ST. MARY’S JACOBITE SYRIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH MANCHESTER
(Under the Holy Apostolic See of Antioch & All the East)
ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 1st April 2021 to 31st March 2022
UK Charity Registration No.1126394
ST. MARY’S JACOBITE SYRIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH MANCHESTER
Annual Report 2021-2022
The annual report of the St. Mary’s Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church Manchester covers the period from April 1st 2021 to March 31st 2022.
THE ANNUAL GENERAL BODY MEETING2021
The Annual General Body Meeting (AGM) at St. Mary’s Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, Manchester was held after the Holy Mass on Sunday the 25[th] April 2022at St. Francis Church, Sale Moor. The meeting was chaired by the Vicar Rev Fr. Geevarghese Thandayath. In the meeting, Annual Report of 2020-2021 was presented by Secretary Bijoy Alias and approved with a unanimous vote. The statement of income and expenditure along with audit report meetings from the year 2019 to 2020, 2020 to 2021 was presented by church treasure Ashen Paul and approved by the general body. Church renovation plan and quotation were also approved by the general body. The registration for the new CIO and the old charity registration was also decided to continue for the time being to make the transition easier. Managing committee was convened 9 times over the year to discuss and took various decisions required for the administration of the church. We thank all the committee members for their support. New managing committee members were chosen for the next two years.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Rev. Fr. Geevarghese Thandayath
Mr. Jacob Koshy, Mr. Bijoy Alias, Mr. Eldo Peringattel Kuriakose, Mr. SajuPappachan, Mrs Sindhu Saju, Mr Jobin George, Mr Binu Skariah, Mr Smithmon Mathappan, Mr Shaji Joseph, Mr Ashen Paul, Dr Sabu Abraham, Mr. Kernal Eapen
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Vicar & President : Rev. Fr. Geevarghese Thandayath Secretary : Mr. Bijoy Alias Treasurer : Mr. Eldo Peringattel Kuriakose Communication address : 39 Tottenham drive, Manchester, M23 9WH Charity number : 1126394 Bankers : HSBC Bank Plc, 203 Wilmslow Road, Rusholme Manchester M14 5BE Worship place : St. Francis Church, Budworth Road, S ale Moor, M33 2RP
MANAGING COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND SPECIAL GENERAL BODY
We convened nice managing committee meetings during the year 2021/22 to discuss and decide on various matters raised during this term.
A special general body meeting was convened on 2022 February 24th and a permission was given for mortgage application to generate funds to church construction. Responsibility for planning the second stage construction was given to building committee and church committee.
GENERAL ACTIVITIES OF THE CHURCH
REGULAR HOLY MASS
Regular Holy Mass and other special services on feast days were celebrated 2[nd] and 4[th] Sunday of every month. Morning prayers start at 9:30 am and the Holy Qurbana start at 10.30 am. Around 200 people including children regularly attend these gatherings. The service is open to all people irrespective of their membership in the parish.
ANNUAL CHURCH FEATS AND PARISH DAY:
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We celebrated our annual feast on 8[th] and 9[th] January 2022 with our vicar Rev. Fr. Geevarghese Thandayath and Rev. Fr. Eldho Rajan. I like to express sincere thanks to all who came along and participated the Holy Qurbana and other celebrations.
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM:
This year’s Christmas Carol was lead by Binu Skariah and Eldho Peringattel on 11, 12, 18[th] and 19[th] December 2021. On 24[th] evening, Holy Mass and special Christmas worship were conducted at St. Francis Church, Sale. We thank everyone who welcomed Christmas Carol party at their homes and participated in these celebrations.
ACTIVITIES OF SPIRITUAL ORGANISATIONS:
Sunday school: As previous years, Sunday school classes were conducted regularly after the Holy Mass for classes 1-10. Mr. Kernal Eapen is continuing to serve as the headmaster with Mrs. Susan Eldhose is acting as assistant head teacher. Vacation bible school (VBS) also was organised in November 2021 which was a grand success. We conducted a competition (‘Balakalolsavam’-Children’s festival) of various events for Sunday school children on December 2021 and the winners were gone ahead to participate in the North of England regional Sunday school festival in Leeds. Thank you for all parents and Sunday school teachers who prepare the children to take part in those events and made it a success. Sunday School Children also collected £1640 through charity box kept at their own home and donated for charity activities.
Martha Mariam Samajam (Woman’s Prayer Group): The Woman’s Prayer group of the church meet twice every month under the leadership of Mrs. Sindhu Saju. Their activities include prayer, singing devotional songs,
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Bible readings, conducting Bible quiz, chain prayer, Bible presentations and classes. A harvest fest was organised by women’s group and collected £1283 for charity purpose.
CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
We have received requests for financial assistance from Ashish P (£1650), Fr Elias, Fr James Joy (£100 each).The church managing committee approved support for these brothers and their families. We also collected food products for Barnabas Aid program (food.give) and cloths for Ukraine war victims. Sunday school children also collected for chocolate box for local charity.
CHURCH RENOVATION UPDATE
We have completed first stage of our construction of our new church at Bolton. The expenditure for first stage was £178426.00 we have now approved second stage and working towards the fund raising for the capital expenditure costs. We have received £25000.00 from Barnabas Aid as gift donation for renovation costs, £2000 from John Booth foundation, £5750 from All Church Trust for church renovation. We are eternally thankful for the generous contributions from these charities, without which we would not have been made a progress in the church renovation. We thank Sabu Abraham and Nohan Alias for taking the lead for the grant applications.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
During 2021 – 2022 the total income from various resources was £117686.20. Expenditure £202081.26. We have in total balance of £5091.86, including the sums forwarded from previous years.
