**CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1153006** ## **BRITISH FRIENDS OF CHATZER HAKODESH VIZNITZ** ## **TRUSTEES' REPORT AND UNAUDITED ACCOUNTS** **31 DECEMBER 2023** **BRITISH FRIENDS OF CHATZER HAKODESH VIZNITZ** ## **BRITISH FRIENDS OF CHATZER HAKODESH VIZNITZ CHARITABLE TRUST FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 31 DECEMBER 2023** ||Pages| |---|---| |Trustees' Annual Report|2| |Independent Examiners Report|4| |Statement of Financial Activities|5| |Balance Sheet|6| |Statement of Cash flows|7| |Notes to the Accounts|8| Page 1 **BRITISH FRIENDS OF CHATZER HAKODESH VIZNITZ TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT** The trustees present their report with the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2023. ## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS** ## **Charity No. 1153006** ## **Principal and Registered Office** 28 Walsham Close London N16 6QF ## **Trustees** The following trustees served during the year: Chaim Israel Sharf Leah Ganz Nachman Taub ## **Independent Examiners** CHS Accountants Limited 45 Stamford Hill London N16 5SR ## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES** The charity's objectives are the prevention and relief of poverty. The trustees confirm their compliance with the duty to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission when reviewing the charity's aims and objectives in planning future events. ## **ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE** The charity employs its funds and resources primarily for the benefit of the Viznitz community in the UK and overseas. During the year the charity made grants totalling £796,557 (2022: £467,185). The financial results for the year to 31 December 2023 are fully reflected in the attached Financial Statements and the Notes thereon. ## **FINANCIAL REVIEW** ## **Reserves Policy** The charity's policy is to maintain Unrestricted funds at a level which the trustees deem appropriate after considering future commitments and the likely costs for the next year. As at 31 December 2023 the charity had Unrestricted Funds of £4,623. ## **Grant Making Policy** The charity makes grants to individuals and organisations in the UK and overseas, primarily associated with the Viznitz community, in furtherance of its stated charitable objectives. Page 2 ## **BRITISH FRIENDS OF CHATZER HAKODESH VIZNITZ TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT** In making these grants the trustees use their personal knowledge and experience of the Viznitz communities worldwide. The trustees monitor the application of funds by regular contact with recipients and a thorough understanding of the recipients and their needs prior to making grants. ## **PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES** ## **Risk Management** The trustees have identified and reviewed the major risks to which the charity is exposed, in particular operational and financial risks and are satisfied that appropriate systems are in place to manage and mitigate these risks. ## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT** The charity is a registered charity (charity number 1153006) and is governed by a Trust Deed dated 16 April 2013. The trustees administer the day-to-day affairs of the charity. None of the Trustees have beneficial interest in the charity. ## **STATEMENT OF COMPLAINCE** The charity is a public benefit entity, a registered charity in England and Wales and is unincorporated. The address of the principal office is 28 Walsham Close, London N16 6QF ## **Statement of trustees' responsibilities in relation to the financial statements** The charity trustees are responsible for preparing a trustees' annual report and financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the applicable Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations, and the provisions of the Trust deed. The Trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees Mr N Taub Trustee Page 3 **BRITISH FRIENDS OF CHATZER HAKODESH VIZNITZ INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT** ## **Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of BRITISH FRIENDS OF CHATZER HAKODESH VIZNITZ** I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of BRITISH FRIENDS OF CHATZER HAKODESH VIZNITZ for the year ended 31 December 2023 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet and the related notes. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011('the Act'). The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under the Charities Act 2011, s.144(2) (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. I report in respect of my examination of the charity's financial statements carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiner's statement** As 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 by being a qualified member of . I have completed my examination. I can 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: - [the accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or] - the financial statements do not accord with those records; or - - the financial statements do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of the financial statements set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the financial statements 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. ## **Mr P Shebson ACA** CHS Accountants Limited 45 Stamford Hill London N16 5SR Page 4 **BRITISH FRIENDS OF CHATZER HAKODESH VIZNITZ STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023** |**2023**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Notes**
**Income and endowments from:**
Donations and legacies
