Engllsh Reolstered Charlty Charity Registration No 1099276 WORKING with and for CHILDREN in ROMANIA Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31st December 2023 Pageli
Children for Christ Report of the Trustses for the year ended 31st December 2023 The Trustees are pleased to presenl their report tog8ther with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31st Dernber 2023. Reference and Administrative details Chari Number 1099276 Prlnci al Address 1 Watermead Road, Portsmouth, P06 1 LL Trustees The trustees serving during the year and Sin the yearond were as follows.. Val IAthite John McHardy Philip Mansfield Alison Mansfield David Ferries Treasurer David Ferries Secrètary Val White Ob-ectives and Activities The objects of the charity are: to advance the religious education of children (and, in particular bLrt without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, children in Romania) in accordan with the doctrine and principles of the Christian faith, including by means of Sunday schools and Bible clubs and otherwise., to advan the education (including the social and physical training) of children (and, in particular but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing. children in Romania) to relieve children (and, in particular but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, children in Romania) who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress by reason of their social and economic circumstances or who are suffering from illness, disease or disability., and. to advan such other exclusively charitable purposes for the benefit of children land, in particular but without prejudice to thè generality of the foregoing, children in Romania) as the Trustees shall see fit. Page12
Achievements and Perfomiance The charity seeks to achieve these objertives by its close work with Copii pentru Cristos ('CpC Romania"), a Romanian registered charity, by raising funds and other aid to support the work of Cpc Romania. This is achieved through the delivery of regular newsletters to a large number of supporters in England and Northern Ireland to keep them updated and interested in the work. This, together with occasional presentation vistts to churches by Trustees, does prompt financial support and camp visitor interest. In the UK Children for Christ ('CfC England.), together with it's team of supporters in Northem Ireland, has continued to work closely with its sister charity, Children for Christ in Scotland I"CfC Scotland.). Cfc Scotland is a charity registered in Scotland with similar aims, namely to support the work of Cpc Romania and Copii Pentru Hristos, Moldova. In this financial year grants totalling £27,000 were sent to Cpc Romania. These grants were for annual support to assist in the costs of holiday ramps, bible study materials, leaders training packs. A grant of £7,000 was sent in May 2023 and a further £20.000 sent in October 2023. There were no restrictions on the grants in this financial year In previous years a number of teams of volunteers from churches in the UK spent time at the ampsite in Varfurile, Romania run by Cpc Romania where they carried out maintenan work on the facilities on the site. Two of our trustees were in camp, on separate dates, over the summer of 2023 and assisted in various ways when on site. Where requested the English charity will share its experience of the Romanian camp site with visiting teams but the responsibility for the visit remains entirely with the leaders of the visiting teams. Whilst not organising the teams the charity does seek to c(Fordinate the visils so as not to overload the Romanian campsite with too many volunteers at any one time. Cfc Scotland collects, sorts and pack good quality second hand ¢lothing and household items. Our team of supporters in Northem Ireland undertakes similar work. Each Spring, together with Cfc Scotland. a lorry is organised to collect the boxes of clothing together with any other aid that has been donated. This is then transported to the site in Romania. Cpc Romania gives some to needy local families and also sells some locally to raise funds to support the work, whilst other aid is used directly in the running or development of the campsite. The cost of the transportation of these goods is shared equally between Cfc England and Cfc Scotland and in this financial year the transportation costs borne by Cfc Scotland was £9,208. Hen, the 500k share due by Cfc England is £4,604 and that was paid in two payments. £2,419 was paid in February 2023 and £2.185 was paid in September 2023. The planned deputation visit of the team from Romania in OcUNov 2023 was targeted at specific areas in Scotland. One of our trustees participated in several of the events and there was also a joint Zoom meeting with the deputation from Cpc Romania that was attended by some of our trustees. Financial Review Fund raising is mainly carried out through visits to churches, vthich have personal links with the trustees and other personal efforts of the trustees. During the year the trustees have continued to seek to raise funds by promoting the work through regular newsletters to supporters and through a range of fund-raising initiatives as Page | 3
well as encouraging supporters to make regular donations. A team of dedicated supporters in Northem Ireland continue to play a vital role in assisting with the fund raising. As a small charity the income is very dependent upon the efforts of the individual truslees and supporters to publicise the work of the charity. As a result, income is expected to flu¢tuate signrficantly from one year to the next. With that in mind the funds raised during 2023 were acceptable. The charity will maintain neSSary funds for its legal future obligations and will, in addition. endeavour to maintain sufficient funds to cover donations to the overseas work equivalent to six months, donations of the agreed annual donations which are presently £7,000. Plans for Future Periods Together with Cfc Scotland and the team in Northem Ireland it is our intention to continue to raise support for the on-going work in Romania and to support the leaders in Romania practically, financially and through prayer. The ongoing promotion of the work by vistts to interested churches will continue together with regular mailing to individual supporters. Other fundraising ideas are to be investigated throughout the coming year. Initial investigations to the potential amalgamation of the trusteeships across Scotland and England and bringing in the team in Northem Ireland more formally showed that the present structure currently serves each charity satisfactorily in their geographical area. However. should the amalgamation of the England and Scotland charities prove to be more beneficial to the work in Romania then that would then be considered at that time. Trustees. res onsibilities In relation to the financial statements The trustees are responsible for maintaining proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enables them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Chartties Act 2011 as amended by the Charities Act 2022. The trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets for the charity and hen taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. By Order of the Truste65 John McHardy Chairman of the Trustees 24th February 2024 Page14
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