ANTIOCHIAN ORTHODOX SOCIETY OF BRITAIN

Registered charity 801540 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Religious activities.

Objects

(1) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH OF THE ANTIOCHIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, BY THE PROVISION OF A CHURCH FOR WORSHIP. (2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE FAITH OF THE ANTIOCHIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH, HISTORY AND RELIGIOUS CULTURE. (3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BY ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOLS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE ANTIOCHIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH. (4) TO PROVIDE FOR THE RELIEF OF THE SICK AND ELDERLY ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE OF ANTIOCHIAN ORTHODOX FAITH, BY THE PROVISION OF HOSPITALS AND HOMES.

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 the charity held unrestricted reserves of £1,276,092 at the end of the financial year, representing a significant increase from the previous year's £797,431. The charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £478,661 for the year, driven largely by fundraising income, while total resources expended were £115,668. The trustees confirmed the charity is exempt from audit and satisfied the conditions for small company provisions.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (80% 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: 5.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christian Karam · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr SAMI CAROUBA · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr SAMIR HRAIKI · trustee of 1 other charity
• GABRIEL MICHEL EL-KASSIR
• Georges Aboud
• JOHNNY TABBAL · trustee of 1 other charity
• NAJIB COUTYA
• Nemr Elias
• ROGER HASBANI
• Samira Abdel Nour
• Tawfik Dallal · trustee of 1 other charity
• WAIL KHOURY

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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