ST LAZARUS COMMUNITY OF EAST LONDON TRUST

Registered charity 1053102 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the charity are "by such means as are charitable" to promote the Greek Orthodox faith to advance public education to relieve poverty sickness and distress and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time activities with the object of improving the conditions of life for the inhabitants of the London Borough of Newham and its environs.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE GREEK ORTHODOX FAITH TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION TO RELIEVE POVERTY SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM AND ITS ENVIRONS

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED - IN PRACTICE LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM AND ENVIRONS

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Newham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £74,387 for the year ended 31 December 2025, increasing its total unrestricted funds to £1,900,727. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity holds significant tangible fixed assets valued at £1,597,513 and maintains unrestricted reserves of £1,900,727.

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 3 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 19/11/2025, 19 days after the 31/10/2025 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 11/01/2023, 72 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALECOS LYSANDROU
• ALECOS PELOPIDAS
• ANGELOS ZACHARIA
• DAVID KAY
• His Eminence Nikitas Lioulias ARCHBISHOP OF THYATEIRA AND GB
• PANAYIOTIS ADAMOU PHOKOU

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

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · Havering · Newham · Redbridge

Income and spending

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