2025-08-31-accounts - Greek School Of St. Nicholas Liverpool

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ΚΕΝΤΡΙΚΟ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΤΙΚΟ ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΙΟ ΑΡΧΙΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΗΣ ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΩΝ & ΜΕΓ. ΒΡΕΤΑΝΙΑΣ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ & ΚΥΠΡΙΑΚΗ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΤΙΚΗ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΗ ΠΑΡΟΙΚΙΑΚΟ ΣΧΟΛΕΙΟ AΓ. ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟΥ ΛΙΒΕΡΠΟΥΛ GREEK SCHOOL OF ST. NICHOLAS LIVERPOOL

Aims

The aim of the Greek School of St. Nicholas Liverpool is to strengthen the community by bringing children and adults together to teach them the Greek language, traditions, customs and Greek Orthodox faith.

Objectives

The objects of the Greek School of St. Nicholas Liverpool are:

1) to advance education of the public, particularly but not exclusively among the Greek people in the United Kingdom, concerning Greek culture, traditions, language and history
2) to advance education by operating, supporting, expanding and developing a Greek orthodox school and in particular that known as the Greek School of St. Nicholas Liverpool
3) to advance religion in accordance with the Greek orthodox faith.

Activities

The Greek school of St. Nicholas was established in the middle of 1950’s by parents / members of the Greek and Greek-Cypriot community of Merseyside and North Wales as part of the group of schools of the Central Educational Council of Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain. Their vision was to establish an educational setting that will help their children to learn the Greek language and maintain their heritage. Its name illustrates the fact that the school is an integral part of the Greek Community of Liverpool, Merseyside and North Wales.

The school changed various forms and locations and since September 2021 it takes place on Saturdays during term time at Childwall Sport Academy, Queens Drive, Liverpool, which is our main location. Classes are also available online. In all our locations we hire classes and facilities from third parties.

The current location is:

LIVERPOOL: Childwall Sports and Science Academy Fiveways, Queens Dr, Liverpool L15 6XZ

The school is officially a member of the Liverpool supplementary schools network and the National Resource Centre of Supplementary Education. It is recognised and supported by the Greek and Cypriot Ministry of Education that set the curriculum. This is tailored to the students that learn Greek as a second language while they attend a full time English school, and it is not an exact match of the full-time educational system in Greece or Cyprus.

It accepts school age children mainly of Greek and Greek Cypriot origin. However, children of any other background with an interest in Greek language and culture, as well as adults are welcome to join.

We provide classes from Reception to GCSE and A-level, for children from 5 to 18 years old, and adult’s Greek language classes. We are proud to represent over 65 students and 21 adults that currently attend the school.

During the academic year 2025-2026 we maintained all of our children classes in the classrooms on Saturdays while we had a small number of 1-2-1 children and adult online lessons during weekdays at the evenings. We have been able to fill all the teaching positions this year following the assignment of one teacher in our school from the Cypriot embassy in London to the UK Northwest area.

Administration & Teaching

The school is part of the Central Educational Council (Κεντρικό Εκπαιδευτικό Συμβούλιο – ΚΕΣ) of Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain group of schools (http://www.kes.education/).

The school is a non-profit organisation and since April 2016 has been registered with the UK Charity Commission as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Registration no. 1166496

It is managed by unpaid committee members as described by the rules of school committees and our constitution. Three members are pupils’ parents elected by the pupils’ parents, while the rest are members of the Greek Church of St. Nicholas committees and members of the Greek Community with an interest in educational matters assigned by ΚΕΣ. The head teacher and the local priest of the St. Nicholas church of Liverpool are honorary members of the committee.

The main body of the committee is composed of the Chairman, the Secretary and the Treasurer. The above members are elected directly from the school committee members.

The teaching staff currently consists of (6) teachers and (2) teaching assistant. 4 of them are paid directly by the Greek School mainly for the Saturday and the online classes while 2 staff

ΚΕΝΤΡΙΚΟ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΤΙΚΟ ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΙΟ ΑΡΧΙΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΗΣ ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΩΝ & ΜΕΓ. ΒΡΕΤΑΝΙΑΣ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ & ΚΥΠΡΙΑΚΗ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΤΙΚΗ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΗ

ΠΑΡΟΙΚΙΑΚΟ ΣΧΟΛΕΙΟ AΓ. ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟΥ ΛΙΒΕΡΠΟΥΛ GREEK SCHOOL OF ST. NICHOLAS LIVERPOOL

members are sponsored and paid by the Cypriot Ministry of Education. The Cypriot and the Greek Ministry of Education and the Archdiocese support the school with books and educational material.

