## _**CASA MEA UK**_ _**“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 2021 Charity Number 1175421** TRUSTEES’ REPORT YEAR ENDING 31 December CASA MEA UK 2021 ## **C O N T E N T S** **----- Start of picture text -----**
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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
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Fund Movement Summary 11
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2 TRUSTEES’ REPORT YEAR ENDING 31 December CASA MEA UK 2021 ## **Charity Information** **----- Start of picture text -----**
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
Dr Carwyn Shires (Secretary)
Mr Tim Toase (Joint Chair)
Mrs Keziah Toase (Joint Chair)
Mr Brian Topley (Treasurer)
Mr Paul Willis
Miss Patricia Wiltshire
Miss Maureen Wise (Joint 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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3 CASA MEA UK TRUSTEES’ REPORT YEAR ENDING 31 December 2021 ## **TRUSTEES REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2021** The trustees have pleasure in submitting their report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2021. 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 3 times during 2021 and all of those meetings were held virtually via zoom because of the covid pandemic. Using zoom meetings has meant that communication has been possible with trustees living in diferent parts of the UK. During the year the practice began of involving one of the 4 houses in Moldova at the beginning of each meeting. This has richly enhanced the meetings and has enabled direct conversation with each of the men and women whom Casa Mea supports in Moldova and has given some excellent insights into their daily life and views and opinions. There is some prior preparation in terms of sharing questions with them beforehand and asking them to think about their replies. They have shared their own prayer requests also at the end of the session and a trustee will pray for those identified needs. The exchange has been mutually enjoyable and beneficial. Two of the trustees were able to visit the work during the year and brought back first-hand reports of developments. There has been very regular telephone contact in addition to those visits. As during the previous pandemic year, the Moldovan workers of Casa Mea continued to work very hard in a challenging context. The trustees group represents a strong range of professional experience which includes financial, social work, management, architectural and building, carpentry, occupational therapy, speech therapy, dietetics and medical expertise. Three new trustees had joined during the previous year and the hope is that that will continue the process of handing the work on to a younger generation of committed men and women. 4 TRUSTEES’ REPORT YEAR ENDING 31 December CASA MEA UK 2021 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 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 new 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 Fundatia 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 Fundatia Casa Mea and supported by regular supervision, staf meetings and training. Although regular staf meetings have taken place during 2021 training opportunities have been fewer than anticipated 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 2021 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** A hoist was provided and sent to Domnul Grisa living in Casa Alex. This was a tremendous help to those supporting him. 5 TRUSTEES’ REPORT YEAR ENDING 31 December CASA MEA UK 2021 Computers were gifted for use in Casa Alex and Casa Matei. These helped during the lock-down in the sense particularly, that those living and working in the houses were able to access online church services and they were able to communicate with trustees. Further work was undertaken on the development of a training strategy for staf in Casa Mea. Carwyn Shires undertook some staf training on risk management during the year. Two new younger female staf were employed – one as a trainee social worker and one to cover some night shifts in one of the houses. The period of their respective employment was shorter than expected as a result of the marriage of one of them and the pending marriage of the other. The men and women in the 4 houses received their covid vaccinations. Building work was completed in Casa Alex, Casa Matei and Casa Bucuriei. In addition, smoke and carbon monoxide alarms were fitted in each of the 4 houses. A number of possible locations for the 5[th] house were explored but so far none have provided