Benruben Limited - Charities report - 19.3.2

REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 09116966 (England and Wales)

REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1162469

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND

UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2019

FOR

BENRUBEN LIMITED

Page

Report of the Trustees

1

to

2

Independent Examiner's Report

3

Statement of Financial Activities

4

Balance Sheet

5

Notes to the Financial Statements

6

to

8

The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with

the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 July 2019. 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 2015).

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Objectives and aims

The charitable purposes of the company are:

- The relief of poverty among persons of the Jewish faith in any part of the world.

- The advancement of the Jewish religion in any part of the world.

Public benefit

The Trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on

public benefit when reviewing the Charity's aims and objectives and in planning future activities and setting the

grantmaking policy.

Grantmaking

Grants will be made to charitable institutions and organisations after it has satisfied that payments will accord with the

objectives of the company.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Reserves policy

The company aims to maintain reserves in order to be in a position to make grants and to cover contingencies of calls

being made upon the charity of organisations or institutions in times of need.

The company received £236,000 (2018: £263,000) in voluntary donations, distributed £248,905 (2018: £245,115) in the

form of grants to institutions and has unrestricted funds of £911,066 (2018: £924,740).

FUTURE PLANS

The trustees plan to support charities and charitable purposes in accordance with their grant making policy and to ensure

that sufficient income is maintained to achieve that end.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing document

The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes a limited company, limited by

guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006.

The liability of each member is limited to £1, being the amount that each member undertakes to contribute to the assets

of the company in the event of its being wound up while he is a member or within one year after he ceases to be a

member.

Recruitment and appointment of new trustees

Subsequent to incorporation such other persons as the trustees shall admit to membership of the company shall become

members of the company. Provided always that only persons with independent legal identity shall be admitted to

membership and, in the case of individuals, only persons aged 16 years or over shall be admitted to membership.

Every applicant for membership shall sign such application form and provide such other information or evidence as the

trustees may require. The trustees shall have absolute discretion to accept or reject any application and need not give

their reason for doing so.

Organisational structure

There must be at least three members at all times. The charity is organised so that the trustees meet regularly to

manage the affairs of the charity.

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

Registered Company number

09116966 (England and Wales)

Registered Charity number

1162469

Registered office

First Floor, Winston House

349 Regents Park Road

London

N3 1DH

Trustees

Mr M Spitzer

Mr J Spitzer

Mr M Stimler

Independent Examiner

Melinek Fine LLP

Chartered Accountants

First Floor, Winston House

349 Regents Park Road

London

N3 1DH

Approved by order of the board of trustees on 28 April 2020 and signed on its behalf by:

Mr J Spitzer - Trustee

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Benruben Limited ('the Company')

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 July 2019.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity's trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for

the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act').

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act

and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried

out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the

Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the

examination giving me cause to believe:

1.	accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or

2.	the accounts do not accord with those records; or

3.	the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act 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; or

4.

the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)).

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.

Mr Aryeh Melinek, FCA

Melinek Fine LLP

Chartered Accountants

First Floor, Winston House

349 Regents Park Road

London

N3 1DH

28 April 2020

2019

2018

Unrestricted

Total

fund

funds

Notes

£

£

INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM

Donations and legacies

2

236,000

263,000

EXPENDITURE ON

Charitable activities

3

Charitable activities

249,674

245,899

NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)

(13,674

)

17,101

RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS

Total funds brought forward

924,740

907,639

TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD

911,066

924,740

2019

2018

Unrestricted

Total

fund

funds

Notes

£

£

CURRENT ASSETS

Cash at bank

911,666

925,340

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due within one year

7

(600

)

(600

)

NET CURRENT ASSETS

911,066

924,740

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES

911,066

924,740

NET ASSETS

911,066

924,740

FUNDS

Unrestricted funds

911,066

924,740

TOTAL FUNDS

911,066

924,740

The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 July 2019.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 July 2019 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for

(a)	ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and

(b)

preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 28 April 2020 and were signed on its behalf by:

Mr J Spitzer - Trustee

1.	ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements

The financial statements of the charitable company, 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 2015)', Financial Reporting

Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies

Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Financial reporting standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions

The charitable company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial

statements, as permitted by FRS 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of

Ireland':

•

the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows.

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 as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the

charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and

the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has

been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly

attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of

resources.

Grants offered subject to conditions which have not been met at the year end date are noted as a commitment

but not accrued as expenditure.

Taxation

The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions

arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.

Legal status of the charity

The charity is a company limited by guarantee and has no share capital. Liability of each member in the event of

winding up is limited to £1.

2.	DONATIONS AND LEGACIES

2019

2018

£

£

Donations

236,000

263,000

3.	CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS

Grant

funding of

activities

Support

(see note

costs (see

4)

note 5)

Totals

£

£

£

Charitable activities

248,905

769

249,674

4.	GRANTS PAYABLE

2019

2018

£

£

Charitable activities

248,905

245,115

A summary of donations made during the year is as follows:

Name of organsation:

Amount (£

)

Achisomoch Aid Company Limited

120,500

Give N'Earn

34,805

Chana Charity Ltd

28,000

The Lolev Charitable Trust

18,000

Mgs Charitable Trust

15,000

Other

32,600

Total

248,905

5.	SUPPORT COSTS

Governance

costs

£

Charitable activities

769

6.	TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 July 2019 nor for the year ended

31 July 2018.

Trustees' expenses

There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 July 2019 nor for the year ended 31 July 2018.

7.	CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

2019

2018

£

£

Accruals and deferred income

600

600

8.	RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 July 2019.