The current school committee consist of:

Trustees

Chairman - Panagiotis Maropakis

Treasurer – Olga Bakatsi-Cooke (resigned June 2026)

Secretary – Anna Katsara

Member – Elpiniki Smith

Member – Anna Kousteni

Member – Theoulla Haralambous

(Representative of the church benevolent committee)

Member – Father Stavros Kasinos

(Priest of St. Nicholas Church Liverpool)

Honorary member

Member – Ioanna Karageorgou (Head-teacher)

Accreditation & Partners

Our school follows the laws, rules and guidelines as set by the UK Government, the Local Educational Authority, ΚΕΣ and the Education Ministries of Greece and Cyprus.

We are members of:

Central Educational Council of Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain,
Liverpool City Council Supplementary Schools Network
National Resource Centre of Supplementary Schools

At the start of the 2015 academic year, we achieved the Bronze Award of the National Resource Centre Quality Framework scheme, while in April 2016 we succeeded in the Silver Award and in August 2017 the Gold Award. This is a UK wide recognised accreditation and shows that in addition to the basic policies and procedures, the supplementary school provides a wellorganised learning environment with straightforward teaching, record keeping and resources that support children’s and young people’s achievement and raise their self-esteem.

Policies & Procedures

The school maintain and updates the necessary policies and procedures, and they are available on request, some examples are:

Description of supplementary school Statement of aims
List of Management Committee
Home – School Agreement
Equal opportunities statement
List of staff and volunteers
Staffing and volunteer policy
Child protection policy
Safeguarding policy statement
DBS checks
Health and safety policy
Offsite procedure
Complaints procedure
Registration form for children
Registers of attendance
Financial rules
Certificate of Public and Employers Liability Insurance

ΠΑΡΟΙΚΙΑΚΟ ΣΧΟΛΕΙΟ AΓ. ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟΥ ΛΙΒΕΡΠΟΥΛ GREEK SCHOOL OF ST. NICHOLAS LIVERPOOL

E-Safety Policy
Privacy Policy
Zero Tolerance Policy

Planning / Evaluation

The Education Offices of Greek and Cypriot Embassies in London set the goals and objectives for each age group/level and a standardised approach in documents / templates and procedures for scheme of work, lessons planning, and evaluation is followed.

Our students participate in GCSE and ‘A’ Level exams in Modern Greek language as well as ‘Elinomatheia’ (Learn Greek) exams run by a Greek organisation that lead to a recognised qualification in Greece. There are also visits for support and evaluation from the responsible persons in the Education Offices of the embassies and the mentor from National Resource Centre of Supplementary Education (NRCSE). The school also runs classroom observations and peer-to-peer observations, and the parents receive an update on pupils’ progress from teachers twice a year at the first term and near the end of the academic year.

Training

The Greek school of St. Nicholas Liverpool organised and supported teachers to attend training/seminars run by local training providers and the education offices as well as registering teachers with an education on-line training service provider.

Community events and activities

This year the Greek school of St. Nicholas organised and run the following events:

Greek School Christmas celebration
International Day of Languages event
‘28[th] October’ celebrations
Christmas Charity Dinner
Greek language Day
Greece/Cyprus Independence Day celebrations at Greek church
‘Καθαρή Δευτέρα’ / Clean Monday celebrations (κούλουμα-χαρταετός)

ΠΑΡΟΙΚΙΑΚΟ ΣΧΟΛΕΙΟ AΓ. ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟΥ ΛΙΒΕΡΠΟΥΛ GREEK SCHOOL OF ST. NICHOLAS LIVERPOOL

Easter celebrations
Liverpool European Festival (LEF)

Goals and Targets

At the beginning of the academic year the below goals and targets were set:

❑ Secure facilities in Childwall Sports Academy school – Completed
❑ Maintain allocated hours from the education office of the Cypriot embassy Completed
❑ Organise and run online adult classes in Greek Language – Completed
❑ Maintain and expand online classes – Completed
❑ Recruitment of skilled/experienced teachers that meet school requirements - On going
❑ Update and supplement school policies and procedures - On going
❑ Change web domain provider and update school website - On going
❑ Use support and opportunities from local authorities through the Supplementary Schools Network to achieve a certain level of quality standards for the provided education - On going
❑ Support continuous learning and development of the teachers through the educational office in the embassies, online training, and the Supplementary Schools Network - On going
❑ Use latest social network means (i.e., email newsletter, Facebook, twitter etc.) to communicate news and events to teachers, parents, and students - On going
❑ Investigate opportunities for funding from local authorities through the Supplementary school’s network – 3 funding applications submitted
❑ Maintain and develop activities for fundraising – Christmas Charity Dinner

