and popular support of the charity in the eyes of the public.
JRoots is committed to the highest standards in fundraising. At all times it aims to ensure that its processes and staff are respectful, open, honest and accountable to our supporters and the public.
JRoots is a medium sized charity that principally raises funds from individuals, family trusts and foundations, and companies who have a connection with and support the work of the charity. Its approach is generally on a personal level, but the group also raises funds through community events and activities.
Fundraising approaches made by JRoots are personal and targeted, focussed on those individuals and institutions who have expressed interest in its work. JRoots does not engage in large scale fundraising activities like mass mailings, unsolicited telephone fundraising or door-to-door campaigns.
JRoots has a small fundraising team. The Chief Executive is responsible for the day to management of fundraising activities. The Trustees provide oversight of fundraising strategy and delivery. The Fundraising Team receive regular training and guidance and aim to adhere to methods of best practise including the Fundraising Regulator’s Code of Fundraising Practice.
Under no circumstances does JRoots share personal information of its supporters for the purposes of third party marketing or processing.
There have been no complaints about fundraising activities reported in the year to 31 December 2020, or subsequently.
JRoots has not used third party organisations for its fundraising activities during 2020.
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JRoots Limited
Trustees’ Report (continued)
Key Risks and Uncertainties
The trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed, and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate exposure to the major risks. A reduction in donor base could cause cash flow issues; any delayed receipt of pledged donations income could also potentially cause cash flow issues.
The major risks facing the charity are reviewed regularly at management meetings. Regular reviews of cash flow projections and budget forecasts are also undertaken, as well as a continual drive to reduce expenditure and negotiate better terms and rates.
The Impact of Covid-19 in 2020
The ongoing COVID-19 crisis significantly impacted upon the Charity’s planned trips and programmes. All international trips had to stop in March 2020, but the charity has been able to move to digital platforms to deliver events and programmes.
Staff were put on furlough and actions taken to reduce costs of operations to limit the drain on resources. Management reviewed sources of funding and used its donor database to appeal to supporters for financial assistance. This culminated in a successful fundraising event in November 2020.
Management and Trustees are monitoring the Charity cost base on a regular basis to ensure that programme, event and educational costs do not exceed foreseeable income. The Management Team are regularly assessing the state of international travel to assess when it will be possible to promote, market and organise future trips
To ensure that the Charity has a back up source of funds for 2021 or 2022 as the economic effects of the Pandemic improve the Charity has borrowed funds under the Covid Business Interuption Loan Scheme which were drawn down in January 2021.
Public Benefit
The trustees acknowledge the duty in Section 4 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission’s published general and relevant sub-sector guidance on public benefit.
All activities undertaken by JRoots are for the public benefit. With a focus on providing Jewish culture, history and heritage activities, the organisation’s operation is very much geared to providing benefit to the Jewish and wider community as is highlighted by the activities reported herein.
By sharing with today’s generation of Jews an understanding of the past, the charity aims to instil a sense of moral responsibility, citizenship and leadership within society as a whole. This will also continue to be central to its future plans.
Plans for the Future
As soon as the restrictions on international travel are lifted the main activities of the charity will continue to be the provision of educational journeys, educational seminars, production of educational materials and documentary films and books. In the meantime the charity is concentrating on making films and social media broadcasts to educate and inform. The trustees intend to devote substantial amounts of time to continue the development of educational material as they have found this is a tremendously successful method of reaching out to wider communities.
Reserves
JRoots needs free reserves to enable it to fulfil its charitable obligations and commitments that it enters into. The charity also requires reserves to ensure continuance of these obligations in the eventuality of any unexpected revenue shortfall. The Trustees aim for the charity to hold free reserves equal to not less than 3 months of normal running costs , approximately £150,000. As at 31 December 2020 free reserves were £448,452 (2019: £168,490).
In the light of Covid-19 crisis, the Charity’s short term objective is to ensure that the combination of cash and liquid assets is sufficient to meet current and anticipated obligations.
