# **REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1123005**
**Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements For The Year Ended 5th April 2025 for ST. MARY & ST ABANOUB COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH, WEST & NORTH YORKSHIRE**
**ST MARY & ST ABANOUB COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH, YORKSHIRE (2025) Annual report)**
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## **ST MARY & ST ABANOUB COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH, YORKSHIRE Contents of the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 5th April 2023**
## **C O N T E N T S**
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|CHARITY INFORMATION|3-4|
|TRUSTEES' REPORT|5-7|
|STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL||
|ACTIVITIES|8|
|BALANCE||
|SHEET|9|
|EXPENDITURE|10|
|NOTE||
|S|11|
## **ST MARY & ST ABANOUB COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH, YORKSHIRE (2025) Annual report)**
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## **ST MARY & ST ABANOUB COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH, YORKSHIRE Charity Information**
The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 1985, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 5th April 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities' issued in March 2005.
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Charity number** : **1123005**
**TRUSTEES**
His Grace Bishop Anthony 40 Kingston Drive Whitley Bay NE26 1JJ Mrs. Neveen Lewis 30 Lark Hill Crescent Ripon N Yorkshire HG4 2HN Dr George Abouda 15 Sykes close Swanland, North Ferriby HU14 3GD Mr. Magdy Attia West Winds, Ling Lane Scarcroft Leeds LS14 3HT Dr. Tamer Riad 40 Wentworth Avenue, Leeds LS17 7TN Mr.Sameh Sidhom
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12 Castle Hill Drive Harrogate HG2 9JJ **TREASURER** Mrs. Neveen Lewis **CHARITY NUMBER** 1123005 **BANKERS** HSBC 27 Market Place Malton North Yorkshire YO17 7LU
## **ST MARY & ST ABANOUB COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH, YORKSHIRE (2025) Annual report)**
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## **ST MARY & ST ABANOUB COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH, YORKSHIRE Trustees’ Report**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 5th APRIL 2025 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 05th April 2025** The trustees present their report and accounts for the period ended 5th April 2025
## **TRUSTEES**
The trustees named on page 1 have served throughout the period. Appointment of trustees is governed by the Church Constitution (Appendix 1) of the Charity. The Board of Trustees is authorised to appoint new trustees to fill vacancies arising through resignation or death of an existing trustee.
## **INVESTMENT POWERS**
The Church Constitution (Appendix 1) authorises the trustees to make and hold investments using the general funds of the charity.
## **CONSTITUTION, OBJECTS AND POLICIES**
The Charitable Trust is constituted by Church Constitution, and its objects are to provide worship for believers of the Coptic Orthodox Faith.
## **Objectives:**
The objects of the Church shall be advancing the religion of the Coptic Orthodox Church in West & North Yorkshire. In furtherance of the foregoing objectives, the Church shall have the following powers:
- 1 To provide and maintain places of public worship and the due performance of the Rites of prayers, liturgy, Baptism, Marriage & Burial according to the principles of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
- 2 To provide and maintain residences for priests
- 3 a. Power to collect donations and subscriptions (whether periodical or otherwise)
b. Power to issue appeals for donations and subscriptions in connections with the objectives of the Church.
- c. Power to accept donations and endowments on any special trust in Connection with the objectives of the Church.
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d. Power to do all such other things as shall further the attainment of the said objects or aims of the church.
The policy of the Charitable Trust to be the provision of additional finance in order that its objects stated above might be further achieved.
## **Objectives for the year:**
Our plans for the next financial year primarily include the continuing function of the church and its associated activities.
## **DEVELOPMENT, ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS**
- The trustees consider that the performance of the charity this period has been
- most satisfactory.
- The trust would not be able to provide such a wide service to our
- beneficiaries without the continued support of a large number of willing members.
- The Charity continues to provide the main objectives of providing and
- maintaining a place of worship, residence for the priest and the collection of memberships and donations as well as the running cost of maintaining the Church.
- A second Priest was appointed to the church during this financial year and the
- associated costs of this are reflected in the increased expenditure during this year compared with previous years.
- The Sunday School continues to flourish with new members joining
- during the year. An online presence as well as in-person meetings takes place.
- The weekly online prayer group for Primary and Secondary ages continued as
- normal
- The Ladies Group and Men’s Group still meet regularly online to pray and
- study the Bible together.
- The Youth Bible Study group and an Apologetics Group continued to meet
- virtually
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- We continued active fundraising to enable betterment of the church facilities to continue uninterrupted. The Trustees were satisfied with the progress of work by the end of the financial year.
- We continue to maintain the church grounds and graveyard through the assistance of a gardener who attend to the grounds regularly.
- Plans for expanding the car park are in place and the first phase has started.
- An agreement has been reached with our neighbour re-right of access.
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
The financial position of the charity is considered most satisfactory for its period of account. (Refer to Achievements and Accounts).
