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St. Joseph Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, Redditch

Charity Number: 1213423

Trustees’ Annual Report and Accounts For the year ended 31 December 2025

Trustees’ Annual Report

For the year ended 31 December 2025

Charity details

Charity name:

St. Joseph Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, Redditch

Charity number:

1213423

Principal address:

All Saints Church Burcot Lane Bromsgrove Worcestershire B60 1AD

Trustees

The trustees who served during the year and up to the date of this report were:

Biju Chamakkattu Varghese – Chair (appointed 02 March 2025)
George Issac – Trustee (appointed 02 March 2025)
Bobby Parambakkattu Mathews – Trustee (appointed 02 March 2025)
Sabu Kakkassery Kuriakose – Trustee (appointed 02 March 2025)

(Trustees are appointed in accordance with the charity’s governing document.)

Structure, governance and management

St. Joseph Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, Redditch is an unincorporated charitable organisation governed by its constitution. The charity is administered by the trustees, who meet regularly to manage the affairs of the church and ensure compliance with charity law and guidance issued by the Charity Commission for England and Wales.

The trustees are collectively responsible for decision-making, financial oversight, safeguarding of assets, and ensuring that the charity operates within its charitable objects.

Objectives and activities

The principal object of the charity is the advancement of religion, particularly through:

The provision of public worship and religious services
Pastoral care and spiritual support to members of the congregation
Community engagement and religious education
Social and cultural activities connected with church life

In planning activities, the trustees have had due regard to the Charity Commission’s public benefit guidance.

Achievements and performance

During the year ended 31 December 2025, the charity continued its regular programme of worship services and religious observances, together with community and fellowship events. These activities contributed to the spiritual wellbeing of the congregation and strengthened community participation.

The trustees consider that the charity has successfully fulfilled its objectives throughout the year.

Financial review

The trustees prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis, as permitted under section 133 of the Charities Act 2011.

Total income during the year amounted to £36,703
Total expenditure during the year amounted to £31,912
Net incoming resources for the year were £4,792

At the end of the financial year, the charity held cash funds of £11,851, comprising opening cash balance, unrestricted and restricted funds.

The trustees are satisfied that the charity remains financially stable and able to meet its ongoing commitments.

Reserves policy

The trustees have considered the level of reserves held at the year end and believe that the balance maintained is appropriate for the charity’s current activities and foreseeable needs. The charity does not hold excessive reserves and uses its funds to support its charitable purposes.

Public benefit

The trustees confirm that they have complied with their duty under section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. The activities of the charity are carried out for the benefit of the public and the congregation without undue restriction.

Trustees’ responsibilities

The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

The trustees are required to:

Keep proper accounting records
Safeguard the assets of the charity
Take reasonable steps to prevent and detect fraud and other irregularities

Approval

This report was approved by the trustees and authorised for issue on behalf of the trustee board.

Signed: _____ Name: ____ Position: Trustee Date: ______

Charity Name	Charity No. 1213423
St. Joseph jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, Redditch

CC16a Receipts and payments accounts For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01/01/2025 31/12/2025

Section A Receipts and payments	Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £	Restricted funds to the nearest £	Endowment funds to the nearest £	Total funds to the nearest £	Last year to the nearest £
Charitable activities Donations and legacies Events Other trading activities Subscriptions	8,583	-	-	8,583	-
	849	-	-	849	-
		4,242	-	4,242	-
	2,260	-	-	2,260	-
	20,770	-	-	20,770	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	32,461	4,242	-	36,703	-

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
	-
	-				-
*Sub total*	-				-
*Total receipts* A3 Payments
					-

Charitable activities Events Other Expenditure	23,985	-	-	23,985	-
	-	2,917	-	2,917	-
	5,010	-	-	5,010	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
**Sub total **	28,995	2,917	-	31,912	-

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
	-
	-
**Sub total **	-				-
*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*
					-

	3,467	1,325	-	4,792	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	11,059	-	-	11,059	-
	14,526	1,325	-	15,851	-

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

Details Cash at Bank *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details	Unrestricted funds to nearest £	Restricted funds to nearest £	Endowment funds to nearest £
	14,526	1,325	-
	-	-	-
	-	-	-
	14,526	1,325	-
			OK
			Endowment funds to nearest £
	-	-	-
	-	-	-
	-	-	-
	-	-	-
	-	-	-
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Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
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Details Details	Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates	Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Amount due (optional)	Current value (optional)
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			When due (optional)
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Signature	Print Name
			Date of approval

Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of ST. JOSEPH JACOBITE SYRIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH, REDDITCH Charity Number: 1213423

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity for the period 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025, which are set out on pages [X to X].

