Shrewsbury Orthodox Church Appeal Foundation Trustees’ Annual Report to 31.3.25
The principal activity of the year has been the re-writing of the Governance Document and the change of name of this charity to the Shrewsbury Orthodox Church (SOC) with no change in the registration number (1166735).
A small number of members of the church were recruited onto a working group to make changes to the Association model of the Charity Commission (CC) template for Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIO) in order to produce a new governing document suitable for our needs. Meetings were held in June, July and August 1924 and three groups of people, the trustees of SOCAF, the trustees of the Church of the Holy Fathers (CHF, charity no 1087910), a sister charity whose functions are to be taken over by the new-look SOC, and also the elected Board of the CHF, a separate executive authority within the CHF which we had in obedience to the Constitution of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyatera and Great Britain (charity no 243715), were kept up-to-date at all stages of the process. In addition, the whole membership of the CHF in Shrewsbury were kept informed by publication of our working documents on our website.
Then in August we informed His Eminence, Archbishop Nikitas, of our work and obtained his blessing. In September, the Archdiocesan solicitors were informed of our work and provided with copies of the documents destined for the CC.
Starting in late September, we sent our application in stages to the CC for approval and registration of our new CIO but various delays meant that its full registration did not happen until 14.3.25 and further votes of the three groups mentioned above (2 sets of trustees and the CHF church board) were then needed to ratify the whole process so that the new CIO finally began its life in May 2025.
5 further meetings of our working group took place from September 2024 to March 2025 to thrash out the details of 13 supporting policies, including documents like Safeguarding, Health and Safety, and Data Protection. These, with the governing document, are now part of this charity’s constitution.
Mention should also be made of more routine matters. We have begun using a much larger church – the church of St Juliana of Nicomedia, in the centre of town. A great deal of repair and tidying up needed to be done throughout the rest of the period of this report and was carried out by numerous working parties. However, the routine day-today running of the church remained with the CHF and its Board until at least the end of May 2025.
Registered Number: CE006495 England and Wales
SHREWSBURY ORTHODOX CHURCH APPEAL FOUNDATION Report of the Director and Unaudited Financial Statements (Charity No: 1166735) Period of accounts Start date: 01 April 2024 End date: 31 March 2025
SHREWSBURY ORTHODOX CHURCH APPEAL FOUNDATION Contents Page For the year ended 31 March 2025
Company information 3
Director's report 4
Accountants' report 6
Income statement 7
Statement of financial position 8
Notes to the financial statements 9
Detailed Income Statement 11
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SHREWSBURY ORTHODOX CHURCH APPEAL FOUNDATION Company Information For the year ended 31 March 2025
Director Andreas Marneros Registered Number CE006495
Registered Office Church Moor Farm Church Moor Church Stretton Shropshire SY6 6PU
Accountants Marneros Marcus & Co Limited First Floor Hagley Court 40 Vicarage Road Edgbaston Birmingham B153EZ
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SHREWSBURY ORTHODOX CHURCH APPEAL FOUNDATION Director's Report For the year ended 31 March 2025
Director's report and financial statements
The director presents his/her/their annual report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025. Principal activities
Principal activity of the company during the financial year was providing services to the Shrewsbury community.
Director
The director who served the company throughout the year was as follows: Andreas Marneros
Statement of director's responsibilities
The director is responsible for preparing the directors' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations and in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice. Company law requires the director to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the director has elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the director must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the director is required to : e select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently e make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent e state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements and
e prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.
The director is responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. The director is also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The director is responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the company's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom, governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements, may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions
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SHREWSBURY ORTHODOX CHURCH APPEAL FOUNDATION Director's Report For the year ended 31 March 2025
On behalf of the board.
Andreas Marneros Director
Date approved: 13 February 2026
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SHREWSBURY ORTHODOX CHURCH APPEAL FOUNDATION Accountants’ Report For the year ended 31 March 2025
Accountant’s report You consider that the company is exempt from an audit for the year ended 31 March 2025 . You have acknowledged, on the balance sheet, your responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts. These responsibilities include preparing accounts that give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company at the end of the financial year and of its profit or loss for the financial year. In accordance with your instructions, we have prepared the accounts which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, the Statement of Comprehensive Income, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Changes in Equity and the related notes from the accounting records of the company and on the basis of information and explanations you have given to us.
We have not carried out an audit or any other review, and consequently we do not express any opinion on these accounts.
Marneros Marcus & Co Limited 31 March 2025
Marneros Marcus & Co Limited
First Floor Hagley Court 40 Vicarage Road Edgbaston Birmingham B153EZ 13 February 2026
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SHREWSBURY ORTHODOX CHURCH APPEAL FOUNDATION Income Statement For the year ended 31 March 2025
Administrative expenses Other operating income Operating profit/(loss) Profit/(Loss) on ordinary activities before taxation Tax on profit on ordinary activities Profit/(Loss) for the financial year
Notes 2025 2024 £ £ (2,950) (100) 2 702 1,298 (2,248) 1,198 (2,248) 1,198 - - (2,248) 1,198
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Registered Number: CE006495
SHREWSBURY ORTHODOX CHURCH APPEAL FOUNDATION Statement of Financial Position As at 31 March 2025
Fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors: amount falling due within one year Net current assets Total assets less current liabilities Net assets
Capital and reserves Profit and loss account Shareholders' funds
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Notes 2025 2024
£ £
4 53,860 13,733
53,860 13,733
8,214 51,549
5 - (960)
8,214 50,589
62,074 64,322
62,074 64,322
6 62,074 64,322
62,074 64,322
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For the year ended 31 March 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
Director's responsibilities:
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The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476.
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The director acknowledges their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The financial statements were approved by the director on 13 February 2026 and were signed by:
Andreas Marneros
Director
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SHREWSBURY ORTHODOX CHURCH APPEAL FOUNDATION Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 March 2025
- Tangible fixed assets Cost or valuation At 01 April 2024 Additions Disposals At 31 March 2025 Depreciation At 01 April 2024 Charge for year On disposals At 31 March 2025 Net book values Closing balance as at 31 March 2025 Opening balance as at 01 April 2024 5. Creditors: amount falling due within one year Trade Creditors 6. Profit and loss account Balance at 01 April 2024 Loss for the year Balance at 31 March 2025
Improvements Total to property £ £ 13,733 13,733 40,127 40,127 - - 53,860 53,860 - - - - - - - - 53,860 53,860 13,733 13,733
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2025 2024
£ £
- 960
- 960
2025
£
64,322
(2,248)
62,074
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