2
**Total**
**Expenditure on:**
Raising funds
3
Charitable activities
4
Other
6
**Total**
**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Total funds brought forward
11
**Total funds carried forward**||**Unrestricted**
**Funds**|**Total funds**|**Total funds**| |||**2023**|**2023**|**2022**| |||**£**|**£**|**£**| |||||| |||933,904|933,904|624,555| |||933,904|933,904|624,555| |||||| |||57,806|57,806|59,417| |||978,785|978,785|504,458| |||3,371|3,371|1,923| |||1,039,962|1,039,962|565,798| |||||| |||(106,058)|(106,058)|58,757| |||||| |||110,680|110,680|51,923| |||4,622|4,622|110,680| |||||| |||||| |||||| Page 5 **BRITISH FRIENDS OF CHATZER HAKODESH VIZNITZ BALANCE SHEET** ## **AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2023** |**Charity No. 1153006**
**Current assets**
Debtors
9
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors:**Amount falling due within one year
10
**Net current assets**
**Total net assets**
**The funds of the charity**
**Unrestricted funds**
General funds
12
**Total funds**|**2023**
**£**
10,596
28,426
39,022
(34,400)
4,622
4,622
4,622
4,622
4,622|**2022**
**£**
48,221
64,859| |---|---|---| |||113,080
(2,400)| |||110,680| |||110,680| |||110,680| |||110,680| |||110,680| Approved by the trustees on 31 October 2024 And signed on their behalf by: Nachman Taub Trustee 31 October 2024 Page 6 **BRITISH FRIENDS OF CHATZER HAKODESH VIZNITZ STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023** |**Cash flows from operating activities**
**Net (expenditure)/income per Statement of Financial Activities**
**Adjustments for:**
Decrease/(Increase) in trade and other receivables
Increase in trade and other payables
**Net cash (used in)/provided by operating activities**
**Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents**
**Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year**
**Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year**|**2023**
**£**
(106,058)
37,625
32,000
(36,433)
(36,433)
64,859
28,426|**2022**
**£**
58,757
(18,221)
-| |---|---|---| |||40,536| |||40,536| |||24,323| |||64,859| |||| |**Components of cash and cash equivalents**||| |Cash and bank balances|28,426|64,859| |||| ||28,426|64,859| Page 7 **BRITISH FRIENDS OF CHATZER HAKODESH VIZNITZ NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023** - 1 **Accounting policies** ## **Basis of preparation** The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic if Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014 and the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011. ## **Change in basis of accounting or to previous accounts** There has been no change to the accounting policies (valuation rules and method of accounting) since last year and no changes have been made to accounts for previous years. ## **Fund accounting** |**Fund accounting**|| |---|---| |Unrestricted funds|These are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general| ||objects of the charity.| |Designated funds|These are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular purposes.| |Revaluation funds|These are unrestricted funds which include a revaluation reserve representing the restatement| ||of investment assets at their market values.| |Restricted funds|These are available for use subject to restrictions imposed by the donor or through terms of| ||an appeal.| |**Income**|| |Recognition of income|Income is included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when the charity| ||becomes entitled to, and virtually certain to receive, the income and the amount of the| ||income can be measured with sufficient reliability.| |Income with related|Where income has related expenditure the income and related expenditure is reported gross| |expenditure|in the SoFA.| |Donations and legacies|Voluntary income received by way of grants, donations and gifts is included in the the SoFA| ||when receivable and only when the Charity has unconditional entitlement to the income.| |Tax reclaims on|Income from tax reclaims is included in the SoFA at the same time as the gift/donation to| |donations and gifts|which it relates.| |Donated services and|These are only included in income (with an equivalent amount in expenditure) where the| |facilities|benefit to the Charity is reasonably quantifiable, measurable and material.| |Volunteer help|The value of any volunteer help received is not included in the accounts.| |Investment income|This is included in the accounts when receivable.| |Gains/(losses) on
revaluation of fixed|This includes any gain or loss resulting from revaluing investments to market value at the
