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LAUSANNE-ORTHODOX INITIATIVE

Registered charity 1205337 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LAUSANNE-ORTHODOX INITATIVE, LOI

LOI holds conferences and consultations for which we invite a selection of speakers from both Orthodox and Evangelical Christian traditions to speak, and to which we invite between 50 and 100 delegates, also split between Orthodox and Evangelical Christians. We also organise online events that provide an opportunity to reach an international audience and maintain and develop relationships

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION PARTICULARLYBUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE FOSTERING OF RELATIONS BETWEEN THE EASTERNORTHODOX AND ORIENTAL ORTHODOX CHURCHES AND EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANCHURCHES AND EDUCATION IN THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELYTHROUGH PROMOTING STUDY AND RESEARCH IN THE TRADITIONS, TEACHINGS ANDPRACTICE OF THE EASTERN ORTHODOX AND ORIENTAL ORTHODOX CHURCHES ANDEVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN CHURCHES, SO AS TO PROMOTE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING ANDCOOPERATION.

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cambridge, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£37k
Latest spending
£40k
Registered
2023
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £3,762 for the year ended 31 January 2026, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £45,730. The trustees confirm that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis, asserting that forecast income and reserves are sufficient to cover budgeted expenditure for the next 12 months. The charity operates without a formal reserves policy, noting that its current funds represent timing differences between grant receipts and project expenditures rather than accumulated reserves.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £9,598
“Consultancy fees (Ralph Lee, a trustee, was paid consultancy fees as a self-employed consultant, paid according to contract ratified by the board, and in accordance with clause 6(3) of the constitution) 9,598”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: no formal reserves policy is required at this time (reserves figure: £46k)
“As the charity has no ongoing liabilities and operates on a project-by-project basis funded through specific grants, the trustees have determined that no formal reserves policy is required at this time”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Ralph Lee (trustee) received £9,598 in consultancy fees
“Consultancy fees (Ralph Lee, a trustee, was paid consultancy fees as a self-employed consultant, paid according to contract ratified by the board, and in accordance with clause 6(3) of the constitution) 9,598”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Ralph Lee (trustee) paid £9,598 consultancy fees
“Consultancy fees (Ralph Lee, a trustee, was paid consultancy fees as a self-employed consultant, paid according to contract ratified by the board, and in accordance with clause 6(3) of the constitution) 9,598”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2026

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2025

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Albania · Egypt · Ethiopia · Greece · India · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2026£37k£40k
31/01/2025£69k£43k

Common questions

Is LAUSANNE-ORTHODOX INITIATIVE financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £3,762 for the year ended 31 January 2026, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £45,730. The trustees confirm that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis, asserting that forecast income and reserves are sufficient to cover budgeted expenditure for the next 12 months. The charity operates without a formal reserves policy, noting that its current funds represent timing differences between grant receipts and project expenditures rather than accumulated reserves. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of LAUSANNE-ORTHODOX INITIATIVE earn?

Per its FY2026 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £9,598 band.