CONCLUSION
I take this opportunity to thank our Patriarchal Vicar His Grace Anthemos Mathews, Vicar Rev. Fr. Geevarghese Thandayath, Rev. Fr. Eldhose
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Vattaparambil and other visiting priests, board of trustees, parish members and all well-wishers of the church. We are sincerely hoping for your continued support in the coming years.
On behalf of 2021-2022 Board of Trustees.
Bijoy Alias
Secretary
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| Charity Name ST MARY'S JACOBITE SYRIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH MANCHESTER |
Charity Name ST MARY'S JACOBITE SYRIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH MANCHESTER |
Charity Name ST MARY'S JACOBITE SYRIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH MANCHESTER |
No (if any) 1126394 |
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| Receipts andpayments accounts | |||||
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01/04/2021 Period start date |
To | Period end date 31/03/2022 |
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| Section A Receipts and payments | |||||
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
Total funds to the nearest £ |
Last year to the nearest £ |
| SUBSCRIPTIONS | 11,450 | - | - | 11,450 | 8,875 |
| OFFERINGS | 9,063 | - | - | 9,063 | 186 |
| DONATIONS | 13,633 | - | - | 13,633 | 4,247 |
| INTEREST RECEIVED | 3 | - | - | 3 | 24 |
| BUILDING FUND | 20,925 | - | - | 20,925 | 1,000 |
| GIFT AID | 10,463 | - | - | 10,463 | 11,581 |
| DONATIONS OTHER | 32,900 | - | - | 32,900 | - |
| PARISHDAY | 1,055 | - | - | 1,055 | - |
| PASSION WEEK | 575 | - | - | 575 | - |
| PERUNNAL SHARE | 600 | - | - | 600 | - |
| SPECIAL QURBANO | 1,310 | - | - | 1,310 | - |
| CHRISTMAS DONATIONS | 2,786 | - | - | 2,786 | - |
| CHARITY BOX | 1,640 | - | - | 1,640 | - |
| VANITHA SAMAJAM | 1,283 | - | - | 1,283 | - |
| SOUVENIR | 10,000 | - | - | 10,000 | - |
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) | 117,686 | - | - | 117,686 | 25,913 |
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Sub total Total receipts |
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| 117,686 | - | - | 117,686 | 25,913 | |
| A3 Payments | |||||
| FOOD EXPENCE | 6,488 | - | - | 6,488 | - |
| ALLOWANCE TO PRIEST | 6,670 | - | - | 6,670 | 1,600 |
| RENT | 2,245 | - | - | 2,245 | 120 |
| CHRISTMAS EXPENSE | 575 | - | - | 575 | 475 |
| MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE | 426 | - | - | 426 | - |
| CHARITY DONATION | 1,800 | - | - | 1,800 | 1,200 |
| MSOC COUNCIL | 3,000 | - | - | 3,000 | 2,500 |
| TRAVELLING EXPENSE | 540 | - | - | 540 | - |
| PRINTING AND STATIONARY | 70 | - | - | 70 | - |
| NEW CHURCH WORKS | 133,629 | 44,797 | - | 178,426 | 11,587 |
| ELECTRICITY | 276 | - | - | 276 | 293 |
| BANK CHARGES | 65 | - | - | 65 | - |
| JSCC Puthencruze | 1,500 | - | - | 1,500 | - |
| **Sub total ** | 157,284 | 44,797 | - | 202,081 | 17,775 |
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| **Sub total ** | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 157,284 | 44,797 | - | 202,081 | 17,775 | |
| - 39,599 | - 44,797 | - | - 84,396 | 8,138 | |
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| 44,446 | 45,040 | - | 89,486 | 81,348 | |
| 4,847 | 243 | 5,090 | 89,486 |
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B1 Cash funds |
Details | Unrestricted funds to nearest £ |
Restricted funds to nearest £ |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| HSBC CURRENT AC | 3,721 | - | - | |
| HSBC SAVINGS AC | - | 243 | - | |
| CASH BALANCE | 1,126 | - | - | |
| Total cash funds | 4,847 | 243 | - | |
| Details (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
OK | OK | OK | |
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Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Print Name | Date of approval | |||
| Kernal Epen | 05/01/2023 |
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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Charlty Name ST MARY'S JACOBITE SYRIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH MANCHESTER On accounts for the year ended 31 Mar¢h 2022 Charity no lif any) 1126394 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity I the Trusl'l for the year ended 31 March 2021 As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {"Ihe Act") Responsibilities and basis of report I report in respect of my examination of the Trusl's accounls carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examinalion, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)Ib) of the Act. Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examinerfs statement come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me ause to believe that in, any material respect.. the accounting records were not kept in accordance with seclion 130 of the Charities Act., or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records,. or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts sel out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examinalion. I have no COnrn$ and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn In this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Date: 05 January 2023 Name: Seejo Tony Relevant professional qualificationls) or body (if any).. AFA Address: 58 Highbury Grove Portsmouth P06 2RS IER Oct 2018
Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of Gharity accounts.. directions and guidan for examiners). Give here brief detsils of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018