THE ORTHODOX PARISH OF ST MARTIN AND ST HELEN, COLCHESTER

Registered charity 1192469 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity is a parish within the Orthodox Church. We are committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at our church and chapel and to become part of our parish community. To that end we typically hold services on 3 days a week at St Martin's Church and St Helen's Chapel in Colchester.

Objects

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.B TO BENEFIT THE PUBLIC IN THE COUNTIES OF ESSEX, SUFFOLK AND NORFOLK 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 state that unrestricted income increased to £40,274 from £35,773 in the prior year, while unrestricted expenditure rose significantly to £32,595 from £16,072. The charity holds total funds of £352,562, with an unrestricted accumulated fund of £104,801, and the independent examiner confirmed no material matters were found that would cast doubt on 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (21/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev ALEXANDER ALISTAIR MATTHEW HAIG BD AKCchair
• Catalin Fliscu
• Dusan Radunovic
• Elena Kanaar
• George Philip Harrison
• Hilary Mary Haig ARCM
• John Mark Shillaker
• Jon Peter Kanaar
• Michael Kampouridis
• Nicholas Edwin Taylor · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tasos Papastylianou
• Theodora Ford

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

Operates in: Essex · Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

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