## **Charity Commission**
## Charity Commission Annual Return 2024
## **The Western Orthodox Church, known as the Vicariate of Saint Paulinus**
Charity registration number: 1201627
**Most of the information you give in this form will become publicly available on the Register[of Charities. Any field that the Charity Commission will not display will be clearly marked. ][This document is a record of the information provided in the Annual Return 202][4][. ]**
## **Financial period**
## **Financial period start date**
16/11/2023
## **Financial period end date**
15/11/2024
## **Income and spending**
## **Income £**
£0
## **Spending £**
£0
## **Number of contracts from government**
**How many contracts (other than grant agreements) did your charity receive from central government or a local authority during the financial period for this return?**
0
## **Number of grants from government**
**How many grants did your charity receive from central government or a local authority during the financial period for this return?**
0
## **Income breakdown**
## **Donations and legacies (excluding Endowments Received)**
£0
## **Charitable activities**
£0
## **Other trading activities**
£0
## **Investments**
£0
## **Other**
£0
## **Grantmaking**
## **Is grant making the main way your charity carries out its purposes?**
No
**Recipients of grants**
## **Please round all figures to the nearest pound (do not enter decimal points or commas).Individuals**
£0
## **Other charities**
£0
## **Other organisations that are not charities**
£0
## **Trustee payments**
**Excluding out of pocket expenses, for what were any of the trustees paid during the financial period for this return?**
⊠ e. None of the trustees have been paid
**Did any of the trustees resign and take up employment with your charity in the financial period of this return?**
No
## **Income from outside the UK**
**Did your charity receive income from outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return?**
No
## **Delivering activities outside the United Kingdom**
**Did your charity deliver charitable activities outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return?**
No
## **Spending outside England & Wales**
**Did your charity spend funds outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return?**
No
## **Trading subsidiaries**
## **Does the charity have any trading subsidiaries?**
No
## **Charity contact details correct**
## **Is the contact address displayed from the Register of Charities, correct?**
Yes
## **Charity headquarters details correct**
## **Is this the same address that you use as your charity's administrative headquarters?**
Yes
## **Charity contact address**
4 NEVILLE STREET
YORK
YO31 8NP
## **Charity Headquarters address**
4 NEVILLE STREET
YORK
YO31 8NP
## **Membership type**
## **Is the charity part of a wider group structure with a parent body and subsidiary bodies?**
no, the charity is not part of a wider group structure
## **Employment contract types**
## **People were permanently employed by your charity**
0
## **People were on fixed-terms contracts with your charity**
0
## **Self-employed people were working for your charity**
0
## **Governance policies**
## **Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures**
No
## **Safeguarding policy and procedures**
Yes
## **Financial reserves policy and procedures**
No
## **Complaints policy and procedures**
Yes
## **Serious incident reporting policy and procedures**
Yes
## **Internal risk management policy and procedures**
No
## **Trustee expenses policy and procedures**
No
## **Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures**
No
## **Investing charity funds policy and procedures**
No
## **Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures**
No
## **Bullying and harassment policy and procedures**
Yes
## **Social media policy and procedures**
No
## **Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures**
No
## **Safeguarding**
**Has your charity provided services to children and/or adults at risk in the financial period of the return?**
No
## **External risk and impact**
## **Donations,**
Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable
## **Other income - grants**
Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable
## **Other income - contracts**
Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable
## **Other income - investment**
Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable
## **Expenditure on charitable activities**
Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable
## **Expenditure on overheads**
Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable
## **Number of volunteers**
Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable
## **Number of employees**
Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable
## **Number of trustees**
Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable
## **Fundraising activities**
Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable
## **Capacity to deliver services**
Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable
## **Total service demand**
Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable
## **Volunteers**
**Excluding trustees, provide an estimate of the number of volunteers who carried out charitable activities on behalf of your charity in the United Kingdom during the financial period of this return?**
0
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**Declaration**
|**Your role at the charity (select one):**|**Your role at the charity (select one):**|
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|⊠Trustee||
|**Given names**|Martin|
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|**Family name**|Charlesworth|
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|**Telephone**|07889678690|
|**number**||
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|**Email**|father_charlesworth@aol.com|
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|**Date submitted**|03/03/2026|
**It is a criminal offence under section 60 of the Charities Act 2011 for anyone to knowingly or recklessly provide false or misleading information to the commission; this includes suppressing, concealing or destroying documents.**
**French Orthodox Church (THE WESTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH, THE VICARIATE OF SAINT PAULINUS) ANNUAL PARISH RETURN – 1 JANUARY TO 31 DECEMBER 2024**
**PARISH DETAILS:** Name: Community of Our Lady & Saint Anthony, York
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|Status(tick)|Status(tick)|Status(tick)|Parish|Parish|Mission X|Mission X|Mission X|√ Provisional Mission|√ Provisional Mission|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Mailing Address 4 Neville Street, York YO31 8NP
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|||Worship Address Archbishop Holgates School Chapel, York
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|E-Mail father_charlesworth@aol.com Website TBC||||||||||||
|Phone 07306883321 Fax N/A||||||||||||
|Parish Clergy
|Priest in Charge: The Reverend Father Martin Charlesworth|||||||||||
||Assistant N/A|||||||||||
|Parish Officers
|_Acting_Warden Mrs Veronika Charlesworth|||||||||||
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Warden TBC|||||||||||
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Secretary TBC|||||||||||
||Treasurer TBC|||||||||||
|**PARISH**
**MEMBERSHIP**||||ACC Members|||||||Non-ACC
Attenders|
|||||Communicants||||Baptised Only||||
|Total Number at beginning of Year
Additions during the Year
Departures during the Year
Total Number at the end of Year
Total Parish Membership||||5|||||||4|
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|**TOTAL ATTENDANCE AT MAJOR FESTIVALS DURING THE YEAR**||||||||||||
|Service|||Matins|Mass||Evensong|||Other||Total|
|Christmas
Easter
Pentecost
Patronal Festival||||5||1|||||7|
|||||5||2|||||8|
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## **French Orthodox Church (THE WESTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH, THE VICARIATE OF SAINT PAULINUS) ANNUAL PARISH RETURN – 1 JANUARY TO 31 DECEMBER 2024 NUMBER OF SERVICES DURING THE YEAR**
|**Service**|Matins|Mass|Mass|Evensong||Other||Totals|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Sundays|1|52||1||1||55|
|Weekdays|1|0||1||1||1092|
|Totals|364|52||364||364||1147|
|**Service**|Baptism|Confirmation||Marriage||SickVisits||Funerals|
|Totals|0|0||0||17||3|
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|**Total Acts of Communion during Year**|||Sundays
167||Weekdays
0||Annual Total
167||
## **VISITATIONS**
Has the Diocesan Bishop visited this Year? x No Date __________________________
Have any other Bishops Visited? x No (Names and Dates below please)
Have any Diocesan Officers visited? x No (Names and Details below please)
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## **INSURANCE**
Do you have Insurance Policies to cover the following?
Buildings Yes Contents Yes Public Liability under Diocesan insurance
If you are included in the Diocesan Public Liability Policy please indicate here_Yes_______
The above details have been checked and to the best of my knowledge are correct,
Date Date 03/03/2026
Rector Priest in Charge
Signed Mrs Veronika Charlesworth
Date 03/03/2026
_Acting_ Warden (or Secretary)
Please **return** to the Diocesan Secretary by 01/03/2025 and attach:
1. A brief **Report for your Parish** for the Past Year and any future plans. Include any arrangements you made to support some form of worship when churches were closed.
2. A **Balance Sheet and Statement of Accounts** for the Year Ended 31 December 2024
3. Details of any **Christian Education and Outreach** you have in place:
4. A Cheque for your **Annual Tithe.** Thank you