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Jroots Limited
Independent Auditor’s Report to the Members of Jroots Limited
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Jroots Ltd for the year ended 31 December 2020 which comprise Statement of Financial Activities, Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash Flows and notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
In our opinion the financial statements:
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give a true and fair view of the state of the charitable company’s affairs as at 31 December 2020 and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure for the year then ended;
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have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
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have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
Other information
The trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
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Jroots Limited
Independent Auditor’s Report to the Members of Jroots Limited (continued)
Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit
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the information given in the trustees’ report, which includes the directors’ report prepared for the purposes of company law, for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
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the directors’ report included within the trustees’ report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In light of the knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the directors’ report included within the trustees’ report.
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
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adequate accounting records have not been kept; or
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the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
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certain disclosures of trustees' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
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we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit or
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the trustees were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies regime and take advantage of the small companies exemption in preparing the trustees’ report.
Responsibilities of trustees
As explained more fully in the trustees’ responsibilities statement set out on page 6, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists.
Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
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Jroots Limited
Independent Auditor’s Report to the Members of Jroots Limited (continued)
Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements, continued.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:
We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks within which the company operates, focusing on those laws and regulations that have a direct effect on the determination of material amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The laws and regulations we considered in this context were the Charities SORP (FRS102) 2019 and Companies Act 2006.
We identified the greatest risk of material impact on the financial statements from irregularities, including fraud, to be the override of controls by management and the recognition of income. Our audit procedures to respond to these risks included enquiries of management about their own identification and assessment of the risks of irregularities, sample testing on the posting of journals, sample testing on income recognized in the accounts and reviewing accounting estimates for biases.
Owing to the inherent limitations of an audit, there is an unavoidable risk that we may not have detected some material misstatements in the financial statements, even though we have properly planned and performed our audit in accordance with auditing standards. We are not responsible for preventing non-compliance and cannot be expected to detect non-compliance with all laws and regulations.
These inherent limitations are particularly significant in the case of misstatement resulting from fraud as this may involve sophisticated schemes designed to avoid detection, including deliberate failure to record transactions, collusion or the provision of intentional misrepresentations.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.
Use of our report
This report is made solely to the charitable company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
Alastair Lyon
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Statutory Auditor
Aquis House 49-51 Blagrave Street Reading Berkshire RG1 1PL
17 August 2021
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Jroots Limited
Statement of Financial Activities
for the period ended 31 December 2020
| Note | Unrestricted | Restricted | 2020 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funds | Funds | Total Funds | Total Funds | ||
| £ | £ | ||||
| Income: | |||||
| Donations and legacies | 4 | 324,037 | 25,399 | 349,436 | 189,474 |
| Income from charitable activities: | |||||
| Participant payments | 5 | 1,261,045 | - | 1,261,045 | 2,835,045 |
| Other income | 5 | 77,696 | - | 77,696 | 287 |
| Total income | 1,662,778 | 25,399 | 1,688,177 | 3,024,806 | |
| ______ | ______ | ______ | ______ | ||
| Expenditure: | |||||
| Raising funds: | |||||
| Donor fundraising costs | 6 | 5,702 | - | 5,702 | 3,028 |
| Expenditure on charitable activities: | |||||
| Charitable donations | 46,140 | 27,872 | 74,012 | 74,427 | |
| Charitable activities | 7 | 1,332,574 | 32,362 | 1,364,936 | 2,874,094 |
| Total expenditure | 1,384,416 | 60,234 | 1,444,650 | 2,951,549 | |
| ______ | ______ | ______ | ______ | ||
| Net income/(expenditure) for the year | 278,362 | (34,835) | 243,527 | 73,257 | |
| Reconciliation of funds: | |||||
| Total funds brought forward | 174,889 | 85,626 | 260,515 | 187,258 | |
| Total funds carried forward | 453,251 | 50,791 | 504,042 | £260,515 | |
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The Statement of Financial Activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derives from continuing activities.
The notes on pages 13 to 20 form part of these accounts.
