2022-03-31-accounts - Diocese Of The Indian Orthodox Church UK, Europe And Africa

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	Trustee name		ONce (ifany)	Name to a	ofperson (orbody) entitled oint trustee ifan
	Rt.Rev.Dr.Mathews		Chair	Synod of Indian	Orthodox
	MarThimothios	C		Church
	Rev. Fr. Happy Jacob		Trustee	Diocesan Assembly
	Rev Fr Mathews		Trustee	Diocesan Assembly
	Kunakose
4	Rev. Fr Eldo Varghese		Trustee	Diocesan Assembly
	Mr.Soji T		Trustee	Diocesan Assembly
	Math ew
	Mr. Tibu		Trustee	Nominated
	Thankachan
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	Names ofthe trustees for	the charity, ifany, (forexample, any custodian trustees)	the charity, ifany, (forexample, any custodian trustees)
	Name	Dates acted ifnot	for whole ear
Names and addresses ofadvisers (Optional information)
T	ofadviser Name	Address
Name ofchief executive or natnes ofsenior staff members (Optional information)
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Description ofthe charity's trusts
	Type ofgoverning document	Constitution
	(ag trust deed, constitution)
	How the charity is constituted	Association
	association, company)
	Trustee selection methods	All the trustees except the President is elected from the Diocesan General Assembly of Indian Orthodox Church
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:		The Indian Orthodox Church, also known as the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church is an Autocephalous Oriental Orthodox Church with its central office in the Indian state ofKerala. The IOC is autonomous church and headed by the Catholicose. Its present primate is Baselios Mar
~	policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training oftrustees;	Thoma Mathews III, Catholicose of Orthodox Church is also episcopal African Diocese are currently under Dr. Mathews Mar Thimothios, who	ths East. The structure of Indian polity. Churches in UK, Europe and pastoral care ofthe diocesan bishop. is the chairperson ofthe charity.
~	the charity's organisational	Trustees are the diocesan council members. The trustees		meet at least
	structure and any wider network with which the charity works;	three times a year. Risks are mitigated by a careful evaluation and budgeting ofthe income and expenditure at the start ofthe financial year. Misuse offunds is
~	relationship with any related parties;	safeguarded by strict adherence to trustees.	the rules and regulations		by all	the
~	trustees' consideration of
	major risks and the system
	and procedures to manage
	them.
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					The Charity's objects are to provide forthe following ofthe doctrines and
					beliefs ofthe Indian Orthodox religion and to provide and maintain places
					ofworship and devotion for the Indian Orthodox community in United-
					Kingdom, Ireland and elsewhere in the World and for instruction in the
					faith ofthe Church, in its tradition, history, in accordance with the
					Apostolic and ancient traditions ofthe Indian Orthodox Church propagate
Summary ofthe objects charity set out in its governing document				ofthe	Christianity in accordance with the objectives and tenets ofthe Indian Orthodox Church, to provide for religious, educational and cultural activities ofspecial groups like women, youth and children and to promote and carry out service activities forthe benefit ofthe wider
					community and society.
					Our Diocese is spread across three continents and in eight
					countries/five visa zones. 31 priests and three deacons are serving 53
					parishes/congregations as the Vicar/Priest-in-Charge. We have an
					approximate number of2850 of registered families all together. We
					have nine own worshi laces in the UK.
					The trustees of DIOCEUK have considered the commission's guidance
					on public benefit in planning diocesan activities forthe advancement of
					religion. The charity enables ordinary people to live out their faith as part
					ofthe Indian Orthodox Church, through the Holy Eucharist, learning about the Gospel and developing their knowledge and trust in Jesus
					Christ.
					Pastoral care is an integral part ofthe whole ministry ofthe Church.
					Having a great variety ofexpressions, itfocuses appropriately on the
					needs of individuals and social groups within the Church and wider
					community, irrespective of religious and cultural barriers.
					It is good thing to notice that the migration ofhealth workers to Europe
					are in the rise. We should not leave any space for any ofour members
					are lost in the crowd or get neglected from our radar. It is our collective
Summary	ofthe main				responsibility to find them provide support to settle down and to make
activities undertaken			for	the	part ofour community and retain them in true faith and tradition.
public benefit in relation				to	The professional student community presently living in European
these objects (include			within		countries such as Bulgaria, Romania, Paris, Lituania, Poland and
this section		the statutory			other parts of Europe are inevitable part ofour diocese. Our Diocesan
declaration		that trustees		have	Metropolitan have been giving special care to our children and our
had regard		to the guidance			clergies and lay leaders are doing their best to spiritually support them
issued by the Charity Commission on public					and embrace them in whatever way possible.
benefit)					Annual general body meeting was held on 02 October 2022 on Zoom
					Platform. Detailed Minutes ofthe Meeting is presented in this meeting
					for approval. It is overwhelming to see that the attendance to the general
					body meetings are improving and the attendees are very diligent and
					enthusiastic in constructive discussions and many valuable suggestions
					are made in these meetings.
					Thank Almighty God that all the spiritual organisations in our diocese are
					functioning efficiently. The main objective and mission ofour Church isto
					mould and nurture better people for the Kingdom of God. The spiritual
					organisations are indeed the tool and platform towards this
					accomplishment. youthS MGOCSM, MOMS, OSSAE, Sports and
					Cultural forum, Pre-Marital Counselling and Maitri Charity project have
					been making exceptional progression during the reporting year.

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						Unrestricted			Restricted		Endowment
	Categories		Details			funds				funds	funds
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Bt Cash	funds									100212
				Totalcash funds			4,158			108%2
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						Unrestricted			Restricted		Endowment
						funds				funds	funds
			Details			toaaarasl		5	to	hssrsst a	lo hssmst 5
B2Other	monetary assets
			Details			Fund asset	to which baton		Cost iopeonal)		Current value o ional
B3Investment		assets
			Details			Fund assat	towhich botch		0 i i Cost (optional)		Co nant valse o anal
B4Amets retained for the			olocasah	Center, Malankara	Hopes,35				830r,agg
charity'8	own	use	Hsnmanns	Cross,awihdoh, BN25 4ZW
						Fund	to which		Amount dus		When dos
			Details			liabili	mlalas			o iohal	O chal
BSLiabilities			Mortgage	to HBBCBank						150.488
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees				Signature				Paint	Name		Date of a val
							TIBU THANKACHAN
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accounts(	S)										25/01/2023