Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

ST. THOMAS INDIAN (MALANKARA) ORTHODOX CHURCH 

Indian Orthodox Church - Holly Mass on Every alternative week at St James Church, Mill Lane, West Derby, Liverpool.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£77£63£13n/an/an/an/an/a70
31/03/22£122£239£-117n/an/an/an/an/a100
31/03/21£124£141£-17n/an/an/an/an/a100
31/03/20£62£37£25n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/19£55£50£4n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/18*£58£43£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£50£36£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£89£49£41£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£21£20£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£20£18£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£25£21£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£33£20£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£18£12£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£28£14£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£15£15£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£11£11£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 19 years

liverpoolindianorthodoxchurch.org/

stthomasindianorthodoxchurch@gmail.com

077094181868

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Services for females
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • India, Liverpool City, St Helens, Warrington, Wigan, Wirral,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 70 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/07/2005, number: 1110650
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
16 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR17: 1 days late, AR16: 94 days late, AR13: 316 days late, AR12: 182 days late, AR11: 48 days late, AR10: 135 days late, AR09: 116 days late,
Main office

14 STOWE CLOSE
LIVERPOOL
L25 7YE

Objectives

(A) THE OBJECT OF THE PARISH/SOCIETY SHALL BE TO PROMOTE THE ORTHODOXCHRISTIAN FAITH. IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECT BUT NOT FURTHER OROTHERWISE THE PARISH/SOCIETY SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING POWERS.(B) TO MAINTAIN PLACES OF REGULAR COMMON WORSHIP AND PRAYER, AND FORINSTRUCTION IN THE FAITH OF THE CHURCH, IN ITS TRADITION, HISTORY, INACCORDANCE WITH THE APOSTOLIC AND ANCIENT TRADITIONS OF THE INDIANORTHODOX CHURCH AND SUBJECT TO THE AUTHORITY OF THE HOLY EPISCOPALSYNOD OF THE MALANKARA ORTHODOX CHURCH.(C) TO PROVIDE FOR RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES OF SPECIALGROUPS LIKE WOMEN, YOUTH AND CHILDREN.(D) TO PROMOTE AND CARRY OUT SERVICE ACTIVITIES AND DEACONIA FOR THEBENEFIT OF THE WIDER COMMUNITY AND SOCIETY.(E) TO ENTER INTO SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES AS ARE PROPER TO THE LIFE OF A PARISHCHURCH WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES.(F) TO RAISE FUNDS BY ALL APPROPRIATE MEANS IN FURTHERANCE OF THESEOBJECTS; TO OPEN BANK ACCOUNTS; TO INVEST SUCH FUNDS IN ACCORDANCEWITH THIS CONSTITUTION; TO PURCHASE, RENT OR OTHERWISE ACQUIRE, HOLD ANDDISPOSE OF PROPERTY, AND TO ENGAGE IN NON-COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES FORRAISING FUNDS, - ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES OF THE CHURCH AND INCONFORMITY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT UNDER WHICH THE SOCIETY ISREGISTERED.(G) TO RAISE SUFFICIENT MONIES TO SUPPORT THE SCHOLARSHIP AND ALLOWANCESOFTHE VICAR, DULY APPOINTED, AND TO DO ALL SUCH OTHER LAWFUL THINGS ASSHALLFURTHER THE SAID OBJECTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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