Chartty registratÉon numbor: 1134138
The Parish of the Cockermouth Area Team
Parochial Church Council
Annual Accounts
For the year ended 31 December 2023
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The Parish of the Cockemiouth Area Team Parochial Church Council
For the year ended 31 December 2023
Contents
Pages
Trustees report
Independent examinerfs rèport
Statement of financAal activities
Balance sheet
Notes to the accounts:
AccoL¢nting w)lic
2. Income
3. Expenditure
4. Salaries and wages cost
10
5. Payments to members of tr* PCC
10
8. Fixed assets for the use by Ihe PCC
10
7. Fixed asset investments
11
8. Analyws of nel assets by fund type
11
9. Anal￿5 offur￿S
12

The Parish of the Cockerniouth Area Team Panjchial Church Council
Trustees. Report for the accounts for the year ended 310ecernber 2023
2023 Report and Accounts for the Parothial Church Council ofThe Cockermouth Area Team I"CAri
As at 31 December 2023 the Parish of the CAT comprised All Saints, Church, Cockermouth. Christ Church. Cockermouth.
St 8rid8et's Church, Bridekirk and Christ Church. Great BrouEhton.
AFM and purposes
The Cockermouth Area Team Parochial Church Council Ipcci has the responsibility of cooperating Wlth the Team Rertor
and the Clergy Team in promoting within the parish the mission of the Church, pastoral. evangelistic, social and
ecumenical. Under the direction of the PCC. the DCCS of All Sarnts,, Christ Churth, CockÈrmouth, Christ Church. Great
Broughton and St. Bridgevs, Bridekirk are responsible for the maintenano of their churches and church rooms.
Artivities
The PCC endeavour5 to make worship accessible to the community through a wide variety of services from the
traditional to the less formal. such as Messy Church. Regular prayer meetin85 are held, and several house groups meet
regularly for Bible study. prayer and fellowship.
The Grasmoor Mission Community 15 fully integrated with the infr35tructure of thè CAT. and a shared ministry (both
clergy and layl continues to develop. The Mi55i0n Community intludes 14 churches111 Anglican. 2 Methodist and I
URCI which have come together to 5UPPOrt one another in mission. worktng in unity and sharing resources. but with
each church retaining its existing and individual character and identity.
Pastoral Care
Pastoral care is key to our work, and private prayer 15 provided in the churches for those who wish to receive it. Each
church has a prograrnme of pastoral cère- some on a more formal basis. some informally through friendship links.
Mlsslon. Evangellsm and Community
Team churches support variou5 Outreach projetts on an ongoing basis or through on￿ff donations.
We have close link5 With local 5choo15, and continue to develop and maintain contact with those involved in baptisms,
weddings and funerals. We reach out to the community in various ways including-Linkin8 Lives- which provides
support to the lonely and housebound. and the monthly Oasis servi￿$ at All Saints.
Ecumenical Relationships
Team churches participate in Churches Together in the Cockemiouth Area and in joint church events.
Regular meetings of the Leadership Group are held beh¥een the An81ican, URC and Methodist clergy and lav
representatives of the Grasmoor Mission Community,
Volunteèrs and Generosity
We thank all the volunteer5 who give their time helping to keep our churches as faithful and worshipping communities.

The Parish of the Cockemiouth Area Team Parochial Church Councll
Trustees, Report for the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023
We also owe a great debt of gratitude to our members for their generou5 financial 5UPPOrt that allows the work of the
CAT to tontinue. In particular we note the invaluable legacie5 that have been left to the churches within the parish over
the years.
Structure. 8overnance and management
The method of appointment of PCC membership is set out in the Team Instrument made undèr the terms of the
Pastoral Scheme dated 3, Mafch 1977 and confifmed on Il" March 1977 e5tablishin@ the Parish and amended to bring
in the parishes of St. Bridget's. Bridekirk on 6 October 2005, and of Christ Church. Great Broughton on 22 March 2017.
All members of the congregation are encouraged to register on the Elertoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC or
DCC.
The PCC members are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concem and importante to the parish
including deciding on how the central funds of the PCC are to be spent.
The DCC of each church deals with the worship. mission and outreach, and fabric and finance of their particular church
and are all responsible to the PCC and report back to it regularly, especially in relatson to fabric works which mav
require a faculty.

TA￿tee$. Report for the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023
Prlnclpal cOrr￿POndent
PCC Treasurer. Stuart Hcrfldinott
The Old Vlcarage. Embieton. c￿kerI1￿th CA13 9XL
The PCC 15 registwed with the Charfty Commission as The Parochlal
Church COU￿51 of the Ecclesiastical Parish of the Crxkermouth Area
Team. Peg 1134138 ￿ 5th FebnHry 2010.
Chalr
Chrtst Churth. Great Brou￿￿. Peta Leigh. Norman hlar5hall
All Saknts.: None
Christ allrch. Cocker￿uth. Gareth Browning. Sarah Marshall Elllson,
Bob Crozter. Grace Bemf
SL Bridget's. Bridekfr*: Rod Cty
Dlstrlct ClwrCtr￿S
AU Sainw DCC, Cockerm
Christ Church DCC. C(Kkerm(K
Chrlst Church DCC. Great Br¢ughton
SL ￿idget.$ KC. Bridekirk
Natlth)al WestmiThster Bank Pk
31 Pthv Street, CA14 3WY
Independent Examlner.
CA13 LIU
Slgned on behalf of the PCC:
Datetr.

