
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From  1 August 2022 Period start date To 31 July 2023 Period end date Charity name: BEIT SHEMESH LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION Charity registration number: 1125041** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|To advance the orthodox Jewish faith and<br>orthodox Jewish religious education|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|The trustees considered the Charity<br>Commission guidance on public benefit and in<br>fulfilment thereof provided scholarships and<br>student grants and funded lecture programmes<br>for the advancement of the orthodox Jewish<br>faith and orthodox Jewish religious education<br>including Ohr Avraham Institute for Jewish<br>Studies in Beit Shemesh, Israel.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees confirm that they have complied<br>with the duty in the Charities Act to have due<br>regard to the Charity Commissions general<br>guidance on public benefit.|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other 



## **Achievements and Performance** 

SORP reference The charity received grants and made donations for the advancement of the orthodox Jewish faith and orthodox Jewish religious education including Ohr Avraham Institute for Summary of the main Para 1.20 Jewish Studies in Beit Shemesh, Israel. achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole. 

## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|The charity remains in a positive financial position<br>at the end of the period.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The charity will not make grants if it lacks funds and<br>attempts to maintain three to six months<br>expenditure in reserve.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£15,946|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23||



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The charity's principal source of funding is by<br>personal approach to known individuals and friends<br>who support the objectives of the charity.|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Declaration of Trust**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Trust**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**Appointed by existing Trustees**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other 

## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|BEIT SHEMESH LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1125041|
|Charity’s principal address|6 Queens Drive<br>Manchester M25 0HR.|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
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||Joshua Jacob Adler||||
||Jacob Prys||||
||Joseph Adler|Chair|Resigning31stMay2024||
||David Roberts||Appointed 20thMarch 2024||
||David Sipper||Appointed 20thMarch 2024||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

## **Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
|---|---|---|
||Joseph Adler||
||<br> <br>Chair||
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|**Charity Name**|**No (if any)**|||
|---|---|---|---|
|**1125041**<br>**BEIT SHEMESH LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION**||||
|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||**CC16a**|
|Period start date<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>1-Aug-22|Period end date<br>**To**<br>31-Jul-23|||




|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**25,378**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**25,378**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**25,378**<br>**24,200**<br>**-**<br>**3,886**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **28,086**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**28,086**<br>**-                  2,708**<br>**-**<br>**15,946**<br>**13,238**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**25,378**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**25,378**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**25,378**<br>**24,200**<br>**-**<br>**3,886**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**28,086**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**28,086**<br>**-                  2,708**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Donations|**25,378**|||||**32,811**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**25,378**|||||**32,811**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||
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|Grants|**24,200**|||||**26,400**|
|Loan|**-**|||||**-**|
|Lecture expenses|**3,886**|||||**3,650**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**28,086**|||||**30,050**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
|||||||**30,050**|
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||**-                  2,708**|**-**|**-**|**-                  2,708**||**2,761**|
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||**15,946**|**-**|**-**|**15,946**||**13,185**|
||**13,238**|**-**|**-**|**13,238**||**15,946**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

5/23/2024 

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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**the end of the period**|**the end of the period**|**the end of the period**|**the end of the period**||
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|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
||||**13,238**||**-**||**-**|
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||**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Signature||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>Joseph Adler||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

5/23/2024 

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Independent examiner's report on
the accounts
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Seclion A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
BEIT SHEMESH LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION
On accounts for tho year
anded
31 July 2023
Charlty no
{If any)
1125041
Set out on pago8
Respectlve
responsibilitlel of
trusteos and exarnlnor
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the ac¢ount3.
The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year
under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 ("Ihe Charities Act.) and that an
independent examination is needed.
Delele I l if not 8pplicable.
It is my responsibility to..
examine the accounts under s8Ction 145 of the Charit18s Act,
lo follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the
Charity Commission (under section 145151(b) of the Charities Act. and
to slate whether particular matters have come to my attention
8asls of Indèpendent My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given
examiner's statement by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the
accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts
presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual
items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the
trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not
provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and
consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts pres8nl a 'true
and fair, view and the report is limited lo those matters sel out in the
statement below.
IER
December 2017

Indapendent In connection wrth my examination, no material matters have come to my
examiner's statement attention {
") which gives me cause to believe
thal in. any material respect..
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130
of the Charities Act: or
the accounts did not accord wrth the acGounting records,. or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements
Con￿rning the fomi 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 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.
' Ple8se delele Ihe wonls in the brackets if Ihey do not apply.
Slgned:
Date:
2215124
Name:
BERTHA SCHONBERG
Rolovant professlonal
quallflcatlon{s) or body
(if any>:
Address:
56 Northumberland Street
Salford M7 4DG
Se¢lion B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concem Isee CC32,
Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance forexaminers).
IER
December 2017