Norwood Ravenswood (A Company Limited by Guarantee) Trustees‟ Annual Report and Financial Statements For the year ended 31 March 2016 Registered Charity Number: 1059060 Registered Company Number: 03263519 Contents Page Charity Information………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 3 Trustees‟ Annual Report: ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4-16 Objectives and Activities …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4 Structure, Governance and Management ………………………………………………………………….. 5 Strategic Report: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 10 - 16 Strategic Priorities ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 10 Achievements and Performance ………………………………………………………………………………… 10 Financial Review ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 12 Plans for Future Periods …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 13 Principal Risks and Uncertainties………………………………………………………………………………… 14 Independent Auditor‟s Report …………………………………………………………………………………………. 17 Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities ………………………………………………………………… 18 Consolidated Balance Sheet ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 19 Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows …………………………………………………………………………. 20 Notes to the Financial Statements …………………………………………………………………………………. 21-45 2 Norwood Ravenswood – for the year ended 31 March 2016 CHARITY INFORMATION Patron HM The Queen Patron of Children‟s‟ Services Cherie Blair Patron of Adults‟ Services Norma Brier Patron of Volunteering Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis Presidents Lord Jon Mendelsohn (appointed 16 Nov 2015) Lady Nicola Mendelsohn CBE (appointed 16 Nov 2015) Vice President Ronnie Harris Trustees and Directors David Ereira (Chairman) Lady Elaine Sacks Julia Chain (Deputy Chairperson) Elliott Goldstein Andrew Viner (Joint Treasurer) Gary Sacks (re-appointed 4 Dec 2015) David Stanton (Joint Treasurer) Anthony Rabin (appointed 1 May 2015) Linda Goldberg Philip Hertz (appointed 29 Jul 2016) Mark Pollack Ian Fagelson (resigned 4 Dec 2015) Neville Kahn Ronnie Harris (resigned 4 Dec 2015) Estelle Doctor Senior Management Team Elaine Kerr Chief Executive Julian Anthony Chief Financial and Operating Officer David Harris Director of Development Pauline Smith Director of Services Shona McBride Director of Workforce Adele Breslauer Director of Fundraising and Marketing Company Secretary Julian Anthony Auditor Grant Thornton UK LLP Melton Street Euston Square London NW1 2EP Investment Managers Sarasin & Partners LLP Seven Investment Management Ltd 100 St. Paul‟s Churchyard, 125 Old Broad Street, London EC4M 8BU London EC2N 1AR Bankers Barclays Bank plc PO Box 12820 Whetstone London N20 0WE Solicitors Anthony Collins LLP Clifford Chance LLP Solomon Taylor & Shaw 134 Edmund Street, 10 Upper Bank Street 3 Coach House Yard Birmingham B3 2ES London E14 5JJ Hampstead High Street London NW3 1QF Ingram Winter Green Reed Smith LLP Bedford House Broadgate Tower 21A John Street 20 Primrose Street London WC1N 2BL London EC2A 2RS Principal and Registered Broadway House Office 80-82 The Broadway Stanmore HA7 4HB 3 Norwood Ravenswood – for the year ended 31 March 2016 TRUSTEES‟ ANNUAL REPORT The trustees are pleased to present their annual report together with the consolidated statements of the charity and its subsidiaries for the year ended 31 March 2016. The Financial Statements have been prepared to meet the requirements for a Directors‟ Report and Accounts for Companies Act purposes and they comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006, the Memorandum and Articles of Association and the Accounting and Reporting by Charities (i.e. the 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 - FRS102). OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES Aims Norwood passionately believes that everyone, irrespective of ability or circumstance, has the right to live the life they choose and achieve their goals. It operates on three core principles namely: • HOME Children and their families facing individual challenges • SCHOOL Children and young people with special educational needs • LIFE People with learning disabilities and autism throughout their lives Vision Believing people should live the life they choose – maximising potential. Values Empowering Empowering the people who use the services of Norwood to maximise their potential. Professional Always maintaining professional standards and codes of conduct with all stakeholders and striving to provide excellence throughout the organisation. Supportive Being an organisation that is supportive to all those who turn to Norwood; the workforce and all stakeholders. Honourable Being honourable in the way Norwood carries out business. Innovative Always