**Trustees' Annual Re ort for the eriod p p From** Period start date Period end date **Day** Month Year Day Month Year **To 01** September 2022 31 August 2023
## **THE GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OF HASTINGS**
## **The Greek Orthodox Church of St Mary Magdalene**
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Charity No 285794
Church Road
St Leonards-on-Sea
East Sussex
Postcode TN37 6EE
Dates acted if Name of person (or body)
Trustee name Office (if any) not for whole entitled to appoint trustee (if
year any)
His Eminence Archbishop Patron 12/06/2019 Archdiocese of Thyateira
Nikitas to and Great Britain
31/08/2023
Mr Demetrios Demetriades Trustee Executive Committee
Mr John Neofitou Vice Chair Trustee
Miss Maria Kiniari Vice Chair & Minute Executive Committee
Secretary
Mr Sotirios Joannou Trustee Executive Committee
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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Type of adviser Name Address
Accountants and Mr
Charity Advisors
Financial Mrs I Edwards 8 Baldslow Down,
Administrator St Leonards on Sea, East Susses TN37 7NH
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Section B** Structure, governance and management
**Description of the charity’s trusts**
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Type of governing document Declaration of Trust 1982 and as amended on 17 Jul 2018
(eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted Trust
(eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods Appointed by Executive Committee (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.
Newly appointed trustees are invited to induction meetings to familiarise themselves with the work of our Charity, they are introduced to the Church executive committee and we familiarise them with the Deed of Trust and the Constitution of the Greek Orthodox Communities. We offer guidance and provide them with a welcome pack including:
- Equal Opportunities Statement
- The Essential Trustee – what you need to know’.
- Our Safeguarding policy – we are registered with CCPAS to ensure full compliance with safeguarding including DBS checks where appropriate.
- Health & Safety and Fire Risks
- Good Governance – we strive to ensure we are fully in compliance in everything we do.
- The Charity operates under the spiritual guidance of His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas and the Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain
Our reporting and administrative procedures are in place to ensure we give due consideration to and endeavour to minimise all risks, our trustee’s together with the executive committee regularly meet to discuss and oversee the work of the various sub-committees.
**Section C** Objectives and activities **Summary of the objects of the** The objects of the Charity are by such means as are charitable to **charity set out in its** promote the Orthodox Faith to all Orthodox Christians and the Greek **governing document** Orthodox charitable institutions for the old and sick people the students and the poor of the Orthodox Faith and all denominations living in Hastings and environs and the advancement of the education of the public. The Executive Committee in co-operation with our parish priest, Reverend Ierotheos Georghiou is fully committed to ensuring everyone is made welcome and invited to participate in worship, learning and social activities at our Church and are encouraged to become part of the lively parish community at St Mary Magdalene.
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- **Summary of the main** The principal charitable activities can be defined as follows:
- **activities undertaken for the** Prayer and Worship for the community at Holy Services.
- **public benefit in relation to** Catechesis, or Christian religious teaching of children and adults
- **these objects (include within** to develop knowledge and faith including introduction to the Holy
- **this section the statutory** Sacraments.
- **declaration that trustees have** Pastoral and Social Care and Advice for our parish community.
- **had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity** Providing space and facilities for activities including education and **Commission on public** social development of children and adults within the local and **benefit)** wider Hastings community.
- Greek Language School for Children and Adults.
- Sunday Crèche for younger children to learn, discover and grow in the orthodox faith.
- Provision of meeting and group activities space to the wider community and minority groups of many cultures and nationalities from a wide catchment area.
- Community Social Events to promote social inclusion and friendship within the wider community.
The executive committee together with our priest consults with our parishioners when planning for community services, activities and events. We give due consideration to the Commissions guidelines in relation to public benefit and the specific guidance to charities for the advancement of religion.
