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2023-03-31-accounts

Charity Registration No. 286950

Company Registration No. 01713997 (England and Wales)

JEWISH LADS' & GIRLS' BRIGADE

ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

JEWISH LADS' & GIRLS' BRIGADE

LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Trustees Ruth Dwight (Resigned 22 June 2023)
Ruth Green (Resigned 28 March 2023)
Richard Marshall
Jordana Price
Joanne Rams (Resigned 9 August 2022)
Adam Shelley FCCA
Barry Shine FCAM (Resigned 22 June 2023)
Norman Terret, JP
Hannah Gerson (Appointed 26 April 2023)
Benjamin de Jong (Appointed 2 February 2023)
Charity number 286950
Company number 01713997
Registered office Camperdown
3 Beechcroft Road
London
E18 1LA
Independent Auditor Gerald Edelman LLP
73 Cornhill
London
EC3V 3QQ
Bankers CAF Bank Ltd
Kings Mill
West Malling
Kent
ME19 4TA
Solicitors Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
125 Wood Street
London
EC2V 7AW
Patron The former Prince of Wales
President The Lord Levy
Chairman Norman Terret, JP
Honorary Treasurer Adam Shelley FCCA
Chief Executive (Company Secretary)Neil Martin, OBE

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CONTENTS

Page
Trustees' report 1 - 9
Statement of Trustees' responsibilities 10
Independent auditor's report 11 - 14
Statement of financial activities 15 - 16
Balance sheet 17
Statement of cash flows 18
Notes to the financial statements 19 - 31

JEWISH LADS' & GIRLS' BRIGADE

TRUSTEES' REPORT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

The Board of Trustees is pleased to present its annual report and accounts for the Jewish Lads' & Girls' Brigade (otherwise known as the JLGB) for the year ended 31 March 2023.

The financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006, the Memorandum and Articles of Association and Accounting and Reporting by Charities Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standards applicable in the UK and Ireland (FRS102) (Effective 1 January 2019) and meets the requirements of a directors report as required by the Companies Act.

Objectives and activities

Vision - A Positive Future for Jewish Youth

The JLGB strives to help develop a society that values Jewish young people and their contributions to their local and wider communities by aiming to make every effort to train, develop and support them through their transition from young person to adult life to become active citizens in society.

Mission Statement (Public Benefit)

The JLGB trains and develops young people of the Jewish faith to reach their potential through active citizenship, within both the Jewish and wider community, empowering them to become future leaders of tomorrow.

Through a diverse range of experiences and activities the JLGB seeks to enrich the lives of young Jewish people through its local, regional and national framework. The JLGB removes barriers to participation by providing positive activities within a fun, friendly, safe and structured environment, that meet the religious and cultural needs of the Jewish community.

The JLGB encourages friendship through achievement, recognition and personal development programmes, which prepare and enable young Jewish people to develop the essential life skills needed to help their transition from young person to adult life.

Primary Aims

The JLGB primary aims are to:

Achieving these aims will enrich the lives of young people and help them to become good citizens who can make a positive contribution to their own and the wider community.

Values

Central to the ethos of the JLGB is active citizenship and giving back to society. The JLGB encourages Jewish young people's involvement in volunteering, social action, interfaith and intergenerational projects that have a positive impact in both the Jewish and wider communities.

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Objectives

Achievements and performance

During the year under review there were over 4,000 young people between 8 and 25 years of age in membership or associated with the organisation. JLGB supports young people from local Jewish communities across the UK, inspiring and empowering them to maximise their opportunities, make good choices and to understand the importance of giving back to society.

JLGB removes all barriers to address the disadvantage that young Jewish people can face accessing universal youth provision, local authority services and national achievement awards, as they often do not meet their faith requirements and practise. As such, JLGB directly delivers Kosher and faith sensitive provisions of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award, Yoni Jesner Award, National Citizen Service and vinspired Award in all Jewish schools. Taking part in these programmes is proven to equip young people with transferrable skills that increase their social mobility, forges their Jewish identity and enhances their employment potential.

JLGB believes that it is vital that all Jewish young people have the same access to these highly prized programmes, and that these specialist provisions are crucial for those in more disadvantaged parts of our community, those with welfare needs or youngsters with physical or learning disabilities for whom these programmes can be life-changing. JLGB works in partnership with schools, youth groups, synagogues and other bodies in small communities throughout the country to deliver its programmes and award schemes at local level through its national network.

The impressive team of professional staff and volunteers have transformed the JLGB into an award winning, modern, thriving and innovative organisation that leads the way, not just in the Jewish community, but in wider society in removing barriers to ensure all young people have full access to positive transformational activities, accredited leadership training and skills development programmes.

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Core Activities

JLGB's core activities include local weekly groups across the country alongside national events, residential camps and international tours. In order to create well rounded and active citizens, all JLGB groups across the country follow six key life-enhancing principles, which teach transferable skills relevant to modern society. These are; Creativity & Digital Skills; Active & Healthy Living; Citizenship & Community Involvement; Jewish Identity & Peoplehood; Leadership Development; and Social & Emotional Wellbeing.

JLGB focuses on the individual and aims to recognise and enhance every young person's potential, building their character to develop their leadership, communication, organisation, initiative, resilience, confidence and creativity. Our local weekly groups have skilled up and empowered Jewish young people across the UK, giving them a wide range of new skills while honing their unique abilities to enable them to achieve in the future.

