**Charity number: 275919**
**THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION TRUSTEES' REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**
**THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION CONTENTS**
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Pages
Legal and administrative information 1
Trustees' Report 2-7
Independent auditors' report 8-11
Statement of financial activities 12
Balance sheet 13
Statement of cash flows 14
Notes to the financial statements 15-31
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## **THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**_
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Trustees D.A. Dangoor CBE DL(Exilarch)
M.J. Dangoor
E.B. Dangoor
Charity Number 275919
Address 4 Carlos Place
Mayfair
London
W1K 3AW
Auditors Wilson Wright LLP
5 Fleet Place
London EC4M 7RD
Bankers Barclays Bank plc National Westminster Bank plc
1 Churchill Place Kensington Royal Gardens Branch
London E14 5HP 55 Kensington High Street
London W8 5ZG
Solicitors Ince Gordon Dadds LLP Farrer & Co LLP
Aldgate Tower, 2 Lenman Street 66 Lincolns Inn Fields
London E1 8QN London WC2A 3LH
Investment manager Quilter Plc
Senator House
85 Queen Victoria Street
London
EC4V 4AB
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**THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION**
**REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**
The trustees present their report and the audited financial statements of The Exilarch’s Foundation for the year ended 31 December 2022.
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued in October 2019 and the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011 and UK Generally Accepted Practice as it applies from 1 January 2019.
The accounts have been prepared to give a ‘true and fair’ view and have departed from the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 only to the extent required to provide a true and fair view. This departure has involved following Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued in October 2019 rather than the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice effective from 1 April 2005 which has since been withdrawn.
## **Reference and administrative information**
The Charity was established by a Trust Deed dated 2 April 1978. Its registered charity number is 275919 and its principal office is at 4 Carlos Place, London W1K 3AW,
## **Aims and purposes**
The Charity is established to carry out all charitable objects, in any part of the world, within the legal meaning of the term, at the absolute discretion of the trustees. The trustees are constantly considering potential new charitable opportunities.
## **Governance and management**
The Charity is governed by its Trust Deed dated 2 April 1978.
The power of appointment of new or additional trustees and the choice of successor is vested exclusively in the Exilarch, D.A. Dangoor CBE. No formal policies have been adopted for the induction and training of trustees.
The trustees during the year and at the date of this report were as follows:-
D.A. Dangoor CBE (Exilarch) M.J. Dangoor R.D. Dangoor (died 5 April 2022)
E.B. Dangoor
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**THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION**
**REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**
The trustees are legally responsible for the overall management and control of the charity and meet regularly throughout the year.
The investment committee (consisting of D.A. Dangoor CBE and M.J. Dangoor) reviews the charity's investments and investment policies, taking professional advice where appropriate.
R.D. Dangoor, sadly passed away on 5 April 2022. He was a founding trustee of The Exilarch’s Foundation in 1978, which has distributed large amounts to good causes over many years. His benevolence and tireless hard work for good causes will be greatly missed by all who came into contact with him.
## **Public Benefit**
The Charities Act 2011 requires all charities to meet the legal requirement that its aims are for the public benefit. The Charity Commission in its Charities and Public Benefit guidance states that there are two key principles to be met in order to show that an organisation’s aims are for the public benefit: firstly, there must be an identifiable benefit or benefits and secondly, that the benefit must be to the public or a section of the public. The trustees consider that they have complied with Section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 including the guidance “public benefit: running a charity (PB2)”.
## **Aims, objectives, activities and achievements during 2022**
## **Aim 1 - Iraq**
The trustees have continued to keep their long-term sights on the eventual re-establishment of a Jewish community in Iraq through the setting up of educational and religious institutions. Currently, the security position in Iraq remains sufficiently unsettled for it to be impossible for Jews to resettle in significant numbers in Iraq and therefore impossible for the Charity to acquire land and/or begin construction on projects in Iraq. Consequently, the trustee’s strategy to achieve its principal aim is to maintain appropriate levels of reserves whilst monitoring developments in Iraq with the assistance of a network of contacts throughout the Middle East, members of the former community of Iraqi Jews and academics worldwide, and public sources of information. In consultation with professional advisers and the Charity Commission, the trustees have undertaken to carry out regular assessments of when the re-establishment of the Jewish community and large-scale expenditure by the Charity from this fund might become possible.
The Charity held a designated fund of £10 million (2021: £10 million) for the purpose of assisting the setting up of educational and religious institutions in a future re-established Jewish community in Iraq.