Repairs, Restoration and Maintenance of the fabric of the Church and Community Hall continues to present a formidable challenge as we are situate in a raised open position adjacent to the seafront in St Leonardson-Sea. The fabric of the buildings suffer from the constant effects of erosion due to the marine environment and exposure to the elements.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include We are constantly having to prioritise our limited resources and funds to further statements, where manage the many smaller individual servicing, repair and upkeep needs relevant, about: of the Historic and Community Buildings whilst also continuing to develop strategies of the restoration Master Plan. policy on grant making; The dedication of our volunteers and community members continues to policy programme related investment; be the solid foundation that ensures our Church and its facilities are open and available to all.
- contribution made by volunteers.
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## **Section D** Achievements and performance
|**Section D**Achievements andperformance|**Section D**Achievements andperformance|
|---|---|
|**Summary of the main**
**achievements of the charity**
**during the year**|We summarise our main achievements in the past year as follows:
We continue to reach out and offer support to all within the wider
community and particularly Orthodox Christians who have arrived in the
local area in recent years.
Our parish community and congregation continues to enjoy multicultural
worship, prayer, friendship and social integration with Orthodox
Christians from Romania, Russia, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Georgia, Ukraine
Greece, Cyprus, and indeed, many other nationalities within our wider
local community.
To help promote community cohesion and greater participation we
continue the saying of important parts of our liturgy services in 4
different languages to help integration into the Church community.
Future restoration plans include the provision of two new
classrooms/meeting rooms, crèche and disabled facilities at the rear of
our Church to facilitate expansion of the valued community needs and
further expansion of the language schools.
The Community Hall continued to be a regular meeting place for
different communities and local creative groups.
We have completed the following urgent maintenance:
-
Community Hall and church boilers have been replaced by new
modern boilers which will give us possibility to save on gas charges.
-
Refurbishment has been completed to walls in church hall.
-
Plumbing has been changed in all washrooms in church and church
hall.
-
Drainage of the Church cellar that flooded due to pump failure,
servicing and cleaning of the pumps and re-siting of the warning
system.
-
Carried out essential minor repairs and refurbishments to the
Community Hall, to help maintain hire income.
-
Repair of stain glass window was carried.|
**Section E** Financial review Our policy is to continue where feasible, to maintain a restricted reserve of **Brief statement of the** £15,000 for unforeseen emergencies. **charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds** None at present **materially in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information)**
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- You **may choose** to include The financial results for this year clearly reflects the continuous joint efforts additional information, where and dedication of our volunteers, the entire community and our relevant about: administrators in their support of the Church to ensure the income streams. the charity’s principal Community Hall incomes have increased due contract with Hasting and
- sources of funds Bexhill Mencap and other private users.
- (including any fundraising); Maintaining all these income streams is crucial to allow the Church to
- fundraising); Maintaining all these income streams is crucial to allow the Church to
- how expenditure has continue to manage our buildings and provide much needed affordable space, services and facilities to the wider local community.
- supported the key objectives of the charity; Despite our continued efforts the overall financial resources available to the
- investment policy and trustee’s means we are continuously juggling to allocate adequate funds required to keep pace with ongoing maintenance and repair costs.
- objectives including any ethical investment policy . adopted. Principal sources of funds are as follows:
- Donations from the Collection Plate
- Standing Orders and other General Donations
- Gift Aid – continuing to promote greater community awareness
- Fundraising events
- House rental income.
- Community Hall – general community hire
The Church owns a freehold house which is currently let and provides much needed additional income.
Increasing further income from hire of the Community Hall is badly hampered by the lack of disabled access, this work must be prioritised and completed at the earliest opportunity, due to urgent repairs works it has been necessary to postpone this work temporarily this financial year. We plan to make further grant funding applications to help us to complete this as soon as possible.
In the meantime, we continue to receive regular payments for hire funds from community group activities in the hall.
Church shop has been updated and stock purchased for providing extra income stream for church.
## **Section F** Other optional information **F**
Further advancement of a sustainable community focused restoration and development `Master Plan` that maximises existing Church resources, enables a major financial contribution towards the massive repair costs of restoration of the Historic Church is slowly progressing and we hope that the coming year will see this advance to Stage 1 that will enable a full planning application and a submission to the Heritage Lottery Fund for an initial grant assessment.
