SAINT EUAS GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OF READING TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025
Saint Elias Greek Orthodox Community of Reading Tru¢¢$, anDual report and acwunts fvrftheyeorernkd 31 Ocfter2025 Annual Report The Trustees present their re[ the yearended 31 (ktober 2025. Reference and •dministrtrve ddxib The Trustees plho served the year as follows: Honorary PSident His Eminence the Archbis1 Nikitas Chair of Tn Trus*¢ John IrTre Paul Eldofield (appointed 1112124) MaTgarits Rttd (appx>inted 1112124) Michalis Koufopoulos (aprM)iDted 1112r24) Nikolaos Manolls (reSid IIIY24) Eii&s Parikos {resi8ned 1112124) Nikolaos TrknTiniS (resigned IIIY24) Tee Tnte¢ Trustee Tttt The Charity was estabb'shed by a deed dated 20 Atnl 1988 (as amended 29 Juty 1988) togethcr with a deed of vlaOn dated 27 ApTiI 1994. It5 fornial constithtion is the Constitution of the Sed Churches and Communities of th¢ Grttk Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britsi Exarchate of weern Eur, Ireland and Malty as ratified by the Ecumeni¢al Patriarchate 5 Awil 1971. It is registued with the Charity Cojnmwion as number 299645. The Community Adtninistr4tive CourKil is respojtsible for the day-tfrdty operations of thc church ond consists of the the folloTrbing: President Vice President The(¥Jora Dimak vlou Anna Reed Jolm IThine ta Reed Stella Kerdmida Paul Elderfield Michab's Kouf ulos Irena Zafirova ios Sarafidis loannis Mathioudakis Alavidze Basem Huddad otis Stemitsioti5 Treasurer General [DemI. Itependent examinff John Jenkins FCA Banker5 Barclays Bank plc Metro Bank plc PayPal Holdings lo
Saint Elias Greek Orthodox Community of ReadAttg Trust¢¢s' annual TeFrf)rt and accounts fvriheyearemled 31 Ociober2025 Objects *nd ac¢ivities The objects of the Charity are to womote the Greek (kthcthx faith and Greek Orth<xlox charitable instÉtirtiorts in Reading and environs. The Clwity achieves this throu8h re8ular (llonnally weekly) acts of worsh. 514Vrn and expanding a Greek Orthodox s¢hool, and occasional so¢i8J filltIons thus bnnw8 benefit to the Greel C}10t afyj the wider Orthodox ¢ODimuDity. Review of achievements and perfonnAn¢t We started 2025 with a New Years. a vtty well atten(kd Blessing of the WateT5. which took place ID Sonnin8 once again and the cutting of the Vasilopiw all vital events for our church and community. This followed in FebnJ8ry with yet 88ain arAother successfi Ap)kries I Carnival pty for the CLMnmunity and our Greek schools, children. A big well done and thank you to the voluntrets who organised this fimdrw'sing evenL t of the ordinary, Fetfw 8150 a PilgTJmage trip to Egypt vthere tnany of our P8tislll'oners and ¢ommunity members Fwticipated to a once in a lifetime trip, thanks to Fr. Andreas Andre0U10$'S initiatsve to organis¢ from Greece. The Op[ll.ty lo visit so many Holy grounds was a trnnsforniative 8nd impa¢tful experience for many of us, ond it was very imwrtant that we all slwed it and will always caTry with $. The Holy Week and Easter went very well with an even 'gher atten fn)m our panshiot)ers. Thank you to all volunteers who made Easter calldjcs for sale, prepared red egg& made E&st¢r b1ults helped with vering the flooT of the church flooT with plastic sheets. Stsyed late to decorate our beautiful Epitsphios and also held cleaning the church aftff the Resurrection service in the early hours of the Elster Sunday moming. June had a very pleasant surprise for all of when Fr. C<lin0S was officialty appointed our regular pries(8fter 2 years of having visiling priests, alon8 with OUT beloved Fr. lan Graham. We were all delighted to have a deeply pious and enhght¢ned spiritual father amongst US. 8nd we welcome the ar¢bdio¢ese's very wise dlS1On for the wellking and unity of our community. In July we celebrated OUT Patr Saint Eli&s' Fe&st Day and we were honoured to have V47th once agai His Eminence Archbishiyp Nikita8 The V. Revd ATchimandn'te Cbrysoslomos Tympas. Revd Protopresbirter Dr An(beas Andre010s. Revd. knhdCaC G)rge Tsourous. the Mtyor of Read