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2023-03-31-accounts

COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 13293150 CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1197782

Chesed Avrohom & Raizel Limited Company Limited by Guarantee Unaudited Financial Statements

31 March 2023

HAFFNER HOFF LTD

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

Chesed Avrohom & Raizel Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

Financial Statements

Year ended 31 March 2023

Page
Trustees' annual report (incorporating the director's report) 1
Independent examiner's report to the trustees 5
Statement of financial activities (including income and
expenditure account) 7
Statement of financial position 8
Statement of cash flows 9
Notes to the financial statements 10

Chesed Avrohom & Raizel Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

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

Year ended 31 March 2023

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 March 2023.

Reference and administrative details

Registered charity name Chesed Avrohom & Raizel Limited Charity registration number 1197782 Company registration number 13293150 Principal office and registered 51 Highfield Gardens office London NW11 9HA The trustees J Emanuel Mrs G Sanger J Sanger M S Eckstein (appointed 6[th] February 2023) Independent examiner Mr Howard Schwalbe ACA 2nd Floor - Parkgates Bury New Road Prestwich Manchester M25 0TL

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Chesed Avrohom & Raizel Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

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

Year ended 31 March 2023

Structure, governance and management

Chesed Avrohom & Raizel Limited is constituted by Memorandum and Articles of Association and is a company limited by guarantee. It was incorporated on 26 March 2021 as a company and the company number is 13293150. It was registered as a charity on 03 February 2022 with a charity number 1197782.

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 Mr J Sanger 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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Chesed Avrohom & Raizel Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

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

Year ended 31 March 2023

Objectives and activities

The objects of the charity are the advancement of religious activities according to the tenets of the Orthodox Jewish Faith; the relief of poverty amongst the elderly or persons in need, hardship or distress in the Jewish Community.

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 religious activities 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 intends to buy an investment property in the coming year to enable it to better match its expenditure to incoming resources. The charity gives out grants in line with the above objects.

Grants made during the year to institutions 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.

Strategic report

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

Achievements and performance

The charity received £843,000 in donations and £45,000 in investment income during the year of which £90,014 was paid out by way of grants, and support costs. These grants were made in line with the stated objects of the charity and were for relief of poverty and educational purposes.

The charity has low governance costs comprising professional fees.

Grants over £1,000 made during the year to institutions are as detailed in the accounts.

There were no material fundraising costs during the year.

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

There was net income and net movement in funds for the year amounting to £797,986.

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Chesed Avrohom & Raizel Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

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

Year ended 31 March 2023

Financial review

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 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.

Currently, there are net current liabilities and the trustees consider this to be acceptable as they are confident that the shortfall will be made up through investment income receivable in future periods. Additionally, the creditor has acknowledged that he will not call in his loan to the detriment of the cash flow of the charity.

The trustees are delighted to have made contributions to the community as a result of this income and hope to be able to do so for many years to come.

The free reserves stand at (£12,210), being the net current liabilities of the charity, all of which are unrestricted.

The trustees' annual report and the strategic report were approved on 25 December 2023 and signed on behalf of the board of trustees by:

J Sanger Trustee

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Chesed Avrohom & Raizel Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Chesed Avrohom & Raizel Limited

Year ended 31 March 2023

I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Chesed Avrohom & Raizel Limited ('the charity') for the year ended 31 March 2023.

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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Chesed Avrohom & Raizel Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Chesed Avrohom & Raizel

Limited (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2023

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

25 Dec 23

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Chesed Avrohom & Raizel Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

Statement of Financial Activities (including income and expenditure account)

Year ended 31 March 2023

Period from
26 Mar 21 to
Year to 31 Mar 23 31 Mar 22
Unrestricted
funds Total funds Total funds
Note £ £ £
Income and endowments
Donations and legacies 5 843,000 843,000 508,999
Investment income 6 45,000 45,000
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Total income 888,000 888,000 508,999
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Expenditure
Expenditure on charitable activities 7,8 90,014 90,014 9,585
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Total expenditure 90,014 90,014 9,585
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Net income and net movement in funds 797,986 797,986 499,414
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Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward 499,414 499,414
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Total funds carried forward 1,297,400 1,297,400 499,414
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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 18 form part of these financial statements.