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## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**
The trustees continue to take note of:
- (a) discussions taking place among Iraqi Jewish communities in Israel, the USA and elsewhere regarding the likelihood that circumstances will in due course permit the effective reestablishment of a Jewish community in Baghdad;
- (b) discussions with members of the Iraqi parliament who are believed to be sympathetic to this cause;
- (c) progress towards a confederation of Middle Eastern interests wishing to see the return to Iraq of many of the educated/business classes who have left the country over the past decades;
- (d) moves towards the recognition of the importance in world heritage terms of identifying and preserving holy sites in Iraq, many of which relate to the Jewish faith, reflecting the long history of the Jewish people in Iraq and the region; and
- (e) the fact that some businesses with Jewish connections were already becoming involved within Iraq.
The trustees are keeping the designation of funds for this purpose under review.
## **Aim 2 – other charitable purposes**
Alongside their above objective, the trustees have during 2022 sought to identify effective ways of deploying the Charity’s resources so as to deliver maximum impact without adversely affecting its capacity to achieve its principal objective.
## **Monotheism**
The trustees continue to explore ways to take forward the recommendations contained in the report commissioned jointly with Birkbeck College on the feasibility of creating an institute for ethical monotheism which will include academic activities of research, teaching and publication, and practical engagement with social and public ethical issues.
## **Major grants**
During the year, total grants of £3,939,633 (2021: £6,125,179) were made. The largest of these were a grant of £1m made to The Open University and £0.8m to Cancer Research UK. Further details of grants can be found in note 7 to the accounts.
## **Grants for educational institutions**
Funding for educational institutions in the UK has been continued throughout 2022 and into 2023.
The academic results achieved at Westminster Academy have remained impressive, with more than 72% of students achieving grades 9-4 in each of the core subjects of English, Maths and Science, (55% achieving grades 9-5) with a large proportion of these not having English as a first language.
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## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**
The Academy students continue to achieve good IB results and in 2023, obtained an average of 33.5 points out of 45 (global average circa 30/45). Two students had individual scores of 44 out of 45, which fewer than 3% of students achieved in the previous IBDP cohort, worldwide.
The Charity continues to support the London Centre for Languages and Culture which was established by Pembroke College, Oxford.
## **Plans for future periods**
The trustees resolved that whilst they would continue to consider other applications for funding made to the Charity, they wished to continue to address the following areas over the coming years.
## **The advancement of education and the Jewish religion in Iraq**
The trustees have resolved to retain the fund designated for assisting in the re-establishment of a Jewish community in Iraq through the setting up of educational and religious institutions. They will review the level of funds designated for this large-scale project annually, and as part of the Charity’s ongoing monitoring of the situation consider whether continued retention of the funds remains appropriate.
As reported previously, the trustees believe that it is to the advantage of the Charity to continue to accumulate these funds in order that the Charity may undertake the large-scale projects that will be required when the Jewish community returns to Iraq.
## **Educational projects and scholarships**
The trustees anticipate continuing their support of the Westminster Academy, of which the Charity is the Sponsor, and which Mr David Dangoor CBE is also a trustee. Grants amounting to £113,777 (2021: £116,317) were awarded to Westminster Academy during the year.
## **Universal Monotheism**
The trustees will continue to explore whether the Charity’s funds might beneficially be used to support the establishment of a new university and in particular the scope for the Charity to allocate additional funds for this project so as to make a meaningful contribution to the estimated £50 million costs involved.
## **Financial review**
## **Principal sources of income**
During 2022 the Charity received investment income and interest of £7m (2021: £7m). The majority of this took the form of rental income from commercial properties.
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**THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION**
**REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**
## **Principal risks and uncertainties**
The trustees have given consideration to the principal risks and uncertainties to which the Charity is exposed. The Charity holds a significant investment property portfolio and any substantial decrease in property values or a substantial reduction in the ratio of tenanted properties to vacant ones would impact the Charity. The trustees monitor the impact of these risks and have concluded that there are sufficient reserves within the Charity to accommodate these.
## **Reserves Policy**
The trustees are continuing to develop and refine the charity's reserves policy, taking into account both long term and short term projects, and monitor reserves on an ongoing basis.
The charity now holds an endowment fund of £55.4m (2021: £63.9m) and, of the other funds it holds, £10m remains designated for the specific purpose of assisting the setting up of educational and religious institutions in a future re-established Jewish community in Iraq. At the balance sheet date free reserves amounted to £18.6m (2021: £20.7m).
Due to the long term nature of its grants, it is the Charity's policy to retain reserves of a minimum of five years total expenditure excluding grants.
