BASILDON ORTHODOX COMMUNITY

Registered charity 1168146 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Basildon Orthodox Church promotes the Orthodox Christian faith through the provision of the Divine Liturgy and other forms of regular worship, prayer and instruction in the Orthodox Christian life in Basildon and the surrounding areas. The charity benefits the public through the relief of poverty, sickness and distress through the provision of prayer, funds and spiritual guidance.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE A) TO PROMOTE THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FAITH ACCORDING TO THE RITES AND TRADITIONS OF THE ONE HOLY CATHOLIC ORTHODOX AND APOSTOLIC CHURCH AS EXPRESSED IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, THE HOLY TRADITION, THE TEACHINGS OF THE SEVEN ECUMENICAL COUNCILS AND THE HOLY FATHERS AND AS PRESERVED AND TAUGHT BY THE GREEK ORTHODOX PATRIARCHATE OF ANTIOCH AND ALL THE EAST.B) TO BENEFIT THE PUBLIC IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX BY THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS.

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 for the year ended 31 December 2024 were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 and that the accounts accorded with those records. No material matters were identified that would hinder a proper understanding of the accounts.

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 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Basildon Orthodox Community (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev PAUL JAMES BRIGHTON-CROSSchair
• Daniel Ogles
• Gareth David Batley
• Joshua Andrew Michael Turner
• Natasha Cooke
• Ross Aaron Walmsley
• SUSANNAH ANDERSON
• SUZANNE ALEXANDRIA BRIGHTON-CROSS

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

Operates in: Essex · Southend-on-sea · Thurrock

Income and spending

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