PUBLIC ORGANIZATION SUGIHARA FOUNDATION „DIPLOMATS FOR LIFE“
COMPANY CODE 110078468
KAUNAS, VAIŽGANTO ST. 30
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COMPANY CODE 110078468
KAUNAS, VAIŽGANTO ST. 30
Kaunas 2022
Public Organization Sugihara Foundation Diplomats for Life 110078468 (subject legal entity, title, code)
Vaižganto g. 30, Kaunas, VĮ Registrų Centras l (Head office (address), the register, where data is collected and stored)
Operating l (Legal status, if subject is licvidated, reorganized or bankrupt)
ACCORDING TO DATA OF 31 DECEMBER, 2021
2022 March 1st, No. 1 l (date of issue)
2022-03-30 No.2022.01 (approval mark)
Public Organization Sugihara Foundation „Diplomats for Life“ 110078468 (subject legal entity, title, code)
Vaižganto g. 30, Kaunas, VĮ Registrų Centras l (Head office (address), the register, where data is collected and stored)
Operating l
(Legal status, if subject is licvidated, reorganized or bankrupt)
ACCORDING TO DATA OF 31 DECEMBER, 2021
2023 March 1st, No. 1 l (date of issue)
2022-03-30 No 2022.01 (approval mark)
Public organization Sugihara Foundation "Diplomats for Life"
Vaižganto g. 30, LT-44229, Kaunas Tel/Fax: 8-37-423277
Public body registered under the laws of the Lithuanian Companies Register on 14 December 1999. Public institution code: 110078468
The data is collected and stored in the State Enterprise Centre of Registers. The shareholders' capital of the public body is 868.86. EUR.
As at 31 December 2021 and 2020, three natural persons were shareholders of the public body. The financial statements of the Public Body are approved by the General Meeting of Shareholders. Average annual number of staff by list for the reference period and the previous reference period: 5 employees on the last day of 2021 and 6 employees in 2020. The financial year of the public body is the same as the calendar year. The institution is operational and has an unlimited period of operation.
Information on the Accounting Officer: Under a contract dated 04.01.2010, accounting services are provided by Bafos paslaugos UAB (code 135872365) and are open-ended.
Activities of the institution :910000 in the field of social education, culture and museum activities. The aim of the Foundation is to revive the memories of the heroic deeds of the Japanese Consul Ch. Sugihara's exploits during the Second World War, and to add information about the Holocaust and the role of Sugihara, other diplomats and Lithuanian citizens in saving the lives of thousands of Jews and other people.
Founders of the Foundation: Ramūnas Garbaravičius, Egidijus Aleksandravičius and Freddy Opsomer (Note: Freddy Opsomer died on 14 March 2019)
The Board of the Foundation Egidijus Aleksandravičius, Linas Venclauskas, Linas Tuleikis, Irena Veisaitė, Henrikas Gulbinas, Šarūnas Liekis and Birutė Garbaravičienė
Honorary members of the Foundation: H.E. Kazuko Shiraishi.
The laws and regulations governing accounting and financial reporting: Law on Accounting of the Republic of Lithuania.
Order of the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania "On the preparation of accounting, financial statements, activity report, annual report and valuation of assets and services received free of charge (nonmonetary donations) of non-profit legal entities".
1 Intangible non-current assets
Movements in intangible fixed assets are shown in the table below: (Note 1)
Movements in tangible fixed assets are shown in the table below: (Note 2)
Under the terms of a lease agreement signed on 12 March 2003, the Foundation has the free use of 347,03 m2 of premises and 0,09 ha of land for its activities. The lease agreement is for an indefinite period of time and the Foundation does not pay rent. For the maintenance and operation of the premises, contracts are concluded with service organisations and fees are paid on the basis of the services provided. The Foundation had concluded a 5-year lease agreement with Vytautas Magnus University, which expired on 01.07.2016. According to the agreement, the VMU used the premises free of charge but reimbursed the operating and utility costs during the rental period. The premises were returned to the Foundation at the end of the contract. As of 01.07.2016, the Foundation started to use all the premises for its activities.
The Foundation uses fully depreciated assets in its activities by grouping:
Since the end of 2015, the Foundation has been implementing the reconstruction and renovation of the building and the premises that house the museum, in accordance with the approved project and contract. Fundraising and reconstruction and renovation works are being carried out to achieve this objective. According to the contract, the Lender does not reimburse the Foundation for the reconstruction and renovation
costs incurred. The table below shows the renovation works carried out, the works delivered (write-offs) and the funds collected in 2021:
3 Inventories
are shown in the table below ( Note 3)
Inventories include stationery, office supplies, brochures, badges, books, souvenir magnets, postcards, chocolates: which are used for the purposes of the Foundation, or as souvenirs to promote the Foundation's activities to guests, schools, museum visitors and supporters.
4 Receivables within one year (Note 4)
5 Cash and cash equivalents (Note 5)
The institution's own capital consists of contributions from shareholders and the result of the fund's activities. The Foundation made a loss for the year under review in the amount of EUR -20787.-
The movement of the Fund's sources of funding is shown in the table below: (Note 7)
**the cost of services provided
***is shown when an entity transfers the use of an asset to others under a usage contract, irrespective of the entity's own ownership of the asset (ownership, usage or lease)
The funding was used to finance the public benefit events mentioned in the Annual Activity Report, to reimburse the Foundation's operating costs, and to reimburse the costs of the reconstruction and renovation of the museum building..
8 Accounts payable and liabilities (Note 8)
At the end of the reporting year, debts amount to:
The Foundation's operating income comes from services provided for excursions and museum visits. A small part of the income comes from the sale of souvenir badges, pendants and postcards. In 2020, a quarantine was declared due to the COVID-19 pandemic, during which time the museum's activities were suspended and the number of visitors dropped considerably.
Other income and other expenses incurred during the year: (Note 9)
In the reporting year, the Fund received a subsidy of EUR 1,082.11 from the Employment Service under the Ministry of Social Security and Labour of the Republic of Lithuania for the wages of employees who were placed on lay-off in the event of an outage as defined in Article 47(1)(2) of the Labour Code.
The Fund incurred costs of 127459.- during the year under review. In accordance with the decision of the shareholders of the Foundation, taking into account the ratio of the income earned to the funding received (14328) and the donations and earmarked funding received (26656) for the year 2021, the general costs of the Foundation's activities are compensated for and distributed as follows: 65% of the costs are allocated to the financing of the Foundation's events of public benefit and 35% are allocated to the Foundation's economic and commercial activities. The allocation and reimbursement of the Foundation's costs are shown in the table below: ( Note 10)
In 2021, the salary accrued to the Head of the Fund amounted to a total of EUR 21854.- (EUR 19088.- in 2020). There were no loans granted to the Head of the Institution, no guarantees, no other disbursements or accruals made to the Head of the Institution, and no other transfers of assets
Post-reporting events
After the balance sheet date, the museum has not seen an increase in visitor numbers and is facing a difficult period ahead.
Director Ramūnas Janulaitis Linas Budrius Accountant2022-03-01