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2024-08-31-accounts

COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 09858903 CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1168395

Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools Company Limited by Guarantee Unaudited Financial Statements

31 August 2024

HAFFNER HOFF LTD

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

Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools

Company Limited by Guarantee

Financial Statements

Year ended 31 August 2024

Page
Trustees' annual report (incorporating the director's report) 1
Independent examiner's report to the trustees 6
Statement of financial activities (including income and
expenditure account) 8
Statement of financial position 9
Notes to the financial statements 10

Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)

Year ended 31 August 2024

The trustees, who are also the directors for the purposes of company law, present their report and the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 August 2024.

Reference and administrative details

Registered charity name Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools Charity registration number 1168395 Company registration number 09858903 Principal office and registered 460 Bury New Road office Salford M7 4LH The trustees Rabbi Y A Cohen E Eidelman D M Hickson Independent examiner Mr Howard Schwalbe ACA 2nd Floor - Parkgates Bury New Road Prestwich Manchester M25 0TL

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Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2024

Structure, governance and management

Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools is constituted by Memorandum and Articles of Association and is a company limited by guarantee. It was incorporated on 05 November 2015 as a company and the company number is 9858903. It was registered as a charity on 22 July 2016 with a charity number being 1168395.

Recruitment and appointment of new trustees would be in line with the Memorandum and Articles of Association 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 Mrs S Klyne 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.

Training and induction of trustees is applied as applicable.

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 running of the school. These risks are managed by the trustees ensuring the right staff are utilised and the right policies are implemented.

Report back and review procedures strengthen these safeguards to ensure public benefit is achieved from all aspects of the school management.

Risk Management

The process of examining the risks to which the Charity is exposed is ongoing and the trustees are planning to further develop systems to monitor and control these risks in order to lessen their potential impact on the Charity.

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.

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Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2024

Objectives and activities

The objects of the charity are: (i) for the public benefit to promote the education (including social and leisure aspects of education) of people under the age of 25 years in the North of England in such ways as the charity trustees think fit, including awarding to such persons scholarships, maintenance allowances or grants; or by grants to charities or other organisations that provide education; or by the provision of education. (ii) The prevention or relief of poverty or financial hardship in the North of England by providing grants or loans to individuals in need and / or charities or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty or financial hardship.

Aims

The main aim of the Charity continued to be the provision of a preschool nursery, and educational facilities to Jewish girls, for children aged 2 to 17.

Objectives for the year

This year, the focus has been on the continued achievement of academic performance.

Principal Activities of the year

The nursery and girl's school provided education to 90 children aged 2 to 17. This was achieved by the charity managing a preschool nursery and girls' school.

Grant making policy

The charity would give out grants in line with the above objects.

There were no individual or institutional grants made during the year.

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

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.

Strategic report

The following sections for achievements and performance and financial review form the strategic report of the charity.

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Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2024

Achievements and performance

Results for the year

Donation income in the year amounted to £23,202 (2023: £32,981). Income in respect of voluntary contributions and childcare amounted to £160,578 (2023: £173,499). Grants receivable amounted to £94,754 (2023: £83,239). Bank Interest receivable during the year amounted to £1,445 (2023: £960).

Direct educational expenditure in the year amounted to £280,188 (2023: £255,040).

The charity incurred support and governance costs in the year amounting to £12,726 (2023: £15,989). The majority of the support costs can be attributed to administrative wages.

A portion of the above income relates to restricted funds received from the Community Security Trust and Salford City Council. We refer the users of the accounts to note 18 for an amalgamated figure of the restricted income received and its subsequent expenditure.

The school building is owned by a different charity. The trustees are grateful for the use of the building to enable this charity to dispense education to children as outlined above.

There were no investments made during the year.

Related party transactions in the reporting period are as disclosed in the notes to the accounts.

The school was subject to an OFSTED inspection in a previous year. The trustees are proud to report that the school attained a GOOD grading from the inspectors.

There was a net expenditure and net movement in funds for the year amounting to (£12,435) (2023: £19,650).

There was a net expenditure in the unrestricted fund amounting to £(22,385) (2023: £19,650), there was a net income of £9,950 attributable to the restricted fund.

