CHURCH
RECEivfs AND PAYMENTS
ACCOUNTS
THE METHODIST CHURCH
STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS
Church
Cockorton
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31 August 2024
Clrcult
Clrcult no.
1311
Darlln
ton & Teesdale
Reglstered Charlty - Charlty Registration number
If not a registered charity His Majesty:s Revenue and
Customs Gift Aid number
(The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in terms of evidence of charitable
status and may be used to give to donors or grant funders wishing to see evidence of the organisation's
charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not registered charities are
excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242)
Minister:
1132763
Rev C.roberts
Church Stewards:
Miss A.Hunter
Mrs D. Pearson
Mrs G.Kane
Mrs S. Soulsby
Mrs P.Martin
Mrs S.Aiiison
Mrs L. Daynes
Treasurer:
Mr B. Cooper
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Church
ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
Cockerton
Unrestrlcted Restrlcted Totals thls
Funds
Funds
Totsls Sast
ear
SECTION A
a1
RECEIPTS
Offerin
s and Tax recovered
Bank and CFB interest and
Investment income
Lettin
Other receipts
TOTAL RECEIPTS
Note
48,246
a2
1,478
2,592
21,295
63,031
1.467
2,718
29,264
81.695
1,637
a3
2,718
29,279
83,347
a4
15
1,652
a5
(a7)
a6
SECTION B
PAYMENTS
Circuit Assessment or Share
Donations
Repairs and Maintenan
Utilities (Insurances, water
char
es, heatin
htin
b1
43,000
43,000
1,400
5,992
b2
43,000
1.400
13.576
b3
13,576
9,650
9,650
5,914
b5
b6
7,574
75,200
7,574
75,200
8,001
64.307
b7
Other payments
TOTAL PAYMENTS
(b9)
b8
SECTION C
NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS
THEY
Total funds brought forward from
last year
a6￿8)
6,495
1,652
8.147
1,276)
c1
62,345
34,614
96,959
c6)
98.235
68,840
36,266
105,106
96,959
Sub total
c1+c2)
c3
(c7)
Transfers and adjustments
TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR
96,959
c5
(c3+c4)
68,840
36,266
105.106
(c8)
SECTION D
FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS
Ipa
ments fi
ures above)
(these amounts are not to be included in totsl recei
d1
Balance brou
ht fO￿ard from last
ear
OfferingslGifts - received for extemal or
anisations
2,053
3,704
d2
Offerings/Gifts - passed to extemal organisations
2,053
3,704
d3
d4
BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID
(d1 +d2413)
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Cockerton
MMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL
SECTION E
Please follow the Guld
eN testocom
Summary of the Church acEounts for the year ended 31 August 2024 and Intemal Organisations ￿PortIng to the Church Councivchurch meet11￿. Note that the funds of
an Intemal Organisatson would nomially be Restricted funds unless it (7)uld be Gfearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must be
(x)mtyeted to arrlve at the gross income and exPendI￿re totals of the Church. If gross Inu)me exceeds the Accruals threshold. then the Accruals methcmy of accounb'ng
AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to ￿pOrt the acuunts (w Methodbst website). Please refer to the guidan￿ notes regarding transfers betr￿n the District
and connected District Oraanisations.
INTERNAL
ORGANISATIONS
Net R￿1p1S1
Pa
Opening
balances
Ra%lpts
Payments
3,075
253
2,822
Girls Brl ade
810
832
Ladles Grou
1,009
987
Ladies Grou
Cholr
140
124
16
380
420
2,728
40
Lunch Club
1768
52
43
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Wesl Gulld
616
439
472
Mother & Toddlers
1,210
33
23
Saturda
Fellowshr
Sub total of Intemal
Organisations funds
665
23
4571
4915
e12
e8
15,628
15,284
Church accounts (tota
brought forward from page
2 - totsls column)
96,959
(c6)
105.106
{cB)
83,347
(a7)
75WI
8.147
{G7)
101530
110,021
ly)
BY CHURCH
98,975
90,484
8h91
(x)
elo
Continue on a separate sheet
rf necessary and bring Ihe
totals forward
TOTAL RECEIPTS
TOTAL
PAYMENTS
SECTION F
STATEMENf OF ASSETS AND U
ILMES
OPENING
BALANCES
CLOSING
BALANCES
CHURCH - CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 Au ust 2024
Cash in hand
44.471
42,599
Bank Current AcAJ)unt
Bank De
20.504
28.886
Central FIrtan￿ Board
33,621
Trustees for Methodist Church Pu
31,984
Other funds
SUB TOTAL _ Church accourts
Total funds held by Intemal Organisations {the closlng
balan￿ total from above) (e12)
96,959
(ifj)
105,106
(c8)
4,571
(e11)
4,915
{e12)
TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH
101,530
(x)
110,021
(yl
At
1 September 2023
At
31 August 2024
SECTION G
OTHER ASSETS and LIABILMES
Investments
indude EndoMffl)ents
Land & Buildin
see notes re Insuran￿ value
2 443,105
2,504,163
Other Assets
- sh(yw am¢xfftt outstandi
ear end
Other LiabiFities
f4 Include only Funds held at the Central Finance Board
f5 Include only Funds held at Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
g1 Ir￿Ude any other investments (not the cash ejement of TMCP trusts ac(x>unts thls Is Induded In line15
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Nameofchurch..................
