## **The Bulgarian Orthodox Community of St. Constantine and St. Helen** 

## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 

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|||Day<br>01|Month<br>June|Year<br>2022|||Day<br>31|Month<br>May|Year<br>2023|



Section A 

Reference and administration details 

THE BULGARIAN ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OF ST. **Charity name** CONSTANTINE AND ST. HELEN 

**Other names charity is known by** 

**Registered charity number (if any)** 1189491 

**Charity's principal address** 

6 Rochester Road Cuxton Rochester **Postcode ME2 1AF** 

## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

**Name of person (or body) Dates acted if not for Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee whole year (if any)** Rev. Dobromir Chairman 01/07/2022 1 Dimitrov 2 Kiril Ivanov 3 Dominic Anstee Pavlina 4 Chingarova Lambrini 5 Ferkadis 6 

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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** 

1 March **2012** 

**TAR** 



## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Type of adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|**Type of adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|**Type of adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|
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|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||
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|**Section B**<br>**Structure, governance and management**<br>**Description of the charity’s trusts**<br>Type of governing document<br>(eg. trust deed, constitution)<br>Charity Constitution<br>How the charity is constituted<br>(eg. trust, association, company)<br>Trustee selection methods<br>(eg. appointed by, elected by)<br>Every appointed trustee must be appointed for a term of three years by<br>resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees.<br>In selecting individuals for appointment as appointed charity trustees, the<br>charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience<br>needed for the effective administration of the CIO|||



## **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** 

2 March **2012** 

**TAR** 



|**Summary of the objects of the**<br>**charity set out in its**<br>**governing document**<br>**Summary of the main**<br>**activities undertaken for the**<br>**public benefit in relation to**<br>**these objects (include within**<br>**this section the statutory**<br>**declaration that trustees have**<br>**had regard to the guidance**<br>**issued by the Charity**<br>**Commission on public**<br>**benefit)**|To advance the Orthodox Christian faith in Kent, London and SE England<br>in<br>particular and throughout the UK for the public benefit, mainly but not<br>exclusively by providing<br>●a place of worship, religious education, pastoral care, religious<br>ceremonies such as liturgical services , baptisms , christenings ,<br>weddings , funerals , and other regular religious services to the Bulgarian<br>as well as other Orthodox Christians<br>●the building and maintenance of a church and community centre.<br>●ministry to the people through canonical services conducted according<br>to the order and tradition of the Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese of Western<br>and<br>Central Europe at the Bulgarian Orthodox Church – Bulgarian<br>Patriarchate.|
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||In the third year of operation, and after the end of the Corovavirus<br>restrictions the Charity has gone from strength to strength.<br>We have been able to hold regular church services in Kent as well as in<br>London. The congregation has been growing steadily and consistently.<br>We were able to run a successful online and in person fundraising<br>campaign and have managed to secure funds to maintain the services<br>going.|



## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** 

3 March **2012** 

**TAR** 



You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: 

- policy on grantmaking; 

- policy programme related investment; 

- contribution made by volunteers. 

Section D 

## Achievements and performance 

4 

March **2012** 

**TAR** 



**Summary of the main** We have been able to hold regular church services in Kent as well as in **achievements of the charity** London for the whole accounts period.The congregation has been **during the year** growing steadily and consistently. We have run a successful online and in person fundraising campaign and have managed to secure funds to maintain the services going. 

|**Section E**<br>|**Financial review**|
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|**Brief statement of the**<br>**charity’s policy on reserves**<br>**Details of any funds materially**<br>**in deficit**||
||The Charity intends to hold a 10% of all income in reserves, which are<br>intended to cover short term shortfalls in revenue. None of the reserves<br>will be restricted.|
||None|



