2020-12-31-accounts

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“With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Matthew 19:26

Trustees' Report and Accounts For the Year ended 31 December 2020 Charity Number 1175421

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C O N T E N T S

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Charity Information 3
Trustee’s report 4
Independent Examiner’s Report 7
Statement of Financial Activities 8
Balance Sheet 9
Income and Expenditure 10
Account
Fund Movement Summary 11
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Charity Information

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Full name Casa Mea UK
Charity Registration Number 1175421
Address 27 Heol Ty’n-y-cae
Rhiwbina
Cardif
CF14 6DJ
Trustees Miss Emma Coalter
Mrs Jenny McMillan
Mrs Anita Piroozi
Dr Carwyn Shires (Secretary)
Mr Tim Toase
Mrs Keziah Toase
Mr Brian Topley (Treasurer)
Mr Paul Willis
Miss Patricia Wiltshire
Miss Maureen Wise (Chair)
Independent Examiner Mr Andrew Lee FCCA
53 Heol Lewis
Rhiwbina
Cardif
CF14 6QB
Bankers Lloyds Bank
Business Banking
PO Box 1000
Andover
BX1 1LT
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TRUSTEES REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2019

The trustees have pleasure in submitting their report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020. The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011 and UK Generally Accepted Practice as it applies from 1 January 2015.

Charitable Object

“ To meet the spiritual needs, family needs and material needs of people with any disabilities, both children and adults, in institutions and in their homes, preventing discrimination of any kind because of social background, culture, sex, religion or nationality and to promote their rights.”

Organisational Structure and Decision-making processes

The trustees met together 5 times during 2020 and 4 of those meetings were held virtually via zoom because of the Covid pandemic. In some ways virtual meetings have been helpful in that we have been able to communicate directly with new trustees living long distances away from Cardif; we were able to have profitable discussions with new workers training in the Netherlands who are preparing to move to Moldova and we have been able to think about direct communication with our colleagues in Moldova.

One member of the trustees was able to visit the work at the beginning of the year but subsequent planned visits were not able to go ahead because of the pandemic. Those working for Casa Mea in Moldova however ploughed on valiantly with the work in a very challenging context.

The trustees group represents a strong range of professional experience which includes financial, social work, management, architectural and building, occupational therapy and medical expertise. Three new trustees joined the group during the year, bringing with them additional professional skills in carpentry and speech therapy and a dietician also joined us. The new trustees are considerably younger than most of the existing trustees and it was felt important to begin preparing a new generation of trustees. They have begun to make a significant and helpful contribution to the group.

The trustees give advice on a wide range of issues such as property maintenance, policy development, staf development and training, future strategy and use of available funds in collaboration with those managing the work in Moldova. The trustees are all members of local churches and

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undertake to pray for the work regularly. Members of the group undertake speaking engagements about the work in diferent churches and these took place largely via zoom during the year in question. A prayer letter and news updates are distributed to several hundred people every few months, together with a monthly news up-date for those very committed to the work. All the trustees except one have visited the work in Moldova, usually on a fairly regular basis until the pandemic struck.

Each of the trustees plays a very active practical and spiritual role in the running of the charity and all important decisions are taken after full group discussion. In Moldova Liliana Golovatii is the President of Fundaţia Casa Mea and she is responsible directly to the Board of Trustees. She and her colleagues are responsible for the day to day running of the work and oversight of the four community homes run for a total of 21 adults with disabilities at diferent locations in the country.

Objectives and Activities

The principal purpose of the charity is the spiritual, emotional, social, physical and material well-being of adults with disabilities who have lived or are living in long stay institutions in Moldova. In order to achieve its principal objective four homes for such adults have been set up since 2006 in village communities to provide life-long support and as normal a life as possible within the community. The homes are named Casa Bucuriei, Casa Matei, Casa Alex and Casa Ana. Each of them is stafed by Moldovans who are employed by Fundaţia Casa Mea and supported by regular supervision, staf meetings and training. Although regular staf meetings have taken place during 2020 training opportunities have been fewer because of the pandemic sadly. All members of staf have a job description and terms of service and they would usually have annual appraisals. There are strong links with the local churches in the villages in which each of the houses is situated and staf are drawn from those local churches.

