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2024-11-30-accounts

CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1154962

Leeds Jewish Educational Centre Unaudited Financial Statements 30 November 2024

HAFFNER HOFF LTD

Accountants 2nd Floor - Parkgates Bury New Road Prestwich Manchester M25 0TL

Leeds Jewish Educational Centre

Financial Statements

Year ended 30 November 2024

Page
Trustees' annual report 1
Independent examiner's report to the trustees 5
Statement of financial activities 6
Statement of financial position 7
Notes to the financial statements 8

Leeds Jewish Educational Centre

Trustees' Annual Report

Year ended 30 November 2024

The trustees present their report and the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 30 November 2024.

Reference and administrative details
Registered charity name Leeds Jewish Educational Centre
Charity registration number 1154962
Principal office 431 Bury New Road
Salford
M7 4ED
The trustees B Joseph
M Joseph
A Heimann
Independent examiner Mr Howard Schwalbe ACA
2nd Floor - Parkgates
Bury New Road
Prestwich
Manchester
M25 0TL

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Leeds Jewish Educational Centre

Trustees' Annual Report (continued)

Year ended 30 November 2024

Structure, governance and management

Leeds Jewish Educational Centre is constituted under a trust deed dated 26 October 2013. It is a registered charity with a charity number being 1154962.

Recruitment and appointment of new trustees would be in line with the Trust Deed and with the consent of the trustees. The criteria set for the suitable candidate would be someone who is sensitive to the needs and demands of the organisation.

There is no chief executive officer. The day to day affairs are undertaken by Mr A Kramer on behalf of the trustees. All major decisions are taken collectively by the trustees and all the trustees give of their time freely. The trustees are unpaid and details of any related party transactions are disclosed as applicable in the notes to the accounts. The arrangements for setting the pay of the charity’s employees are the sole domain of the trustees.

There are no policies for the induction or training of new trustees.

Risk review

The Trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed, in particular those related to the operations and finances of the Trust, and are satisfied that systems are in place to manage our exposure to the major risks.

The risks faced by the trust are principally operational risks from ineffective grant making. These risks are managed by the trustees researching potential beneficiaries before granting donations.

Report back and review procedures strengthen these safeguards to ensure public benefit is achieved from all grants.

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Leeds Jewish Educational Centre

Trustees' Annual Report (continued)

Year ended 30 November 2024

Objectives and activities

The objects of the charity are: (i) the advancement of Jewish educational projects; (ii) relief of financial hardship and (iii) the promotion of any other exclusively charitable objects and purposes such as the trustees see fit, provided that they are regarded as charitable by the law of England and Wales.

The trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity's aims and objectives and in planning future activities and setting the grant making policy for the year.

Public benefit

The trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit and in particular to its supplementary public benefit guidance on advancing education when reviewing the charity's aims and objectives and in planning future activities and setting grant making policy for the year.

The trustees consider they have met the public benefit test and outline these achievements below.

Grant making policy

The charity is funded by donations. The charity gives out grants in line with the above objects.

Grants made during the year to institutions or individuals are as detailed in the accounts.

The trustees consider they have met the public benefit test and outline these achievements below.

The trustees measure the success of achieving the stated aims by the number and value of grants paid out for each object. The grants paid out in the year are detailed in the notes to the accounts and the trustees consider they have met their aims successfully this year.

The trustees consider the shorter-term aims to be similar to the longer term aims and assess the achievement of the charity in the same way.

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Leeds Jewish Educational Centre

Trustees' Annual Report (continued)

Year ended 30 November 2024

Achievements and performance

The charity received £470,157 (2023: £410,213) in donations and grants during the year and £408,721 (2023: £379,989) was paid out by way of direct charitable activity, grants and support costs. Most of the costs relate to Leeds Kollel, an academy for advanced learning based in Leeds that also reaches out to the local Jewish community.

The grants were made in line with the stated objects of the charity and are as stated in the notes to the accounts.

The charity has governance costs comprising professional fees.

