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2020-12-31-accounts

GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ST BASIL & ST PAISIOS Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira & G. Britain

Trustees’ Annual Report

Reporting Period: Year to 31[st] December 2020

Charity registration number: 1174704

Achievements and Performance

The operation of the charity was significantly constrained by the Government lockdown which started in March 2020 and lasted intermittently throughout the remaining of the reporting year. However, within the government constraints, we made all possible efforts to provide pastoral and material support to our parishioners particularly the more vulnerable ones.

Liturgical Life

For the period outside the lockdown we celebrated Vespers, Matins and Divine Liturgy on Sundays and on Feast days. The services are attended by Orthodox people of several nationalities, including Greek, Greek Cypriots, English, Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Albanian and Latvian.

The Apostolic reading, the Gospel reading, the sermon and some prayers were in Greek and English. Books that contain the Divine Liturgy in Greek and English were provided. Vespers and Petition to the Most Holy Theotokos were held every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evening.

The community continued to made all efforts to ensure the liturgical life remains faithful to the Typicon of the Orthodox Church and to meet the demands from chanters during the Holy week, it retained the services of the chanter from Paros, Greece. This contributed significantly to creating the appropriate liturgical environment for the period.

Catechesis was offered on three evenings during the week, involving 2 catechumens, one of whom has since been baptised. The catechesis is in English and takes the form of informal conversation in the church using resources provided by the Church (textbook and liturgical texts).

Education

For the period outside the government lockdown we continued to operate a Saturday Greek School with 12 students in the age group 6 to 16 years old between the hours of 10:30 to 13:30. The lessons were held in the Church Hall and were provided by three qualified teachers and one to two teaching assistants as appropriate. The Saturday Greek School provided Greek Language resources, including Greek Language text books and educational material, which were obtained though the Archdioceses or though resources on the internet.

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Philanthropic Work

Provided ongoing moral and material support to Greeks, Greek Cypriots, English, Romanians, Bulgarians, Albanians and all without exemption – Orthodox and nonOrthodox – in accordance to our Lord’s Gospel and through a large variety of issues and problems. Homeless people and anybody in need were allowed to use the church premises to take refuge for a few hours particularly during the winter, use the facilities and occasionally provide them with small financial help, food and drink.

Premises for Worship

We continued to make progress towards the purchase of our Church building from the Church of England. The discussions completed the second round of negotiations of stakeholders led by the relevant Church of England Westminster team and a decision for the sale of the church to our community has been taken in December. It is expected the sake to go through the legal process and be completed by summer 2021. a

We continued to assess, manage and plan urgent repairs to the fabric of the building we moved in in 2018 and which was left in a state of disrepair by the previous congregation. This included:

Fund Raising Events

The charity held no significant find raising events because of the government lockdown. We must acknowledge with gratitude and humility and over - generous support of our parishioners for the period the church was allowed to remain open.

Investments

The charity does not have any investments.

Financial Review

The charity’s primary sources of fund raising for this period were:

  1. Sunday collection after the Divine Liturgy.

  2. One-off donations from individuals.

Financial Review

Total receipts during the reporting period were £31,860 below the amount reported last (£34,786). Receipts are made up primarily by Sunday collection (48%) and

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individual donations (24%). The remaining is made mostly of the Gift Aid tax repayment .

The expenditure was £10,452 mostly (76%) related to continued repairs to the church building, notably the removal of the organ, the building of two vestry walls and their redecoration. The remaining of the expenditure covers the running expenses of the church, including insurance, utilities and purchasing of candles, oil and communion wine, and purchase of some further liturgical items.

The church continues to require significant expenditure for:

Reserves Policy

The Trustees have decided that a reserve of £6,000 is maintained in the charity bank account at all times against unplanned urgent expenditure.

It is our policy that all monies of the Charity are managed through the charity bank accounts at Barclays Bank. All expenditure is paid by cheques which are countersigned by two authorised members of the committee and are shown on the bank statements.

