2024-12-31-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 06/04/2024 To: 05/04/2025

Charity name:

THE GEORGIAN APOSTOLIC AUTOCEPHALOUS ORTHODOX CHURCH IN GREAT BRITAIN

Charity registration number: 1162145

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	Provide places of worship, raise awareness of religious beliefs and practces. Carry out religious devotonal acts, carry out missionary and outreach work, employee people, organise events.
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	Conducted multple services of religious nature throughout the year, including liturgy, baptsm, funeral, prayers.

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	SORP reference
Contribution made by volunteers	Para 1.38	Charity is part-funded by donatons from parish members
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	Provided a place of worship to our congregaton and conducted regular liturgy services in London for our local parish.

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	Charity had income of £30,623, and spending of £12,005
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves statingwhytheyare held	Para 1.22	Reserves are held as cash for church building maintenance and charitable actvites
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	£26,000

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The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47	Charity operates largely on donatons from its parish members. Funds are used to cover utlity bills, service expenses and providing parish meals shared by everyone afer each Sunday liturgy. Charity also rent its elevated space to Telecommunicaton mast
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46	To increase the parish membership and provide space for parish members and local community
Other

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25	Consttuton
How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO)	Para 1.25	Trust
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	Votng at a trustee meetng

Reference and Administrative details

Charity’s principal address	Church of the Good Shepherd Rookwood Road London N16 6SS

1 2 3 4	Trustee name	Office (if any)
	Mr German Shanidze	Chair
	Ms Nana Sarajishvili	Secretary
	Mr George Saladze
	Mr Besarion Gagua	Deputy Chair

Declarations

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) German Shanidze Position (eg Secretary, Chair Chair, etc)

Date 05/11/2025

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Charity Name No (if any)
THE GEORGIAN 1162145
APOSTOLIC
AUTOCEPHALOUS
ORTHODOX CHURCH
IN GREAT BRITAIN CC16
Receipts and payments a
accounts
Period end
For the period from date
31/12/2024
Section A Receipts and payments
Total Last
Unrestricted funds
funds year
to the to the
to the nearest £
nearest £ nearest £
A1 Receipts
30,623
Donations 30,623 47,102
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Sub total (Gross income
30,623
for AR) 30,623 47,102
A2 Asset and investment
sales, (see table).
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- -
Sub total - - -
Total receipts 30,623 30,623 47,102
A3 Payments
Bills
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8,420 8,420
Parish Meals
-
2,755 2,755
Transportation
830 830 -
Sub total
12,005 12,005 16,479
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- -
- -
Sub total
- - -
Total payments 12,005 12,005 16,479
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Net of
receipts/(payments) 18,618 18,618 30,623
A5 Transfers between
funds - - -
A6 Cash funds last year
end - - -
Cash funds this year end
18,618 18,618 30,623
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end
of the period
Unrestrict
Categories Details ed funds
to nearest £
B1 Cash funds Bank Balance
26,000
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Total cash funds
26,000
to nearest £ to
Details nearest £
Signed by one or two trustees Date of
on behalf of all the trustees
Signature approva
l
German 31/10
Shanidze /2025
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