At the balance sheet date, the charity had net current assets of £3.7m (2021: net current liabilities of £2.4m).
## **Investment Policy, Performance and Objectives**
The Charity's policy is to invest primarily in real estate and donations have been received on that basis. The trustees consider these investments to be secure both in the medium and long term and their performance in terms of capital growth and income is expected to compare well to the rest of the market. The Charity is also exploring some non-property investments.
The Charity's investment properties were independently revalued at the balance sheet date. The resultant unrealised losses in the year of £13.3m (2021: £0.5m) are considered to mirror the current market conditions of the property sector in the UK. However, the charity’s income is largely protected from the impact of short-term market fluctuations due to the continuity of its existing tenants, with their leases not due to expire for several years.
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**THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**
## **Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities**
The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
- make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
## **Approval**
This report was approved by the trustees on 17 October 2023 and signed on their behalf.
## **Exilarch**
## **D.A. Dangoor CBE**
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## **THE EXILARCH’S FOUNDATION**
## **INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE EXILARCH’S FOUNDATION**
## **Opinion**
We have audited the financial statements of The Exilarch’s Foundation (“the charity”) for the year ended 31 December 2022, which comprise the statement of financial activities, the balance sheet, the statement of cashflows, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial 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
- give a true and fair view of the state of the charity’s affairs as at 31 December 2022 and of its incoming resources and application of resources, for the year then ended;
- have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
- have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011.
## **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 charity 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 trustee’s 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 charity’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.
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## **INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE EXILARCH’S FOUNDATION**
## **Other information**
The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. 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.
## **Matters on which we are required to report by exception**
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 require us to report to you if, in our opinion:
- the information given in the trustees’ report is inconsistent in any material respect with the financial statements; or
- sufficient accounting records have not been kept; or
- the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
- we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.
## **Responsibilities of trustees**
As explained more fully in the trustees’ responsibilities statement set out on page 7, the trustees 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 charity’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 cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
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## **INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE EXILARCH’S FOUNDATION**
## **Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements**
We have been appointed as auditor under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and report in accordance with that Act and relevant regulations made or having effect thereunder **.**
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.
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:
## **Capability of the audit in detecting irregularities, including fraud**
Based on our understanding of the charity and the charity sector, we identified that the principal risks of non-compliance with laws and regulations related to the failure to comply with charity regulations, and we considered the extent to which non-compliance might have a material effect on the financial statements. We also considered those laws and regulations that have a direct impact on the preparation of the financial statements such as the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and Charities Act 2011. We evaluated management's incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements (including the risk of override of controls) and determined that the principal risks were related to posting inappropriate journal entries and management bias in accounting estimates. Audit procedures performed by the auditors included:
- discussions with the trustees, including consideration of known or suspected instances of noncompliance with laws and regulations and fraud;
- assessing management's significant judgements and estimates in particular those relating to the valuation of the charity’s property portfolio; and
- identifying and testing manual journal entries, in particular any journal entries posted with unclear rationale.
There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above, and the further removed noncompliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we would become aware of it. Also, the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery or intentional misrepresentations, or through collusion.
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## **INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE EXILARCH’S FOUNDATION**
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: http://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 Charity’s trustees, as a body, in accordance with Part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the Charity’s trustees those matters we are required to state to them in an auditorʼs 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 Charity’s trustees as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
**Wilson Wright LLP Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors 5 Fleet Place London EC4M 7RD Date: 24 October 2023**
Wilson Wright LLP is eligible for appointment as auditor of the charity by virtue of its eligibility for appointment as auditor of a company under section 1212 of the Companies Act 2006.