No..
Declarations and Scrutiny
I confim that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2024 have been
prepared from the records of the Church and that they include all funds under the control of the Church
trustees.
Signature of treasurer .
Date..--
Name and address of treasurer.......................
&. bJR#A7y.(.......................
Post Code....
Presentation to the Church trustees
I confirm that the annual report and accounts for the
Ji
to the meeting of the Church trustees held on ....
ear ended 31 August 2024 wer
e" presented
Signature of the Chair of the meeting
Name of the Chair of the m￿ting
Date...-
Independent EXamine￿S Report to the Trustees of the
Church
i/J J7
Charity Number......... . ..
Responsibilities and basis of report
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the .
. Church
for the year ended 31 August 2024 set out on pages I tog.. As the Church's trustees, you are
responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act
2011 ('the Act,).
I report in respect of my examination of the Church's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act
and, in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity
Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
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Name ofchurch................................................
Independent Examinerfs Statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in
connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below") which give me cause to believe
that in, any material respect;
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records.
I have no cOn￿mS and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to
which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the
accounts to be reached.
I h2/elhave not" obtained independent verification of all investments with the Trustees for Methodist
Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances and funds at the Central Finance Board of
the Methodist Church which are indÉvidually in eX￿sS of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at the
balan￿ sheet date.
Signature of independent examiner
Name of independent examiner
a￿￿￿eT I S*fMS
Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner
Name of fimi (where appropriate)
S P44R
Address
Post Code
Date
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Cockerton Methodist Church, Darlington
Registered No: 1132763
TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNT
Year Ended 31/08/2024
Address:
Cockerton Green, Darlington, County Durham, DL3 9EG
Circuit Office: 01325 96701
Independent Examiner: Jan Sams
Phone:
Public benefit:
Cockerton Methodist Church has a seven-day a week Christian ministry to the West and North West
Darlington neighbourhoods. The premises are used intensively for a wide range of activities with all
ages. All activities are open to the whole community.
Overview of the
ear:
Because of Covid 19 some of the church members have still not returned. The Pastoral and
Leadership team kept in touch with members and friends and helped in many ways including
shoppin& getting medicines and offering listeningand prayer supporL
Structures;
Cockerton Methodist Church is part of Darlington and Teesdale Methodist Circuit, which includes
Town and Rural churches in the Darlington and Teesdale area plus Fellowship groups. It is governed
by a Church Council meeting three times peryear, plus a General Church Meeting at which church
members are eligible to vote and all others may attend, Representatives of our Church Council also
attend the Circuit Meetings which convene three times per year.
Detsiled work on property and finance is carried out by the relevant committees which report to the
Church Council. The day-to-day running of the church is through the regular Stewards/Leadership
Team meetings which reports to the Church Council.
This is the established pattern set out in the Constitutional Practice and Discipline of the Methodist
Church, approved by the annual Methodist Conference, under the Deed of Union, 1932.
Trustees of the re
istered chari
from the date ofre
istration to 31st Au
st 2024. Trustees are
appointed by the General Church Meeting and the Church Council. On induction, new trustees receive
a copy of the booklet"The Essential Trustee- An Introduction" and the latest Church Council minutes,
plus verbal instruction as necessary. They sign a declaration of eligibility.
