## **CHARITY COMMISSION** FOR ENGLAND AND WALES ## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** **From 8/12/22 To 7/12/23** **Period start date Period end date** **Charity name: Vilajeti Christian Ministries** ## **Charity registration number: 1171793** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**Advancement of the Christian faith in**
**Albania and the surrounding areas**
**particularly through the Albanian**
**Christian Centre in Tirana.**
**Also to provide financial support for the**
**New Beginnings Children's Home in**
**Tirana.**| |Summary of the main
Para 1.17 and
activities in relation to those
1.19
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.||**The new church in Librazdh is**
**continuing to reach out to the poor**
**community providing meals for children**
**as funds allow. There are now 4**
**churches in Albania under the 'wing' of**
**the Albanian Centre.**
**Paulin Vilajeti continues to appear**
**regularly on National TV to discuss**
**maters of faith etc.**
**The churches are mainly self-suficient**
**but the Children's Home is constantly**
**struggling for funds as the Government**
**does not provide funding. That said,**
**funding from donors is made available**
**for the children to have a short holiday**
**by the sea.**
**As children grow up and leave the home**
**the spaces are rapidly filled by other**
**needy children. The home is overseen**
**daily by Paulin and/or his wife Luli.**
**Derek Vere, now Deputy Chair, visits**
**both home and churches regularly**
**The trustees have had regard to the**
**guidance issued by the Charity**
**Commission on Public benefit.**| |Statement confirming
Para 1.18
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit||| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |SORP reference
Para 1.38
Policy on grant making
Para 1.38
Policy on social investment
including program related
investment
Para 1.38
Contribution made by
volunteers
Other|SORP reference
Para 1.38
Policy on grant making
Para 1.38
Policy on social investment
including program related
investment
Para 1.38
Contribution made by
volunteers
Other|| |---|---|---| |||| ||Para 1.38|| |Other||**We have a safeguarding policy and a**
**risk management policy and we would**
**ensure that any new trustee would be**
**aware of these.**| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the diference the
charity's work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**We have been delighted when all the**
**churches have reached out to the**
**communities in which they operate.**
**Young people have been taking leading**
**roles when schooling allows. This is**
**much easier than when Covid was in full**
**swing. Most of the children who have**
**lef the home continue to join in Church**
**activities.**
**Like in the UK children were negatively**
**impacted by the corona virus. Some**
**have revered to 'normal' but some are**
**still struggling with the afer efects.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---| ||| |Achievements against
Para 1.41
objectives set|•| |Para 1.41|| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity's
trusts:
Type of governing document
(trust deed royal charter)
How is the charity
constituted?
(e g unincorporated
association.CIO)
Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25
**Trust Deed**
Para 1.25
**Trust**
Para 1.25
**Appointed by existing Trustees.**|| |---|---|---| ## **Additional information (optional)** You mav choose to include further statements where relevant about Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity's organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charitv name
Other name the charity uses
Reaistered charitv number
Charity's principal address|Vilajeti Christian Ministries
VCM
1171793
Christ Church Centre
Chapel Road
Flackwell Heath
Bucks. HP10 9AA| |---|---| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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Judith Deegan
Richard Vere
Derek Vere
Michael Deegan
Karin Brown
James Dwyer|**Office (if any)**
Chair
Treasurer
Deputy Chair
Secretary|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to aoooint trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||| C orpora e rus ees - names o t t t f th d. e irec ors a t t th d t th e a e e re oo rt was aoorove d **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **----- Start of picture text -----**
Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year
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## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity's
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity was not in deficit**| |
Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held
Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22
Para 1.22|**It is the charity's aim to limit the funds**
**in the UK where they are inactive so we**
**limit the funds held here.**
**Ver litle**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**The funds are needed by the Children's**
**Home.**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**None**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**There are no obvious concerns**| |Explanation of any
Para 1.23
**There are no obvious concerns**
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Explanation of any
Para 1.23
**There are no obvious concerns**
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern| |---|---| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|| |
The charity's principal
sources of funds (including
Para 1.47
any fundraising)|
**The principal sources of funds are from**
**churches and individuals who know of**
**the work. These are mostly from regular**
**donors.**
**Where possible, Paulin and Luli are**
**invited to the UK as the visits tend to**
**attract more funding. These visits are**
**not funded by the charit. **| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
Para 1.46
social investment policy
adopted
A description of the principal
Para 1.46
risks facing the charity
Other|
**There are no financial investments.**
**The largest risk to the charity would be**
**if all donations ceased.**| **----- Start of picture text -----**
Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set
Investment performance Para 1.41
against objectives
The ongoing war in Ukraine is still
Other impacting Albania as costs have risen
considerably. As stated, the
government does not provide any
funding so they are very dependant on
our own and other charities.
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity's objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity's own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Additional information (optional)**
**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Additional information (optional)**
**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Additional information (optional)**
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**Name**
**Address**
**adviser**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staf members (Optional information)**||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** ## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees' report above.** ## **Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees** **----- Start of picture text -----**
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**Charity Name**

**Vilajeti Christian Ministries**|
**Charity Name**

**Vilajeti Christian Ministries**|
**Charity Name**

**Vilajeti Christian Ministries**|**No (if any)**
**1171793**|**No (if any)**
**1171793**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
8/12822|**To**|Period end date
07/12/2023||| |||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**86,880**
**21,108**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**107,988**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**107,988**
**113,750**
**277**
**120**
**60**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**114,207**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**114,207**
**- 6,219**
**-**
**6,667**
**448**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**86,880**
**21,108**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**107,988**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**107,988**
**113,750**
**277**
**120**
**60**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**114,207**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**114,207**

**- 6,219**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Donations|**86,880**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**86,880**||**124,380**| |Gift Aid|**21,108**|||**21,108**||**18,328**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**107,988**|||**107,988**||**142,708**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| ||||**-**|**107,988**||**142,708**| |||||||| |Transfers to Albanian NGO|**113,750**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**113,750**||**143,150**| |Bank Charges|**277**|||**277**||**361**| |Independent Examiner|**120**|||**120**||**-**| |other|**60**|||**60**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**114,207**|||**114,207**||**143,511**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||| ||**-**|||**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| ||||**-**|**114,207**||**143,511**| |||||||| ||**- 6,219**|**-**|**-**|
**- 6,219**||**- 803**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**6,667**|**-**||**6,667**||**7,470**| ||**448**|**-**|**-**|**448**||**6,667**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 25/08/2024 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
balance at year end
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**448**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**448**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
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approval| ||||| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 25/08/2024 2 ## CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES ## **accounts Independent examiner's report on the** **Section A Independent Examiner's Report Ch** I I � \ **:j-** I **{:��:;,** I <\ � I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust") for the year ended **Responsibilities and** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Act"). **On accounts for th::::�** I **O** +- / **1 :2}1.o?..;::, Report to the trustees** M' I Ii ll�e:b Ck r,s-6.. **yl** I\;"� ie. s **Set out on pages** l ___ 2. _____________________ � '-_-� I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. - **Independent** [The charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified to - **examiner's statement**[undertake the examination by being a qualified member of [insert name of] applicable listed body]]. _Delete_ [ ] _if not applicable._ I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (ether then u�et aiselosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or - the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or - the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair' view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ |**Signed:**
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