Volunteers

All work of the charity is undertaken by volunteers. We would like to express our gratitude to all the volunteers who work hard to make the church the welcoming and vibrant community it is. In particular we would like to express our gratitude to the Chairman, Mr Ioannis Ioannou and his family, and the members of the Church Committee for their unwavering contribution to the Church and Community. We are also grateful to the ladies of the Philoptochos Committee who prepare and deliver most of the fund raising events as well as the coffee/tea and snacks every Sunday after the Divine Liturgy. We must note with gratitude the invaluable contribution by our chanters, Mr and Mrs Philippou and Mrs E. Antoniadou.

Structure, Governance and Management

The charity is governed by the Constitution which is provided by the Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain and approved the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. This Constitution governs all the Greek Orthodox Communities across the UK.

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The Charity is governed by the Trustees. The Trustees are selected from the members of the community by the community according to its Constitution and approved by the Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain. The Trustees have overall responsibility for the Charity, and in particular to ensure the assets of the Charity are managed in line with the Constitution of the Charity and the relevant laws and regulations. The annual accounts of the Charity are prepared and approved by independent qualified accountants.

The Church Committee is responsible to the Trustees for making decisions on operational matters relating to the day-to-day operation of the Charity, including any spending of funds of the Charity. Because of the government lockdown the Committee met three times during the year and the meetings were minuted.

Reference and administrative details

The Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Basil and Saint Paisios operates from Saint Botolph-by-Bargagre church under a 5-year lease from the Church of England whilst negotiatios for its final sale is underway. The correspondence address is The Greek Orthodox Church of St. Basil & St. Paisios, High Street, Lincoln LN5 8JB.

The Charity is registered with the Charity Commission, Charity Number 1174704.

The Charity Trustees are:

The Church Committee is comprised by:

Approved by the trustees and signed on behalf of the Trustees by the Chairman Mr Ioannis Ioannou.

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Greek Orthodox Church of Sts. Basil the Great and Paisios

Receipts and payments account

for the year ended 31st December 2020 Charity no: 1174704

The receipts and payments accounts and statement of assets set out on pages 3 to 5 relating to the year ended 31st December 2020 are as approved by the trustees.

Signed:

Fr. Panagiotis Sakellariou

Address: High Street, Lincoln LN5 7SR Date: 11 April 2021

Report to the trustees of Greek Orthodox Church of Sts. Basil the Great Paisios (Charity number: 1174704) on accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020 as set out within the following pages.

Independent Examiner's Report

The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to:

[] examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act,

[] to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act, and

[] to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of independent examiner's statement

My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given 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.

Independent examiner's statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention

(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements:

(a) to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and

(b) to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met; or

(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Disclosure (leave blank if not applicable)

Signed: (Tara Kemp FCCA)

Address: Unit 6, Blackthorn Way, Five Mile Business Park, Lincoln LN4 1BF

Date:

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Greek Orthodox Church Sts. Basil the Great and Paisios (Charity no: 1174704) Receipts and Payments account for the year ended 31st December 2020

Notes 2020 2019
£ £
Income
Gift Aid tax repayments 6,141 9,229
Collections 15,393 18,736
Donations 7,681 1,475
Events and other sundry income 2,645 5,346
Total 31,860 34,786
Expenditure
Rent - -
Insurance 588 560
General church expenditure 7,898 4,277
Utilities 1,566 3,287
Major repairs - 23,130
Chanting costs - 780
Payments to priest 400 550
Legal and professional costs - -
Total 10,452 32,584
Surplus (Deficit) for the year 21,408 2,202

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Greek Orthodox Church Sts. Basil the Great and Paisios Detailed breakdown of Receipts and Payments account for 2019

(Charity no: 1174704)

Balance sheet

FIXED ASSETS
Fixtures and fittings
CURRENT ASSETS
Bank account no. 1
NET ASSETS
CAPITAL ACCOUNT
Net profit and reserves		 2020
£
68,267
23,638
91,905
91,905
91,905		 2019
£
49,090
21,407
70,497
70,497
70,497

