2025-12-31-accounts - Slovenian Catholic Chaplaincy

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Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From Period start date 1.1.2025 To Period end date 31.12.2025

Charity name: Slovenian & Yugoslavian Roman Catholic Chaplaincy, Slovenian Catholic Mission

Charity registration number: 276480

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	Charitable purposes which advance the Ro- man Catholic religion as the trustees shall from time to time include other activities they think fit and in particular in connection with persons of Yugoslavian decent.
Summary of the main ac- tivities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or ser- vices identified in the ac- counts.	Para 1.17 and 1.19	- Provides pastoral care for Yugosla- vian decent in the UK. - Provides an opportunity to worship in Slovenian language. - Provides an opportunity to culturally educate themselves in Slovenian lan- guage.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guid- ance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	Trustees have been carrying out monthly re- ligious services and other activities where participants could educate themselves reli- giously and culturally and being given pas- toral or social support in Slovenian lan- guage. Other Yugoslavian decent people or even wider communities are always wel- come in search of a pastoral/ religious care and support.

Achievements and Performance

SORP reference

Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its ben- eficiaries and any wider ben- efits to society as a whole.	Para 1.20	- Religious services – Sunday mass - Pastoral care in terms of offering social support for the people that needed spir- itual guidance or social environment that feels closer to their homeland. - Pastoral care in terms of offering ac- commodation for the people that couldn’t afford it elsewhere. - Educational support for people that would like their children or for them- selves to learn Slovenian language but cannot attend school or courses else- where that are chargeable.

Financial Review

inancial Review
Review of the charity’s finan- cial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	All funds raised by the charity are de- tailed in the accounts at the end of this report. The accounts provide a summary of financial activity over the last year. Funds are used to achieve the objectives summarised above and to develop the charity for the benefit of the community it serves. Funds raised do not profit the Trustees who form the organisation’s manage- ment committee. No portion is paid or transferred directly or indirectly by way of dividend, bonus or otherwise by way of profit to the char- ity’s Trustees.
Statement explaining the pol- icy for holding reserves stat- ing why they are held	Para 1.22	Any surplus funds at the end of the year are held for the benefit of the charity

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25	Trust Deed
How is the charity consti- tuted? (e.g unincorporated associa- tion, CIO)	Para 1.25	Trust
Trustee selection methods including details of any con-	Para 1.25	Appointed by the Committee

stitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	Slovenian & Yugoslavian Roman Catholic Chaplaincy
Other name the charity uses	Slovenian Catholic Mission
Registered charity number	276480
Charity’s principal address	62 Offley Road SW9 0LS London

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to ap- point trustee (if any)
Valentina Osolnik	Whole year	Other three trustees
Dr. Marko Istenic	Whole year	Other three trustees
Revd. David Taljat	Whole year	Other three trustees
Peter Susnik	27.2.2026 - to present date	Other three trustees

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name	Dates acted if not for whole year
Revd. David Taljat
Dr. Marko Istenic

Valentina Osolnik
Peter Susnik	27.2.2027 to present date

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets held in this capacity	Property at the 62 Offley Road, SW9 0LS, London
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects	House at the 62 Offley Road, SW9 0LS which has to be maintained by the appointed trustees.
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the char- ity’s own assets	Declaration from 13.12.1988 which states that in case the house at 62 Offley Road, SW9 0LS ceases to serve the purpose defined by the Trust Deed, the ownership of the property passes to the Archdiocese of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Declarations

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Dr. Marko Istenic Full name(s) Valentina Osolnik Position (eg Sec- Trustee Trustee retary, Chair, etc) Date 15th April 2026

Slovenian Catholic Chaplaincy		276480
Receipts andpayments accounts			CC16a
1/1/2025 For the period from	To	12/31/2025

Section A Receipts and payments

A1 Receipts Donations - Legacy - Donations - Refurbishments - Charitable Activities 40,268 Other Income 50 40,317 *Sub total* Total receipts 40,317 A3 Payments Accommodation Costs 9,197 Refurbishment/BuildingRepairs 2,873 AccountancyCosts 150 Admin Costs 240 Management Costs 12,800 Phone/Broadband 815 Utitlities 5,298 Travel Costs - Leisure & Events 4,077 Sub total 35,450 *Sub total* Total payments 35,450 Net of receipts/(payments) 4,867 A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end 71 Cash funds this year end 4,938 Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ *Sub total*(Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)	to the nearest £ - - Restricted funds	to the nearest £ Endowment funds	Total funds to the nearest £ - - 40,268 50 40,317 40,317 9,197 2,873 150 240 12,800 815 5,298 - 4,077 35,450 35,450 4,867 71 4,938	Last year to the nearest £
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			9,197	13,784
			2,873	16,794
			150	425
			240	375
			12,800	27,259
			815	792
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			4,077	6,535
			35,450	66,094



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			35,450	66,094

			4,867	- 4,573
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			71	4,644
			4,938	71

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees	Details Transferwise Account Details Transferwise (Euro Account) Details Details Details Signature *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))	to nearest £ to nearest £ 4,938 - - - - - OK to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Print Name VALENTINA OSOLNIK DR MARKO ISTENIC Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional)	to nearest £ Endowment funds
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			Date of approval
		VALENTINA OSOLNIK
		DR MARKO ISTENIC

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of Slovenian & Yugoslavian Roman Catholic Chaplaincy On accounts for the year 31[st] December 2025 Charity no 276480 ended (if any) Set out on pages 1-4

Charity no 276480 (if any) (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/2025

Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

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 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Date: 11/03/2026 Signed: Name: BEVERLEY CAMPBELL Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: 15 Fairthorn Road Charlton London, SE7 7RL

October 2018

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