St. Mark Universal Care

Registered charity 1155451 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST. MARK UNIVERSAL COPTS CARE

Our charity provides improved access to healthcare and education, poverty relief and socio-economic development in the Middle East and North Africa through delivery of hospitals, clinics, prescriptions, operations, training and education. We deliver projects for personal development, education and community development in the UK at our base in Oldham, with a strong youth focus.

Objects

The relief of need and advancement of health and education worldwide for the public benefit as are exclusively charitable according to the laws of England and Wales as the trustees may from time to time determine. The advancement of heritage, through securing the future of our listed heritage building, Werneth Grange.

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £1,066 for the year ended 31 March 2025, a reversal of the previous year's deficit. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds totalled £607,892, which exceeds the stated policy target of three months' running costs, supporting the conclusion that no material uncertainties exist regarding going concern.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08747202

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St Mark Universal Care (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• HANNA, Demiana Lenzi Lewis, Dr — director, appointed 30/10/2024on trustee list
• KANAWATY, Arsany — director, appointed 30/10/2024on trustee list
• DIMETRIOS, Amira Shawky Nessim — director, appointed 25/03/2024on trustee list
• HANNA, Lourence Lenzi Lewis, Dr — director, appointed 10/10/2017on trustee list
• FOUAD, Hala Elnarshy — director, appointed 24/10/2013on trustee list
• FOUAD, Naser Michel, Dr — director, appointed 24/10/2013on trustee list

Official officers record.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amira Shawky Nessim Dimetrios
• Arsany Kanawaty
• Christopher Fouad
• Dr Demiana Lenzi Lewis Hanna
• Dr NASER MICHEL FOUAD
• HALA ELNARSHY FOUAD
• Lourence Hanna
• Michael Fouad

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

Operates in: Bolton · Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Egypt · Greece · Jordan · Kenya · Manchester City · Oldham · Stockport · Sudan · Syria

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with UK CARE FOR CHILDREN.

• UK CARE FOR CHILDREN income £1.4m
• ST. MARK'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION income £2.6m
• SISTERS OF MERCY, GRAVESEND, KENT income £637k
• MUSLIM CHARITY HELPING THE NEEDY income £8.1m
• THE UNITED CHURCH OF ST MARK income £152k
• MOMARK CIO income £171k

Side by side with its peers

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