ARMENIAN CHURCH OF ST SARKIS

Registered charity 211230 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity (as landlord) is responsible for providing the premises of the Armenian Church of St Sarkis, Iverna Gardens, Kensington and church hall to the St Sarkis Parish Council and the adjacent vicarage as residential accommodation.

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Latest income

£166k

Latest spending

£103k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,049,424, while the Trustees' report indicates a reserves policy to maintain sufficient funds for the foreseeable future. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £62,775 for the year, supported by £159,609 in trading income, though it faces funding uncertainty due to a reduction in donations from the St Sarkis Charity Trust.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to continue the running of the Church, Church Hall and vicarage for the foreseeable future (held: £1.0m)

“The Trustees endeavour to have sufficient reserves to continue the running of the Church, Church Hall and vicarage for the foreseeable future.” — page 5

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations received from St Sarkis Charity Trust

“During the year, the Charity received £2,000 (2023: £2,000) in donations from the Saint Sarkis Charity Trust.” — page 22

“At the year end a balance of £852,971 (2023: £831,771) was due from the St Sarkis Property CIO.” — page 22

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Debt due from St Sarkis Property CIO

“During the year, the Charity received £2,000 (2023: £2,000) in donations from the Saint Sarkis Charity Trust.” — page 22

“At the year end a balance of £852,971 (2023: £831,771) was due from the St Sarkis Property CIO.” — page 22

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

STEVE SETRAK MOURADIANchair
Alexander Adamov
Armen Der Hakobian · trustee of 1 other charity
Christopher Sarkis George Kurkjian FCSI · trustee of 2 other charities
Hovan Torosyan · trustee of 3 other charities
Olivier Djololian · trustee of 1 other charity
Yuri Khodjamirian CFA

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

Operates in: Kensington And Chelsea

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£166k	£103k
31/12/2023	£178k	£270k
31/12/2022	£140k	£188k
31/12/2021	£104k	£115k
31/12/2020	£91k	£108k

Common questions

Is ARMENIAN CHURCH OF ST SARKIS financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,049,424, while the Trustees' report indicates a reserves policy to maintain sufficient funds for the foreseeable future. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £62,775 for the year, supported by £159,609 in trading income, though it faces funding uncertainty due to a reduction in donations from the St Sarkis Charity Trust. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ARMENIAN CHURCH OF ST SARKIS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ARMENIAN CHURCH OF ST SARKIS as a grant recipient include SAINT SARKIS CHARITY TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
SAINT SARKIS CHARITY TRUST	FY2025	£2k	Grants to institutions
SAINT SARKIS CHARITY TRUST	FY2024	£2k	Grants to institutions
SAINT SARKIS CHARITY TRUST	FY2023	£2k
SAINT SARKIS CHARITY TRUST	FY2022	£2k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE SOLA TRUST	1	£32k
GOSPEL PARTNERS TRUST	1	£5k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST KNUTSFORD	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SAINT SARKIS CHARITY TRUST.

SAINT SARKIS CHARITY TRUST income £250k
SAINT MARY & POPE KYRILLOS VI COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH income £411k
CHRIST CHURCH STOCKPORT income £116k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE AND CHRIST CHURCH, CHELSEA income £931k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH UPPER ARMLEY income £126k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BARTHOLOMEWS, ARBORFIELD income £119k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ARMENIAN CHURCH OF ST SARKIS	£166k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SAINT SARKIS CHARITY TRUST FY2025	£250k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SAINT MARY & POPE KYRILLOS VI COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH FY2025	£411k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHRIST CHURCH STOCKPORT FY2024	£116k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE AND CHRIST CHURCH, CHELSEA FY2025	£931k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH UPPER ARMLEY FY2024	£126k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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