Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -6 ?

GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OF MILTON KEYNES AND SURROUNDING DISTRICT 

Holds regular Orthodox church services, provides schooling in Greek language and culture, provides welfare services to members and their families and arranges various communal events throughout the year.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period, despite a decline more recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been 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
30/11/22£48£57£-9n/an/an/an/an/a8
30/11/21£33£27£6n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/11/20£30£36£-6n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/11/19*£59£101£-42n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/11/18£48£36£12£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/17*£38£33£6£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/16£40£33£7£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/15£43£40£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/14£47£36£11£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/13£36£37£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/12*£35£42£-7£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/11£43£47£-4£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/10£141£55£86£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/09£48£30£18£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/08£21£11£10£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/07£23£5£18£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 17 years

greek-orthodox-community-mk.org

greekcom.mk@gmail.com

01280820710

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian religious associations
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bedford, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes, Northamptonshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/04/2007, number: 1118744
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
16 returns made; AR19: 12 days late, AR17: 2 days late, AR12: 106 days late,
Main office

33 OVERN AVENUE
BUCKINGHAM
MK18 1LU

Objectives

2 (I) TO PRESERVE AND PROPAGATE THE CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX FAITH AND TRADITIONS WITHIN MILTON KEYNES AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS AS CONTAINED IN HOLY SCRIPTURE AND PRACTISED IN THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH(II) TO ESTABLISH CHURCHES FOR THE WORSHIP OF THE TRIUNE GOD AND SCHOOLS FOR THE TEACHING OF GREEK ORTHODOX EDUCATION, LANGUAGE AND CULTURE.(III) TO UNDERTAKE, THROUGH VISITS TO HOSPITALS, PRISONS, HOMES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS, PHILANTHROPIC WORK FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO NEED PROTECTION, ASSISTANCE AND MEDICAL CARE, TO PROVIDE FOR THE WELFARE OF THE POOR AND FOR THE BURIAL OF THOSE GREEKS WHO PASS AWAY WITHOUT FINANCIAL MEANS.(IV) TO RECEIVE INTO THE ORTHODOX FAITH, BY BAPTISM OR CHRISMATION, ALL THOSE WHO FREELY DECIDE AND SINCERELY DESIRE TO ADOPT THE ORTHODOX FAITH, AND TO LIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS SPIRITUAL AND MORAL TEACHING.(V) TO PRESERVE THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT IN DIVINE WORSHIP AND IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL LIFE OF THE FAITHFUL, AND TO MINISTER TO THE PEOPLE THROUGH CANONICAL SERVICES CONDUCTED ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF THE GREAT CHURCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE BY CANONICAL PRIESTS, AND THROUGH SERMONS, TRANSLATIONS AND THROUGH CATECHISM AND GREEK LANGUAGE SCHOOLS.(VI) TO EMBRACE OTHER CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX WHO HAVE NO PLACE OF WORSHIP IN THE AREA.(VII) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GREEK LANGUAGE AND CULTURE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

MILTON KEYNES AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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