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THE NEWCASTLE CENTRAL AND EAST CIRCUIT OF THE METHODIST
CHURCH
ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025

THE NEWCASTLE CENTRALAND EAST CIRCUIT OF THE METHODIST
CHURCH
LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
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THE NEWCASTLE CENTRALAND EAST CIRCUIT OF THE METHODIST
CHURCH
LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Rov A O Mabbs. dKeased 01.(625
V Ch(H- res¥ned 01.09.25
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R Lai. respwed 01.03.25
p￿M￿li
T F RLWIS
W F Fdmer
A Ilderton
J Kolbp. res•3rnd 01.c￿.25
A ￿"¢￿A$On
R Tagkn•
A Wlknson
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D L¢)4wy
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D P￿00n . 01.09.25
Pw . re819r￿d 01.09.25
K Stewart
Rev P D Ckn.Thwp
R•v ￿ule$sOr OAWilkinx
Rov J Mooney
RevA w￿k￿On
Deacon G I P+&yw. re6iW 01.07.25
M E Grah•n
CLEk•
K l Gilflan
l Levng
H J Ch¥>m•i
L Modey- resMJned 01 09.25
J G PatrKk. 01.09.25
Rev K K4 R￿der
S Walkar
A Barkof
DA Stabb
C Hall
S Hut¢hinson- 01.04.2S
M Hams(
J A B￿han
N A lJ)wns- resifv 01.06 25
Fliirdon- apwnt8d 01.09 26
Deact￿ J H8nder50n . wnted 01.09.24
Rov H Whrte . apwxnted 01.09.24
K Jonas- aA)oinled 01.09 24
H Nelson- 8ppwted 01.09.24
TC aF¥X)itrted 07 09.24
J Sinwson - apptrnled 01.09.24
P CIEung . OWXMnletl 01.03.25
P Newtnan . Y4)p¥xnled 11.05.25
S J(tsfy￿. 01.01.26

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CHURCH
LEGALAND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
De￿n W T0p￿ThJ. 8ppoini*l 01.09.25
F Li- aP￿nted 04.01.26
K P(*￿- app)inled 0lJ.01.206
C Cafrol . aPkKJinled 09.0925
Rev M Ne￿. 8PPWt•d 01.09.25
Re¥ M Attswd . wiod 0109.25
B Spenco opprynled 19.10.25
Clr¢ult StOW8rd•
The Circuit Stewards, Bre tr8asuiws ￿ th• lund. B•r%vJ th• yeaf unii
Ihe dale of ihiw repc*t wete as fol0￿".
Margaret Grah￿ IFinanc•l
Carolyn Hall
Kttilh Gilfillan J.P.
Audrey Ildwton Isenloi Cycull Slewardl

THE NEWCASTLE CENTRAL AND EAST CIRcurr OF THE METHODIST
CHURCH
CONTENTS
P•g•
Tru￿eeS, repryt
Inder￿tY$nI examtne¢s ISFXMt
15
Staiemen¢ ol Ilnanoal %11￿1￿$
16- 17
Balart8 she
18
Slalement ol cash 11
19
NDlg• to the finanual slatemenls
20-30

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CHURCH
TRUSTEES. REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
nie trusloes present their iekX)rt wrth thB slaiemènts tsf Ilw cthar..ly for tITe year ended 31 AwJu41 2025.
r118 Irii%1È85 hawfi adupled Ihe prtsvis￿nS OlArx￿11liffj antt Re￿rtI￿j by Clianti05". Staldnièiil ol Ror.tX11171eThJe
P>r*lLlILe Aipliiable io cmribes prepann9 tt)8w accuurits iii ￿rAX￿alKts wrth Final￿al R¢p(Nting St.￿d￿d
8ppIIcribltt iii Ihe UK gf {FRS 1021 ieffedrve 1 Jaruary 20191.
PREAMBLE
Tl)e I.4￿111{x1I$T Churth is said ID havè ¢fe8iéd aftw Jrihn We￿e(S conversKn on 24lh May 1738. it 15 a
Frfie CMJich Tli& NtsNhtastle Cenlial and Easl Cirwil Lame Into I￿1￿j on 1st Sepièmbef ?009 ill merger of
Ihe formar Ntrbvca8110 Heaic*) & w.￿lSe￿I Ne￿￿511? Conirr11 Circuils Thn liiiief was ilwll lormed
from a merw In the ga¥ly 1970's ol Ihè 8nmswlcX a￿5 Central Cwcuil & Ihe Sandylord Circurt.
Th• M•thodl8t Church h ¢4ll•d to be a growlrt9. In¢lusl¥•. ev•no•lbstlc and lugtic•4otsklng Church
Th8 Clrcuil's vL%il￿ Siulemenl, agreed In May 2023. is ag IdkJw5.
"Our ¥18ion Is Ir> be a CKciJil ol W*c(￿ni￿ r.hvrches whD 10 and s8r¥o fosler values
nf lllilusK￿ 3c£epliint.e. nuffvrp and equip our ljfeachers. IDader$ ol •xl ky loèd¢r$. and whn
Ili Prytnwship wilh ￿harg 10 make God"s h)vo langibbe ond i7wess1b￿ to all..
e COTnrnil lo wnfshiy. play iThJelhet and colebiale (rtir 811)riÈ$: lo fevw rKJi k)rAI mlnl¥lry an¢1
nNSSIOII C)nr￿allY lo lrtgnlily key $trerKJlhs tha1￿r￿￿.. to plw)s nol iusl lor luliiro susiainablNty but
8150 lo irKkn18 3tr3luyi*y¥ for grwth
OBJECTIVES AND PERFORMANCE
I"hL CifCLiII Is (.'oiislilJlod l(} Advdiice'.ho effectNg dorAUyfft￿t ot the itt¥¢Mces of rrrtnisiry. InLlude wrlts,
vrop8rty fiiianco. d5 th8y idattt ID the Melhodisi iri Iho Circuit. 1119 Dislnrt arvj Coiinoxi£M) 10
LhurLlivs ol olh*r i*ncMiF￿3ll￿5 and lo pgrbupa1￿ in I1￿ Lonmiin¢liès by Ili¥ Circuii ano In ttLupiiei)ical
work Iii drea Ihe CviislilviN)n and Ènuft*rniion ol cirwts IB ¥llt wt y•>￿ by yw In ￿la1￿$ bPPOUItL.d
by Ihtt Method￿1 Cunlèrfrn¢o.
Thn yublic benBfil Lyn be den￿191rate￿ by th• Tw5toes as Ihvy have lulfill8d Ihtt 48niTrg of th¥ MèilTodist
Church In mdil)iainiryJ lh¥ wilne55 tlie church Ihf(3vghoul Ili¥ area whir.h the CifcuII sttryes In Pilrt5 of
Nowca&lle and Nortii TynesKJe. wan15 hav• onaL4od WL¥k to cont'nue aimj people to dé¥elgP
Ihf*nise¢vwi and 9r¢Jw Sn fath.
Th* Circuit conl¥)ues 10 fullil 11$ bawc ol prowdir9 n¥n¢si&rs lo l)e Iii paslo¥81 rh4Tye ¢)f If*s. Soueiies {Local
Churciosl whith mako up Ilie Circuil bllPPOrt the cliurrhe* In V*KXJS way8 rtludirKJ ¢WViiling Inanciir I holi)
ror Ihftir ¥Y￿k. We prowde rThn151ers wilh mLrynsès iono m￿)$* Is owned by Th8 1)nned Reloympd Churth.
Nt)Tlliern Synodl and soo that ihrowh Ihtt Methodi81 Church a￿1 Urited Rel(xmed thjrch Lenlral SeTvI¢(16,
Iroy paid Iheir 8lippiHJs and 8lkJwJnces Miinses thai aftr. n•)t irM￿dIat(4Y required aro kn on assiJrTril short
IK)k1 lea8eg
Oiiring Ihe year Iiridei re¥w. uur small team of Qrcuil StrywwiS% inanagcd H5 variaus la8ks and
rp.sponsitylilio5 guided a8 noeded by Iho CPD (Tho Consb"W*rwl PraLlice 3tTd ol MèihDOist
Churchl See 1st.:
Tho Supemiendonl Minister Ih
Slowards notm8lly meet bi4n(MFIk￿Y Thè Lèadershp Team, *thiLh also rnec15 1i4non',hly. cDmpfises all
minisi8rs In th8 CircLiII anil Ihe Ciict#t Stewards.
Tho Citruit Sltswards ar• IhEI lay l eadors ol Tho CircLyI They arL. Kl81i8ging Tru51eeb. as afo all *iifmb•r5 of
Th8 Clr¢uiP M¢¢liw, 41ThJ as stewar￿ Ihey gre respon￿￿18 lor managing thu ttav-to-day Opeidlion ol all Circuit
affair5 In consulldlion wilh Iho Superin1￿MIent Ministor. Tliè Lirctjil K4eelifto Imanaying Trust￿%) meet three
Iim(&S per yoar_
The Irf￿. wryk, iifKI mini51ry ol Ihé Cifwi is un￿rp1￿)￿d by prayer. worthp and yèrsona1 c0￿mIlm￿nI 10
[￿loW Christ. We b8s¢ Ouf Circiiit's Thssv)n arKt thwch88 fAafis the IDUI aspecls Df The CalliTh3 of Tlie
Mettin¢Ji$l Church. 'C*owing, 'IntlusNe. 'E¥Wist￿. 8 'Ju51£8 so￿￿j.

