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2023-12-31-accounts

Trust ees' Annual Report ees' Annual Report ees' Annual Report ees' Annual Report for theperiod for theperiod for theperiod
From Period start date To Period end date
1st Jan 2023 31st Dec 2023

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

From

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Newcastle Reformed Evangelical Church

Other names charity is known by

NREC

Registered charity number (if any) 1063002

Charity's principal address Hoylake Avenue Benton Newcastle upon Tyne Postcode NE7 7UN

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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2
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4		 Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole
year		 Name of person (or body) entitled
to appoint trustee (ifany)
M Davison Church Meeting
A Thomas Church Meeting
R Smith Church Meeting

Section B Structure, governance and management

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Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document
(eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
(eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
(eg. appointed by, elected by)
Youmay chooseto include
additional information, where
relevant, about:

policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees;

the charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the charity
works;

relationship with any related
parties;

trustees’ consideration of
major risks and the system
and procedures to manage
them.
A Constitution based upon the Westminster Confession of 1645 and the
Baptist Confession of 1689 but includes issues relevant to the Church in
the 21stCentury
Trust Deed
Appointed by the Church Meeting
The Church Meeting has approved the following policies:
Safeguarding Children and Adults
Health & Safety
Fire
These were reviewed in 2019 and will be updated when necessary.
There are named leaders for all the main activities and they are
responsible for carrying out risk assessments relating to their respective
activities.
A Safeguarding training event was carried out in March 2019 led by Thirty-
One Eight, previously known as CCPAS
Several members of the Church have had First Aid Training carried out by
St John’s Ambulance Service

Section C Objectives and activities

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Objectives

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

The church is committed to reaching out into the whole community within realistic geographical reach of the building. We seek to share the Good News of the Gospel i.e. that salvation is found through faith in the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ upon the Cross of Calvary.

Activities

There are several activities, which reflect our commitment to the community: -

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

The main achievements in 2023 were:

Section E Financial review

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NREC will use any reserves for the purposes of fulfilling the aims and Brief statement of the objectives of the Church. Reserves may also be used to help Christian charity’s policy on reserves Organisations at home and overseas (described in the expenditure as tithe) Details of any funds materially None in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

The principal source of funds is the membership and friends of the You may choose to include church. additional information, where relevant about:

Expenditure has supported the key objectives in paying a salary to a fulltime minister as well as covering all costs relating to the activities of the church and in 2023 providing additional support to a minister assisting another church in Tyneside.

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Robert Smith Full name(s) Alan Thomas Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Trustee Trustee etc) Date 12th February 2024

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2023
Newcastle Reformed Evangelical Church		 2023
Newcastle Reformed Evangelical Church		 2023
Newcastle Reformed Evangelical Church		 2023
Newcastle Reformed Evangelical Church		 2023
Newcastle Reformed Evangelical Church		 1063002 1063002 1063002 Est 2024 Actual 2022
For the period
from		 1st Jan 2023 To 31st Dec 2023
Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts Unrestricted
funds
to the nearest
£
86,377
4,050
14,258		 Restricted
funds
to the nearest £
-
-		 Endowment
funds
to the nearest £
-
-		 Total funds
to the nearest £
86,377
4,050
14,258		 to the nearest £
Regular Giving (inc tax recoverd) 86,377 - - 86,377 91000
**4000 **		 76,236
General Collections 4,050 - - 4,050 3,501
Gifts for General Church Use 14,258 14,258 6,000
Special Gifts 1,256 - - 1,256 3,617
Other - HMRC - **20000 ** -
From Restricted Funds(Deposit) 10,000 - 10,000 10,000
Miscellaneous Income - - - 386
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total(Gross income for
AR)
115,941		 - - 115,941 115,000 99,740
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
-
- -
Sub total - -
Total receipts
A3 Payments
115,000 99,740
82000
11600
930
1000
7200
3200
440
2800
1400
**3500 **
Cost of Ministry 74,415 - - 74,415 69,203
Giving (tithe on income) 8,872 - - 8,872 7,622
Evangelism & Outreach 899 - - 899 718
General Gifts - - - 600
Specialpurposes 1,511 1,511 3,854
Insurance 935 - - 935 948
Heating& Lighting 2,622 - - 2,622 2,995
Repairs & Maintenance 3,106 - - 3,106 1,744
Water 420 - - 420 293
Cleaning& Consumables 2,083 2,083 1,547
Comuting/Internet 1,040 1,040
Administration 3,201 3,201 7,342
Restricted(to Deposit) - - - 1,100
Equipment - - -
**Sub total ** 99,104 - - 99,104 114,070 97,966
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
Deposit - Restricted -
- -
**Sub total ** - -
Total payments
Net of receipts/(payments)
A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end
114,070 97,966
16,837
16,837		 930 1,774
- - 32857 -
16,020 16,020 14,246
32,857 32,857 33,787 16,020

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

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