GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OF BRISTOL

Registered charity 279079 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote the Greek Orthodox faith and Greek language, within Bristol and the neibourhood. To assist individuals of all ages along the Christian faith principals and undertake charitable activities that safeguard man kind and the environment avoiding discrimination of any kind.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£295k

Latest spending

£281k

Registered

1980

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £13,431 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £1,694,207. The trustees confirmed they are satisfied with the financial position, noting that the deficit from the previous year was covered by reserves.

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Total income

£794k

Total spending

£205k

Cost of raising funds

£65k

Reserves (reported)

£1.7m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~97.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (79% 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: 8.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Archbishop Nikitas Lioulias · trustee of 18 other charities
Athanasis Lazarides · trustee of 1 other charity
HECTOR STAMBOULIEH
Helene Birch
MARIA SAVVAS
MR NICOS NICOLAOU
Michael John Michael

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£295k	£281k
31/03/2024	£187k	£193k
31/03/2023	£221k	£197k
31/03/2022	£794k	£205k
31/03/2021	£133k	£140k

Common questions

Is GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OF BRISTOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £13,431 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £1,694,207. The trustees confirmed they are satisfied with the financial position, noting that the deficit from the previous year was covered by reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROMANIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH BRISTOL.

ROMANIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH BRISTOL income £156k
GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OF ST NICHOLAS CARDIFF income £134k
TRUSTEES OF THE GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OF LEEDS income £198k
THE GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY THE TWELVE APOSTLES HERTFORDSHIRE TRUST income £397k
ST NICHOLAS GREEK ORTHODOX EDUCATIONAL CENTRE income £118k
NEW COVENANT CHURCH BRISTOL income £105k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OF BRISTOL	£295k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ROMANIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH BRISTOL FY2024	£156k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OF ST NICHOLAS CARDIFF FY2025	£134k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TRUSTEES OF THE GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OF LEEDS FY2025	£198k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY THE TWELVE APOSTLES HERTFORDSHIRE TRUST FY2025	£397k	—	above	—	no doubt
ST NICHOLAS GREEK ORTHODOX EDUCATIONAL CENTRE FY2025	£118k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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