JLGB was pleased to be awarded a grant from the Uniformed Youth New Groups Fund to support our project to open JLGB groups in Jewish communities across England. We plan to open new groups in areas where we have waitlists and to reopen groups that have been closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This project has two key components to ensure both immediate growth and longer-term sustainability: direct delivery and capacity building.

Part one of this initiative will repair and develop new JLGB groups to enable disadvantaged young people from hard-to-reach faith communities to get involved in character building, skills development and social action projects. Part two of this project provides JLGB with the unique and timely opportunity in a post pandemic world, to further revolutionise a sustainable model for the future of group activities for disadvantaged young people and to realise our long-term strategic plans. We have appointed a Project Team to lead this expansion and will invest in training, marketing, and infrastructure.

Summer Camp was a resounding success, with more in attendance than in over 40 years. Attendees took part in an upgraded programme of daily and nightly entertainment, skills and friendship building activities. Adult volunteers and young leaders helped to organise camp across multiple departments, from programming to welfare, and logistics to administration.

Teenagers from Year 11 and 12 immersed themselves in ancient and modern Israeli culture on JLGB Israel Tour. Split into three phases focusing on the past, present and future of the historic country, participants embarked on a journey through time learning about Israel from biblical times up to modern day

Volunteers

JLGB could not fully function without the dedicated support and unstinting energy and enthusiasm of its many volunteers. Post-Covid, with a need for more volunteers, we launched a campaign across social media and the Jewish press called ‘Count me in’, encouraging people to give their time and skills in a way which works for them in the ‘new normal’ to support the next generation of young people.

evolve - Young Volunteering Initiative

JLGB's 'evolve - youth volunteering & skills initiative' is a unique concept to volunteering that is not only youth friendly and faith sensitive but forms an age-progressive social development journey of awards. evolve is a collective impact project bringing together key stakeholders from across the community to ensure that social action is more accessible and more rewarding for Jewish young people than ever before.

The evolve online platform matches capabilities and builds assets to develop young people's skills and interests through impactful volunteering placements that fill a need identified by charities and their direct beneficiaries. The hours of social action recorded through evolve enable young people to complete awards including the Yoni Jesner Award and the Duke of Edinburgh's Award and leads them onto the next step in their volunteering and award journey.

evolve has grown into a multi-faceted project that streamlines volunteering for all stakeholders involved, including charities, schools, youth groups, parents and families as well as employers and businesses.

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Thanks to the # iwill Match Fund, we continue to upgrade our new mobile-friendly site for young people with easy opportunity searching, adding of hours and messaging. The platform allows young people to log good deeds and skills alongside volunteering or social action, in reflection of the changing landscape of volunteering during the pandemic. We have standardised and categorised opportunities on the site to ensure that young people are rewarded for their good deeds, especially volunteering that takes places inside schools.

The evolve initiative, its systems and learning has always had clear benefits beyond JLGB's own sphere of activity and could have a life of its own for a much broader audience. As part of the long-term goal of the # iwill project, JLGB is actively working together with major youth sector partners to collaborate and seamlessly incorporate their projects into the evolve journey and see how evolve can be scaled and replicated to benefit wider society.

Duke of Edinburgh's Award

JLGB has delivered the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award for the entire Jewish community since the Award first began in 1956, working to ensure that every young Jewish person can access a Kosher and Shabbat friendly DofE provision. Over 50% of Year 9 pupils in mainstream Jewish schools now take part in the DofE through JLGB with a total of over 900 young people taking part in the award every year. All stages of the Award give young people the chance to try something new, learn life skills and make a difference through the Volunteering, Physical, Skills and Expedition sections. JLGB was again awarded generous funding by the Pears Foundation for its kosher DofE provision and are delighted that post pandemic and with the ability to run full expeditions without restrictions, that sign up numbers are now the highest they have been since 2012.

Special Needs

Young people with special needs are encouraged to take part in all JLGB activities, and JLGB has worked closely with Jewish schools and Special Educational Needs (SEN) providers. Our work continues to engage young people with physical and learning difficulties to take part in specially adapted Duke of Edinburgh's Award expeditions with our partners at Langdon College and Kisharon.

National Citizen Service (NCS)

In 2011, a JLGB led consortium won the contract to deliver an interfaith National Citizen Service 2012 pilot. Almost 100 young people of 7 different faith and cultural backgrounds (including Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Hindu and Jewish) took part in this unique project, proving that a targeted provision can meet the needs of young people with strong faith identities. The robustness and effectiveness of this project were validated with both a 2013 Civil Society Charity Award and a Children & Young People Now Award.

In 2022, JLGB once again ran two-week NCS programmes uniting young people of different faiths and backgrounds through adventure activities, social cohesion sessions, development of a chosen skill and visits to charities and businesses. These visits serve as inspiration for the young people to create their own social action projects to bring awareness to a variety of charities and causes that they are passionate about. Again, this year, JLGB provided two NCS programmes; in July and August, giving more opportunities for young people to take part. The team worked with other faith communities to enrol young people onto our faith sensitive provision.

Accredited Youth Leadership Training

As a certified awarding body for the Open College Network (OCN), a national organisation that creates and awards qualifications, JLGB is licensed to offer thousands of accredited courses that empower young people. This direct centre status enables JLGB to offer accredited courses both for its own members and volunteers as well as for many other Jewish youth movements and charities.

Through OCN, JLGB accredits young people in a wide variety of high-quality courses, encouraging them to become active leaders. While the most popular courses focus on teamwork and leadership, the courses range from organisation skills and awareness of inclusion and disability, to maintaining a healthy lifestyle and how to mentor. These courses are delivered in a positive and engaging environment outside of the classroom that enables young people to enjoy their learning by actively pursuing their individual interests.

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We are delighted to have run a successful youth leadership training weekend in January, where young leaders within JLGB took part in fun, practical exercises to learn leadership skills, such as safeguarding and communication. This training is accredited through the Open College Network (OCN).

We Were There Too

The team, led by JLGB's Rodney Ross who has been seconded to the project, have had great success in expanding the project to the North East, engaging with communities to gather stories and memorabilia in digital form which have been uploaded and archived on the WWTT website.

Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and The Rothschild Foundation, we have engaged the community through roadshows in the Yorkshire and the North East of England region. This has unearthed new stories, which have been added to the archival content on the website along with associated photos and documents. In addition, we have engaged young people in the project through educational presentations to primary and secondary schools.

With our focus on education, we have also shown teachers how to access information and draw off ideas for lessons and link them to core British values. The project has had extensive coverage in local press and periodicals, and has made two broadcasts on radio.

Strategy

In consultation with trustees, professional staff, volunteers and young people we adopted a new three-year Strategy, Theory of Change and Case for Support. Our three key strategic goals are; every young person has an individual pathway through JLGB to fulfil their potential, more young people and communities feel a greater positive impact from youth volunteering and across the UK, more young Jewish people can access and want to be part of JLGB.

We conducted an external Governance Review, and a Governance taskforce made up of Trustees and professional staff has actioned all of the minor recommendations suggested in her report.

Fundraising

Fundraising

The directors and CEO dedicated a large proportion of their time to fundraising through trusts and foundations applications. Having received several large grants in 2022, time is also spent on reporting. Donations, grants and legacy targets are set in the annual JLGB budget based on previous performance and future proposed work plan.

In October 2022, JLGB held its first match funded crowdfunding campaign, with an ambitious target to raise £500,000 within 36 hours. Over 100 Team Captains reached out to their contacts and networks during this period, expressing their personal involvement with JLGB and asking for generous donations to enable JLGB to provide subsidies for our activities and programmes during the current cost of living crisis. We were delighted to exceed our target.

We were pleased to be awarded further funding from the # iwill Match Fund for the second phase of our evolve volunteering initiative. Thanks to our President, The Lord Levy, who continues to help us with our Patrons scheme to raise funds for JLGB's # iwill campaign Match Fund project.

Financial review

Funding

The JLGB is grateful to those individuals, patrons, charitable trusts and other bodies who have generously supported its work during the past year. In particular, it thanks the Trustees of the # iwill Match Fund, National Lottery Heritage Fund, Camperdown House, Pears Foundation, UJIA, Jewish Youth Fund, Youth United Foundation and the Old Comrades' Association for the trust they place in the JLGB.

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The JLGB thanks also its Auditors, Messrs Gerald Edelman, for their professional advice and continued help and support.

Results

The net income for the year amounted to £4,590 (2022: Net income £98,306).

Income in the year totalled £1,583,630 (2022: £1,359,056 ) an increase of £224,574 or 16%. Of this donations and legacy income totalled £1,093,902 (2022: £1,051,457 ) which included grants of £803,711 (2022: £859,542), patron donations of £155,500 (2022: £164,500), other fundraising receipts of £134,341 (2022: £14,477) and other donations of £350 (2022: £12,939). The other main income source was from charitable activities £488,300 (2022: £279,438).

Expenditure in the year totalled £1,579,040 (2022: £1,260,750) an increase of £313,290 or 25%. Expenditure on charitable activities amounted to £1,512,545 (2022: £1,208,846). Included in charitable expenditure are support and governance costs totalling £134,393 (2022: £120,322), an increase of £14,071 or 12%.

Fixed assets

The changes in fixed assets during the year are summarised in the notes to the accounts.

Reserves Policy

The majority of JLGB's activity costs and salaries are funded through restricted funds. The balance of unrestricted funds is kept at a level to continue payment of unrestricted salaries and all support costs for at least 3 months. The Board believe that reserves should be at this level to ensure the charity can run efficiently and meet its needs. The balance of general unrestricted reserves at the year end was £295,917.

Structure, governance and management

The JLGB was founded in 1895 and is Britain's longest serving Jewish National Voluntary Youth Organisation.

The JLGB is governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association dated 11th April 1983 on formation as a company limited by guarantee, supported by the Rules and Regulations. A new version of this will come into place once it has been approved by the Charity Commission.

Following a governance review in 2016, a new Trustee board structure was identified that would take JLGB to the next level, it was then adopted at the AGM. This structure was drawn up using best practise from the sector and identifies a number of committees to be chaired by Trustees and comprised of Trustees, other lay leaders and professional staff. These are; a Risk Committee; Finance Committee; Fundraising Committee; Partnerships Committee and a Core Activities Committee. In order to allow the transition from the current Memorandum and Articles of Association to this new structure the Trustees agreed to stand down unless fulfilling a role within the new structure. In 2022 JLGB commissioned an independent governance review, of which a final report to the Trustees is due early 2023.

