STS STYUANOS
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NO. 1178371
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Al.AND
ISTRA
E INFORMATION
Sts Stylianos Cath¢TiDe Parish
1178371
RG314XR
Trustees
Rcv Frlonut Gabriel Steli8nMaTKhT
Dctt Mark￿8 Andrei Picu
AD¢uts-Alldr￿a Bogatu
Bogdan Cristiall Sichitiu
Barclays Bonk UK PLC
Metro Bank PLC
Cambrid8e & Coullti&5 Bank Limited
Natwest
Mrs Tatiana Sandu
The CO￿su1¢1￿8 Houge Ltd
7 Crown Corner. Hish Strccl
Crowtkn< RG45 7AD

S AND CATHKRINE PAIUSH
FOR THE PEIUOD ENDED 315r DECEMBER 2024
Th¢ T￿￿tee$ prcMttheirReportandAccoullts fortheperiod erMied315tDeceml)cr2024. The accc
Lx)mply with the Charl￿$ cottstttutioJ4 the Cbarili¢s Act 2011, and Accow)tia]8 aTrJ R£wrting by
antics: Staten￿t of Rec(xnmended Practice applic&bl¢ to chariti&s prepari￿ their A¢counts in
a¢conlantt wlth the FingJKial Repixting Stathd Applicable An th¢ UK and Rcpublic of Irel￿d -
(Jwities SORP (FRS 102)" Èud the Fitmn¢i81 Rep)rting Standard 8ppli(xble in th¢ UK Republic
of Ireland (FRS 102).
The Chari
.8 Trnjts
The L'harity Tegisteyed on 14 May 201& with ils governing d(wment being that of a Clwitable
Ineorp(Kthl Organisation (C.l.O.)
ratlvt Jnfo
otlon
During 2025. the (Iwity's priJ￿1Pal offi¢e 8th]r￿ d]Mn8ed from 51 tA>w¢rElmslrne Driv< ￿e￿Ing
RG315EB to C8lc(£ R¢adingRG314XR.
to wivance the Orthodox Christian reli8iOD io South E&qi England An ￿0rd8￿ce with the
doctri1￿5 and the c4llons of the Romanian Ort1￿0A Patri8xdMt¢ and witb the statutes of the
Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of Westem and Southern Europ& by providing a plaee of
worshifv raising awwene&8olld understandfftg of ()rthodox ChristiatE beliefy aDdprartic4 a￿1
a￿108 out religious missionary and outrwh wort.
toadvanc£ s￿h (rthtt ch8ritsb1epwp￿as the Tr￿￿CeS 5¢¢ fit fmm time totime. in particular
bul not litllit¢d to the PTes¢rvation of R(ynianiatt l￿￿￿[al trnditious. the advallceJn¢nt of
childreTh's alld adult edwation a awlsti￿ 5piriL 8nd the T¢li¢fof those in wed.
#nd
hdiowofwestemE￿Q￿ which 5its under the K￿l￿]ianO￿l￿xFatr18rchate. ltsmain objects
sre to 8dvance the Ohhodox Christian faith for the benefit of the public in 8ccordaTW with teachings
orth¢ Holy, Cgtholie and AFo&olic Chur¢lL riK)ted in the Holy Tradits¢x4 alld taughi by the IIoty
rlptutes. th¢ twhins5 of the sev• Ecwlleni￿ cou￿lL* the lo￿ *td proTrinciAI cKrfm¢ils of th¢
Tr membetshipof(beParish ¢ullently st8nd8 ￿ 885 activ¢membets, wlK>have registered their detsils
and receive regular updates. Al￿t a quarter of them Also donalc regularly to the Charity AS￿l8ted
with the Pwish. Membetship is eor*ingent upon l)eirtg 18 years of age snd having a
ID th¢UK (theare4oftheRomanian OrtlKthxDiottsEof Gre&tBritAinl Thecondrtions ofmemtaip
ore subjectto rnle5 regaTd1￿ AnezDbeTship ill the widerTrKMty of ts Arc4￿1<￿9e. ofwbich the Parish is
apAr¢ L8 wdl &8 the DJentttt￿￿1Ies estab]ith￿ ill the cth5titt￿oll ofthe Clwity.