5 

March **2012** 

**TAR** 



## **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)** КИванов 

Kiril Ivanov 

**Full name(s)** 

Kiril Ivanov 

**Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** Secretary 

## **Date** 

01/09/2023 

6 

March **2012** 

**TAR** 




**Charity Name No (if any) The Bulgarian Orthodox Community of 1189491 St. Constantine and St. Helen** 

## **Receipts and payments accounts** 

**CC16a** 

**For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from 01/06/22 31/05/23** 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

**Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds** 

**Total funds Last year** 

**to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £** 

## **A1 Receipts** 

|**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Donations||**3,134**||||**-**||||**-**||||**3,134**||||**5,380**||
|Grants and GiftAid||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**3,318**||
|Other Charitable Income||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**400**||
|||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||
|||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||
|||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||
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|||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_||**3,134**<br>||||**-**||||**-**||||**3,134**||||**9,098**||



|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**||||||||||||||||
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|**(see table).**||||||||||||||||
|Bank Interest||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|||||
|Investment Income||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||
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|**_Total receipts_**||**3,134**|||**-**|||**-**|||**3,134**|||**9,098**||





|**A3 Payments**<br>Rent<br>**-**<br>Church and Services Supplies<br>**-**<br>Utilities<br>**-**<br>Insurance<br>**-                      354**<br>Materials and Equipment<br>**-**<br>Stationery<br>**-**<br>Trustee Expenses<br>**-**<br>Fundraising Expenses<br>**-**<br>Other Expenses<br>**-                   5,628**<br>**_Sub total_ -                   5,982**|**A3 Payments**<br>Rent<br>**-**<br>Church and Services Supplies<br>**-**<br>Utilities<br>**-**<br>Insurance<br>**-                      354**<br>Materials and Equipment<br>**-**<br>Stationery<br>**-**<br>Trustee Expenses<br>**-**<br>Fundraising Expenses<br>**-**<br>Other Expenses<br>**-                   5,628**<br>**_Sub total_ -                   5,982**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-                  354**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-               5,628**<br>**-               5,982**||
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|Rent|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|Church and Services Supplies|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|Utilities|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|Insurance|**-                      354**|**-**|**-**|**-                  354**|**371**|
|Materials and Equipment|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|Stationery|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|Trustee Expenses|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|Fundraising Expenses|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|Other Expenses|**-                   5,628**|**-**|**-**|**-               5,628**|**2,111**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**-                   5,982**|**-**|**-**|**-               5,982**|**2,482**|



|**A4 Asset and investment**||||||||||||||||||
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|**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||||||||||
|||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|||**-**|||||
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|**_Sub total_ **||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||
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|**_Total payments_**||**-                 5,982**||||**-**||||**-**|||**-               5,982**|||**2,482**||
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|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **||**-                 2,848**|||**-**||||**-**||||**-             2,848**|||**6,616**||
|**A5 Transfers between funds**||**-**|||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|||**-**||
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**||**-**|||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|||**-**||
|**_Cash funds this year end_ **||**-                 2,848**|||**-**||||**-**||||**-             2,848**|||**6,616**||





## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**<br>Bank Current Account<br>Bank Savings Account<br>Cash<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))|**to nearest £**<br>**3,756**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**3,756**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>Agreement<br>Error<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**|**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**|**to nearest £**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|
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|||||**to nearest £**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|
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## **B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use** 

## **B5 Liabilities** 

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees 

|**Details**<br>Land and Buildings<br>Vehicles and Equipment<br>Stocks and Shares<br>Accounts Receivable<br>Other<br>**Details**<br>Accounts Not Yet Paid<br>Expenses Not Yet Paid<br>Transfers between A/C's<br>Loans<br>Other Liabilities|0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**|**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**|**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
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|Accounts Not Yet Paid|**0**|**-**||
|Expenses Not Yet Paid|**0**|**-**||
|Transfers between A/C's|**0**|**-**||
|Loans|**0**|**-**||
|Other Liabilities|**0**|**-**||



|Signature|Print Name<br>Kiril Ivanov|Date of<br>approval|
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||Kiril Ivanov|05/06/23|
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