## **FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS**
The trustees are aware that car parking facilities require improvement. A plan to upgrade these was started during this financial year and will continue into the following financial year.
Ongoing care and maintenance of the listed building continued during this financial year and will continue into the following financial year.
## **APPROVAL**
This report was approved by the trustees on 19 January 2026 and signed on their behalf.
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**REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1123005**
## **The Annual Accounts for The Year Ended**
## **5th April 2025**
## **for ST. MARY & ST ABANOUB COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH,**
## **WEST & NORTH YORKSHIRE**
**ST MARY & ST ABANOUB COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH, YORKSHIRE (2025) Annual report**
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## **ST MARY & ST ABANOUB COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH, YORKSHIRE Contents of the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 5th April 2025**
|**C O N T E N T S**||
|---|---|
||Page|
|ANNUAL ACCOUNTS (Receipts & Payments)||
|CC16a Receipts & Payments Account|3-4|
|Statement of Assets & Liabilities|5|
|Notes to the Accounts|6|
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|**ST MARY AND ST ABANOUB**
**COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH**
**1123005**
**Receipts and Payments Accounts**
**Ref.: D13/1**
**From**
**06/04/2024**
**To**
**05/04/2025**
eines ~~—————~~
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES|**ST MARY AND ST ABANOUB**
**COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH**
**1123005**
**Receipts and Payments Accounts**
**Ref.: D13/1**
**From**
**06/04/2024**
**To**
**05/04/2025**
eines ~~—————~~
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES|**ST MARY AND ST ABANOUB**
**COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH**
**1123005**
**Receipts and Payments Accounts**
**Ref.: D13/1**
**From**
**06/04/2024**
**To**
**05/04/2025**
eines ~~—————~~
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES|**ST MARY AND ST ABANOUB**
**COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH**
**1123005**
**Receipts and Payments Accounts**
**Ref.: D13/1**
**From**
**06/04/2024**
**To**
**05/04/2025**
eines ~~—————~~
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES|**ST MARY AND ST ABANOUB**
**COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH**
**1123005**
**Receipts and Payments Accounts**
**Ref.: D13/1**
**From**
**06/04/2024**
**To**
**05/04/2025**
eines ~~—————~~
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES|**CC16a**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Section A Receipts and Payments**
~~a~~||||||
||**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**
**funds**|**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**|**Last year**|
||to the nearest £|to the nearest £|to the nearest £|to the nearest £|to the nearest £|
|**A1 Receipts**||||||
|Donations and Gifts|**91,714**|||**91,714**|**81,609**|
|HMRC Gift Aid Recovery|**22,371**|||**22,371**|**16,096**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**|
|**_Subtotal (Gross income for AR)_**|**114,085**|**-**|**-**|**114,085**|**97,705**|
|**A2 Asset and investment sales.**||||||
|Deposit Account Interest|**77**|||**77**|**16**|
|**_Subtotal_**|**77**|**-**|**-**|**77**|**16**|
|||||||
|**_Total Receipts_**|**114,162**|**-**|**-**|**114,162**|**97,721**|
|**A3 Payments**||||||
|Salaries and Employer NIC|**25,343**|||**25,343**|**6,046**|
|Pensions Cost|**237**|||**237**|**-**|
|Church Activities|**8,960**|||**8,960**|**2,579**|
|Clergy Living Expenses|**24,605**|||**24,605**|**20,350**|
|Motor and Travelling Expenses|**5,370**|||**5,370**|**1,031**|
|Premises Insurance|**6,353**|||**6,353**|**5,384**|
|Light & Heat (Electricity & Gas)|**16,663**|||**16,663**|**15,691**|
|Water & Council Tax|**6,759**|||**6,759**|**4,271**|
|Gardening & Cleaning Services|**1,787**|||**1,787**|**1,385**|
|Premises Maintenance, Repairs &||||||
|Renewals|**13,668**|||**13,668**|**16,710**|
**ST MARY & ST ABANOUB COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH, YORKSHIRE (2025) Annual report**
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|Legal & Professional Fees
**918**
**918**
**-**
Telephone & Internet
**690**
**690**
**744**
Bank Charges
**298**
**298**
**79**
**_Subtotal_**
**111,651**
**-**
**-**
**111,651**
**74,270**
~~eS~~|Legal & Professional Fees
**918**
**918**
**-**
Telephone & Internet
**690**
**690**
**744**
Bank Charges
**298**
**298**
**79**
**_Subtotal_**
**111,651**
**-**
**-**
**111,651**
**74,270**
~~eS~~|Legal & Professional Fees
**918**
**918**
**-**
Telephone & Internet
**690**
**690**
**744**
Bank Charges
**298**
**298**
**79**
**_Subtotal_**
**111,651**
**-**
**-**
**111,651**
**74,270**
~~eS~~|Legal & Professional Fees
**918**
**918**
**-**
Telephone & Internet
**690**
**690**
**744**
Bank Charges
**298**
**298**
**79**
**_Subtotal_**
**111,651**
**-**
**-**
**111,651**
**74,270**
~~eS~~|Legal & Professional Fees
**918**
**918**
**-**
Telephone & Internet
**690**
**690**
**744**
Bank Charges
**298**
**298**
**79**
**_Subtotal_**
**111,651**
**-**
**-**
**111,651**
**74,270**
~~eS~~|Legal & Professional Fees
**918**
**918**
**-**
Telephone & Internet
**690**
**690**
**744**
Bank Charges
**298**
**298**
**79**
**_Subtotal_**
**111,651**
**-**
**-**
**111,651**
**74,270**
~~eS~~|Legal & Professional Fees