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Chesed Avrohom & Raizel Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

Statement of Financial Position

31 March 2023

2023 2022
Note £ £
Fixed assets
Investments 1,309,610
Current assets
Debtors 15 500,000
Cash at bank and in hand 19,228 1,814
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19,228 501,814
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 16 31,438 2,400
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Net current liabilities (12,210) 499,414
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Total assets less current liabilities 1,297,400 499,414
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Net assets 1,297,400 499,414
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Funds of the charity
Unrestricted funds 1,297,400 499,414
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Total charity funds 17 1,297,400 499,414
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For the year ending 31 March 2023 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 25 Dec 23, and are signed on behalf of the board by:

J Sanger Trustee

The notes on pages 10 to 18 form part of these financial statements.

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Chesed Avrohom & Raizel Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

Statement of Cash Flows

Year ended 31 March 2023

2023 2022
£ £
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income 797,986 499,414
Adjustments for:
Dividends, interest and rents from investments (45,000)
Accrued expenses 2,400
Changes in:
Trade and other debtors 500,000 (500,000)
Trade and other creditors 29,038
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Cash generated from operations 1,282,024 1,814
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Net cash from operating activities 1,282,024 1,814
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Cash flows from investing activities
Dividends, interest and rents from investments 45,000
Purchases of other investments (1,309,610)
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Net cash used in investing activities (1,264,610)
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Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 17,414 1,814
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 1,814
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of year 19,228 1,814
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The notes on pages 10 to 18 form part of these financial statements.

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Chesed Avrohom & Raizel Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements

Year ended 31 March 2023

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 51 Highfield Gardens, London, NW11 9HA.

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

The charity has net current liabilities.

The trustees acknowledge the above and are confident that the charity will be able to continue for the foreseeable future as the trustees consider that the shortfall will be made up through investment income receivable in future periods.

It should be noted that the main creditor is one of the trustees and is an interest free loan. The trustee has acknowledged that he will not call in his loan to the detriment of the cash flow of the charity.

It is appropriate therefore for the financial statements to be prepared on a going concern basis.

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.

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Chesed Avrohom & Raizel Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2023

3. Accounting policies (continued)

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.

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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Chesed Avrohom & Raizel Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2023

3. Accounting policies (continued)

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.

Investments

Unlisted equity investments are initially recorded at cost, and subsequently measured at fair value. If fair value cannot be reliably measured, assets are measured at cost less impairment.

Listed investments are measured at fair value with changes in fair value being recognised in income or expenditure.

Investment property

Investment property is initially recorded at cost, which includes purchase price and any directly attributable expenditure.

Investment property is revalued to its fair value at each reporting date and any changes in fair value are recognised in income or expenditure.

If a reliable measure of fair value is no longer available without undue cost or effort for an item of investment property, it shall be transferred to tangible assets and treated as such until it is expected that fair value will be reliably measurable on an on-going 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.

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

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Chesed Avrohom & Raizel Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2023

3. Accounting policies (continued)

Financial instruments (continued)

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

Chesed Avrohom & Reizel Limited 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 Total Funds Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2023 Funds 2022
£ £ £ £
Donations
Donations 843,000 843,000 508,999 508,999
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Chesed Avrohom & Raizel Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2023

