**REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1075748**
## **Report of the Trustees and**
**Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **for**
**The D C Trust**
Freedman Frankl & Taylor Chartered Accountants Reedham House 31 King Street West Manchester M3 2PJ
**The D C Trust**
## **Contents of the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
|||**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|11|
**The D C Trust**
## **Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025. 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).
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
## **Objectives and aims**
The Charity's main income is donations and most of this income is donated to institutions and charitable organisations and for the relief of poverty.
## **Public benefit**
The trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit.
## **Grantmaking**
The trustees have identified a number of Orthodox Jewish charities which profess and teach the principals of traditional Judaism or which carry out activities which advance religion in accordance with the Orthodox Jewish faith. Grants are given on application to the trustees by these or similar charities.
## **ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE**
## **Charitable activities**
During the year the Trust continued to distribute the majority of donations it received to worthwhile charities.
During the year, the charity's incoming resources amounted to £320,520 and total resources expended amounted to £174,097. This has resulted in a net surplus of £146,423 for the year, increasing the fund from £25,443 to £171,866.
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
## **Reserves policy**
It is the aim of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds at a level sufficient to enable it to continue to operate and meet day to day running costs.
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
## **Governing document**
The charity is an unincorporated charity, constituted under a trust deed dated 23 May 1997 as amended by supplemental deeds dated 18 November 1997 and 2 March 1998.
The management of the charity is the responsibility of the Trustees who are elected and co-opted under the terms of the trust deed. Appointment of Trustees is governed by the trust deed of the charity.
## **Recruitment and appointment of new trustees**
Appointment of Trustees is governed by the Trust Deed of the charity. The board of Trustees is authorised to appoint new trustees to fill vacancies through resignation or death of an existing trustee.
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Charity number**
1075748
## **Principal address**
68 Upper Park Road Salford Manchester M7 4JA
## **Trustees**
S J Mendelson A J Jaffe
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**The D C Trust**
## **Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS**
## **Independent Examiner**
I Sluckis FCA MAE Freedman Frankl & Taylor Chartered Accountants Reedham House 31 King Street West Manchester M3 2PJ
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 23 January 2026 and signed on its behalf by:
S J Mendelson - Trustee
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**Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of The D C Trust**
## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees of The D C Trust**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of The D C Trust (the Trust) for the year ended 31 March 2025.
## **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**
Since your charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a listed body. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, which is one of the listed bodies.
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.
I Sluckis FCA MAE The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
Freedman Frankl & Taylor Chartered Accountants Reedham House 31 King Street West Manchester M3 2PJ
23 January 2026
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**The D C Trust**
## **Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
|Unrestricted
fund
Notes
£
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Donations and legacies
300,000
Investment income
2
600
**Total**
300,600
**EXPENDITURE ON**
**Charitable activities**
3
Donations
161,081
Other
10,100
**Total**
171,181
**NET INCOME**
129,419
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
Total funds brought forward
25,443
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
154,862|Restricted
fund
£
19,920
-
19,920
-
2,916
2,916
17,004
-
17,004|2025
Total
funds
£
319,920
600
320,520
161,081
13,016
174,097
146,423
25,443
171,866|2024
Total
funds
£
49,375
3|
|---|---|---|---|
||||49,378|
||||29,958
960|
||||30,918|
||||18,460
6,983|
||||25,443|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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## **The D C Trust**
## **Balance Sheet 31 March 2025**
|Unrestricted
fund
Notes
£
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Debtors
7
79,520
Cash at bank
78,012
157,532
**CREDITORS**
Amounts falling due within one year
8
(2,670)
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
154,862
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT**
**LIABILITIES**
154,862
**NET ASSETS/(LIABILITIES)**
154,862
**FUNDS**
9
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Restricted
fund
£
-
17,004
17,004
-
17,004
17,004
17,004|2025
Total
funds
£
79,520
95,016
174,536
(2,670)
171,866
171,866
171,866
154,862
17,004
171,866|2024
Total
funds
£
27,775
248
28,023
(2,580)
25,443
25,443
25,443
25,443
-
25,443|
|---|---|---|---|
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 23 January 2026 and were signed on its behalf by:
S J Mendelson - Trustee
The notes form part of these financial statements
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**The D C Trust**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **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 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 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.
## **2. INVESTMENT INCOME**
|**INVESTMENT INCOME**||||
|---|---|---|---|
||2025|2024||
||£|£||
|Deposit account interest|100||3|
|Other interest received|500||-|
||600||3|
continued...
