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CRY IN THI DARK REPOftT OV TRU8TEe8 FOR THE YEAR ENDED JI IA4RCM 2024 been In Kmrdance the K(ountlw FrAktes on pay 9 c(mpty ¥thh the thllVi constlt(rt The tN5tees deiern)he the iyeril pdky of thwtty 4th th dry-ttsth mryfftrt deod to th• CEO Stemi Cwttand (hwltymany Beth Frfmpo tru5ttts meet on • nwjnthty b•sts or okn11 xtmty shall Th• trust•u drttrmln• th• IMI Trustees th• pwknd to 31 m￿2014 v• pw l TnJtea ￿ elKt•d trrfth• fflnb￿. L)etalhoftntstLYS sth•tth•d•t•ofthbTwt•r•4hy•mon py I W￿2. To rdleve 5uffth WMI Partkul¥ty In Romth4 tr1 the ol s￿h fadSth5 aNI To opwate • hon for Nfe (Cw lththal for 22 Sp￿ needs •thJlts h Com•ne511 To opwate• ftKAt14Is￿lnJryPIIIItho ureser¥lceftythltdm ￿ul1${weL￿ntal. To opwJte •vdunteer and wt pr(wam tothe w)r In th• rn utlltslry {Cw Albert) K Its 0￿rat￿￿1 bvA In Bw fwwoject W. QV Inthe Dar Is a UK basd Chrfstlan th¥ityfthThled In septtt￿r 1998to Illtrbngc3re for 24 orphaned spedll neeLts p£rfn￿ thSklfen- woJK¢ Casa Lwnlna. In 2LI)5 the vb5ton lor Cry Inthe Dark was expanded tooffff nRdlcal Jnd caretoothwthSth1 WMI ￿lple In therelon *the￿￿froM 1lffrltnth￿1l￿￿ss INI supporttothelrfamllles- project Ltsnlna. Cry In the Dark￿frentty dlfettty In Prnunl4 th1ol￿ the l¢xJl tharftYAI￿alII Lumln•ofvthkh Ste4en ow, Qv theDarVsC£O Is •knrd mats. Thr￿jgh thls partnttshlp, Cry knthe dark hoesta>llshed ar￿ malntalned both prdects Scanned wlth CamScanner-; cs

The dwky trrfa smal Pdtttyffoxfvated ￿aff InttUK rewrn•￿fwXtlr8trttd￿Ity,asv￿l1 Thls has been a challenging year for Cry In The DarK malntainlng and sustalnlng the artNit•es we provlde In Romanla whilst 5tren8thenln8 the relatlonship with supporters here In the Unlted Kingdom. We have been blessed wlth faithful supporters and some important 8rarrts which together wlth the Romanian fundraising operatlon has allowed all our work to continue in Romanla. Due to the economlc 51tuatlon In the UK and the war in Ukralne. our operatlons and work hwe been irnpacted. As a chartty our prlmary objects ￿malThed the same, wlth ￿th projects contlnulng to provkle effKient and effectlve care thrnughout thls difficult year. Namety Casa Lumlna and Hosplce Lumlna: Casa Lumlfta our resldentlal home for life fof 23 speclal needs young adults In Comanesti Romanla. We afe pleased that Casa Lumlna continues to malntaln high levels of Indivlduallsed care and development. •Hos ke Lumlna the multl4ixlplinary hosplcelpalliallve care servke for chlldren and young adults ln Bacau, Romanla. This project serves, Bacau County and the thiee surroundlng countles of Vasalui, Neamts and Vrancea and provldes for 120 chlldren and young aduhs each month. Throughout the year ending 31 Marth 2024. there has been contlnued provlslon, In Ilne wlth the Romanlan heatth servlce guidance and laws. The need for suth seNks contlnues to Brow In thls region and beyond and we hope to expand the selvices fvrther In the near fu￿re wlth the help of our Romanlan partner Asodatla Lumlna. Thelr director, Mihaela Dumltrathe has secured grants for Innovatl¥e work at the hosplce and withSn the communlty of Bacau. Creatlve projects for chlklren and thelr parents and y)me local communlty carnpaigns alxMrt dlsabllity. . Casa Albert has become a base for supporters and volunteets fmm the UK to vislt and participate In the activities of the charfty and thi5 has been essential ln provldlng Va￿•ble Income as well as, a powerful experlence of the cornpasslonate care that Is at Ihe heart of Cry In The Da￿'S obieCttr￿. Volunteers throughout the year have a150 helped wlth Ukralnlan refu8ees who were stayln8 at Casa Albe¢ whkh had become a registe￿d refvgee horne. The summer saw us welcome a group of Ukralnlan chlldren to partklpate in our summer hor￿aY camp. The Christmas volunteets from the UK that Stayed at Casa Albert helped distribute over Christmas shoeboxes and essential ahj to a Ukrainian orphanage. loL￿￿￿15 our outreach proiert to a rural Rorna vllla8e In Bacau County and Is home to over IL chiklren and around 21lJ farnllies. We have been workln8 there for over 10 years and have bulft up a good worklng rektion5hlp wlth the children and the adults Sn thls community. On behalf of the Board of Trustees can l express our deep appreclatlon to our supporters and frlends. to the staff teams In Romanla. to Beth Frlmpong our charty mana8er/coordinator of volunteer¥ and to Steve Cooper CEO who tontinue to passlonately be at the heart of all the work that happens at Cry In the Dark. Scanned wlth CamScanner-; cs