Th• Parish of the Codtemmmth kna Team Parochial Church Council
Independent Examlrnrfs Rewt to Thg Paroh ofthÈ Cockern￿￿th Afea Team Parochial Chwch Council
I report lo the Iru51ees on myeK7mNlwJn of11*f¥*i￿ si¥i•Y*its P¥sh fAthe COCkenTr￿ A￿Tea￿ Countyl
for the ￿ar eth 31 Oecemiw2023.
R¢sponstsbllilièS and basis of report
Charities Act ￿11 2011 Act).
l ￿pOrt in respect of myexamin3￿n ofthe chantys finarn?* 5tatwrerrtS L￿r￿j (Krt seaity) 145 olthe 2011 ACL In Car￿￿9 wi rnyexamif￿￿￿n
I havefdknv4Ed all the appli¢ab￿ tireclwsg￿ft tylhe (kntyCunrri￿ LKxkn sectth 145(SXbloftt* 2011 kl.
Independent exanane¢5 Statoment
Your attention LS drawn lo tr* fact Ihatltr* ¢h81ity￿S Slatu￿5￿ *ith Accowtvwj and Reporbn9 ty Ch8riti8$
prepanng Iheiraccoun15 in accordance wlh the F1nanty¥ Rerx)rbrvJ sixthrd 4iplK?tle the LK Df IteLwd IFRS 1021 in p￿[erence
to the AcGounlin9 and Rewrbny by Ctrwrtts." sts*meni ol Recom￿ Practi￿ ￿SUed ￿ l Awl 2(NJS L% ￿terred 10 in tre extant regulat￿&
but has i*en Ibithdtwn.
Practice effedwe for repo￿￿9 t*ginnMYJ ￿Orthr 1 J*w2015.
that in any matsrial res
acccuJnlwvJ tw kw in ro¥￿1 frfthè cwas 5eckn l&)oftrw 2011 Ad". lx
the linancial st81t￿niS{￿) noi ￿t0rd rec￿ts.. or
Iho financial st8iementsth notcornrtyvmth the apF4Gat4e f(Km ￿ltent of
8¢a)unt$ Sèicut in the c￿tieS (Accounts Rep￿rts) Regl￿tI￿$2[KffjOther than any rewren￿lknattr
accounts gNea bije aNJ I￿rVivIl is not ¥ Matterttrfs￿ertd as wofan mWndenlexamrAt•Jn.
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Statement of Financial A¢llYlllesfor the Year Ended 31 December 2023
I￿¢￿￿e and Expenthture A￿nI and Statement c4 Total ReCognis￿ Gairts and Los8•81
Tow
228.2
IV3.015
22.1
1124
4.IBT
19.470
4.472
19.470
18.ns
If¢¢me
12.095
9.991
9.710
297.749
245.243
EXP9r￿li￿r•0￿."
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Rasiry
231.&11
3S.175
0 2￿.
229.S39
5.187
2.508
2TI.120
237.265
16431
N•t 5rKomII{•xp•r￿01￿r•j
14.723
26.911
7.335
I4￿)
Ot￿rie¢09￿￿d 9wr*
1&485
10.164
2Q911
Totd fL¥xiSts￿9￿f¢Tr&Fd
21&7SI
196.314
16.1)n 461.142
473Mfj
Furés CCGB
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.4TB
16.359 S)8.0$3
481.141

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Baance Sheet as* 31 Oectynw 2023
2022
6.413
6.413
21,Dn
14.659 107m2
20.79)
109.443
Current assets
4.ots
iA64 I96.￿)5
2Ql
2W.918
3516
1.7LV 4W,467
1.7(w) 403.983
11.959
361.548
373￿7
(3.1￿>
11.eLVJI
Net¢¥rrenta$7e
1*.4e6 2Cfj.
1.TW 4LiI.rJi
371.698
285.216
2C6.47B
16.359 9)8.
4BI.141
Fw
0 2W2
82.9E2
285.216
182.273
86.475
288.748
2￿.116
Rqy¢rictqd lrtom• Fvnos
X&478
X6.478
186.316
1&3S9 16259
16M7T
ToWfur
2852t6
2￿.￿76
16.359 W.￿3
481.141
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cockern￿ Area TeJm Parochial Church C(wntil
Notes fonning part ollhe acGOUnl5forthè￿areT￿lttd 31 Doc￿*•r 20rJ leonVn¥edl
23
2023
22
P4rwJ 9r+iw"
t11751
27.183
10.325
123.079
27.r61
12.
104.
33.510
14.LK
9.lcfj
11342
3J17
IQ927
Ghlday5lwK
4.17
11.088
Tz< I
Ic61
12.978
1.31$
17.
11.4461
4.731
17.393
12.696
14.142
12.8n
189.4fj1
199.01$
oth•rTr￿1r￿Att￿lr
2124
5.491
.2n
21273
18.137
2124
4.472
4.472
Zd
Incomv IrOmt￿r¢fv
tq355
19.355
11.945
19.470
12.095
in¢rrth
16.244
Rtyru￿ ofVAT
1431
1431
1.331
2.667
9.710
18.7
9.991
246.&)1
297.749
245.243

