# BLACK COUNTRY ORTHODOX TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1082272
- **Other names:** BCOT, GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY OF THE MOTHER OF GOD
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Sept. 4, 2000
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1082272


## Contact

- **Address:** 1A Sun Street, WALSALL
- **Postcode:** WS1 4AL
- **Phone:** 01922633451
- **Email:** blackcountryorthodoxtrust@gmail.com
- **Website:** www.orthodoxwalsall.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FAITH AND TRADITIONS AS CONTAINED IN HOLY SCRIPTURE, AS PRACTISED IN THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH, AS CONFIRMED BY THE ECUMENICAL AND LOCAL COUNCILS AND AS INTERPRETED, PRESERVED AND TAUGHT BY THE GREAT CHURCH OF CHRIST, THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE OF CONSTANTINOPLE

**Activities:** Parish in Walsall, West Midlands, of the Orthodox Church in the Ecumenical Patriarchate under the Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Religious Activities, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Birmingham City
- Coventry City
- Dudley
- Sandwell
- Solihull
- Staffordshire
- Walsall
- Warwickshire
- Wolverhampton
- Worcestershire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £97724 | £80637 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £85009 | £76741 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £117717 | £145523 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £123261 | £95489 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £145487 | £172594 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Brandon Scott-Omenka** (Chair) — appointed Feb. 15, 2018
- CHRYSTELLA SERGI — appointed May 3, 2025
- Florin Mihaila — appointed Nov. 19, 2023
- Florina Alina Clewer — appointed July 17, 2016
- Gregory Wittwer — appointed July 1, 2018
- Irina Elena Rollins — appointed Dec. 11, 2022
- MARIANA MIHAELA ISPAS — appointed July 23, 2017
- Nicolas Georgiou — appointed May 3, 2025
- Ognyan Dachev — appointed Dec. 15, 2024
- Steven Rollins — appointed Nov. 19, 2023
- Tatiana Vasiliou — appointed Dec. 11, 2022