HOLY APOSTLES ORTHODOX TRUST

Registered charity 1109040 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOLY APOSTLES ORTHODOX CHURCH PRESTON, THE GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OF HOLY APOSTLES (OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF THYATEIRA AND GREAT BRITAIN OF THE OECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE OF CONSTANTINOPLE)

Parish church of the Greek Orthodox archdiocese.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FAITH AND TRADITIONS AS CONTAINED IN HOLY SCRIPTURE, AS PRACTICED IN THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH, AS CONFIRMED BY THE OECUMENICAL AND LOCAL COUNCILS AND AS INTERPRETED, PRESERVED AND TAUGHT BY THE GREAT CHURCH OF CHRIST, THE OECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE OF CONSTANTINOPLE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE LANCASHIRE AND CUMBRIA.

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

Causes: Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit for the year, with expenditure of £31,398 exceeding income of £30,374. The trustees are planning to convert the entity into a Charitable Incorporated Organisation and close the current trust, indicating a significant structural change rather than a continuation of the existing legal form.

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 4 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Clive James Williamschair
• ALAN WILLIAM DENIS MELLOW
• Antonios Pratsas
• Molly Daw

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

Operates in: Cumbria · Lancashire

Income and spending

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