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**The D C Trust**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **3. CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS**
|**3.**
**CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS**|||
|---|---|---|
|Donations
**4.**
**GRANTS PAYABLE**
Donations
The total grants paid to institutions during the year was as follows:
Heichal Hatorah
The Yesoiday Hatorah School
MMJGS
Jewish High School for Girls
Asser Bishvil Foundation
Achisomoch Aid Co Ltd
Bederech Kovod
Chabad Lubavitch
Chabad Community Care
Darchei Torah Yeshiva
YDT
British Friends of Me'or
Bury and Whitefield Jewish School
Chabad Lubavitch Edinburgh
Gateway Action (Salford)
Haderech
JCommerce Charity Ltd
Jewish Action for Mental Health
Kollel Tiferes Scmuel
Me'er Einayim Limited
Refuah Care
Rehabiliation Trust
The Helpline
Toimchei Yom Tov Manchester
Donations under £1,000|Grant
funding of
activities
(see note
4)
£
161,081
2025
2024
£
£
161,081
29,958
2025
2024
£
£
35,000
-
-
3,200
1,300
1,800
26,250
8,500
1,038
-
-
2,500
3,000
-
17,200
1,000
-
2,000
2,400
5,000
10,000
5,000
8,000
-
2,500
-
1,000
-
7,500
-
5,000
-
4,000
-
5,000
-
2,500
-
2,200
-
5,000
-
1,000
-
9,680
-
9,000
-
2,513
958
161,081
29,958||
|||2024
£
-
3,200
1,800
8,500
-
2,500
-
1,000
2,000
5,000
5,000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
958|
|||29,958|
continued...
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**The D C Trust**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **5. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS**
There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 March 2025 nor for the year ended 31 March 2024.
## **Trustees' expenses**
There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 March 2025 nor for the year ended 31 March 2024.
## **6. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
|Unrestricted
fund
£
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Donations and legacies
49,375
Investment income
3
**Total**
49,378
**EXPENDITURE ON**
**Charitable activities**
Donations
29,958
Other
960
**Total**
30,918
**NET INCOME**
18,460
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
Total funds brought forward
6,983
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
25,443
**7.**
**DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
Other debtors
Tax|Restricted
fund
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2025
£
19,520
60,000
79,520|Total
funds
£
49,375
3
49,378
29,958
960
30,918
18,460
6,983
25,443
2024
£
2,600
25,175
27,775|Total
funds
£
49,375
3|
|---|---|---|---|
||||49,378|
||||29,958
960|
||||30,918|
||||18,460
6,983|
||||25,443|
continued...
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**The D C Trust**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **8. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
|Other creditors
**9.**
**MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**Restricted funds**
Restricted funds
**TOTAL FUNDS**
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**Restricted funds**
Restricted funds
**TOTAL FUNDS**
**Comparatives for movement in funds**
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**|At 1.4.24
£
25,443
-
25,443
Incoming
resources
£
300,600
19,920
320,520
At 1.4.23
£
6,983
6,983|2025
2024
£
£
2,670
2,580
Net
movement
At
in funds
31.3.25
£
£
129,419
154,862
17,004
17,004
146,423
171,866
Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(171,181)
129,419
(2,916)
17,004
(174,097)
146,423
Net
movement
At
in funds
31.3.24
£
£
18,460
25,443
18,460
25,443|
|---|---|---|
continued...
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**The D C Trust**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **9. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
||Incoming|Resources|Movement|
|---|---|---|---|
||resources|expended|in funds|
||£|£|£|
|**Unrestricted funds**||||
|General fund|49,378|(30,918)|18,460|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|49,378|(30,918)|18,460|
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows:
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**Restricted funds**
Restricted funds
**TOTAL FUNDS**|At 1.4.23
£
6,983
-
6,983|Net
movement
in funds
£
147,879
17,004
164,883|At
31.3.25
£
154,862
17,004|
|---|---|---|---|
||||171,866|
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**Restricted funds**
Restricted funds
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Incoming
resources
£
349,978
19,920
369,898|Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(202,099)
147,879
(2,916)
17,004
(205,015)
164,883|Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(202,099)
147,879
(2,916)
17,004
(205,015)
164,883|
|---|---|---|---|
||||164,883|
continued...
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**The D C Trust**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **10. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES**
During the year, the charity received donations amounting to £240,000 (2024 - £39,500) from one of the trustees and its family member.
## **11. ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY**
The charity is jointly controlled by the trustees.
## **12. GOING CONCERN**
The charity's financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025 have been prepared on a going concern basis as, after making appropriate enquiries, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.
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