## **ROTHBURY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH** 

## **Annual Report and Accounts For the Year Ended 31[st] December 2023** 

## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT** 

## **Administrative Information** 

## **Church** 

Rothbury United Reformed Church Market Place Rothbury Northumberland NE65 7UW 

## **Minister** 

The Revd Edward Butlin The Manse 18 Benlaw Grove, Felton Northumberland NE65 9NG 

## **Secretary** 

## **Treasurer** 

Simon Fountain David Madgwick Crow Tree House Fresh Fields South Terrace Wagtail Road Rothbury Rothbury Northumberland Northumberland NE65 7QR                  NE65 7PQ 

## **Elders (Trustees)** 

## **Bank** 

## **Accounts Examiner** 

Barry Chalk                                                   Lloyds TSB Kathleen Ramsey High Street Simon Fountain Rothbury Sylvia Crane NE65 7ED Dorothy Davidson NE65 9QH 

Margaret Tully Secretarial Services 6 Eshottheugh Morpeth 



## **Constitutional Information** 

The church is constituted as a local church of the United Reformed Church. It is registered with the Charity Commission, Charity number 1073423. It is governed by its church meeting, which elects elders who meet in accordance with the structure of the United Reformed Church. Some areas of the church’s work are delegated to committees. 

## **Aims** 

The church aims to live in Christian fellowship and bear witness to God’s love and his rule over all creation. It aims to adhere to the five marks of mission: 

- To proclaim the good news of the kingdom 

- To teach, baptise and nurture new believers 

- To respond to human need by loving service 

- To seek to transform unjust structures of society 

- To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and to sustain and renew the life of earth 



## **Financial Review of the Year** 

Net receipts for the year show a deficit of £2,333.17. Assets in our current account at the end of the year are £8609.66 

The trustees at their Annual Church Meeting on ……………..2024 approved these accounts. 

Signed……… Signed copy at end of document   …….Date…………..2024 

## **Independent Examiner’s Report** 

I have examined the receipts and payments accounts and statement of assets and liabilities of Rothbury United Reformed Church set out on these pages relating to the year ending 31[st] December 2023. My examination did not amount to an audit but was carried out in accordance with the general direction issued by the Charity Commissioners for the independent examination of the accounts of smaller charities. 

Nothing has come to my attention in connection with my examination, which gives me cause to believe otherwise, than that these accounts accord with the accounting records of the church and that such records satisfy the requirements of the charities Act 1993. I am not aware of any matter to which attention needs to be drawn in order to obtain a proper understanding of these accounts. 

Signed… Signed copy at end of document   …Date…………………….2023 



## **ROTHBURY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH GENERAL FUND RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDING December 31[st] 2022** 

|**RECEIPTS**<br>|**2023**|**2022**|
|---|---|---|
|Free Will Envelopes|£5,155.10|<br>£6,067.00|
|Cash collection|£2,279.47|£2,434.45|
|Church Fees|£5,104.50|£3,666.00|
|Interest|£1,406.06|£2,068.82|
|Donations (Christmas card)|£141.00|£2,448.50|
|Sales & Fairs|£1060.00|£706.46|
|Tax Relief|£1,924.70|£2,079.73|
|Visiting Preachers|£483.00|£0.00|
|Transfer from Manse acc|£6,119.88|£2,399.00|
|Grant (rose window & pointing|£4,464.00|£1,326.00|
|Sundries|£98.30|£0.00|
|**TOTAL RECEIPTS**|**£28236.01**|<br>**£23,195.96**|
|**PAYMENTS**|||
|Insurance|£1,568.91|£1,374.01|
|Ministry & Mission|£13,032.96|£12,800.04|
|Donations|£1,180.00|£275.00|
|Heat & light|£2,014.93|£2083.80|
|Visiting Preachers|£265.00|£444.00|
|Sundries|£1,087.36|£1,397.46|
|Repairs and refurbishment|<br>£9,517.88|£5,764.04|
|Equipment|£1,106.98|£0.00|
|Broadband|£610.16|£316.80|
|Sales and Fairs (float)|£180.00|£0.00|



**TOTAL PAYMENTS £30,564.18 £24,455.15 Difference between receipts and payments 2023   -£2328.17** 



## **ROTHBURY AND THROPTON MANSES ACCOUNT** 

## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENT ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31[ST] 2023** 

|**RECEIPTS**|**2023**|**2022**|
|---|---|---|
|Rothbury Manse Rent|£7,200.00|£7,006.50|
|Refund|£175.00||
|**TOTAL RECEIPTS**|**£7,375.00**<br>|**£7,006.50**|
|**PAYMENTS**|||
|Rothbury Manse Insurance<br>|£000.00|£408.53|
|Repairs & Refurbishment|£77.33|£42.90|
|Transfer to Church acc<br>|£6,119.88|£2,399.00 new boiler|
|Pastorate Charge|£2750.00|£3,000.00<br>|
|**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**|**£8,947.21**|**£5,850.43**|
|**ASSETS**|||



Difference between receipts and expenditure  £1572.21 Monetary Assets Manses account balance Dec 31[st] 2023    £5902.32 



## **ROTHBURY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH** 

## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS & LIABILITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 2023** 

|**ASSETS**||**2023**|**2022**|
|---|---|---|---|
|Monetary Assets|Bank Balance|||
||Current Account|£8,609.66|£10,973.83|
|```|Manses Account|£5,902.32|£7,474.53|
||Benevolent Fund|£353.84|£353.84|
|Investments|Northern Province Unit Trust|£41,915.36|£38,777.09|
||Units valued at 31.12.23|||
||Henderson Global Investors|£13,202.55|£12,910.78|
||Units valued at 31.12.23|||
||George Nichol (Thropton) Trust|£18,803.87|£17,386.60|
||Units valued at 31.12.23|||
|Other Assets|Church building-freehold, valued|£1,906,774|£1,702,476|
||for insurance purposes|||
||Church contents|£132,801|£118,572|
||Viscount Organ|£25,932|£23,153|
||+ additional electronics|||
||Rothbury Manse-freehold, valued||£443,094|
||for insurance purposes|||
||Manse now insured through Synod|||



Note: These accounts are prepared on the ‘receipts and payment’ basis and comply with the appropriate legal requirements. 

Signed…Signed copy at end of document   Date ………………2023 

David Madgwick Treasurer 



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ROTHBURY
UNITED REFORMED CHURCH
STATF.MF.NT OF ASSETS & LIABILITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDING
DECF.MBF.R 2023
, ASSF.TS
2023
2022
Monetarv Assets Bank Balance
Curreni Account
Manse5 Ac¢ounl
Benevoleni Fund
£8.609.66
£5.W2.32
£353.84
£10.973.83
£7.474.53
£353.84
Investments
Northern Province Unli TnL
Units valued at 31.12.23
£41.915.36
£38.777.09
H¢nder50n Global Inveslots
Units valued ai 31.12.23
£13202.55
£12,910.78
George Nichol(Throplon) Trust
Units valued * 31.12.23
£18.803.87
£17,386.60
Other Assets
Church building-lrcchold. valued
for insuranc¢ purEX)ses
Church contenLS
Viscouni Organ
+ addilional electronics
£1,9J6,774
£1,702,476
£132.801
£25.932
£118.572
£23,153
Rothbury Manse-freehold, valued
lor insurance purFK)5es
Manse now itLsured through STrmod
£443.094
Not¢.. These accoLEnts arc prepared on the 'rettipts and paymenl, basis and comply with the
appropriate legal requirements.
Signed...Signed copy ￿ e￿1 oldocument Date
David Madgwick
Treasurer
.2023