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fteport of the trustees (In￿dIr￿a strntqlc report) forthe ￿lf endlrq 31 March 2023
Ch•lrfs r•port
The truslees are pleased to wesent thelr annual tntstees, rem twtlwwtth the flwnd•l
st•tements ofthe chartty forthe endlng 31 Marth 2023 whlch are also ple￿red to meet the
requlrements far • tru5tees' re￿￿rt and •¢counts fvJr Companles Aci wvpo5es.
The Ilnandal staternents comthwlth the Ch•rldes Art 201L the Companbt5 Act 2fA16,
the Memorandum and Artfcles ofA$s￿lI￿On. and Accoubttlry •nd Reporttna bv
Charllles: Statsmert of R•¢omfflended Prxttc• applkable to charldes pr•p•rfry thelr
Ic£ounts In xcNdancé wlth the Fln•ncl•l Stsndard •pplk•bk In the UK arrfl
A•pubk of Ireknd {FRS 1021.
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Trustees Annual Report
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Future D￿elopMents
StatemeFkts of Firtancial Aciivtties
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Tho NoNrykn Clwth Cardiff 8ty114CCBI Is the successor chafftyto the Nonwrykn Church
Preservation TrusL As trustees we took resbX)nsiW forthe Norwan Church n March
2022 from Cardlff Council wF¥J h•d been 505e tru&ee ofthe Prtsep4*ion Trnst. The
Church opened to publlc In Aprtl 2022 sothe financtal ￿ar en&tD8 Marth 2023 marks our
flvst full yearof operallon.
The ratlonaltfor establishlno the NCC8 was to brin8the ChLErth back Into ¢omnwThity control
and estsbli5h tht Church as a wnmunlty. ￿rit￿e, arts. aNI educatlon ctntre as well as a
venue in whkh to celebrnte the bng-standingfamity. cuttuTal and edLfotional ltr¢I3 between
South Wales and Nopway and sr*dal links between Cardlff and Bergen in pardcutar. We are
pleased to ￿POrt thot wi h￿e made prcyess tv*•rds èthievirrfall our 8oals as well a5
tsktry steps to put the Churth on a S￿￿d finanthl foxln
The hlghllAhts Ofth2￿ra[*.
the eXte￿fve use made oftht Church Iya %*rywide rnryof8rtyJps. enterprises. and
ouroutreach tothe locJl arts and educatlon communllies.
the sutte55 of OUT ￿Ik funded bl the Naoonal L¢yttery Herltage Fund and
the wonderful annual ¢ekntI0r￿ of 14orw¥<5 C<>nstitutkin Day. and the Fest?￿1 of Ll8ht
The Church Is an konic *￿ild￿ wkh maonSficent ￿le￿ ac￿￿cardlff $0 It Is
nsurpri%lrw that ft is a popularvenue lora wlde rnnge of u5e5. The n￿1￿ hall (the Gre*
Room) has been used amateurand proftsslonal music and the8tre Brouw for
rehearsats and perfomMnces as well as students from the Welsh College of Music and
l)rnma. The 8uteWlnd Qulntet- based in the Coibege- is now resldent In the Church usl
the Gre* nx>m for rehearsab and perf0mlan￿. Local tfveatre Bmup5 and cholrs use the
roLNn for rehearsals and kwlomiances wlth some WNofving w)un8 people from local schools.
Ltscal ¢xmmunity8roups and tharities h•e èlso made ￿ten$￿t use of the GrE* and D•hl
Dudn8 theyear we were de1￿hted to receK* • 8rnnt from the Naiional iAAtery HerlWe
Fund to emplLry a fvlltlme Heritage OIAcer to create ?n archfve of documents Jrrfl artifxts
relatitytothe Churth bLrt also to researth and d￿ment the fmks between Norway and
CardrfF In the et￿￿1C de￿I0prnert of South Wales. in pjrttcular In the coal and shlpplng
Indu5trtes. Such has been success of the 7Ary>rk to d*e that we knpeto secure further
fvndlno to support our herit4e projttt In the current Ilnanclal >Earto run from 2023 to
2026.
