**REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 802882**
## **BEFORE TRUST**
**REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND**
**FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
Sugarwhite Meyer Accountants Ltd First Floor 94 Stamford Hill London N16 6XS
## **BEFORE TRUST**
## **CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
||**Page**||
|---|---|---|
|**Reference and Administrative Details**|1||
|**Report of the Trustees**|2||
|**Independent Examiner's Report**|3||
|**Statement of Financial Activities**|4||
|**Balance Sheet**|5||
|**Notes to the Financial Statements**|6 to|8|
**BEFORE TRUST**
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
**TRUSTEES** Mr L Lerner **PRINCIPAL ADDRESS** 38 Heathland Road London N16 5LZ **REGISTERED CHARITY** 802882 **NUMBER INDEPENDENT EXAMINER** Sugarwhite Meyer Accountants Ltd First Floor 94 Stamford Hill London N16 6XS **BANKERS** LLoyds Bank plc 174 Clapton Common London E5 9AQ
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## **BEFORE TRUST**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2021. The trustees have adopted the provisions of 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 2019).
## **Reference and administrative information**
Reference and administrative information is shown on page 1 of the financial statements and forms part of this report.
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
## **Objectives for public benefit**
The objects of the charity are the furtherance of religious, educational and other institutions and for any other charitable purpose as the trustees may determine.
The trustees confirm that they have given due regard the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit. The charity carries out its object by grantmaking.
## **Grantmaking**
In general the trustees select the institutions to be supported according to their personal knowledge of work of the institution. Whilst not actively inviting applications, they are always prepared to accept any application which will be carefully considered and help given according to circumstances and funds then available.
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
## **Review of activities**
There was a reduction in income of about 8% with grantmaking being reduced by some 25% to leave a surplus for the year. Grants were made to charities and institutions in England and aboard and also to individuals for the relief of poverty.
## **Reserves policy**
The trustees do not seek to maintain reserves, other than to ensure that they can continue the activities of the charity. Reserves at the year end were £28,988 (2020 - £24,502).
## **Risk review**
The trustees have reviewed the major risks that the charity faces and confirm that they have established systems to mitigate them.
## **FUTURE PLANS**
The charity plans to continue its activities subject to satisfactory income.
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
## **Constitution**
The charity was established by Deed of Trust on 25th July 1989.
## **Organisation**
The charity is run by the trustees. The power to appoint new trustees is vested in the board. It is not the intention of the trustees of the charity to appoint any new trustees. Should the situation change in the future, the trustees will apply suitable recruitment induction and training procedures
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 30 January 2022 and signed on its behalf by:
Mr L Lerner - Trustee
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## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF BEFORE TRUST**
## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Before Trust**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of Before Trust (the Trust) for the year ended 31 March 2021.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
E Meyer FCA BSc Sugarwhite Meyer Accountants Ltd First Floor 94 Stamford Hill London N16 6XS
30 January 2022
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## **BEFORE TRUST**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
|**2021**
**Unrestricted**
**fund**
**Notes**
**£**
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Donations and legacies
98,966
**EXPENDITURE ON**
**Charitable activities**
2
Charitable actvities
94,480
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
4,486
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
**Total funds brought forward**
24,502
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
28,988|**2020**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
107,573
124,857
(17,284)
41,786
24,502|
|---|---|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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## **BEFORE TRUST**
## **BALANCE SHEET 31 MARCH 2021**
|**Notes**
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible assets
6
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Cash at bank
**CREDITORS**
Amounts falling due within one year
7
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT**
**LIABILITIES**
**NET ASSETS**
**FUNDS**
Unrestricted funds
**TOTAL FUNDS**|**2021**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
26,955
2,873
(840)
2,033
28,988
28,988
28,988
28,988|**2020**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
26,955
548
(3,001)
(2,453)
24,502
24,502
24,502
24,502|
|---|---|---|
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 30 January 2022 and were signed on its behalf by:
Mr L Lerner - Trustee
The notes form part of these financial statements
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## **BEFORE TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **Basis of preparing the financial statements**
The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) '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 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
## **Income**
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
## **Expenditure**
Liabilities are recognised in the year in which they are incurred and includes irrecoverable VAT.
Support costs are those incurred to assist the work of the charity but are not direct charitable activities.
Governance costs are those incurred in connection with administration of the charity and compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements.
## **Taxation**
The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.
## **Going concern**
There are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue.
## **2. CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS**
|**Grant**
**funding of**
**activities**
**(see note**
**3)**
**£**
Charitable actvities
93,100
**3.**
**GRANTS PAYABLE**
Charitable actvities
The total grants paid to institutions during the year was as follows:
Advancement of religion
Religious education
Relief of poverty
Social welfare|**Support**
**costs (see**
**note 4)**
**£**
1,380
**2021**
**£**
93,100
**2021**
**£**
83,700
-
-
4,000
87,700|**Totals**
**£**
94,480
**2020**
**£**
123,080|**Totals**
**£**
94,480|
|---|---|---|---|
|||**2020**
**£**
75,380
29,300
7,000
-||
|||111,680||
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## **BEFORE TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
## **3. GRANTS PAYABLE - continued**
||Ahavas Chesed||32,070||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Belz Synagogue||18,400||
||Kahal Machzekei Hadas||19,800||
||Mercaz Torah Vechesed Ltd||11,270||
||Others under £5,000||6,160||
||||------------||
||||87,700||
||||======||
||The total grants paid to individuals during the year was as follows:||||
||||**2021**|**2020**|
||||**£**|**£**|
||Relief of poverty||5,400|11,400|
|**4.**|**SUPPORT COSTS**||||
||||**Governance**||
|||**Other**|**costs**|**Totals**|
|||**£**|**£**|**£**|
||Charitable actvities|246|1,134|1,380|
||Support costs, included in the above, are as follows:||||
||**Other**||||
||||**2021**|**2020**|
||||**Charitable**|**Total**|
||||**actvities**|**activities**|
||||**£**|**£**|
||Sundries||246|109|
||**Governance costs**||||
||||**2021**|**2020**|
||||**Charitable**|**Total**|
||||**actvities**|**activities**|
||||**£**|**£**|
||Independent examiner's fee||420|720|
||Independent examiner's other fees||420|720|
||General expenses||294|228|
||||1,134|1,668|
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## **BEFORE TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
## **5. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS**
There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 March 2021 nor for the year ended 31 March 2020.
## **Trustees' expenses**
There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 March 2021 nor for the year ended 31 March 2020.
## **6. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**
No deprecation is charged on religious requisites as they keep their value.
## **7. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
||**2021**|**2020**|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|**£**|
|Other creditors|840|3,001|
## **8. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES**
The charity received £4,800 from a charity and £1,500 from a company where the trustee has an interest.
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