Challenges

Building / facilities in Childwall Academy school – availability and increased cost
Recruitment of skilled/experienced teachers that meet school requirements
Small size community school but with all requirements, challenges, and difficulties of an English state school

Finances

The Greek School of St. Nicholas relies on a contribution towards the lessons paid by the parents, donations, grants, and fundraising events/activities. Overall, the previous year finished with a surplus of £5685, due to the grants from the Cypriot embassy to cover some of our expenses and the funding from the Police Commissioner to support the International Day of Languages event for the next 3 years and the schools participating. The overall financial results for the 2024-2025 have been submitted to the Charity Commission website and will be presented at the AGM.

INTERNAL#

Greek School of St. Nicholas, Liverpool. Registered Charity Number 1166496

C.I.O.

Financial Statements for the year ending 31st. August 2025.

General (unrestricted) Fund Receipts and Payments Account.

			Total		Total
		2025	2025	2024	2024
		£	£	£	£
Receipts
Liverpool Fees		17223		13964
Chester Fees	nil			410
Grants		12680	29903	3470	17844
Fundraising	nil			127
Adults Fees		7870	7870	5525	5652
Total Receipts			37773		23496
Payments
Liverpool Teachers		14832		8642
Chester Teachers	nil			869
Liverpool Rent		7056		5248
Chester Rent	nil			nil
Storage Unit Rent		1081		997
Misc.		5725		4788	20544
Donations		1000	29694
Adults Teachers		2394		3168
Rent	nil			592
Misc.	nil		2394	nil	3760
Total Payments			32088		24304
Surplus/Deficit for the year			5685		-808
Bank Account for the year beginning 1st. September 2024			23691		24499
Bank Account for the year ending 31st. August 2025			29376		23691

Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at 31st. August 2025.

Cash Funds	General	Total	Total	Total	Total
	Fund	2025	2024	2023	2022
	Unrestricted	£	£	£	£
	£
Nat West Bank		nil	23691	24499	23496
Co Op Bank		29376
Total		29376	23691	24499	23496
Liabilities

Non-monetary assets

Notes

The Financial Statements of the Greek School of St. Nicholas Liverpool have been prepared on the Receipts and Payments basis.

Approved by the trustees at their meeting on xx/xx/2026 and signed on their behalf by -

Date: 10/06/2026

P Maropakis

Charities Act 2011. Indep¢ndent Examiner's ReporL Independent Examiner's Report to the TDJstees of the Greek Sch1 of St. Nicholas Liverpool for the year ending 31 . August 2025. Respeelive responyibilitiej ofthe trnste¢8 and examintr. The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparntion of the accounts. The charity's trustees wn5ider that an audit is not required for this year undcr section 144(2) of the Clwiiie5 Act 2011 (the 2011 Ad) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my resw>nsibility to . examine the ac)UThts undv s¢¢tion 145 of the 2011 ACL follow th¢ prottdures laid down in the generdl Directions given by the Charity Commissioner under serfion 145 (5) (b) of the 2011 Act; and to state whether any particular matters have come to my atttiO Basfis of the independent ¢xami•er's report. My exarnination was carried out in accordance with the 8enern] Directions given by the Charity Commission, An examination includes a review of the accouniin8 records k¢pi by the charity and a comparison of (he accounts presented with those records. It al includes consideration of any unusual ilems or disclosures in Ihe accounts and sceking Cxplanations from you trustees concerning any such matters. The procedurcs undcrtRk¢n do not provide all ihe evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as lo whether the a¢¢ounts present a '1 and fair view,. and th¢ rewrt is limited to those matters as set out in the statement below. Independent examlner's stst¢mettt. In conntion with my examination, no other m8ttcrs have come lo my attention: which gives rn¢ r¢asonablecause to believe in any material respect the requirement to keep accounting records in a¢wrdance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and to prepatc aLxounts which accord wtth the acLountin8 records 2nd Comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have nol been meL 2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be order to uthble a proper understsnding of the accounts to be reached. Signed. Fellow of ihe ASslatIon of Charity Independent Examiners 2X£ rn(w 2026. Rev'd. A. A. Clements MA. ACIB, TrCIE. 15 Carleton Road. Great Knowley, Chorley PR6 8TQ