## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 06 04 2024 05 04 2025 **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
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**wholeyear**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Rev. Aneesh Achankunju
Kavalayil|CHAIRMAN||| ||Rinu Abraham|TREASURER||| ||Jollymon Peter|||| ||Leela Baby|||| ||Jacob Binoy
Panamparambil|||| ||Dinnish Kudiyirickal Mani|||| ||Sajilymol Molethekkepurath
Paulose|||| ||Jibi Job|||| ||Jobin George|||| ||Shaji Alias|||| ||Basil Aluckal|||| ||Binu Kuriakose|||| ||George Karavattamangalath
Cheriyankunju|||| ||Shibu Poovannikunnel
Abraham|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**|**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**| |---|---|---| ||**Name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**| |||| March **2025** **TAR** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **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** March **2025** **TAR** 2 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)** March **2025** **TAR** 3 - 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 March **2025** **TAR** 4 Section D Achievements and performance - 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 March **2025** **TAR** 5 ## **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** _rinuabraham_ **Signature(s)** _aneeshachan_ **Full name(s)** Rev. Aneesh Achankunju Kavalayil[RINU ABRAHAM ] **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chairman Treasurer **etc) Date** 18/10/2025 March **2025** **TAR** 6 |**Charity Name**||**No (if any)**|| |---|---|---|---| |**St Mary's Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, **|**Hampshire**|1201097|| |**Receipts and payments accounts**|||**CC16a**| |**For the period**
**from**
Period start date
06/04/2024|**To**|Period end
05/04/2025|| ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricte**
**d funds**
**to the**
**nearest £**
**2,360**
**9,610**
**13,125**
**6,030**
**1,612**
**1,850**
400
**134**
**1,198**
**4,077**
**459**
**106**|**Unrestricte**
**d funds**
**to the**
**nearest £**
**2,360**
**9,610**
**13,125**
**6,030**
**1,612**
**1,850**
400
**134**
**1,198**
**4,077**
**459**
**106**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowm**
**ent**
**funds**
**to the**
**nearest £**|**Total**
**funds**
**to the**
**nearest £**
**2,360**
**9,610**
**13,125**
**6,030**
**1,612**
**-**
**1,850**
**400**
**134**
**1,198**
**4,077**
**459**
**106**|**Last year**
**to the nearest**
**£**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |HOLY QURBANO DONATION|**2,360**|||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**||**2,210**| |OFFERTORY/ DONATION/CHITTY|**9,610**|||||**2,063**| |SUBSCRIPTION ( MEMBERS)|**13,125**|||||**7,165**| |PERUNNAL ( CHURCH ANNUAL DAY
DONATION)|**6,030**|||||**1,534**| |CHRISTMAS DONATIONS|**1,612**|||||**365**| |MJSSA||||||**-**| |PARISH DAY DONATION|**1,850**|||||**-**| |DONATION SOUND SYSTEM||||||**-**| |LELOM|**134**|||||**293**| |VANITHA SAMACHAM|**1,198**|||||**1,517**| |GIFT AID
PETTIKADA RECEIPTS
SALE OF EQUIPMENTS|**4,077**|||||**250**| ||**459**|||||| ||**106**|||||| |HOLY WEEK DONATION|**75**|||**-**|**75**|**700**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
**41,035**||**-**
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**-**
**-**||**41,035**|**16,097**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**
**41,035**|**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||**-**||**16,097**| |||||||| |RENTS CHURCH|**4,037**|||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**4,037**
**4,750**
**1,923**
**1,400**
**6,746**
**3,212**
**90**
**600**
**1,665**
**4,586**
**909**
**225**
**-**
**-**
**2,400**
**1,055**|**2,390**| |VICAR'S ALLOWANCE|**4,750**|||||**1,800**| |VISITING
BISHOPS/PRIESTS/SPEAKERS|**1,923**|||||**1,450**| |CHARITY DONATION|**1,400**|||||**120**| |FOOD/REFRESHMENTS|**6,746**|||||**4,799**| |PERUNNAL|**3,212**|||||**-**| |WEBSITE|**90**|||||**-**| |MJSSA|**600**|||||**-**| |MSOC|**1,665**|||||**-**| |CHURCH SUPPLIES/ EXPENSES|**4,586**|||||**2,628**| |TRAVEL EXPENSES|**909**|||||**720**| |VANITHA SAMACHAM|**225**|||||**210**| |LAPTOP||||||**15**| |VBS EXPENSES||||||**306**| |PROFESSIONALCHARGES|**2,400**|||||| |SOUND SYSTEM|**1,055**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**33,598**||**- #**|**-**|**33,598 #**|**14,437**| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||

