Serbian Orthodox Church of St Sava London Trust

Registered charity 249616 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ST SAVA LONDON, TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNEXION WITH THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ST SAVA

Promotion of Serbian orthodox religion and arts, teach Serbian language, history and culture. Accept lifetime gifts and bequests on trust for specific charitable purpose and apply them in such manner and purpose in geographic area wished by the benefactor. Providing human resources, facilities and advice.

Objects

PREMISES TO BE USED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH.

Area of benefit: LONDON

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £424,697 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total unrestricted and restricted reserves of £4,012,892. The trustees' report notes that unrestricted fund receipts increased significantly to £719,989, driven largely by a £440,000 receipt from the Veljko Aleksic Estate. The charity maintains a reserves policy to ensure future objectives and property maintenance, with no stated specific monetary target.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by SFB Group Limited. Discloses 5 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~9.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (75% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (27/07/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (16/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MILAN DEDIC · trustee of 1 other charity
• Marko Gasic · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nicholas Kasic · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nikola Babic · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Bosnia And Herzegovina · Croatia · Kosovo · Macedonia · Montenegro · Serbia · Throughout London

Income and spending

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