THE INSTITUTE FOR ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN STUDIES

Registered charity 1076519 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IOCS, THE INSTITUTE FOR ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN STUDIES, CAMBRIDGE.

The object of the charity is to advance religious and theological education, especially of members of the Orgthodox Church

Objects

TO ADVANCE RELIGIOUS AND THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION. PARTICULARLY OF MEMBERS OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH

Area of benefit: CAMBRIDGESHIRE

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £322,883 comfortably exceed the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £110,000. However, the trustees note that long-term accommodation costs and a structural annual deficit create future financial risks, with an anticipated additional shortfall of £45,000–£50,000 per year requiring fundraising to meet. The charity's ability to continue as a going concern in the medium term is dependent on fundraising.

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 5 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03785551

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• REYNTIENS, Edith Mary Isabel — director, appointed 25/05/2026on trustee list
• WAGNER, Esther Miriam, Dr — director, appointed 25/05/2026on trustee list
• ANBA, Angaelos, Archbishop — director, appointed 10/10/2025on trustee list
• COLLIS, Jonathan, Revd — director, appointed 10/10/2025on trustee list
• LULIAS, Nikitas, Archbishop — director, appointed 15/03/2024on trustee list
• JILLIONS, John, Revd Dr — director, appointed 20/05/2022on trustee list
• ONER, Amir, Most Revd — director, appointed 14/09/2018on trustee list
• BATHRELLOS, Dimitrios, Revd Dr — director, appointed 04/05/2018on trustee list
• THEOKRITOFF, Elizabeth Ann, Dr — director, appointed 04/05/2018on trustee list
• JENNINGS, Simon Paul — director, appointed 06/05/2017not on trustee list
• KOGA, Sebastian — director, appointed 17/02/2014on trustee list
• PLATT, Stephen Tobias Ralph, The Very Reverend Archpriest — director, appointed 06/02/2012on trustee list
• PORUMB, George Razvan, Dr — secretary, appointed 06/05/2017

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev John Jillionschair
• Archbishop Angaelos Anba
• Archbishop Nikitas Lulias · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Elizabeth Ann Theokritoff · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Esther Miriam Wagner
• Dr MICHAEL BASHAM
• Dr Sebastian Koga
• Edith Reyntiens
• GLADYS KATHLEEN BLAND
• Rev AMIR ONER · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Dimitrios Bathrellos
• Rev Jonathan Collis · trustee of 4 other charities
• SIMON JENNINGS MA FCA · trustee of 5 other charities
• VERY REV STEPHEN PLATT · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.