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## **THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**_
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Unrestricted Expendable Total Total
Funds Endowment Funds Funds
Notes 2022 2022 2022 2021
£ £ £ £
Income from:
Investments 4 7,166,450 - 7,166,450 7,023,142
Other income 5 31,668 - 31,668 5,268
Total income 7,198,118 - 7,198,118 7,028,410
Expenditure on:
Cost of raising funds 6 412,390 - 412,390 292,011
Charitable activities 7 4,202,747 - 4,202,747 6,257,770
Total expenditure 4,615,137 - 4,615,137 6,549,781
Net income 2,582,981 - 2,582,981 478,629
Net (losses) /gains on 14.1,14.3 (4,698,218) (8,415,464) (13,113,682) 440,439
investments
Net movement in funds (2,115,237) (8,415,464) (10,530,701) 919,068
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward 38,957,089 63,855,991 102,813,080 101,894,012
Total funds carried forward 36,841,852 55,440,527 92,282,379 102,813,080
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## **THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION BALANCE SHEET** _**AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2022**_
|**Notes**
**2022**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
**Fixed assets**
Investments
**10.1**
94,862,604
**Current assets**
Debtors
**11**
992,614
Cash at bank
7,406,431
8,399,045
**Creditors:**amounts falling due
within one year
**12**
(4,744,939)
**Net current assets / (liabilities)**
3,654,106
**Creditors:**amounts falling due after
more than one year
**13**
(6,234,331)
**Total net assets**
**92,282,379**
**Funds of the charity**
Expendable endowment fund
**14.1**
55,440,527
Unrestricted funds:
Designated
**14.2**
18,250,000
General
**14.3**
18,591,852
**Total funds**
**92,282,379**|**2021**
**2021**
**£**
**£**
111,801,435
1,596,235
2,211,496
3,807,731
(6,206,032)
(2,398,301)
(6,590,054)
**102,813,080**
63,855,991
18,250,000
20,707,089
**102,813,080**|
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The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 17 October 2023 and signed on their behalf by:
**D.A. Dangoor CBE DL Exilarch**
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## **THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION STATEMENT OF CASHFLOWS** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**_
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Notes 2022 2022 2021 2021
£ £ £ £
Net cash used in operating activities 16 (5,744,492) (4,860,124)
Cash flows from investing activities
Interest received 4,363 371
Dividends and rental income from investments 7,110,063 7,022,771
Purchase of investment properties (750,186) (5,588,117)
Purchase of other investments (1,956,622) (1,814,316)
Proceeds on disposal of investments 64,854 358,430
Proceeds from sale of investment properties 6,466,955 2,368,685
Net cash flows from investing activities 10,939,427 2,347,824
Change in cash and cash equivalents in the year 5,194,935 (2,512,300)
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year 2,211,496 4,723,796
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year 7,406,431 2,211,496
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**THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**_
## **1 Status**
The Exilarch's Foundation is an unincorporated charity governed by a Trust Deed and is registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. The address of the registered office is 4 Carlos Place, Mayfair, London, W1K 3AW.
## **2 Accounting policies**
The principal accounting policies adopted, judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty in the preparation of the financial statements are as follows:
## **2.1 Basis of preparation of accounts and assessment of going concern**
The financial statements(accounts) have been prepared under the historical cost convention except for investments which have been included at fair value and in accordance with Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued in October 2019, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), the Charities Act 2011 and UK Generally Accepted Practice as it applies from 1 January 2019.
The accounts have been prepared to give a " true and fair " view and have departed from the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 only to the extent required to provide a " true and fair view". This departure has involved following Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued in October 2019 rather than the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice effective from 1 April 2005 which has since been withdrawn.
The Exilarch's Foundation 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 financial statements are prepared in pounds sterling and rounded to the nearest pound.
## **2.2 Going concern**
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the Board of Trustees consider there are no material uncertainties existing that may cast significant doubt as to its ability to continue as a going concern.
## **2.3 Consolidated and financial statements**
Consolidated financial statements for the Charity and its wholly owned subsidiary, Edufilms Limited have not been prepared as the subsidiary was immaterial. As such the accounts reflect only the transactions and balances of the Charity.
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## **2 Accounting policies (continued)**
## **2.4 Income**
Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the item(s) of income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
Donations, are recognised when the charity has been notified in writing of both the amount and settlement date. In the event that a donation is subject to conditions that require a level of performance before the charity is entitled to the funds, the income is deferred and not recognised until either those conditions are fully met, or the fulfilment of those conditions is wholly within the control of the charity and it is probable that those conditions will be fulfilled in the reporting period.
Legacy gifts are recognised at the earlier of the date on which either: the charity is aware that probate has been granted, the estate has been finalised and notification has been made by the executors to the charity that a distribution will be made, or when a distribution is received from the estate. Receipt of a legacy, in whole or in part, is only considered probable when there has been a grant of probate, the executors have established there are sufficient assets in the estate to pay the legacy and the conditions attached to the legacy are either within the control of the charity or have been met. Where legacies have been notified to the charity, or the charity is aware of the granting of probate, and the criteria for income recognition have not been met, then the legacy is a treated as a contingent asset and disclosed if material.
Rental income arising from operating leases on investment properties is accounted for on a straight line basis over the lease term. Incentives for lessees to enter into lease agreements are spread evenly over the lease terms, even if the payments are not made on such a basis. Rental income is measured at the fair value of the consideration receivable excluding VAT.
Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity; this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the bank. Dividends are recognised once the dividend has been declared and notification has been received of the dividend due.
## **2.5 Expenditure**
Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is classified under the following activity headings:
- Costs of raising funds represent investment property and related costs associated with deriving rental income.
- Expenditure on charitable activities comprises grants payable and associated costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support it.
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**THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**_
## **2 Accounting policies (continued)**
- Grants payable are payments made to third parties in the furtherance of the charitable objects of the charity. Unconditional grant offer is accrued once the recipient has been notified of the grant award. The notification gives the recipient a reasonable expectation that they will receive the oneyear or multi-year grant.
The provision of a multi-year grant is recognised at its present value where settlement is due over more than one year from the date of the award, there are no unfulfilled performance conditions under the control of the Trust that would permit the Trust to avoid making the future payment(s), settlement is probable and the effect of discounting is material. The discount rate used is the average loan rate in the year in which the grant award is made. This discount rate is regarded by the trustees as providing the most current available estimate of the opportunity cost of money reflecting the time value of money to the Charity.
All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis. Irrecoverable VAT is charged against the expenditure heading for which it was incurred.
## **2.6 Allocation of support and governance costs**
Support costs have been allocated between governance costs and other support costs. Governance costs comprise all costs involving the public accountability of the charity and its compliance with regulation and good practice. These costs include costs related to statutory audit and legal fees.
Governance costs and support costs relating to the cost of raising funds and expenditure on charitable activities have been apportioned on an equal basis. The allocation of support and governance costs is analysed in note 8.
## **2.7 Operating Leases**
Rentals payable under operating leases, including any lease incentives received, are charged to income on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease except where another more systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the lease asset are consumed.
## **2.8 Foreign currencies**
Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. Transactions in foreign currencies are recorded at the closing rate of the month preceding that in which the transaction occurred. Exchange differences are taken to the Statement of Financial Activities.
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**THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**_
## **2 Accounting policies (continued)**
## **2.9 Fund accounting**
The following funds are held by the Charity:-
Expendable Endowment - these are capital funds which can only be converted into expendable income at the discretion of the Exilarch.
Unrestricted funds comprise those funds which the trustees are free to use for any purpose in furtherance of the charitable objects. Unrestricted funds include designated funds where the trustees, at their discretion, have created a fund for a specific purpose.
Realised and unrealised gains and losses on investments are allocated to the appropriate fund based on opening fund balances.
## **2.10 Fixed asset investments**
Investment properties are measured initially at cost and subsequently at fair value at the reporting date. Valuation at fair value is made on an open market value basis by reference to market evidence of transaction prices for similar properties. Fair value adjustments are recognised as gains/losses on revaluation of fixed assets in the Statement of Financial Activities.
Investments in subsidiaries are measured initially at cost and subsequently at cost less impairment.
Other investments are initially measured at cost and subsequently at fair value at the reporting date. Where there are other investments whose fair values cannot be measured reliably, such assets are measured at cost less impairment. Realised and unrealised gains and losses, as well as any impairment, are shown as gains/losses on investments in the Statements of Financial Activities. Net gains on other investments are recorded after deduction of management fees and foreign exchange movements.
## **2.11 Loans**
Concessionary loans made in furtherance of the charity's objectives and repayable after more than one year are initially recognised at the amount paid with the carrying value adjusted in subsequent years to reflect repayments and any accrued interest. To the extent that the loan is assessed as irrecoverable, an impairment loss is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities.
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**THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**_
## **2 Accounting policies (continued)**
## **2.12 Financial instruments**
Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised when the charity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. Additionally all financial assets and liabilities are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into.
Basic financial assets, which include trade and other receivables and cash at bank are initially measured at transaction price (including transaction costs) and are subsequently carried at amortised cost.
Basic financial liabilities include trade payables, grants payable, other payables and deferred income are initially recognised at transaction price and subsequently carried at amortised cost.
## **3 Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty**
In the application of the charity's accounting policies, the trustees are required to make judgments, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated 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 ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
As disclosed in Note 10.1, the charity's investment properties have been valued on an open market value basis by an independent professional valuer, valuation of which is based on a number of assumptions including market conditions which prevailed at the balance sheet date.
