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

Period start date Period end date 02 09 2023 05 04 2024 **From To** 

## Section A                        Reference and administration details 

**St Mary's Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, Hampshire** 

**Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1201097 

**Charity's principal address** 5 Parlour way Drayton Portsmouth **Postcode PO6 1DY** 

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

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**<br>**whole year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Rev. Aneesh Achankunju<br>Kavalayil|CHAIRMAN|||
||Rinu Abraham|TREASURER|||
||Jollymon  Peter||||
||Leela Baby||||
||Jacob Binoy<br>Panamparambil||||
||Dinnish Kudiyirickal  Mani||||
||Sajilymol Molethekkepurath<br>Paulose||||
||Jibi Job||||
||Jobin George||||
||Shaji Alias||||
||Basil Aluckal||||
||Binu Kuriakose||||
||George Karavattamangalath<br>Cheriyankunju||||
||Shibu Poovannikunnel<br>Abraham||||
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||**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**||||
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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## **Section B              Structure, governance and management** 

## **Description of the charity’s trusts** 

CONSTITUTION Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) CIO How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) ELECTED BY ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Trustee selection methods 

- (eg. appointed by, elected by) 

## **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** 

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The main objective is to promote Christian faith & spread the gospel; to conduct Holy Eucharist, sacraments according to faith, tradition and customs of Jacobite church ;  to establish charitable hospitals for the **Summary of the objects of the** benefit of the members and of the community and the general public. **charity set out in its governing document** 

- Celebrated Holy Eucharist every Sunday - Conducted Sunday school for spiritual guidance of children - Youth Association for moral guidance of youth - Women fellowship for upliftment - Regular family conference organised for the spiritual growth of the members 

**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** 

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

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- To provide financial assistance to sick patients, disabled and poor 

- Grants given to eligible patients only after proper verification - One of our aspiration is to have our own place of worship and the surplus income after expenses will be invested for this purpose 

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 

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Section D                      Achievements and erformance p - We have been successful in welcoming more families to the church **Summary of the main** during the past year **achievements of the charity** - New year services was conducted on 31/12/2023 **during the year** - Annual general; meeting was conducted - Annual report , accounts and internal audit report was approved - passion week services were conducted as per our tradition 

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## **Section E                    Financial review** 

**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** 

The Church reserves are held to fund its current and future activities We are raising a building funds with an aim of buying our own building We have policy of keeping a minimum cash reserve to meet the outgoings for six months or £10,000 whichever is minimum 

**Details of any funds materially in deficit** 

## **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** 

_Rinu Abraham_ **Signature(s)** _Aneesh Achankunju Kavalayil_ **Full name(s)** Rev. Aneesh Achankunju Kavalayil[RINU ABRAHAM  ] **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chairman Treasurer **etc) Date** 20/02/2025 

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|**Charity Name**||**No (if any)**||
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|**St Mary's Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, **|**Hampshire**|1201097||
|**Receipts and payments accounts**|||**CC16a**|
|**For the period**<br>**from**<br>Period start date<br>02/09/2023|**To**|Period end<br>05/04/2024||



## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestrict**<br>**ed funds**<br>**to the**<br>**nearest      £**<br>**2,210**<br>**2,063**<br>**7,165**<br>**1,534**<br>**365**<br>**293**<br>**1,517**<br>**250**|**Unrestrict**<br>**ed funds**<br>**to the**<br>**nearest      £**<br>**2,210**<br>**2,063**<br>**7,165**<br>**1,534**<br>**365**<br>**293**<br>**1,517**<br>**250**|**Restricted funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Restricted funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Endowm**<br>**ent**<br>**funds**<br>**to the**<br>**nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowm**<br>**ent**<br>**funds**<br>**to the**<br>**nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Total**<br>**funds**<br>**to the**<br>**nearest £**<br>**2,210**<br>**2,063**<br>**7,165**<br>**1,534**<br>**365**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**293**<br>**1,517**<br>**250**|**Total**<br>**funds**<br>**to the**<br>**nearest £**<br>**2,210**<br>**2,063**<br>**7,165**<br>**1,534**<br>**365**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**293**<br>**1,517**<br>**250**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**|
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|HOLY QURBANO DONATION|**2,210**||||**-**||**2,210**||**2,746**|
|OFFERTORY/ DONATION/CHITTY|**2,063**||||**-**||**2,063**||**3,233**|
|SUBSCRIPTION ( MEMBERS)|**7,165**||||**-**||**7,165**||**8,565**|
|PERUNNAL ( CHURCH ANNUAL DAY<br>DONATION)|**1,534**||||**-**||**1,534**||**210**|
|CHRISTMAS DONATIONS|**365**||||**-**||**365**||**381**|
|MJSSA|||||**-**||**-**||**400**|
|CHARITY DONATIONS|||||**-**||**-**||**1,140**|
|BAVA VISIT|||||**-**||**-**||**1,365**|
|LELOM|**293**||||**-**||**293**||**39**|
|VANITHA SAMACHAM|**1,517**||||||**1,517**|||
|ADVANCE FROM TREASURER|**250**||||||**250**|||
|HOLY WEEK DONATION|**700**||||**-**||**700**||**205**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**16,097**||**-**||||**16,097**||**18,283**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||||||||
||||||||||**18,283**|
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|RENTS  CHURCH|**2,390**||||||**2,390**||**3,180**|
|VICAR'S ALLOWANCE|**1,800**||||**-**||**1,800**||**2,700**|
|VISITING<br>BISHOPS/PRIESTS/SPEAKERS|**1,450**||||**-**||**1,450**||**2,800**|
|CHARITY DONATION|**120**||||**-**||**120**||**50**|
|REFRESHMENTS|**4,799**||||||**4,799**||**6,001**|
|BALAKALOLSAVAM|||||**-**||**-**||**935**|
|BAVA VISIT|||||||**-**||**2,604**|
|MJSSA|||||||**-**||**2,045**|
|VIDEO SHOOTING|||||||**-**||**500**|
|CHURCH SUPPLIES/ EXPENSES|**2,628**||||**-**||**2,628**||**1,154**|
|TRAVEL EXPENSES|**720**||||||**720**||**475**|
|VANITHA SAMACHAM|**210**|||||||||
|LAPTOP|**15**|||||||||
|VBS EXPENSES|**306**|||||||||
|SOUND SYSTEM|||||||||**250**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**14,437**||**-**|**# **|**-**||**13,907**|**# **|**22,693**|



|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||<br> <br>|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||||
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|**_Sub total_ **<br>**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|<br>|**-**|
||**14,437**||**-**|**-**|**13,907**||**22,693**|
||**1,660**||**-**|**-**|<br>**1,660**||**-         4,410**|
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||**6,444**||||**6,444**||**10,854**|
||**8,104**||**-**|**-**|**8,104**||**6,444**|





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

|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B5 Liabilities**|**Details**<br>CURRENT  LLOYDS<br>PETTY CASH<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>SOUND SYSTEM<br>LAPTOP<br>**Details**<br>Signature<br>_Rinu Abraham_|**Unrestri**<br>**cted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest**<br>**£**<br>**8,104**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**8,104**<br>OK<br>**Unrestri**<br>**cted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest**<br>**£**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to**<br>**which**<br>**asset**<br>**belongs**<br>**Fund to**<br>**which**<br>**asset**<br>**belongs**<br>250<br>14.86<br>**Fund to**<br>**which**<br>**liability**<br>**relates**<br>Print|
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||_Rinu Abraham_|Rinu Abraham|
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