We has appointed Conservation Architect and professional team to manage the project and have set up a Steering Group to oversee the advancement and fulfilment of the master plan.
Our Church community will continue to maximise our combined efforts to ensure adequate income to maintain our buildings and provide space, resources and support to the local community groups during the coming 2023/2024 financial year.
The outcome of the planning application process and future grant applications will determine the way forward for the preservation of the Historic Church for future generations and will we pray, guide us towards a more secure and viable future.
March **2012**
**TAR**
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**Section G** Declaration
## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
|**Section G**Declaration|**Section G**Declaration|**Section G**Declaration|
|---|---|---|
|**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**|||
|**Signed** **on behalf of the charity’s trustees**|||
|**Signature(s)**|||
|**Full name(s)**|Maria Kiniari||
|**Position (eg**
**Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**|Chair of Trustees|Administrator|
|**Date**|||
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**TAR**
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**Registered Charity Number: 285794**
# **THE GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OF HASTINGS (GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ST. MARY MAGDALENE)**
**ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023**
**THE GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OF HASTINGS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023**
## **CONTENTS**
|Legal and administrative information
Trustees' report
Independent Examiner's report
Statement of Receipts and Payments
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
Notes to the Financial Statements|**Page**|
|---|---|
||1
2-4
5
6
7
8|
**THE GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OF HASTINGS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023 LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION**
**Page 1**
|**Church address**|St. Mary Magdalene Orthodox Church|
|---|---|
||Church Road|
||St Leonards-on-Sea|
||East Sussex|
||TN37 6EE|
|**Charity number**|285794|
|**Charity trustees**|His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas Lulias|
||Mr Demetrios Demetriades|
||Mr Sotirios Joannou|
||Miss Maria Kiniari|
||Mr John Neofitou|
|**Financial adminstrator**|Mrs I Edwards|
||8 Baldslow Down|
||St Leonards on Sea|
||East Sussex|
||TN37 7NH|
|**Independent examiner**|J R Caladine FCCA CTA FCIE|
||Caladine Limited|
||Chartered Certified Accountants|
||Chantry House|
||22 Upperton Road|
||Eastbourne|
||East Sussex|
||BN21 1BF|
**THE GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OF HASTINGS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023**
**Page 2**
## **Trustees' Report**
The trustees present their Annual Report and the Financial Statements of the church for the year ended 31 August 2023.
## **Structure, governance and management**
The Greek Orthodox Community of Hastings (the "charity"), which is also known as the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Mary Madgalene, was registered with the Charity Commission on February 1983 and is governed by a Declaration of Trust as amended on 17 July 2018.
Trustees are appointed by the church Executive Committee. Newly appointed trustees are invited to induction meetings to familiarise themselves with the work of our Charity, they are introduced to the Church executive committee and we familiarise them with the Deed of Trust and the Constitution of the Greek Orthodox Communities. We offer guidance and provide them with a welcome pack including:
- Equal Opportunities Statement
- The Essential Trustee – what you need to know’.
- Our Safeguarding policy – we are registered with CCPAS to ensure full compliance with safeguarding including DBS
- checks where appropriate.
- Health & Safety and Fire Risks
- Good Governance – we strive to ensure we are fully in compliance in everything we do.
The Charity operates under the spiritual guidance of His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas and the Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain
Our reporting and administrative procedures are in place to ensure we give due consideration to and endeavour to minimise all risks, our trustee’s together with the executive committee regularly meet to discuss and oversee the work of the various sub-committees.
## **Objectives and activities**
The objects of the Charity are by such means as are charitable to promote the Orthodox Faith to all Orthodox Christians and the Greek Orthodox charitable institutions for the old and sick people the students and the poor of the Orthodox Faith and all denominations living in Hastings and environs and the advancement of the education of the public.
The Executive Committee in co-operation with our parish priest, Reverend Ierotheos Georghiou is fully committed to ensuring everyone is made welcome and invited to participate in worship, learning and social activities at our Church and are encouraged to become part of the lively parish community at St Mary Magdalene.