THE NEWCASTLE CENTRALAND EAST CIRCUIT OF THE METHODIST
CHURCH
TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
(Jur churcl*s Iwe conlinued lu expbre aiKI deveky new ways of worshp. ￿arlI11￿ and rarir¥J. lntr()dur￿d
¢Juriiig 2U20-2021 Io Ihe reslriuKy￿ mposéd Dy th& Pdntlemr. often ill an ori-line contexi a5 woll a3 f8ce-io-
tac& UdllieritTrg5. Whi151 triis 15 diff￿.U11 lor Ili(>5e ¥tho are ￿$5 able ID access ￿￿Ill￿tr worship and oili¥i aclivilioy.
Lhtsrches wlio t￿n ab$8 10 trMp4iid thKJir 0￿11￿& we5ery have L(xltnkk￿S to S0& %gr¥funl numbers of iiew
en9Agiw Willi ih¥ii chu¥r.h 8 lrfe This onwJiwn9 lo wrtn*5S.
&idly. one ol our LoLdl1 Euim8nKal PartnW5￿pS . Rel￿M￿j Churth IURCI and me1hL￿1%I - Sl Cuthb*rt's
Church. Horilon iequesie(l ck)se OJ 'Ledse i() meal in ethy ￿?5. Th1$ r￿Uest was wanted atHJ final
59ry1ce o,. Ilie Churr.h was at Ihtr end of August Membws of Ihe Ch￿￿h have ftiowths Io f>lhpr local LIILllth85
jfi Helllnli or glsewhef8 in Ihe Lrtuil. The t￿$dIng Is hy URC Rl IhiB timts. we (kn ￿1 know ir
Lhristlan worship arKI wiiness b*ill c**)linue w Ihe ihft ￿lik8￿g wll ￿ stskj.
The circ.uit 15 serv8(I by Mww8lerq ol ollw tr8dilrfTh. Ciithmi conlnbule5 811 annuHI r￿Se$S￿lI1 lu lJnrteLI
Flvfor￿efj Cliurr.tr, N(W.hern Syn￿, In r(b¥er Me sii&*.ndÉ and OLhef **xpen%p5 01 URC mi1i1slor5 51alionÈLI In Iho
Citi:uil. Tmre nas betsri (ific URL rTrnisief SlatK￿ ￿Ul1￿ tho circ￿1. Rtrvd Ajex K4abbs becaiTltr str.fKJIISly Ill in
SepieFnlitrr ?024 *xl. sadly dind tsn Jun8 2025 A ftyAac8rr*ril URC rniTh8ts1 In Ilie i)exl yeTlr
Thv. CiffANI Is *llh Iho conlinuiiig mnistry ol our Supemumorar688', ihanks go In Ravtt Maknlm ￿)WInan
14owd DertTrk Aldnd.Jo Rwvd Susdfi Rrclwds(x). Revrt ATrn Sh8iihord50n and Revd MHrio AItWL)00. Lwl
Pru-
,.*ors and .￿OrShI1) L08fjers LonlmuTr Io sthvo Ihe cirr.uil &lllrg. [￿rg wtrr￿ tsix woa¢liers In
Iraitiiny. rtl varws ￿￿88. year pre￿￿nOI￿bn lor wesbylw4 mli)iSlry,' uno who
movo(J from nolv lo on t￿1, oiits ha$ paused Iraw)Iw." aryl Ihieo on note.
CIRCUIT POLICIES
All polKies Lxxlfurm AS ppprW#￿ wilh wwjgncè and pnnc¥A•s a8 Stspulaled by Ihe K4elhiyJ$i Chvrch Ilijlukll
RISK POLICY
(Xjr Risk P()Icy covers luIl¢j￿n9 ar888
Tli8 Ciictsil TrAeiitwg Is laced tlw lo1￿11￿9 ffvwKial nsk8'.
Ilopftnoet)Cy Iimil*)d inc(¥iiè wurc05 ICI1￿sn1enls. In¥￿tment and d¢)n8lkJn$l.'
innging Ihe rpsc￿C￿',
IluclLiaiK)ti.* in Inveglt71eni tiictsme a￿1 wlal
In.itylliy 10 allr￿4¢1 &iddl1ic￿al do11ali￿S from 9èi*rdl pijhI￿ rneiknbtws,
aT' uiilnro5ew rise In ￿e1r￿1￿ for exyenthlure Ilor examp￿ ori MAnses and Chapels)..
ap unloresgen lnrm.asè In the acluanal slKxlf811 rm thu P8n5Kffi lund$ the Cireuil Moetrng coukl be
doernod responsible.
an irtrease in ihe wuvernenl lor an additKJMI ￿nse nr oiher propery.y.'
• fl SUslaiTied Idll In tho V*uè ol ijiveslments and prrperty hokl by ttie Circuit and in the tyalantie
slieei.

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CHURCH
TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
Op¢ralion. Reputation Stratryy
Wp 1i8ve Idonlilied Ilié siyi)Ilicant nsks as lolbw5'.
• inabi1ily io crealp new Meihothst disoF4es results"n9 in turther d8clne. ulhmalety rèsuiiin9 In the met￿￿$t
Lhurcn r￿￿%11)Y 10 ex151.
tailure lu prowdo *quale rfsourL*s Ihal onjbb t1￿ Cwujil Meelr.g to ¢1schargy reswnyib1lit￿s.'
the ttxp8rianc*> of Ihg MpthcKItsi Church's tails to be Iiitegfal￿ iiito Ihè mis%on 411)d ministry
dlhways (Jl Uie Circuit..
gudden change in Olcy or slrategK onl￿ted by Thg C¥cuil Meeting.,
dttKl8nd*nc.y rm limiled income scAirc85 IAssessments. i￿Ve$1m￿nI 8nd th)nalionsl,
1¢ Imp1t ¢1 of ecorrf)nuc ftLKluai￿s on ¢￿r 09*815. l￿bIllI*s and oui ability 10 raise funds to Wiible us to
r.nnliiiu8 our viark..
loss of koy persoi)nel'.
The coniinuinj elftra$ ol'PKexit' ènd thè coionawrus p*vJoff¥c.
havè a l#rge Trumbw d lay émpbyco% bul no CYrAwI HR Offw.
kI￿Y ol Itiese rtsk3 *e likety to r•mdin 8waty mIev￿1 thr(xKJts)ul 2025 and ts¢y￿d.
Rl*h
Tho Molhcxlisl Chijrrth 111 Greal Brilatn h&8 a risk managem8nl poly. whkh has bean ￿ by Ihe Méihodigl
Couiittil lor u$0 iK)Ih by tho Tru¥lees and by Crtuils.
Th# risk m8nWITienl is ￿0￿nfjd to Id•yJly and an4ily8e kgy strat89￿ gn¢J 1spola￿on&l riskg fw tho
Methodi81 Church 8nd. where al unKcorAable1gvo1s. to lake $18ps lo rnilgalè the rlgks.
Wè kttry S￿81091¢ 0￿rational risks 8$ 1￿C Itwl. ￿th(X1t or aNy0p￿Ie miivJaiim, aru IIKJhty
1ikofy lo occur and WOU￿ have J wgllive Twalive mpttcl un Ih4 c1￿Ch'S abilily to fulfi1 purposo of
dv¢incivg the Chrsti￿n f*1￿111 in ac¢ord¥Jni)J ￿th lis JounniTrl ¥landards. Tlie¥e nsks are reported lo Ihe Mdn8yirYJ
IrustBu¥ 11)rough n Fisk rrwnaJp.niwiil w(Kpqs, wPIiLli alk)w5 them bolh lo (*alleiiy¥ any assumpiK)ns tho Cw¢uil
Leadership leyffi 1185 m&e al￿1 risks wxj a￿0 10 underslaThJ Ihe coriwxl In ar8 taken. This
h8lps It) Ihot the rrnsl serlous risks are bviro Irianaged effeditsyly
Tlie trustpes reLognLse Ihal il Is rioiiner pu55iI• ￿r wopriat¢ Io sevk lu ellmiiiele risk wiiiTrly. We re¢(Trgni88
Ihai lrti¥r&i)t wffhin the iask of ¢wiiIV￿lIng the Go*, J(knti Weslèy hvn8elf itsok risks in
esiat4ishlro ihv Mvlh(xI5t
Oiir task, Ihgrofnre. is lo erthK.e risks mal airyT 10 advarK• Cnurcth's Purpo￿ whib en5uni)¥ 11)al wo a¥￿d
or minirnise I￿Se risks Ih81 JThghl havo a n￿tr¥e impaa EllectNe nsk In8nag8menl processe4 wll htrlp lo
inc.mli se Ihè Ilkdihood of me Church luKl4ng ils mL¥SN)n. Th• iisk Manag&n￿nI rèFK)rt is wewed anLI revisftrf
Innually
INVESTMENT POLICY
Sinie EIIIy.2020 tho Cir(Awl IWJ up s￿nI[￿an￿ rfifHVVS. genpraled fffmn Ihe uf West fvloar, A118n
Memondl. LoTrJhcnlon drill Heal￿ meth￿11$1 churth.es a￿1 ts Bum re￿8(* flot5 ab as th¢ Siil8 01 surplus
ITidnses CirLkJlt's Irop rpser￿ in Augiist 2025 wwo £216.562
In 2022. ihe birc1￿ Meeiry ITws1¢¢sl had di6¢U68wI tho Mtinn ftf inv<Jshw a %KJnific?ni ￿ of
Ilie free rii4erves. il V4J3 agrEed lo Invv*l £750.000 tho C•)tral Finance 8oard ICFBI ilanagod ￿x￿1 Fund
whith hoij str￿￿n a posli¥e r6".Iirn over a See

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CHURCH
TRUSTEES. REPORT ICONTINUEDI
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
The d8ci&oTi TN5t8e5 W85 based on Ili¥
1. Circuit Moehng has a reswn$L¥liiy. as lar Bs LS P)ssrt￿fr. ￿ pmieci. rTwnwJe Ihe capital
for fiitLJre rri¢ssian rnwistry.
