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Catholic Syro - Malabar Eparchy of Great Britain

Catholic Syro - Malabar Eparchy of Great Britain is a registered charity (number 1173537) based in Preston, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Bishop Benny Mathew since 2017. Latest income £6.9m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £6.9m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Religious Activities
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
WWW.EPARCHYOFGREATBRITAIN.ORG (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2017

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£6.9m£4.1m
  • 2024£4.2m£3.4m
  • 2023£2.2m£1.7m
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.0m£1.4m
  • 2021£1.1m£790k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH AND CHRISTIAN BELIEFS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENTS OF BELIEFS OF THE SYRO MALABAR CATHOLIC CHURCH IN PARTICULAR BY:1.THE ORGANISATION OF THE CELEBRATION OF SACRAMENTS AND RELIGIOUS SERVICES, PRAYER MEETINGS, MISSIONS AND SIMILAR EVENTS;2.THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION AND OTHER SUPPORT FOR CLERGY (INCLUDING IN RETIREMENT) AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE OBJECTS;3.THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHING OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE TRAINING OF INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS AND THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF LITERATURE AND THE BROADCASTING OF INFORMATION USING MODERN MEDIA TO ENLIGHTEN OTHERS ABOUT THE CATHOLIC FAITH;4.THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SUFFERING AND OTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE DOCTRINES OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH;5.THE ACQUISITION, PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS TO BE USED PRIMARILY FOR THE ABOVE PURPOSES, AND ALSO TO BE AVAILABLE FOR HIRE OR USE BY OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS;6.ANY OTHER RELATED ACTIVITIES WHICH SUPPORT THE PROMOTION OF CHRISTIAN BELIEFS IN THE UK OR OVERSEAS, INCLUDING DONATIONS TO INDIVIDUALS OR ORGANISATIONS ENGAGED IN THE PROMOTION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH;7. ANY OTHER ACTIVITIES WHICH ARE REQUISITE FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE OBJECTS OF THE SYRO-MALABAR EPARCHY OF GREAT BRITAIN.

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.

5 trustees on the board

6.2y median 7y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Religious Activities 5

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£6.9m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

7.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 9.3 in 2021

2 from 1 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
90 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1173537
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 22 Jun 2017
Contact on the register
00441772587186 · FINANCE@CSMEGB.ORG
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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