CCEW Charity Commission profile

RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH ABROAD (LONDON)

Registered charity 234203 · organisation 234203

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status
Registered
Reporting status
Submission Received
Charity type
Trust
Registered
12 June 1964
Removed
Not supplied
Financial period
1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income
£546,735
Latest expenditure
£517,985
Gift Aid
Yes
Owns or uses land
Yes
In administration
No
Insolvent
No
CIO
No

Public contact address: 38 Gilstead Road, LONDON, SW6 2LG

Website recorded by the regulator: www.russianchurchlondon.org/en/ (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

The parish is a religious community. The objects of the Charity are the promotion of the religious life of the Parish and the promotion in England of the tenets of the Russian Orthodox Church and generally Orthodox Christianity

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received
28 October 2026
Date Accounts Received
28 October 2026
Total Gross Income
£546,735
Total Gross Expenditure
£517,985
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received
11 October 2025
Date Accounts Received
11 October 2025
Total Gross Income
£440,894
Total Gross Expenditure
£371,077
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received
30 October 2024
Date Accounts Received
30 October 2024
Total Gross Income
£466,165
Total Gross Expenditure
£397,132
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received
31 October 2023
Date Accounts Received
31 October 2023
Total Gross Income
£315,921
Total Gross Expenditure
£324,090
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference
AR21
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received
18 January 2023
Date Accounts Received
18 January 2023
Total Gross Income
£307,825
Total Gross Expenditure
£276,686

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
Yes
Fin Period Order Number
1
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2025
Ar Due Date
31 October 2026
Ar Received Date
28 October 2026
Total Gross Income
£546,735
Total Gross Expenditure
£517,985
Grant Making Is Main Activity
No
Count Govt Contracts
0
Count Govt Grants
£0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
No
Trustee Receives Payments Services
No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
50
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
2
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2024
Ar Due Date
31 October 2025
Ar Received Date
11 October 2025
Total Gross Income
£440,894
Total Gross Expenditure
£371,077
Grant Making Is Main Activity
No
Count Govt Contracts
0
Count Govt Grants
£0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
No
Trustee Receives Payments Services
No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
25
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
3
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2023
Ar Due Date
31 October 2024
Ar Received Date
30 October 2024
Total Gross Income
£466,165
Total Gross Expenditure
£397,132
Grant Making Is Main Activity
No
Count Govt Contracts
0
Count Govt Grants
£0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
No
Trustee Receives Payments Services
No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
Yes
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
15
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
4
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2022
Ar Due Date
31 October 2023
Ar Received Date
31 October 2023
Total Gross Income
£315,921
Total Gross Expenditure
£324,090
Charity Raises Funds From Public
Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser
No
Charity Commercial Participator
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
10
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
5
Ar Cycle Reference
AR21
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2021
Ar Due Date
31 October 2022
Ar Received Date
18 January 2023
Total Gross Income
£307,825
Total Gross Expenditure
£276,686
Charity Raises Funds From Public
Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser
No
Charity Commercial Participator
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
15

05 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
Yes
Fin Period Order Number
1
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2025
Ar Due Date
31 October 2026
Ar Received Date
28 October 2026
Income Donations And Legacies
307289
Income Other Trading Activities
4651
Income Charitable Activities
234795
Income Investments
3270
Income Other
0
Income Total Income And Endowments
550005
Income Legacies
0
Income Endowments
0
Expenditure Raising Funds
£0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
£517,985
Expenditure Other
0
Expenditure Total
517985
Expenditure Investment Management
0
Expenditure Grants Institution
0
Expenditure Governance
0
Expenditure Support Costs
0
Expenditure Depreciation
0
Gain Loss Investment
0
Gain Loss Pension Fund
0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
0
Gain Loss Other
0
Reserves
£201,789
Assets Total Fixed
2891683
Assets Own Use
2891683
Assets Long Term Investment
0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
0
Assets Other Assets
£247,731
Assets Total Liabilities
£28,627
Assets Current Investment
0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
£3,110,787
Creditors One Year Total Current
28627
Creditors Falling Due After One Year
0
Assets Cash
£230,417
Funds Endowment
2908998
Funds Unrestricted
201789
Funds Restricted
0
Funds Total
3110787
Count Employees
5
Charity Only Accounts
Yes

06 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type
Region
Geographic Area Description
Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind
No

07 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code
305
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
Classification Code
108
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Religious Activities
Classification Code
310
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Other Charitable Activities
Classification Code
204
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name
RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH ABROAD (LONDON)
Charity Event Order
1
Event Type
Standard registration
Date Of Event
1964-06-12T00:00:00

09 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description
TRUST DEED DATED 7 NOVEMBER 1954 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION OF THE TRUSTEES UNDER S74D OF THE CHARITIES ACT 1993 AS AMENDED DATED 6 JUNE 2010
Charitable Objects
PROMOTION IN ENGLAND OF THE TENETS OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN EXILE.
Area Of Benefit
NATIONAL

10 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id
94582
Charity Name Type
Previous name
Charity Name
RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN EXILE (ALTERNATIVELY LONDON RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH)

11 Official extract

Charity Policy

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