At the AGM of 22nd June 2023, Ruth Dwight, Richard Marshall and Barry Shine reached the end of their term and Richard Marshall’s appointment was renewed for a further 3 years.

The Trustees are Directors of the Limited Company.

These accounts do not include the funds held by individual JLGB groups as the Trustees believe these are not material.

None of the Trustees has any beneficial interest in the company. All of the Trustees are members of the company and guarantee to contribute £1 in the event of a winding up.

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TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

The Trustees who served during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were:

Ruth Dwight (Retired 22 June 2023) Ruth Green (Resigned 28 March 2023) Richard Marshall Jordana Price Joanne Rams (Resigned 9 August 2022) Adam Shelley FCCA Barry Shine FCMA (Retired 22 June 2023) Norman Terret, JP Hannah Gerson (Appointed 26 April 2023) Benjamin de Jong (Appointed 2 February 2023)

Appointment of Trustees

As set out in the Memorandum and Articles of Association the Board may at any time appoint any person as an elected member of the Board either to fill a casual vacancy or by way of addition to the Board provided that the prescribed maximum of elected members be not thereby exceeded and provided further that the number so appointed shall not exceed one-quarter of the number of the elected members of the Board appointed under Articles 36, 47 and 49. Any person so appointed shall retain his or her office only until the next Annual General Meeting but he or she shall then be eligible for re-election.

Organisation

A Chief Executive is appointed by the Trustees to manage the day to day operations of the charity and all professional staff. To facilitate effective operations, the Chief Executive has delegated authority, within terms of delegation approved by the Trustees, for operational matters including finance, employment and other related activity.

Trustee Induction and Training

New Trustees are briefed by the Chief Executive on their legal obligations under charity and company law, the content of the Memorandum and Articles of Association, the Board and decision making processes, the business plan and recent financial performance of the charity. New Trustees are given many opportunities to meet key volunteers, employees and other Trustees. Trustees are encouraged to attend appropriate external training events where these will facilitate the undertaking of their role.

Risk Factors

JLGB regularly issues policies and procedures detailing best practice guidelines and principles for making the JLGB a safe organisation. Policies and procedures include: Communication; health and safety; behaviour; disclosure; child protection and equal opportunities. The Board of Trustees, with support from professional staff and external experts, continue to work alongside volunteers to identify key risks which are regularly reviewed and appropriate measures put in place to mitigate these.

A key element in the management by the Board is that of financial risk. The setting of a budget, a reserves policy and the establishment of a fundraising strategy are regularly reviewed by the Board. Led by the JLGB Treasurer, assisted by the JLGB Director of Operations & Finance, regular meetings of the finance sub-committee take place during the year to review and monitor financial matters. In the year of review the members of the finance sub-committee were: B Shine, A Shelley, N Martin (Chief Executive) and S Clark (Director of Operations & Finance).

The Director of Operations, alongside Trustees developed a GDPR compliance plan. As a result, several upgrades and changes were implemented and future processes were agreed for all work undertaken by JLGB to be compliant.

Affiliations

The JLGB works closely with the other Jewish youth organisations and has established working partnerships with the principal Jewish schools and agencies. It is a member of the National Council of Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), the National Youth Agency (NYA), UK Youth (merged with Ambition and NCVYS), the Sport and Recreation Alliance, the Youth United Network and is affiliated to many youth and welfare agencies in the localities in which it works.

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Plans for Future Periods

The JLGB seeks further funding to expand and enhance its programme of activities, so we can reach more young Jewish people and provide access to specialist activities that are not always easily accessible or affordable.

Key areas of expansion include:

With sufficient funding our programmes will help young people to:

Public Benefit

The Board confirm that, in planning JLGB activities for the year, they have complied with section 4 of the Charities Act 2006 to have due regard to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit.

The focus of JLGB activities remains a programme of positive youth engagement through activities, events and training. The JLGB use a variety of methods and accredited bodies to deliver its work, including the Open College Network and the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.

These JLGB programmes benefit young people by developing their self-confidence and social skills alongside practical life skills. The JLGB welcomes young Jewish people regardless of background, gender, financial or personal circumstances as we believe this philosophy of inclusion and openness to all enriches everyone through the sharing of the skills, aptitudes and life experiences of our young people and our volunteers.

Auditors

Gerald Edelman LLP were deemed to be appointed as auditor to the company and a resolution proposing that they be re-appointed will be put at a General Meeting.

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Disclosure of information to auditor

Each of the Trustees has confirmed that there is no relevant audit information of which the charity's auditors are unaware, they have further confirmed that they have taken all the steps that they ought to have taken as Trustees in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the charity's auditors are aware of that information.

This report is prepared in accordance with the small company regime under section 419(2) of the Companies Act 2006.

By order of the Board of Trustees

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Neil S Martin OBE

Chief Executive (Company Secretary) Dated:.........................22nd December 2023

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STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

Company law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements that give a true and fair view of the charitable company’s state of affairs at the end of the financial year and of its surplus or deficit for the financial year. In doing so the Trustees are required to:

The Trustees are responsible for maintaining proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enables them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. The Trustees 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.