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011.

I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. In carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner’s statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
the accounts do not accord with those records; or
the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed: _________

Name: [Independent Examiner Name] Sunil Rajan, MAAT Relevant Professional Qualification (if any): ___ MAAT Address: ___ Tax Care Accountancy Services, Oakridge, Weston Road, Stafford, ST16 3RS Date: ______ 17/04/2026

St. Joseph Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, Redditch

Charity Number: 1213423

Trustees’ Annual Report and Accounts For the year ended 31 December 2025

Trustees’ Annual Report

For the year ended 31 December 2025

Charity details

Charity name:

St. Joseph Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, Redditch

Charity number:

1213423

Principal address:

All Saints Church Burcot Lane Bromsgrove Worcestershire B60 1AD

Trustees

The trustees who served during the year and up to the date of this report were:

Biju Chamakkattu Varghese – Chair (appointed 02 March 2025)
George Issac – Trustee (appointed 02 March 2025)
Bobby Parambakkattu Mathews – Trustee (appointed 02 March 2025)
Sabu Kakkassery Kuriakose – Trustee (appointed 02 March 2025)

(Trustees are appointed in accordance with the charity’s governing document.)

Structure, governance and management

The trustees are collectively responsible for decision-making, financial oversight, safeguarding of assets, and ensuring that the charity operates within its charitable objects.

Objectives and activities

The principal object of the charity is the advancement of religion, particularly through:

The provision of public worship and religious services
Pastoral care and spiritual support to members of the congregation
Community engagement and religious education
Social and cultural activities connected with church life

In planning activities, the trustees have had due regard to the Charity Commission’s public benefit guidance.

Achievements and performance

The trustees consider that the charity has successfully fulfilled its objectives throughout the year.

Financial review

The trustees prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis, as permitted under section 133 of the Charities Act 2011.

Total income during the year amounted to £36,703
Total expenditure during the year amounted to £31,912
Net incoming resources for the year were £4,792

At the end of the financial year, the charity held cash funds of £11,851, comprising opening cash balance, unrestricted and restricted funds.

The trustees are satisfied that the charity remains financially stable and able to meet its ongoing commitments.

Reserves policy

Public benefit

Trustees’ responsibilities

The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

The trustees are required to:

Keep proper accounting records
Safeguard the assets of the charity
Take reasonable steps to prevent and detect fraud and other irregularities

Approval

This report was approved by the trustees and authorised for issue on behalf of the trustee board.

Signed: _____ Name: ____ Position: Trustee Date: ______

Charity Name	Charity No. 1213423
St. Joseph jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, Redditch

CC16a Receipts and payments accounts For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01/01/2025 31/12/2025

Section A Receipts and payments	Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £	Restricted funds to the nearest £	Endowment funds to the nearest £	Total funds to the nearest £	Last year to the nearest £
Charitable activities Donations and legacies Events Other trading activities Subscriptions	8,583	-	-	8,583	-
	849	-	-	849	-
		4,242	-	4,242	-
	2,260	-	-	2,260	-
	20,770	-	-	20,770	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	32,461	4,242	-	36,703	-

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
	-
	-				-
*Sub total*	-				-
*Total receipts* A3 Payments
					-

Charitable activities Events Other Expenditure	23,985	-	-	23,985	-
	-	2,917	-	2,917	-
	5,010	-	-	5,010	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
**Sub total **	28,995	2,917	-	31,912	-

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
	-
	-
**Sub total **	-				-
*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*
					-

	3,467	1,325	-	4,792	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	11,059	-	-	11,059	-
	14,526	1,325	-	15,851	-

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

Details Cash at Bank *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details	Unrestricted funds to nearest £	Restricted funds to nearest £	Endowment funds to nearest £
	14,526	1,325	-
	-	-	-
	-	-	-
	14,526	1,325	-
			OK
			Endowment funds to nearest £
	-	-	-
	-	-	-
	-	-	-
	-	-	-
	-	-	-
	-	-	-
Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
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Details Details	Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates	Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Amount due (optional)	Current value (optional)
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			When due (optional)
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Signature	Print Name
			Date of approval

Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of ST. JOSEPH JACOBITE SYRIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH, REDDITCH Charity Number: 1213423

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity for the period 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025, which are set out on pages [X to X].