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**THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**_
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4 Investment income and interest 2022 2021
£ £
Unrestricted fund
Income from:-
Rent receivable 7,162,087 7,022,771
Interest on cash deposits 4,363 371
7,166,450 7,023,142
5 Other income 2022 2021
£ £
Unrestricted fund
Other income 31,668 5,268
31,668 5,268
6 Cost of raising funds 2022 2021
£ £
Unrestricted fund
a Investment Property Costs
Rent payable 100,988 102,260
Rates 20,151 13,985
Insurance 850 3,262
Service charges 55,335 31,082
Repairs and maintenance 3,055 (61)
Legal and professional 139,851 47,135
320,230 197,663
b Other costs
Publicity 6,340 25,500
Support costs (see note 8) 75,325 54,187
Investment management fees 10,495 14,661
412,390 292,011
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**THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**_
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2022 2022 2021 2021
£ £ £ £
7 Expenditure on charitable activities
a Grants
An analysis of grants is as follows:
Grants to institutions
SOCIAL WELFARE
Community development
The Faith and Belief Forum 158,270 127,527
Jewish Renaissance Magazine 103,665 130,365
Jewish Leadership Council 100,000 50,000
-
Paddington Development Trust 100,000
Sadeh Farm 100,000 -
The National Deaf Blind and Rubella Association 100,000 -
-
United Jewish Israel Appeal 100,000
Woolf Institute 80,957 42,028
Maccabi GBP 73,630 75,181
The Spanish and Portuguese Jews Congregation 60,640 50,440
Wizo UK 50,000 -
Jewish Book Week 42,000 -
Chazak 25,000 60,000
Torah Action Life 25,000 45,000
Ascent of Safed 22,803 -
-
United Isreal Appeal UK 20,000
University Jewish Chaplaincy 20,000 20,000
Jerusalem Foundation 8,000 -
Beit Halochem UK - 25,000
-
Best Beginnings 40,000
-
Bevis Marks Synagogue Heritage Foundation 900,000
Centre for Jewish Life - 15,000
Israel Philharmonic Foundation UK - 17,500
-
Jewish Homes Emergency 200,000
-
Jewish Lads and Girls Brigade 50,000
-
Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) 210,000
Other General Grants & Donations 435,384 491,441
Ethics
-
Global Leadership Foundation 5,000
-
Tony Blair Institute for Global Change 50,000
1,625,349 2,604,482
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**THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**_
## **7 Expenditure on charitable activities (continued)**
|**Hospitals, Medical Education and Research**
Cancer Research UK
802,000
Integra Group
15,300
The Royal Society of Medicine
-
Other
17,059
**General**
-
**EDUCATION**
**University/College**
Open University
1,000,000
British Schools Exploring Society
120,000
Westminster Academy
113,777
Women's Interfaith Network
55,025
Imperial College - Space Science & Engineering
50,000
Imperial College of Science, Technology and
35,000
Middle East Education
30,000
Association of Jewish Academics from Iraq
20,993
Sephardi Voices USA
5,000
Royal Society of Medicine
1,000
Birkbeck University - Monotheism & Other Grants
-
Dangoor Education
-
Imperial Health Charity
-
Institute for Jewish Policy Research
-
Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies
-
Queen Mary University (BARTS)
-
Side by Side (School) Ltd
-
University Scholarship Scheme
-
Weizmann Institute of Science / Weizmann UK
-
Yakar
-
Other
49,130
**Sundry**
RUSI - The Royal United Services Institute for
Defence and Security
-
Carried forward|834,359
1,479,925
3,939,633|-
-
80,621
-
24,890
105,511
-
120,000
116,317
277,400
70,000
300,000
-
17,925
-
-
125,000
52,500
100,000
36,000
3,666
124,000
360,000
(243,334)
17,410
80,000
108,302
1,750,000
3,415,186
6,125,179|
|---|---|---|
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## **THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**_
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7 Expenditure on charitable activities
a Grants (continued) 2022 2021
£ £
Brought forward 3,939,633 6,125,179
Present value adjustment on commitments made in year (139,470) (361,667)
Present value of grant commitments made in year 7.d 3,800,163 5,763,512
Finance costs 292,375 340,070
Foreign exchange 34,884 -
Support costs (see note 8) 75,325 54,188
4,202,747 6,157,770
b Other expenditure
Impairment loss on concessionary loan - 100,000
4,202,747 6,257,770
c Where significant grant payments are due in greater than one year the amounts have been discounted
to reflect their net present value. Finance costs represent finance charges in respect of the unwinding
of the grants.
