CHILDREN FOR CHRIST

Registered charity 1099276 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COPII PENTRU CRISTOS

FUND RAISING BY APPEALS TO SUPPORT WORK OF SPECIFIC RELATED CHILDREN'S CHARITY OPERATING IN ROMANIA.COORDINATING TEAMS OF VOLUNTEERS VISITING THE RELATED CHARITY IN ROMANIA TO UNDERTAKE MAINTENANCE AND OTHER PROJECT WORK.

Objects

A) TO ADVANCE THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OF CHILDREN (AND, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, CHILDREN IN ROMANIA) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINE AND PRINCIPLES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, INCLUDING BY MEANS OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS AND BIBLE CLUBS AND OTHERWISE;B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION (INCLUDING THE SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF CHILDREN (AND, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, CHILDREN IN ROMANIA);C) TO RELIEVE CHILDREN (AND, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, CHILDREN IN ROMANIA) WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM ILLNESS, DISEASE OR DISABILITY; ANDD) TO ADVANCE SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN (AND, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, CHILDREN IN ROMANIA) AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL SEE FIT.

Area of benefit: IN PARTICULAR, 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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Portsmouth, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£17k
Latest spending
£18k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that net assets decreased from £16,567.53 to £10,437.06 during the year, driven by significant donations sent to Romania (£27,000) which exceeded total income of £25,321.23. The trustees note that income is very dependent on individual efforts and expected to fluctuate significantly, yet they maintain sufficient funds to cover six months' worth of agreed annual donations (£7,000).

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months’ donations of the agreed annual donations which are presently £7,000 (reserves figure: £10k)
“endeavour to maintain sufficient funds to cover donations to the overseas work equivalent to six months’ donations of the agreed annual donations which are presently £7,000.” — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 5

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Romania

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£17k£18k
31/12/2024£25k£31k
31/12/2023£29k£18k
31/12/2022£18k£16k
31/12/2021£37k£37k

Common questions

Is CHILDREN FOR CHRIST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that net assets decreased from £16,567.53 to £10,437.06 during the year, driven by significant donations sent to Romania (£27,000) which exceeded total income of £25,321.23. The trustees note that income is very dependent on individual efforts and expected to fluctuate significantly, yet they maintain sufficient funds to cover six months' worth of agreed annual donations (£7,000). Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with REACHING ROMANIA.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHILDREN FOR CHRIST£17k—0unclear—no doubt
REACHING ROMANIA FY2025£31k—0unclear—no doubt
ROMANIAN MINISTRIES FY2025£271k——unclear—no doubt
CHRIST FOR THE WORLD FY2025£422k£41,1600unclear—no doubt
THE WORLD CHILDREN'S FUND FY2026£927k——unclear—no doubt
CHILDS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£330k—0unclear—no doubt

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