## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 01 04 2024 **To** 31 03 2025
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name**[St. Michael’s Antiochian Christian Orthodox Parish, Stoke-on-] Trent **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1165646 **Charity's principal address** Church of the Resurrection Red Bank Stoke-on-Trent **Postcode ST3 4PD**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) ) How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust deed, constitution) )
Trust Deed
Trust
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Appointed by Fr Samuel Carter and agreed by Trustees in office Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
To promote the Christian Religion, the advancement of education, the relief of poverty and such other charitable objectives as the Trustees may from time to time decide.
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Provision of a church for worship ministrations, holy sacraments and teachings in full accord and unity with the doctrines, rules, ritual, chant, canon law, faith, practice, discipline traditions and usage of the Antiochian Orthodox Church, its history and religious culture.
Support of Food Banks, homeless charities, integration of ethnic Orthodox into our community
Ministry to prisons and hospitals
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
Ministry to the housebound and elderly
**Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
As detailed in C. **Summary of the main achievements of the charity** Holy Baptisms ... 11 **during the year** Chrismations … 5 Funerals ... 3 Marriages … 1 Sunday attendance average … 85
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## **Section E Financial review**
The policy of the charity is to maintain a year’s expenses in reserve, as **Brief statement of the** well as make the necessary provision for the care and maintenance of **charity’s policy on reserves** the church buildings.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** Fr Samuel
**Full name(s)** Father Samuel Carter **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chairman **etc) Date** 30/01/26
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St. Michael's Antiochian Orthodox Parish, 1165646
Stoke-on-Trent
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period Period start date Period end date
To
from 01/04/2024 31/03/2025
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Voluntary receipts 52,282 - - 52,282 77,635
Activities for generating funds (trading) 6,694 - - 6,694 6,692
Investment dividends/interest 2,443 - - 2,443 1,624
Charitable activities - - - -
Other receipts - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total (Gross income for
61,419 - - 61,419 85,952
AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - - -
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Sub total - - - -
Total receipts 61,419 - - 61,419 85,952
A3 Payments
Costs of generating voluntary receipts - - - -
Fundraising costs (trading) 2,393 - - 2,393 1,169
Investment management costs - - - -
Costs of charitable activities 51,802 - - 51,802 33,577
Governance costs 5,558 - 5,558 4,200
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Sub total [ 59,753 ] - - 59,753 38,946
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
Leasehold improvements 33,382 - - 33,382 -
Church assets 500 - - 500 -
Sub total [ 33,882 ] - - 33,882 -
Total payments 93,635 - - 93,635 38,946
Net of receipts/(payments) - 32,216 - - - 32,216 47,006
A5 Transfers between funds - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 126,416 1,625 - 128,041 81,035
Cash funds this year end 94,200 1,625 - 95,825 128,041
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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**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
Church assets
Leasehold improvements
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
Bank and cash in hand
**Details**
Signature
Trade Creditors|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**94,200**
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**Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
## **Report to the trustees/ members of**
Charity Name St Michael’s Antiochian Orthodox Parish, Stoke-on-Trent
|**members of**|St Michaels Antiochian Orthodox Parish, Stoke-on-Trent|
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|**On accounts for the year**
**ended**
**Set out on pages**|31/03/2025
**Charity no**
**(if any)**
1165646|
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**Respective** The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. **responsibilities of** The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year **trustees and examiner** under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. ~~[The charity~~ ’ ~~s gross income exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualified member of [named body]]~~ . _Delete_ [ ] _if not applicable._
## It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
- to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
**Basis of independent** My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given **examiner’s statement** 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 the 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 present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
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**December 2017**
**IER**
**Independent examiner's statement**
- In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my attention ~~(other than that disclosed below *)~~ which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect,:
- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 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 set 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 examination.
I have 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.
* _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._
**Date:** 29/01/2026 **Signed: Name:** Alice Davidchack **Relevant professional** Chartered Management Accountant **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** Breach Farm, Lutterworth Road, Lutterworth, LE17 5DR
## **Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
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**December 2017**
**IER**
**Give here details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
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**December 2017**
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