## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 29/11/2023 (Charity opening) Period start date To 05/04/2025 Period end date**
**Charity name: Kosher School Meals Charity registration number: 1205960**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE JEWISH**
**FAITH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN**
**NORTH WEST LONDON THROUGH THE**
**PROVISION OF KOSHER MEALS TO**
**SCHOOL CHILDREN TO ENABLE TO**
**THEM TO OBSERVE THE TENETS OF**
**THE FAITH.**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**The charity raises funds through**
**donations and grants to support**
**schools in providing affordable,**
**nutritious kosher meals to Jewish**
**pupils. This helps address funding**
**shortfalls for hot kosher lunches,**
**ensuring children can maintain their**
**religious observance without going**
**hungry or missing meals.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Trustees are suitably briefed on the**
**guidance.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers
Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP
reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of
the main
achievements
of the charity,
identifying the
difference the
charity’s work
has made to
the
circumstances
of its
beneficiaries
and any wider
benefits to
society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**In this financial year, the charity continued its fundraising**
**and awareness efforts following its official launch in**
**March 2024. Activities included community outreach,**
**collaboration with schools, parents, local councillors, and**
**stakeholders to identify needs and promote donations.**
**-**
**Coverage of charity launch by national and local**
**papers (https://www.thejc.com/community/kosher-**
**school-meals-charity-officially-launches-xbccb2tb**
**,**
**https://www.mylondon.news/news/north-london-**
**news/london-jewish-kids-kosher-hot-27769591**
**,**
**https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/23808173.kosher-**
**school-meals-charity-set-barnet/**
**-**
**Initial raising of funds through a fundraising event.**
**-**
**Successful lobbying of decision-makers to**
**increase the amount of money dedicated to**
**providing Kosher School Meals.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
**No major grants were distributed this**
**year due to the charity's early**
**development stage and low income**
**levels. Focus remained on establishing**
**sustainable fundraising channels**|
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**No major grants were distributed this**
**year due to the charity's early**
**development stage and low income**
**levels. Focus remained on establishing**
**sustainable fundraising channels**|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Total income for the period: £2,850**
**Total expenditure: 0**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The charity remains in its startup phase**
**with modest funds. Reserves are held to**
**enable future support for schools.**
**Trustees confirm the charity is a going**
**concern with no significant risks or**
**uncertainties. A formal reserves policy**
**will be developed as activity grows.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**0**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**The charity remains in its startup phase**
**with modest funds. Reserves are held to**
**enable future support for schools.**
**Trustees confirm the charity is a going**
**concern with no significant risks or**
**uncertainties. A formal reserves policy**
**will be developed as activity grows.**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**0**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**Changes in funding for meals may**
**render the charity’s fundraising**
**objectives unrealistic however, the**
**lobbying and pressure on decision-**
**makers may still continue.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47||
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Foundation model governing document**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Appointment of charity trustees Option**
**1 (1) Apart from the first charity**
**trustees, every trustee must be**
**appointed [for a term of [three] years] by**
**a resolution passed at a properly**
**convened meeting of the charity**
**trustees. (2) In selecting individuals for**
**appointment as charity trustees, the**
**charity trustees must have regard to the**
**skills, knowledge and experience**
**needed for the effective administration**
**of the CIO.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Kosher School Meals|
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|Other name the charity uses|N/A|
|Registered charity number|1205960|
|Charity’s principal address|Flat 46|
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||1B Hodford Road|
||LONDON|
||NW11 8NL|
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
## **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Kofi Owusu Frimpong **Position (eg Secretary,** Assistant **Chair, etc)**
**Date** 31.01.26