2. Yr* ¢hnni￿ Colllllll￿￿lthl lids 9ii*Yar*c& to Chari￿&5 geekmy Io In¥trtst Cash lunds. Sè8 1111
J. Tmè proposed luFid for wr inv051meThl - Th8 Managed Mixed Fund - 1$ a mediun) nsk Inve$ini¢)nl Ilhal 1
ri¥k J on the D-101.
4. There i¥ much ewrtenC￿ lo tyg eJ)nfkJenl Vkgl Ihe CFB ManHgeiJ M5x8d Fund Is t￿tIl #Ti ojnd n swnd
mediiim risk Investrneiil. Se*. ii Iw th8 CF8 elh￿ p&J8" 11
%Yhich Indiralp.s Ihoir eth￿1 regar￿1r￿j iii¥eslmenis.
5. staft al 1118 CFB are sit laried omF4oyees and are tKIl paKI rn rnmn).swon (H perlLYmaiice
6 If Ihfi cirr.liil Meotmq wishes lo dTth Imm caF4lal that o Ili* CF8 Mixod FuThJ then rt 1$
possible lo Ihis with fl low weems n￿￿e
l. jiile.rosl receiw8(I IfOITI 11)e Invest[￿nIS *411)g used lo fw)a misslon and rnin￿try ￿thIn Ihe Circu
8. Tlii.s will an InY8sirn•ni for 11?e k)ng term arKJ wil bè rovlthwed ra¥tu18rly.
PAYMENTS TO STAFF
hllnlst8rs
IikK.nrt8 lof Meihcmjlsl M5nK8lurs aro detern￿d Bnnu•ly try Ihv melhxh.sl Crml&renca. Thg Circuil ds Iho
er?Ipluying body. tonin￿10¥ lo VMYI pen*(m IL*KI. T￿Y aro *0 tyvon annual Lorns￿le1 olk)w8f￿B.
L•y 8mpIoyv¥
111 211 IC, Ilit., KIL.1171JiJi*i C.Mlororv •¥eed Ih81 ralus nl ltyj R981 Living Wagtr. ag .'Ii Iho
f(wm Ihe minwnum basc Saw f<Jf emFAoy•d by a dislriLI. G r,'ili.' ()- d l(K'{I
iari'.ri Ihis polic.y lilylu<J¥& you'v4 Iw<)pkn l)•lo¥J lrye ¥Wf L)1 18 lil <iJ,JI1i￿l 9-FKJiryl 8a5ary scale Is al:Fli￿￿
to O ￿[$01? ypei.'IfiCA'.k)n. w11￿h Is t)ased ￿ 4UK•ltfscAliutT%. •xpprignce alKI rtrsk¥)iisibili11¥5 Thp Circiiil 18
r.iypisloiis u) lolk)wiiTru tr>is WMILY. Guidelines are ci¥ailable <*1 Ili¥ M¥ll￿1￿￿t LhiirGh Webs￿l* Se*)
org.
SAFEGUARDING POLICY
Tli* circuit'¥ ¥afryu*V(Iing Folicy 1$ revwed antiually aiwj Is now prgsen¢Bd ai S8pteiiibw's Circull Moaling. All
moln.wino Inisiéos are reyulbrty rttminded ol I1￿r re5F#￿￿t￿I..l￿s.
Thp (Yrcuil lakes ils safegu.4rd rlg
rv%i)urisibihllo8 very serK)usty ensurlng e￿ry rhur¢Wyowa ts awar• ol (Ind ￿ner￿S Ic) ils rBsponsibilitl89 such
95 d15playing ils FxAicy. (IF￿*7¢1￿g 115 safeguaiding inlurnwhofj. reviewing its safeguar(Jiiw polii:y fyl <111 iinnii
bf7$15. find rfrialning Ils rècryds- in 11 tt(Jrd1r nc• wlh pro￿r Widel4)e&. Wo tJPP04nl J Cwcul Safeguardiiiq OlfiLRr
wl)o w(*ks clasfAy wilh the cir￿*[ Super.riiendenl. Ciinjrt AdnYAnislrator. arKI Gir￿1¢ Sltrward% lo e.rwo thai our
gafoguclfding rébwis￿jI11I1Ès ¥1re ro*iowsd on 8 iegulai ba¥s.
VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT
RoJLilar nieeling5 ére Iield wilh f111 CNJth Safeguardlng Ollr8rs the Cl￿1￿* Stewards. lo remind Ilittm of Ih
InriTl8idpr.lar¢71ions w11￿h all ¥￿V￿leP.rs n6r(J lo depeTr(Jing ￿ 11)eir InflivKJiiiil rDks toaolber with Ihè
training whiiLli Ihty Iwd to Ljndertake. DBS chtr(As rcquirth lor any ¥(knMeer Y41i¢)se wnrk brry$ Iliem Inio
contact with users of wr ￿lThO project5. arvj lh• ￿neral pubhc
COMPLAINTS HANDLING
11 r4 tt0[￿ thai a¢)y LCrfifl￿ S4iualinns wll be. ¢)eall willi sensilwdy by loadors ol chwcli yioup4,
Owttver. whoro this 1$ not poswblg ih¥n tho MglhDtIIst ¢￿plaIntS pr¢Xe￿ ¥*ll nccd lo be Invoke￿ This will
reouire conidil ￿InY m4tl¢ wiln L¢xal cornpLa￿lS Olf￿0￿ who Is our CIrc￿t su￿rIn[el￿ent Min.slcr, Rovd
Ali50n Wilkinson pruce¥¥ wr)ulJ Ihon bg pul inlo effeci wilh ihe apwLVIAlO SUPPOrt bew given by tsur
Oislri¢t 9roiip.
CONFLICT OF l￿fEREsT
Tu iumpty wilfr Triletr￿IsI Church 9￿￿8￿(￿. asked at the Ctrcuil K4eEtry lo declare any confticl
interesl as SIN￿1 ltr'.ey arr> awa￿ ot any possibility il',dl his ui her persmai or wKler inleresis Infiuerce
deGiwM-ffjakiTh3 WI1￿1} the Circuit. Tttr4 15 a sland8rO i1￿7 81 Ihe twnnifig ol each meetsng Iu dll(M
IFusletTrS lu d¥dare atty actbal tsr wJtenlial cviiflicts al inler951.

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CHURCH
TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
GRANTMAKING POLICY
Tli8 Circijit mp.ttliiiy Is rilli￿8￿ io make grants frc¥n of th¢ funds. These grnnt3 a￿ drLretsuwy
and lull (lelail¥ are Diven ￿ Ihe dCLLTrunls Tl)e furn1s are
Tne genoral lunts. fw ttiirriybv. CJFyiil> Iv Il* Di&irKi 8eiiev(A8wJ hind.
The Tnisi If<KTnoily Iho Clrtuil Ad¥an¢• fuThJl whKh ¢5 exhausla.
The Di¥liicI Gity Cenlre Furid. w17￿17 Is iijed s*ne w8y 89 a IArAlvl Trusl . 11 16 ¢4Xltrolh)d by Ihe
Managing Iru5tees ¢)1 The OislrKI.
Thp ￿sannah GiDSOn M*nv￿1 Fthl - gr?￿$ ￿re lor Ihe suytgrwce Lrf Wfyslay4n MellTh)di$l
IAini4ers' . no grrlnl* haye been wwarilfid for a iiumbei ol years.
Tho D(Xi5 Nuiiau bequesi - lijnrts In Iliis Tiusl Mr8 8xhaiislAd In 2022.2023. antt rt was
Tli8 Elizabèlh Ann Burtm be4U8sI - Ihe Ivnds havts iiow been expenoeo and ful￿ dosed.
Be9..￿st fi+nds - 11*88 8re waTr.c415 sm￿1 lurids Ihal may be used til thE dis￿1104 of Cirrnll moeiiry, fur
The Dphrm$' FunLI this fiind by a ¥￿e at the Srrring Llrwi Veelinp 2019. by éigrpnlng ID
ng Irjyplher Ihe Ihree femaiThng small Model Trusts and Ih? ol the genoral funt* nf Ilie lum18r
Ilen Mernorial Moihodi4t Chuidi In ordtr lo this. d Chaiily Commi*%Dii Ordtrr lias t)eon ODlainod
and In Ihv of irusi 14815 lh¢ Me.1..￿1$1 Counul vot&J io aDprove ihtt transleF ol tho W R Dixon 911 10
the Deacons, Fund. Tiv%1 1486 Is a ¢wrnanonl orthwmenl Twsi 5J77, eapltal 4nd Incvnie Laii bé used,.
anrt Trusl S?778. Incomè can bo uwd and Ihe tapi￿ wiu) le￿￿ra￿)n% Iri praciico. 11 iq the inlonlon Ihal a
can use incnrr* only.
