**Charity registration number 1083890**
## **BELZ ISRAEL CHARITABLE TRUST**
**ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**
## **BELZ ISRAEL CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION**
**Trustees** P Fink M Imann C Silbiger **Charity number** 1083890 **Independent examiner** CHS Accountants Limited Lower Ground Floor, 13 High Road London N15 6LT
## **BELZ ISRAEL CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **CONTENTS**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|1 - 2|
|Independent examiner's report|3|
|Statement of financial activities|4|
|Statement of financial position|5|
|Notes to the financial statements|6 - 12|
## **BELZ ISRAEL CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**_
The trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the financial statements and comply with the charity's Declaration of Trust, the Charities Act 2011 and "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**
The charity's objects are:
1. The advancement of Orthodox Jewish religious education; and
2. The advancement of the Orthodox Jewish religion
3. The relief of poverty generally and in particular amongst persons of the Jewish faith
4. Such other charitable purposes trusts and organisations which the trustees may from time to time determine.
## _Public benefit_
The trustees have paid due regard to guidance issued by the Charity Commission in deciding what activities the charity should undertake.
## **Achievements and performance**
## _Significant activities and achievements against objectives_
During the year the charity received donations totalling £401,931 (2023: £272,283) and made grants totalling £330,367 (2023: £238,612).
## **Financial review**
The financial results for the year to 31 December 2024 are fully reflected in the attached Accounts and the notes thereon.
As at 31 December 2024, the charity had Unrestricted Reserves of £20,781 and Restricted Reserves of £6,625.
## _Reserves policy_
It is the policy of the charity to maintain Unrestricted Funds, which include the Free Reserves of the charity, at a level which the trustees think appropriate after considering the future commitments of the charity and the likely costs of the charity for the next year.
## **Structure, governance and management**
The charity is registered with the Charity Commission and is governed by a Declaration of Trust dated 1 August 2000.
The trustees who served during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were:
P Fink
M Imann
C Silbiger
## _Recruitment and appointment of trustees_
New trustees are appointed based on personal competence, availability and knowledge and familiarity with the community which the charity serves. New trustees are inducted into the workings of the charity by the existing trustees.
None of the trustees has any beneficial interest in the charity.
## _Organisational structure_
The trustees administer the day-to-day affairs of the charity.
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## **BELZ ISRAEL CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**_
The trustees' report was approved by the Board of Trustees.
M Imann **Trustee**
28 October 2025
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## **BELZ ISRAEL CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF BELZ ISRAEL CHARITABLE TRUST**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Belz Israel Charitable Trust (the charity) for the year ended 31 December 2024.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act).
I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s financial statements carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
Since the charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I 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.
Your attention is drawn to the fact that the charity has prepared financial statements in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) in preference to the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice issued on 1 April 2005 which is referred to in the extant regulations but has now been withdrawn.
I understand that this has been done in order for financial statements to provide a true and fair view in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Practice effective for reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2015.
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 that in any material respect:
- 1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the 2011 Act; or
- 2 the financial statements do not accord with those records; or
- 3 the financial statements 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 financial statements to be reached.
## **Pini Shebson ACA**
CHS Accountants Limited Lower Ground Floor, 13 High Road London N15 6LT
Dated: 28 October 2025
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## **BELZ ISRAEL CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**_
|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**2024**
**2024**
**Notes**
**£**
**£**
**Income and endowments from:**
Donations and legacies
**3**
367,026
34,905
Other income
**4**
147
-
**Total income**
367,173
34,905
**Expenditure on:**
Raising funds
**5**
8,625
-
Charitable activities
**6**
359,471
28,280
**Total expenditure**
368,096
28,280
**Net income/(expenditure) and movement in**
**funds**
(923)
6,625
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Fund balances at 1 January 2024
21,704
-
**Fund balances at 31 December 2024**
20,781
6,625|**Total**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2024**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
401,931
272,283
147
9
402,078
272,292
8,625
1,079
387,751
300,301
396,376
301,380
5,702
(29,088)
21,704
50,792
27,406
21,704|
|---|---|
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
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## **BELZ ISRAEL CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION**
## _**AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024**_
|**Notes**
**Current assets**
Trade and other receivables
**13**
Cash at bank and in hand
**Current liabilities**
**14**
**Net current assets**
**The funds of the charity**
Restricted income funds
**15**
Unrestricted funds
**16**|**2024**
**£**
-
29,566
29,566
(2,160)|**£**
27,406
6,625
20,781
27,406|**2023**
**£**
97
22,447
22,544
(840)|**£**
21,704|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||-
21,704|
|||||21,704|
The financial statements were approved by the trustees on 28 October 2025
M Imann **Trustee**
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## **BELZ ISRAEL CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**_
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **Charity information**
Belz Israel Charitable Trust is a registered charity governed by a Declaration of Trust.