TRUSTEESANNUALREPORT
FOR THE PEIUOD ENDED 31sfDECElblBKR 2024
The Parish h&$ tfgutar ￿11810￿5 seryices on Sanrday evenings, Sunday mornin8s arnl Thursday
evenings. 88 wcll os on several Fcast days at¥1 Bapiisms, w￿1￿8$ and Funera15. home servi￿$,
hospitsl gnd prison visits. All services are open tts 811 members of the pthjio Thse services are
eel¢brated a mixture ofEnglTsh fjnd lloma￿ (the tradAtiotwl languagc of the Rorn￿ Orthodox
Chu￿h). On Swldays d￿1￿8 th¢ y£hool ye4r, the children are gathrmj during the morning ￿]ce f
a short Sunday school Fwther iDfoTllWtion 4ErfArt thc oTrgOfft￿8 ¥t1￿c$ of thE Parish is
available on the Parish websitr at wwwJeading.orth(¥bLuL
One notable achicvem¢nl during this ￿lod is that the CTharity and its a&sociaiEd P￿]Sh have now
purdjased aplac¢ of worship, ch￿￿h of St BirIn￿4 in Cal¢oL logdh￿Wlth a sttial ball at the bxk of
the chur<* building aod a tlat ID d nearby house {transaction in 2025). Thes¢ have been
obtainal by seekiA)g and thtaill￿￿ a mortgage from a well.knoThTL kn(kr in ts IJL Kitigd(m B8Dk
Limited. This h85 811(>w&l the ¢o)ununity to Come c105er together. by offering more services to its
members and & signifiC￿t wtreath ministy i￿￿tast ill the eommimity.
Future Deve]0
The ntaior mi￿0￿¢ of purclMsing a church buildiDg bas now op¢n¢d the door to fith expand the
Smi¢&8 in th¢ l(KxJ ￿unIty. will be the main f(w going fwward The plall is to provide
()rthodoxrdreats Bil)le Sthdies and a plAc¢ forthe to meet and Share a meal &nd
In reviewin8 tl* c1w1￿$ l￿gOIng obi¢cttves atMI adivAties, th¢T￿￿ hav¢ c<Mk8idered the guidmce
Imrt in the Clmi COmm￿l0n,S 8uidclines on publie benefit 8lld of the opinith that th¢
objtrttves and uctiviti¢s are in tsTrtsl ComplI￿ce 11￿cw1th.
The Truste¢s nomed on 2 serstd (hringthe pmod 4nd up to the d&c of si8¢￿Ibl$ rwt.
ntm tof Trutees
The Tn￿tees￿Te appointed followingselcctionbasedonther profth8ioll81 skills andlOrrepTe￿tatIon
qualiiie
advisabk to (x)v¢rthe Vario￿5￿1￿￿￿¢s andrisks in the current economxc clitnate and the aftemMth
of thc worldwide e(fOTHvirus pandemic. These requirem¢nts areuTKi¢T ¢onstsntTeview bythe Truste£
who apP￿Late that resetvts are currentty at a higher kv¢l than this requitemen¢ but C￿n￿lder this a
Imknt to W atihe pTe￿nI time.
TwooftheTrnslee4 RevFrlonut GabTiel StelianTr45&]th alldDen MariusAthTr Pic￿￿1veSti￿￿s
from the Charity for their pBstornl Se￿1￿5. the paylln￿t of stryices has approved by the
Charity C¢)rnmissioEL Fr John reeeived £2.750 per rn¢￿th during 2024. a sum equivalent to the aver88e
UK salary. tkn Marlus received a millill￿ £330 per montlL No expenKs are p&id to the
Trustees otherthan to reimburse occ&8ionaL low.value authorised disbursL7DeDts incurred.

JAP4
TRIISTELll> ANNUAI.
.p<?K'r
VCIR I'llg IIFHI
)D F.NDTr D31&T I
'EMBER 21124
S￿1¢￿¢￿¢ of Trnsteu. res
sibllill¢s
TtKTrns*es r¢spc4isible for preparing the anm*l r4￿4nd the fina￿1￿1 stat¢ments in a¢cord
vith applÈthl¢ law and Uniod Kingdorn GetKrnlly Accepted A¢eoufiting Pr￿1¢¢.
LDV applic8ble io charities in EnRland Ind Walcs requlrcs tht Tm5*es to prepar¢ fin#n¢iaE statsmenrs
for eaeh frnancial year. whith 8tv¢ a tru¢ and fair vrcw ofthe Charity's financial aciivttt&% during the
}eJr and of irs finan¢isl rA)siti￿ at the end of the yeor. kn pr¢parin8 thos¢ financitl statuncnL% the
TnT5tces #re reqll1r￿ io:
seleGt 5Uit&bl¢ acc<wntiftg policie5 and then appty them GOnsi5ten￿Y.
observe the methods9nd principlcs Of the applic8We Charithcs SORP.
mak¢ jUdg•￿ents god c5timat¢s that ty¢ r¢asonable and pmden4'
swe whethrr applicable ae¢ountin8 5thndards And SW¢rneMs tsf rtCL¥nmended practice
have been followe¢t subitsx to any fi￿[al dep1rn￿￿ di￿1(￿ed and explAiwl in the
fin*n¢ial $tstemeTrt5'
prtp4rt the fin3ncial ￿atements on a Boing wftetm ba5r5 unltss il is imPFwvpriate ro
presurDe (ha¢ the Chattty will conts"nu¢ in opcrati4)n.
