THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE INTERCESSION OF THE HOLY VIRGIN 64 Clarence Road, Manchester M13 0YE Registered Charity no. 1118331 ## **TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT** ## **YEAR ENDING 13.09.2025** The past twelve months have been busy and rewarding ones for our parish. The Divine Liturgy has been celebrated on most Sundays and most major feasts, and this year we have also started serving Vespers on Saturday evenings. Attendance has grown steadily throughout the year: we have welcomed new parishioners, celebrated a rising number of baptisms, and watched more volunteers step forward to help with every aspect of parish life. Among those who have found a home with us are refugees from Ukraine, who continue to seek support and refuge within our community. It remains a privilege to offer them practical help alongside peace, comfort, and a genuine sense of belonging. A particular milestone this year was the successful completion of the parish kitchen refurbishment. The new kitchen allows us to cater for all our parishioners after the services, and it has already transformed our feasts, celebrations, and the weekly fellowship of sharing a meal together. Our Sunday school, which gently introduces the younger generation to the Orthodox Christian faith, has gone from strength to strength. A newly purchased digital whiteboard has made lessons far more interactive for the children, while the installation of a microphone and speaker system means that participants can now hear the service taking place downstairs in the background, so worship is never far from their learning. Pilgrimage remains a much-loved part of our common life. Once again we travelled across England and Wales in growing numbers, honouring British saints including Saint Seiriol of Penmon, Saint John of Beverley, and Saint Winifred. Our mission is unchanged: to support those most in need. As in every year, we funded visits to the St Seraphim summer camps for children from low-income families, and we intend to widen this support in the years ahead. None of this would be possible without our devoted and hard-working priest, whose care and commitment are felt by all, or without the generosity of our parishioners. It brings the trustees great joy to see the community gathering in ever greater numbers each Sunday in worship, faith, and fellowship. **THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE 1118331 INTERCESSION OF THE HOLY VIRGIN** ## **Receipts and payments accounts** ## **CC16a** |**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
9/14/2024|**To**
|Period end date
9/13/2025| |---|---|---|---| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**
COLLECTIONS
**27,622**
CANDLES
**5,295**
BANK INTEREST
**728**
CHURCH SHOP
**1,799**
DONATIONS
**45,971**
BAPTISM
SUBS
**18**
SOCIAL FUND
**81,433**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 81,433**
**A3 Payments**
ALTAR AND CANDLES
**1,029**
HEAT AND LIGHT
**5,115**
PHONE AND INTERNET
**577**
DEANERY
**7,800**
CLERGY EXPENSES
**1,058**
REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE
**10,349**
FEAST EXPENSES
**811**
OFFICE AND OTHER COSTS
**16,536**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 43,275**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 43,275**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 38,159**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
119,065
**_Cash funds this year end_ 157,224**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**27,622**
**5,295**
**728**
**1,799**
**45,971**
**-**
**18**
**-**
**81,433**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**81,433**
**1,029**
**5,115**
**577**
**7,800**
**1,058**
**10,349**
**811**
**16,536**
**-**
**43,275**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**43,275**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**27,622**||**21,161**| ||||**5,295**||**5,256**| ||||**728**||**732**| ||||**1,799**||**1,635**| ||||**45,971**||**3,862**| ||||**-**||**610**| ||||**18**||**18**| ||||**-**||**1,208**| ||||**81,433**||**34,481**| ||||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||| ||||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**| ||||||| |||**-**|**81,433**||**34,481**| ||||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**1,029**||**78**| ||||**5,115**||**2,970**| ||||**577**||**457**| ||||**7,800**||**6,500**| ||||**1,058**||**1,033**| ||||**10,349**||**133**| ||||**811**||**2,156**| ||||**16,536**||**5,769**| ||||**-**||**-**| ||||**43,275**||**19,097**| ||||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||| ||||**-**||| ||||**-**||**-**| ||||||| |||**-**|**43,275**||**19,097**| ||||||| ||||**38,159 #**|**#**|**15,384**| ||||||| ||||||**103,681**| ||||||**119,065**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Current account
Savings account
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**58,670**
**-**
**98,553**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**157,224**
**-**
OK
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| ||||| ||||| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusleesl member6 of The Russia Orthodox Church of The Holy Vlrgin On accounts for the year onded 13th September 2025 Charity no {if any) 1118331 Sal out on pages 1 to2 I report to the Iruste8s on my exarnlnation of the accounts of the above charity {"the Trust") for the year ended 13th September 2025 As the charlty'8 trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {"the Act"), R8spon$ibilitles and ba8ls of roport I r8POrt in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carrled out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examinatlon, I have followed all the applicable Dlrections glven by the Charity Commisslon under sectlon 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no m8terlal matters have examlner's statement come to my attention In connectlon wlth the exarninalion (other than that disclosed below ') which gives me cause to believe Ihal in, any rnalerlal respe¢l'. the accountlng records were not kept in accordance with sectlon 130 of the Charities Act., or the accounts dld not accord with the aceoun15ng r@cords', or the accounts did not comply with Ihe applicable requirements concernlng the form and content of accounts set out in the Charltles (Accounts and Reports) Regulatlons 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair, vlew which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no COn￿rnS and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which altenlion should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper und8rslanding of Ihe accounts to be reached. Signed: Date: 31712026 Namè: Nicholas G. Stark Relevant professional qualification{s) or body (if any): F&llow of the Association of Charlered Certified Accountants. Address: 27 Holtnwo¢xl Gardens, Formby, Liverpool L37 1 NH IER Oct 2018 Section B Disclosure . Only cornplete if the examinef needs lo highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018