2025-11-15-accounts

Charity Commission

Charity Commission Annual Return 2025

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][5][. ]

Financial period

Financial period start date

16/11/2024

Financial period end date

15/11/2025

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

Privacy statement

Any information you give us will be held securely and processed only in accordance with the rule on data protection. We will not disclose your personal details to anyone unconnected to the Charity Commission unless:

• you have consented to their release; or

• we are legally obliged to disclose them; or

• we regard disclosure as either (a) necessary so that we can properly carry out our

• statutory functions or (b) necessary in the public interest.

We may share and disclose information about you with relevant public authorities, regulatory bodies and agencies, outside the Charity Commission but only if:

• we can lawfully do so; and

• we decide that disclosure is necessary for national security, crime detection,

prevention, and law enforcement, or other issues in the public interest

Information we collect about you

We will use this information:

To enable us to carry out our statutory functions and duties;

This will include the following actions:

(a) update, consolidate, and improve the accuracy of our records;

(b) undertake crime detection and prevention and law enforcement and assist the third parties specified above to investigate or prevent crime and carry out law enforcement;

(c) data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes

Information we receive from other sources.

Information we receive from other sources

We may combine this information with information you give to us and information we collect about you.

We may use this information and the combined information for the purposes set out above (depending on the types of information we receive).

We will ensure that any such disclosure and use is proportionate; considers your right to respect for your private life; and is done fairly and lawfully in accordance with the data protection principles of the Data Protection Act.

The Data Protection Act 1998 regulates the use of 'personal data', which is essentially any information, however stored, about identifiable living individuals.

As a 'data controller' under the Act, the Charity Commission must comply with it. Any changes we may make to our privacy statement in the future will be set out in the replacement version of this form.

Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.

Declaration

Your role at the charity (select one):	Your role at the charity (select one):
⊠Trustee
Given names	Martin
Family name	Charlesworth
Telephone	07889678690
number
Email	[e-mail]
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 2025

PARISH DETAILS: Name: Community of Our Lady & Saint Anthony, York

		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
		Worship Address Archbishop Holgates School Chapel, York
E-Mail [e-mail] Website TBC
Phone [phone] Fax N/A
Parish Clergy	Priest in Charge: The Reverend Father Martin Charlesworth
	Assistant N/A
Parish Officers	_Acting_Warden Mrs Veronika Charlesworth
	Warden TBC
	Secretary TBC
	Treasurer TBC
PARISH MEMBERSHIP				ACC Members							Non-XP 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				4				1			4
				1
				4
				4
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
				4							4
				2							2

French Orthodox Church (THE WESTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH, THE VICARIATE OF SAINT PAULINUS) ANNUAL PARISH RETURN – 1 JANUARY TO 31 DECEMBER 2025 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		8		2
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 01/03/2026 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 2025

3. Details of any Christian Education and Outreach you have in place:

4. A Cheque for your Annual Tithe. Thank you