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2024-12-31-accounts

COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 12459457 CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1188334

Lev Chaim Company Limited by Guarantee Unaudited Financial Statements 31 December 2024

HAFFNER HOFF LTD

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

Lev Chaim

Company Limited by Guarantee

Financial Statements

Year ended 31 December 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
Statement of cash flows 10
Notes to the financial statements 11

Lev Chaim

Company Limited by Guarantee

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

Year ended 31 December 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 December 2024.

Reference and administrative details

Registered charity name Lev Chaim Charity registration number 1188334 Company registration number 12459457 Principal office and registered 14 Saltire Gardens office Salford M74BG Manchester The trustees Mr H Neumann Mr S Neumann Mrs L Neumann Dr D Hibbert Independent examiner Mr Howard Schwalbe ACA 2nd Floor - Parkgates Bury New Road Prestwich Manchester M25 0TL

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Lev Chaim

Company Limited by Guarantee

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

Year ended 31 December 2024

Structure, governance and management

Lev Chaim is constituted by Memorandum and Articles of Association and is a company limited by guarantee. It was incorporated on 12 February 2020 as a company, and the company number is 12459457. It was registered as a charity on 04 March 2020 with a charity number 1188334. It was originally called Lechaim, and its name was changed on 22nd Jan 2021.

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 L Neumann 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.

Risk management

The Trustees are responsible for the management of the risks faced by the Charity. A formal review of the charity's risk management processes is undertaken on an annual basis.

The key controls used by the charity include:

Through the risk management processes established for the Charity, the Trustees are satisfied that the major risks identified have been adequately mitigated where necessary. It is recognised that systems can only provide reasonable but not absolute assurance that major risks have been adequately managed.

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Lev Chaim

Company Limited by Guarantee

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

Year ended 31 December 2024

Objectives and activities

The objects of the charity are: to promote and protect the physical and mental health of sufferers of any medical conditions around the world through the provision of financial assistance, support and medical advice.

Public benefit

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

Grant making policy

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

The application of the funds by way of grants to either institutions or individuals and is almost always to institutions.

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.

Strategic report

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

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Lev Chaim

Company Limited by Guarantee

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

Year ended 31 December 2024

Achievements and performance

The charity received £509,019 (2023: £218,007) in donations during the year and paid out £324,610 (2023: £338,852) by way of direct charitable expenses, grants and support costs.

The direct charitable expenditure was made in line with the stated objects of the charity and relates to consultancy, medical & convalescence expenses that the trustees have paid out to speed up the provision of diagnoses of serious illness or the intervention to cure or prevent the spread of serious illnesses.

The charity also incurred costs associated with convalescence of patients during the year.

The charity incurred governance costs comprising professional fees.

All other office costs are borne by a local benefactor, and the trustees wish to record their appreciation to the benefactor for the free use of their offices.

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

There was an overall net income and movement of funds for the year amounting to £184,409 (2023: (£120,845)).

Financial review

The trustees feel that the activity reflects the profile and standing within the local community. The impact for future year's expenditure is self-evident, and the trustees would like to record their appreciation for all the financial support received from benefactors during the course of the year.

Reserves policy

The unrestricted fund represents the unrestricted funds arising from past operating results.

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 financial obligations of the charity, the trustees have resolved to maintain a minimum reserve, being the current assets of the charity.

The trustees consider that the year was acceptable in terms of income generated from donations and grants paid out. The trustees are delighted to have made many valuable contributions to the community as a result of these donations and hope to be able to do so for many years to come.

The free reserves, represented by the net current assets of the charity, amounted to £438,311 (2023: £253,902), of which £1,962 are restricted.

Total funds held by the charity at the year-end were £438,311 (2023: £253,902). Of these £1,962 was restricted and £436,349 unrestricted.

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Lev Chaim

Company Limited by Guarantee

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

Year ended 31 December 2024

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

Mrs L Neumann Trustee

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Lev Chaim

Company Limited by Guarantee

Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Lev Chaim

Year ended 31 December 2024

I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Lev Chaim ('the charity') for the year ended 31 December 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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Lev Chaim

Company Limited by Guarantee

Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Lev Chaim (continued)

Year ended 31 December 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

26 September 2025

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Lev Chaim

Company Limited by Guarantee

Statement of Financial Activities (including income and expenditure account)

Year ended 31 December 2024

2024 2023
Unrestricted Restricted
funds funds Total funds Total funds
Note £ £ £ £
Income and endowments
Donations and legacies 5 489,019 20,000 509,019 218,007
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Total income 489,019 20,000 509,019 218,007
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Expenditure
Expenditure on raising funds:
Costs of other trading activities 6 47,890 445 48,335 3,830
Expenditure on charitable activities 7,8 258,682 17,593 276,275 335,022
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Total expenditure 306,572 18,038 324,610 338,852
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Net income/(expenditure) and net
movement in funds 182,447 1,962 184,409 (120,845)
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Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward 253,902 253,902 374,747
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Total funds carried forward 436,349 1,962 438,311 253,902
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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 11 to 18 form part of these financial statements.