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Statement of Cash Flows
As at 31 December 2020
| Cash flows from operating activities: Net incoming/(outgoing) resources Depreciation Loss on disposal of tangible fixed assets Decrease/(increase) in debtors Increase/(decrease) in creditors Net cash provided by operating activities Cash flows from investing activities Purchase of tangible fixed assets Additional / (repayment) of credit card loans Net cash used by investing activities Change in cash and cash equivalents in the year Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year Total cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year |
2020 2019 £ £ 243,527 73,257 1,600 - 2,133 - 536,835 (184,629) (901,123) 189,920 (119,161) 80,681 - (3,113) (599) 2,205 (3,113) 1,606 (122,274) 82,287 605,795 523,508 483,521 605,795 |
2020 2019 £ £ 243,527 73,257 1,600 - 2,133 - 536,835 (184,629) (901,123) 189,920 (119,161) 80,681 - (3,113) (599) 2,205 (3,113) 1,606 (122,274) 82,287 605,795 523,508 483,521 605,795 |
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| 80,681 (599) 2,205 1,606 82,287 523,508 |
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Notes to the Accounts – 31 December 2020
JRoots Limited
1 Company information
The principal activity of JRoots Limited is the advancement of Jewish education and culture. The company is registered as a charitable company limited by guarantee (company number: 07114903, charity number 1136532). It is incorporated and domiciled in the UK. The address of the registered office is 379 Hendon Way, London, NW4 3LP.
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Accounting policies
a. Accounting convention
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting and Reporting by Charities (SORP 2015), applicable UK accounting standards including the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), and the Companies Act 2006. The company meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy notes. The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the financial statements are as follows:
b. Income
All incoming resources are included on the Statement of Financial Activities when the charity is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy.
c.
Expenditure
Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
d.
Charitable activities
Charitable activities comprise those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them.
e. Governance costs
Governance costs comprise those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and strategic requirements of the charity and the audit fees and costs linked to the strategic management of the charity.
f. Allocation and apportionment of costs
Overhead and support costs relating to charitable activities have been apportioned based on staff time.
g. Tangible fixed assets
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
Fixtures and fittings - 25% on reducing balance Computer equipment - 25% on reducing balance Assets greater than £1,000 are capitalised.
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Notes to the Accounts – 31 December 2020
Accounting Policies (continued)
h. Taxation
The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities
i.
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
j. Liability recognition
Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to the expenditure.
k. Translation of foreign currencies
Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date.
Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rate ruling on the date of the transaction.
Exchange gains and losses are recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities.
l. Financial instruments
The charity holds only financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments include debtors and creditors. Debtors and creditors are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at fair value. Note 19 provides more information on financial instruments where future cash flows are anticipated, with financial assets referring to debtor balances excluding prepayments, and financial liabilities referring to all creditor balances excluding deferred income and other taxation and social security.
m. Going Concern
- In the light of Covid-19 crisis, having reviewed the financial position, the Trustees consider that with current cash resources, general reserves, potential appeal for fundraising and costs reduced to a core minimum, there are no material uncertainities about the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern and have reasonable expectations that the charity has adequate resources to continue its digital activities for the foreseeable future. Accordingly they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.
n. Government Grants
Grants are accounted for under the performance model as permitted by the charity SORP. Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme grant income is therefore recognised on a straight line basis over the furlough period for each relevant employee.
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Notes to the Accounts – 31 December 2020
3 Key judgements and estimates
In the application of the charity’s accounting policies, which are described in note 2, Trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and underlying assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an on-going basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects the current and future periods.
The Trustees consider that there are no material judgements in applying accounting policies or key sources of estimation uncertainty.
4 Income from donations and legacies
| 4 | Income from donations and legacies | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2019 | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| Gifts | 349,436 | 189,474 | |
| ======= | ======= | ||
| 5 | Income from charitable activities | 2020 | 2019 |
| Trip and event participant payments | 1,261,045 | 2,835,045 | |
| Other income | |||
| Furlough grants under the Job Retention Scheme | 77,610 | - | |
| Bank interest received | 86 | 287 | |
| 77,696 | 287 | ||
| 6 | Donor fundraising costs | 2020 |
2019 |
| £ | £ | ||
| Donor relations | 3,995 | 485 | |
| Travel | 0 | 0 | |
| Support costs | 1,707 | 2,543 | |
| 5,702 | 3,028 | ||
| ===== | ===== |
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7 Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities
| Basis of allocation Staff costs Direct Programme trip expenditure Direct Film and book production Direct General office Direct Audit fees Direct Support costs Governance costs Total charitable activity expenditure |
Charitable activities Support costs Governance costs £ £ £ 126,987 84,658 - 904,256 - - 31,808 - - - 211,339 - - - 5,888 1,063,051 295,997 5,888 295,997 (295,997) 5,888 (5,888) 1,364,936 - - |
2020 Total 2019 Total £ £ 211,645 185,357 904,256 2,305,075 31,808 54,719 211,339 322,999 5,888 5,944 |
|---|---|---|
| 1,364,936 2,874,094 - - - - |
||
| 1,364,936 2,874,094 |
Of the total expenditure £ 1,332,574 (2019: £2,794,598) was unrestricted .