Enhandn8 cultural links between Wales and Norway has also been a focus
of attenoon forthe tn￿te$. Worklrq wlth the Welsh Norwrylan 5¢W the Church hosted
celebratlons of Constitutton Day and the Fe5ti¥al of LIBht both of which are slgnlficant
famlty. communlty. and ￿ltural eYènt& Btsth events were actb4ely SUPWJrted
Card￿1 and Vestland Covncib and have prryen to be w)wJarwith the wkler publlc We look
forward to Work1￿ with the Welsh I40r￿lan Socletytr• ￿lId on Ihelrsucc•ss In future
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years. The aLw been oc￿￿n5 to reach tothe many Norwkn students
who study In Wales and the locafamllles who ￿t thè sludent
In February 2023 the Churth hosted the Wale5 Coastal Path celetiration of its ICP
Annlversaryyear whlth featured 10 spethuy cornrn155Dned works ofart and 10 poems
promlnent Welsh artt5ts and poets. The launch party and pvblk exhlbltlon were well
attended and wpufar ebTnt& Other loulardsts and crnft peo* W used the Churth as a
The trustees are gratefulto t￿ Wateth)0 and moond3￿* FOuN1￿on$. the Archltectur41
Herfta8e Fund, WCVAS Resif*nce Fund for their financsal supporL Thls core hJndln8
provlded the capital needed to launch the new charity ènd w¢ are pleased thèt at the end of
flnandal year ¥￿e able to oryforward a sm&1 balance and rnportthat the charlty
has a l*altlry cash Ilv* posltlo
We ar• also 4w8ratefvl forconsldernbl* supportfmm the M•rkettffj and Flnance
teams at Creditsafe Ltd our near nelghbouts at Ca5pkn Po¥
The NCCB. for a small tharlty. has a compkxfinancialstrncture Ind n￿N￿Ou5 F4Kome
streams. One of the trustee< first acts wasto es¢ab115h a tradlng comparythrough whlch the
café and commerclal n>Dm hlTe15 condE5Cted. The Ve￿ ts a popukr kscatlon for prNate
partles-weddlw In partl￿￿r-and as a bynue for cotF*Jrate meetfn85. The Church has
been used ty the the Senedd as well as local businesses to hokl host L*ents
and film tel￿￿10n programmes such as B8C Wates'"Dareto Dance".
The trustees hwe learnt a grèat deal durlng ourflrst of operniion a￿￿t *4ent
managemert and ￿annIng as well as net￿TkInSwIth the local Iw5ine5s, arts, and herltage
bodies. 05srNFg the ye¥ we hwe had to maW£ drnstk changes to some activitles. such as the
runnln8 of the café to ensure rt ts commerctsllyvl•We, Jnd have In4*ted In other areas
to help maxlm15e use olthe bulkllng and r￿ert￿e th1￿￿ lettiw. Our plans forthe next
year are to consolKlate ourfinances. empand our p￿￿￿rnMe0f wents and Increase our
en8a8emert wlth the lool communlty. Todo thb netd to stror*n our8¢wn•no and
recru￿ a more dThetse tr￿Y of trustee
We would IIP£ to ￿end ourthanks to althose who htrfe Ilnandèl support to us
CNer the last year. attended performarbctt. engaged wlth commun*y e￿rts, bcoked the
venue. and contrfbuted to what has been a suc£essfvl first ¥vrof operaoon. Thefe remalns
muth to do Ixrt ourfirst h•s dern￿that the Church c&1￿1n5 *H the kn8redlents
for a successful fLrture.
Nc¢ne ofthls would {￿en posslble wlthout the er*w. commiiment. •nd enthusoasm of
our stsff to w170m we ate immensely grdieful.
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The NoN*elan Church CardFff Bay INC(Jl retsefed as a Ch•rltsble Incorpor•ted
Oryanlsatlon tythe Chailty Commlssknn for EEyknnd aYMI bVale5 OD 27 September 2021.
