**REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1198349**
## **CHAIM BECHESED (CIO)**
**REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND**
**FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024**
Sugarwhite Meyer Accountants Ltd First Floor 94 Stamford Hill London N16 6XS
**CHAIM BECHESED (CIO)**
## **CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024**
||**Page**||
|---|---|---|
|**Reference and Administrative Details**|1||
|**Report of the Trustees**|2 to|3|
|**Independent Examiner's Report**|4||
|**Statement of Financial Activities**|5||
|**Balance Sheet**|6||
|**Cash Flow Statement**|7||
|**Notes to the Cash Flow Statement**|8||
|**Notes to the Financial Statements**|9 to|13|
**CHAIM BECHESED (CIO)**
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024**
**TRUSTEES** S Weiss C Deutsh S Goldberger I Kahan (appointed 6.12.24) **PRINCIPAL ADDRESS** 171 Kyverdale Road London N16 6PS **REGISTERED CHARITY** 1198349 **NUMBER INDEPENDENT EXAMINER** Sugarwhite Meyer Accountants Ltd First Floor 94 Stamford Hill London N16 6XS **BANKERS** Metro Bank PLC 1 Southampton Row London WC1B 5HA
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## **CHAIM BECHESED (CIO)**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024**
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 May 2024. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: 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) (effective 1 January 2019).
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION**
This information is shown on page 1 of the financial statements and forms part of this report.
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
## **Objects for public benefit**
The objects of the charity are: the advancement of the Orthodox Jewish faith in Hackney and Haringey in particular, but not exclusively by providing grants towards the cost of running and maintaining synagogues, Jewish religious schools and other places of Jewish religious learning, and funds to organisations and events involved in celebrating the Jewish faith.
The trustees confirm that they have given due regard to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit.
## **Grantmaking**
In general the trustees select the institutions to be supported according to their personal knowledge of work of the institution. Whilst not actively inviting applications, they are always prepared to accept any application which will be carefully considered and help given according to circumstances and funds then available.
Applications by individuals must be accompanied by a letter of recommendation by the applicant's minister or other known religious leader.
## **ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE**
## **Charitable activities**
The trustees are pleased with the results for the period. The charity's income increased by nearly 70% during the year under review.The trustees substantially increased grants to individuals whilst also making grants to charitable institutions.
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
## **Reserves policy**
The trustees do not seek to maintain reserves, other than to ensure that they can continue the activities of the charity. Reserves at the year end were £8,164 (2023 - £1,443 deficit).
## **FUTURE PLANS**
The trustees anticipate that the charity will continue on a similar basis in the foreseeable future subject to satisfactory income and there are no plans for any major changes.
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
## **Governing document**
The charity is constituted as a CIO - Foundation and registered on 23 March 2022.
## **Organisational structure**
The power to appoint new trustees is vested in the continuing board. New trustees are appointed based on personal competence, specialist skills and experience. They are inducted into the working of the charity by the current board and are given, in the view of the board, sufficient training to understand the nature of the charity and its working. They are also encouraged to read the Charity Commission's various publications on trustees.
## **Risk management**
The trustees have reviewed the major risks to which the charity is exposed and confirm that they have established systems to mitigate them.
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## **CHAIM BECHESED (CIO)**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024**
## **STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES**
The trustees are responsible for preparing the Report of the Trustees and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
The law applicable to charities in England and Wales, the Charities Act 2011, Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charity for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- observe the methods and principles in the Charity SORP;
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 28 March 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
S Weiss - Trustee
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## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF CHAIM BECHESED (CIO)**
## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Chaim Bechesed (CIO)**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of Chaim Bechesed (CIO) (the Trust) for the year ended 31 May 2024.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under Section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
Since your charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a listed body. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, which is one of the listed bodies.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by Section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts 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.
E Meyer FCA BSc
Sugarwhite Meyer Accountants Ltd First Floor 94 Stamford Hill London N16 6XS
28 March 2025
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## **CHAIM BECHESED (CIO)**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024**
|**YEAR ENDED**
**31.5.24**
**Unrestricted**
**fund**
**Notes**
**£**
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Donations and legacies
982,690
**EXPENDITURE ON**
**Charitable activities**
2
Grantmaking
970,656
Support costs
2,427
**Total**
973,083
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
9,607
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
Total funds brought forward
(1,443)
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
8,164|**PERIOD**
**23.3.22**
**TO**
**31.5.23**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
585,438
584,961
1,920
586,881
(1,443)
-
(1,443)|
|---|---|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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## **CHAIM BECHESED (CIO)**
## **BALANCE SHEET 31 MAY 2024**
|**Notes**
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Cash at bank
**CREDITORS**
Amounts falling due within one year
7
**NET CURRENT ASSETS/(LIABILITIES)**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT**
**LIABILITIES**
**NET ASSETS/(LIABILITIES)**
**FUNDS**
8
Unrestricted funds
**TOTAL FUNDS**|**2024**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
10,084
(1,920)
8,164
8,164
8,164
8,164
8,164|**2023**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
477
(1,920)
(1,443)
(1,443)
(1,443)
(1,443)
(1,443)|
|---|---|---|
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 28 March 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:
S Weiss - Trustee
The notes form part of these financial statements
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## **CHAIM BECHESED (CIO)**
## **CASH FLOW STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024**
||||**PERIOD**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**23.3.22**|
|||**YEAR ENDED**|**TO**|
|||**31.5.24**|**31.5.23**|
||**Notes**|**£**|**£**|
|**Cash flows from operating activities**||||
|Cash generated from operations|1|9,607|477|
|Net cash provided by operating activities||9,607|477|
|||||
|**Change in cash and cash equivalents**||||
|**in the reporting period**||9,607|477|
|**Cash and cash equivalents at the**||||
|**beginning of the reporting period**||477|-|
|**Cash and cash equivalents at the end**||||
|**of the reporting period**||10,084|477|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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## **CHAIM BECHESED (CIO)**
## **NOTES TO THE CASH FLOW STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024**
## **1. RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES**
|**ACTIVITIES**||||
|---|---|---|---|
||||**PERIOD**|
||||**23.3.22**|
|||**YEAR ENDED**|**TO**|
|||**31.5.24**|**31.5.23**|
|||**£**|**£**|
|**Net income/(expenditure) for the reporting period**|**(as per the**|||
|**Statement of Financial Activities)**||9,607|(1,443)|
|**Adjustments for:**||||
|Increase in creditors||-|1,920|
|**Net cash provided by operations**||9,607|477|
|**ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS**||||
||**At 1.6.23**|**Cash flow**|**At 31.5.24**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Net cash**||||
|Cash at bank|477|9,607|10,084|
||477|9,607|10,084|
|**Total**|477|9,607|10,084|
## **2. ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS**
The notes form part of these financial statements
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**CHAIM BECHESED (CIO)**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024**
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **Basis of preparing the financial statements**
The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: 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) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
## **Income**
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
Donations are recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities of the charity when received.