d Reconciliation to Grants Payable: £ £
Commitments at 1 January 2022 11,051,096 10,717,222
Commitments made in year 3,800,163 5,763,512
Grants paid during the year (5,673,092) (5,798,450)
Finance costs 292,375 340,070
Difference on exchange 34,884 28,742
Commitments at 31 December 2022 9,505,426 11,051,096
Commitments at 31 December 2022 are payable as follows:-
Within one year (note 12) 3,271,095 4,461,042
After more than one year (note 13) 6,234,331 6,590,054
9,505,426 11,051,096
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## **THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**_
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8 Support costs 2022 2022 2022 2021 2021 2021
£ £ £ £ £ £
Total costs Cost of Expenditure Total costs Cost of Expenditure
raising funds on raising funds on
charitable charitable
activities activities
Apportionment 50% 50% 50% 50%
Property expenses 13,954 6,977 6,977 14,786 7,393 7,393
Governance
Bank charges 1,447 723 724 1,132 566 566
Sundry expenses 18,665 9,333 9,332 2,583 1,291 1,292
Professional fees 77,145 38,573 38,572 53,944 26,972 26,972
Audit fees 39,439 19,719 19,720 35,930 17,965 17,965
150,650 75,325 75,325 108,375 54,187 54,188
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**THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**_
## **9 Trustees and employees**
No remuneration was paid to the trustees or their connected persons for the year, nor were any expenses reimbursed to them (2021 - £nil).
There were no persons employed by the charity during the year or the previous year.
|**10.1 Fixed asset investments**
**Fair values**
At 1 January 2022
Additions at cost
Disposals at carrying value
Gain / (Loss) on fair value|**Shares in**
**UK Investment**
**Listed**
**group**
**Other**
**Properties Investments undertaking investments**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
107,970,000
213,704
1
3,617,730
111,801,435
750,186
-
-
1,956,622
2,706,808
(6,600,000)
(59,902)
-
(64,854)
(6,724,756)
(13,325,186)
(47,985)
-
452,288
(12,920,883)|
|---|---|
|At 31 December 2022|88,795,000
105,817
1
5,961,786
94,862,604|
The investment properties have been revalued at the reporting year end date on an open market value basis by an independent Chartered surveyor, Foxglove Property Limited and represent their fair value.
The charity is a leasehold tenant and pays a peppercorn rent to the freeholder of a property which is owned by a company in which the trustees are directors/shareholders with control of the company.
Listed investments are carried at fair value and represent investment in equities which are traded in quoted public markets, primarily the London Stock Exchange.
See note 10.2 for shares in group undertakings.
|**Analysis of investments at fair value**
**at 31 December 2022**
**UK investments**
Ordinary shares:
Listed
Investments amounting to more than 5 per cent of the total portfolio:
Airlines Group SA
Entain plc|**2022**
**£**
105,817
30,960
69,868|**2021**
**£**
213,704
28,990
178,912|
|---|---|---|
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10.2 Interest in subsidiary
Shares in
group
undertaking
£
At cost less impairment
Balance at 1 January 2022 and at 31 December 2022 1
Details of the Charity's subsidiary:
Company Country of Class Shares held Principal
Edufilms Ltd England & Ordinary 100% Educational
The results of Edufilms Ltd for the year ended 31 December 2022 were as follows:
£
Capital and reserves 3,995
Loss for the year (4,082)
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**THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**_
|**11 Debtors**
Trade debtors
Amounts owed by subsidiary undertaking
Other debtors
Prepayments and accrued income|**2022**
**£**
340,489
61,671
350,000
240,454
992,614|**2021**
**£**
838,984
57,471
368,016
331,764
1,596,235|
|---|---|---|
Amounts owed by subsidiary undertaking represent concessionary loans made to facilitate the production and distribution of educational films. There is no fixed repayment term and the amount does not bear interest.
Other receivables includes a concessionary loan detailed as follows:
- **(i)** A £350,000 (2021 - £350,000) interest free loan which was originally repayable in November 2019 and remains outstanding to assist in the purchase and fitting out of a property for an organisation with a vision to enhance Jewish youth's lives. The loan is underwritten by a guarantor and additionally, the charity has a second mortgage charge against the property.
The loan meets the criterion for treatment as programme related concessionary loans.
|**12 Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year**
Trade creditors
Taxation and social security
Other creditors
Accruals and deferred income
Grants payable
**13 Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year**
Grants payable|**2022**
**£**
24,180
289,920
224,182
935,562
3,271,095
4,744,939
**2022**
**£**
6,234,331|**2021**
**£**
129,072
294,922
278,276
1,042,720
4,461,042
6,206,032
**2021**
**£**
6,590,054|
|---|---|---|
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## **THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**_
|**14.1 Expendable endowment fund**
At 1 January 2022
(Loss)/gain on investments in the year
At 31 December 2022|**2022**
**£**
63,855,991
(8,415,464)
55,440,527|**2021**
**£**
64,029,853
(173,862)
63,855,991|
|---|---|---|
The capital can only be converted into expendable income at the discretion of the Exilarch.