In accordance with company law, as the company’s directors, we certify that:

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT

TO THE TRUSTEES OF JEWISH LADS' & GIRLS' BRIGADE

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of the Jewish Lads' and Girls' Brigade (the 'charity') for the year ended 31 March 2023 which comprise the Profit And Loss Account, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Cash Flows, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including FRS 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:

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 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 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.

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 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 course of 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:

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED) TO THE TRUSTEES OF JEWISH LADS' & GIRLS' BRIGADE

Responsibilities of Trustees

As explained more fully in the statement of responsibilities, the 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 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 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 either intend to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

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 the 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.

Our audit procedures were primarily directed towards testing the accounting systems in operation upon which we have based our assessment of the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2023.

We planned our audit so that we have a reasonable expectation of detecting material misstatements in the financial statements resulting from irregularities, fraud or non-compliance with law or regulations.

Extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud

We planned our audit so that we have a reasonable expectation of detecting material misstatements in the financial statements resulting from irregularities, fraud or non-compliance with law or regulations. In identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, our procedures included the following:

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED) TO THE TRUSTEES OF JEWISH LADS' & GIRLS' BRIGADE

Audit response to risks identified

Fraud due to management override

To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:

Irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations

In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but are not limited to:

The test nature and other inherent limitations of an audit, together with the inherent limitations of any accounting and internal control system, mean that there is an unavoidable risk that even some material misstatements in respect of irregularities may remain undiscovered even though the audit is properly planned and performed in accordance with ISAs (UK). Furthermore, the more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely that we would become aware of non-compliance.

Our examination should therefore not be relied upon to disclose all such material misstatements or frauds, errors or instances of non-compliance that might exist. The responsibility for safeguarding the assets of the company and for the prevention and detection of fraud, error and non-compliance with law or regulations rests with the trustees of the company.

A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https:// www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.

Other matters

Your attention is drawn to the fact that the charity has prepared financial statements in accordance with "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)" (as amended) in preference to the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice issued on 1 April 2005 which is referred to in the extant regulations but has now been withdrawn.

This has been done in order for the financial statements to provide a true and fair view in accordance with current Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.

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 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 charity and the charity’s trustees as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

JEWISH LADS' & GIRLS' BRIGADE

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED) TO THE TRUSTEES OF JEWISH LADS' & GIRLS' BRIGADE

Hiten Patel FCCA (Senior Statutory Auditor) for and on behalf of Gerald Edelman LLP

22nd December 2023 .........................

Chartered Accountants Statutory Auditor

73 Cornhill London EC3V 3QQ

JEWISH LADS' & GIRLS' BRIGADE

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

Current financial year
Unrestricted Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
funds
general
designated
2023
2023
2023
Notes
£
£
£
Income from:
Donations and legacies
3
358,919
350
734,633
Charitable activities
4
488,300
-
-
Investments
5
1,428
-
-
Other income
6
-
-
-
Total income
848,647
350
734,633
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
7
66,495
-
-
Charitable activities
8
707,323
-
805,222
Total expenditure
773,818
-
805,222
Net income/ (outgoing) expenditure
before transfers
74,829
350
(70,589)
Gross transfers between funds
(16,928)
(4,662)
21,590
Net income/(expenditure) for the year/ Net
movement in funds
57,901
(4,312)
(48,999)
Fund balances at 1 April 2022
238,016
87,250
58,054
Fund balances at 31 March 2023
295,917
82,938
9,055		 Total
2023
£
1,093,902
488,300
1,428
-
1,583,630
66,495
1,512,545
1,579,040
4,590
-
4,590
383,320
387,910		 Total
2022
£
1,051,457
279,438
52
28,109
1,359,056
51,904
1,208,846
1,260,750
98,306
-
98,306
285,015
383,321

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.

All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

JEWISH LADS' & GIRLS' BRIGADE

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (CONTINUED) INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

Prior financial year

Unrestricted Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
funds
general
designated
2022
2022
2022
Notes
£
£
£
Income from:
Donations and legacies
3
223,927
12,939
814,591
Charitable activities
4
279,438
-
-
Investments
5
52
-
-
Other income
6
-
-
28,109
Total income
503,417
12,939
842,700
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
7
36,817
-
15,087
Charitable activities
8
381,178
-
827,668
Total expenditure
417,995
-
842,755
Net income/ (outgoing) expenditure before
transfers
85,422
12,939
(55)
Gross transfers between funds
(74,312)
74,312
-
Net income/(expenditure) for the year/
Net movement in funds
11,110
87,251
(55)
Fund balances at 1 April 2021
226,906
-
58,109
Fund balances at 31 March 2022
238,016
87,251
58,054		 Total
2022
£
1,051,457
279,438
52
28,109
1,359,056
51,904
1,208,846
1,260,750
98,306
-
98,306
285,015
383,321

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.