Coxlodfjo Mis%ior) FWLI - Ihe ¢irwl up Ihls l11thl in Mwtr.h 2025 Ircffl rwtAI Irromo of Ih
Ob¥1 Trtte Chiklrèp q Calé. If(Aluwiw Ihè cttgW8 d COXI￿11￿ M•ihcrfJigt Clwrchl. Thn lund is ¢J&swiialett lor
frnssion w(Jrk within Ihtr circbil.
ACHIEVEMENTSAND PERFORMANCE
The fOl￿Win0 rewrts h￿1V0 bewi subiiiiiied ty indFvidtsJl tI￿rcheS or kMDI￿ts ￿lhI￿ lh& Clrcuit.
Brunswlck Methodi$t Church
Brunswte.k Mplhndisl Chuicn pkyy h(J51 to cor4ye9al1￿s, Ihe Br￿nsW￿k IAéihthJhl Churp.h and
Ihv NvwLaslle Cliinese ￿l￿thI￿lI1 Church. Th8fe ts a Ihird giwp wfiich cJalher$ fnr wrpo$tr of iyiuiual
support. spintual grrthlh aryj cryc¥ng th5cv￿hp. Tliis ￿0Up Is calkns Rpu)very Cliurch,. an Inclu51ve
comniunily Inr iho$e seekivri r￿0Very fmm all ad¢*ctsons and led by af8, I￿￿$0￿0￿. In rtJtc)vpry.
Thp. NewtJslle expre&sKm of 'RetOv&ry Church. 13 offenry a blueprinl loi smiiv wMnmunits"e$ whicl? are
heoinniflg <Yrogs Ihv UK This LS in which 1x4.en very enL(MIr￿1ryj lo ar%J nur
D￿Lo￿l Klin.$18r. who io b*. S￿l￿￿j 10 Ouf Lircuil In Sepltrmber 2025. *ill oftei Nme Ill ¥UF)s¥Jri ol Ill
woyk.
Over the past y881 a moior fu￿traIs￿9 inibaiNè ovvisetsn Dy oui Chitrch Troasijrer, Property Secreiary
3nd Finan¢0 Commiiiee Tliis %yas in Sup￿ ol Inblallathw of btxler5. rep￿l￿g ihe 51x filtod 1Y8U wilh
three or.o.fnondly b[M￿rS which can Converted to hy¢Jfogon The cosi came M) on btsd￿l il CnD,84r
lundvJ by donations Irom BpJn5wick and chir￿$0 ￿rnt￿$ of £11 352 and five g￿er￿1% yraiiis ￿¢illia￿ Leech
Charity L 10 1100. Calherinè CcM)kson Ftxind¢ltK)n £3 SOO. Ben81xl Ttust E19.400. Nortliumbfia Hisl(*r Lharthe
I'rusi £5.000, Ihe Li￿.￿rt KIE&liny £18.593. Thefe was kdsu offered ty the Metho(11s1 Dislr cl
TIICP. Th15 projpcl-liine tyi Ihe baGk of aMwrilK>n5 8550¢)iiled fund[W￿￿9 to 8N¥r lormer Li518niry Post
rogms to ¢I￿al* the R￿0￿ry Hub cwbng circa £30.CO).
As BILin5wr.l is veiy much a Trulli-cuHufAI &nd Yiteni8tK)nal chvrth. we h8ve given ￿ni8 ov8r th15 year to kx)ki
It dreas of cr05S-wlhiral tninislry hÈad4J up by (w part.￿.1￿ Lay Wofkef. T￿e a*85 will Iiicknle biliiigual
bib￿ slLKlos, th* r,txlliiiurfll￿l1 of o(Ir unilod acls ol *￿h1￿ NpwrAi4tle Ch¥￿se me[h￿ist Church and il
swlrng 01 Visi￿) on t1￿ p<￿ nl Ihose iii ￿lershIp acT055 our congregatiMS. This vi8ioif W￿11, Irust.
uriderymn Brun5￿Ck gfLW5 *NJ over tho n8xi fNTe 10 len years.

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CHURCH
TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
Newcastle Chlnege Methodlsi Church.
NLI.1C
15 e5labhsh￿￿. In 2003 rfind Dec8n)B a mmbw ol iho MtslP%KIisi Churth Ir¢ Greal 8nlain In 2012 NLMC
k)rovi¢es Cdnio11OS& diiLI MarKlarin worship Serv￿￿5 as as wnirriunity ca¥e 5ervr.os lil I￿￿ pasl yedr 30
Biilisli Ntili(ral$ frf)m Overseas IBNO'51 hav& l)•en bbptisett Iri ouf ch(Irch ur have beC￿Tle churd) tiittiiitws.
OppOn¥iiit￿$.
Ti)e nutDb0f of allend8es ai SuTrtsy Serv￿ has Irorn ¢wefa9e 130 in 202>24 10 150 2D24.25.
Allhtsuqli trie Inllux ol BNO Imrnwnnrs has levdlgd oif ￿ne￿. 2022. NCMC c4Niunu•s lo provklo both Pwalnrol
¢ar¥ tind suppotl to Ilip TrWi*L(mers Thes$ ¢nc*Jde'
e¥labli5hiw relaiicmshipb vlilh ￿ese laiiiilios.
assislinij ID S￿￿n(j 6iiiioialion pr￿elli$ 10 9eltl& <kJwn in N&¥￿Ast￿..
¥)Ing Ihthr yiJi,Ih aiid y(Xry ChA(Jren *?ssinilaie Ilie UK ediKation c.ullural iystom.
prowklirYJ G4rino sup￿rI lo lthr lam¢lies aiid oklorty pdiefjls 10 ￿la￿l lo Ille iii VK.
Challeng0•.
NC.KIL lias ￿mil0d pasloral marwyer resosces. Beltsre Nr)vomt*r 2023 Ily* wa* oiie 111114ime p351()ral
w(yki'.r iifider .¥iit*fVbSKM) nl the Cl￿￿11 ￿L￿rInIe￿rteDl Rev. t￿Ver-Th￿ Tf) li IlovL41tt Ilip wvklo?d
ol rhe oiily p05toral wnrker, NCMC ron(lucl*J a lu￿￿31¥1n9 ox&rctso In Ihe ctyiyre.g?Iion 111 202.'1 10 e[￿￿11) plie
api)(￿￿1￿￿nI uf an addiliui?al p¥*sioial wrjrker Tt)&S PKk81 was on J one-vear ujntraci WJb wl ron￿6￿ in
Nov6r71ber 2023.
Qur iniiinlion % ID a iityw pasloral *Ofkor W￿) wll Take Ihe lullowny
Iliu ya.%lnric I care dèvelaptWHJni ol Lhthyron an¢J yTrJlb work yryams ￿lI11n Iho cthvrth.,
h¥)IpiiiiJ I￿1ng pwwk* lo omp￿rts tho Cfjr151k411 lailh w a (yealive an￿ dyn8mK way.
rdLiiiilinu irx)IivaiW IrtiThiiy volmleer youlh workèrs.
I)uri￿ring youIKI i&xcithè$ iu youlh InHdefS affld lulu16 ch¢Jrth 1oad&rs.
VIFJ Li￿￿￿r51ao¢j 11)al the Chwth is l*ng & *Jl of ¢h8lW. tr1￿¥￿. faith In our rrlighty God Wilh Pliy
¥iii¢<ince. w* *ill hiifil mission lu servg vllw evary)Inl woth to Iho Ch1Th8￿ txthmuThiy Iri Newcas11¥.
Tho Chuich ol the Good Shepherd. Battle Hlll
(Angllcan, Melhodlgl and United R•lormed Chw¢h IURCI Local E¢umgnlc41 Partnernhlpl
Wo are iJ+ilvJhled 1114*1 niorn nttw havp ongacjèd ￿1￿ us Ih15 PiiSt yeai hlE ve spven Bapitsrns and
c.wlirmilion and RorJ+ptlOn rfil(> Meribersliip s￿V￿e loF anoitrer Infoa tyeOFAe.
cotilinijed Inl¥nlioriril mi$sty￿ ￿an9￿1$M.. ffftniry relathMhiDS Willi peosye In Ihe rx•nYnuiiily clfKI otl)¥r
comniunily groups
r Llosvr coryiieclicns Wlh uTrilcmwd ofgrirySaDC*)s ts fosuM8d in th•r g￿aler Invofven*nl in a)urch Worshp
.rwLèS a8 Vlell a5 helping u5 ￿CrAn0 rn￿e ¢co4r￿1￿.
Our slrJlp9y lor Kli¥si￿ eFtcw)passes all
Our l.ittle S1I8thords. Baby T[Xkt￿.r Group remain5 8 Ik¥Jrvihtno efiofl and vts have a W<iiliny Iitsl lor
more IAlr ces. (￿r ITr￿61ry IS not iusl 10 V)e ￿50 lo 11)E P?r ronts and r.arors pnwjy Ineelin9
.w.d sharing us 8lld C￿h olher KKIZ Ro(* Tird O￿n tho are moaTTS by ￿thIch we sur.r.csglull
LYg.Igo wilti wimary sch(xA c.hi￿re￿. tM)th n rreelings ￿ ltye ohijrch and in Ine Iccèl s(thrJo15 We hory¥fy
tseen p￿&Sed lo W*.,*.0￿ Sch(x￿ groups IL)r w￿rtS Inlo (Msr thurth 3nd l(x their ChTlSlm8s strrvir.os
Qiilreacb 10 loonaq¥rs IS throuqli IhD frtrJl Chocolale Youili Caf￿.0. undor Ibe yovomancÈ uf Nortb
Tyne8￿¢ Lo¢dl Coll￿11. Our mlnister is ono ol lh￿ vdiinleer ￿￿derS Tr)ss eyiorg'tge rRrtIlr.￿ Ani.:
Jciai 4riu onaNes Chrshan Idl(>¥wthp lebthng ai 5ecotTOary sch(￿1 level Oih81 towcs
ttxpbfed 1141VQ I(￿h￿d upTrn wnder u]mrnunily 155iJes InclJdir¥J safely. Mtsntal Hedllh Awar*)esx. First
Ai(J rind Fire Saft?ly sessiOt>s
FloiiÈsl lo G(KJ Is our N¥icè n￿nIblY rnoobng lor ajuls lo share Ihesr Chri$11￿ Lxperence
l*ari) rrKJro ab￿1 faith We a150 thnl 8ThJ Leni ¢￿￿Se$ In P0fs¢n and orqiD8. Tliese are
¥4luahlo an¢J le55 Foin)al Lwirftiniliès to ￿n￿ra￿e at¥J welcu￿￿ otrrs ITblo cliurth 10 nieel rfind
ta￿. n)giilarty VL%iI ¢)ur *&81 caro home. ￿$￿10￿ts arKI carers.

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CHURCH
TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
Wè (xyiiinLIO rnjr LYJnimi1rr*￿I lo locol ouIre￿Il thr￿9h th¥ Rigng Sun Npiglknurs whr.h 1$ a imam
group of chyrth8s 8ng•gi1￿ pwple al Country Pafk. We saTrg caruls and l(Ad 11)e Nativily Story
81 Chn51rTias. ne￿ d Craft slall at the Summer Fesli¥a and &slntxJltd leatlels our thurGh willi
invil<ilioiis Io w5rt us Wp prot￿ 10 b8 thè orwJin81 founder5 d Inis yrwp.
Spw e1nd qi*.iallsp. Is ¥thai tho lit￿ s￿74e$￿ The Ihnviftg group N18eLs wtt8kty. birthclays T111
olhef &vÈnl*. This pasi ypar krniied blankets were 10 ChT1rt1011 Cthjrl ana io rinoiher carR h￿T￿.
The. RVI Demeniia Tpil111 asked if 'TwKJdk* Muffs- and blaTrkois eouky be knirt8d th)naied 10 ihem
wmch S&S happily 41¥J. Ago(yJ y4è
Oui Chr'.%ltiiag èvenis oennraie mt8r8sI Wtslde t￿r w81$ bfvJino in mofe to ihè c•I8brali￿s Our
Carol SeNice. a conyreyaiinn 0158 oui ChnstiTh)k had 185 Jnd 35 thihsren In ii Ileiidanr,o. W&
olsv helll d Lhrislmas MorniryJ sentro which wa5 well Allonded. Cartji siThgiw al the I(•r￿ st￿)p$ in¥ulved
ler.Iini) 01411 %i*qer3 *ind an equal nuirtw td jailed us ai Charmon Court thjr ChfistmH5 Fair is ¥LYy
pular ￿￿th w ICKA ¢tynmLHMty. Ixw4lng Ihem Into ¢Jur enpy fellow￿￿P.
We ha¥tr fullilkd our financol con¥nirnv)i$ 1801 very b￿sSed by HIM. olhè¥ and Lwr
wlder CnfTWTiuiiIIy.
Josmoiid Mothodlst Church
ai JK.Ir. Luntini￿& kn wow and n¢yJD5h F(wmal ￿ni￿TS￿1p 1189 jug1 1()pped ,)0, lor the Ilr51
time In many years. aiKI w9 have many olher Irioftds *KI adher￿1$, in por5￿ and on4in¥ Two PL￿0￿11)
liavo t￿￿rt bap115ed In Iho F>dsI year wilh plon% ILW è third In lalor 2025 tt 5 alw¥ys a th￿ lo u* Iho DislrKI's
adult baplisni81 witliin our *ofshL). We w& tAossvd Ihal 8¥wy￿9 In gur c£¥ytra8lthl deligh1¥ Ill Iisng Ih*i
ialent4 lu sup￿rI Chufch 8cts¥ill&S. nt¥malty ILY thblmach.
In Seplètnbèf 2024. a8 pwt ul lh8 ￿tr￿J[lO10 Prr4ed Irwi QrLuit 8nrt thtr DislrLI A(fv8nce FU￿1. we
wplcometh Nyo iww niefnblptts. Joth, uur Stud*il a Youry A(liill W(W4Ar. aThl Krystal tsur Cre¢iliv¥
C(¥nrniJni¢alioiis lead They have holped SUPPOrt our ¢xjIrp￿1) io sluleiils and expaiNlod our pwsw'cg
IhT(iuyl) Inslagram and Facebook The granl has rele8￿1 (￿r Jlhc, Lay Pastor wid Slu(leiil Woi'kof le
fLITlliniie IlevdDIKfw.Til ot New P￿.￿5 for New People Kmec.l In 5hseklfitr￿. now raMwJ S8ii¢*u&iy. a
partnership t￿tt¥een JMC aThY Shi¥kinokY 14rl Works aiKI I￿Se to Sancluary. Therfl artr now
l[)rti)Iqhlly SI1￿1￿110k1 housf* giwp a￿1 a nwnthly ffti*wvJ worship wvirjj. Two of Ihtt i)esl &gncliiary rnDni8iitS
of tho yeaf w8re dl Chrlslmas Eilslaf. At chn￿m8$. t81atr￿hIp with Ioc81 tamilfft% aiid 1110 school m01r nt
IhE1140 peoplo of al ages gaihwpd iii thè SAW oardBn Its pui on a Scraith Naiwrty anrt siny carn14. Al Easter. we
P(lrtnprftd wilh the exnibiikin til SAW 'JoyW Edgfts wh￿h Is a Co1￿Cl￿ ol art WITIIS. POAlry 01)d rN5ic iakiiio
ycrtj Ihroiiqh the sialions ol tho cross. This wth 15 cr8aied by wU%is WIK) fwsttyk1nd *xporiftiiiH of churr.h.
reiaigd atiijse and il helps l(*U theii Ston￿ tIwoLK)h slory of Jews ¢Jay5
WNle has béen wort anrl pul mlTr New Pk•ces lor P4èw Pootyo IriilalivD, wtr dfe ￿11%0 ¥eeinq growth
al JesrTryKJ. with new requl8rty wakitW throwh our dtstsr5 and fintting ￿nIe Wo Jre not iugl qrowing
numeiicaly bul 81so are growp)9 spnlualty. ir s We spciTrd ￿￿kn day working tsu.. bow l() be boiler fI)l￿W?.r8 of
Jesus. Now nuirew.h h￿hlig￿ls indude our weekty Cr•ate S¢wo Craft <iniJ Iwsaw ￿1]Ing whir.n Is WinniA9 10
aiiiar.I iJeDple fr(NrT 11)e cofflmunity. a￿1 Ihc f4J¢Lesslul nl Al￿ course 1111 ￿￿￿kty q¢A4SK)l)s and
Dn a%vay dayl. V411h ovw 20 alleTrdiry Vie lir31 Ysgon In an etlort Io CLY)TrThue 10 Y¥oNlghl r.lirnalo ￿.￿all￿e as pari
of ihe Jr.srlloThJ Cnfftnuoily Fpsbval. wp tsryanised a potrvp LkJltie$ swap %tylh ovei 250 ctsmiiiq lo
partlL pape Olh&i evenls hosted IN Iti¥ Fesb¥.￿ jrt%udorl # Pwnt and Poza and The Big J(Trsniond aijlz.
hulli of *•hiLtI aiiiacled Church ffleiiiLTrer5 d￿j local ￿lS￿l8￿ts.
Wc dre dolighted th¢fjl we r.ow nave sUffr*￿t ywng peop* to be ￿b￿ lo fDrm d Youth Qroup. Y*thlch meet? twi
d n￿nI￿ ThETr y￿￿Th¥ pwl? have y8rtKipatLYI m 015knct tr￿1h aLlivtlEs. Je5fTX)rf M(:Ih(xJisl Kirt5 aiid th
YThJlh Group Ltintril￿I1Q 'wularty lo our S4Jnrtdy woishp. Eastgr was a partscular rT¥)TnL￿i lty r.(*lQbrbl￿r} an
InwolvemoDI as wo eTioJgh c.hairs to Ill everyon8 ￿•
halleriqes Indude ts upkeep of an oky E<lw¢iidian bAling. ￿￿ebrateS Its 12%h blrtMay 111 2026, We a
grale'ul that ￿ lias providèd I￿n￿5 ID keep rhe bricks and ryv)rtaf ill ordw, 50 Ihal the buildng
can CLxiI'nbe 7¢ 5 8 sal8 place for our commiityty.

