BLACK COUNTRY ORTHODOX TRUST

Registered charity 1082272 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BCOT, GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY OF THE MOTHER OF GOD

Parish in Walsall, West Midlands, of the Orthodox Church in the Ecumenical Patriarchate under the Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain

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Latest income
£98k
Latest spending
£81k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £37,702 at the end of the financial year, an increase from the previous year's £20,615. The trustees note that the main risk to the organisation is a reduction of income and intend to increase reserves by reviewing overheads and increasing income through rent and donations. The charity received £97,724 in income against payments of £80,637, resulting in a net incoming resource of £17,087.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Coventry City · Dudley · Sandwell · Solihull · Staffordshire · Walsall · Warwickshire · Wolverhampton · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£98k£81k
31/12/2023£85k£77k
31/12/2022£118k£146k
31/12/2021£123k£95k
31/12/2020£145k£173k

Common questions

Is BLACK COUNTRY ORTHODOX TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £37,702 at the end of the financial year, an increase from the previous year's £20,615. The trustees note that the main risk to the organisation is a reduction of income and intend to increase reserves by reviewing overheads and increasing income through rent and donations. The charity received £97,724 in income against payments of £80,637, resulting in a net incoming resource of £17,087. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund16/06/2008£9k"A Project By This Walsall Charity To Improve The Facilities In The Church Hall To Maximise Community Use. The Grant Will Pay For Ceiling Ins"
The National Lottery Community Fund16/06/2008£9kChurch Hall Refurbishment
The National Lottery Community Fund14/05/2008£9kPalfrey Church Wildlife Garden