innovative, finding new approaches and practices to benefit the whole organisation and those it supports. Services During the year Norwood was focussed on delivering the following services: LEARNING DISABILITY EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SERVICES SERVICES Supported Living Children and family Residential Care Binoh support Education Hope Centre Norwood Nursery Norwood Nursery Educational Psychology Social work Assistive Technology Speech and Language Counselling Short break 24/7 respite Therapy Short breaks Domiciliary respite Occupational Therapy Support Groups Social work Transition support Art Therapy After-school clubs and holiday Play Therapy schemes Portage Life skills and Learning Transition support Work Skills and Employment Drugsline Sports and Leisure Enabling and Therapeutic Services Health and Wellbeing Transition 4 Norwood Ravenswood – for the year ended 31 March 2016 STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT The Governance Structure Norwood is a leading Jewish charity supporting vulnerable children and their families, children and young people with special educational needs, and people with learning disabilities at home, at school and throughout their lives. Since 1795, Norwood has always sought to improve the lives of the most vulnerable people in society. Each year, Norwood supports thousands of people with learning disabilities, and children and families in need. Norwood provides vital, personalised services to the Jewish and wider communities in London and the South East. As set out in its governing documents, the charitable objects are summarised as follows: To provide relief for children, young people and adults drawn primarily, but not exclusively, from the Jewish community, who are in need by reason of disability, abuse, neglect, financial hardship or other disadvantage, through providing or securing or assisting in the provision of education, training, support, care, treatment, substitute family care, adoption services, accommodation and/ or other assistance of a charitable nature. Norwood has 40 members who are individuals with long association with the organisation. Any individual seeking to become a member has to apply to the Board. Members are entitled to attend and vote at General Meetings. The Board appoints a Chairman, Deputy-Chairman and Treasurer(s). With services delivered by 1,150 staff and supported by over 650 dedicated volunteers, Norwood strives to maximise people‟s potential, empowering them to live the life they choose. Much of the activity of the Norwood Group takes place through subsidiary charities and companies. Norwood Ravenswood is primarily responsible for fundraising, The Hope Charity provides special education services and Norwood Schools Limited provides charitable services to the Group. The financial performance of Norwood Schools Limited was satisfactory. The summary financial results, assets and liabilities of each subsidiaries are set out in note 4. The Hope Charity has been operating in deficit for a number of years, however each year a grant from the parent charity, Norwood Ravenswood, was provided to fund the operating deficits. An in-depth review of the Children and Educational Services activities has been carried out as part of on-going responsibilities to ensure financial sustainability for the future. The conclusion is to close the Hope Centre while the offering of Binoh is to be enhanced with a wider menu of support for inclusion. Thus, after the financial year end but before the accounts were approved, the trustees decided to cease activities within The Hope Charity, with the announcement of discontinuation being made on 16 June 2016, and to transfer the Binoh operations to Norwood Schools Limited, which is a fellow subsidiary of Norwood Ravenswood, together with the remaining assets and liabilities. The transfer of assets and liabilities will be for proceeds of £nil, with the asset and liabilities transferred at fair value (which is considered to be net book value). As a result of the review, no grant was made from Norwood Ravenswood in the year ended 31 March 2016 and the charity has net expenditure of £0.8m for the year ended 31 March 2016 and a deficit in total funds of £0.04m. The deficit position will be resolved through the profit on the transfer of net liabilities to Norwood Schools for proceeds of £nil. Norwood Ravenswood will continue to provide support to The Hope Charity until the date of transfer and a letter of support, approved by its trustees, has been provided. The accounts have therefore been prepared on a break-up basis but no adjustments are required to the accounts given the nature of the transfer. The Governing Body The governing body of Norwood Ravenswood is the Trustee Board which comprises up to fourteen members who meet six times