Fund
3.19)
291
.18X
9.183
10.850
lQ8.
8.749
115
13.568
146
7n
3.496
Z751
zn7
1013
2045
11121
879
2&13Z
IC62
1464
t691
36.175
257.866
fvnds
78
78
187
Fq
271.120
237.285

Cocktrrnouth Arta Team Parochial chU￿h Council
Notes to￿1n9 part of the accounts for the y*arended 31 December 2023 IGorfinu¢dl
Salaries and Wa
2023
2022
13.513
21,￿>9
DuriThJ the year ihe PCC emkw Partsh Administrators ar*J v**yJ5 dearv5. (Kgani$ts a￿1 wers.
Payments to Member5 olthe Parochial Chur¢h Councll
No rnernber ofthe PaTo¢hh?I Churth ccx1nf￿ tx Fwson %4ilh a fathor I￿sIr￿ {x)Th￿￿n wth a member
of Ihe PCC rec￿led any remurwation diredy or irKliredy from the PCC.
Fixed A￿&1$ for use by the PCC
Tangible Fixed A55ets
Total
Gross Book Value
As At 01 Jawary 2023
125.510
125.510
Disp)s
123,0531
123.0531
As Ai 31 DeC£M￿ 2023
102.457
125.510
Depreclatlon
A5 Al 01 Januwy 2023
36,856
Char9e forttE yeat
I.￿13
Disros81
123,0521
123.0521
As At 31 D￿ernber 2￿23
15.707
15.707
NEt Botsk VolyÈ
As At 31 D￿￿ber 2ff23
86,750
109,803
As At 31 De¢¥n￿ 2￿22
88.654
88,654
10

Co¢knvmoulh Arta Team Pamchial Church Council
Note8 formlng part of the a￿o￿nts forth¢ y¢ar *nded 31 DÈceml*r 2023 I￿ntinued>
7. Flxod Asset In¥￿1￿8￿¢
2023
marke1v￿Uè0t 01 JarMwy2023
Net gainsnosses on rffi*hJat
Market Value at 31 D8C&nter 2023
21.072
8. A￿lySiS of NetAssets bytypp of fund
Unrestricted D8sfjgnat8d Restricted EndOwrr￿rf Total
Funds
Funts
Fund8
Fund5
Funds
Tangiwe A55ets
Inveslment A55el$
Cuwtknets
Cuwent Liabilities
L￿9 temi Liabilities
83.631
3.119
86.750
14,659 21.072
1.7￿j 403.983
0 13.7521
6.413
79.842 2(KJ.918
18531
121.523
12.8991
To*al as 8t 31 December 2023
202255
82.961
X6.478
16.359 508.053
li

9. A￿1$ ol
BBlattte at I I￿o￿l￿j
ember 2023
Vnreslrlcted fund5
ilnr¢styi¢¢¢d
I Sants
32.923
105.558
{83.6fA)I
1911631
{2>.7011
18.6761
{31X61
118.515
33.971
15.4ZT
137.079
CthstClyJ£h Gwi
pcc
St Billgets
(3.7861
11.240
13.664
Total Gene1￿ F￿d$
182.277
238.771
12240261
202.255
Unreslrlcled Des(qnJled fund5
I Saints
Chnst Cmrth CorkwrtKxth
Cmst CMrch Great&w￿l
pcc
Sl B￿ge
n1
721
1.597
{1.1781
{49141
811
7T.1LIJ
18A911
&470
77.912
Totsi Desl9nai•d Funds
86,474
110.C691
11.4741
82.961
Totsl UnrestrKtq(I IwNI$
268.751
246.801
285.216
R¢thctad fundk
I Saints
Christ Cmrth COCk￿￿>￿th
Chnst ¢P￿t¢h Gi8si&w
pcc
Sl B￿gets
148228
{348}
675
27
161.>)5
729
24.39>
13.499
13x891
{2.0401
112.7671
25.441
971
17.497
1.151
11027
14.914}
196.314
136.2251
14.559}
ZC6.478
I Saints
Chn3t CW Cotke¢rM
Chn* Great
pcc
StBrb*ets
1.491
1.491
14x6
14.868
16.077
282
16.359
T+Jiallunds
481.142
297.749
1270.8381
508.053
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