CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1196694
UK Friends of Keren Ohr Unaudited Financial Statements
30 September 2025
HAFFNER HOFF LTD
Accountants 2nd Floor - Parkgates Bury New Road Prestwich Manchester M25 0TL
UK Friends of Keren Ohr
Financial Statements
Year ended 30 September 2025
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| Trustees' annual report | 1 |
| Independent examiner's report to the trustees | 4 |
| Statement of financial activities | 5 |
| Statement of financial position | 6 |
| Notes to the financial statements | 7 |
UK Friends of Keren Ohr
Trustees' Annual Report
Year ended 30 September 2025
The trustees present their report and the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 30 September 2025.
Reference and administrative details
Registered charity name UK Friends of Keren Ohr Charity registration number 1196694 Principal office 146 Whitehall Road Gateshead NE8 1TP The trustees A M Guttentag D Goldberg S D De Jong Independent examiner Mr Howard Schwalbe ACA 2nd Floor - Parkgates Bury New Road Prestwich Manchester M25 0TL
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UK Friends of Keren Ohr
Trustees' Annual Report (continued)
Year ended 30 September 2025
Structure, governance and management
Uk Friends Of Keren Ohr is a CIO and was registered as a charity on 19 November 2021 with a charity number 1196694.
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 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.
A policy and procedure for the induction and training of new trustees is currently being developed and will be implemented in the coming year.
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.
Report back and review procedures strengthen the safeguards to ensure public benefit is achieved.
Objectives and activities
The objects of the charity are: To preserve and protect the health of couples living in Israel suffering from the emotional effects of infertility, pregnancy loss and miscarriage, in particular (but without limitation), by providing financial assistance towards the cost of providing respite breaks, well-being packages and comforts.
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 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 would give out grants in line with the above objects.
There were no grants made in 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.
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UK Friends of Keren Ohr
Trustees' Annual Report (continued)
Year ended 30 September 2025
Achievements and performance
The charity received during the year £49,744 (2024: £64,849) in donations and £19,760 in grants.
During the year, £48,960 (2024: £68,574) was paid out by way of direct charitable costs and support costs.
Keren Ohr provides couples struggling through infertility and pregnancy loss with a renewed sense of wellbeing, giving them the strength to continue on their journey to parenthood. We provide them with the accommodation to convalesce and be there for each other through this challenge, as well as care packages to brighten up their journey.
In 2025, Keren Ohr hosted 280 couples, totalling 560 nights occupancy. Keren Ohr also provided 281 care packages to couples.
The charity has governance costs comprising professional fees and other administration costs.
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.
There were fundraising costs during the year amounting to £2,395 (2024: £1,278).
Related party transactions are disclosed as applicable in the notes to the accounts.
The net income and net movement in funds for the year was £20,544 all attributable to the unrestricted funds (2024: net expenditure amounted to £5,003 with £3,029 attributable to the unrestricted fund and £1,974 to the restricted fund).
Financial review
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.
Reserves policy
The unrestricted fund represents the unrestricted funds arising from past operating results.
In considering the limited financial obligations of the charity, the trustees have resolved to maintain a minimum reserve roughly equal to the net current assets of the charity.
The free reserves, being the net current assets of the charity, stand at £21,341 (2024: £797) all of which are unrestricted.
The trustees' annual report was approved on 23 April 2026 and signed on behalf of the board of trustees by:
S D De Jong
Trustee
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UK Friends of Keren Ohr
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of UK Friends of Keren Ohr
Year ended 30 September 2025
I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of UK Friends of Keren Ohr ('the charity') for the year ended 30 September 2025.
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
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:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
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the financial statements do not accord with those records; or
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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
23 April 2026
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UK Friends of Keren Ohr
Statement of Financial Activities
Year ended 30 September 2025
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||
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| Unrestricted | Restricted | ||||
| funds | funds | Total funds | Total funds | ||
| Note | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Income and endowments | |||||
| Donations and legacies | 4 | 49,744 | 19,760 | 69,504 | 64,849 |
| ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ||
| Total income | 49,744 | 19,760 | 69,504 | 64,849 | |
| ============================ | ============================ | ============================ | ============================ | ||
| Expenditure | |||||
| Expenditure on raising funds: | |||||
| Costs of raising donations and | |||||
| legacies | 5 | 2,395 | – | 2,395 | 1,278 |
| Expenditure on charitable activities | 6,7 | 26,805 | 19,760 | 46,565 | 68,574 |
| ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ||
| Total expenditure | 29,200 | 19,760 | 48,960 | 69,852 | |
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| ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ||
| Net income/(expenditure) and net | |||||
| movement in funds | 20,544 | – | 20,544 | (5,003) | |
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| Reconciliation of funds | |||||
| Total funds brought forward | 797 | – | 797 | 5,800 | |
| ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ||
| Total funds carried forward | 21,341 | – | 21,341 | 797 | |
| ============================ | ============================ | ============================ | ============================ |
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 7 to 14 form part of these financial statements.