## **1.1 Accounting convention**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the charity's Declaration of Trust, the Charities Act 2011, FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the Charities SORP "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). The charity is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.
The charity has taken advantage of the provisions in the SORP for charities not to prepare a Statement of Cash Flows.
The financial statements have departed from the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 only to the extent required to provide a true and fair view. This departure has involved following the Statement of Recommended Practice for charities applying FRS 102 rather than the version of the Statement of Recommended Practice which is referred to in the Regulations but which has since been withdrawn.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, [modified to include the revaluation of freehold properties and to include investment properties and certain financial instruments at fair value]. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
## **1.2 Going concern**
At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
## **1.3 Charitable funds**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of their charitable objectives.
Restricted funds are subject to specific conditions by donors or grantors as to how they may be used. The purposes and uses of the restricted funds are set out in the notes to the financial statements.
Endowment funds are subject to specific conditions by donors that the capital must be maintained by the charity.
## **1.4 Income**
Income is recognised when the charity is legally entitled to it after any performance conditions have been met, the amounts can be measured reliably, and it is probable that income will be received.
Cash donations are recognised on receipt. Other donations are recognised once the charity has been notified of the donation, unless performance conditions require deferral of the amount. Income tax recoverable in relation to donations received under Gift Aid or deeds of covenant is recognised at the time of the donation.
Legacies are recognised on receipt or otherwise if the charity has been notified of an impending distribution, the amount is known, and receipt is expected. If the amount is not known, the legacy is treated as a contingent asset.
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## **BELZ ISRAEL CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**_
## **1 Accounting policies**
**(Continued)**
## **1.5 Expenditure**
Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to transfer economic benefit to a third party, 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 classified by activity. The costs of each activity are made up of the total of direct costs and shared costs, including support costs involved in undertaking each activity. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs which contribute to more than one activity and support costs which are not attributable to a single activity are apportioned between those activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. Central staff costs are allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges are allocated on the portion of the asset’s use.
## **1.6 Cash and cash equivalents**
Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.
## **1.7 Financial instruments**
The charity has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
Financial instruments are recognised in the charity's balance sheet when the charity becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
## _**Basic financial assets**_
Basic financial assets, which include trade and other receivables and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
## _**Basic financial liabilities**_
Basic financial liabilities, including trade and other payables and bank loans are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.
Trade payables are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of operations from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade payables are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
## _**Derecognition of financial liabilities**_
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the charity’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
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## **BELZ ISRAEL CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**_
## **1 Accounting policies**
**(Continued)**
## **1.8 Employee benefits**
The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.
Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the charity is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.