All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

JEWISH LADS' & GIRLS' BRIGADE

BALANCE SHEET

AS AT 31 MARCH 2023

2023
Notes
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
13
Current assets
Debtors
14
513,843
Cash at bank and in hand
431,738
945,581
Creditors: amounts falling due within
one year
15
(557,671)
Net current assets
Total assets less current liabilities
Income funds
Restricted funds
17
Unrestricted funds - designated
18
Unrestricted funds - general		 2022
£
£
-
182,932
383,598
566,530
(184,157)
387,910
387,910
9,055
82,938
295,917
387,910		 £
948
382,373
383,321
58,054
87,251
238,016
383,321

22nd December 2023 The financial statements were approved by the Trustees on .........................

.............................. Adam Shelley FCCA Trustee

JEWISH LADS' & GIRLS' BRIGADE

STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

Notes
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from operations
24
Investing activities
Investment income received
Net cash generated from investing
activities
Net cash used in financing activities
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year		 2023
£
1,428		 £
46,712
1,428
-
48,140
383,598
431,738		 2022
£
52		 £
103,280
52
-
103,332
280,266
383,598

JEWISH LADS' & GIRLS' BRIGADE

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

1 Accounting policies

Charity information

Jewish Lads' & Girls' Brigade is a charitable company limited by guarantee in England and Wales and has no share capital. The liability of each member in the event of winding up is limited to £1. The registered office Camperdown, 3 Beechcroft Road, South Woodford, London, E18 1LA.

1.1 Accounting convention

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" ("FRS 102"), the Companies' Act 2006 and "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic pf Ireland (FRS102)". The charitable company is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.

The financial statements 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 the Statement of Recommended Practice for charities applying FRS 102 rather than the version of the Statement of Recommended Practice which is referred to in the Regulations but which has since been withdrawn.

The accounts are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charitable company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

1.2 Going concern

At the time of approving the financial statements, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the Trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

1.3 Charitable funds

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of their charitable objectives.

Restricted funds are subject to specific conditions by donors as to how they may be used. The purposes and uses of the restricted funds are set out in the notes to the financial statements.

1.4 Income

Income is recognised when the Charity is legally entitled to it after any performance conditions have been met, the amounts can be measured reliably, and it is probable that income will be received.

Donations and legacies, including those that provide the core funding or are of a general nature, are recognised where there is entitlement, certainty of receipt and the amount can be measured with sufficient reliability. Such income is only deferred when the donor specifies that the grant or donation must only be used in future accounting periods or the donor has imposed conditions which must be met before the charity has unconditional entitlement.

Income from charitable activities includes income received and where entitlement to grant funding is subject to specific performance conditions (as related goods or services are provided).

JEWISH LADS' & GIRLS' BRIGADE

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

1 Accounting policies

(Continued)

1.5 Expenditure

Liabilities are recognised as resources expended as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to the expenditure. All resources expended are accounted for on an accruals basis and the irrecoverable amount of VAT is included in the expense to which it relates.

Expenditure on raising funds relate to costs incurred in raising donations and legacies, particularly Patrons and Grants.

The costs relating to direct charitable expenditure relate to those specifically incurred in line with the main aims and objectives of the charity.

Governance costs include those incurred in the governance of the charity and its assets and are primarily associated with constitutional and statutory requirements.

Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources, e.g. allocating staff costs by the time spent and other costs by their usage.

1.6 Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.

Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:

Fixtures and fittings Straight line at 25% per annum Motor vehicles Straight line at 25% per annum

The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is recognised in the statement of financial activities.

1.7 Impairment of fixed assets

At each reporting end date, the Charity reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any).

1.8 Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand and deposits held at call with banks.

1.9 Financial instruments

The Charity has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

Financial instruments are recognised in the Charity's balance sheet when the Charity becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

JEWISH LADS' & GIRLS' BRIGADE

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

1 Accounting policies

(Continued)

Basic financial assets

Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors and bank loans are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of operations from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Derecognition of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the Charity’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.

1.10 Taxation

As a registered charity the Society is exempt from taxation on its activities which fall within the scope of part 10 ITA 2007 and section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992.

1.11 Employee benefits

The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.

Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the Charity is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.

The charity administers a pension scheme for all eligible staff in line with HM Government's auto-enrolment regulations, contributions payable are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the year payable. Costs incurred during the year are shown in note 8. There were no amounts outstanding at the year end.

1.12 Retirement benefits

Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.

1.13 Operating leases

Rentals applicable to operating leases, where substantially all the benefits and risk of ownership remain with the lessor, are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities over the period in which the cost is incurred. The JLGB has no assets under finance leases, which confer rights, and obligations similar to those attached to owned assets.

1.14 Volunteers and donated services and facilities

The value of services provided by volunteers is not incorporated into these financial statements. Further details of the contribution made by volunteers can be found in the Trustees' annual report. Thanks to our large alumni network and relationships with community organisations, reduced rates for design and print costs, legal fees as well as premises hire have been given or donated.

JEWISH LADS' & GIRLS' BRIGADE

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

1 Accounting policies

(Continued)

1.15 Funds structure

The charity has a number of restricted income funds to account for situations where a donor requires that they must be spent on a particular purpose or funds have been raised for a specific purpose. All other funds are unrestricted income funds.

1.16 JLGB groups

These accounts do not account for the local funds held by individual units; in the opinion of the Trustees, these are not material.

2 Critical accounting estimates and judgements

In the application of the Charity’s accounting policies, the Trustees are required to make judgements, 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.

