RFG"15"IIRLD CHARI"ri' NIJMBER= 1188044 ROMANIAN ORI"HODOX PARISII OF ALL SAINTS C.ARDIFF (ROPASC) CIO ANN'UAL REPORT AND Fif4..INCIAL STATEfvIEN'rs FOR THE TAR ENDED 31 DF.CLI¥,IBER ?024
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ROMANI'IAIN ORTHODOX PARISH OF ALL SAINTS CARDII,"Tr (ROPASC) CIO FOR THE YF,.4R ENDED 31 DECEMI BER 2U24 Rlt.POR T 01 fiiL T RI.'STEES Icontinuedi J A.$'.ii)'ul Lar "I"hL SLiiday SchuL)I for LliildrcIi continued to held atter sLY¥'ices oil every fitsi Suiida} of the mibnlh. initiall>' iltthe St Vtn¢cnt'% Lenlrc, F.ty Bridge. but 5ub5¢quenil)' in thL' nL churcli buildiniT. Th¢ ichv.ol is aisendud by children In the prcscnce i)I' Ihei-. parents. Religit)% insiruciion Jnd edue.iiion ?boiii Ronlan history. gLrgraphy and iulwre ib gii-knrn an #g¢-appri)priat> basis to ihe ch31drcn by ¢idult IlunteeT$ Irom the ¥oogr¢gaii(m, under the sutwyision oi .IAarian4.Moisit). During th¢ year, the parish esiablished V¥ hatsApp mL%$aging io iinpwvL the or8anisatioii and ordination ol. th¢ ptirishiLmers' 4'olunlwy efforts. Opponunili¢s iuy Wikfe&8ion ¢ontinucd to be offered i(1 the konÈFevation on SatUttLays &ftcriFK mo.rnin¥ ser¥iLL and in the ev¢nin2. bui th.¢ priest IS tiow also able to offer wnfcssivn in the new chutch fti liihLY tiines during 14¢ iveek. We also held rcgular meal8 3nd coffee afternoons tor Ilic cvinmuniij. w,hi senrd IxP.h to $trengihLm ¢xisling IY)nds kn'iihin lh¢ congregation and lo inlegrdie neTh' parishioners into the churcli ¢oiiuDunit> llryd the arca. Th¢ priest alw m#d¢ reguldr house fvisiis on request to bless house% t ncw-born babiei. ,Ili.iJiun uiid thifru'uc'h l.lelpii)¥ thosc in need is a?1 impirtiknil asp1 of ihe Christi4D laiih. During IhL' I-yar. Church tnember ¥1 crL Eni'1l¢d to iDTilrihut¢ fmndb to12elp ollieF warishioners w,ho requirL'd finanlial 2Sbi%ldlliC M'illi famil%. tunerdl Losts £3.74! .&5 disiribulLd or spcnt to Ibss Lnd. .Additiniiall J.. a fifi>'"yLYr l&ise on a biiribl p':IX for tliree persoiis S. Wl0S cemetery Wdb purchxsal on i.11a1( of the parisi? lor £.1.234.09 10 ¥nable parish70J1crs who LÈnnot alford to repairiaie their drtedSLd familv mcu>E&'rs io ik. buricd 111 the Iixalitv. I'he pU1)BSe Th8s b? th¥ Irustees at a meeting oil I I Ill AIi¥ubt. As usual. SLIa1 prayL"r sern'i¢L$ "¢rL. held Ihtoughoul IiiL yvar for pansliitrncrs LXPLTi(:n¢iii&• sevei EeFIPIILIIIIL'uIRclfiii)r,¥htps F2tlier Cliirilu maintaiocd rygulll-, conta¢t willi Ihe other i)riesLS Jf thL Ronianian l)rthpdox ILirowlit3nale ofM'LIKtcrn apd SouihLYn F.urope t¢) sh,4re adiiLL' and infoTmaiit.11. Ilk OLlobL"r IhL P41¥%t and iwo parishioners altL'n(ILQ tliL Inauguralii)71 of IliL Romanian Onlxxjox A2rhbi81ii'.p JTI l.t)n{IL)I). (yuniTrcr membern of Ihc Pdri.%li eominunitv continued io k ¥mcourugcd lo lortilii Iheii fJii¥% LIIiiiLILi sr.embership of the JN'I.'PSIS gN)up for ()rthodox )'ouil wkn.ch al>Q %Lr¥'es tÉ) Jiid slrengili¢n i-claliviiships w lili oihcr ¥huiYhe4. 1)urinb' Ihc Nl-.PSIS group Iicld regular iyie¢'lincps iU]d k¥¥1 in Iriuch 111> Ihe %l.'PSIS ic)inmunity in the UK Lnd Abr(l**d. Sevcral fL¢mbei& N'isiled a Nf:PSIS CClfiEtU%S 4t:Id ip. l.niidor. Ixcvmkr.