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**-**|**-**|| |**_Sub total_ **
**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|**-**||||**-**
**33,598**

**7,437**|**-**| ||**33,598**|||**-**||**14,437**| ||**7,437**|||
**-**||**1,660**| |||||**-**|**-**
**8,104**|**-**| ||**8,104**|||||**6,444**| ||**15,541**|||
**-**|**15,541**|**8,104**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**|(ag ee ba a ces
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account(s))
**Details**
CURRENT LLOYDS
PETTY CASH
**_Total cash funds_**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
SOUND SYSTEM
LAPTOP
Signature
_rinuabraham_|**Unrestri**
**cted**
**funds**
**to nearest**
**£**
**14,879**
**662**
**-**
**-**
**15,541**
OK
**Unrestri**
**cted**
**funds**
**to nearest**
**£**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to**
**which**
**asset**
**belongs**
**Fund to**
**which**
**asset**
**belongs**
1305
14.86
**Fund to**
**which**
**liability**
**relates**
Print| |---|---|---| |||Rinu Abraham| |||| Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustee81 members of St Mary's Ja¢obll¢ Syflan Orthodox Church, Hampshlre On accounts for tho yoar endod 05"APRIL 2025 Charity no lif any) 1201097 8ot oth on pages (remember lo include the page numbers of addtli¢Jnal sheelsl Respectivg The Charty's trustees are reswnsible for the preparation ol the acco￿1$. The responslbilities of charity's ITuslees con8ider that an audit is not required for this year under sectlon trustses and examiner 144121 of the Charities Act 20111th8 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility lo: examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act. lo follow the procedures laid down in the yeneral Dlrections given by the Charlty Commission (under 8eclion 14515llb) of the 2011 Act. and to stste whether particular matters have come to my attenli¢Jn. Bagls of independent My examination was carried out In accordance wth Directions given by the examlner's statement Cttarity Comrnission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts p￿sented with those records. It also includes consideralirin of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations fTom the trustees conceming 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 lo whether the accounts present a 'true and tairf vlew and the report is limited to those matters sel oui in the ststemenl beh)w. Independent In connectlon with my gxaminatiC•n, ry) matter has come to my attention lolher than examIne￿S statement that disclosed below") 1. which gives me ￿aSOnable cause to telieve that in, any malgrKal respect, the requirements.. lo keep accounting records in accordance wilh section 130 of the 2011 Act., and to prepare accounts which accord wlh th8 accounllng recerds and comply with tho a￿OuntIng requirements of the 2011 Act have not ￿en met.. or 2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in c￿er lo enable a Proper understanding of the accoun15 to be re8ched. ' Plgase delete the words in th8 brackets if they do not gpply. Slgned: Date: 0810112026 Name: Sebastian Ma¢hukattu Devasia R91gvant profossional qualificatioll(sl or body (If any): Assocration of Chartered Certified Accountants Addr￿$. 17 NEALS CORNER, BATH ROAD, HOUNSLOW, MIDOLESEX TW3 3HJ Only complete if the examiner needs to highlighl materi81 problems. Givg here brief details of any ltsms that the examiner ￿Thshes lo dlsclose.