Engllsh Realstered Charlty Charity Registration No 1099276 WORKING with and for CHILDREN in ROMANIA Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31st December 2024 Pagel I
Chlldren for Chrfst Report of the Trustsos for the year ended 31st December 2024 The Trustees are pleased to present their report together with the financial statements of the charrty for the year ended 31st December 2024. Reference and Administrative details Chari Number 1099276 Princi al Address 1 Watemiead Road, Portsmouth, P06 1 LL Trustees The trustees serving during the year and since the yearvend bvere as follows.. Val White John McHardy Philip Mansfield Alison Mansfield David Ferries Treasurer David Ferries Secretary Val Vvhrte Ob'ectives and Activities The objects of the Charity are: to advance the religious education of children (and, in particular but without prejudi to the generality of the foregoing. children in Romania) in accordance with the doctrine and principles of the Christian faith. including by means of Sunday schools and Bible clubs and otheNiise" 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 Romanial to relieve children (and, in particular but viithout 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 Circumstan or who are SLrffering from illness, disease or disability; and. to advance such other exclusively charitable purposes for the benefit of children land, in particular but without wejudice to the generality of the foregoing, children in Romania) as the Trustees shall see fft. Page 12
Achievements and Perfomiance The charity seeks to achieve thèse objectives by its close wotk with Copii pentru Cristos ("CpC Romania"), a Romanian regislered charity, by raising funds and other aid to support the worf( of Cpc Romania. This is achieved through the delivery of regular newsletters to a large number of supporters in England and Northem Ireland to keep them updated and interested in the work. This. together with occasional presentation visits to churches by Trustees, does prompt financial support and camp visitor interest. In the UK Children for Christ ("CfC England.), together with its team of supporters in Northem Ireland, has continued to work closely with its sister charity, Children for Christ in Scotland {"CfC Scotland"). Cfc Scotland is a charity registered in Scotland with similar aims, namely to support the work of Cpc Romania. In thi8 financial year grants totalling £27,500 were sent to Cpc Romania. These grants were for annual support to assist in the costs of holiday camps, bible study materials, leaders training packs. A grant of £15,000 was sent in February 2024, £10,000 sent in August 2024 and a further £2,500 sent from donations from our Northern Ireland support group in October 2024. There were no restrictions on the grants provided in this financial year In previous years a number of teams of volunteers from churches in the UK spent time at the campsite in Varfurile, Romania run by Cpc Romania where they Carried out maintenance work on the facilities on the site. Philip Mansfield, one of our Trustees, travelled to Romania with a team from hls church and were in camp during the summer of 2024 and assisted in various ways when on site. Where requested the English charity will shar8 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 t8ams the charity does seek to cOrdinate the visits so as not to overload the Romanian campsite with too many volunteer8 at any one time. Cfc Scotland collects, sorts and pack good quality second hand clothing and household item8. Our team of supporters in Northem Ireland undertakes similar work. Each Spring, togethér Wlth Cfc Scotland, a lorry is organisèd to collect the boxes of clothing together with any other aid that has been donated. This is then transported to the 8lte in Romania. Cpc Romania gives some to needy local families and also sells some locally to raise funds to support the work, whi18t other aid is used directly in the running or development of the campsite. The cost of the transportation of these goods is shar8d equally between Cfc England and Cfc Scotland and in this financial year the transportation Costs bome by Cfc Scotland was £7,495. Hence, the 500h share due by Cfc England is £3,747.50 and that was paid in July 2024. The planned deputation visit of the team from Romania in OcVNov 2024 was cancelled due to illness of one of the Cpc Romania charity trustees. It is expeded that a deputation on OcVNov 2025 will be arranged. A joint Zoom meeting with the attendance from the trustees of Cpc Romania, CFC England, Nl support group and Cfc Scotland was convened in October 2024. Financlal Revlew Fund raising is mainly ¢arried OLrt through visits to Ghurches, whith have personal links with the trustees and other personal efforts of the trustees. Page 13
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 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 incorne is very dependent upon the efforts of the individual trustèes and supporters to publicise the work of the charity. As a result, income is expected to fluctuate significantly from one year to the next. With that in mind the funds raised during 2024 were acceptable. The charity will maintain necessary 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 visits to interested churches will continue together with regular mailing to individual supporters. Other fundraising ideas are to be investigated throughout thé coming year. Initial invesligations to the potential amalgamation of the trusteeships across Scotland and England and bringing in the team in Northern Ireland more fomially 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 sponsible 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 Charrties Act 2011 as amended by the Charities Act 2022. The trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assels for the charity and hen taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. By Order of the Trustees John M¢Hardy Chaim)an of the Trustees 8 July 2025 Page14
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