ROMANIAN ORTHODOX PARISH OF ALL SAINTS CARDIFF (ROPASC) CIO FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES conti]]ued FinanciAI Review IpicoiKe Total receipts of donated unrestricted funds amounted lo £173.447.79 duTing the financial year January I sl 2024 10 December 31 sl 2024 (prior year £295,396.13). There were no rcstricted donations. This Comprid. £26,101.75 in cash Collections al church smric¢s and ad hoc ormiscellaneous undesignaied donations lo the bank account (prior year £43,745.51) £140,725.52 in designated (but unrestricted) bank donations (prior year £243,128.43). Additional income Sources were.. A HMRC Gift Aid receipt of £6,711.52 (prior year £4,000). £6,304.23 in gross intcrcsl canicd OTh moncy in Ihc bank savings account (prior year £4,372.19) £650 was Teceived from the perfonnance of sacramental offices E¥>endiiure andDonai¢ons Total annual expenditure during the year (excluding the purchase of the church from reserves) was £40,427.44 Iprior year £19,809.40), of wliich the piin¢ipal Lomponents w¢r¢= i) The moiitlily stipend paid to the I1MbenI priesl, Sorin Chirila, totalled £15,600 (prior year £7,200). The increase in the pricst's stipend to £2,(M)O per month was agreed at a gcncral Inccting of parishioners and was i?lified by a vole of th¢ trnslees (from both of which the priest absented himselfj on 8ih July and reflects the faot thai ihe priest's job be¢am¢ full-time after the purchase ofihe new church ITI June. ii) Expenditlire on rental of the St Liike's church premises was £5,010 (prior year £4,680). At the nieelin8 on 8th July the trustees and parisliione15 agreed thal the parish will ¢onlinue lo r¢iit St Luke's Anglican church for some services until such time as the new church premises are deemed to be suitAble for full-timc usc. iii) The cosi of hosting and maintaining Ihe parisli website was £121.42 (Prior year £244.57). iv) Bomk charges lotalled £263.30 (prior year £332.48). v) In total, £5,830.75 was donated lo worthy causes during the fmancial year (prior year £4.094). Of this, £3,747 was donat¢d to. or spent on behalf of, parislii()ners requiring assistance with funeral cost as approved at tru5tees' meetings on 30th July and 28th October. Additionally, £1,765 was donated to the Romanian Orthodox Church, Paris and London, of which £1,320 was directed to a fvnd lo assist victims of flooding in Romania. vi} Professional feeq totalling £5.087.14 were expended in relation to the church propety purchase (prior year lolal £2,640.95). vii) £4,400 was.qpent on irnprovements to the roof ot the new church. The nel result for the year was an excess of receipts over panentS of £139.974.58 (prior year £275,586.73). At year-end thc savings accouni balancc wa5 £1 63.639.81 as comparcd io a balance al the beginning of the year 01. £475,000. a dccrcase ot"£311,360.19 (prior ycar In¢a$¢ was £266,770.97). reflecting our purchase of Ihe church prcmises. At ye-end the curreni ac¢ounl balance was £676.72 as compared lo a balan¢¢ ai ihe beginning of the year of £2,511.36 {a de¢rease of £1,834.64). Ai year-end total assets, including the freehold of the new church premises and the burial plol (91 ¢osl), were therefore £627,485.94 comparcd to total asscts at thc bcginning of thc ycar of £487,511.36. The ¢asli funds of £164,316.53 are unrestricted, although the majority has been nominally d¢signat¢d for th¢