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Greek Orthodox Church Sts. Basil the Great and Paisios (Charity no: 1174704)
Detailed breakdown of Receipts and Payments account for 2020 cont.
2019 2019
£ £
Tangible Fixed Assets Schedule
COST 49,090 46,772
Additions 19,177 2,318
At 31 December 2020 68,267 49,090
Net book value 31 December 2019 49,090 46,772

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Greek Orthoth Churth of s￿ Basil the Great and Paisios fte￿ipts and payments account for the year ended 31st December 2020 Charlty no: 1174704 The receipts and payments acccxsnts and statement of 355ets set out on pages 3 to 5 ￿lating to the year eThled 31st i)ecember 2020 are as approved by the trustees. Signed.. Fr. Pana8iOts Sakellariou Address.. HBh Street. Lincoln LN5 7SR Date: 11 April 2021

Rep(Yt lo the trustees of Greèk Orthodox (hurth of Sts. Basll thè Great Paisios (Chartty numljer. 11747041 on actounts fix the yw ended 31 DeCem￿r 2020 as set out whhin thefollo¥Ang pa8es. Independent Examlner's Re The charity's trustees are respM)nsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees tonsider that an audit 15 not required for this year under section 144121 of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to= 11 examine the accounts untler section 145 of the 2011 Art. 11 to follow the procedures laid down rn the general Directions given by the Charlty Commt5sion lundersection 14515llbl of the 2011 Art and 11 to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. Ba555 of independent e¥aminer's ststement My examination was ca￿￿ed out in actordance with general LThrettions Eiven by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept bv the thartty and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items ordtsclosures in the accounts. and 5eekinB explanations from the trustees concerning arry suth matter5. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit. and cortsequently no opinion is gtven as to whether the accounts present a'true and fairf wewand the report is limited to those matters set out in the ststement below. Independent examineF'S Statemeni In connection with my examination, no matter ha5 come to my attention 111 wh¢th gives me reawnable cause to believe that in. any material respect, the requirements= Izl to keep accouFtting records irt accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Att: and Ibl to prepare attounts which atCLYd with the accounting records and compty with the at¢ountine requi￿rnents of the 2011 Act have not been met,. or 121 to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Disclosure (leove blankif notupplicoblej Signed.. ITara Kemp FCCAI Address". Unit 6, Blackthorn Way. Frve Mile Business Park. Lincoln LN4 IBF Date.. Page Z

Greek Orthodox Churth Sts. Basll the Gr&7t and Palslos Recelpts and Payments account torthe year ended 31st Detember2020 l(fvrOty no: 117470¢1 2020 2019 Intome Gift Aid tax repayments Collections Donations Events and other sundry income 6,141 15.393 7.681 2,645 9,229 18,736 1.475 5,346 Totsl 31.860 34.786 ExP￿￿￿tUre Rent Insurance General church expenditure 560 4,277 3.287 23.130 780 550 7.898 1.566 Major repairs Chanting costs Payments to prlest Legal and professional costs Total 10,452 32.584 Surplus (Defkltl forthe yèar 21.408 2,202 Pa8e 3

Greek Orthodox Church Sts. Basll thè Great and Palslos Detalied brèakdown of Recelpts and Payments account for 2019 ltharity no.. 11747041 8alano sheet 2020 2019 FIXED ASSErs Fixtures and fittinB5 68,267 49,090 CURRENT ASSETS 8ank account no. I 21,407 NET ASSETS 91.905 70.497 CAPITAL ACCOUP Net profrt and re5er¥es 91,905 70,497 91,￿5 70,497 Pa8e 4

Greek OrthodgJE Churth Sts. Basil the Great and Palsi05 Detslled breakdown of Recelpts and Payments accountfor 2020 conL (Charity no: 11747041 2019 2019 Tangible Flxed A55ets Schedule COST Additions 49.0 19.177 46,772 2,318 At 31 December 2020 68.267 49.090 Net book value 31 December 2019 49,090 46,772 Pa8e 5