THE NEWCASTLE CENTRAL AND EAST CIRCUIT OF THE METHODIST
CHURCH
TRUSTEES. REPORT {CONTINUED}
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
St Andrew's Cliuich, B•nlon
Imothodisl and URC LEPI
LIILifLli *ftlrom¢d Ils niltNSl8r Re¥d ￿118. In S8plemD8r 2024 and slw ha5 WLkly 5eltre.d iii. We
re L)lessed ￿111 a riLlI Hiid var*)d w¢Yship 9xperiw￿e wursliip kadeis pigvidod by tho Nlethodisi atid Uiiiled
Rpfi)rmod f.bi.rr.IIrt￿ W6> 4lfga1ii￿1 Iwii (knJswJiiatgd as '￿1) AriJiw*rii*>nl' whirh InvolwDrJ nijr own
nièftibers shdring Ilie.Ir uniqijo 1(iiJin*ys of faith aiKI leddiD9 our PfilyTrrs All-8g8 WOfShip iak&s oil 11)È Iirst
Sijnday ol each IiiL*ilh. C<)ITlfTl4iTrKJn lake pLace on Ihe thrd SunulF y nl ftrlch nN)nlb. There Is a moiill)ly
tTiidwfi¥k worshy and tolkwtship ￿ervICe. and 4¥e riin ￿lesSY Churth on 8 quartwty Relreshmen15 <lfter lh8
Sunday i1￿)rli1ng nnhrin¢es Ihè fèlk)wsh¥) sl)ared by worshww5 and èiiatAes us lo offer & warrn
welr.orne Iri ￿7811￿$.
Apari Irom the ¢￿g￿l[lY work tsl minislor. Ilie church has a iaam ¢)f elvven vrJlunlpp.r pastoral carers who 88ch
lake rp%iiansihlily 10 help ano keep In t￿￿.￿) wrth several of rw pewe 01) a LNJSLS TPe. I>Aslnriil Gqrws,
Cradle Rull secr&ldry a Sunday rew8$ei¥￿t￿¢ wth Ihe DNni51ei vestry stew3r4J &i)d ￿e
Pf18lnrfil vrrplary as a cormill8e al ￿￿)s1 tw￿.¢ a yew 10 the paslLY4 iieeds and onsiiro that tho rlosè
lariirfiofi af 4711 thurch m8iiiber$ Irequ•nl wurshryws lulhorÉYtsl and chikjren In recénl toiilacl wlb Ihv r.hurr.h
are Intknded n I1￿ c()Yorxgo
Jiinkjr ChJr(-.li hB5 boen lod by dedr8led crL*rch vuluntOQfS Wilh tho reoular asslstance of one enthusiastic
r.liiirGn i))èli)ber an<J Ihts uLcds1￿il YIFWII Df parenls Tl* numbui of 8ltendiDg Junior ClTriiich
IIuuiiJrfJlL'i Mnd iyoro is 191)(itr Tlitt th1d1￿ ongago In craft aCtivrt￿5 g8mtss linke￿ iy Iho Old onth
Ne* T&sl8ni¥nls. Ai punli￿a51 ovory0Th8 enioy8<1 b￿)￿ng ljJbb￿. rnhking popof aerotlanes nying a
Inwiuro Kilo 10 Spirii as tno lyr*gth of God.
Chwch hA&ii'.bershiy bloiirts al 9.4. Srrn ot wr eldeily Mon*￿r$ Jrv iinllblo to allgncl churth services. bLA
W¥ Artr iinrmally 018$5ed lo liaye a ttLwwrtryAIK)n Df ￿70 allO￿lee$ ai Swjay nx)niilW
Ciirrènlty we keep ￿ iwch wllh luur lamile¥ h8¥e rMdron Dn tli# cr￿1# Rull and Ihroo faniiles
Lliildrtrii hod Inlrini lh4n￿qiVi￿9 ariij blvssiTh4 setyres T1￿Y al ieceivg Ihe chtsrcli n&¥a£iTie, Antl Iho
Cra¢le Roll seci¥ldry Vlslls ea#1 homg ￿￿Ett a card lor U)tr Ghjkls Ix'rtlMJay invilabon to M85sy
Churr.h or we8kly Jiinior Churcl)
ThR 4th Newcaslle Girls. Br￿j￿Ie inee.ls In Ih9 thurch each week. njn by traiiied VDlunlfior lfftHd8rs. Nun&)ors ar8
gr¢Min9. Ar.IivilN35 rtILKl& ￿e￿[s, ￿￿1￿3￿. SP•UAI chiffth servw. award iiwls arid r4rrip5.
Oiir dedicai&Y edi1￿ Wl¥ ioylher our thiirch maoaJiie fldinos twl 11rntt4 17 ye4ir. YIIR ￿)nI￿ni lftalures
nitTrSliiigtr from Ihe rnlnisler. a of church *11￿1￿3$ thui¢.h w5 and loo￿nq f(ww8r(l oi bdck ill churr.h.
rel8led everils in Ihe neighbnijthood ond wcthkJe. 11 alsr) C{M￿s currenl evonts ai hon* or abfoaa that may bo
of Intpr￿lI Irmi a ChFTStian or c()mniunily ￿r5￿¢￿ve
Plany from the cliurch parbcipalpd in tha Chri¥lmas knsued arffjels outrexh rKoJeet After a ￿queSt troni $1311 atyl
rvsittpnls. sorvices ha¥8 bèèn hdd In k￿￿1 ¢are h(yno once a ty￿th These servies arè well supportod by
rhetiil)ei% af Ihe rhurch I￿llY Tr*ho sil arrt)ny Itie resthThts gettsnu lo know Ihern. and èi)COUfaqing li*in 10 lilko
part in th8 5#1qiiitt.
Tl)e preriiises arv weH u3e(J by exterrnal grfJJPS. aThJ carrying out Ibwr aciivilies In th
ch(Irch for many yeais and are wdl ￿n(￿¥n ￿ tho local tsNM1un¢t￿$.
We sUP(Klrl l*e LOnnox￿nal fw(ts ol the IAe:hodisi arxl Uniletj R61￿Mod Churthes in Brilaiii The churih
ru JLilrirly supwrts sevefal UK d)dnlie5 thal npcroto Of gk)balfy This ye41f liw.ey w5)3 Io suppor. local
ii%os Ihrrxwh F￿1ndation Futures. W¢ikry Wilh Jnd Ihe Ciillercoais RNLI. Appeals ttie GaLa and
olher IiilerndlK)nal rily Jpwas were al80 SUPPOrted. Churrh rtonalK)n5 are maae Ircxn the churLli CARE
Fund. wh."ch r£pre5enis of ai oif¢riThJs aryj relatgd Girt sp8oal duvng IIE year. In lolal
we donated £3,93S Ihi8 ye81
A% well as routine wrxieiwKe oli Ihe ￿51￿1￿9 Ihe thtsrch is sèèkith) Io Ili¥ buikSin9 ￿ wprgy off￿le￿L
with ari Initial frKu5 on r8wvpw 0￿r winth)ws wlh glazed unils. as Iiinds perinn.

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CHURCH
TRUSTEES. REPORT ICONTINUEDI
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
St Ciithbert's Church. H¢alon
IMeihodi$l and URC LEPI
I hi7 -huiili w8lcomed ouf Miiiisl*r. Revd Pèul C*evor-TIMw, li s￿er￿b￿ 2024. Y1￿9￿1p coiiliiiu&d its
neiG on SiinJdV niLwrwigs lor oui ￿ ￿￿MberS In"Bnds. ￿'Ve5 & FnerK15 Grvup havo Iiiet on
altgmilfi Tufj)sd8y 8fternootb5 whr_h AIxAil XJ ladh>g altandthl
Tlw build*ng has celi1¥￿ed lo be 114ed by Ne￿1* Chnsban Taty8made on weekd£ly eveninlls and on
Sijnday afterncw. Sl cu1h￿￿'S 1x)nDn￿ed IO SUPPlXt Ihe loc￿ He*1(￿ Togèiher 91(xw. hosting a L8111
lun£h and silPtKNtiw events wthch aro shared ¢kncheb dUOSS Heat￿ aThl High Hvaion
In Jw)uary 2025 an ifflporuwl chui¢h 'vlglon #fttNrwn' Ai lh* qatnerlr(l. Oljf A4inlBl¢r inviled us lo
coi)sld¢r oiir r.hurLlt's iecent past tn torm8 1)f aeb¥ii*S hekl. ID as5r.ss i)ur k)reseTiI C*CWlStar¢os and
lo i)r4iy atpjul our lulure. Whlsl thefe was ai[￿rMO110n Cr￿c￿MIng tTrK)se ell(]rts wl)¢h tho chkirch hwl m&Ye. %YÉ>
al$0 undergtood rVali￿>S ol whal I￿11￿. *xI r6xoffmen(knl Ihxt Ihv Lay Le&J8rs sh￿1[1
ort iogttthw and brinj a feo)mmendalK)n lo next Chuf(h Ueolirs.
The recomFperrfLiik>n was that the shou￿ cknse laiw In Iho yw ot a dale lo L* aarèett Ih
rn(.'oiiiii)ttiiaalion was pa*$¢rt SUbbts4u<￿11y. from Febrv8ry Ihwtt has boen a liuge otlorf to l)ryin Lo
Llear rhe C.M￿rCh l)UikJ￿Y aiNI lo WU Iwthor imwrt￿l Lhurd) recuds l¢x F4ar.In9 Iri the arLhiYgs. Tl)8 Lay
LLodLirs dvs**w gncxrnous cfftdil ntsi oiity ILY $￿ath•adIng thk% bul also lor %Joing Il in 8 (Inilthl Hntl
gfacthJ$ way
Tli8 fin<il IhaDk$9iviTrg stsrvices foi 51. Ciilhbofl'$ LEP lth)k pl￿ ￿er the woekond of 30t￿l31st ALV4us1 and were
ollon(knd by maiiy pe08 with pFJs1 Lonri¥Lbons lo tho anLI by t￿,05¢ Ir(xn boih parlner <ionomiiiiiliuns
lying Ihew Supp￿1 to chuiLh nwbers al an 8[￿>tiOn￿l twne lur Ihem. Al Ihese Iinal ￿r¥ir.1￿j. Ih¥nksyi¥iivJ was
expro5stt(I lu Gud for all hts mw)y bl*ssinys arNI loi all the wayy Si. CulhL*ri'S. and rho origsnal Hoolon
Presbyièrian cnurch. waLl￿J Irilv Ilw kK4 wriiivmly t)e¢n a opntuol home tD 80 mthily.
