Registered charity · Former St John Church of England
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Debre Selam Kidist Selassie Church in Manchester, UK
- 9 trustees
- Income £6k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Elesabethe LelessaTrustee · since 2025
- Elsabeth ShawelTrustee · since 2025
- Kelemwa WoldeTrustee · since 2025
- Melat AyeleTrustee · since 2025
- Meron TesfayTrustee · since 2025
- Rev Solomon Alemu WeldegiorgiseTrustee · since 2025
- Seyoum Beyene AndargieTrustee · since 2025
- Thomas TadeseTrustee · since 2025
- Tolcha Dadi TuluTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 3 more
- Where
- Throughout London, Manchester City
- Registered
- 2009
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£6k£6k
- 2024£7k£7k
- 2023£14k£0
Earlier years
- 2022£16k£13k
- 2021£0£0
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY'S MAIN OBJECTIVES ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHRISTIANS IN THE PUBLIC,IN PARTICULAR ORTHODOX TEWAHIDO BELIEVERS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS:(1) TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY OFSPIRITUALISM ON THE BASIS OF PRINCIPLES (TO PROMOTE AND SPREAD MESSAGE EVERWIDER AMONG MANKIND).(2) TO PROVIDE AND UP KEEP PLACES OF WORSHIP, PAYING MINISTRIES OR PRIESTS,AND HOLDING RELIGIOUS SERVICES FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP WHICH HELP GROUPS INEXPRESSING OF THEIR BELIEF.(3) TO PROMOTE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS GROUPS IN ORDER TOACCOMMODATE EACH OTHER AND TO PARTICIPATE FOR MUTUAL BENEFIT.(4) TO RELIEF OF A PERSON SUFFERING FROM SICKNESS (MENTAL OR PHYSICAL) BYPRACTICE OF SPIRITUAL HEALING.(5) TO SUPPORT ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE AS MAY BE DECIDED UPON FROM TIMEBY THE TRUSTEES AND MEMBERS.(6) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF BIBLE TO INCREASE AWARENESS AND VISIT OFRELIGIOUS /HOLLY SITES.(7) TO RAISE FUND FOR THE SUPPORT OF 'GOOD' CAUSES.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
9 trustees on the board
- Elesabethe Lelessa since 2025
- Elsabeth Shawel since 2025
- Kelemwa Wolde since 2025
- Melat Ayele since 2025
- Meron Tesfay since 2025
- Rev Solomon Alemu Weldegiorgise since 2025
- Seyoum Beyene Andargie since 2025
- Thomas Tadese since 2025
- Tolcha Dadi Tulu since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Elesabethe Lelessa since 2025
- Elsabeth Shawel since 2025
- Kelemwa Wolde since 2025
- Melat Ayele since 2025
- Meron Tesfay since 2025
- Seyoum Beyene Andargie since 2025
- Thomas Tadese since 2025
- Tolcha Dadi Tulu since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Rev Solomon Alemu Weldegiorgise since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1130742
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 21/05/2008AS AMENDED ON 06/12/2015 as amended on 22 Jul 2018
- Contact on the register
- 07592978663 · dskseotc.uk@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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