COLEL CHABAD
Charity No. 327485
Report and Financial Statements
For the year ended
31 December 2020
Colel Chabad
Report and Financial Statements
For the year ended 31 December 2020
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| Reference and administrative information | 1 |
| Trustees’ annual report | 2 - 3 |
| Independent auditor’s report | 4 - 6 |
| Statement of financial activities | 7 |
| (incorporating an income and expenditure account) | |
| Balance sheet | 8 |
| Statement of cash flows | 9 |
| Notes to the financial statements | 10 - 14 |
Colel Chabad
Reference and Administrative Information
For the year ended 31 December 2020
| Trustees: | Rabbi Yitzchok Sufrin |
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| Daniel Meyer Wolffe | |
| Rabbi Menachem Salek (Chair) | |
| Charity number: | 327485 |
| Registered office: | 68 Lingwood Road |
| London | |
| E5 9BN | |
| Auditors: | Goldwins Limited |
| 75 Maygrove Road | |
| West Hampstead | |
| London NW6 2EG | |
| Bankers | NatWest Bank Plc |
| Stamford Hill | |
| Chatham Customer Service Centre | |
| Western Avenue | |
| Waterside | |
| Chatham Marine | |
| Kent ME4 4RT |
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Colel Chabad
Trustees’ Annual Report
For the year ended 31 December 2020
The trustees present their report and the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2020.
The trustees have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) ‘Accounting and Reporting by Charities’ (FRS102) in preparing the annual report and financial statements.
Objectives and Activities
The principal activity and objective continues to be to raise funds for the Colel Chabad food distribution program in Israel which supports the poor, needy and destitute by supplying them with food. Details of these activities supported by this charity can be found at www.colelchabad.org.
It is confirmed that the trustees have satisfied themselves that they have complied with the duty to have regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit and that the achievements and activities demonstrate that the charity is providing public benefit.
The policy of grant making is that generally grants are to be made to the Colel Chabad organisation. Colel Chabad’s sole purpose has always been to help the most destitute residents in Israel in a manner that preserves and enhances their dignity. For over 230 years Colel Chabad has remained faithful to its mission to help regardless of age, gender, marital status or ethnic background. Occasionally grants have been made to other Chabad institutions in line with donors wishes.
Review of Objectives, Activities and Achievements
The funds raised during the year were £1,038,192 which was £265,964 less than the previous years figure of £1,304,156. This was a very satisfactory achievement in view of the pandemic and lockdowns which started in the spring of 2020. By early March all face to face canvassing stopped due to Covid, the trustees considered this to be another outstanding result and again full credit must go to the charity’s full-time fundraiser, Mr. Russell Conn. The charity’s work makes a considerable difference to the beneficiary’s daily life.
We are grateful for the continuing generous support of our largest UK donor, the Steinberg Family Trust that continues paying towards the new MS centre in Jerusalem contributing £50,000 a year, the four year pledge from Mark Adlestone and the Beaverbrook Charitable Trust, the final donation of a three year pledge from Keith Black and the Benson Black CT towards a Day Care Centre in Bialik as well as very generous support from Joey Esfandi and the Fruchter family and the UK. There were also many new donations.
As ever we are truly grateful to Rabbi Sholom Duchman for all his efforts as well as many of his colleagues in the New York office and we are indebted to Daniel Levy and Mark Adlestone OBE and the leaders under their guidance as well as Shmuel Lipsker and Chani Simpson for their admin help.
Our exposure and recognition keep improving exponentially year on year and we are indebted to all our supporters for their continued support, encouragement, and donations of whatever size. We continue to be creative, in order to continue the work of raising the profile, of awareness creating, and eventually generating more money so we can help more people.
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10/11/
Independent Auditor’s Report to the Trustees of Colel Chabad
For the year ended 31 December 2020
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Colel Chabad (the Charity) for the year ended 31 December 2020, which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, Balance Sheet, Statement of Cashflows and the related notes. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102: The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
In our opinion, the financial statements:
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give a true and fair view of the state of the Charity’s affairs as at 31 December 2020 and of its income and expenditure for the year then ended;
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have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice;
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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 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 trustees’ 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 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.
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Independent Auditor’s Report to the Trustees of Colel Chabad
For the year ended 31 December 2020
Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charity and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the trustees’ annual report.
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Charities Act 2011 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
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adequate accounting records have not been kept or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us;
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the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns;
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certain disclosures of trustees’ remuneration specified by law are not made; or
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we have not obtained all the information and explanations necessary for the purposes of our audit.
Responsibilities of trustees
As explained more fully in the statement of trustees’ responsibilities set out in the trustees’ annual report, 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 liquidate the charity or to cease operations or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
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 are set out below.