CIILlfctri records hav* dfclii¥ed with URC Nort￿rn Synthj ￿1(kn has taken over Tru51vvship uf 11
¢hurch hiiild1riy willi Ili& inion¢￿Tr ol it boing sold Ivlk)wiw vlual￿n
Chur¢h ol St John Iho E¥angdl$t. Klng•lon Par
IAngll¢an, Methodisl, Bapli8t and VRC LEPI
Tliis has b88n a yfitii ijl ste￿$Y Pfogièss. Ko(axdAd rnernbersh￿ ha8 I￿9￿$vd SI￿h1ty, AThJ aiieridHI)(b ai
servir,e% h11 s cJr()wii IlirtyJghoul year, *ilh 100 peo￿ regulady tillending %Èrvices Vle ale odiqnied ',0
b? wdL0111111Q an Increawngly rtivers* raiw8 01 mèrthr% Wts c(>niinue our Inrtiab¥e 10 8nc¢xJrfige npw 1l1',endet)S
(o txom(* membots and lu￿ as Iiiipmanity. lo vohJnleei In suppyliro r*ir work. Cknr Bible Siudy have
cxpand*il Wli onhne ¥w Zoom In Itr¥s has bepn PQSilively re(xi%¢ed wlh Inci8ospd r1tipndwco.
To absili some new JrriwdL% lo the UK. t¥¥0 members established a B..b￿ st[￿Y grwp lor Cant(tr.se speak¥r$.
Iri Seplembei è)24 W￿.￿(J￿￿1 new MellKKhsl minKsltr. Jll H8ndorson aThJ in Jthi8 2025 Rfyv
Shena Mori?y-Evdns filbj w Wta7thng knglun v%ai)tsy. The wrival ol ￿1h hgKs %ervert lo enliven our
wnrWIi> 17niJ f)utreacn aCliwl*s
We nffvr a rrlngv vl ¢)uifeach evwt$ lo Iho t￿1￿￿￿1¥. Ettster egq hunt and +krrf85t
Llivilies. conibined with Nlp.ssy Church sessKMts. Wrth exh ovenl tsltraaiW OV8f SO childron Wo hpkl rAJf
slnging evopis Al K141rks & Spencer and Tesro io rknse lunds lor ￿e$l Fnd RoftxJcp4 al￿ AL11￿) lor Childien.
Ihoufjh we will be revievnni w￿ther the¥ SL￿Ve lh￿r wrp050 Ir f(* Christmas 202&. W￿lJOr$
have been v8ry ifi the tokntion ol shL*Lx)xos Ir(Mn dcross NortJiumb6rland North Ourhdm.
A iiew Inilialrie has beon rg4nWyNXlir￿ our re￿lIOnS1yp wlh K1nyslon Park Pnmary scwi iiyng tho O￿n I
B￿)￿. niatorkil. Thi5 hds beèn vèry %vdl ro¢0iVQrt by Ikk? bc1￿xA We aro f(Ktunal• lo have received g grdl)l of
£5O3 fmm the arcurt WJ purclwe pr¢y (¥)8￿me$.
Sir dly our Ex)(Jkirigs *NJ usa06 by oynmunily groups have nol been a> good w Ihe yew as prewously ¥thich has
Itiipacied fiiiarres.

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CHURCH
TRUSTEES. REPORT {CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
Iii January tiomple'.od ili¥ rtrnewal ol our 11è8liiig tKN￿r5. Thi$ %¥JS knrgoly lunded by granlq receiveLI Ironi the
lolluwing Westey Orplian Hoiise Trust IES.5(Kll. Benttfrflu TNst (EI 7￿11. Northumbna Mts1(x￿ Tru51 ILJ.0001.
tsi)rfield Wtrslun k OUlKlaliori i£.3.5001. C(M)ur¥(>41i￿a1 & Getieial Charilatle Tru51 (£5 1001. aiid I￿1& Nowcasiiè
Ceiilrtil & Easi Meiliudisl Circuil1£I0.(K)01. W6 ar8 IleeFty grat81ul lo al thp granl prowder5 for trew sdppuit. In
a(Jdltiori, Lord spok& lo (w mortws WIK) resp￿￿ed aThJ WOVKJftd the balaiKe of the tosl of rwittwi11
Tlir(whwl the yeal WA hrive Conl￿eled a Ncgamni& ol drat￿h1 proo(1tsg cornpleied a Inn9-lem) pl.￿e￿ Irj
coi)veri dll li9hliw 10 LEDS. The works were laroety Cu¥¢￿6d by a of £2 .450 Ir&ii IIM* DKK8se of
N?werfl5l￿ as part of rt$ Quid( Win5 ffor Nel Zwo, miltHIIv8.
Trinlty Church. Gostorth
Ihlethodisi and URC LEPI
2U2,1-202i hoen a very ch4longino yttar lor Tnntty Goslorth. Our mhiSI&T. Rffil Akjx Matibs. was lakon 11 ai
Ilie IIc9ini)Ing ol a￿1 l)ler dktywsed a tormin81 bruin iumur Sadfy h• passe* away ill Juno.
Tlie Lliuirh has supporl8d hls famitry an¢J mDuino¢ ihe h)$$ ol a iknar thend #nd mnstor
Th* ki•s ol 8 lull-IlrTk) MIn￿l￿ h8$ IrnF*Wtod ow aL*¥ewirren18.. h£h¥￿er. wo wefo ￿'Th￿d by a ￿all lime ministpr,
Deacon Jill He￿6r$Ol1. In sop1am￿r 2024 WIK) has swwirfod lis am ha5 txY)n a blessiixj. F￿111h1￿11 ?.hi&feh
rry)rnbers liave work(•Y its erL8uro Ihe 1,16 L)1 church c0ntsriu￿X. Wo havè groal suppoil If()rn Iho
Melliudl$l Clrtuil and vi¥iliTrg preaclivrs.
%pilo Ilie cn8Mvnws. wfr havo wdcryneo lour new by tr￿sla1. u*yJucie(J i¥n Inlani bapiismfy and
11)ree iJehDvvrs' bapiisiiis ljy lull Wo are beconyng a moffj church wolcoming nth¥ puople tsf
(Iidoronl agèts, nalionaliliès aryj b￿kgrOund5 Wilh thts In mind. aro pl8nrsiiw an COUfSe Iri Iliv Npw
Y¥ar
Thi8 year we ielebralod 2S y¥arx e￿¢0 rhts t￿11)9 logother ol Ilwev ihurr.he3- 1>)slL4111 URC, WwLIL)Iti¢t ftd &
Ilvgniie tdellityj￿ LIMKr*e8. Al Juty coff¢0 rn￿111￿ Ihefo were cl)Ildrw s #clivrtll35 Wl3id¥. and 8 88Q.
In In8 ChurLh, tt S1￿•5h0W ul afftazing 1r4ilslu￿naIion ol Ihtr bu1￿￿9 Jn¢J 8rt1$8quenl co18brat￿)ns was ¥hown
OTI 41 Inop duli)g Ilie morning. ¢Jr*Miiy many p$op￿ IL> sil *OiCh
WV hold a prayer arKI Day and a Trrty Tin*s 25lh Edllion. Al the end of
Sepleinb*r. eel*bratkJn¥ thlThaled of Worshp ￿ by Rw. Jor¢a Sew8N. Chair ol Di%iriEI. and
Wa strN& 1¢) rnake sKc•Sstb￿., wth lanjer ￿nI and COk¥es of 6erm017. Svrwtr.o al homg
%hi.'e15 ale btTrnl oul 10 12 mombeTS anrt tho servLe 's IM) 51re8n)wJ uii YouTube with appruxirnalell 10 coriidr4*y
a YnLing ChufLli 1% Ihrlving Willi bunday Nights Ovvr Tons mèèiw in pK)mos on Sund8y vvonirys ThE
loddlèr qiL>ups give fun, felltswship ano stspp(Ht Iv matry fanmlies dunryJ Ihe week Lile yrNips mèèt fLY lellcMship
n¢1 8ihle study afirl ha¥t> been opporftJnilies lo $h#rts lurtlw study wilh Sl ￿)hnS s LEP In KiryJsI￿7 Park.
AboLII 40 rnon galh&r nit)nthty fcK lYeakf851. fo4Trw5hip and *l Y￿aker w01T￿n s Fol&Thship In¥el monthly. liid
cxjr wee41y Frittay momlrig la tte$gn8t6d w8rm 4)￿1 and moiilhly Saturday u)Ilee rnrynings are vury well
aiiendwj an(J a￿ An orwdLifbily IL¥ u8 lo with cc*nniunily
Men s SIWJ cunlmues to ftTrak¥ ¥ hug8 impacl rn￿.3 Iwès. parbwlxrty Ihose beTe8ved. Ihe lonely
r Ihu5e wilh menldl healih Issue¥ While shariw Skius and rA(KJvcsDg son*. %¥￿0￿rful wluc'.s the 8rit
able lu talk l() each olher, a$ well as hawiry a great ijèal ol lun &monosl oit*., LliirvJs, ttrey have .'IiaiJf* holding
rosses Inal Iwve bew gIv￿Tr tv pefjP￿ m hoswi*. cwe h<¥ng$ and tts temiywly Ill. whith have beer) yre¢illv
4appreclated.