| 8 | Net incoming / (expenditure) for the year | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2019 | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| This is stated after charging / (crediting): | |||
| Depreciation | 1,600 | 2,133 | |
| Auditors’ remuneration | |||
| - audit fees |
4,000 | 5,944 | |
| - other services |
- | - | |
| Foreign exchange (gains) / losses | (2,388) | (462) | |
| ===== | ===== |
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9 Analysis of staff costs, trustee remuneration and expenses
| Analysis of staff costs, trustee remuneration | and expenses | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2019 | |
| £ | £ | |
| Salaries and wages | 179,141 |
162,890 |
| Pension costs | 16,495 | 14,076 |
| Social security costs | 16,009 | 8,390 |
| 211,645 | 185,356 | |
| ===== | ===== |
There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 December 2020 (2019: £0). There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 December 2020 (2019: £0).
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:
| 2020 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|
| Support | 5 | 6 |
No employee received remuneration amounting to more than £60,000 in either year. £0 remuneration was paid to key management personnel in 2020 (2019: £0). All trustees are included as key personnel.
10 Taxation
The charitable company is exempt from corporation tax as all its income is charitable and is applied for charitable purposes.
11 Tangible fixed assets
| Computer equipment £ COST At 1 January 2020 19,841 Additions Write off on disposal - ______ At 31 December 2020 19,841 DEPRECIATION At 1 January 2020 13,442 Charge for the year 1,600 At 31 December 2020 15,042 NET BOOK VALUE At 31 December 2020 4,799 ====== At 31 December 2019 6,399 ====== 12 Debtors 2020 £ Trade debtors 6,693 Sister charity debtors 78 Prepayments and accrued income 65,390 72,161 ====== |
Totals £ 19,841 - ______ 19,841 13,442 1,600 15,042 4,799 ====== 6399 ====== 2019 £ 171,787 4,205 433,004 |
Totals £ 19,841 - _____ 19,841 13,442 1,600 15,042 |
|---|---|---|
| 608,996 ====== |
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| 13 | Creditors:Amounts falling due within one year | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2019 | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| Trade creditors | 30,692 | 158,252 | |
| Social security and other taxation | 6,357 | 11,734 | |
| Amounts owed to sister charities | 1,068 | 17,005 | |
| Other Creditors | 5,864 | 14,670 | |
| Accruals and deferred income | 10,895 | 754,338 | |
| Credit cards | 1,563 | 4,676 | |
| 56,439 | 960,675 | ||
| ======= | ======= | ||
| 14 | Deferred Income | 2020 | 2019 |
| £ | £ | ||
| Balance as at 1 January 2020 | 668,863 | 533,838 | |
| Amount released to income in the year | (668,863) | (533,838) | |
| Amount deferred in the year | - | 668,863 | |
| Balance as at 31 December 2020 | - | 668,863 | |
| ======= | ======= |
Deferred Income at each year end represents amounts received from participants for educational trips that will take place in the period after the year end. Income is released to the profit and loss account for the year in which the activity occurs.
15 Capital commitments
Amounts contracted for, but not provided in the accounts, amount to £NIL (2019: £Nil).
16 Movement in Funds
| Movement in Funds | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 January | Income | Outgoing | 31 December | |
| 2020 | resources & | resources & | 2020 | |
| gains | losses | |||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Unrestricted Funds | ||||
| General funds | 174,889 | 1,662,778 | 1,384,416 | 453,251 |
| Restricted Fund | 85,626 | 25,399 | 60,234 | 50,791 |
| Total Funds balances | 260,515 | 1,688,177 | 1,444,650 | 504,042 |
| ======= | ======== | ========= | ====== |
Unrestricted funds represent funds available to the trustees for the general purposes of the charity. Restricted Funds represent donations and expenditure on films and projects to pay tribute and . remember people who survived the Holocaust.