The principal charitable activities can be defined as follows:
- Prayer and Worship for the community at Holy Services.
- Catechesis, or Christian religious teaching of children and adults to develop knowledge and faith including introduction
- to the Holy Sacraments.
- Pastoral and Social Care and Advice for our parish community.
- Providing space and facilities for activities including education and social development of children and adults within the
- local and wider Hastings community.
- Greek Language School for Children and Adults.
- Sunday Crèche for younger children to learn, discover and grow in the orthodox faith.
- Provision of meeting and group activities space to the wider community and minority groups of many cultures and
- nationalities from a wide catchment area.
- Community Social Events to promote social inclusion and friendship within the wider community.
The executive committee together with our priest consults with our parishioners when planning for community services, activities and events.
We give due consideration to the Commissions guidelines in relation to public benefit and the specific guidance to charities for the advancement of religion.
Repairs, Restoration and Maintenance of the fabric of the Church and Community Hall continues to present a formidable challenge as we are situate in a raised open position adjacent to the seafront in St Leonards-on-Sea. The fabric of the buildings suffer from the constant effects of erosion due to the marine environment and exposure to the elements.
**THE GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OF HASTINGS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023**
**Page 3**
## **Trustees' Report**
## **Objectives and activities (continued)**
We are constantly having to prioritise our limited resources and funds to manage the many smaller individual servicing, repair and upkeep needs of the Historic and Community Buildings whilst also continuing to develop strategies of the restoration Master Plan.
The dedication of our volunteers and community members continues to be the solid foundation that ensures our Church and its facilities are open and available to all.
## **Achievements and performance**
We summarise our main achievements in the past year as follows:
- We continue to reach out and offer support to all within the wider community and particularly Orthodox Christians who have arrived in the local area in recent years.
• Our parish community and congregation continues to enjoy multicultural worship, prayer, friendship and social integration with Orthodox Christians from Romania, Russia, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Georgia, Ukraine Greece, Cyprus, and indeed, many other nationalities within our wider local community.
- To help promote community cohesion and greater participation we continue the saying of important parts of our liturgy services in 4 different languages to help integration into the Church community.
• Future restoration plans include the provision of two new classrooms/meeting rooms, crèche and disabled facilities at the rear of our Church to facilitate expansion of the valued community needs and further expansion of the language schools.
- The Community Hall continued to be a regular meeting place for different communities and local creative groups.
We have completed the following urgent maintenance:
- Community Hall and church boilers have been replaced by new modern boilers which will give us possibility to save on gas charges.
- Refurbishment has been completed to walls in church hall.
- Plumbing has been changed in all washrooms in church and church hall.
- Drainage of the Church cellar that flooded due to pump failure, servicing and cleaning of the pumps and re-siting of the warning system.
- Carried out essential minor repairs and refurbishments to the Community Hall, to help maintain hire income.
- Repair of stain glass window was carried out **.**
## **Financial review**
The financial results for this year clearly reflects the continuous joint efforts and dedication of our volunteers, the entire community and our administrators in their support of the Church to ensure the income streams.
Despite our continued efforts the overall financial resources available to the trustee’s means we are continuously juggling to allocate adequate funds required to keep pace with ongoing maintenance and repair costs.
Principal sources of funds are as follows:
- Donations from the Collection Plate
- Standing Orders and other General Donations
- Gift Aid – continuing to promote greater community awareness
- Fundraising events
- House rental income.
- Community Hall – general community hire
Maintaining all these income streams is crucial to allow the Church to continue to manage our buildings and provide much needed affordable space, services and facilities to the wider local community.
Community Hall incomes have increased due contract with Hasting and Bexhill Mencap and other private users. Increasing further income from hire of the Community Hall is badly hampered by the lack of disabled access, this work must be prioritised and completed at the earliest opportunity, due to urgent repairs works it has been necessary to postpone this work temporarily this financial year. We plan to make further grant funding applications to help us to complete this as soon as possible.
