ST MARY AND ST SHENOUDA COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH

Registered charity 1190506 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote the religion of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the south of England.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIGION OF THE COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH IN THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Croydon, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£380k

Latest spending

£230k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £150,387 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £380,123 and expenditure of £229,736. The charity holds unrestricted cash of £1,325,547, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of £100,000. Net assets increased to £3,558,756, and the auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: no less than £100,000 (held: £3.0m)

“The trustees have determined that the charity should aim to hold unrestricted cash of no less than £100,000 (which equates to about 8 months’ of unrestricted expenditure) so that the charity could continue to operate should income and/or expenditure vary adversely.” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Manningtons Chartered Accountants. 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
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
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Amin Gorgy · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Boutros Maxwell · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Ehab Morgan · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Magdy Moawad · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Surrey · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£380k	£230k
31/12/2023	£298k	£195k
31/12/2022	£0	£0
31/12/2021	£0	£0

Common questions

Is ST MARY AND ST SHENOUDA COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £150,387 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £380,123 and expenditure of £229,736. The charity holds unrestricted cash of £1,325,547, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of £100,000. Net assets increased to £3,558,756, and the auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Manningtons Chartered Accountants.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST MARY AND ST ABRAAM COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH.

ST MARY AND ST ABRAAM COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH income £615k
SAINT MARY AND ARCHANGEL MICHAEL COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH income £903k
ST MARY & ST THEODORE COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH, HASTINGS income £103k
SAINT MARY AND SAINT MINA COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH income £126k
ST MARY AND ST GEORGE COPTIC ORTHODOX CHARITY income £155k
ST MARY AND ST ABANOUB COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH, WEST AND NORTH YORKSHIRE income £114k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ST MARY AND ST SHENOUDA COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH	£380k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ST MARY AND ST ABRAAM COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH FY2022	£615k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SAINT MARY AND ARCHANGEL MICHAEL COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH FY2025	£903k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
ST MARY & ST THEODORE COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH, HASTINGS FY2025	£103k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SAINT MARY AND SAINT MINA COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH FY2026	£126k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MARY AND ST GEORGE COPTIC ORTHODOX CHARITY FY2025	£155k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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