## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From** 1 Sept. 2023 **Period start date To** 31 Aug. 2024 **Period end date** **Charity name:** The Greek Orthodox Community of St Barbara the Great Martyr **Charity registration number:** 1144751 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To promote the Orthodox Christian faith, to
advance public education and to relieve
poverty, sickness and distress and to
provide facilities in the interest of social
welfare for recreation and leisure time
activities with the object of improving the
conditions of life for the inhabitants of the
county of Cheshire and its environs.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|In terms of public education, our Parish
offers Sunday school for children of various
ages and holds Catechism classes every
Wednesday evening, open to all.
Additionally, Fr. John Petkov, our priest-in-
charge, actively visits local schools to
promote awareness of the Christian values
from the Orthodox perspective. Heritage
Days are particularly successful, attracting
many non-Orthodox people eager to learn
about Orthodoxy.
To combat poverty, sickness, and distress,
our Parish supports the local West
Cheshire Food Bank and participates in a
mission to aid children living in zinc houses
in Sierra Leone, initiated by Alexios
Gennaris, with the blessing of Archbishop
Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain.
Supporting local families and parishioners
in distress is a priority and we have
extended our assistance to Ukrainian
families fleeing the war in Ukraine.
Our Parish fosters social welfare and
fellowship by offering coffee and cookies
after our Sunday Liturgy as well as
organising social gatherings at other
suitable venues. We also arrange
pilgrimages to Holywell and St. Plegmund’s
Well, providing further opportunities to
worship and bring our community together| |||in the spirit of brotherhood and love in
Christ.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees are aware of the Charity
Commission's guidance as outlined in the
“Advancement of Religion for the Public
Benefit” document and have had regard to
it in their administration of the charity.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|This section highlights our Parish's ongoing
commitment to spiritual growth in Christ our
Lord, as well as education, charity, and
community engagement. We look forward
to continuing these efforts in the coming
year.
Fr John Petkov continues his enthusiastic
ministry attracting people to the Parish,
who are baptised, and now attend the
Divine Liturgy on a regular basis. His work
on catechesis has been fostering a deeper
understanding of God and the Orthodox
faith, vital for the spiritual health of the
Parish.
Apart from the Holy Liturgy celebrated
every Sunday, our liturgical schedule
includes morning and evening week
services, to commemorate events in the life| of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Theotokos, and the many great Saints of our church, promoting further spiritual growth as our parishioners meet and worship together more frequently. Our safeguarding policy as well as our health and safety policy are reviewed annually every January to align with the latest Archdiocesan guidelines, ensuring the safety and well-being of our community members. Our annual pilgrimage to Holywell has been a great success, drawing Orthodox pilgrims from Cheshire, Wales, and beyond. The Parish also offers a bursary for parishioners to attend the Trisagion choir training school, helping them to improve their singing skills and enhance our liturgical music. ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: **----- Start of picture text -----**
Achievements against Para 1.41
objectives set
Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives Para 1.41
set
Investment performance Para 1.41
against objectives
Other
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## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Overall, initiating the use of SumUp card
payments has improved cashflow. Claiming
the gift aid refund for several years has
made a significant difference in turnover
this year, resulting in a surplus of
£13,110.55 compared to £7,784.30 in the| |---|---|---| |||previous year. However, no further
additions have been made to our NSI
savings account, so the Church’s financial
position broadly remains the same as last
year.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|According to our Constitution, Article 5vi,
any capital of the current administration is
to be placed in the bank in the name of the
Community, and is to be withdrawn to
cover the financial requirements of the
Community.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|NSI deposit account as of 31stAugust
2023: £37,540| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|We appeal to our parishioners to consider
making monthly contributions via standing
order to help stabilise our income and
reduce fluctuations.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|
Para 1.25|Deed of Trust and Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Our Constitution has been adopted and
voted at the First Clergy-Laity Conference
of the Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great
Britain, held in London, October 22nd -
24th 1964. It was amended at the Second
Clergy-Laity Conference of the
Archdiocese held in Glasgow, October
14th, 1966, and by the Third Clergy-Laity
Conference held in Birmingham, October
20th, 1968 and the Fourth Clergy-Laity
Conference held in Manchester, November
10th 1970.| |---|---|---| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|According to our Constitution, Article 5ii,
Trustees are elected by the Community
Board after consultation with the
Archdiocese, and their appointment is
confirmed by the General Assembly of the
Community members.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|The Greek Orthodox Community of Saint Barbara the Great
Martyr| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|The Orthodox Christian Parish of St Barbara| |Registered charity number|1144751| |Charity’s principal address|Overleigh Cemetery
Overleigh Road
Chester
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Archbishop Nikitas