The trustees would like to record their appreciation for all the financial support received from benefactors both locally and nationally who have helped the charity during the year.

Fundraising costs incurred during the year are as detailed in the notes and relate to the ongoing community project in Leeds as well as the annual fundraising dinner that is one of the highlights of the calendar for the local Jewish population.

There were no related party transactions in the reporting period.

There was an overall net income and net movement in funds for the year amounting to £15,145 (2023: expenditure of £23,814).

Financial review

Reserves policy

The unrestricted fund represents the unrestricted funds arising from past operating results. The trustees wish to keep reserves as low as possible in order to maximise paying out of grants.

The trustees are satisfied that the balance of the fund is an acceptable level of reserves given the nature of revenue receipts against grants payable.

In considering the limited financial obligations of the charity, the trustees have resolved to maintain a minimum reserve practical for donations which are seasonal.

The free reserves, represented by the net current assets of the charity, amounted to £8,878 (2023: £4,240), all of which are unrestricted.

The trustees' annual report was approved on 26 September 2025 and signed on behalf of the board of trustees by:

B Joseph Trustee

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Leeds Jewish Educational Centre

Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Leeds Jewish Educational Centre

Year ended 30 November 2024

I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Leeds Jewish Educational Centre ('the charity') for the year ended 30 November 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 Act’).

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

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 (ICAEW), 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 charity as required by section 130 of the 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 accounts to be reached.

Mr Howard Schwalbe ACA

Independent Examiner

2nd Floor - Parkgates Bury New Road Prestwich Manchester M25 0TL

26 September 2025

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Leeds Jewish Educational Centre

Statement of Financial Activities

Year ended 30 November 2024

2024 2023
Unrestricted
fundsTotal funds Total funds
Note £ £ £
Income and endowments
Donations and legacies 4 470,157 470,157 410,213
Investment income 5 53 53 3
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Total income 470,210 470,210 410,216
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Expenditure
Expenditure on raising funds:
Costs of other trading activities 6 50,940 50,940 54,041
Expenditure on charitable activities 7,8 408,721 408,721 379,989
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Total expenditure 459,661 459,661 434,030
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Net income/(expenditure) and net movement in funds 10,549 10,549 (23,814)
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Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward 4,596 4,596 28,410
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Total funds carried forward 15,145 15,145 4,596
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The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

The notes on pages 8 to 15 form part of these financial statements.

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Leeds Jewish Educational Centre

Statement of Financial Position

30 November 2024

2024 2023
Note £ £ £
Fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets 15 6,267 356
Current assets
Debtors 16 9,001 5,000
Cash at bank and in hand 3,077 5,861
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12,078 10,861
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 17 3,200 6,621
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Net current assets 8,878 4,240
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Total assets less current liabilities 15,145 4,596
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Net assets 15,145 4,596
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Funds of the charity
Unrestricted funds 15,145 4,596
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Total charity funds 18 15,145
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4,596
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These financial statements were approved by the board of trustees and authorised for issue on 26 September 2025, and are signed on behalf of the board by:

B Joseph Trustee

The notes on pages 8 to 15 form part of these financial statements.

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Leeds Jewish Educational Centre

Notes to the Financial Statements

Year ended 30 November 2024

1. General information

The charity is a public benefit entity and a registered charity in England and Wales and is unincorporated. The address of the principal office is 431 Bury New Road, Salford, M7 4ED.

2. Statement of compliance

These financial statements have been prepared in compliance with FRS 102, 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland', the 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) (Charities SORP (FRS 102)) and the Charities Act 2011.

3. Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis, as modified by the revaluation of certain financial assets and liabilities and investment properties measured at fair value through income or expenditure.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the entity.

Going concern

There are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue.

Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

The preparation of the financial statements did not require management to make judgements, estimates or assumptions that affect the amounts reported.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees to further any of the charity's purposes.

Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular future project or commitment.

Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure declared by the donor or through the terms of an appeal and fall into one of two sub-classes: restricted income funds or endowment funds.

