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.

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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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered titlein 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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