end of the year.| |assets|| |Gains/(losses) on|This includes any gain or loss on the sale of investments.| |investment assets|| Page 8 **BRITISH FRIENDS OF CHATZER HAKODESH VIZNITZ NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS** ## **Expenditure** |**Expenditure**|| |---|---| |Recognition of|Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot| |expenditure|be fully recovered, and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates.| |Expenditure on raising|These comprise the costs associated with attracting voluntary income, fundraising trading| |funds|costs and investment management costs.| |Expenditure on|These comprise the costs incurred by the Charity in the delivery of its activities and services| |charitable activities|in the furtherance of its objects, including the making of grants and governance costs.| |Grants payable|All grant expenditure is accounted for on an actual paid basis plus an accrual for grants that| ||have been approved by the trustees at the end of the year but not yet paid.| |Governance costs|These include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory| ||requirements of the Charity, including any audit/independent examination fees, costs linked| ||to the strategic management of the Charity, together with a share of other administration| ||costs.| |Other expenditure|These are support costs not allocated to a particular activity.| ## **Taxation** The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities. ## **Trade and other debtors** Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due. ## **Cash and cash equivalents** Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and on hand, demand deposits with banks and other short-term highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less and bank overdrafts. In the statement of financial position, bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings or current liabilities. In the Statement of Cash Flows, cash and cash equivalents are shown net of bank overdrafts that are repayable on demand and form an integral part of the company's cash management. ## **Trade and other creditors** Short term creditors are measured at the transaction price. Other creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due. ## 2 **Income from donations and legacies** |Donations
3
**Expenditure on raising funds**
_Costs of generating voluntary_
_income_
Fundraising costs|**Unrestricted**
**£**
933,904
933,904
**Unrestricted**
**£**
57,806
57,806|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
933,904
933,904
**Total**
**2023**
**£**
57,806
57,806|**Total**
**2022**
**£**
624,555| |---|---|---|---| ||||624,555| ||||**Total**
**2022**
**£**
59,417| ||||59,417| Page 9 ## **BRITISH FRIENDS OF CHATZER HAKODESH VIZNITZ NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS** ## 4 **Expenditure on charitable activities** |_Expenditure_
_on_
_charitable_
_activities_
Food provision
Communal events
Grants made
_Governance costs_
Independent Examiners Fees
5
**Analysis of grants**
**Activity or programme**
Grants
Chasdai Yitzchak
Merkaz Briut Kehilatiim Jerusalem
Merkaz Haside Viznith Mosdot Torat Moshe Elad
Merkaz Hasidey Viznitz Mosdot Yeshuot
Moshe
Em Kol Chai
Kupat Hamalchis
Mifal
Tzedoko
V'Chesed
Limited
Hatzer Hakodesh Viznitz
Grants below £20,000
Total to institutions
6
**Other expenditure**
General administrative costs|**Unrestricted**
**£**
100,554
79,674
796,557
2,000
978,785
**Unrestricted**
**£**
3,371
3,371|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
100,554
79,674
796,557
2,000
978,785
**Total**
**2023**
**£**
796,557
796,557
**2023**
**£**
118,452
38,116
34,600
30,000
30,000
27,595
24,200
21,104
72,692
**396,759**|**Total**
**2022**
**£**
34,873
-
467,185
2,400| |---|---|---|---| ||||504,458| ||||**Total**
**2022**
**£**
467,185| ||||467,185| ||||| ||||| ||||| |||**Total**
**2023**
**£**
3,371
3,371|**Total**
**2022**
**£**
1,923| ||||1,923| Page 10 ## **BRITISH FRIENDS OF CHATZER HAKODESH VIZNITZ NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS** - 7 **Net (expenditure)/income before transfers** |**Net (expenditure)/income before transfers**||| |---|---|---| ||**2023**|**2022**| |This is stated after charging:|**£**|**£**| |Independent Examiner's fee|2,000|2,400| ## 8 **Trustee remuneration and expenses** None of the trustees have been paid any remuneration in the current or prior periods. None of the trustees have been paid any expenses in the current or prior periods. ## 9 **Debtors** |Other debtors
**Creditors:**
amounts falling due within one year
Other creditors||**2023**
**£**
10,596
10,596
**2023**
**£**
30,000||**2022**
**£**
48,221| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||48,221| |||||**2022**
**£**
-| |Accruals||4,400||2,400| |**Movement in funds**
**Restricted funds:**
**Unrestricted funds:**
**General funds**
**Total funds**
**Analysis of net assets between funds**
Net current assets|**At 1 January**
**2023**
110,680
110,680|34,400
**Incoming**
**resources**
**(including**
**other**
**gains/losses)**
**£**
933,904
933,904|**Resources**
**expended**
**£**
(1,039,962)
(1,039,962)
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
4,622
4,622|2,400| |||||**At 31**
**December**
**2023**
**£**
4,622| |||||4,622| |||||**Total**
**£**
4,622| |||||4,622| ## 10 **Creditors:** ## 11 **Movement in funds** ## 12 **Analysis of net assets between funds** ## 13 **Limited Liability** In the event of a wind-up, each member's liability is limited to £1. ## 14 **Related party disclosures** Page 11 **BRITISH FRIENDS OF CHATZER HAKODESH VIZNITZ NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS** The charity is associated with Viznitz community institutions in the UK and overseas. Other than any mentioned above, there were no related party transactions requiring disclosure during the year. Page 12