ROMANIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH ON MERSEYSIDE

Registered charity 1170197 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of a functioning church which enables regular services of the orthodox Christian faith. The charity was established to raise and manage funds for the repair and improvement of the church which functions as a Christian and cultural support facility for Romanians living in the NW of England and North Wales. All church services are free and open to the general public.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY THE PROVISION OF A PLACE OF WORSHIP ON MERSEYSIDE.ACTIVITIES IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS WILL INCLUDE:A) PROVISION OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND GOVERNANCE TO MAINTAIN A ROMANIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH PARISH ON MERSEYSIDE FOR USE BY THE PUBLIC OF THE REGION AND ELSEWHERE. THIS WILL INCLUDE:B) RAISING AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITYC) ENABLING ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS DEVOTIONAL ACTS IN THE CHURCH.

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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Registered contact address: Wirral, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £29,073 for the year, with total income of £137,852 against expenditure of £108,779. The trustees consider the charity financially stable, holding unrestricted reserves of £195,788, which they justify as approximately 21 months of expenditure to cover future building projects and emergencies. The charity relies heavily on voluntary giving and has no liabilities.

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 3 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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 19/10/2025 (received 21/08/2026, 2 days after the 19/08/2026 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev FLORIN VOINEAchair
• Ana Oltean
• Andreea Loredana Covalciuc
• Emilian Constantin Covalciuc
• Professor DORINA CARTER-TIMOFTE DVM, FRCVS
• Professor STUART DAVID CARTER FRCPATH
• Rev Razvan Dumitrescu

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

Operates in: Wirral

Income and spending

Common questions

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