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UK Friends of Keren Ohr
Statement of Financial Position
30 September 2025
| 2025 | 2024 | ||
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| Note | £ | £ | |
| Fixed assets | |||
| Tangible fixed assets | 13 | 1,009 | – |
| Current assets | |||
| Cash at bank and in hand | 20,692 | 1,157 | |
| Creditors: amounts falling due within one year | 14 | 360 | 360 |
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| Net current assets | 20,332 | 797 | |
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| Total assets less current liabilities | 21,341 | 797 | |
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| Net assets | 21,341 | 797 | |
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| Funds of the charity | |||
| Unrestricted funds | 21,341 | 797 | |
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| Total charity funds | 15 | 21,341 ============================ |
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These financial statements were approved by the board of trustees and authorised for issue on 23 April 2026, and are signed on behalf of the board by:
S D De Jong Trustee
The notes on pages 7 to 14 form part of these financial statements.
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UK Friends of Keren Ohr
Notes to the Financial Statements
Year ended 30 September 2025
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 146 Whitehall Road, Gateshead, NE8 1TP.
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 and 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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UK Friends of Keren Ohr
Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
Year ended 30 September 2025
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:
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income from donations or grants is recognised when there is evidence of entitlement to the gift, receipt is probable and its amount can be measured reliably.
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legacy income is recognised when receipt is probable and entitlement is established.
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income from donated goods is measured at the fair value of the goods unless this is impractical to measure reliably, in which case the value is derived from the cost to the donor or the estimated resale value. Donated facilities and services are recognised in the accounts when received if the value can be reliably measured. No amounts are included for the contribution of general volunteers.
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income from contracts for the supply of services is recognised with the delivery of the contracted service. This is classified as unrestricted funds unless there is a contractual requirement for it to be spent on a particular purpose and returned if unspent, in which case it may be regarded as restricted.
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:
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expenditure on raising funds includes the costs of all fundraising activities, events, non-charitable trading activities, and the sale of donated goods.
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expenditure on charitable activities includes all costs incurred by a charity in undertaking activities that further its charitable aims for the benefit of its beneficiaries, including those support costs and costs relating to the governance of the charity apportioned to charitable activities.
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other expenditure includes all expenditure that is neither related to raising funds for the charity nor part of its expenditure on charitable activities.
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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UK Friends of Keren Ohr
Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
Year ended 30 September 2025
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:
Equipment - 25% straight line
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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UK Friends of Keren Ohr
Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
Year ended 30 September 2025
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 | Restricted | Total Funds | |
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| Funds | Funds | 2025 | |
| £ | £ | £ | |
| Donations | |||
| Donations | 49,744 | – | 49,744 |
| Grants | |||
| The National Lottery | – | 19,760 | 19,760 |
| ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- | |
| 49,744 | 19,760 | 69,504 | |
| ============================ | ============================ | ============================ | |
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total Funds | |
| Funds | Funds | 2024 | |
| £ | £ | £ | |
| Donations | |||
| Donations | 64,849 | – | 64,849 |
| Grants | |||
| The National Lottery | – | – | – |
| ---------------------------- | -------------- | ---------------------------- | |
| 64,849 | – | 64,849 | |
| ============================ | ============== | ============================ |
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UK Friends of Keren Ohr
Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
Year ended 30 September 2025
5. Costs of raising donations and legacies
| Unrestricted | Total Funds | Unrestricted | Total Funds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funds | 2025 | Funds | 2024 | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Costs of raising donations and | ||||
| legacies | 2,395 | 2,395 | 1,278 | 1,278 |
| ======================= | ======================= | ======================= | ======================= | |
| Expenditure on charitable activities | by fund type | |||
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total Funds | ||
| Funds | Funds | 2025 | ||
| £ | £ | £ | ||
| Infertility Support & Respite Centres | 26,325 | 7,810 | 34,134 | |
| Fertility Support Event | – | 11,950 | 11,950 | |
| Support costs | 480 | – | 481 | |
| ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ||