17 Related Party Transactions
JRoots is a subsidiary of Jewish Futures Trust which organises central resources for JRoots and other sister charities so that the group benefits from economies of scale and shared expertise and experience. During the year under review Jewish Futures Trust charged JRoots £147,862 (2019: £187,027). During the year Jroots made donations to Jewish Futures Trust of £4,895 (2019: £50,000) to support its activities and Jewish Futures Trust made donations to Jroots of £nil (2019: £500). At the end of the year JRoots owed £5,963 to Jewish Futures Trust (2019: £4,205).
JFT-Jewish Futures Foundation Inc is a charity in the USA which shares a trustee with JRoots. During the year, JRoots received donations from JFT - JFF Inc totalling £1,131,097 (2019: £2,186,184). At the end of the year JRoots Ltd was owed £42,890 (2019: £213,594) by JFF – JFF Inc.
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17 Related Party Transactions (continued)
Aish Hatorah UK is a subsidiary of Jewish Futures Trust, the sole member of JRoots. Aish Hatorah UK ran 3 (2019 : 4) trips through JRoots during the year which meant that JRoots incurred net costs on behalf of Aish Hatorah to the value of £89,620 (2019: £136,494). The net costs of these trips were paid to JRoots. The value of a JRoots grant to Aish Hatorah UK to cover the costs of 2020 trips was £nil (2019: £18,000). At the year end JRoots was owed £78 by Aish (2019 Jroots owed Aish £4,080) for overheads paid by Aish during the year.
Chazak is a subsidiary of Jewish Futures Trust, the sole member of JRoots. Chazak ran no trips (2019: 2) through JRoots during the year which meant that JRoots incurred £nil costs (2019: £11,989). At the year end, JRoots owed Chazak £nil (2019: £0).
Forum for Jewish Leadership is a subsidiary of Jewish Futures Trust, the sole member of Jroots. At the end of the year Jroots owed Forum for Jewish Leadership £nil for the balance of some foreign currency exchanged in 2019 (2019: £12,000).
JFT Netzach is a charity based in Israel which shares a trustee with Jroots. At the end of the year JFT Netzach holds funds for Jroots , for future trips and costs of £16,768 (2019: £46,497).
18 Parent Undertaking and Ultimate Controlling Party
The Company is a 100% subsidiary of Jewish Futures Trust Limited, a limited liability company, registered number 07884678 and a registered charity number 1151066. Jewish Futures Trust is involved in public education and cultural activities.
The Trustees regard Jewish Futures Trust Limited as the immediate and ultimate parent company. Jewish Futures Trust prepare consolidated annual accounts , including the results of the Company. A copy of the consolidated accounts can be obtained from the JFT head office at 379 Hendon Way, London NW4 3LP
19 Financial instruments
| 2020 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | |
| Charity | ||
| Financial assets measured at amortised cost | 550,000 | 1,041,924 |
| Financial liabilities measured at amortised cost | 56,439 | 291,812 |
| ====== | ====== |
Financial assets measured at amortised cost include trade debtors, amount owed by group undertakings, other debtors and cash equivalents.
Financial liabilities measured at amortised cost comprise trade creditors, other creditors and accruals excluding deferred income.
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20 Comparative Statement of Financial Activities January to December 2019
| Note | Unrestricted | Restricted | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funds | Funds | Total Funds | ||
| £ | ||||
| Income: | ||||
| Donations and legacies | 4 | 137,265 | 52,209 | 189,474 |
| Income from charitable activities: | ||||
| Participant payments | 5 | 2,835,045 | - | 2,835,045 |
| Other income | 287 | - | 287 | |
| Total income | 2,972,597 | 52,209 | 3,024,806 | |
| ______ | ______ | ______ | ||
| Expenditure: | ||||
| Raising funds: | ||||
| Donor fundraising costs | 6 | 3,028 | - | 3,028 |
| Expenditure on charitable activities: | ||||
| Charitable donations | 74,427 | - | 74,427 | |
| Charitable activities | 7 | 2,794,598 | 79,496 | 2,874,094 |
| Total expenditure | 2,872,053 | 79,496 | 2,951,549 | |
| ______ | ______ | ______ | ||
| Net income/(expenditure) for the year | 100,544 | (27,287) | 73,257 | |
| Reconciliation of funds: | ||||
| Total funds brought forward | 74,345 | 112,913 | 187,258 | |
| Total funds carried forward | £174,889 | £85,626 | £260,515 | |
| ====== | ====== | ====== |