In the meantime, we continue to receive regular payments for hire funds from community group activities in the hall. Church shop has been updated and stock purchased for providing extra income stream for church.
**THE GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OF HASTINGS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023**
**Page 4**
## **Reserves**
The church endeavours to maintain cash reserve of at least £15,000 for unforeseen emergencies and has set up a designated fund for this purpose.
## **Future plans**
Further advancement of a sustainable community focused restoration and development `Master Plan` that maximises existing Church resources, enables a major financial contribution towards the massive repair costs of restoration of the Historic Church is slowly progressing and we hope that the coming year will see this advance to Stage 1 that will enable a full planning application and a submission to the Heritage Lottery Fund for an initial grant assessment.
We has appointed Conservation Architect and professional team to manage the project and have set up a Steering Group to oversee the advancement and fulfilment of the master plan.
Our Church community will continue to maximise our combined efforts to ensure adequate income to maintain our buildings and provide space, resources and support to the local community groups during the coming 2023/2024 financial year.
The outcome of the planning application process and future grant applications will determine the way forward for the preservation of the Historic Church for future generations and will we pray, guide us towards a more secure and viable future.
## **Independent examination**
J R Caladine FCCA CTA FCIE was appointed during the year to undertake the Independent Examination.
The trustees report was approved by the board of trustees
………………………… Maria Kiniari Trustee
Date: 12th February 2024
**THE GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OF HASTINGS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023**
**Page 5**
## **Independent Examiner's Report**
I report to the trustees of the Greek Orthodox Community of Hastings (the "charity") for the year ended 31 August 2023, which are set out on pages 6 to 8.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
I report in respect of my examination of the CIO’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 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:
- (1) accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
- (2) the accounts do not accord with those records.
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.
## **John Caladine FCCA**
Chartered Certified Accountant Caladine Limited Chantry House 22 Upperton Road Eastbourne East Sussex BN21 1BF
Date: 12th February 2024
**THE GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OF HASTINGS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023**
**Page 6**
## **Receipts and Payments Account**
|**Unrestricted Restricted**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**£**
**£**
**Receipts**
Donations - Plate Gift Aided
5,914
-
Donations - Plate Cash
7,777
-
Donations - General
16,583
-
Community Hall Hire - Various
25,388
-
House - Rent Received
11,700
-
Church Shop
3,299
-
Church Tea & Coffee Sales
404
-
School fees
84
-
Memorials & Feasts
1,188
-
Baptism & Christenings
1,255
-
Funeral
-
-
HMRC Gift Aid Received
5,330
-
Weddings
240
-
Events & Fundraising
464
-
Interest Received
179
-
**Total receipts**
79,805
-
**Payments**
Salaries
12,157
-
Church General Expenses
6,937
-
Church Insurance
5,863
-
Church General Repairs and maintenance
7,582
-
Church Shop - Stock
1,659
-
Church Administration
2,050
-
Church & Hall Utilties
6,109
-
Hall Repairs
12,707
-
House Repairs
416
-
Garden & Grounds
275
-
Charitable Family Donations
731
-
Accountancy
1,310
-
Visiting Priest
3,100
-
School Expenses
180
-
Cleaning
371
-
Office Costs
25
-
Website Expenses
206
-
Insurance
227
-
Bank charges
140
-
Miscellaneous expenses
-
-
**Total payments**
62,045
-
**Net movement in funds**
17,760
-
**Cash funds b/f at 1st September 2022**
41,585
-
**Cash funds c/f at 31 August 2023**
59,345
-|**Total**
**Unrestricted Restricted**
**2023**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
5,914
7,973
-
7,777
9,779
-
16,583
17,263
-
25,388
14,031
-
11,700
8,812
-
3,299
3,945
-
404
21
-
84
167
-
1,188
1,227
-
1,255
1,405
-
-
482
-
5,330
486
-
240
115
-
464
-
-
179
11
-
79,805
65,717
-
12,157
11,903
-
6,937
5,978
-
5,863
5,600
-
7,582
9,235
1,108
1,659
3,843
-
2,050
2,200
-
6,109
5,465
-
12,707
400
-
416
410
-
275
757
-
731
55
-
1,310
1,407
-
3,100
-
-
180
360
-
371
616
-
25
361
-
206
215
-
227
598
-
140
145
-
-
20
-
62,045
49,568
1,108
17,760
16,149
(1,108)
41,585
25,436
1,108
59,345
41,585
-|**Total**
**2022**
**£**
7,973
9,779
17,263
14,031
8,812
3,945
21
167
1,227
1,405
482
486
115
-
11|
|---|---|---|
|||65,717|
|||11,903
5,978
5,600
10,343
3,843
2,200
5,465
400
410
757
55
1,407
-
360
616
361
215
598
145
20|
|||50,676|
|||15,041
26,544|
|||41,585|
The notes on page 8 form part of these Financial Statements.