| 26,805 | 19,760 | 46,565 | ||
| ============================ | ============================ | ============================ | ||
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total Funds | ||
| Funds | Funds | 2024 | ||
| £ | £ | £ | ||
| Infertility Support & Respite Centres | 65,618 | 1,974 | 67,592 | |
| Fertility Support Event | – | – | – | |
| Support costs | 982 | – | 982 | |
| ---------------------------- | ----------------------- | ---------------------------- | ||
| 66,600 | 1,974 | 68,574 | ||
| ============================ | ======================= | ============================ |
6. Expenditure on charitable activities by fund type
7. Expenditure on charitable activities by activity type
| Activities | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| undertaken | Support |
Total funds | Total fund | |
| directly | costs |
2025 | 2024 | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Infertility Support & Respite Centres | 34,134 | 120 |
34,254 | 68,215 |
| Fertility Support Event | 11,950 | – |
11,950 | – |
| Governance costs | – | 361 |
361 | 359 |
| ---------------------------- | -------------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- | |
| 46,084 | 481 |
46,565 | 68,574 | |
| ============================ | ============== | ============================ | ============================ | |
| Analysis of support costs | ||||
| Analysis of | ||||
| support costs | Total 2025 | Total 2024 | ||
| £ | £ | £ | ||
| General office | 120 | 120 | 623 | |
| Governance costs | 361 | 361 | 359 | |
| -------------- | -------------- | -------------- | ||
| 481 | 481 | 982 | ||
| ============== | ============== | ============== |
8. Analysis of support costs
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UK Friends of Keren Ohr
Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
Year ended 30 September 2025
9. Net income/(expenditure)
Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting):
| Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting): | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| Depreciation of tangible fixed assets | 336 | – | |
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| 10. | Independent examination fees | ||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| Fees payable to the independent examiner for: | |||
| Independent examination of the financial statements | 361 ============== |
360 ============== |
11. Staff costs
The average head count of employees during the year was Nil (2024: Nil).
No employee received employee benefits of more than £60,000 during the year (2024: Nil).
12. Trustee remuneration and expenses
No remuneration or other benefits from employment with the charity or a related entity were received by the trustees.
13. Tangible fixed assets
| Equipment | ||
|---|---|---|
| £ | ||
| Cost | ||
| At 1 October 2024 | – | |
| Additions | 1,345 | |
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| At 30 September 2025 | 1,345 | |
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| Depreciation | ||
| At 1 October 2024 | – | |
| Charge for the year | 336 | |
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| At 30 September 2025 | 336 | |
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| Carrying amount | ||
| At 30 September 2025 | 1,009 | |
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| At 30 September 2024 | – | |
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| Creditors: amounts falling due within one year | ||
| 2025 | 2024 | |
| £ | £ | |
| Accruals and deferred income | 360 | 360 |
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14. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
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UK Friends of Keren Ohr
Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
Year ended 30 September 2025
15. Analysis of charitable funds
Unrestricted funds
| Unrestricted funds | |||||
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| At | 01 | At 30 | |||
| Oct 2024 | Income | Expenditure | Sept 2025 | ||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| General funds | 797 | 49,744 | (29,200) | 21,341 |
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| At | 01 | At 30 | |||
| Oct 2023 | Income | Expenditure | Sept 2024 | ||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| General funds | 3,826 | 64,849 | (67,878) | 797 |
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| Restricted funds | |||||
| At | 01 | At 30 | |||
| Oct 2024 | Income | Expenditure | Sept 2025 | ||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Restricted fund - grants receivable | – | 19,760 | (19,760) | – |
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| At | 01 | At 30 | |||
| Oct 2023 | Income | Expenditure | Sept 2024 | ||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Restricted fund - grants receivable | 1,974 | – | (1,974) | – |
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| Analysis of net assets between funds | |||||
| Unrestricted | Total Funds | ||||
| Funds | 2025 | ||||
| £ | £ | ||||
| Tangible fixed assets | 1,009 | 1,009 | |||
| Current assets | 20,692 | 20,692 | |||
| Creditors less than 1 year | (360) | (360) |
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| Net assets | 21,341 | 21,341 | |||
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| Unrestricted | Total Funds | ||||
| Funds | 2024 | ||||
| £ | £ | ||||
| Tangible fixed assets | – | – | |||
| Current assets | 1,157 | 1,157 | |||
| Creditors less than 1 year | (360) | (360) |
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| Net assets | 797 | 797 | |||
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16. Analysis of net assets between funds
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UK Friends of Keren Ohr
Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
Year ended 30 September 2025
17. Related parties
During the year there were no related party transactions.
18. Taxation
UK Friends of Keren Ohr 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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