C]r. Dr. Alice Bofipcoles, a1 our An81ian brethren frorn St Mark's Church. All were very itnwessed with how many people attended the eveDI as well as with the increase of the non-Greek OrtlKthx parishioners. His Eminence seemed very tisfied with the constant aDd stable progress of Prophet Eli&s' churcty offered his paternal blessitw and enwuraged and re-effin hi5 SUHK)rt for the community's vision for the ture. (Xw honoured guests were very happy with hospitslity and everyone's gratitude on¢c more, goes to all volunieers who helped with our Feasi's preparation. tn Septemkr, when we 0ed our church agn after the Au8USt closure. memlvs (rfour community and Commite along with Fr. Constantinos and his pre5Wera El we attended His Eminence's Nameday Gala dinner in where we offered our wft of a silver icon of St. George Karslidis, for wbicb His Eminrnce was At the satne time. thanks to our on our Tn¢¢. Mr Koufowulo& the revival of phOptochos association started again ofter many years. Viith actiNTrti¢s such as the Focd bank and more r¢¢eDdy the Cowshed Tree of HO Christtn&s tree. a woject that 5UPWrts 2,5(Y) I1 children in very yUhrable iT¢umslances. Additionally. our church will participate in the Christsna5 Tree Competition this year too with the Cowshed Tree of HOF Christhw Tree. o[gall by our brethren in St.
Saint Elia5 Greek Orthodoi Community of Rading Trustees. atll¥l retKffi and aG¢ounts fvT iheyearepthd 31 Oeiober2025 Mth's thwch. Thank you to our vduntern WI (ff8anised our participation and the decoration of our tree this year. Our Greek school continues to be doiftg very well thaDkMy, with mThkni and Ancient Gfftk lessons and th¢ parents who are gettjng incrlD81Y involved in the school and church activities &$ they ate so ¢losely inter-con]ed. The chddTeD artend the Service on most SuDdays' they are getting conllllunion rfthey wtsh and seem more fami.liar within the chUb than ever before. This is thanks to OUT very wwble and hard-working He&ea¢her Mrs. Keramida and all the ther% atyj I would like to thank them for keepmg up the g( wo they have Ixen doing so far. We also continu¢ participating in CThurches Together with our representative ttig our s¢¢rewy Mr. John Irvine. Ple&se tslk to John if you w(dd like to Wicipate or find out rne about this activity. ]n the next two years we continue raiSiD8 funds f 8 w)ssible building of our and I would like to encomge everyi)ne to Sign up to our datsbase for regular and news of our Churc as well as moving towards donations electronically via Standing order preferdbly. Please remember that if you are a UK resident and ptying tsx you can help via Gift Aid too. Last but not le&si I would Iikc to exwess my grntitude to all of our existin8 volunteers. all of out P8risbionet4 the wosfora and fftt group. the Greek hl teacJKr& parent% pupd5, our very generous donors, our hosts at St Mark's cburcty our priests and the Archdioces¢ of course, &s everyone regardless of baTing a srnall or a h'g role. help in Mainta]ll8 the churc school and community of Prilpbet Elia& building a StroDgeT network of people with similar ititerests and beliefs and a better future for our cottllnunity overall. This will be my last PresideDt's r¢port as I SW down shortly. l thank you all aDd ach itidividually, and I wisb Y( all the very best ID th¢ fitture TinAndg1 review The PTincipal Sources of iwome forthe Clwity Ik)nations and subscriptions from the church cottllnunity, collections at cbuTch services and for the Greek school. Income is also derived fr(XD social fimdions and interest on bank dwsits. Extnth'ture is largely in the provision of regular ch s¢rvices and the GTeek school. The financial wf(xmance was wt as succesrfd as the previous year which had been marked by the SIlf]lt fiukdraising. There w&$ a surplus for the year of £3.041 compaTed with a surplus of £50,869 in 2024. As a result of the "g level of donations in the weNryous year 8ross incmie decreased to Nl,972. Costs were £38,931 an IJTease of less than Y/. The Charity had net assets and u[eStrica reserves of £177.173 th 31 October 2025. The Tnths CODSider that a minimum of £38.