Financial review

Reserves Policy

The trustees have reviewed the level of reserves held by the Charity. The review has concluded that to allow the Charity to be managed efficiently and to provide a buffer for uninterrupted services the level of free reserves, being those not tied up in fixed assets, needs to be maintained at not less than six months expenditure.

The total funds held by the charity at the yearend were £111,870 (2023: £124,305) being the net current assets of the charity. £9,950 (2023: nil) of these funds are restricted and £101,920 (2023: £124,305) are unrestricted.

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Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2024

The trustees' annual report and the strategic report were approved on 6 May 2025 and signed on behalf of the board of trustees by:

Rabbi Y A Cohen Trustee

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Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools

Company Limited by Guarantee

Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools

Year ended 31 August 2024

I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools ('the charity') for the year ended 31 August 2024.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the trustees of the company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act’).

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the 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 (ICAEW), which is one of the listed bodies.

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:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or

  2. the financial statements do not accord with those records; or

  3. the financial statements do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act 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; or

  4. the financial statements have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).

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Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools

Company Limited by Guarantee

Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2024

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

6 May 2025

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Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools

Company Limited by Guarantee

Statement of Financial Activities (including income and expenditure account)

Year ended 31 August 2024

2024 2023
Unrestricted Restricted
funds funds Total funds Total funds
Note £ £ £ £
Income and endowments
Donations and legacies 5 23,202 94,754 117,956 116,220
Investment income 6 1,445 1,445 960
Other income 7 161,078 161,078 173,499
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Total income 185,725 94,754 280,479 290,679
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Expenditure
Expenditure on charitable activities 8,9 208,110 84,804 292,914 271,029
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Total expenditure 208,110 84,804 292,914 271,029
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Net (expenditure)/income and net
movement in funds (22,385) 9,950 (12,435) 19,650
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Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward 124,305 124,305 104,655
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Total funds carried forward 101,920 9,950 111,870 124,305
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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 10 to 17 form part of these financial statements.

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Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools

Company Limited by Guarantee

Statement of Financial Position

31 August 2024

2024 2023
Note £ £ £
Current assets
Debtors 14 7,800
Cash at bank and in hand 119,162 134,089
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126,962 134,089
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 15 15,092 9,784
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Net current assets 111,870 124,305
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Total assets less current liabilities 111,870 124,305
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Net assets 111,870 124,305
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Funds of the charity
Restricted funds 9,950
Unrestricted funds 101,920 124,305
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Total charity funds 17 111,870 124,305
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For the year ending 31 August 2024, the charity was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Directors' responsibilities:

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime.

These financial statements were approved by the board of trustees and authorised for issue on 6 May 2025, and are signed on behalf of the board by:

Rabbi Y A Cohen Trustee

The notes on pages 10 to 17 form part of these financial statements.

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Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements

Year ended 31 August 2024

1. General information

The charity is a public benefit entity and a private company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales and a registered charity in England and Wales. The address of the registered office is 460 Bury New Road, Salford, M7 4LH.

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 Companies Act 2006.

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 those available for use for general purposes at the discretion of the charity trustees and governors in furtherance of the charity's objects.

Restricted funds are from grants received and must be used in line with the grant funder's instructions.

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Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 August 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.

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.

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Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2024

3. Accounting policies (continued)

Financial instruments (continued)

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.

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.

Defined contribution plans

Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as an expense in the period in which the related service is provided. Prepaid contributions are recognised as an asset to the extent that the prepayment will lead to a reduction in future payments or a cash refund.

When contributions are not expected to be settled wholly within 12 months of the end of the reporting date in which the employees render the related service, the liability is measured on a discounted present value basis. The unwinding of the discount is recognised as an expense in the period in which it arises.

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Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2024

4. Limited by guarantee

Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee and does not have a share capital. In the event of the charity being wound up, members are required to contribute an amount not exceeding £10.

