SYRIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

Registered charity 1107634 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SYRIAC ORTHODOX CHURCH, SYRIAC ORTHODOX CHURCH UK, SYRIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH UK

Regular church servicesTeaching of the Aramaic/Syriac languageTalks and lectures about the church's spirituality and its people's history, culture and heritageAssist new Christian refugees

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £4,692,150 and free unrestricted liquid reserves of £184,106. The trustees consider the charity to be in a strong position to continue its activities, with assets adequate to fulfill obligations. The charity has no stated reserves policy target other than a resolved intention to provide funding for six months of unrestricted expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Knight Goadhead Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04766548 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• KAROOMI, Bashar — director, appointed 01/07/2026not on trustee list
• SHAIO, Wasan — director, appointed 01/07/2026not on trustee list
• HENDERSON, Sundus, Dr — director, appointed 19/11/2017on trustee list
• KASSIR, Ban Hasso — director, appointed 19/11/2017on trustee list
• KHOORY, Mithal — director, appointed 19/11/2017on trustee list
• AL-KHOURY, Ayad, Dr — director, appointed 15/05/2003on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (6 freehold); recorded price paid £2.4m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~146.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (49% 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: 10.5% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• BAN HASSO KASSIR
• Bashar Karoomi
• Dr AYAD AL-KHOURY
• Dr SUNDUS HENDERSON
• MITHAL KHOORY
• Wasan Shaio

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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