THE METROPOLITAN KALLISTOS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1196453 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The main and initial purpose of the Charity is to maintain and accommodate the library and collected papers of the late Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia (Timothy Richard Ware) for the public benefit and as a resource for scholars researching into his work and into the theology doctrines and histories of the Eastern Christian churches. It intends t o promote conferences and study days

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND OF EDUCATION IN THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN THEOLOGICAL TRADITION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH:A)ESTABLISHING A LIBRARY TO CONSIST INITIALLY OF THE BOOKS, PAPERS AND PERSONAL MEMORABILIA OF METROPOLITAN KALLISTOS OF DIOKLEIA (TIMOTHY RICHARD WARE), TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO HIS LIFE, THEOLOGICAL WRITINGS AND SPIRITUAL WORKS AND MAINTAINING THE SAME AS A LIBRARY FOR THE CONTINUING STUDY OF THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN PARTICULAR. B) PROVIDING THEOLOGICAL TEACHING AND COURSES IN THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN TRADITIONC) PROMOTING AND SPONSORING LECTURES, SEMINARS AND CONFERENCESD) PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS TO ASSIST THOSE STUDYING SUBJECTS RELEVANT TO THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FAITH E) CO-OPERATING WITH ESTABLISHING AND SUPPORTING HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ENGAGED IN TEACHING AND RESEARCH IN OR RELEVANT TO THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FAITH

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,220,857, with £405,479 held in cash. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of retaining sufficient liquid funds to cover six months of general running costs, a target which the current cash balance significantly exceeds. The charity reported a net surplus of £27,695 for the year, supported by an interim distribution of £400,000 from the Metropolitan Kallistos estate.

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 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
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• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2023)

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Frances Jane Jennings · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor ANDREW LOUTH · trustee of 5 other charities
• Rev Stephen Tobias Ralph Platt · trustee of 2 other charities
• Simon Paul Jennings · trustee of 1 other charity
• The Rev Prof Alexis Torrance
• The Rev Prof John Behr

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

Operates in: Throughout England

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