Registered charity (CIO) · Bedford
Diocese of Britain and Ireland of the Serbian Orthodox Church
Diocese of Britain and Ireland of the Serbian Orthodox Church is a registered charity (number 1215985) based in Bedford, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Bishop of LND, GB and IRL Nektarije Samardzic since 2025. Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Religious Activities
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Ireland
- Website
- eparhija.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2025
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE DIOCESE ("CIO") ARE TO ADVANCE THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FAITH AND LIFE BY PREACHING THE HOLY GOSPEL, PERFORMING SACRED SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TRADITIONS OF THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH AS PART OF THE ONE, HOLY, CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF CHRIST, AND TO SUPPORT MEMBERS OF THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH AND THOSE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WHO WISH TO JOIN IT. THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO SHALL BE USED FOR PURPOSES CONSISTENT WITH THE CHARITIES ACT 2011 (ENGLAND AND WALES) AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE S.O.C., IN ALL CASES WHERE THEY ARE NOT CONTRARY TO THE LEGAL ORDER OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Bishop of LND, GB and IRL Nektarije Samardzic Chair since 2025
- Miljan Dojin since 2025
- Milovan Vesnic since 2025
- Rev Dragan Lazic since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Bishop of LND, GB and IRL Nektarije Samardzic Chair since 2025
- Miljan Dojin since 2025
- Milovan Vesnic since 2025
- Rev Dragan Lazic 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
- Narrow spread of causes across 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.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1215985
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 28 Nov 2025
- Contact on the register
- +447931183495 · episkopnektarije@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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