Rewe5entation on As(xiatla Lumina's PA)ardofTnstees enabtes Cry iTrThe DtoO￿and part￿pate In kqd&ision5 In relation t0￿¥the8Tantn￿nIe5 itwovldesarewed anddlsbursedon thedeS1￿atedpr0ittts. A%Kiatkry Lumina ￿MaInS lThve4eran autorntrrf)LLS ￿ablet0 ralse furKk In ts rtht andto pursuelts(Mn [r•￿e[rtIlbJeLtP￿es. None ofthe tn￿ ofcry In The Dark recel¥es remuneratlon or othexfin￿Ial re•Mrd (Y benefft In kiThJ from Cry In The Dark'sconrcihys ￿ryth Asociatia Lumlna. ThetharftylHs been Cry InThe Darvs ￿nCIpal partnEr in Romanla slrKe Inceprion arml the1￿￿ tharlties $I￿re a comnh)n ethos arml faith-based prirKiP Asodk iumlna is ￿spOnSIblef0rthe on the ground Manag￿rtand ddlvuy ofthefollowlry projffts forwhkh Cry In The Dark is the main grant pr￿. Case Lum5na-a r￿len￿￿ h(xnefOrsp￿I needswung people In Comantstl. Casa Albtst.fadlitles for edwtton and accom￿allOn forvolunteers. Hosplce LuMlna-Pm￿dlng1n-patientrespIteandtennlnaIcarefor￿ItdTenar￿1pr4￿thr￿a Itsp￿t¢0MMUthSerVke tochlldren and theirfamllsln Bacau andt￿SUrrour￿O4c0Untle% From (Xtober2(M)6, Cry InThe DwktCWhtrMrfth A50Ctatla tsjmlna began to coltaborate frlospKes of Hope UK and Rs partner ￿lS￿l)n in knmanl4 Aswatia SpeTrrrtl to establ&h a community polliar1￿ care team that SUp￿rt chlldren. yowpeople and theirfthlle5 In the Bacau area. No conflkts of Interest have arsen betwwn Cry In D and Pa(xlatla l￿nIna (Y￿ the pth under and no Eath year. In comp113nce Y￿1h the applkable i¢xal re8u1attL￿s, AsLKtat13 Luff4na statements its ffinanclal results fDr the precedlr4g 12 and a balance sheet as at31 D￿enthr whkh it subffl￿ to the R(xnanlan Minsty of Publlc Ftnanrt These reports are publlshed In Romanla. As In pre41ousswts, the pollryofthe tharfty wasto keep 5wrplus IWdfiJnds In St￿ tum dep)slts that be xcessed to be kn a ￿51￿1 to to needs as ath. The poky ts rwlarty reAth%d dep￿dIng on the W of reserve> The truths contlnued to rthknvthe chwws resew It was ayeul that a wNLV of opwarlng ¢)n the basts of rnaintsining a ofunrestrfcted reseryes suflktenttocover reqLArmts on datTrday&tlvltles forsix nKnts mry bepr￿1th alknpted. To monltor flnanclal p•fomwtt trus￿$ Ywlew 6 .12 monts cash fi)w proJecOor6 for anlpated Income and eM￿diture on a rolling mnthty basb and weresalisfied that all thirw belrvdequalatthedateof thls rel￿ reser¥eswere suffidartto theopwatmof the charttyto Marth 2024 and Lyond. Theajaritys pctyofTh)t erterlr8 Intocortrdctual commhffntsthat exceed Itsth￿ diaAerwurces Ls u￿￿ed. The tharity pthtwes tts otyectfvts partty throukn maklng grants to k)[￿ parts￿ror￿1$al￿)n$. Grants are awaftled at the discre￿n of the tTUStee5and areni)niLor&l on a te8ular bas& Scanned wlth CamScanner-; cs

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