The Trustccs are re5pon5ibl¢ for k¢%pin8 atsountiDg rtcr*th m.hich disclose with r¢•sonable accura
*anyiimt th¢ fTrnHncial p05iiionof the ChllrityaThlwhich etyoblethemto Lscertainthcfinanrial positi¢
of Charity and enabl¢ ihEm to ¢nsure that th financial slatments C￿￿PIY with the Charities Act
I l and Ihc ¥pplt¢8ble Clwi¢ies SORP. Trrty are 21so rwponsible fw safeguardin8 ihc assets of th¢
Charity ond hence for tsking reasoNbte 5t¢P5 for the prevcntion artd d¢ttttion of fraud and oth¢r
irresularFlie&
rDI'*l
Thi$ rep(Yt has beeft apjrned by th¢T￿￿te¢s ￿ 15 Si8b*d on behalf by..
18 10-20?)
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PENDEN
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ED31STDECE
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D CHARI
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I rep(Kt ffl the aceowts of the Chèrity. for tk year C￿led 31st DeLember 2024, whiob set on
pages 7 to 9.
softheThtst
nd e￿MIller
The Charity's TnL8tres ￿t wnsible for preparation of thc accoutsL& The Charl￿S Tr￿s￿eS
coDsiderthat an a￿lIt i8 llot requirnlfor this peri￿1 uTrJer S¢aion 144(2)of the Cfraritieskn2011 (the
2011 Aet) and an iThdeEtndent examination 18 netdeiL
It 18 my re5ponsTri tlityto..
examine the under Section 145 ofthe2011 Aci.
follow the prrKethrts laid down in th¢ (jeneral DiT￿tiO￿8 gi￿ ty the C￿rity
Collllllissioners under Sedion 145(SXb) of the Ac¢ ttod
slale particulgr have come io my attention.
Ibe Inde Ddent ex*minerfs
My rAamI￿l￿n was Carried out in &cOrdan￿ with th¢ General Dire(*ions given by the thity
conwi1ssiot￿ An ex8mination inchmles a Tcview ofthe acKounting twords kepl by the ￿ty, SNI
cotOP8riw ofth¢ ¥Lxounts pres￿ted￿1th thoserecor<ts. It also 1￿clUdeS ￿￿ideratIOnOf 8ny unwl
itenL%ordis¢losures the a￿)Ullts 8ndseeknngexpIanations frOMy￿ asTrt￿ wn¢¢rning #ny swh
maticrs.'Ihe proccdurts undertaken do notprovide dl the evide1￿C that would be [equir￿ in an audit,
and cottsewmtty oo opinion 15 giveii ag lo whether ￿co￿ts p￿Sent a and fair vic￿, and the
rep(Kl 1$ Illniled to thosc matter5 sd out the Stat¢ll￿ below.
ndent
er's stste
In ¢Onl￿tIon with my¢xaTnination, iio n]atttrhL8 con)eto my attelltion:
l) which givcs me re&wbk cause tr> believe tW in any nkqterial rL￿pe￿ therew1re￿ts.
