HERMON MAR THOMA CHURCH

Registered charity 1137185 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Place of worship : St Marys Hobs Moat, 30 Hobs Meadow, Solihull, B92 8PNWorship time: 11:00 AM Holy Communion - (1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Sunday) & Divine Service - (every 5th Sunday)Sunday school - every Sunday at 09:45 AMChoir Practices every Sunday after service.Other Services - Birthday & Wedding thanksgiving, Christmas Carol & visits, prayer sessions and various organisation activities.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION; PROVIDE ITS MEMBERS WITH REGULAR CHRISTIAN WORSHIP SERVICES, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TRADITIONS OF THE MAR THOMA SYRIAN CHURCH OF MALABAR; PROVIDE PASTORAL CARE AND ORGANISE ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE THE SPIRITUAL LIFE OF ITS MEMBERS; MAKE VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS FOR EVANGELISTIC AND CHARITABLE WORK IN THE UNITED KINGDOMAND ABROAD - ESPECIALLY INDIA.THE CHARITY MAY PARTICIPATE IN COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMMES WITH OTHER CHURCHES WITH WHICH IT HAS COMMUNAL RELATIONSHIPS AND ALSO PARTICIPATE IN ALL ACCEPTABLE ECUMENICAL RELATIONSHIPS AS A FULL MEMBER OF THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES (WCC), CHURCHES TOGETHER IN ENGLAND (CTE) AND CHURCHES TOGETHER IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND (CTBI).

Area of benefit: THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ABROAD - ESPECIALLY INDIA.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Religious Activities · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£231k

Latest spending

£131k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £201,498, which is above its stated policy target of approximately £40,000 (equivalent to six months of expenditure). The charity is wholly dependent on voluntary contributions and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or pension deficits.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“The parish is wholly dependent on the voluntary contributions of members and friends to whom Hermon MTC is greatly indebted, for their financial support during the year under review.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six months expenditure, approximately £40,000 (held: £201k)

“The Executive Committee has determined that the approximate level of free reserves should be equivalent to six months expenditure, approximately £40,000.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hermon Mar Thoma Church (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Aby Abraham Chandy
Dr Georgie Pangatteth Thomas
Dr Sudeep Kurian Thomas
MATHEW KAVANADATHU THOMAS

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Coventry City · Derbyshire · India · Leicestershire · Nottinghamshire · Oxfordshire · Solihull · Staffordshire · United States · Warwickshire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£231k	£131k
31/03/2024	£167k	£150k
31/03/2023	£221k	£152k
31/03/2022	£101k	£88k
31/03/2021	£111k	£61k

Common questions

Is HERMON MAR THOMA CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £201,498, which is above its stated policy target of approximately £40,000 (equivalent to six months of expenditure). The charity is wholly dependent on voluntary contributions and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or pension deficits. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, PURLEY ON THAMES, DIOCESE OF OXFORD.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, PURLEY ON THAMES, DIOCESE OF OXFORD income £129k
ST. THOMAS INDIAN (MALANKARA) ORTHODOX CHURCH income £109k
ST JOHNS MAR THOMA CHURCH UK income £235k
ALL SAINTS MAR THOMA CHURCH, PETERBOROUGH income £147k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, WEST CHILTINGTON income £104k
SOUTH HILL CHURCH (HEMEL HEMPSTEAD) income £102k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HERMON MAR THOMA CHURCH	£231k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, PURLEY ON THAMES, DIOCESE OF OXFORD FY2024	£129k	—	above	—	no doubt
ST. THOMAS INDIAN (MALANKARA) ORTHODOX CHURCH FY2025	£109k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST JOHNS MAR THOMA CHURCH UK FY2025	£235k	—	above	—	no doubt
ALL SAINTS MAR THOMA CHURCH, PETERBOROUGH FY2025	£147k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, WEST CHILTINGTON FY2024	£104k	—	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.