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2025-03-31-accounts

Riverside Trust Scottish Charity Iyumber SC027125 Trustees. Annual report and Accounts Year ended 31 March 2025

Riverside Trugt Trustees, Annuil report ind Aecottnts for the year e•ded 31 hlarch 2025 Scottish Charty Number SCO?7125 Other Irujtees duriog theyear ruilment aDd 8ppointme•t of Truste Truste¢s hold olTice for three iears. Whlmeier necessao. the T￿￿t'S trust¢s ate apwintrJJ or reapp)inted b). the annuallj. Governing documeit Th¢ Trus1 15 a iharilable tyust and the pufF￿ and adminisu￿lon rn¥¢m¢nts ar¢ s¢t out in ow Trust Dee4 Charitable purpo Our purtx)ses. as rec<Kded in our Tn￿ t)eed a￿. the relief of ￿)￿'trty opgation of the chri￿lan faith the ad￿'anCerncnl ol"educatK)n. and iv. any other charitsble puT￿se5 for Ihe benefii of the c(#nrnunity. Such obFcls shall iarried Out anyHh¢r¢ in tk MorlJ. pMrtlLuldrlv. i￿t noi ¢xCI￿$1VCIy. in th¢ Unit¢d Kingdom and ¢4Stcm Euro￿. Aetiyitits And #ehievthents The main areas of acliviN of Riv￿$1￿ Tru* lh¢ CTealion and mainienance ofchristian libraries. the s￿)￿)n of young Fwple in chnsi1￿ training. supwrt of kinder¥art¢ns in ix)th urban and rurnl sellings. SUPKK)rt for a children's cancer hospilal. and community d￿'elopMent through 5upF￿ for srnall scale agnculture. including donalions of equipment and innO￿.allons in proCe￿S such as the use of irrigatsOtI. imptvv¢xl s¢LxI aThl Ewc-cmcrgcni w(￿ cuntrul. Supprt for ihe esthb11s￿d ehwch al Iris: in Cluj-Naw Romania has Contin￿d. The library al Iris continues to be supwrted. The wotk with kiDdergarteThs and scIK)ols has conlinued thrO￿h links ￿7th ihe village kindergartens and sch(M)Is in the area around Bunesti and MintitL Cluj County. The trust provided educational rtsouT￿s. and trainitw for the stsff.

Thc Trust ha5 continu￿5 115 dircct invL>lvcmcnl in childrcn s work in thc Baptist church in Bu￿sti. a villagc in the Cluj r¢gion of Romani& Ex￿nditurC ncccssar). to s4)port commurnty detrclopment h&s tontsnued. The work in schools In the arca around Bun¢s1i, Gh¢rla and Mintiu hgs continued to expand in th¢ last Y￿r. The initial contact with the children's O￿lOgy hospital in Cluj in ?O10- I I developed well oN'er the suE6equent vears through links M'ith the hospit￿ administration and clinical staff. Tr cancer sup[X￿1 b(x)kld continue5 10 be dislrilwted thTOU8h ihe hospital 2nd through doctors surgeries. and has tren supplernenied hy a new tx)okl cmcerned ivith family reaaion.s and res￿)￿￿. ID the Inqs r)f a child The Tnjsl C(Xllinues to maintain links with s(xn¢ families who ha%e rec¢iv¢d treatment ID the hospital. and with the hospital staff. Th¢ Tn￿t has ceased to Provide funding for ￿ ii'ho h&1 IM) engaged in full-lime education work in CluJ-Napxw Romania. partl!" through the Preventis organisation. She has Iv8ely withdrawn frorn Preventis and previixLS SF¢i218ivin8 to ihe Trust her sU￿￿)rt has ended. The lack of the chaimian's visits. which were not ￿￿SIble during Covid. requir increas(xl engagemtht ivith local workers to necessary rel'i￿4 of progress planning of futur¢ dir￿li0n$ for the Trusl in Bune5ti and 5urroundingi area, the cancer h05Pital: publishing, atMI ID refresh links ￿'1th churckn in Cluj city. The ch￿nrnn s gular Yisils to Romania haie for extrnokd penods. with wsits ty Rornania In sumrner,auiumn ?024 and winier/spring 2025. Truslee remuneralion and expenses Th¢ trusi¢¢s did not r¢c¢i%¢ any remuneralion or exFYnses during the )cat in stKcl of th¢ir rol¢ as trust¢¢s. Somc trwslccs rcc¢iN'cd r¢fund of paymen made on behalf of the Tn￿1 in approwiaiel)" furtTrttins its objwl5. Reserveg The overall income and exFtM4itur¢ of th¢ Trwqt in 2024-95 were approximately 52C/oless and 460/• less than in ?02>?4. Tespeciively, aThl reflect the irn￿t of Covid on nomial cash flow panems. The bala￿e being carried forH'ard to 2025_26 comprises £448.79 In designawl funds and £403? 50 in general funds (a total of £4481). Im eomtAnson. the bAl&nce &qrried forward to 20)Ak25 comwised £448.79 in (ksignaied funds and £8086.70 in general funds. As the TnLqt no Innger receiveq Supr￿)￿ for Violeta Goron. the In￿le£S intend to amalg7arnate the desi¥mated and general funds in ?025-?6 Tn￿leeS consider that the balance in the gentnl fund is a suitsble basis on which io cffitinu¢ the wogJramm¢ of the Tn￿1 into ?0?5-26. always bearing in mind the need to ensure that any f￿ard comrnithients do not exceed the ca￿lty of Ihe extt¢d income. rDN'ed bv the I'ru5tefs and 51 ed on their behalf