## **14.2 Designated funds**
|**2022**
**£**
At 1 January 2022
18,250,000
Transfers to general fund
-
At 31 December 2022
18,250,000
Purposes:
Assisting the setting up of educational and religious institutions in a future
re-established Jewish community in Iraq
Advancement of Universal Monotheism
UK Israel Healthcare Innovation Project|**2021**
**£**
23,250,000
(5,000,000)
18,250,000
10,000,000
7,000,000
1,250,000
18,250,000|
|---|---|
In 2020, £5,000,000 was included within designated funds for an affordable housing project for teachers at the Westminster Academy. No such project has materialised as a potential developer has decided not to proceed. Accordingly, in 2021, the amount previously designated for this project has been transferred back to the general fund.
## **14.3 General fund**
|At 1 January 2022
Incoming resources in the year
(Loss) / gain on investments in the year
Resources expended in the year
Transfers from designated fund
At 31 December 2022|**2022**
**£**
20,707,089
7,198,118
(4,698,218)
(4,615,137)
-
18,591,852|**2021**
**£**
14,614,159
7,028,410
614,301
(6,549,781)
5,000,000
20,707,089|
|---|---|---|
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**THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**
## **15 Analysis of charity net assets between funds**
|Expendable Endowment
Unrestricted Funds:
Designated
General|**Investments**
**£**
55,440,527
18,250,000
21,172,077
94,862,604|**Current**
**Assets Less**
**Liabilities**
**£**
-
-
3,654,106
3,654,106|**Long Term**
**Liabilities**
**£**
-
-
(6,234,331)
(6,234,331)|**Total**
**£**
55,440,527
18,250,000
18,591,852
92,282,379|
|---|---|---|---|---|
## **16 Reconciliation of net movement in funds to net cash used in operating activities.**
|Net movement in funds
Adjustments for:
Investment income and Interest
Loss / (Profit) on sale of fixed assets
Loss / (Profit) on sale of fixed asset investments
Decrease in valuation of fixed assets investments
Private equity investments fair value adjustments
Impairment of concessionary loan
Net decrease in debtors
Net (decrease) / increase in current liabilities
Net (decrease) / increase in grants payable
Net cash used in operating activities|**2022**
**2021**
**£**
**£**
(10,530,701)
919,068
(7,198,118)
(7,023,142)
133,045
(168,685)
59,902
(91,473)
13,373,171
414,469
(452,288)
(594,750)
-
100,000
593,132
169,291
(176,965)
1,081,224
(1,545,670)
333,874
(5,744,492)
(4,860,124)|
|---|---|
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## **17 Analysis of changes in net debt**
|At 1 January 2022
Cashflow movements
At 31 December 2022|**2022**
**£**
2,211,496
5,194,935
7,406,431|**2021**
**£**
4,723,796
(2,512,300)
2,211,496|
|---|---|---|
## **18 Operating lease arrangements**
## **18.1 Lessor**
At the balance sheet date the charity had future minimum rentals receivable under noncancellable opera�ng leases, which fall due as follows:
|**2022**
**£**
Within one year
7,133,830
Between two and five years
28,648,781
In over five years
36,925,841
72,708,452
**18.2 Lessee**
**2022**
**£**
Within one year
102,260
Between two and five years
409,040
In over five years
7,080,425
7,591,725
**19**
**Financial commitments**
Amounts contracted for but not provided:
**2022**
**£**
Acquisition of investment property
4,815,000
Acquisition of fixed asset investments
1,689,180
At the balance sheet date the charity had outstanding commitments for future
payments under non-cancellable opera�ng leases, which fall due as follows:|**2021**
**£**
7,283,236
25,753,944
36,841,035
69,878,215
**2021**
**£**
102,260
409,040
7,210,004
7,721,304
**2021**
**£**
-
2,692,797
minimum lease|
|---|---|
The charity was committed to purchase an investment property for £5,350,000, of which £4,815,000 is outstanding at the year end. The purchase was completed on 13 January 2023.
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## **20 Related parties disclosures**
During the year, grants amounting to £113,7777 (2021: £116,317) were awarded to Westminster Academy, of which Mr David Dangoor CBE DL CBE is a trustee.
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