Lioulias|||| ||Theodoros
Papadopoulos|Chairman||| ||Eirini Rakitzi|Secretary||| ||Lidia Critchley|Treasurer||| ||Adelina Traista|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**| |---|---|---| |**adviser**||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s)** ~~Cr~~ **Full name(s)** Theodoros Papadopoulos **Position (eg Secretary,** Chairman **Chair, etc) Date** 17th June 2024 **The Greek Orthodox Community of St Barbara the 1144751 Great Martyr** ## **Receipts and payments accounts For the period** 01/09/2023 **To from** ~~ee ee~~ 31/08/2024 **CC16a** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** ||**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 £**||**to the nearest £**| |**A1 Receipts**|||||||||| |**Donations, legacies andgrants**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |Collections and donations|**22,728**||**-**||**-**||**22,728**||**-**| |Regular Donations & Members'
subscriptions|**3,469**||**-**||**-**||**3,469**||**-**| |**Use of church**|**430**||**-**||**-**||**430**||**-**| |**Fundraising events**|**929**||**-**||**-**||**929**||**-**| |**Book stall**|**84**||**-**||**-**||**84**||**-**| |**Certificates**|**360**||**-**||**-**||**360**||**-**| |**Gift Aid Reclaimed**|**8,546**||**-**||**-**||**8,546**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_|||||||||| |_AR)_|**36,546**||**-**||**-**||**36,546**||**-**| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**NSI Interest**
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**-**
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**_Total receipts_ 36,546**
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**36,546**
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~~—————~~|||||||||| |**A3 Payments**|||||||||| |**Church activities**|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |ClergyPension Fund|**100**||**-**||**-**||**100**||**-**| |ClergyConference|**150**||**-**||**-**||**150**||**-**| |Candles and Books|**3,003**||**-**||**-**||**3,003**||| |Certificates Book|**666**||**-**||**-**||**666**||| |Donations|**1,550**||**-**||**-**||**1,550**||| |**Fr Pancratios's Expenses**|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |House Rent and allowance|**2,600**||**-**||**-**||**2,600**||**-**| |Telephone andpostage|**258**||**-**||**-**||**258**||**-**| |Car Expenses|**174**||**-**||**-**||**174**||**-**| |**Fr John's Expenses**|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |MonthlyExpenses|**5,400**||**-**||**-**||**5,400**||| |Invoices|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| |**Electricity**|**2,131**||**-**||**-**||**2,131**||| |**Building Fire Security**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| |**Smart Water Technology**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| |**Buiding Insurance**|**1,173**||**-**||**-**||**1,173**||| |**Thirtyoneeight Subscription**|**145**||**-**||**-**||**145**||| |**Zoom subscription**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| |**Miscellaneous Items**|**3,937**||**-**||**-**||**3,937**||| |**Chanting course and website**|**2,147**||**-**||**-**||**2,147**||**-**| _**Sub total**_ **[ 23,434 ] - - 23,434 -** **A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - -** _**Sub total**_ **[ - ] - - - -** ~~—~~ _**Total payments**_ ~~—————=~~ **23,434 - - 23,434 -** _**Net of receipts/(payments)**_ **13,112 - - 13,112 - A5 Transfers between funds - - - - - A6 Cash funds last year end - - - - -** _**Cash funds this year end**_ ~~SSS~~ **13,112 - - 13,112 -** CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 1 26/06/2025 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** ||||**Unrestricted**
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**funds**||**funds**| ||||**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**| |**B1 Cash funds**|**-**
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**asset belongs**
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**charity’s own use**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
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**Current value**
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Date of
approval
15th Jun. 2025
Print Name
Theodoros Papadopoulos
Signature
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**Details**
~~——=~~||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 26/06/2025 2 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR E￿LAND ANO WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner s Report Report to th• tru8t••8 The Greek Orth(xlox Conmnunty of Sainl Barbafa the Great Votyr On accounts for th• y••r 31 Aug. 2024 Charlty no (11 any) 1144751 S•t out on p•9•• I report to the trustees on My eyAminatK>n of t￿ xcounts of the ab(Ne charity (Ihe Trusf) for the year end￿1 J fl,,, Responslbllli•B and basis of raport As Ihe tharitvs trustees, you are resp￿81b￿ fix the prepwaw)n of aCC￿nts in accordance with the reqUi￿￿ntS of the char￿e9 Act 2011 I report in respect of my examination of the Trusfs aCC￿nts carried out under sectic￿ 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my exarnIrAtic￿, I have followed all the applicabk DirectK)ns gNen ty the Charity Cormiission under section 145(5Mb> of the ACL Independent I have completed my examinatDn. I confirm that no material matters tBve •xamino¢s statement come to my att￿tion in Connecti￿ with the examnatM)n vknich gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records were not kept in awdaKe ￿th sedion 130 of the Charities Act. or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records". or the accounts dNJ not compty wth the appI￿able wulr￿ts con￿MIr¥3 the form and content of accounts set ¢￿t in the Chartses (Accounts and Reports) Regulat￿n5 2(K18 other than any requirememt that the ac(x)unts gNe a 'tfue and fairf view ￿lch is not a conshJeraJ as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have con% xross no 0th8r mattws in connect with the examination to which attenlK•n should be drawn n this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reach&J. Dat•: Name: Li￿a Secr*r Relevant profe•slonal quallficatk)n(s) or body (If any): ACCA 5 FenwKk Rd. Great Sutton, Elle8Thfe Port CH66 4UE Oct 2018