**THE GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OF HASTINGS AS AT 31 AUGUST 2023**
**Page 7**
## **Statement of Assets and Liabilities**
|**ASSETS**
Monetary Assets
Cash at Bank and in hand
Lloyds Bank
CAF Cash
CAF Gold
Paypal
Petty Cash
Cash funds made up of
Restricted funds
Unrestricted funds:
Reserve (designated)
General Funds
**LIABILITIES**
Creditors
Accountancy Fee/Independent Examination|**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
40,256
11,021
1,898
13,754
16,279
16,119
5
294
907
399
59,345
41,585
-
-
15,000
15,000
44,345
26,585
59,345
41,585
59,345
41,585
1,080
960
**2023**
**2022**|**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
40,256
11,021
1,898
13,754
16,279
16,119
5
294
907
399
59,345
41,585
-
-
15,000
15,000
44,345
26,585
59,345
41,585
59,345
41,585
1,080
960
**2023**
**2022**|
|---|---|---|
||15,000
44,345||
|||-
41,585|
||||
|||41,585|
|||960|
Approved by the Trustees on 12th February 2024
............................................................... Maria Kiniari Trustee
**THE GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OF HASTINGS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023**
**Page 8**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **Accounting Policies**
The financial statements have been prepared as a Receipts and Payments in accordance with section 133 of the Charities Act 2011.
## **Restricted funds**
The funds of the charity include funds comprising the following restricted funds:
## **Movements in funds**
|**Balance at 1**
**Sept 2021**
**£**
Building funds
1,108
1,108|**Incoming**
**Resources**
**£**
-|**Resources**
**Balance at 1**
**Expended**
**Sept 2022**
**£**
(1,108)
-
(1,108)
-|**Incoming**
**Resources**
**£**
-
-|**Resources**
**Balance at 31**
**Expended**
**August 2023**
**£**
**£**
-
-
-
-|**Resources**
**Balance at 31**
**Expended**
**August 2023**
**£**
**£**
-
-
-
-|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||-||||-|
## Building funds
These represents funds given and used to restore and improve the church building.
## **Designated funds**
Reserves - The church endeavours to maintain cash reserve of at least £15,000 for unforeseen emergencies and has set up a designated fund for this purpose.
THE GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OF HASTINGS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
Pa
Inde endent Examinerfs Re ort
I report lo the Iruslees of the Greek Orthodox Community of Haslings (the "charity") for the year ended 31
August 2023, which are set out on pages 6 10 8.
Responsibilitigs and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance
with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 I'lhe Acl'l.
I report in respect of my examination of the CIO'S accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act. In
carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under
section 14515}Ibl of the 2011 Act.
Independent examlnerfs 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..
111 accounting records were rbot kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act., or
121 the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the ex8min8tion to which
attention should be drawn in this report in order lo enable a proper understanding of the accounts lo be
reached.
John Caladine FCCA
Chartered Certified Accountant
Caladine Limited
Chanty House
22 Upperton Road
Eastbourne
East Sussex
BN21 1BF
Dale.. 12th February 2024