Capability of the audit in detecting irregularities
In identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and noncompliance with laws and regulations, our procedures included the following:
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We enquired of management, which included obtaining and reviewing supporting documentation, concerning the charity’s policies and procedures relating to detecting and responding to the risks of fraud and whether they have knowledge of any actual, suspected, or alleged fraud
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We inspected the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance.
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We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework that the charity operates in, focusing on those laws and regulations that had a material effect on the financial statements or that had a fundamental effect on the operations of the charity from our professional and sector experience.
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Independent Auditor’s Report to the Trustees of Colel Chabad
For the year ended 31 December 2020
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We reviewed the financial statement disclosures and tested these to supporting documentation to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
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In addressing the risk of fraud through management override of controls, we tested the appropriateness of journal entries and other adjustments, assessed whether the judgements made in making accounting estimates are indicative of a potential bias and tested significant transactions that are unusual or those outside the normal course of business.
Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.
A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.
Use of our report
This report is made solely to the Charity’s Trustees, as a body, in accordance with section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and the regulations made undersection 154 of that Act. 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 auditors’ 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.
Anthony Epton (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of
Goldwins Limited Statutory Auditor Chartered Accountants
75 Maygrove Road
West Hampstead
London NW6 2EG
10 November 2021
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Colel Chabad
Statement of Financial Activities (Incorporating an Income and Expenditure Account) For the year ended 31 December 2020
| 2020 | 2019 | ||||
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| **Unrestricted ** | Restricted | Total | Total | ||
| Notes | Funds | Funds | Funds | Funds | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Income from: | |||||
| Donations | 3 | 1,038,192 | - | 1,038,192 | 1,304,156 |
| Total income | 1,038,192 | - | 1,038,192 | 1,304,156 | |
| Expenditure on: | |||||
| Raising funds | 49,891 | - | 49,891 | 46,652 | |
| Charitable activities | 1,077,010 | - | 1,077,010 | 1,223,803 | |
| Total expenditure | 4 | 1,126,901 | - | 1,126,901 | 1,270,455 |
| Net income / (expenditure) for the year | (88,709) | - | (88,709) | 33,701 | |
| Reconciliation of funds: | |||||
| Total funds brought forward | 91,755 | - | 91,755 | 58,054 | |
| Total funds carried forward | 10 | 3,046 | - | 3,046 | 91,755 |
All of the above results are derived from continuing activities.
There were no other recognised gains or losses other than those stated above.
The attached notes form part of these financial statements.
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10/11/2021
Colel Chabad Statement of Cash Flows For the year ended 31 December 2020
| Net income for the reporting period (as per the statement of financial activities) Increase / (decrease) in creditors Net cash provided by operating activities Change in cash and cash equivalents in the year Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year |
2020 £ (88,709) 2,840 (85,869) 2020 £ (85,869) 96,734 10,865 |
2019 £ 33,701 1,409 |
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| 35,110 | ||
| 2019 £ 35,110 61,624 |
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| 96,734 |
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Colel Chabad Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 December 2020
1. Accounting policies
a) Basis of preparation
The financial statements have been prepared 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 - effective 1 January 2015) - (Charities SORP FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.
The charity 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 or note.
b) Going concern
The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The trustees do not consider that there are any sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next reporting period.
c) Income
Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and that the amount can be measured reliably.
d) Donations of gifts, services and facilities
Donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised as income when the charity has control over the item or received the service, any conditions associated with the donation have been met, the receipt of economic benefit from the use by the charity of the item is probable and that economic benefit can be measured reliably. In accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102), volunteer time is not recognised so refer to the trustees’ annual report for more information about their contribution.
On receipt, donated gifts, professional services and donated facilities are recognised on the basis of the value of the gift to the charity which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay to obtain services or facilities of equivalent economic benefit on the open market; a corresponding amount is then recognised in expenditure in the period of receipt.
e) Interest receivable
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.
f) Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds are available to spend on activities that further any of the purposes of charity. Restricted funds are donations which the donor has specified are to be solely used for particular areas of the charity’s work or for specific projects being undertaken by the charity.
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Colel Chabad Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 December 2020
1. Accounting policies
g) Expenditure and irrecoverable VAT
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:
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Costs of raising funds comprise of trading costs and the costs incurred by the charity in inducing third parties to make voluntary contributions to it, as well as the cost of any activities with a fundraising purpose.
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Expenditure on charitable activities includes the costs of delivering services undertaken to further the purposes of the charity and their associated support costs.
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Other expenditure represents those items not falling into any other heading.
