## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 06/04/2024 Period start date To 05/04/2025 Period end date**
## **Charity name: THE ANTIOCHIAN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY OF SAINT THEODORE OF CROWLAND CIO**
## **Charity registration number: 1203936**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The objects of the CIO are to promote the**
**Orthodox Christian faith in North East**
**Lincolnshire for the public benefit, and to**
**provide relief for those in need, by:**
**1. Maintaining a stable place of worship.**
**2. Providing financial support for a priest**
**to serve the community and facilitate**
**worship.**
**3. To hold public religious services,**
**prayer meetings, lectures and social**
**media to raise awareness of the Orthodox**
**Christian faith.**
**4. To distribute literature in the form of**
**pamphlets and newsletters to make the**
**Orthodox Christian faith known in North**
**East Lincolnshire.**
**5. To offer emotional and practical**
**support to those in need.**
**6. To support other local charities.**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**1.In the year 2024-2025 Saint Theodore’s**
**CIO was able to secure and pay for**
**premises for regular monthly worship**
**services.**
**2. The CIO was able to bring in a priest to**
**provide regular monthly worship**
**services, including funerals.**
**3. We were able to increase our outreach**
**to others through the use of social media.**
**established a website for the parish.**
**4. The CIO was able to offer pastoral**
**support the persons impacted by**
**bereavement issues.**
**5. The CIO was able to increase**
**awareness of the Orthodox Christian faith**
**through inviting non-Orthodox to our**
**worship and prayer services, and by**
**taking part in ecumenical services.**|
|Statement confirming|Para 1.18|**In fulfilling their duties and making**|
whether the trustees have **decisions about the CIO’s activities, the** had regard to the guidance **trustees have ensured that these** issued by the Charity **activities benefit the public and have paid** Commission on public **due regard to the Charity Commissions** benefit **guidance in this matter.**
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**Increasing awareness and understanding**
**of the Orthodox Christian faith among**
**the people of North East Lincolnshire.**
**The CIO has engaged in direct dialogue**
**locally with other non-Orthodox**
**Christians, and has began to try to**
**provide an Orthodox Christian presence**
**at the local general hospital.**
**Securing monthly Orthodox Christian**
**worship services at Saint Matthew’s CofE**
**Church. This is a fundamental service**
**and a key achievement in relation to our**
**objectives. There is now a regular**
**Orthodox Christian service in Grimsby,**
**which can be attended by anyone in our**
**local community. We have been able to**
**welcome a number of visitors who**
**wanted to learn more about the Orthodox**
**Christian faith.**
**Creating an online presence to make the**
**Orthodox Christian faith known. We**
**advertise our services regularly on**|
**several online social media forums, sharing information on who we are, what we believe, and inviting all to attend our services. Securing the services of a priest to hold regular worship services. This is another major achievement, and the trustees are working towards making arrangements in the future to pay the priests expenses. Through people visiting our services or making contact in person, we have been able provide emotional support and information for persons dealing with bereavement issues.**
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|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
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## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Saint Theodore’s CIO was supported**
**from April 2024-April 2025 through**
**donations from those attending our**
**monthly worship services (i.e. the**
**collection at the service).**
**The trustees have begun to explore ways**
**to raise funds for the mission, and have**
**spoken with other parishes to help**
**develop ideas on how to do this.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Saint Theodore’s CIO policy regarding**
**reserves is that they should be kept to a**
**minimum such that donations received**
**benefit the CIO’s beneficiaries as soon as**
**possible, subject to the following**
**constraints:**
•
**The CIO’s resources should be**
**expended in an orderly and**
**planned fashion in order to avoid**
**waste and maximise their impact.**
•
**The CIO’s financial stability is**
**maintained such that it can meet**
**its current and future liabilities**
**and commitments.**
**In light of these considerations, Saint**
**Theodore’s reserves policy is that the**
**minimum level of reserves should be**
**equivalent to one month’s operating**
**costs. The CIO does not have a maximum**
**level of reserves held.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**One month’s reserves: £520, due to low**
**operating costs currently**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23||
## **Additional information (optional)**
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The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted
Para 1.46 A description of the principal risks facing the charity Other
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees are selected on the basis of**
**their skills, knowledge and experience**
**within the Orthodox Christian Church.**
**Trustees are appointed by a resolution of**
**the board of trustees.**|
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Community of Saint
Theodore of Crowland CIO|
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|Other name the charityuses|Saint Theodore’sparish.|
|Registered charity number|1203936|
|Charity’s principal address|128 Sandringham Road, Cleethorpes, NE Lincolnshire DN35
9DP|
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||William Alban
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||Emma Lambert|||Board of Trustees|
||Carl Christopher|||Board of Trustees|
||Jennie Marie|Chair|09 July2025|Board of Trustees|
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved
## **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|||
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||William Martin Alban Campbell|Emma Lambert|
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