to keep accow￿l￿g rewrds in aLY0rd8￿e with Section 130 of the 2011 A(t'
lo prqyar¢ a¢￿UnL9 which aCt4￿d with the a¢e(Amtin8 record5 and to comply with IF
ccoimtmg requireffle￿ of th¢ 2011 Act
have notbeett or
2) ￿whiC14 in my thntion should be drawjh in i¥derto thable underslxndiDg ofthe
MrB T&dan* Sand
The Consulting 14ow Ltd
7 CroiTrTh Corner, High S
crow1￿. RG45 7AD

FO
IYN
164.IS0.08
27,635.83
10 568.19
20135LIII
137.408.30
24.132.81
9.111.41
Gift Aid
1711ffj5152
PAYmE￿s
Father John Mandu SUPlMWt grants
Deaeon mali￿ Piw support graDts
34.855.70
4,500.00
1.750.00
14246.91
9221.02
1.126.79
545.90
540.00
545h9
9282.60
1258.54
70.80
4239.48
147.09
34,603.40
3JOO.IK
Candle4 litiir8icaJ wine ard
R￿t and utility bRlk
P￿kIng and fijel
4.094.72
12.791.83
1,520.09
ch Suite App
540.00
1.797.44
10,453.78
3.118.52
214.68
3,079.96
S(￿181 welfare L¥ses
Telephone al￿ internd
Books aDd church supplias
Nepsis UK
Statiottay. postag< c¢)rnputer ¢
157.fA>
300.00
272.39
685.55
32.00
1,440.00
300.00
584.65
708.88
Miscellaneous
DBS checks
Se¢urity fOrF*St￿ night
I21￿.00
1.823.62
1252.00
RefiLse colleLrtÈon (tradewaste)
B8ok charges
D¢p￿latION
3￿.56
127.60
2221.50
129.40
2 010.75
73.88

FIIED A
Ely
12J88A8
.lssets (ptqXY1y) in PTOWfSS
Loan sa UPC05LS (Pr¢p•ymem}
Ta￿¢ble Nxed Assrfs
i j￿.(￿j
9.910.1
I l J94.24
11588.48
Cash x
Comnhjniiy Fund hletro Bjnk PLC
Cornnmmity Fund dev￿}1 Mdro Bank P
C(Mw4ymity Fund Ilarclays I1￿k UK PLC
Church F￿d d¢pD5ii Bllrcl•ys Bank UK PLC
Rtdivood Bank Limlted sAvin8s
C•M￿ld¢e & Counties Bonk Limitcd s•vinBs
N,3Th￿SE savinB5
Ftsnos in tsan5fer
4.23113
396.989.
14&65
L?3.71
6.SiO.SI
86.581.59
83J68.99
116.266.57
5.000.00
119.09
i￿).*49.6
1095.89
19.09
403.507.76
ACCI￿$
2(*).Ixi
2￿).(￿•
300.00
300.1)0
Jyet Currtllt Aslets
403.307.76
300.149.63
NET Assrrs
425.912.1
31
Unre4ri¢*J Funds BIFwd
Surplus ft* th¢ P¢fi4>J
31173A.11
113,173.88
224,319.?1
8&348.
Utyr¢Jtilrtrd CIFwd
42S9110•
312.738.11
Th¢ no*$ xiven on pw¢ 9 form pgrt of th fiiu4KiiI thtMiuits.
Ar4Moved by Twsi#e&
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FOR THE PERtOD EI¥DED 318fDECEMBKR 2024
(a)
ofpr¢p*radon
Th¢accoutts {financial %tatanents)h4vebeenr*ep8t¢d on #Rcc¢ipts8ttdPayin¢tts bASiS, svith
the &ldilionai illclwion of A depreciatiom clwg¢. a8 below. This is deaned approtffiate
the natswe ofthc assets h¢W to enablc the acc￿ to show atrue value at th¢ye* Llld.
T74ngibltA&gth and Depretiatlu
Tangible fjxed assets held for the CTrariWs own are 8tatryl at cost kss rnulatryj
dcEreciatioTh Depreciation is provided at ratcs ￿lCUl￿ed io MTite off the cost of fixed as
less their e&t]m￿￿1dUti1 valu< over their expe(*ql ]iv¢s at the following rates:
Moblle 9￿15. 15% [¢th￿Ing l)alaDce b&sis.
Mobile c(wise TKMtsble icor4 a]tsr piece4 VCStrncnts, alt8r cloths b(￿(4 gnd sunthy
otbcr small iteEn$ of equipllmt.
LI}*￿
(b)
(c)
orrBngemuLt 8￿j rel*ed fitwncing costs deferred and amortised ovtt the tern of the
loan USI￿ the cffective illterest method.
2. T•n
e Flxed Agaets
e as8ets
Totsl
Brought fThTd 01.0124
24.129.98
816.50
24,129.98
816.50
CwTi¢d fcowtrd 31.1224
24
24946.48
Deprethtloll
Broughi fo￿vard 01.0124
Charge forthe period
11.541.50
2.010.75
11,541.50
2,010.75
Carried fiyd 31.1224
13.55224
13.552.24
Net book value 31.1124
li
N¢t IxM)k value 31.1223
12.588.48
12.588.48
All tangible fixed assets used directlyfor ¢Iwitablepur￿S.
118iees
nlE
Two of th¢lnW RevFr IonutGabriel St¢lianManthandD¢ll Mariu8Andrei PKU. receivestirfflds
from the Clwity for their pastoral 5erviw the payment of such servicos h&¥ been approved by the
Charity Commission. Fr r￿e1Ved £2.750 pcrmollth dwing 2024, & suln eqUiv￿<￿t to the 8
iIK skny. Dcn MRrtus receivsj a miniD)ai amoutrt, £350 per month. No expeJ]ses are pAid to the