5. Donations and legacies

Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2024
£ £ £
Donations
Donations 23,202 23,202
Grants
Salford CC 60,995 60,995
Security grants - CST 23,809 23,809
National Lottery Grant 9,950 9,950
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23,202 94,754 117,956
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Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2023
£ £ £
Donations
Donations 32,981 32,981
Grants
Salford CC 63,478 63,478
Security grants - CST 19,761 19,761
National Lottery Grant
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32,981 83,239 116,220
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6. Investment income

Unrestricted Total Funds Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2024 Funds 2023
£ £ £ £
Bank interest receivable 1,445 1,445 960 960
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Other income
Unrestricted Total Funds Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2024 Funds 2023
£ £ £ £
Voluntary contributions 75,260 75,260 173,499 173,499
Childcare 85,318 85,318
Other income 500 500
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161,078 161,078 173,499 173,499
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7. Other income

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Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2024

8. Expenditure on charitable activities by fund type

Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2024
£ £ £
OYY Lubavitch Girls School 195,383 84,804 280,188
Support costs 12,727 12,726
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208,110 84,804 292,914
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Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2023
£ £ £
OYY Lubavitch Girls School 171,801 83,239 255,040
Support costs 15,989 15,989
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187,790 83,239 271,029
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9. Expenditure on charitable activities by activity type

Activities
undertaken
Support
Total funds Total fund
directly
costs
2024 2023
£ £ £ £
OYY Lubavitch Girls School 280,188
8,626
288,814 269,040
Governance costs
4,100
4,100 1,989
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280,188
12,726
292,914 271,029
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Analysis of support costs
Analysis of
support costs Total 2024 Total 2023
£ £ £
Staff costs 8,626 8,626 14,000
Governance costs 4,100 4,100 1,989
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12,726 12,726 15,989
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Independent examination fees
2024 2023
£ £
Fees payable to the independent examiner for:
Independent examination of the financial statements 2,100 1,920
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10. Analysis of support costs

11. Independent examination fees

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Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2024

12. Staff costs

The total staff costs and employee benefits for the reporting period are analysed as follows:

2024 2023
£ £
Wages and salaries 183,779 162,052
Employer contributions to pension plans 543 783
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184,322 162,835
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The average head count of employees during the year was 19 (2023: 24). The average number of full-time equivalent employees during the year is analysed as follows:

2024 2023
No. No.
Number of teaching staff 18 23
Number of administrative staff 1 1
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19 24
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No employee received employee benefits of more than £60,000 during the year (2023: Nil).

13. Trustee remuneration and expenses

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

14. Debtors

2024 2023
£ £
Other debtors 7,800
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Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024 2023
£ £
Accruals and deferred income 2,100 1,920
Social security and other taxes 471 609
Other creditors 12,521 7,255
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15,092 9,784
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15. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

16. Pensions and other post retirement benefits

Defined contribution plans

The amount recognised in income or expenditure as an expense in relation to defined contribution plans was £543 (2023: £783).

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Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2024

17. Analysis of charitable funds

Unrestricted funds

Unrestricted funds
At 01 At 31
Sep 2023 Income Expenditure Aug 2024
£ £ £ £
General funds 124,305 185,725 (208,110)
101,920
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At 01 At 31
Sep 2022 Income Expenditure Aug 2023
£ £ £ £
General funds 104,655 207,440 (187,790)
124,305
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Restricted funds
At 01 At 31
Sep 2023 Income Expenditure Aug 2024
£ £ £ £
Restricted funds - grants received 94,754 (84,804)
9,950
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At 01 At 31
Sep 2022 Income Expenditure Aug 2023
£ £ £ £
Restricted funds - grants received 83,239 (83,239)
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18. Analysis of net assets between funds
Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2024
£ £
Current assets 126,962 126,962
Creditors less than 1 year (15,092)
(15,092)
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Net assets 111,870 111,870
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Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2023
£ £
Current assets 134,090 134,090
Creditors less than 1 year (9,785)
(9,785)
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Net assets 124,305 124,305
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Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 August 2024

19. Related parties

Rabbi Y A Cohen, trustee of Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools, is also a trustee of Beis Menachem Chabad Lubavitch.

During the year Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools received donations of £1,800 from Beis Menachem Chabad Lubavitch.

20. Taxation

Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools is a registered charity and therefore is not liable to income tax or corporation tax on income derived from its charitable activities, as it falls within the various exemptions available to registered charities.

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