COMMUNITY OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST

Registered charity 282448 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STAVROPEGIC MONASTERY OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST

Religious Community professing the Orthodox Christian Faith

Objects

THE FURTHERANCE OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE RELIGIOUS OR OTHERWISE IN CONNECTION WITH THE SAID COMMUNITY AS THE TRUSTEES MAY THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £29,422,849, representing a significant increase from the prior year. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity holds substantial investment assets valued at £21,102,995 to support long-term revenue expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Just Audit & Assurance Ltd. Discloses 3 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.

• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Reported reserves equal ~37.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 8.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• V REVEREND ARCHIMANDRITE ATHANASIOS VRYZASchair
• Dr Daniel James McCarthy
• Nicholas Meade
• THOMAS CARTER

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Common questions

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• THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IN LONDON LIMITED income £169k
• THE COMMUNITY OF ST JOHN BAPTIST GENERAL PURPOSES CIO income £234k
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• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST income £353k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE DIVINE WITH ST JAMES THE APOSTLE KENNINGTON income £264k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, PETERBOROUGH income £158k

Side by side with its peers

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