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011.

Independent examiner’s statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
the accounts do not accord with those records; or
the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

Signed: _________

St. Joseph Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, Redditch

Charity Number: 1213423

Trustees’ Annual Report and Accounts For the year ended 31 December 2025

Trustees’ Annual Report

For the year ended 31 December 2025

Charity details

Charity name:

St. Joseph Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, Redditch

Charity number:

1213423

Principal address:

All Saints Church Burcot Lane Bromsgrove Worcestershire B60 1AD

Trustees

The trustees who served during the year and up to the date of this report were:

Biju Chamakkattu Varghese – Chair (appointed 02 March 2025)
George Issac – Trustee (appointed 02 March 2025)
Bobby Parambakkattu Mathews – Trustee (appointed 02 March 2025)
Sabu Kakkassery Kuriakose – Trustee (appointed 02 March 2025)

(Trustees are appointed in accordance with the charity’s governing document.)

Structure, governance and management

The trustees are collectively responsible for decision-making, financial oversight, safeguarding of assets, and ensuring that the charity operates within its charitable objects.

Objectives and activities

The principal object of the charity is the advancement of religion, particularly through:

The provision of public worship and religious services
Pastoral care and spiritual support to members of the congregation
Community engagement and religious education
Social and cultural activities connected with church life

In planning activities, the trustees have had due regard to the Charity Commission’s public benefit guidance.

Achievements and performance

The trustees consider that the charity has successfully fulfilled its objectives throughout the year.

Financial review

The trustees prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis, as permitted under section 133 of the Charities Act 2011.

Total income during the year amounted to £36,703
Total expenditure during the year amounted to £31,912
Net incoming resources for the year were £4,792

At the end of the financial year, the charity held cash funds of £11,851, comprising opening cash balance, unrestricted and restricted funds.

The trustees are satisfied that the charity remains financially stable and able to meet its ongoing commitments.

Reserves policy

Public benefit

Trustees’ responsibilities

The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

The trustees are required to:

Keep proper accounting records
Safeguard the assets of the charity
Take reasonable steps to prevent and detect fraud and other irregularities

Approval

This report was approved by the trustees and authorised for issue on behalf of the trustee board.

Signed: _____ Name: ____ Position: Trustee Date: ______

Charity Name	Charity No. 1213423
St. Joseph jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, Redditch

CC16a Receipts and payments accounts For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01/01/2025 31/12/2025

Section A Receipts and payments	Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £	Restricted funds to the nearest £	Endowment funds to the nearest £	Total funds to the nearest £	Last year to the nearest £
Charitable activities Donations and legacies Events Other trading activities Subscriptions	8,583	-	-	8,583	-
	849	-	-	849	-
		4,242	-	4,242	-
	2,260	-	-	2,260	-
	20,770	-	-	20,770	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	32,461	4,242	-	36,703	-

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
	-
	-				-
*Sub total*	-				-
*Total receipts* A3 Payments
					-

Charitable activities Events Other Expenditure	23,985	-	-	23,985	-
	-	2,917	-	2,917	-
	5,010	-	-	5,010	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
**Sub total **	28,995	2,917	-	31,912	-

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
	-
	-
**Sub total **	-				-
*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*
					-

	3,467	1,325	-	4,792	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	11,059	-	-	11,059	-
	14,526	1,325	-	15,851	-

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

Details Cash at Bank *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details	Unrestricted funds to nearest £	Restricted funds to nearest £	Endowment funds to nearest £
	14,526	1,325	-
	-	-	-
	-	-	-
	14,526	1,325	-
			OK
			Endowment funds to nearest £
	-	-	-
	-	-	-
	-	-	-
	-	-	-
	-	-	-
	-	-	-
Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
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Details Details	Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates	Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Amount due (optional)	Current value (optional)
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			-
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			When due (optional)
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Signature	Print Name
			Date of approval

Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of ST. JOSEPH JACOBITE SYRIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH, REDDITCH Charity Number: 1213423

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity for the period 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025, which are set out on pages [X to X].

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011.

Independent examiner’s statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
the accounts do not accord with those records; or
the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

Signed: _________