RONIANIA2% ORI'IIODOX PARISH OF ALI. SAIP4'1 S CARDlfiF (ROPASC) CIO FI)R I FIE I'LAR F.NDED 31 DTr.CEMBER 21124 'P(JRT OF I'HE I'RUSI'LF.S ¢oDrfnued rJe¢eqsary tmprov¢ments and decorntion of the new chur¥'h pr¥mÉs¢s, which 1.% likelv io ciTriitni¢nu'e in ltstc 20?) or eaTly 2026. Re)ri. KX)Iicv RI)PASC"s r¢serves PDIi¢)' js Ii) niaintain a suitt uppn)ximately equi¥alenÉ io threc monilis, nlUng cts%ts and is currLTIIy bd at £J,(Klt3. All R()PASC lunds are rJiiKtstnLtd. 2nd nur income currtiirl), ¢xcceds OUT expeiiditure bv a significant margin. and ihis has be¢n tlie tliroufphout trAC Jear. ] lili< wITcy ii'ill bc re¥.iLwd dviing t1 n¢xt financial y¢ar, M,hen ive should k able to gain a nio bL¥'ufdl¢ understundingp lif :.he running eosls of muintiiining our own khur¢'h pwp¢ttJ and a tull-iinie priest. Thb rcKcrvL'$ polic), ll'ill certainly need to be wneiided in ordL'. iu meet the lar&Yer sums rcquired 1.7 mainl4in the protKtt> OVLT IIIL lone.ierm and to ihe significani d¢plthion ol, uur TLser¥e 4t$ a reuili oi iFi¢ purL'ha5e of the Gliurch premi&Ls and ihc liKcly tiilknre &s(s ot'imumi'em¢nt.s tD ts fJbriL. .Struclure. ',o¥ernn¢e m#lla"effjeut Th¢ m¢il'Thl ofappv.iiilnient ot ROPASC Iru>te¢% i.£ scr out in ihe Coiisiiiuiiibn of fhaTll<1L7le In¢thryK)fdlLd Or¥aiiisaiion. 'K'he Bortrd of TTUStccs ¢onsi¥ts of IIK. iniitsnl)ent pricxi (F.athLr 81)rin C-hirilal and chiii'LlI ine131beis ¥l¢&ied & tlie Ajmudl tiLM¢ral M¢¢iing. I lie tiu%ie¢s arc ruspvnsible for making de¢isioRs on all m&ilt¥Ys of Ctl conc¢rn anJ iinTrirtdiic¢ t4) Ilie parisli Inuliiilillg d¢Liding (>n how ilit tui)ds i)ff' Ihe ¥harily 8r¥ io b¥.%PCttI. iJrin8 ?0?4 IiinL'ie¥i? ITus1¢¢'S meetings were held. the majority ol. which tvok pl4¢e oiiline via /Aioni. l!18¢pteMb¢r w¥ hLld dll aniiual general meeting ot. Pdrishionerb with thL aim of %h8ring in(DrniaEit)n and $SleY£s(HIS (i)r ib'turL pvsrLS5. djxl io discus.4 POtenial altLrnIioiib Impr0cmelll,4 lo the urLh pmpen}." Tlie iruilc¥s ulsti dLlivered the fiiianci31 ¥e¥iew for ilk. pr¥i'i(FllS yC411'.
RONJANIAN OR fiioDOX PARISII OF ALL SAIN'TS CARDIFF IROPASC) CIO FOR'fiiE YEAR F.NDF.D .11 DECEMBER 2024 STATF.MF.*'T OTr TRIJSTEFts' RESPONSIBILITIF.S 'The iws1ces responsible Icir preparii)g the 'YrusteL's' R¢pon and ihe tinaiicial SlJicmttits i
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C3ellerallv .4. irted ,Iccountin&w PraLtice). ThL leiv applicAble tn chaTXliL'b in England & Il'alLs fLNuires the itwlees IL) prwL fJnai)Lixl stata?TreiilS lor eaLh 4inancial s'¢ar ii'hic,4 ¥1%,¢ a true iuid lair lie% of ihc stale of atTaiT5 of the churii). and of the incominby resourc and appliL-uiion of oUrceS t)f ihL charity for ih3t penod. In pr¢pIng.1}est finaiicial stalemiTts. lh¢ twsl¢¢s ar¢ r¢quired IrJ= leLt siiitable &ccDuntir,g polici&s and ihen apply ihLm consisteiitly: %)bs¢DTe the mdhods &i)d pnncÈples in th¢ CTharities SORP 2019 tFRS 102),. makL judgemcnis 8nd Ustimales that are reasanablc aud prudent.. blAte wheihcr applicable 8ceoui)iing standards hkve been lollou'ed, subjeth to 211> maienal ¢partLres disclosed and cxpl¢iin¢d in ihe financia151atemenls' prepare Ihc fuw4cial stsiemeilts 011 Ihc gtsill¥ concern ba%is unl¢ss il Is IAE2pwopfI1t ID presian',c thai the ehariij will continu¢ in operdtioii. The itU$1tt5 aTe r¢ponsible for k¢epiug pr{eT accountin¥ rei4)r&s tha¢ disc'lusc wilh redSUI)able ccurdL)' ai any lime the finan¢tal ix)stiion of Ihe chariiy and enable them to Ln.5ure Ihol 114¢ findllLial slatemenls comply w'itli tl)¢ Charil:¢s ?01 I, Ihe Charities LAcLI)U#is ond R¢pofib} RcgTul¢ili(}7J¥=.01}8 g1)d ihe pNivi&ions of tli¢ tN.%t ileed. 'fb¢v also respon5ibl¢ lor sal¢gu#irdiiig ihv atsscts 1)f i] ih.dnlv and Iicn¢# for taking rL?sonable st¢ps for ihc PT¢veniiory and ddLLtion Lil fJlbLia and other irreg?ularii2L5. Jlis rqy.)n '.S prLT£tred aiml approvL%4 b ihe in)stLW i)f R()PIlSC. on 16 Octobei. 7025 fsnd lin liicir b¢hall'bN" aiher Sorin Chirila
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