CATHOLIC SYRO - MALABAR EPARCHY OF GREAT BRITAIN

Registered charity 1173537 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH AND CHRISTIAN BELIEFS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENTS OF BELIEFS OF THE SYRO-MALABAR CATHOLIC CHURCH IN PARTICULAR.

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Latest income
£6.9m
Latest spending
£4.1m
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £6,910,325 from £4,650,042 in the prior year, resulting in a net movement in funds of £2,830,876. Free reserves stood at £2,691,369, with total funds reaching £8,324,527. The trustees report adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Trustees who are clergies receive allowances for pastoral services, not trustee remuneration.
“All Trustees, other than Mr X Abraham and Mrs A Jackson are practising clergies of the Diocese and receive an allowance for their pastoral services. The Trustees do not receive remuneration for their work as Trustees.” — page 39
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by MHA. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold); recorded price paid £2.0m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£6.9m
Total spending
£4.1m
Reserves (reported)
£2.7m
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~7.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£6.9m£4.1m
31/03/2024£4.2m£3.4m
31/03/2023£2.2m£1.7m
31/03/2022£2.0m£1.4m
31/03/2021£1.1m£790k

Common questions

Is CATHOLIC SYRO - MALABAR EPARCHY OF GREAT BRITAIN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £6,910,325 from £4,650,042 in the prior year, resulting in a net movement in funds of £2,830,876. Free reserves stood at £2,691,369, with total funds reaching £8,324,527. The trustees report adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by MHA.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
CATHOLIC CHARITABLE TRUST1£8k
THE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHILD JESUS1£6k
EDITH BESSIE GIBSON TRUST1£3k

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CATHOLIC SYRO - MALABAR EPARCHY OF GREAT BRITAIN£6.9m—0unclear—no doubt
MALAYALAM GOSPEL CHURCH FY2025£205k—0unclear—no doubt
ST THOMAS SYRO MALABAR CATHOLIC CHURCH BRISTOL FY2025£524k—0unclear—no doubt
SAINT MARY & POPE KYRILLOS VI COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH FY2025£411k—0unclear—no doubt
ST STEPHEN'S INDIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH, BIRMINGHAM FY2025£151k—0unclear—no doubt
MATER ECCLESIAE CIO FY2025£354k—0above—no doubt

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