(XKJ. being suffJ¢ient for one year's expendit should be kept ¢X) general fid. but the Tne¢S wish to continue i1]dg up these reserves to safeguard the firture of the Charity and eventually be ID a wsition to consider the purchase of church. To that end a generous ¢knor has advanced £51,654 in respect of this goal. In the event of a purchLse of a suiiable propffj withm five years, this will k Wed &s a gift. Until thAt time, il is re8arded as an interest free los repayable in November 2026. Strutturfy govern•n¢e and managemellL The TnL8tees ate rwible for rna1 the Clwity a1 meet at least once a year but more oftcn if required. New trwstees aTe recruited from With the COmmlty. The ConstitirtiOD provides thal the AdMIve Council Shall have day.i(Hlay rtsponsibility for ruDDi
S*int Elias Greek Ortbodox Community of Reading Trustees. annu retKYl and accounts fvr thear emled 31 Oeiober2025 church xtiTritics. Tr twnes of th¢ TTWtces and the members of the AdD)]rive Council are set on page l. The major ti5ks to which the Cknity is ext as identifd by the TnL5tee& have been reviewed and systems F4ve been established to mitigate these risks. The Tnte¢S are satisfied thatthe Clwity's objectives md activities Jneet public benefit criteria by providing well.patronised opwoknities for Ortho(k>x c(ffjmiunities in the Readm8 area to meet for or8awsed worship alld fellowsbip. For and on behalf of the Trustees Tlwdorn Dimakopoulou Cknir DateAJ: 25 May 226
Saint Elias Grttk Orthodoi Community of ReadAng Trnst¢es' amlual rem and accounts rIkeoreMJ51 (kiober 2025 Independent Examlnerfs Report to the Trustees of Saint Ellas Grnek Orthodox Community of Readlng I rert on the xcounts of the Clwity f(r the year ethled 31 (ktoltr 2025. which are set out on pages 6 to 9. Respective Re4btsDsibilities of the Tntstees and Indyndent Examiner As descTiIKd on page 4. the Trustees are reSnsIble the preparation of the OUnt5, and you consid¢r that the audli requirement of se¢tioD 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act) does Dot apply. It is my resp(sibIlIty to stste. on the bLsis of predureS specified ID the General Direaions given by the Clwity c(MISsIOnerS utth secti(m 1495Xb) of the Aci whether particular matteT5 have come to my attentiotL is of IndepeDdeD¢ Exsminer's Report My examinationw&8 cattied out in with the Gcneral DiTections given bythe Chlty Comtni&sion¢rs. An examIn10n include5 a Teview of the aCCOUDting records kept by the Charity and a comFwison of the accounts tffesentrd with those records. It also includes onsideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the a¢count& and the seekmg of explanations from you of any such matters. The pr¢eth undertaken do not provide 311 the evidence that would be reqU¢d in an audit 8n¢ CODs¢quendy. I do not ewess an audit opinioD on the view 8iven by the accounts. IDdependeJt Examiner's Stateme In connethion with my eLn[natio no m8ner bas c(xn¢ to my attention.. I. Ivhich gives me re4son8ble cae to kli¢ve thaL in any matrti r¢stKcL the requirements: • to keep nting records in a([d with section 130 of the ACL and to prepare aUllts which acc(Kd with the accounting trcor&8 and to mPlY with the auntIng requireme[ of the A have not been met. 2. To wbicty in my opiniLML attention should be drawll in othto eDable awoperunderst of the accounts to be Teached. John Jetikins FCA Dllted: 30 May 2026
Saint Elia5 Greek Orthodox Communlty of Readitig fi)rtheyearernled31 Ociober2025 Statement of Flnancial Activities for the year ended 31 October 2025 2025 2024 ltt¢•we Jncolne and endowm¢Dts frouL Subscripttons. church Coll&tiO (knaboDS So¢1 funaion5 and fith'sing Bank interest 36J56 84.859 3,000 1.373 1.9311 41 72 Expendits Charitable a¢tiwiti¢s 262IM 9J93 24.571 8.080 894 1.168 3.650 EthKation services Social fw)ctions iknnations and subscriptions Archdiocese Benevolent Paymts •)d chan"table donats.ons 31 Net i*¢omelO•Js) 50.869 Fd5 brought foTw&Td 174132 123.263 177.173 174.132 The atthched fy)tes fiffm part of cOunts.
