NIGHTINGALES CHILDRENS PROJECT

Registered charity 1047698 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The relief of poverty, sickness and distress and to advance education and integration amongst children and young people in Cernavoda and the surrounding areas;The relief of poverty, sickness and distress amongst the disadvantaged families in Cernavoda and the surrounding areas by the provision of support and resources.

Objects

1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND INTEGRATION AMONGST CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN CERNAVODA AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS. 2) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONGST THE DISADVANTAGED FAMILIES IN CERNAVODA AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND RESOURCES.

Area of benefit: CONSTANTA, ROMANIA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Chelmsford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£116k

Latest spending

£109k

Registered

1995

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves totalled £173,386 at 31 March 2025, resulting in a surplus of income over expenditure of £42,835 for the year. The trustees note that the charity aims to maintain at least three years of reserves to ensure continuity of care, and the current position is described as 'well placed to fund our various projects over the coming years.'

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least 3 years of reserves (reserves figure: £173k)

“Nightingales’ aim is to keep its expenditure funded by donations to approximately £30,000 per annum and to have at least 3 years of reserves to ensure that it can continue to care for the individuals at Casa Fericirii and continue all other projects into the foreseeable future.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 6

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2021 (received 27/03/2022, 55 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

FRANK PHILLIPSchair
AS Wells
Chris Tonkiss
Emily Tonkiss
GAYNER A MORAN
GAYNER MORAN
Lee Anthony Moran
Patrick Robert Moran

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Romania

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£116k	£109k
31/03/2024	£65k	£49k
31/03/2023	£42k	£44k
31/03/2022	£55k	£36k
31/03/2021	£50k	£28k

Common questions

Is NIGHTINGALES CHILDRENS PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves totalled £173,386 at 31 March 2025, resulting in a surplus of income over expenditure of £42,835 for the year. The trustees note that the charity aims to maintain at least three years of reserves to ensure continuity of care, and the current position is described as 'well placed to fund our various projects over the coming years.' Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds NIGHTINGALES CHILDRENS PROJECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NIGHTINGALES CHILDRENS PROJECT as a grant recipient include THE TULA TRUST LIMITED, R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
THE TULA TRUST LIMITED	FY2023	£2k
R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£2k
R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£2k
THE TULA TRUST LIMITED	FY2021	£2k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION	2	£416k
ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	2	£125k
MOONDANCE FOUNDATION	2	£125k
THE BOLTINI TRUST	2	£74k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATION	2	£8k
THE OAKDALE TRUST	2	£6k
THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATION	1	£701k
THE APAX FOUNDATION	1	£443k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NIGHTINGALE HOUSE HOSPICE.

NIGHTINGALE HOUSE HOSPICE income £7.9m
THE CHILDREN'S FAMILY TRUST income £9.7m
CHILDREN CARE CENTRE income £231k
STREET CHILD income £22.3m
CHILD ACTION NORTHWEST income £8.0m
THE NIGHTINGALE CANCER SUPPORT CENTRE income £710k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NIGHTINGALES CHILDRENS PROJECT	£116k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NIGHTINGALE HOUSE HOSPICE FY2025	£7.9m	£90,001 - £100,000	—	above	—	no doubt
THE CHILDREN'S FAMILY TRUST FY2025	£9.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHILDREN CARE CENTRE FY2025	£231k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
STREET CHILD FY2025	£22.3m	—	12	within	—	no doubt
CHILD ACTION NORTHWEST FY2025	£8.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.