**918**
**918**
**-**
Telephone & Internet
**690**
**690**
**744**
Bank Charges
**298**
**298**
**79**
**_Subtotal_**
**111,651**
**-**
**-**
**111,651**
**74,270**
~~eS~~|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A4 Asset and investment purchases.**
**_Subtotal_**
**_Total Payments_**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**111,651**
**-**
**-**
**111,651**
**74,270**
~~————~~||||||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**||**2,511**|**-**|**-**|**2,511**|**23,451**|
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|||||**-**|**-**|
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**||**49,435**|||**49,435**|**25,984**|
|**_Cash funds this year end_**||**51,946**|**-**|**-**|**51,946**|**49,435**|
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## **Section B Statement of Assets and Liabilities at the end of the year**
|**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s**
**own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**Signed by one or two trustees on**
**behalf of all the trustees **|**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
to nearest £
to nearest £|**Endowment**
**funds**
to nearest £|
|---|---|---|---|
||Cash At Banks|**51,946**|**-**|
||Cash In Hand|**-**|**-**|
||**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
**Details**|
**51,946**
**-**|**-**|
|||OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
to nearest £
to nearest £|OK
**Endowment**
**funds**
to nearest £|
||Gift Aid
Outstanding|**76,000**
**-**|**-**|
||**Details**|**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Cost (optional)**|**Current value (optional)**|
|||**-**
**-**|**-**|
||**Details**|**Fund to which asset belongs**||
||**Church & The Hall**|**285,960**||
||**Motor & Vehicle**|**1**||
||**_Total Assets (B4)_**
**Details**|**285,961**
**-**|**-**|
|||**Fund to which liability**
**relates**
**Amount due (optional)**|**When due (optional)**|
|||**-**
**-**||
||**Signature**|**Print Name**|**Date**|
||Neveen Lewis|**Mrs. Neveen Lewis**||
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## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **BASIS OF PREPARATION**
These accounts have been prepared on the Receipts and Payments basis as permitted for smaller charities under section 133 of the Charities Act 2011. The statements include only the cash transactions during the financial year, and the cash balances held at the beginning and end of the year. No adjustments have been made for accruals, prepayments, depreciation, or other non-cash items.
## **ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
- **Basis of accounting**
The charity prepares its financial statements on the Receipts and Payments basis. Only cash received and cash paid during the year are included.
- **Fund accounting**
The charity holds:
- **Unrestricted funds** , which may be used at the trustees’ discretion for the general purposes of the charity.
- **Restricted funds** , which must be used in accordance with the donor’s instructions. No restricted or endowment funds were held during the year.
- **Fixed assets**
As the charity prepares Receipts and Payments Accounts, fixed assets are not capitalised. The church building, hall and vehicle are shown in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities at their historic values for information only.
- **Gift Aid**
Gift Aid income is recorded when received. Any outstanding Gift Aid claims at year-end are disclosed as “Other monetary assets”.
- **Volunteer contributions**
The value of volunteer time is not included in the accounts.
- **Grants and donations**
All donations and grants are recorded when received.
- **Payments**
Payments are recorded when made. This includes salaries, clergy expenses, utilities, maintenance, and other operating costs.
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## **REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES AND MEMBERS OF ST MARY AND ST ABANOUB COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH (CHARITY NO. 1123005) ON THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5[th] APRIL 2025.**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the **St Mary and St Abanoub Coptic Orthodox Church** For the year ended **5[th] April 2025.**
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
As the charity trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). The trustees consider that an audit is not required for the year ended **5[th] April 2025** , under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 and that an independent examination is required.
## **It is my responsibility to:**
- examine the accounts under Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011
- to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act 2011); and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of the independent examiner's report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts provide a 'true and fair view' and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statements below.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the requirements:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act 2011; and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Act have not been met; or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
## **Macara Accountancy Ltd**
Name: Ezzat Melek Ebrahim Yacoup – **FCCA -** Company Director
Address: Flat 5 Margarets Court, Ilkley, LS298DY
Date: **15/01/2026**