## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
**From**
Period start date 1 April 2024
**To**
Period end date 31 March 2025
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name**
RAMBAM SEPHARDI
**Other names charity is known by**
**Registered charity number (if any)** 1157540 **Charity's principal address** 20 Highwood Grove London **Postcode NW7 3LY** ~~——~~ **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates acted if not Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) for whole year to appoint trustee (if any)** 1 Derek Sheena Trustee. 2 Joseph Arazi Trustee. 3 Nathan Hasson Trustee ~~————————~~ **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year** none ~~—s—~~ **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** R Raviv Rahmani
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
**Description of the charity’s trusts**
Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Volunteers agreed by the board Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by) ~~oO~~
March **2012**
**TAR**
1
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
|**Summary of the objects of the**
**charity set out in its**
**governing document**
**Summary of the main**
**activities undertaken for the**
**public benefit in relation to**
**these objects (include within**
**this section the statutory**
**declaration that trustees have**
**had regard to the guidance**
**issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public**
**benefit)**|To advance the religion and related culture of Sephardi Jews in the
London and Hertfordshire area, for the benefit of the local and
surrounding Jewish communities, through prayer, celebration of religious
festivals and meetings/events and the support of our community during
times of need.|
|---|---|
||The Friday night services were notably better attended with the
introduction of Rabbi Raviv’s Dvar Halacha and a communal Le Haim.
Shabbat morning services continued to attract a strong core of early
attendees. Festival services and Kiddushim were held throughout the
year and gave various Hazanim the opportunity to lead services and
share the rich beauty of particular Sephardi tunes. Many visitors and
new-comers remarked on the warmth and friendliness of our community.
Rabbi Raviv’s continued his weekly study group evenings and
participated in the weekly childrens’ services. He also started a
discussion group for young teens.
The Community Enrichment and Events teams built on our established
programs which included inter-active talks by interesting speakers.
Our traditional events were all well attended and supported by
enthusiastic volunteers. Highlights were:
•
Purim seuda and play
•
Pesah Matsa bake
•
Lag l’Omer bbq, bonfire and activities
•
Shavuot tea party
•
Camp Rambam- 10 day summer camp in tents
•
Sukkah crawl
•
Simhat Torah community kiddush and Hatanim buffet
•
Eishet Hayil buffet kiddush
•
Hanukkah candle lighting, feast and family activities
•
Tu b’Shvat fruit seuda and activities
Our Welfare committee raised and distributed funds throughout the year
and particularly before festivals. They also organised home meals for
happy lifecycle milestones and sad occasions.|
|||
|Section D|Achievements andperformance|
|**Summary of the main**
**achievements of the charity**
**during the year**|Continued to hold all our services and events and develop our helpful
and caring community.|
|||
|**Section E**|**Financial review**|
|**Brief statement of the**
**charity’s policy on reserves**
**Details of any funds materially**
**in deficit**||
||As at 31/3/2025 we held £45,366 in reserves which will be used to pay
for accommodation, salaries and other running costs as necessary in the
future as donations and other income fluctuates during the year.|
||None|
|||
|**Section F**|**Other optional information**|
March **2012**
**TAR**
2
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Derek Sheena **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee **Chair, etc) Date**
March **2012**
**TAR**
3
|**RAMBAM SEPHARDI**|**RAMBAM SEPHARDI**|**RAMBAM SEPHARDI**|**RAMBAM SEPHARDI**|||||**1157540**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**A1 Receipts**
**Receipts and payments accounts**
**For the period**
**from**
Period start date
**To**
Period end date
01/04/2024
31/03/2025
**e**e
e
ee||||||||||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**
**CC16a**|**to the nearest £**||
|Membership Income
**13,081**|||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**13,081**||**14,605**|**14,605**||
|Donations
**8,025**|||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**8,025**||**5,131**|**5,131**||
|Events Income
**16,453**|||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**16,453**||**13,698**|**13,698**||
|Kiddush Income
**6,615**|||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**6,615**||**4,965**|**4,965**||
|Grants
**4,358**|||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**4,358**||**17,403**|**17,403**||
|Bank Interest
**763**|||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**763**||**539**|**539**||
|Rabbi Fund|||**2,620**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**2,620**||**4,986**|**4,986**||
|Gift aid reclaim
**13,351**|||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**13,351**||**-**|**-**||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_
**62,645**|||**2,620**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**65,265**||**61,326**|**61,326**||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_**
**62,645**
**2,620**
**-**
**65,265**
**61,326**
**A3 Payments**
————~~——~~|||||||||||||
|Advertising
**-**|||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||
|Event costs
**15,602**|||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**15,602**||**13,473**|**13,473**||
|Hire of premises
**16,180**|||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**16,180**||**17,539**|**17,539**||
|Kiddush costs
**6,268**|||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**6,268**||**6,089**|**6,089**||
|Other Premises, Expenses & Security
**4,386**|||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**4,386**||**1,615**|**1,615**||
|Salaries
**28,093**|||**2,620**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**30,713**||**15,144**|**15,144**||
|Hazan
**-**|||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||
|Beth Din
**-**|||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**500**|**500**||
|Donations Paid Out
**950**|||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**950**||**3,165**|**3,165**||
|**_Sub total_ 71,478**|||**2,620**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**74,098**||**57,526**|**57,526**||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total payments_**
**71,478**
**2,620**
**-**
**74,098**
**57,526**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**- 8,833**
**-**
**- - 8,833**
**3,801**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**- -**
**-**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**54,199**
**- -**
**54,199**
**59,520**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
**45,366**
**-**
**- 45,366**
**63,321**
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Rambam Sephardi Accounts
FINAL 1
28 December 2023
|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**|(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
HSBC General
HSBC Savings
Paypal
**_Total cash funds_**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**3,584**
**35,937**
**-**
**5,845**
**-**
**45,366**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Derek Sheena|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**When due**
**(optional)**
Date of
approval|
Rambam Sephardi Accounts
FINAL 2
28 December 2023
## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/** Charity Name RAMBAM SEPHARDI **members of On accounts for the year** 31 March 2025 **Charity no** 1157540 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1 and 2 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **31 March 2025**
**Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** accounts in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect,:
- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or
- the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
- the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 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.
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.
* _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._
**Signed:** _**Lynn Tarragano (by email)**_ **Date:** 24 Oct 2025 ~~Ps |~~ **Name:** Lynn Tarragano ~~Cs~~ **Relevant professional** Association of Chartered Certified Accountants **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** Devonshire House Manor Way, Borehamwood Herts. WD6 1QQ
1
**October 2018**
**IER**
**Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
2
**October 2018**
**IER**