Riverside Trust se(￿7sh Charity Number SC027125 Trustees, Annual report and Aceounts for tht year ended 31 March 2025 Receipts & Pa)Trents A¢¢ount for the ytAr ended 31 Marth 2025 Year ¢0 31-l¥lar-25 Year lo 31-Mar-24 ltteome: F Goron Bunesii church PublicatÉons Oncolo 150 Preventis GeneTal Iris 40457 84648 84798 Total Donarfons Non-sp¢cific Gift Aid R¢c¢i 8235 20070 Bank Interest 88 142 Tothl Re¢eived 105010 Paymen¢s Donations: F&VFar Iris church and Bunesti church General Preventis 44745 3935 138 92164 2217 73 260 1261 UK lo￿1 Other Romania sch(K)Is 139

Oncolosy ho4)itsL Clu Liier9¢ure bli¢￿￿0 172 1581 Tot1 PAid: 62835 98747 Excess rtcti over paymen (40541 6263 Statement (Jf enefits 4$ at 31 March 2024 B￿k Balnets in Iland 8535

Riverside Trust Scottish Charity Number SC027125 Notes to the accounts for tbe year ended 31 March 2024 All the fund5 ofihe Trust aT¢ unrestrith¢d. The Trust h&$ out grants and donations to organisations as shown in the accounts for the following ￿r￿)se$.. Iris church, Romania - Supp)rt for theological library. Churches in Cluj-NaEw and Transylvania Re8ions- General development and children's work. Refurbishment and extenston of Bunesli village church Equipping kindergartens in Bunesti. Romania Direct projeci exFKnditure includes publication costs and supwrt for the children's oncologj. hospits]. Supplies and equipment for c1uj-Na￿ Oncology hospital Supplies and equipment for schools in Cluj and Transylvania Regions Th¢ Trust has supp)rted individuals {V Faragau (Goron)) engaged in Christian training and educaiion as sho￿1 in the accounts. No remuneraiion or exFenses were FAid to tnLStees for provision of their services as I￿5*e5. Refunds ￿eTe made of ￿vrnents made by trustees on behalf of the trusL for example in purchasing in furtherance of the objects of the trust.

RiverJide Trust Scortisb Charity liumber SC027125 Independent ExgmineP8 Report to the Trnstee8 of Riverside Tru8t I reFx)rt on tk xcounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2024 which are set out on pages I to 6. Respeetii't responJibililie8 of truste￿ & examintr The chaTity'% mistee% are re$r￿￿nsible for ihe prewtion Df Ihe accnunls in &¢nrdanee with the terni8 of the Charities and Trustee Inveqlnrnl (PKoiland) J)Oi Act and Charities Accounts I Scoilandl ReLwlations 2006. The charity trusices considLY thal the a￿11¢ Tequir¢Tnent of Regulation 10( I I Id) of tl Accounls Regulations dces not applv. 11 is mv restM)nsibilit)' to ¢xarnine the accounts &$ required under sechon 4411) {c) of the Ad a￿1 to stak whether inicular matters ha￿'e comc to m), allention. Bgsis of iDdepeDdent examiner's ststement My e.xamination is carrithl out in accordance with Regul&ion I l of the Charities Accounts (Scoiland) Regyulalions ?006. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kew bv Ihe charity and a cornpanson of ihe accounts esented with thosc tecords. li also includes consideration ofany unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeks explanaiions from the trU￿eeS n¢erning any such mallers. 'I'he pr(Kedu￿S undertaken do not provide all the evi(knce thal would ￿ required ift an audit. and consequently I do not express an audil opinion on the accounts. Indtpendeni examiner's s￿l¢m¢ni In the course of my Cxarnination. TKI maller ha5 comc io my alleniion.. l. whith wves m¢ [¢&w￿ble L3us¢ io ixliev¢ in any maierial respeci the rtyuirements . to k¢¢p counting r¢cwds in accotdanc¢ wilh s¢dion 44(1) (a) of th¢ ?(K)5 Act and R¢8ulation 4 of th¢ 20()6 Accounts Rc8ulalioms, and • to preparc accounts which accord with the accountins rccords and conwlj Mith Regulalion 9 of thc ?006 Accounts Rcguiation5 have not ixen Iirt or . to which, in opinion. attention should be drawn in order to enable a wop¢r und¢r8tanding of the a¢¢ounts lo be reached.