Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

ROMANIAN CRESTIN TRUST 

The trust works in three areas; 1) providing funding to poor families to relieve suffering and the effects of poverty in Barlad 2) provide funding to UK charity (RAKE 1055378) who fund a house for five young adults with learning difficulties known as the House of Roses in Barlad Romania 3) provide funding to Romanian NGO (Asociata Myosotis Romania) who run a day centre Casa Esme in Barlad Romania
Analysis by Giving is Great

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 27 years

johnamos233@gmail.com

01268779889

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£12£12£0n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/22£12£11£2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£13£14£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£13£17£-4n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£14£27£-14n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£25£25£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£27£10£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£11£11£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£10£14£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£10£8£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£10£12£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£12£10£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£10£10£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£10£18£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£12£11£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£12£12£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£23£11£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£10£11£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£10£9£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£13£12£1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Romania,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 2 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/06/1997, number: 1062964
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

23 SHERIDAN CLOSE
RAYLEIGH
SS6 8YR

Objectives

(1) TO RELIEVE POVERTY IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:THE PROVISION O MEDICINE, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, CLOTHING, FOOD SUPPLIES AND PROVIDING PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE TO IMPROVING THE LIVING CONDITIONS;THE PROMOTION AND SUPPORT OF SCHEMES WHERE PEOPLE IN NEED THROUGH ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES MAY RECEIVE TRAINING FOR EMPLOYMENT(2) THE PROCLAMATION OF THE CHRISTIAN GOSPEL BY MEANS OF PROVIDING CHRISTIAN LITERATURE AND PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF RELATIONS BY LEARNING AND SHARING EACH OTHERS TRADITIONS, HOPES, FEARS AND FAITH;(3) TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER ACTIVITY IN ROMANIA WHICH IS CHARITABLE UNDER ENGLISH LAW THROUGH THE PROVISION OF DONATIONS, FINANCIAL GRANTS, EQUIPMENT AND OTHER SUPPLIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ROMANIA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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