GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE OF THYATEIRA AND GREAT BRITAIN — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Trust
Registered: 21 October 1969
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2024
Latest income: £1,127,649
Latest expenditure: £1,876,486
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Archdiocese of Thyateira, 5 Craven Hill, LONDON, W2 3EN

Website recorded by the regulator: www.thyateira.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Promotion of the Greek Orthodox faith,Advocates the establishment of day schools,Helps in the training of new pastors, teachers and cantors in the local parishes and institutions

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

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: 29 September 2025
Date Accounts Received: 29 September 2025
Total Gross Income: £1,127,649
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,876,486

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: £1,965,334
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,475,504

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: 11 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 11 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,569,337
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,215,611

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: 14 April 2022
Date Accounts Received: 14 April 2022
Total Gross Income: £912,117
Total Gross Expenditure: £734,584

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2020
Ar Cycle Reference: AR20
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2021
Date Annual Return Received: 22 October 2021
Date Accounts Received: 22 October 2021
Total Gross Income: £702,294
Total Gross Expenditure: £615,720

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
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: 29 September 2025
Total Gross Income: £1,127,649
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,876,486
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: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 1
Count Volunteers: 20

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
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: £1,965,334
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,475,504
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: Yes
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 1
Count Volunteers: 1

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
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: 11 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,569,337
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,215,611
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 1
Count Volunteers: 5

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
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: 14 April 2022
Total Gross Income: £912,117
Total Gross Expenditure: £734,584
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Volunteers: 20

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR20
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2020
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2021
Ar Received Date: 22 October 2021
Total Gross Income: £702,294
Total Gross Expenditure: £615,720
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 10

05 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
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: 29 September 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 935681
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 122120
Income Investments: 57664
Income Other: 12184
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1127649
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £10,908
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,865,578
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1876486
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 16043
Expenditure Support Costs: 0
Expenditure Depreciation: 5517
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 666000
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £3,666,963
Assets Total Fixed: 3033906
Assets Own Use: 2133906
Assets Long Term Investment: 900000
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £809,220
Assets Total Liabilities: £176,163
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £3,666,963
Creditors One Year Total Current: 76163
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 100000
Assets Cash: £659,630
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 3666963
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 3666963
Count Employees: 8
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
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
Income Donations And Legacies: 1601899
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 120804
Income Investments: 49532
Income Other: 193099
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1965334
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £29,968
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,445,536
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1475504
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 27390
Expenditure Support Costs: 0
Expenditure Depreciation: 6865
Gain Loss Investment: 35000
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £3,749,800
Assets Total Fixed: 2373424
Assets Own Use: 2139424
Assets Long Term Investment: 234000
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,486,163
Assets Total Liabilities: £109,787
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £3,749,800
Creditors One Year Total Current: 9787
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 100000
Assets Cash: £987,461
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 3749800
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 3749800
Count Employees: 8
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
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: 11 January 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 1142582
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 389578
Income Investments: 34816
Income Other: 2361
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1569337
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £37,650
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,177,961
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1215611
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 93615
Expenditure Support Costs: 0
Expenditure Depreciation: 13700
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £3,199,107
Assets Total Fixed: 2570289
Assets Own Use: 2146289
Assets Long Term Investment: 424000
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £662,481
Assets Total Liabilities: £7,800
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £3,224,970
Creditors One Year Total Current: 7800
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £567,710
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 3199107
Funds Restricted: 25863
Funds Total: 3224970
Count Employees: 8
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
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: 14 April 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 601083
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 157788
Income Investments: 32857
Income Other: 120389
Income Total Income And Endowments: 912117
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £24,990
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £709,594
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 734584
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: £2,871,244
Assets Total Fixed: 2383101
Assets Own Use: 2383101
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £490,723
Assets Total Liabilities: £2,580
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £2,871,244
Creditors One Year Total Current: 2580
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £467,333
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 2853815
Funds Restricted: 17429
Funds Total: 2871244
Count Employees: 7
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR20
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2020
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2021
Ar Received Date: 22 October 2021
Income Donations And Legacies: 490120
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 135969
Income Investments: 683
Income Other: 75522
Income Total Income And Endowments: 702294
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £12,210
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £603,510
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 615720
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: £2,693,711
Assets Total Fixed: 2396108
Assets Own Use: 2396108
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £388,216
Assets Total Liabilities: £90,613
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £2,693,711
Creditors One Year Total Current: 90613
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £379,216
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 2693711
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 2693711
Count Employees: 8
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

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Greece
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

07 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 117
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Other Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 310
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Other Charitable Activities

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Classification Code: 108
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Religious Activities

Classification Code: 106
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Overseas Aid/famine Relief

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE OF THYATEIRA AND GREAT BRITAIN
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2026-03-16T00:00:00
Reason: Funds transferred (gi)
Assoc Organisation Number: 5030056
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1153536
Assoc Charity Name: GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE THYATEIRA AND GREAT BRITAIN COMMUNITIES CENTRAL FUND LIMITED

Charity Name: GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE OF THYATEIRA AND GREAT BRITAIN
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1969-10-21T00:00:00

09 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: DEED OF TRUST DATED 26TH JUNE 1952
Charitable Objects: EMOLUMENTS FOR THE METROPOLITAN OF THYATEIRA. UPKEEP OF RESIDENCE OF THE METROPOLITAN OF THYATEIRA. TRAVELLING EXPENSES INCURRED IN DISCHARGE OF HIS SPIRITUAL DUTIES BY THE METROPOLITAN OF THYATEIRA, PAYMENT OF WAGES OF THE STAFF AND OTHER PROPER EXPENSES IN CONNECTION WITH THE METROPOLIS OF THYATEIRA. RESIDUE TO SUCH RELIGIOUS EDUCATIONAL OF CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH. (SEE CLAUSE 3 OF TRUST DEED FOR FURTHER DETAILS).
Area Of Benefit: NATIONAL AND FOREIGN

10 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 248555
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE OF THYATEIRA & GR BRITAIN

Charity Name Id: 248551
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: ARCHDIOCESE OF THYATEIRA AND GREAT BRITAIN TRUST

11 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures