Comp#Jy Number. 2652481
FRIENDS OF CHILDREN IN ROMANIA
ILIMrrED BY GuAR￿EE)
TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL sfATZMEN75
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 ocfoBER 21123
Ch•rity Number: 1006753

P￿e Nr
IKgal and Administrative Inforjnation
COU￿11 of ManagemenV$ Rwrt
Jndependent ExamID￿$ Retffit
Stat8Jnent of FiDAncial Activities
Ba18nee Sheet
Nofrs to the Accounts

LEGAL AND ADMINisfRATIVE INFORMATION
Directors Tn￿tee4 ¥nd
Council of Maweryent
Ms S GI￿son
Miss Paula Wright
Durllig the year the following officerretired by rotation and
was R<lected.
Ms S Gibs<
Cljarity Name
Friends of ChildM in Romania
Charity R¢£￿tr￿(lon Number
I￿753
CompaAy R¢g&itralion 2052481
Regis¢ered Office
Chichesrer
P018 8ELX
Independent Etsminer
Mr5 Charlotte Pexto
5 Tuffs Hard
POI8 8ET
Th¢ day to day numiog ofthe proj¢¢t 15 delega￿1 to a Manager in Romani4 MT5 Beatrix Grigorn4
Bgnkers
P.O.Box 250
Delf House
Southway
Skelmetsdale
WN8 6V

tppIiL*k UK￿lR41￿lic oflrnknbl (FRS 102) IJ19).
PrkeipAIAthJtle5 amd ObJeetiw4s
Th¢l￿e$ in Haria continue to be s8fe happy p]aLZS wkn the ¢kni1d￿ able to thriv¢ Lall¢ is in
exp￿ls1ve to ruaitrtw &9 it is 15 yt*5 okL It i8 tt•t fimdrg will (trtai￿1 to be]p with this
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COiJNCIL OF MANAGEMENfs REPORT
{coNrThuED)
FIEWICIAI Revi¢
Global I￿StabIlity. particul￿lY the w8r iti UknYin4 Continu￿ to impact the charl￿S ability to 8￿Or￿￿ new
str￿lS of income in order to siwwt its ongoitig 8ims and obJ￿tiVe￿ However. donatio￿ did incre8se but
did not quifr cover the inereas&l costs. consequently some of the rwve fund8 were us&1 to SlJPPOrt the
charitys running ¢05ts. The n¢t expenditiwe ftir the ctrnt year was ql&692). This f]nan¢ial irtteryetition
is ill am)r￿ with our T¢S¢r¥￿ policy.
It is hoped that the next year will be stronger. although global tnatket uncertsinty aThl the ongoing
cost of livitig crists will no doubt affect the chances of attracting more income. Increased fimding streams .
Romania are also beiDg explore¢l The charity will De*d to draw on its io the short kn in order to
maintain its day to day obje¢tivos.
Reseryes Pojicy
the g¢nernl r¢5erve in order to provide sufficietrt ￿￿OUr(*S to enable the charity to continu¢ to fund its
activxties. The level of rtserves ks monitored and T¢viewed by the dirtctots each ye8r.
CouDcil of Management
The council members who served during the year are delailed on page l. tn accordance with the Articles of
Associth"on the member of the council retiring by rotstion is Ms S Gibso￿ who bein8 eligible, offers
herself for T￿leCtiOn.
The council members of the cl>aritable company are its Directots and T￿￿ for the pvrpctse of Company
and Charity IAW.
for Futsr¢ P¢riod•'
The Council of Management is deterri￿ to eLwr¢ that th¢ thildren in our ear continue to recerve the
love and $llp￿t akitt to x nornial knily sdtin
The CouDciI continues to explore funding streams to meet its obieclives and day to day oFwattonal
costs.
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(LThIITED BY GUARANfEE)
COiINCIL OF MANAGEME￿ REPORT
{coKriNUED)
StstemeDt of th¢ Dlreetorj. RawL¥ibililies
The trustee5 aT¢ r￿￿)nsible for preparing the annual ryKI aDd th¢ fuwn¢ial statements in accordance with
applicable law aDd ￿latIonS.
Company law requires the tTustres to prepore fmancial stttcments for financial year. Und¢r that laiy
the director5 have cle¢t¢d to prepare thc fll)ancial ststements ID a¢¢ord￿￿ with United Kingdom G¥nernity
A¢• Accounting Pra¢tice IUDitg1 Kingdom Accounting Standarth and applicable law). Under
ompgny Itw the trustees Must not approve the finon¢ial statements llldess they are $8ttsfied that they give a
true and f&r stats of affaiTS of the charttabl¢ ¢ompaThy and the net i¥t¢ome or expenditure of th¢ charitsble
company for thAt period. ID prepri￿ those fift￿¢181 ststementy the d1￿CtoT$ are required to.
sel￿t suifabl¢ accouthting p)liciBs and then appty them co￿lstentIy.
Mak¢ judgements and that are re&wnabl¢ and prndent and
Prepare the financial ststements on the going con¢an basi8 Unl￿ tt is in8ppn)priate to preswne
the ¢harity will continu¢ in busines
The al￿t0￿ are responsille for nmintaining proper a¢eollnting records vthich disclose with re￿on￿ble
accuracy at any tiTne the flnancial FK)sitioll of the ¢harty aud enables them to elksure that the financial
statements ¢omply with compani￿ Act 2006. The dirwtot5 are also ￿spOnSible for saftguarding th¢ assets
of the c]wity and hence fortskRDg the reasonable steps forthe det&tion of fraud and other irregularities.
This report has been prepared in acwrdaJLce with the CTrthrilies SORP (FRS 102) and iti accordance with the
sptCiAI provssions for sm411 com￿leS under part I S of the Companies Act 2006.
Approv&l by th¢ Council of and on its b£bakf on
2024
The Revd Canon M J L4ne
Director. Trt￿tee st￿ Council Member
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ON THE ￿NAUD￿ED FINANCIAL sfAT£MENIS OF
FRIENDS OF CHIUIREN IN ROMANIA
(LIhllTED BY GUARANTEE)
I report ca the a¢¢ounts of the Friends of thildren in Rojnania forthe year endod 31 October 2023 which
set out on pa￿ 6 to 9.
R&spe¢tiYe ReJponAibJlilits of Trost¢eJ Ex#miu
As the chatitvs tsIL8t¢¥s of the Company (and also its dirtctm for the of company law) you ar
responsible forth¢ weparntion of the accA)unts in Accordw with th¢ rv4uiJEments ofthe Companies A¢t
2006 {'the 2006 ACV).
Having satisfi¢d my7elf th8t the ae¢ounts of the Compaoy are JM)t requiftd to k auditeA under Part 16 of the
2006 Act and are eligible foT indeP￿t examillatio￿ l ryort in respect of tny examination of your
¢haritys accollrtts as carried out under s¢ction 145 of the Charities Act 2011 Cth¢ 2011 A¢f). In carrytn8 Out
my examitiation I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission und¢r sectton 145{5) (b) of
th#2011 Act
llldependenl uamli¢r'J ststememt
I have completed my examination. I confirni that no matters hav¢ to my attention in ¢onnectioll with
the examination givin8 me cause to belieye:
IIIMin8 r￿OrdS wexe not keo In respect of the Cornp￿y required by wtion 386 of the 21)06
ACL or
the a¢counts do not ¢on)pty with th¢ a￿U￿ting rtyuir¢m¢nts of 5rKtion 390 of the 2006 Act other
any r¢quir¢meDt that th¢ accounts 8ive a true and faie view which is not a matter considered
port of an independ¢nf ¢xAmination' or
the 8ccounts have not been prepor•J in a¢¢ord8Dce with the tnetho& aDd pYin¢iples of the Statement
of Re¢ommended Practice for accounting and Teportin8 by ehArities (applicAble to Charities preparing
their accounts in accordance with tbc Financlal Reporting Standard applic&blc in th¢ UK and
Republic of Ire]￿d (FRS 102)).
I hav¢ no wnG¢rns and have oime across no other ￿￿terS in conne¢t1(￿ with the examination to which
attention Should be drawn in this report in oth to enabk a proper unkndin8 of the o¢wunts to Ix
TwhrAJ.
Signed:
e .
Ch8rlotte Pexton
S Tuffs HArt Bosham P018 SET
J(T
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IIIMITED BY GUARANTEE)
(INCLUDING INCOME AIW EXPENDrrtlRE ACCO
FOR YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2023
2022
Unrestricted
Funds
Funds
D¢ome from:_
Donations and leg￿1¢$
Investment income- Accumlll&ion units
130.768
1.859
1.731
134,358
119.062
2.166
1436
123,664
ExpettditsEre oD:_
Raising funits
Charitable activities
House running ¢osts
Team Costs
140.050
13.000
124J23
11,400
Total
153.050
135,726
Net expendithre
(1&692)
(12.062)
Net gain￿00$$￿$) on invesknents
1693
{21799)
N¢t mtsvement In funds
(15.999)
(34.861)
ReCon￿lAtion of funds
Total funds brought forward
Total fDMds e4rried for￿n1
164,930
148.931
199.791
164.930
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Company Number. 2652481
BALANCE SKEZT AS AT 31 ocfoBER 21)23
2022
Y4ote•
Curr¢tyt au¢ts
617
148.314
148.931
21.168
143,762
164.930
Investments
Totsl current amets
Llabllitie•
Creditors amounts fallin8 due
within one year
N¢t aa￿ts
148,931
164.930
Th• fvDd• of the ¢h#rAty
Unt¢stricted funds
148,931
164.930
For the year ¢nding 31 October 2023 the company was entitled to exemption under se¢tion 477 of the
Companies Act 2006 ￿lating to stnajl Com[￿1¢5.
The members bave not required the compw to obtain An audit in with section 476 of the
Companies Art 2006.
The directors acknowledge their resw]sibilities for complylng wtth the requirements of the Act with
r¢sp¢¢t to a￿untIng records and the preparation of accounts.
Th¢s¢ accounts have bttn pr¢pared in a¢¢Ord￿ with the provi$irffls applicfybl¢ to wmpanies subjert to
the small ¢omp•ni# teBim¢.
Approved by the
il of Manag¢mem and SI￿ on its beI￿lf on
Zl£rYL)*o,-
Revd. CAnon M J tane
Director. TTr￿ and Council Member
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(LIMrrED BY GUAR￿￿E>
NOTFS TO THE AccouNrs
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 ocfoBER 21n3
i)
polle
( a ) B48lB of accoumtimg
The financial statanents have becn prepared under the historical cost convention as modified
to include investments 8t valuation. and iti accordAnee with the s¢cond edition of the
Charilies: Siatement of Re¢0M￿ Practic¢ (i&wtil in Octoiw2019). th¢ Financial
Reporting staftda￿ appli¢abl¢ in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), the Clwitios Act
2011 and the Companies Acl 21X)6.
Friends of Childta) in Ronwua meets the definition of a public knefrt entity under FRS 102
( b ) Golng concern
The In￿teeS considerthal there are no matsrial uncertainties about the charity8 ability to
( c ) ID¢ome and exydllure
All of th¢ income rtlat¢5 to the Pfin¢Tpal a¢tivity and is the￿rore deemed to be unrestrict¢d.
Income is recognised when the charity h&$ ¢ntiilemeDt to fiinds. any ￿rfOrniance {￿dI110n$
ttA¢hed to the items of ineome have been meL it is probable that the income will be received
and the amowit Can be measur¢d reliably.
Logaciary ore re¢ogni*J whèn th• is Advised by the personal representstives of An
¢State that probate h&s Lwi grant￿ that Payment is probabl¢ and th¢ amount can be
quantified with rE￿nable certainty.
ExpetydltDr¢
Ex￿dIti￿¢ is reeognised onee there is a kgal or cotthctive obligation committing the
ckniry to that expenditur4 tt 15 PTob&bk that settlcwcnt will b¢ rniuired and the amouttt of
the obligation caD be measure reliably. EX￿d1thre irKludes Irr￿e￿ble VAT. Where
kKissibl¢ ¢xpenditure has been charged dircct to clwitable exFnditure. Where thi5 is not
possil>le the ¢xp¢trlitiwe has been allocated on the basis time spent ty stsff on each ￿tivIty.
Charitsble expenditure comprises those c4)515 illcuTre41 by the chaTity in the delivery of its
activities artd s¢rvi¢¢s for its knefici8ries. Governance costs inelude those c05tS 8sso¢i*tsd
with meeting the constitutional and stlltU￿ry wuir¢M￿ts of the clmrity and have bwt
cbarg¢d to charitable ¢xp¢nditur¢.

(LIMfTED BY GUARANTEE)
(ANNUAL REPORT AI¥D FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNIS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 ocfoBER 21123
(COThT￿)
i)
Accounting polici¥ (eottlinlled)
{ d ) Ta#gibk fixed
Individual fixeAJ assets c(tstitig £l.(l)O or mojr aTC capitslised ￿ cost and are d¢preciated ov
their estimated usefvl economic lives on a sti8i£ht line basis as follows:
Asset Category
Plant & EquipmeDt
2)
Imvegtmellts
2023
2022
Mats value at 31 O¢toi*r 21Y22
Add: Dividends OD a¢¢umul#tion fimd units
purchase￿ at cost
143,762
1.859
199.395
2,166
(35.000)
(22,799)
143.762
Gainl(loss) in year
Market value tt 31 October 2023
2.693
148.314
HistOriGal ¢0st at 31 OctoTrKt 21)23
137.140
137.140
The breokdowtl of the pothlio is &s follows".
Charities Aid Foundation - Fixed IDter¢st Fwid B Incom¢
UK Equity Fund B Accumulation
56,451
91,590
273
58,990
84,568
204
148.314
143.762
3) Tnth E4)ellses and remuneralion
None of the council members Tec£iv&l r¢munernti¢)n or Tein)bursed exp￿￿$ for their serrfices
during the periTh
4)
The Charity is a comw limited by has no sbare capitsl The Iiability of each
rneMb￿ iti th¢ ¢v¢nt of￿]nding up is lÈmited to £1.
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