## **Expenditure**
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
Grants are only recognised in the accounts when paid.
Governance costs are those incurred in connection with administration of the charity and compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements.
## **Taxation**
The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.
## **Going concern**
There are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue.
## **2. CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS**
|Grantmaking
Support costs|**Grant**
**funding of**
**activities**
**(see note**
**3)**
**£**
970,656
-
970,656|**Support**
**costs (see**
**note 4)**
**£**
-
2,427
2,427|**Totals**
**£**
970,656
2,427|
|---|---|---|---|
||||973,083|
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## **CHAIM BECHESED (CIO)**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024**
## **3. GRANTS PAYABLE**
|**YEAR ENDED**
**31.5.24**
**£**
Grantmaking
970,656
The total grants paid to institutions during the year was as follows:
**YEAR ENDED**
**31.5.24**
**£**
Relief of poverty
16,522
Medical
200
Advancement of religion
63,200
Advancement of education
11,244
Social welfare
-
91,166
Wiznitz Synagogue
50,200
Mercaz Torah Vechesed
13,000
Others below £5,000
27,966
91,166|**PERIOD**
**23.3.22**
**TO**
**31.5.23**
**£**
584,961|
|---|---|
||**PERIOD**
**23.3.22**
**TO**
**31.5.23**
**£**
35,500
-
38,833
62,650
20,000|
||156,983|
|||
|Wiznitz Synagogue||
|Mercaz Torah Vechesed||
|Others below £5,000||
|||
|||
|||
|The total grants paid to individuals during the year was as follows:
**YEAR ENDED**
**31.5.24**
**£**
Relief of poverty
852,490
Medical
27,000
879,490|**PERIOD**
**23.3.22**
**TO**
**31.5.23**
**£**
427,978
-|
|---|---|
||427,978|
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## **CHAIM BECHESED (CIO)**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024**
## **4. SUPPORT COSTS**
|Support costs
Support costs, included in the above, are as follows:
**Other**
Sundries
**Governance costs**
Independent examiner's fee
Independent examiner's other fees|**Governance**
**Other**
**costs**
**Totals**
**£**
**£**
**£**
507
1,920
2,427
**PERIOD**
**23.3.22**
**YEAR ENDED**
**TO**
**31.5.24**
**31.5.23**
**Support**
**Total**
**costs**
**activities**
**£**
**£**
507
-
**PERIOD**
**23.3.22**
**YEAR ENDED**
**TO**
**31.5.24**
**31.5.23**
**Support**
**Total**
**costs**
**activities**
**£**
**£**
720
720
1,200
1,200
1,920
1,920|
|---|---|
## **5. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS**
There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 May 2024 nor for the period ended 31 May 2023.
## **Trustees' expenses**
There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 May 2024 nor for the period ended 31 May 2023.
## **6. AVERAGE STAFF NUMBERS**
The average number of staff in the year was Nil (2023 - Nil)
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## **CHAIM BECHESED (CIO)**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024**
|**7.**
**CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
Other creditors
**8.**
**MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
**At 1.6.23**
**£**
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
(1,443)
**TOTAL FUNDS**
(1,443)
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
**Incoming**
**resources**
**£**
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
982,690
**TOTAL FUNDS**
982,690
**Comparatives for movement in funds**
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
**Incoming**
**resources**
**£**
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
585,438
**TOTAL FUNDS**
585,438|**2024**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
1,920
1,920
**Net**
**movement**
**At**
**in funds**
**31.5.24**
**£**
**£**
9,607
8,164
9,607
8,164
**Resources**
**Movement**
**expended**
**in funds**
**£**
**£**
(973,083)
9,607
(973,083)
9,607
**Net**
**movement**
**At**
**in funds**
**31.5.23**
**£**
**£**
(1,443)
(1,443)
(1,443)
(1,443)
**Resources**
**Movement**
**expended**
**in funds**
**£**
**£**
(586,881)
(1,443)
(586,881)
(1,443)|
|---|---|
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**CHAIM BECHESED (CIO)**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024**
## **9. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES**
The charity made a donation of £653 to Kupach Gemach Trust, a related charity.
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