Visits are usually made regularly to large institutions for adults with disabilities in Moldova where Christian services are held and where food and clothing are distributed when available. During 2020 these visits were prevented by the pandemic as the institutions went into immediate quarantine and access to any visitors has been stopped for the time being.

Achievements and Performance

Despite the shut-downs in the UK and the limitations imposed by the pandemic 2020 did prove to be a busy, productive but at the same time a sad year:

• Slava who lived in Casa Matei died in September 2020. All feel his loss deeply. It is possible that he died of Covid although a clear

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• diagnosis was never given. Slava had lived for years in closed institutions. He had Down’s Syndrome and had made great progress socially, spiritually and emotionally since coming to live in Casa Matei. Slava was greatly loved.

• A new, young social work assistant was employed part time (after a job description was drawn up) and admirably mentored by the social worker of Casa Mea. The social work assistant is currently undertaking a social work degree in Moldova and we would hope that she may work with us longer term.

• The possibility of a 5[th] house was regularly discussed and it was felt that, given our more stable staf situation in Moldova, we should begin to take this idea forward.

• Two new workers, Ben and Esther Smith, are preparing at Missionary College in the Netherlands to join the work next year. They are both very well qualified for the work in Moldova and we give thanks to God for them.

• Staf salaries were increased.

• Some progress was made on the development of a brochure about the work in Romanian (there is already an excellent, well-used brochure in English).

• Trustees undertook an analysis of the charity’s progress to date including its strengths and weaknesses and a Statement of Vision for the next 3 years was drawn up and discussed both here and in Moldova. One meeting of the trustees was dedicated to a discussion about future direction of the work.

• A training strategy was developed for staf in Moldova. This has yet to be fully implemented because of the restrictions imposed by the pandemic.

Risk Management

Risk management plans for each person living the four houses were updated.

Financial Review

Income for the year was £47.6k from voluntary donations and Gift Aid claimed from HMRC. This is about 11% less than our 2019 income but as we receive no grants, and as a matter of policy we make no appeals our income is always liable to fluctuation.

We continue to hold in reserve £25k that was given specifically to fund the opening of a 5[th] house and is held with a further £15k reserve in an investment account at United Trust Bank.

The trustees were managing a gift given solely for the personal benefit of the young Moldovan woman social worker on the team of Fundaţia Casa Mea in Moldova. During 2020 the final amount of £1.5k was paid to her

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and so that fund was reduced to zero at year end. The payment has been posted to Miscellaneous Costs.

Expenditure during the year totalled £44.6k including Grants to Institutions of £41.2k to Fundaţia Casa Mea for salaries of our Moldovan staf and for the day-to-day running costs of our 4 houses. A support gift of £240 was given to a Russian-speaking group called My Child, My Blessing who care for families looking after a child with disabilities at home. We made Grants to Individuals of £1.5k, including £1.2k from our support fund to a trainee missionary couple who plan to work with Fundaţia Casa Mea in Moldova from September 2021. There were no personal expenses paid to trustees or any other individual during 2020.

The Future

The trustees consider that the charity will continue for the foreseeable future and look forward to the two new leaders joining the work in 2021.

Brian Topley

Trustee Treasurer

Date: 14 September 2021

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Casa Mea

UK – 1175421 Statement of Financial Activities For the period from 01 January 2020 to 31 December 2020

	Unrestricte	Restrict	Endowme	Tota	Prior
	d	ed	nt	l	year
	funds	funds	funds	fund	total
				s	funds
Income and endowments from:
Donations and legacies	45,169	1,625	—	46,794	50,678
Other income	784	—	—	784	706
Total income	45,953	1,625	—	47,578	51,38
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Expenditure on:
Expenditure on charitable activities	41,622	2,875	—	44,497	88,804
Other expenditure	100	—	—	100	--
Total expenditure	41722	2,875	—	44,597	88,80
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Net income / (expenditure)	4,230	(1,250)	—	2,980	(37,41
resources before transfer					9)
Transfers
Gross transfers between funds - in	596	—	—	596	22,061
Gross transfers between funds - out	(40)	(555)	—	(596)	(22,06
					1)
Other recognised gains / losses
Gains / losses on investment assets	—	—	—	—
Gains on revaluation, fxed assets,	—	—	—	—
charity's ownuse
Net movement in funds	4,768	(1,805)	—	2,980	(37,41
					9)
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward	68,906	27,193	—	96,100	133,5
					19
Total funds carried forward	73,693	25,387	—	99,080	96,10
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Balance Sheet detailed