## **2 Critical accounting estimates and judgements**
In the application of the charity’s accounting policies, the trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
## **3 Income from donations and legacies**
||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Total**|**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Total**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**funds**|**funds**||**funds**|**funds**||
||**2024**|**2024**|**2024**|**2023**|**2023**|**2023**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Donations and gifts|367,026|34,905|401,931|272,283|-|272,283|
## **4 Other income**
||**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**|
|---|---|---|
||**funds**|**funds**|
||**2024**|**2023**|
||**£**|**£**|
|Other income|147|9|
## **5 Expenditure on raising funds**
||**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**|
|---|---|---|
||**funds**|**funds**|
||**2024**|**2023**|
||**£**|**£**|
|**Fundraising and publicity**|||
|Other fundraising costs|8,625|1,079|
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## **BELZ ISRAEL CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**_
## **6 Expenditure on charitable activities**
||**Total Funds**|**Total Funds**|
|---|---|---|
||**2024**|**2023**|
||**£**|**£**|
|**Direct costs**|||
|Food distribution|18,325|-|
|Charitable activities|33,361|51,790|
||51,686|51,790|
|Grant funding of activities (see note 7)|330,367|238,612|
|**Share of support and governance costs (see note 8)**|||
|Support|88|-|
|Governance|5,610|9,899|
||387,751|300,301|
|**Analysis by fund**|||
|Unrestricted funds|359,471|300,301|
|Restricted funds|28,280|-|
||387,751|300,301|
## **7 Grants payable**
|**Grants payable**||
|---|---|
||**Total Funds**|
||**2024**|
||**£**|
|Grants to institutions:||
|Mercaz Torah Vechesed Limited|48,976|
|Dover Sholem Community Trust|31,932|
|The Gertner Charitable Trust|30,000|
|Moreshet Hatorah Ltd|24,321|
|Areivim UK Limited|13,334|
|Belz Foundation Ltd|10,000|
|Yedidim Association Ltd|7,650|
|Ovos Ubonim/Yagdil Torah|5,000|
|Rookwood Foundation Ltd|5,000|
|Other|8,737|
||184,950|
|Grants to individuals|145,417|
||330,367|
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## **BELZ ISRAEL CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**_
## **8 Support costs allocated to activities**
|**8**
**Support costs allocated to activities**|||
|---|---|---|
|Bank charges
Governance costs
**Analysed between:**
Charitable activities
**Governance costs comprise:**
Independent examiners fees
Legal and professional
**9**
**Net movement in funds**
The net movement in funds is stated after charging/(crediting):
Fees payable for the independent examination of the charity's financial
statements|**2024**
**£**
88
5,610
5,698
5,698
**2024**
**£**
2,160
3,450
5,610
**2024**
**£**
2,160|**2023**
**£**
-
9,899|
|||9,899|
|||9,899|
|||**2023**
**£**
840
9,059|
|||9,899|
|||**2023**
**£**
840|
## **10 Trustees**
None of the trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration or benefits from the charity during the year.
## **11 Employees**
The average monthly number of employees during the year was:
||**2024**|**2023**|
|---|---|---|
||**Number**|**Number**|
|Total|-|-|
There were no employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000.
## **12 Taxation**
The charity is exempt from taxation on its activities because all its income is applied for charitable purposes.
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## **BELZ ISRAEL CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**_
## **13 Trade and other receivables**
|**13**
**Trade and other receivables**|||
|---|---|---|
|**Amounts falling due within one year:**
Other debtors
**14**
**Current liabilities**
Accruals and deferred income|**2024**
**£**
-
**2024**
**£**
2,160|**2023**
**£**
97|
|||**2023**
**£**
840|
## **15 Restricted funds**
The restricted funds of the charity comprise the unexpended balances of donations and grants held on trust subject to specific conditions by donors as to how they may be used.
|**At**|**1**|**January**|**Incoming**|**Resources**|**At 31**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**2024**|**resources**|**expended**|**December**|
||||||**2024**|
|||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|||-|34,905|(28,280)|6,625|
## **16 Unrestricted funds**
The unrestricted funds of the charity comprise the unexpended balances of donations and grants which are not subject to specific conditions by donors and grantors as to how they may be used. These include designated funds which have been set aside out of unrestricted funds by the trustees for specific purposes.
|**At 1**
General funds
**Previous year:**
**At 1**
General funds|**January**
**2024**
**Incoming**
**resources**
**Resources**
**expended**
**At 31**
**December**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
21,704
367,173
(368,096)
20,781
**January**
**2023**
**Incoming**
**resources**
**Resources**
**expended**
**At 31**
**December**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
50,792
272,292
(301,380)
21,704|
|---|---|
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## **BELZ ISRAEL CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**_
## **17 Analysis of net assets between funds**
|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**2024**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**At 31 December 2024:**
Current assets/(liabilities)
20,781
6,625
20,781
6,625
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**2023**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
**At 31 December 2023:**
Current assets/(liabilities)
21,704
-
21,704
-|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
27,406|
|---|---|
||27,406|
||**Total**
**2023**
**£**
21,704|
||21,704|
## **18 Related party transactions**
There were no disclosable related party transactions during the year (2023 - none).
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