the optimum conditions we are looking for. Ben and Esther Smith spent time in Moldova with their 2 children and are preparing ultimately to join the work of Casa Mea. At present they are engaged in language study but they also spent regular time in one of the houses. ## **Financial Review** Income for the year totalled £142k from voluntary donations and Gift Aid claimed from HMRC. This is three times our income in 2020 largely because it includes £68k given specifically for the proposed fifth house via just four individual generous donations. This brought the total balance in the Fifth House Fund at year end to £93.6k. As we receive no grants, and as a matter of policy we make no appeals our income is always liable to fluctuation. In the General fund we brought forward £70k from 2020 and received income of £70.7k during 2021. Our expenditure was £81.4k making a balance in the General fund at year end of £59.6k. Together with a few other minor fund balances our total assets at year-end were £159k. We now hold £96.3k in reserve that was given specifically to fund the opening of a 5[th] house of which £25k is deposited in an investment account at United Trust Bank. Expenditure during the year totalled £84.8k including _Grants to Institutions_ of £79.8k to Fundaţia Casa Mea for salaries of our Moldovan staf and for the day-to-day running costs of our 4 houses. We made 6 TRUSTEES’ REPORT YEAR ENDING 31 December CASA MEA UK 2021 _Grants to Individuals_ of £6.9k including personal gifts to various people in Moldova and to a missionary couple who have begun working with Fundaţia Casa Mea in Moldova. No personal expenses were paid to trustees or any other individual during 2021. **Brian Topley Trustee Treasurer** **Date: 25 October 2022** 7 CASA MEA UK 2021 TRUSTEES. REPORT YEAR ENDING 31 December INDEPENDENT EXAMINATION l. Andrew James Lee. being a Fellow of the Chartered AssociatFDn of Certtfied Accountants {FCCA), confinn that I have carried out an independent examinab.on of the accounts and financial system for Casa Mea UK (re9iStered charity number 1175421). As a result of carrying out this examination. I would confimi Ihat I have not identified any matters of con￿rn to be drawn to the attention of the Trustees or the Cha Commission. l ￿)￿l¢j further confirm that l am content wrth the format of the accounts and the accountlng records kept. and that these record5 agree with the accounts. Finally, l am also content that all of the Directions. as set out in the Charty Commission guidance entitled Independent exarninath)n of charty ac¢ounts'. Directions and gu￿ants for examine¥s ICC32)". have been adequately satisfied. I would also cA)nfirm that this independent examination certffication has been provHled free of charge. Andrew Lee. FCCA Date: 181,.12L CASA MEA UK 2021 TRUSTEES. REPORT YEAR ENDING 31 December Ca5a M•a UK- 1175421 Statement of Financial Activities Forthe wriod from 01 January 2021 to 31 Decèmber 2021 Unrestricted lund5 RestrTrcted Enth)vnnent f￿d5 Totsl Priot year total funds thcome andendowments from.. Dmations and leqacEs 0￿er incorne 70,973 673 70.B50 141,823 673 46.794 Totsl income 71.6¢7 70J50 142.497 47.518 Expendthire on.. Expenditure on charitable acti￿￿e5 other expenditure 82.105 175 84.FA)5 175 44.497 100 Total expenditwe 82280 2.500 84,780 44,597 Gains I ￿)$￿ m invesbwtassets Net income I lexpenth"tsxel resowces before transler 110.6J31 68J50 5T.716 2.980 Tr8nsfws Gross transfefs bet*een fvrxts- In Gross transfets between furbts. ¢yJt (2501 12501 15961 oriwrecognisedgainsi losses G21ns on walu3￿. fixed assets. ¢*anty$ (p*n Net movgrnefrt in lunds 110.6331 68J50 57,716 2,980 Reconcllioiion off funds Total knds bI￿g￿t lowwdrd n.693 25,387 99.080 96,100 Total funds carried lorward 63.059 93,737 156.797 99.080 CASA MEA UK 2021 TRUSTEES. REPORT YEAR ENDING 31 December Casa M•a UK- 1175421 Balance Shwi detaI￿d Asat 3111212021 Asat 3111212020 Current assets 1501.. Ltyys acc(*Jnt 93.486 33 56.323 47 1￿." United Trust Ban 25.425 40.(m t>0 1507". Gal￿3 3rd acccth at NatrTh Z05." Ac(cAmts Recer**Ae 34.661.38 5.532_50 Total Cwtent assets 159,572.71 1Q1.855.97 LIa￿'l1ti 2.775 2.775 00 Toia Llablrtles 2.T75.00 2.775.00 Net Asset swplus Ideficrt) 156.197.71 99.080.97 ReseThes Excess I Idefioii kn ¢Yate 57.716 74 2.980 93 .080 97 .100 04 Total Reserves 156.797.71 J.OBO.97 R•w•s•nt•d by Funds S9.(￿149 3.99818 93,737.94 70.250 6Q 3.442 43 25.387.94 Totsi 156.797.71 99.080.97 io TRUSTEES’ REPORT YEAR ENDING 31 December CASA MEA UK 2021 Notes: Trustees made donations totalling £5,095 during the year. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Last page 11