The three iniiialtnistees were:
Dr Martln LK¢nel Reesthice (Chalr) app￿TrIed on the 27 January 2021:
Mr. Cato Swersen appoirted on the 27 September 2021:
Mr. Mlchadjohn P¥rkirts(#k ap￿￿Thted tke 27 ￿Pt*￿r 202L'
The consthullon ofthe P4CCB allthv5 forthe appolntment ofupto nint trust￿ The current
Board Intends to recntlt new trustees with experlence In art5. hefft4e, communlty
en8a8ement. International Ilnks wtth Norwa¥ p￿$ 5petia16t financial and managernent
The Norweglan Churth CaTdKf Bwls cha￿table objects are forthe beneffts ofthe general
publlc and the publlc of Cardiff and 5￿th Wales. To hjrtherthk publK beneAL the th•rlty
fDcuses on fcwr fflaln areas Ofcharlla￿e a￿.
Herita6e-thmugh researth and educatfn8 the publlt reprdln8 the rkh hlstory of
the Church slnce 1868 and the Contribu￿on that trnde •rKI Ilnks between Wales *MI
Non¥a¥ had on the sodal and ec£xM)mk devek1pMe￿ of South Wales,"
Arts-thnsu8h encoura8lng Jocal artists and musicvons to make use otthe Church as
• rehearsal and perf0mla￿ venue and rn•kn'ry those wfDrnwnces awlhble to
pubr
Promoting and hostin8 o)mmunity aclfvltfes- W￿rkl￿wIth local organis•tlons, {In
pani¢ut•r, local schools) and hosdw to the W of other local thartties and
communÉty 8roups.'
promoti￿ and ent￿ragil¥ 51fowyr knks bet￿￿￿Tr the peo* of Norwty and the
The tnisiees have complled with the duty In secllon 17{S1 of the ChJrilies Act 201110 hav•
due re8ards to pubk and benefft 8uldarKe publlshed ￿ the CCEW ¥rt*n exercbrt ary
)wers or d￿￿est0 whkh the guidènce is rete¥ant.
The tnthes are èngaged In malntsln1￿ and fvrtherf￿ the eurrent acU¥Sty as It Is provlneto
be sutewd¢tl and b•n•fiCI￿ forthe ¢ommunlty.
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ar￿ Number1195926
6. Stateffleftt By indepwmlert Exarniner
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs report
on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
mefflbgrs of
Norwegian Church Cardiff Bay
On accounts for the year
ènd8d
31 st Match 2023
Chafity r
{rf any)
1195926
8et out on pages
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I report to the trustees on my ex8mination olthe accounts of the aLM)ve
charityllhe Trusf} for the year ended 3110312023.
Responsibinttes and As Ihe ¢harity tnjstees, you are responsib￿ foT the preperation of the
basis of fer￿ accDunts in accordance with the Charrties Act 2011 {llhe Act.).
I rewrf respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts Carried out
under seclion 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have
followed all the applicable Dirthins gNen by the Charty Commission under
section 145(5Mb} of the Act.
Independent I have cOMp￿ted my examination. I confirm that no matetial matters have
examinerfs statement come to my atterrtton in o)nneGtion with the examinatM)n wh￿h gives me
use to belFeve that in, any material respect,
the accounting records vKrp kept in accordance $¢ctlon 130 of
the ACE: or
the accounts did not accord with the ￿cOUntIng records.. or
the accounts dld not compty with the applicable requirements
conceming the fom and content of accounts set out in the Chsrft
(Accounls and Reports) Regulat￿nS 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts gNe a Irue and fair, wew which is not a matter
consthred as part of an independent examination.
I have no cOn￿mS and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination lo whth attentron should be drawn in this report in order
to enab￿ a propw undw3tanding ofthe accounts to be reached.
Signed:
Date:
2711012023
Name:

NowvieÉi8Tr Qrdiff Ba¥
Chty N￿rr￿er119s920
nu31 RÈM &statQsll￿ttof FinancialAcbvitr5
Fortltè periLMI Ended 31 MARCH ZO23
Relevant professional
qualrficationl8) or body
(if any)..
ACCA
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