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Lev Chaim

Company Limited by Guarantee

Statement of Financial Position

31 December 2024

2024 2023
Note £ £
Current assets
Debtors 14 21,781 11,325
Cash at bank and in hand 417,610 246,456
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439,391 257,781
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 15 1,080 3,879
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Net current assets 438,311 253,902
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Total assets less current liabilities 438,311 253,902
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Net assets 438,311 253,902
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Funds of the charity
Restricted funds 1,962
Unrestricted funds 436,349 253,902
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Total charity funds 16 438,311
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253,902
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For the year ending 31 December 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 26 September 2025, and are signed on behalf of the board by:

Mrs L Neumann Trustee

The notes on pages 11 to 18 form part of these financial statements.

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Lev Chaim

Company Limited by Guarantee

Statement of Cash Flows

Year ended 31 December 2024

2024 2023
£ £
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income/(expenditure) 184,409 (120,845)
Adjustments for:
Accrued expenses 60
Changes in:
Trade and other debtors (10,456) 4,475
Trade and other creditors (2,799) (3,122)
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Cash generated from operations 171,154 (119,432)
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Net cash from/(used in) operating activities 171,154 (119,432)
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Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 171,154 (119,432)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 246,456 365,888
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of year 417,610 246,456
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The notes on pages 11 to 18 form part of these financial statements.

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Lev Chaim

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements

Year ended 31 December 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 14 Saltire Gardens, Salford, M74BG, Manchester.

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 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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Lev Chaim

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 December 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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Lev Chaim

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 December 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.

4. Limited by guarantee

Lev Chaim 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 489,019 489,019

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Lev Chaim

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 December 2024

5. Donations and legacies (continued)

Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2024
£ £ £
Grants
Grants receivable 20,000 20,000
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489,019 20,000 509,019
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Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2023
£ £ £
Donations
Donations 218,007 218,007
Grants
Grants receivable
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218,007 218,007
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6. Costs of other trading activities
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2024
£ £ £
Sundry fundraising expenses 47,890 445 48,335
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Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2023
£ £ £
Sundry fundraising expenses 3,830 3,830
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7. Expenditure on charitable activities by fund type
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2024
£ £ £
Consultancy, medical & convalescence expenses 206,417 16,312 222,729
Support costs 52,265 1,281 53,546
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258,682 17,593 276,275
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Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2023
£ £ £
Consultancy, medical & convalescence expenses 303,781 303,781
Support costs 31,241 31,241
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335,022 335,022
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Lev Chaim

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 December 2024

8. Expenditure on charitable activities by activity type

Activities
undertaken
Grant funding

Support
Total funds Total fund
directly
of activities

costs
2024 2023
£ £ £ £ £
Consultancy, medical &
convalescence
expenses 216,333
6,396

50,818
273,547 331,691
Governance costs

2,728
2,728 3,331
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216,333
6,396

53,546
276,275 335,022
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9. Analysis of support costs
Analysis of
support costs Total 2024 Total 2023
£ £ £
Staff costs 9,312 9,312 4,704
Premises 6,152 6,152 4,926
General office 35,354 35,354 18,280
Governance costs 2,728 2,728 3,331
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53,546 53,546 31,241
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10. Analysis of grants
2024 2023
£ £
Grants to institutions
Amud Hatzedoko Trust 30,000
Bederech Kovod 1,800
Grants under £1,000 1,196 488
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1,196 32,288
Grants to individuals
Relief of poverty 5,200 3,050
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Total grants 6,396 35,338
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11. Independent examination fees
2024 2023
£ £
Fees payable to the independent examiner for:
Independent examination of the financial statements 1,080 1,080
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Lev Chaim

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 December 2024

12. Staff costs

The total staff costs and employee benefits for the reporting period are analysed as The total staff costs and employee benefits for the reporting period are analysed as follows:
2024 2023
£ £
Wages and salaries 9,312
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4,704
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The average head count of employees during the year was 1 (2023: 1). The average The average head count of employees during the year was 1 (2023: 1). The average number of
full-time equivalent employees during the year is analysed as follows:
2024 2023
No. No.
Number of staff - Admin 1 1
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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 21,781 11,325
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15. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024 2023
£ £
Accruals and deferred income 1,080 1,080
Other creditors 2,799
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1,080 3,879
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Lev Chaim

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 December 2024

16. Analysis of charitable funds

Unrestricted funds

Unrestricted funds
At 01 At 31
Jan 2024 Income Expenditure Dec 2024
£ £ £ £
General funds 253,902 489,019 (306,572)
436,349
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At 01 At 31
Jan 2023 Income Expenditure Dec 2023
£ £ £ £
General funds 374,747 218,007 (338,852)
253,902
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Restricted funds
At 01 At 31
Jan 2024 Income Expenditure Dec 2024
£ £ £ £
Restricted fund - grants receivable 20,000 (18,038)
1,962
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At 01 At 31
Jan 2023 Income Expenditure Dec 2023
£ £ £ £
Restricted fund - grants receivable
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17. Analysis of net assets between funds
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2024
£ £ £
Current assets 437,429 1,962 439,391
Creditors less than 1 year (1,080) (1,080)
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Net assets 436,349 1,962 438,311
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Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2023
£ £ £
Current assets 257,781 257,781
Creditors less than 1 year (3,879) (3,879)
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Net assets 253,902 253,902
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Lev Chaim

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 December 2024

18. Analysis of changes in net debt

At At
1 Jan 2024 Cash flows 31 Dec 2024
£ £ £
Cash at bank and in hand 246,456 171,154 417,610
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19. Related parties

There were no related party transactions in the year.

20. Taxation

Lev Chaim 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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