				As at As at
				31/12/2020 31/12/2019
Current assets
1501: Lloyds bank account				56,323.47 54,451.29
1502: Nationwide Loyalty Saver B Topley				— —
1506: United Trust Bank				40,000.00 40,000.00
1507: Galina 3rd account at Nationwide				— —
Z05: Accounts Receivable				5,532.5 1,648.75
				101,855.97 96,100.04
Liabilities
Z04: Accounts Payable				2775.00 —
				— —
				99,080.97 96,100.04
Reserves
Excess / (defcit) to date				2,980.93 (37,419.93)
Z01:		Starting balances		96,100.04 133,519.97
				99,080.97 96,100.04
			Represented by Funds
		Unrestricted	70,250.60 65,793.37
		Designated	3,442.43 3,112.76
		Restricted	25,387.94 27,193.91
		Endowment	— —
		Total	99,080.97 96,100.04

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Analysis of income and expenditure Selected period: 01 January 2020 to 31 December 2020

	Totals
	Unrestrict ed Designat ed Restrict ed Endowme nt This year Last year
Income and endowments
Donations and legacies
1101 - Gift Aided income	8,995 360 1,180 — 9,630 9,630
1102 - Gift Aid tax claim	2,202 130 295 — 2,574 2,574
1103 - Non-GA donations	26,046 — 150 — 20,40 2 20,402
1104 - Donations via Bank	7,435 — — — 18,07 1 18,071
Donations and legacies Totals	44,679 490 1625 — 46,79 4 50,678
Other income
1105 - Interest	784 — 784 — 784 706
Other income Totals	- — - — - 706
Income and endowments Grand totals	45,463 490 1,625 — 47,57 8 51,384
Expenditure
Expenditure on charitable activities
1200 - Grants to institutions	40,987 200 — — 41,18 7 77,450
1201 - Grants to individuals	200 — 1,350 — 1,550 10,167
1202 - Maintenance	29 — — — 29 64
1203 - Salaries	— — — — — —
1204 - Vehicle costs	— — — — — —
1206 - Miscellaneous costs	53 — 1,525 — 1,578 —
1207 - Literature	151 — — — 151 —
1208 - Trustee expenses	— — — — — 1,121
Expenditure on charitable activities Totals	41,422 200 2,875 — 44,49 7 88,804
Other expenditure
1205 - Bank charges	100 — — — 100 —
Other expenditure Totals	100 — — — 100 —
Expenditure Grand totals	41,522 200 2,875 — 44,59 7 88,804

Notes: Trustees made donations totalling £5,485 during the year.

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Fund movement summary Selected period: 01 January 2019 to 31 December 2019

Fund		Fund	Incoming	Outgoin	Transfe	Gains	Fund
		Balanc		g	rs	and	balances
		es
		brough
		t
		forwar
		d
			Resources	Resourc		Losses	Carried
				es			forward
	Note
	s
Ben & Esther Smith		—	1250	1250	—	—	0
My Child My Blessing		(80)	240	200	40	—	0
Expenses		3,192	—	-	-	—	3,192
General		65,793	45,463	41,522	516	—	70,250
Casa Bucuriei		—	—	—	—	—	—
Casa Matei		—	—	—	—	—	—
Casa Alex		—	—	—	—	—	—
Personal gift to social	1	1,525	—	1525	—	—	0
worker
For Anea's salary	2	280	375	100	(555)	—	0
Fifth House		25,387	—	—	—	—	25,387
Totals		96,100	47,578	44,597	—	—	99,080

Notes

1. As planned the balance of this fund was paid to the social worker during 2020.

2. Anea is one of the managers and co-founders of the work in Moldova and this fund identifies gifts from one specific donor who gives regularly to help with Anea’s salary. The fund balance is transferred to the General fund from which the Grants to Fundaţia Casa Mea are made.

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