Saint Elias Greek Orthodox CommuDity of Reading TTUSte¢s' annual report and accounts fvr iheJYarethled31 orrteT 2025 8alance Sheet at 31 October 2025 2025 2024 Fixed assets Ecclesiwical items 8.349 Stocks of candles and IL Debt0.. Ren¢ wd in advance Sthty)I fund Cth at bank and in Itand 321 321 1.743 .743 3.152 212 421 217,637 216 15 220.678 Creditorn fallin2 dwe withi# oneytar Accrued expen5¢5 Condj'tionai thrtatiott (200 (2) Net eurrMi tsEts 16BJ24 217.437 Totsl fwyent Iiabliliej 177,173 225.786 Crtdittsn: falknt due after •ot ytsr Conthrional Ih)nion (51.6541 ]Yet sts 177.173 174.132 FuDds- uorestr1e fu#ds 177.173 174.132 The Charlties Act 2011 and the Tharity's Ci)nstitution require the Trnstees to prepare accovDts for each financial year which ve a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charity and the income and exn"t¢ that perio& The TnCeS are res[sIble for maintain8 proper aCCOUDting records wht¢h disclose with Teasonable the financial position of the Charity to enable it to ensure that the financial statements mplY with The Charities Act 2011. The TnLStees have tsken advantsge of the ]rovisii)DS of The Clwities Act 2011. which allow exemplion from audit on clwities under 8 certain level. ts were aN)roved by the TnL%te¢s on 30 May 2026 and signed on their bebalf by.. mltA Reed Ch7ir Treafurer The attached notes f¢xm pt of these w)unts.
Saint Eli$ Greek Orthodoi Community of ReadAng Trustees, annual and accouots fvrtheJy0reledj1 (kitr 2025 Note5 to the accounts l Ac¢ountillg pDlicies The accounts have been prepwred ID accordance with the Charities SORP {FRSSE) entitled 'Accounting and ReFk)iting by Clwities: Statemem of iiecommeDded Practice applicable to charities prepari their accounts in ordanCe with the Financial Reportin8 Standard f Smaller Entities (th¢ FRSSE). effective January 20J5.' The following p)licies have been atq)li¢d coJksisteDdy in the ]xeparation of Ihcse accounts. . Incorne aJMI ex1]tre is wised the acclS basis. tknnations. collectioL% and sitnilar income is Tecognised wh¢n cth is received being when entitlement arises Fixed assets bung EIe$lastICal are inclll Trttstees vaiu&ion but no depreciation is charged. 2 Clburtb tollections subscriptions dontioni 2025 2024 Collecti(ms Subscriptions aryl donal1(S School donatiODS (see Dote 5) Special scrvice5 and suTrJry Gift Aid 12286 53,932 12.764 1.649 36556 84.859 3 Income and upenditure from 50ci*I funrtions 2025 2024 Income fr< social fuDdi( Related costs (448) {894) Suryius atttibulable to social futi105 3,038 2.106
Saint Elias Greek Orthodox Community of RtAdin8 Trustees, annual report and acU0ts fvr ¢h¢Tar Elthd 3J OCber 2025 Notes to the accounts (contsnued) 4 Church gervices expett 2025 2024 J1209 11.5 5.905 3.538 634 1452 452 24,571 Church supph'es and candles Tnsurance StOTage 457 2,748 202(M) 5 E41ucAtion Jervites expense 2025 2024 6.630 ,450 8,080 sUlIe$ Stationery and F)Temises 1298 9J93 6 Credilors due within one yur This repres¢nts a wnditional gift made to the Church to 51st with the purchase of a propw. If it is not f{ thl's tAUPOK it is rqwable on l November 2026. It is ititerest free.
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