JEWISH LADS' & GIRLS' BRIGADE

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

3 Donations and legacies

Unrestricted Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
funds
general
designated
2023
2023
2023
£
£
£
Fundraising and contributions
134,341
350
-
Grants
69,078
-
734,633
Patrons
155,500
-
-
358,919
350
734,633		 Total
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
funds
funds
general
designated
2023
2022
2022
£
£
£
134,691
14,477
12,939
803,711
44,950
-
155,500
164,500
-
1,093,902
223,927
12,939		 Restricted
funds
2022
£
-
814,591
-
814,591		 Total
2022
£
27,416
859,541
164,500
1,051,457

JEWISH LADS' & GIRLS' BRIGADE

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

4 Charitable activities

Activities and
training for
young people
Summer,
winter and
weekend
camps
Tours and
exchanges
Members
subscriptions
Uniforms,
clothing &
merchandise
Total
2023
2023
2023
2023
2023
2023
£
£
£
£
£
£
Sales
within
charitable
activities
102,155
261,932
101,612
20,803
1,798
488,300
For the year ended 31 March 2022
Activities and
training for
young people
Summer,
winter and
weekend
camps
Tours and
exchanges
Members
subscriptions
Uniforms,
clothing &
merchandise
£
£
£
£
£
Sales within charitable
activities
182,784
84,554
79
11,885
136
Analysis by fund
Unrestricted funds -
general
182,784
84,554
79
11,885
136		 Total
2022
£
279,438
Total
2022
£
279,438
279,438

5 Investments

**Unrestricted ** Unrestricted
funds funds
general general
2023 2022
£ £
Interest receivable 1,428 52

This is derived from interest bearing deposit accounts.

JEWISH LADS' & GIRLS' BRIGADE

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

6 Other income

Total Restricted
funds
2023 2022
£ £
Other income - 28,109

Other income relates to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.

7 Raising funds

Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
funds
general
general
2023
2022
2022
£
£
£
Fundraising and publicity
Other fundraising costs
31,141
4,700
5,000
Staff costs
35,354
32,117
10,087
Fundraising and publicity
66,495
36,817
15,087		 Total
2022
£
9,700
42,204
51,904

JEWISH LADS' & GIRLS' BRIGADE

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

8 Charitable activities

Note
Direct charitable expenditure on staff costs
Activities and training for young people
Summer, winter and weekend camps
Tours and exchanges
Hire of local group premises
Subsidies and bursaries to participants
Office costs (including printing and postage)
Support costs and governance costs
9
Strategy and promotional costs
Uniforms, clothing and merchandise
Analysis by fund
Unrestricted funds - general
Restricted funds		 2023
£
534,170
356,839
314,476
112,362
11,484
10,501
5,757
134,393
26,753
5,810
1,512,545
707,323
805,222
1,512,545		 2022
£
539,899
369,970
106,717
1,456
9,272
2,856
17,270
120,322
26,427
14,657
1,208,846
381,178
827,668
1,208,846

9 Support and Governance costs

Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
£
£
Support Costs
Staff costs
26,051
-
Headquarters
administration
56,325
3,721
Motor running expenses
1,466
-
Depreciation
949
-
Insurance of activities
12,696
-
Governance Costs
Staff costs
10,358
691
Audit fees
14,000
-
Other governance costs
8,136
-
129,981
4,412		 2023 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
£
£
£
26,051
21,895
4,774
60,046
1,752
43,996
1,466
2,200
-
949
949
3,998
12,696
2,359
10,197
11,049
10,084
2,328
14,000
13,120
-
8,136
2,670
-
134,393
55,029
65,293		 2022
£
26,669
45,748
2,200
4,947
12,556
12,412
13,120
2,670
120,322

Governance costs includes payments to the auditors of £14,000 (2022- £13,120) for audit fees.

JEWISH LADS' & GIRLS' BRIGADE

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

10 Trustees

None of the JLGB Trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration or benefits from the Charity during the year (2022: None).

No expenses were paid to the Trustees in the year (2022: None)

11 Employees

The average monthly number of employees during the year was:

2023
Number
Activities and Training for Young People
12
We Were There Too
2
Other (general, fundraising, administration, management)
7
Total
21
Employment costs
2023
£
Wages and salaries
548,262
Social security costs
44,647
Other pension costs
13,714
606,623
The number of employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000
is as follows:
2023
Number
£110,001 - £120,000
1
12
Remuneration of key management personnel
2023
£
Remuneration for qualifying services
119,620		 2022
Number
14
2
7
23
2022
£
555,840
48,077
14,166
618,083
2022
Number
1
2022
£
113,902

JEWISH LADS' & GIRLS' BRIGADE

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

13
Tangible fixed assets
Fixtures and
fittings
Motor vehicles
£
£
Cost
At 1 April 2022
49,446
15,990
At 31 March 2023
49,446
15,990
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 April 2022
48,498
15,990
Depreciation charged in the year
948
-
At 31 March 2023
49,446
15,990
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2023
-
-
At 31 March 2022
948
-
14
Debtors
2023
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
Trade debtors
445,538
Other debtors
34,452
Prepayments and accrued income
33,853
513,843
15
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2023
£
Trade creditors
80,970
Other creditors
33,869
Accruals and deferred income
442,832
557,671		 Total
£
65,436
65,436
64,488
948
65,436
-
948
2022
£
146,869
4,479
31,584
182,932
2022
£
50,490
25,592
108,075
184,157

16 Retirement benefit schemes

Defined contribution schemes

The Charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the Charity in an independently administered fund.

The charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes was £13,714 (2022 - £14,166).

JEWISH LADS' & GIRLS' BRIGADE

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

17 Restricted funds

The income funds of the charity include restricted funds comprising the following unexpended balances of donations and grants held on trust for specific purposes:

Balance at
1 April 2022
£
Accredited Youth Leadership Training
2,348
Catering equipment
12,000
Core activities
-
DofE
43,413
DofE - Special Needs Provision
9,055
evolve - young volunteering & skills
initiative
9,314
Jewish Identity and heritage activities
5,000
NCS
(7,511)
Security
-
We Were There Too
(15,565)
58,054		 Movement in funds
Income
Expenditure
£
£
-
(2,348)
-
(12,000)
166,989
(166,989)
50,000
(93,413)
-
-
410,735
(436,093)
12,000
(17,000)
36,277
(28,766)
1,972
(1,972)
56,660
(46,641)
734,633
(805,222)		 Transfers
Balance at
31 March 2023
£
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9,055
16,044
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5,546
-
21,590
9,055		 Transfers
Balance at
31 March 2023
£
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9,055
16,044
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5,546
-
21,590
9,055
9,055

Accredited Youth Leadership Training – For the delivery and accreditation of youth leadership weekends for young people.

Catering equipment – Towards purchase of kosher catering equipment for residential camps and events.

Core Activities - For the support and provision of youth activities, including local groups, regional and national events and camps.

DofE – For the support and provision of kosher Duke of Edinburgh’s Award activities – primarily of the Expedition section.

evolve – For the support and provision of JLGB’s youth volunteering and skills initiative.

Jewish Identity and heritage – To support young volunteers delivering Jewish Identity and heritage activities across JLGB activities.

NCS – For the delivery of National Citizenship Service programmes.

Security - For the provision of security services at JLGB events and camps.

We Were There To – Towards JLGB’s heritage programme recognising the contribution of Britain’s Jewish communities impact, experience and contribution during the First World War era.

JEWISH LADS' & GIRLS' BRIGADE

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

18 Unrestricted funds - designated

These are unrestricted funds which are material to the Charity's activities made up as follows:

Balance at
1 April 2022
r
£
Core activities
12,939
evolve development
70,000
Respite fund
4,312
87,250		 Movement in funds
Incoming
esources
Resources
expended
£
£
-
-
-
-
350
-
350
-		 Transfers
Balance at
31 March 2023
£
£
-
12,939
-
70,000
(4,662)
-
(4,662)
82,938		 Transfers
Balance at
31 March 2023
£
£
-
12,939
-
70,000
(4,662)
-
(4,662)
82,938
82,938

Core activities – Funds held for JLGB local groups and camps.

evolve development – Funds designated for development of JLGB’s evolve – youth volunteering and skills initiative.

Respire fund – Funds designated towards the costs of young people, in need of respite, attending JLGB camps, tours and exchanges.

19 Analysis of net assets between funds

Analysis of net assets between funds
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
2023
2023
£
£
Fund balances at 31
March 2023 are
represented by:
Tangible assets
-
-
Current assets/(liabilities)
378,855
9,055
378,855
9,055		 Total
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
2023
2022
2022
£
£
£
-
948
-
387,910
324,319
58,054
387,910
325,267
58,054		 Total
2022
£
948
382,373
383,321

20 Operating lease commitments

At the reporting end date the Charity had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, which fall due as follows:

Within one year
Between two and five years		 2023
£
13,519
32,922
46,441		 2022
£
7,100
21,300
28,400

The above relate to to lease of premises and vehicles.

JEWISH LADS' & GIRLS' BRIGADE

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

21 Related party transactions

Camperdown House Trust is a related party in respect of the following:

The Camperdown House Trust was formed following the sale of the original JLGB Headquarters from the proceeds in 1939. The primary purpose is to "further the work of the charity called the Jewish Lads' & Girls' Brigade".

JLGB Trustee Richard Marshall is a partner of Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP who provided legal advice and services amounting to £2,657 (2022: £2,657) to JLGB.

22 Legal status of the charity

JLGB is a charitable company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales and has no share capital. The liability of each member in the event of winding up is limited to £1. The registered office is Camperdown, 3 Beechcroft Road, South Woodford, London, E18 1LA.

23 Subsidies and bursaries to participants

The subsidies to individuals represent financial assistance to enable participants of the JLGB facing financial hardship to take a full and active part in JLGB programmes. All matters of financial assistance and welfare are dealt with in the strictest of confidence by an independent representative of the JLGB who is not a Trustee. There are no additional support costs associated with subsidies.

24
Cash generated from operations
2023
£
Surplus for the year
4,590
Adjustments for:
Investment income recognised in statement of financial activities
(1,428)
Depreciation and impairment of tangible fixed assets
948
Movements in working capital:
(Increase)/decrease in debtors
(330,912)
Increase/(decrease) in creditors
373,514
Cash generated from operations
46,712		 2022
£
98,306
(52)
4,946
89,061
(88,981)
103,280