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Leeds Jewish Educational Centre

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 30 November 2024

3. Accounting policies (continued)

Incoming resources

All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when entitlement has passed to the charity; it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the charity and the amount can be reliably measured. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:

Resources expended

Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is classified under headings of the statement of financial activities to which it relates:

All costs are allocated to expenditure categories reflecting the use of the resource. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs are apportioned between the activities they contribute to on a reasonable, justifiable and consistent basis.

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are initially recorded at cost and subsequently stated at cost less any accumulated depreciation and impairment losses. Any tangible assets carried at revalued amounts are recorded at the fair value at the date of revaluation less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

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Leeds Jewish Educational Centre

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 30 November 2024

3. Accounting policies (continued)

Tangible assets (continued)

An increase in the carrying amount of an asset as a result of a revaluation, is recognised in other recognised gains and losses, unless it reverses a charge for impairment that has previously been recognised as expenditure within the statement of financial activities. A decrease in the carrying amount of an asset as a result of revaluation, is recognised in other recognised gains and losses, except to which it offsets any previous revaluation gain, in which case the loss is shown within other recognised gains and losses on the statement of financial activities.

Depreciation

Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost or valuation of an asset, less its residual value, over the useful economic life of that asset as follows:

Motor vehicles - 25% reducing balance

Impairment of fixed assets

A review for indicators of impairment is carried out at each reporting date, with the recoverable amount being estimated where such indicators exist. Where the carrying value exceeds the recoverable amount, the asset is impaired accordingly. Prior impairments are also reviewed for possible reversal at each reporting date.

For the purposes of impairment testing, when it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, an estimate is made of the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. The cash-generating unit is the smallest identifiable group of assets that includes the asset and generates cash inflows that largely independent of the cash inflows from other assets or groups of assets.

For impairment testing of goodwill, the goodwill acquired in a business combination is, from the acquisition date, allocated to each of the cash-generating units that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the combination, irrespective of whether other assets or liabilities of the charity are assigned to those units.

Financial instruments

A financial asset or a financial liability is recognised only when the charity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at the amount receivable or payable including any related transaction costs.

Current assets and current liabilities are subsequently measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received and not discounted.

Debt instruments are subsequently measured at amortised cost.

Where investments in shares are publicly traded or their fair value can otherwise be measured reliably, the investment is subsequently measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognised in income and expenditure. All other such investments are subsequently measured at cost less impairment.

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Leeds Jewish Educational Centre

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 30 November 2024

3. Accounting policies (continued)

Financial instruments (continued)

Other financial instruments, including derivatives, are initially recognised at fair value, unless payment for an asset is deferred beyond normal business terms or financed at a rate of interest that is not a market rate, in which case the asset is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.

Other financial instruments are subsequently measured at fair value, with any changes recognised in the statement of financial activities, with the exception of hedging instruments in a designated hedging relationship.

Financial assets that are measured at cost or amortised cost are reviewed for objective evidence of impairment at the end of each reporting date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised under the appropriate heading in the statement of financial activities in which the initial gain was recognised.

For all equity instruments regardless of significance, and other financial assets that are individually significant, these are assessed individually for impairment. Other financial assets are either assessed individually or grouped on the basis of similar credit risk characteristics.

Any reversals of impairment are recognised immediately, to the extent that the reversal does not result in a carrying amount of the financial asset that exceeds what the carrying amount would have been had the impairment not previously been recognised.

4. Donations and legacies

Unrestricted Total Funds Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2024 Funds 2023
£ £ £ £
Donations
Donations 470,157 470,157 410,213 410,213
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5. Investment income
Unrestricted Total Funds Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2024 Funds 2023
£ £ £ £
Bank interest receivable 53 53 3 3
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Costs of other trading activities
Unrestricted Total Funds Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2024 Funds 2023
£ £ £ £
Costs of other trading activities -
Advertising and publicity 50,940 50,940 54,041 54,041
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6. Costs of other trading activities

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Leeds Jewish Educational Centre