Decisions are made by the Church Council as the managing trustees, on the basis of a majority vote
and as defined in the Constitutional Practice and Discipline of the Methodist Church.
Actl vities:
Our premises are a valued resource for the wider Methodist Circuit and District.
Cockerton Methodist Church supports all ages with various groups for friendship, support, fellowship
and instruction, meeting on a weekly or fortnightly basis including house-group fellowships catering
for the needs of family and friends

Our work with pre-school children and parents/carers is carried out one day a week. This provides
the children, parents/carers with social interaction.
Girls Brigades groups Aged 5+ meet one evening a week on the site. The Girls, Brigade is particularly
numerous,
The church supports a Ladies Group and the Wesley Guild. The Ladies Group meets weekly and on
alternate weeks becomes the Cockerton Ladies, Choir. The choir has a good reputation in the region
and performs many times a year in various venues. The Wesley Guild is a long-standing group that
invites speakers on a fortnightly basis.
On a monthly basis the church provides a lunch for elderly local residents. This is proving to be a
time of great fellowship for those who come as well as those church volunteers who prepare, serve
and wash up. There is also a monthly bacon bap coffee morning for food and fellowship.
The church has a variety of worship services which cater for various preferences and age groups.
Baptisms, weddings and funerals are part of the ministry of the church to the wider community.
External groups use our premises for their meetings as agreed by the Church Council. The Cockerton
Silver Band usually holds a concert annually in the church, raising funds for church-identified
charities, the Band's own funds and for the church. These are highly popular, drawing people from
the town and beyond.
Our pastoral system engages Pastoral Visitors and group leaders who are responsible for coming
alongside the membership of the church, some of whom are infirm and in residential care homes.
Performance
achievements over the last
ear:
Cockerton Methodist Church continues its workalongside Presbyters, Circuit Staff and Community
Development Worker to meet the needs of its members and wider community. Closer links to the rest
of the Darlington and Teesdale Methodist Circuit continue to be fostered.
The Community Development Worker continues to work closely with our own pastoral team to
ensure best practice and provide services to Care Homes and home communions. Cockerton continue
to support Circuit and Darlington Area Churches. Youth Ministry.
Cockerton Methodist Church has continued to provide valuable outreach to the local community
through weddings, funerals and baptisms.
The church family enjoyed sharing events such as harvest thanksgiving and our Anniversary.
Christmas services were also enjoyed by the communityas well as ecumenical Lent and Easter
gatherings.
A team continues to supply catering for the funerals of church members and this is very much
appreciated.
Church members continue to support special appeals both locally and abroad and members continue
to supply food for the Food Bank operated from St Mary's Church hall as ecumenical outreach. They
also heIp with the distributing the goods.
Aims and ob ectives for the com
ear
To continue to offer support to our members and friends and to continue to evaluate what we are
doing to meet the needs ofour church and wider community.
To continue to support the Presbyters and the Community Development Worker.
To provide varied, relevant and inclusive worship.
To continue to develop our work with young people and their families.
To encourage deeper discipleship of the members of the church.

To Lontinue active support of the wider Circuit and of voluntary and charitable work around the UK
and beyond.
To nurture and encourage new Chri.£itian.s.
To ensure that our pa.storal care is <2.% effective as pos.sible.
To support the Circuit Vision initiative and to welcome and support new clergy in our church
coinmunity.
To seek appropriate way.s to engage with our community.
To support the Leader.%hip Team who are working to uphold the day-to-day running of the church,
Safe
uardin
Polic
The Safeguarding Policy is made known to all group leaders and helpers and user groups. It is
displayed on the notice boards and kept up to date.
The list of DBS-checked helpers is kept constantly updated as are the safeguarding records.
GDPR
The GDPR policies that Cockerton Methodist Church adheres to are overseen by the Leadership Team
and the Church Council and are made available for public viewing.
Health and Safe
The premises are regularly checked for Health and Safety purposes by our own Health and Safety
Officer. Additionally they have been inspected by the Local Authority responsible officer and all
recommendations have been acted upon.
Finance
The independently examined accounts are submitted with this Annual Report
As part of our comprehensive insurance policy, insurance is in place and is considered adequate to
cover the range of known risks. In line with Charity Commission and Methodist Connexion guidelines
we have a Reserve Policy and hold a Reserve Fund.