BOURNEMOUTH-POOLE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1140071 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

Provides a place of worship for an Orthodox Christian parish. Cares for and raises funds to repair an ecclesiastical building of architectural merit. Rents out the church hall for use by local organisations. Provides a venue for the performance of classical music. Helps to integrate Orthodox Christians from abroad into British society.

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BYSUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT;(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS, CULTURE OR HERITAGE BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANSAS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT;(C) THE PRESERVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE FORMER ST. OSMUND'S CHURCHBUILDING AS A PLACE OF ARCHITECTURAL AND ARTISTIC MERIT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT;(D) THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG PEOPLE WHOARE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN IMMIGRANTS AND WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THEGROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION BY THE PROVISION OF SUCHASSISTANCE/SERVICES AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT;(A) THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS HARMONY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BYPROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT OF THE BELIEFSAND PRACTICES OF DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS;(F) THE PROMOTION OF RACIAL HARMONY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTINGKNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS ANDWORKING TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE.THESE ARE ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE 2006 ACT. FOR AS LONG ASTHE COMPANY IS A CHARITY, ITS PURPOSES MAY ONLY BE ALTERED WITH THE PRIOR CONSENTOF THE CHARITY COMMISSION AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY CONDITIONS ATTACHED TO SUCH CONSENT.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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 generated a surplus of £4,099 for the year ended 1 December 2024, with total income of £69,445 against expenditure of £65,346. The trustees confirm that finances remain stable, though the charity is dependent on donations and hall rental. Reserves are maintained at a level above the stated policy target of £16,500.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission; Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Jackman
• GEORGHIOS KYPRIANOU
• GILBERT MEAL DC DOCTOR
• Michael Conor Paul Ambrose

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

Operates in: Bournemouth · Poole

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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