THE PARISH OF THE DORMITION OF THE MOTHER OF GOD (ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE)

Registered charity 1125574 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

WE ARE AN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY WHO MEET TO CELEBRATE THE VIGIL AND LITURGY ON THE 1ST, 3RD AND 5TH WEEKENDS OF EACH MONTH AND SPECIAL FEAST DAYS. SERVICES ARE IN ENGLISH AND CHURCH SLAVONIC. THERE ARE BAPTISMS, WEDDINGS, RETREATS AND ANNUAL BAZAAR. WE LOOK FOR A PERMANENT PLACE OF WORSHIP.

Objects

THE FURTHERANCE OR PROMOTION OF THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FAITH. THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FAITH SHALL MEAN THE FAITH OF THE ONE HOLY ORTHODOX-CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC CHURCH, ROOTED IN THE HOLY TRADITION, AND TAUGHT BY THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, THE SEVEN ECUMENICAL COUNCILS AND THE LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL COUNCILS, AND BY THE HOLY FATHERS, AND AS PRESERVED AND TAUGHT BY THE CHURCHES OF THE FOUR ANCIENT PATRIARCHATES OF CONSTANTINOPLE JERUSALEM ANTIOCH AND ALEXANDRIA AND BY THE CHURCHES NOW IN COMMUNION WITH ANY OR ALL OF THEM.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LONDON.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £148,151.50 at the end of the period. The trustees confirm that all expenses associated with the running of the parish were successfully covered. The primary policy for holding reserves is to create a building fund to assist in securing a permanent place of worship.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANNE VON BENNIGSEN
• Dr JANE MOURA COLLINGRIDGE
• Dr TAMARA DRAGADZE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ruth Nares

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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