WORKING FUNDS HELD IN CONNECTION WITH THE GENUINE ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS (G O C ) IN BIRMINGHAM

Registered charity 507769 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

a) To preserve and spread the Orthodox Christian Faith and the Traditions of the Church as prescribed in the Holy Bible.b) To administer the spiritual and sacramental services to the faithful, members of the church of G.O.C.c) To spread the word of God to all people and provide both spiritual and material help for those in need.d) To train future clergymen.e) Provide spiritual education.

Objects

RELIGIOUS PURPOSES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CHURCH.

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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £7,656.52 for the year, with total income increasing to £62,096 and expenditure at £54,439. Per the trustees' report, cash reserves increased to £3,261, and the trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2024 (received 01/04/2025, 60 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 25/06/2024, 146 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 09/03/2023, 37 days after the 31/01/2023 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 17/03/2022, 45 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Holy Metropolis of Mercia and the British Isles (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexander Eleftheriou
• KYRIAKOS JOANNOU
• TONY ERMOYENOUS · trustee of 1 other charity
• XENOPHON JOANNOU

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Canada · Chile · Enfield · United States

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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