ST MARY AND ST ABRAAM COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH

Registered charity 1003739 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · repeated filing default (register status)

The charity provides support for the Christian Coptic community

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£615k

Latest spending

£567k

Registered

1991

Accounts read

FY2022

Financial health, per its FY2022 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,236,906, which is above the stated policy target of £150,000. The charity reported a net income surplus of £47,660 for the year, having raised £615,139 in total income against £567,479 in expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2022 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Knill James LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2022)

Total income

£615k

Total spending

£567k

Cost of raising funds

£175k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (48% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 28.5% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

AKRAM ABRAHAM
GAMAL KHALIL
KAMAL BUTROS

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

Operates in: East Sussex · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	—	—
31/12/2023	—	—
31/12/2022	£615k	£567k
31/12/2021	£663k	£625k
31/12/2020	£764k	£668k

Common questions

Is ST MARY AND ST ABRAAM COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2022 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,236,906, which is above the stated policy target of £150,000. The charity reported a net income surplus of £47,660 for the year, having raised £615,139 in total income against £567,479 in expenditure. Its FY2022 accounts were audited by Knill James LLP.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST MARY AND ABU SAIFAIN COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH.

ST MARY AND ABU SAIFAIN COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH income £142k
SAINT MARY AND SAINT MINA COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH income £126k
SAINT MARY & POPE KYRILLOS VI COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH income £411k
ST GEORGE AND ST ATHANASIOUS COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH income £177k
COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH FOUNDATION MANCHESTER income £270k
ST MARY AND ST ABANOUB COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH, WEST AND NORTH YORKSHIRE income £114k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ST MARY AND ST ABRAAM COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH	£615k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MARY AND ABU SAIFAIN COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH FY2026	£142k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SAINT MARY AND SAINT MINA COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH FY2025	£126k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SAINT MARY & POPE KYRILLOS VI COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH FY2025	£411k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST GEORGE AND ST ATHANASIOUS COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH FY2025	£177k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH FOUNDATION MANCHESTER FY2025	£270k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.