6. Investment income

Unrestricted Total Funds Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2023 Funds 2022
£ £ £ £
Income from investment properties 45,000 45,000
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Expenditure on charitable activities by fund type
Unrestricted Total Funds Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2023 Funds 2022
£ £ £ £
Charitable Grants 64,586 64,586 6,000 6,000
Support costs 25,428 25,428 3,585 3,585
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90,014 90,014 9,585 9,585
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Expenditure on charitable activities by activity type
Grant funding Support Total funds Total fund
of activities costs 2023 2022
£ £ £ £
Charitable Grants 64,586 23,028 87,614 6,060
Governance costs 2,400 2,400 3,525
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64,586 25,428 90,014 9,585
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Analysis of support costs
Support
Costs Total 2023 Total 2022
£ £ £
Premises 22,606 22,606
General office 422 422 60
Governance costs 2,400 2,400 3,525
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25,428 25,428 3,585
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7. Expenditure on charitable activities by fund type

8. Expenditure on charitable activities by activity type

9. Analysis of support costs

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Chesed Avrohom & Raizel Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2023

10. Analysis of grants

10. Analysis of grants
Period from
Year to 26 Mar 21 to
31 Mar 23 31 Mar 22
£ £
Grants to institutions
Adar Charitable Trust 5,000
Amud Hatzdoko Trust 7,300
B C G C T 8,501
Grants under £1000 1,915
New Rachamastrivka 9,720
North London Welfare 3,750
Shaarei Orah 3,400
Shiras Devorah Limited 1,000
United Talmudical Associates Limited 15,000 5,000
Yeshivas Beis Dovid 10,000
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64,586 6,000
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Total grants 64,586 6,000
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11. Independent examination fees
Period from
Year to 26 Mar 21 to
31 Mar 23 31 Mar 22
£ £
Fees payable to the independent examiner for:
Independent examination of the financial statements 2,400 2,400
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12. Staff costs

The average head count of employees during the year was Nil (2022: Nil).

No employee received employee benefits of more than £60,000 during the year (2022: Nil).

13. Trustee remuneration and expenses

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

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Chesed Avrohom & Raizel Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2023

14. Investments

Investment
properties
£
Cost or valuation
At 1 April 2022
Additions 1,309,610
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At 31 March 2023 1,309,610
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Impairment
At 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2023 1,309,610
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At 31 March 2022
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Investment properties

Investment property represents a property wholly owned by the charity and is valued at fair value in the opinion of the trustees. The property was bought during the year.

15. Debtors

2023 2022
£ £
Other debtors 500,000
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16. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2023 2022
£ £
Accruals and deferred income 2,400 2,400
Other creditors 29,038
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31,438 2,400
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Chesed Avrohom & Raizel Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2023

17. Analysis of charitable funds

Unrestricted funds

Unrestricted funds
At 01 At 31
Apr 2022 Income Expenditure Mar 2023
£ £ £ £
General funds 499,414 888,000 (90,014)
1,297,400
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At 26 At 31
Mar 2021 Income Expenditure Mar 2022
£ £ £ £
General funds 508,999 (9,585)
499,414
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Analysis of net assets between funds
Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2023
£ £
Investments 1,309,610 1,309,610
Current assets 19,228 19,228
Creditors less than 1 year (31,438)
(31,438)
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Net assets 1,297,400 1,297,400
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Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2022
£ £
Investments
Current assets 501,814 501,814
Creditors less than 1 year (2,400)
(2,400)
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Net assets 499,414 499,414
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18. Analysis of net assets between funds

19. Analysis of changes in net debt

At
At 1 Apr 2022 Cash flows 31 Mar 2023
£ £ £
Cash at bank and in hand 1,814 17,414 19,228
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Chesed Avrohom & Raizel Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2023

20. Related parties

Mr J Sanger and Mrs G Sanger, trustees of Chesed Avrohom & Raizel Limited, are also Directors, and together represent a 50% shareholding in Bindale Limited. During the period Bindale Limited donated £343,000 to Chesed Avrohom & Raizel Limited.

During the year Mr J Sanger lent £29,038 to Chesed Avrohom & Raizel Limited on an interest free basis to enable the charity to purchase the investment property. This was also the balance at the year end.

21. Taxation

Chesed Avrohom & Raizel Limited 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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