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 30 November 2024

7. Expenditure on charitable activities by fund type

Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2024
£ £ £
Charitable grants & direct activities for Leeds Kollel 399,511 399,511
Food support
Support costs 9,210 9,210
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408,721 408,721
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Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2023
£ £ £
Charitable grants & direct activities for Leeds Kollel 318,729 525 319,254
Food support 50,409 9,080 59,489
Support costs 1,246 1,246
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370,384 9,605 379,989
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8. Expenditure on charitable activities by activity type

Activities
undertaken
Grant funding
Support Total funds Total fund
directly
of activities
costs 2024 2023
£ £ £ £ £
Charitable grants &
direct activities for
Leeds Kollel 78,073
321,438
8,310 407,821 319,600
Food support
59,489
Governance costs
900 900 900
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78,073
321,438
9,210 408,721 379,989
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9. Analysis of support costs

Analysis of
support costs Total 2024 Total 2023
£ £ £
General office 8,310 8,310 346
Governance costs 900 900 900
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9,210
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9,210
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1,246
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Leeds Jewish Educational Centre

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 30 November 2024

10. Analysis of grants

2024 2023
£ £
Grants to institutions
Ami Community Aid 1,892 16,000
Bederech Kovod 8,700
BCH Trust 1,080
Beis Hatalmud Manchester 1,970
Etz Chaim Synagogue 8,610
Grants less than £1,000 8,010 750
Keren Zvi 3,000 54,960
New Central Vilna 27,019
RHTR 81,350
TTT 7,000
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136,971 83,370
Grants to individuals
Food Support 14,320
Student Grants 7,510
Educational Grants 4,120 13,826
Festival Grants 32,825 32,388
Relief Of Poverty Grants 140,012 115,735
Religious Grants 1,500
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184,467 177,769
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Total grants 321,438 261,139
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11. Net income/(expenditure)
Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting):
2024 2023
£ £
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets 2,089 119
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12. Independent examination fees
2024 2023
£ £
Fees payable to the independent examiner for:
Independent examination of the financial statements 900
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900
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13. Staff costs

The average head count of employees during the year was Nil (2019: Nil).

No employee received employee benefits of more than £60,000 during the year (2019: Nil).

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Leeds Jewish Educational Centre

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 30 November 2024

14. Trustee remuneration and expenses

No remuneration or other benefits from employment with the charity or a related entity were received by the trustees.

15. Tangible fixed assets

Motor
vehicles Total
£ £
Cost
At 1 December 2023 5,250 5,250
Additions 8,000 8,000
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At 30 November 2024 13,250 13,250
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Depreciation
At 1 December 2023 4,894 4,894
Charge for the year 2,089 2,089
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At 30 November 2024 6,983 6,983
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Carrying amount
At 30 November 2024 6,267 6,267
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At 30 November 2023 356 356
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Debtors
2024 2023
£ £
Other debtors 9,001 5,000
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Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024 2023
£ £
Trade creditors 1,500
Accruals and deferred income 1,700 1,620
Other creditors 5,001
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3,200 6,621
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16. Debtors

17. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

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Leeds Jewish Educational Centre

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 30 November 2024

18. Analysis of charitable funds

Unrestricted funds

Unrestricted funds
At 01 At 30
Dec 2023 Income Expenditure Nov 2024
£ £ £ £
General funds 4,596 470,210 (459,661) 15,145
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At 01 At 30
Dec 2022 Income Expenditure Nov 2023
£ £ £ £
General funds 18,805 410,216 (424,425) 4,596
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19. Analysis of net assets between funds

Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2024
£ £
Tangible fixed assets 6,267 6,267
Current assets 12,078 12,078
Creditors less than 1 year (3,200)
(3,200)
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Net assets 15,145 15,145
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Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2023
£ £
Tangible fixed assets 356 356
Current assets 10,861 10,861
Creditors less than 1 year (6,621)
(6,621)
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Net assets 4,596 4,596
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20. Taxation

Leeds Jewish Educational Centre is a registered charity and therefore is not liable to income tax on income derived from its charitable activities, as it falls within the various exemptions available to registered charities.

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