Irrecoverable VAT is charged as a cost against the activity for which the expenditure was incurred.
h) Allocation of support costs
Support costs are those functions that assist the work of the charity but do not directly undertake charitable activities. Support costs include back office costs, finance, personnel, payroll and governance costs which support the charity and its and activities. They are allocated to charitable actiivities based on projected time spent on the activities.
i) Debtors
Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.
j) Cash at bank and in hand
- Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.
k) Creditors and provisions
Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.
l) Financial instruments
The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
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Colel Chabad Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 December 2020
2. Detailed comparatives for the statement of financial activities
| Income from: Donations Total income Expenditure on: Fundraising Costs Charitable activities Total expenditure Net movement in funds Total funds brought forward Total funds carried forward 3. Income from donations Donations |
2019 2019 2019 Unrestricted Restricted Total £ £ £ 1,304,156 - 1,304,156 1,304,156 - 1,304,156 46,652 - 46,652 1,223,803 - 1,223,803 1,270,455 - 1,270,455 33,701 - 33,701 58,054 - 58,054 91,755 - 91,755 2020 2019 Unrestricted Restricted Total Total £ £ £ £ 1,038,192 - 1,038,192 1,304,156 |
2019 2019 2019 Unrestricted Restricted Total £ £ £ 1,304,156 - 1,304,156 |
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| 1,304,156 - 1,304,156 |
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| 46,652 - 46,652 1,223,803 - 1,223,803 |
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| 1,270,455 - 1,270,455 |
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| 33,701 - 33,701 58,054 - 58,054 |
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| 91,755 - 91,755 |
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| 1,038,192 - 1,038,192 1,304,156 |
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Colel Chabad Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 December 2020
4 Analysis of expenditure
| Fundraising costs Staff costs Bank charges Donations to institutions Accountancy fees Auditors remuneration Governance costs Total expenditure 2020 Total expenditure 2019 |
Cost of raising funds Charitable Activities Governance costs 2020 Total 2019 Total £ £ £ £ £ 6,709 - - 6,709 9,847 36,777 - - 36,777 36,805 105 - - 105 - - 1,077,010 - 1,077,010 1,220,783 - - 2,700 2,700 2,220 - - 3,600 3,600 800 |
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| 43,591 1,077,010 6,300 1,126,901 1,270,455 6,300 - (6,300) 49,891 1,077,010 - 1,126,901 |
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| 46,652 1,223,803 - - 1,270,455 |
Of the total expenditure, £1,126,901 (2019: £1,270,455) was unrestricted and £0 (2019: £0,) was restricted.
The donations were made to other charities to support their charitable activities. £1,037,860 was donated to Eshel Yerusalim.
5 Net income / (expenditure) for the year
| Net income / (expenditure) for the year | ||
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| 2020 | 2019 | |
| This is stated after charging / (crediting): | £ | £ |
| Auditors remuneration | 3,360 | 800 |
- 6 Analysis of staff costs, trustee remuneration and expenses, and the cost of key management personnel
| Staff costs were as follows: Salaries and wages Social security costs |
2020 2019 £ £ 36,000 36,000 777 805 |
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| 36,777 36,805 |
The total employee benefits including employer's NIC and pension contributions of the key management personnel were £ 36,777 (2019: £36,805).
There was no employee whose annual emoluments were £60,000 or more (2019: Nil).
The charity trustees were not paid or received any other benefits from employment with the charity in the year (2019: £nil) neither were they reimbursed expenses during the year (2019: £nil). No charity trustee received payment for professional or other services supplied to the charity (2019: £nil).
The average number of employees during the year was 1 (2019: 1).
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Colel Chabad Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 December 2020
7 Taxation
The charity is exempt from corporation tax as all its income is charitable and is applied for charitable purposes.
8 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
| Taxation and social security Accruals |
2020 2019 £ £ 1,670 1,659 6,149 3,320 |
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| 7,819 4,979 |
9 Analysis of net assets between funds
| Net current assets Net assets at the end of the year Analysis of net assets between funds 2019 Net current assets Net assets at the end of the year |
General unrestricted Restricted Total funds £ £ £ 3,046 - 3,046 |
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| 3,046 - 3,046 |
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| General unrestricted Restricted Total funds £ £ £ 91,755 - 91,755 |
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| 91,755 - 91,755 |
| 10 Movements in funds Unrestricted funds: Trust funds General funds Total funds |
£ £ £ £ £ 5 - - - 5 91,750 1,038,192 (1,126,901) - 3,041 At the start of the year Income Expenditure At the end of the year Transfers |
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| 91,755 1,038,192 (1,126,901) - 3,046 |
11 Related party transactions
There were no related party transactions during the year (2019: None).
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