Reaching Romania
What it does
We support: elderly people with food, medicine and wood, a Christian Centre & Music School, 2 Children's Programmes, 3 Children's Homes, a Homeless Shelter, a Child Development Programme. a school project, disabled children plus individuals and families in need. We give practical, spiritual and financial help to poor families and act as an agent in sponsoring children.
Its charitable purposes
1. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND DISTRESS2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN ROMANIA3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH
Causes
- What it works on
- General charitable purposes
- Education and training
- Health and saving lives
- Disability
- Preventing or relieving poverty
- Overseas aid and famine relief
- Religious activities
- Arts, culture, heritage and science
- Recreation
- Other charitable purposes
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Older people
- Disabled people
- People of a particular ethnic or racial origin
- Other charities and voluntary bodies
- The general public
- How it works
- Makes grants to individuals
- Makes grants to organisations
- Provides other finance
- Provides staff or volunteers
- Provides services
- Provides advocacy, advice or information
- Other charitable activities
Where it works
- In Wales
- Powys
- Cardiff
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Neath Port Talbot
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Elsewhere
- Norfolk
- Romania
Area of benefit in its governing document: Romania
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £30,585 and spent £29,067.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £30,585 | £29,067 | Not reported | 2 |
| 31 March 2024 | £25,326 | £27,576 | Not reported | 2 |
| 31 March 2023 | £23,336 | £24,116 | Not reported | 2 |
| 31 March 2022 | £22,629 | £26,782 | Not reported | 3 |
| 31 March 2021 | £29,190 | £23,392 | Not reported | 6 |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Up 5%, from £29,190 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £30,585 in the year to 31 March 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 95% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | Not reported | Not reported |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
3 trustees run the charity.
- Christine Woods
- Emanuela Calinescu
- Irene Phillips
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 27 January 2026, 4 days early | Received 27 January 2026 |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 27 January 2025, 4 days early | Received 27 January 2025 |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 26 January 2024, 5 days early | Not required |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 25 January 2023, 6 days early | Not required |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | Received 27 January 2022, 4 days early | Received 27 January 2022 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1081605
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 17 July 2000
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 6 MAY 2000 AS AMENDED ON 28 JUNE 2000.
- Website
- www.reachingromania.com
- Council area of its contact address
- Powys
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.