DIOCESE OF CYPRUS AND THE GULF FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1000307 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DIOCESE OF CYPRUS AND THE GULF ENDOWMENT FUND

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY THE EXTENSION OF THE WORK, MINISTRY AND PUBLIC WORSHIP THROUGHOUT THE DIOCESE OF CYPRUS AND THE GULF AND SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH THE CHURCH, INCLUDING FUND RAISING AND SUPPORTING ASSOCIATED CHURCHES, MINISTRY TEAMS, CONGREGATIONS AND COMMUNITIES.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES AND PRINCIPLES OF THE CENTRAL SYNOD OF THE ANGLICAN PROVINCE OF JERUSALEM AND THE MIDDLE EAST, BY THE EXTENSION OF THE WORK MINISTRY AND PUBLIC WORSHIP CONNECTED WITH THE CHURCH AS THE TRUSTEES IN CONSULTATION WITH THE BISHOP AND THE DIOCESAN SYNOD DECLARE

Area of benefit: THE DIOCESE OF CYPRUS AND THE GULF

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £9,706 for the year ended 31 December 2025, supported by investment gains of £13,475. Total funds increased to £320,766, with unrestricted cash reserves held at £11,373, which the trustees consider adequate to finance current activities.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

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• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• MICHAEL JOHN COLEchair
• Carol Angela Murray MBE
• Dr Helen Jemma Perry
• Jonathan Franklin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael Lennie Ross-McCall · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rachel Ann Bainbridge
• Right Reverend Sean Alexander John Semple
• Ronald Ernest Maitland · trustee of 1 other charity
• SIBELLA LAING
• SUSAN MARGARET COOPER
• THE VERY REV'D BERTRAND MAURICE DANIEL OLIVIER

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bahrain · Cyprus · Iraq · Qatar · Yemen

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