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
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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 De￿rnber 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.
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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
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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 ne￿SSary 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
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