T￿llY Cenlre is well usety by rhe community. %Yiih many hirers as wom as our grf)ups. 2.500
wetrk OLir tKil￿1119. prowding us cs)pwtui)Ily lo txjikl relits￿s ¥wlh ow rx)mmunily
01Jr finances remelin str¢yig. willi £954n being <k¢nated ro t1￿ Walk8r and Dtsir￿ F(xNJ 8ank, ¢)ver and rAr
norii'.al th￿￿h anTJ ihdrity W￿¥￿il￿ents.
Trlie tire now In the proc05s of See￿n9 a fUI-b"me URC rnin1￿er and cofitn￿ lo k)ok lo G(Ml ttig leadership
Ilirough Hoty Spirit h tho mgn¢hs 10 cotnfi.
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CHURCH
TRUSTEES, REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
Trlnlty Methodist Chur¢h. Wallsènd
Diinng th￿ p&sl KIe1h￿l￿1 y*ar. liave toniinued ID our Warrn Spac* C(rffv¥ K4orning every Salwday. In
Iflo 5uiiimei the welconw roiDJIFS wgrrn t￿1 IT0￿rUl￿ the is pgoasanily C￿1. We always liavo 20 ylus
peopl8. mo51ty Irom lkne k)cdl commuiiity Some affr. rtsyuk4fs whlst ot￿ty are wm15Iwal visrtors or Fiew p8oplp.
Thp Cuuiicil rtnfiate I1￿lf ￿11-1)¥￿ IcK*Y on a Fntjay - p8rtswlady sandwth5 aiid s¢on(Js. Il's yrijal tnrit Ili&y
tuiilil)ue lo &) this. Sometimes thero s a kil. an(J olhef iK>t muth. bul It ty)es dL*Yn w811 witty mose wno
Wtr ¢￿tIllUe lo Video all wf S￿xIaY 5eNc¥s pul Ihwn w Yi)uTth. Thlg gnahkrys Ihose can'l attend lo
still Inkè part In Ihe worsliip.
Our Ynijlli Group. Gills 8rkJ&de Tèa Darte, Hll run by m•Mbpr% ()f Ihe chtKch eonitn(ie In do %4YII. The Girt
ngade heis gAin&d an èxtro ￿.￿. mibch IrJ¥ed by Iho yrwr¥Jesr O￿ts, Fjnd we havo i)ew ijirls Wft .'450
hav8 a To¢1(1￿¥ Groiip Scwls. bno OanoThJ. and Fotwml m Farth Chur¢h. tknt usè promLr4es. So. Iw
Yom15es arg fvl
Tho Yd•sl•y Orph•n House Trust IWOHT
Iho WOHT rocpives 11$ 1n¢Off￿ from groijnd fiL¥n tho I￿rn￿r '(Wan B. on NorthuTtx)daiid
Str881 in Ntthcaslle uwn Twi8. Tho Tru%1 alao rocoivcs a sm81 sum fTOrn in¥estnK)nl¥.
The Irust ¥llLxales an annual budyol ol approxhmllloty £25.000 grants. prwythliio worl Ihal SVPPOrts
childr¥n vulMr¢Jble Ir¥Jwi(ftwSs. rry>441rs, and a I￿ ffi(￿l) In ￿￿4:.202$ lh8 Trijsi lias fjraAlod 14
1fjdivK1iial grants 1018lling t23.400 lo Rvcovery C.hvrLh SC￿9 GAP K4¥lliodisl ChurLh, 8run$wic.k Uylliothst
ChurLlI. Sl. John s LEP Kin9si£in Park. Mwthd and FA1ry s Coynnwrty Cafè LiThJislarw M¥lliuLli$l (;hi*rLh."
Juiiili(¥1 42, W8si End w0￿￿an an¢J Contre Calvwl K*dw, Cwwfsl￿g, 8enw*ll, Ctrè51or-l¥-Strg8t
MoltKMJi¥l Church. C(Ylltrf8iones. Sh*A¢JI￿ Art W¢yks. w1 Her CirL￿.
Over Ihtr past year. lh8 TDJSI hag aypoiiite(l • Strcretary an¢J Incrnaswl Ils numI￿r of Trusleèg. I he
d¥siyn of a nebw dpp1Kal￿n ForTii will b8 d15Lu¥sed al u￿￿n}Ing ffwtsrvJ¥ A¥xl￿(anIS wim bo lo
Omp￿.1￿ the grant OPFAltal￿n lorm onliiTe and Ihon subrnil It IO
W& nav* also updalpd Ihg p•ymgnl by r¢wrvJ to W*YJ. Inslgad ol u5111g chequB5. Wii¢h 1$ 8
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Flrlnd Ill HaiiQ rne8t¥ weekty. fffl • Twday, w) Tnnty M8thJdL81 C￿l¢h. Wallsenrl. Mie ain 15 Iu feduce gnd
pieveiil k)nehness and socol i¥AAaip)n Y) peop￿. E¥.h week our nEmbers are welG(MNed with a tsjp of its
aThJ Inon eiiioy a Mn<wrse h)rne c(H]ked Iradib(y￿I lunth Is Idlowod by a wtle ranfjo ol aclivil..es
InGliidww ￿MInISr￿n9. qU122es. ￿XIO S￿1$ games. th*r exerri3•$ and craft8.
The kilchwi ieam, bolh vulunteÉYs. providp yood qually fL¥)d o¥wy week and work nii d iuia basis 'wliiLh wryk5
really w811 WÈ Cont￿)U￿ to have 9ood fefjdW* Irofti Ihe rnembers enpy tssty nutrilK)us meals
We htive had six r*w me￿b￿S year One mtvnber enioywd Il so muth IhRI She b{c4￿h¢ ￿r three llleThJs I
It)Ilowing wrtpk Of Ihn%fr who iame w Iheir Own. Slrorq Ir￿[KISh¥P$ seeiii 10 bay• fom*d arid Ihey now meèt
up oJtyde Ihe cliib The memtyprs roalty do f￿r9 aiid Supp￿ ai)olhaf
Ttiere Is c.erlainiy a lfjl nl flin la(iohlpr al Ube club carli week bul this W￿UkIn,I ￿ possible wthoul tho leam ol
dVd￿lled ¥oKJnlpers wh). akMMJ Vlilh Ihe Coordinator énable tre cjub lo nin w()ollily every ¥￿.

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CHURCH
TRUSTEES. REPORT {CONTINUEDI
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
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Tlitr ￿1¢,? a yedr tvlrtsflls ai ￿141151￿r{￿f￿s LYX)tinue to te hvJhlgh15 Ot the Nwcastkn DistrKI's MWI8 cale1￿￿81 as
Ihe nigiiiber5 aPwayg feel wwmly w￿￿Tl￿d Ihere.
Ati Away DMY In Sepltsmly 2024 dl Ht)ughron4¥-Spnry f.hiircb wa$ enri￿ed 'A Tasits ol Porto or
corp(xaled Bib￿ Study. a Serv￿* with Holy C(xnrwnion Cioth'no. and a Prxyor WaI￿Lli￿r￿¢t7l Dance.
In Novomhor 2024. dl Poli1&1￿￿ MeiiK)di$t Church. the KIWi8 Iheir servico to IndiiLI Mrs Rosemary
Grfly as DIsirrc.I p￿sIde111 and rèc(xnn)IssK)11 Ihe¢r tsllier off*.er$. Che(iue5 weie w&senlf)d to Ihe oulwir
Presiilvnl s Projecis. A rbèw Inlroduceo. Rev. Jona Sow81. Lh•f ol Ihe No¥￿a$lle DislftrA. was 11
Dreacl)er.
A Briiig 11nd Shar• Disliici dM)ne¥ hdo ai P￿TrICIa￿l Meiimxlisl Church in July 2025 aTrJ I￿.1￿d*d
Enlor¢8lniiieni.
Wlnrld Cliiirc.h Day was rthybbrai￿ iii 2(125 at Si ￿nrtrt￿'s Wid St Malk s ai Nevlhwm by I1￿ wh*re
MW114 Inenibefs cnioyeo 8 lak by Isabd on 'RèaLhiry tho UNea¢hed In Inoia. I(￿1￿￿d by a &ln(I
Tlirwgh lief L)bYn ILindraigng find IhroL¥)h Iliv lunrtraising ol the IAWIB NeWc￿$t1? ￿Mbli78￿. tho
Pr8sideril ral8@rf th8 SiITry ai r1092 her chosen proiKt, TYr￿J* Hotsp￿ 81
Shl*ldflold Art Worka ISAWI
Exhlbitions
Th• Hoty Blseuit
Tlitrre were >1# ttxhibilions ¢Juiii)y Iho y8ar
SoptemberQctob9r 2024 11 Playlng Oul
1 4rltcrorAiWt ex￿￿tK)n IiTr Io LWTmun+ty t￿¥￿$￿111)n$. èxp￿11￿ our conn&MKJ114 with
place atyj 4pM¢o as our (Mn ￿Y1￿ fiekls v￿￿or5 were iiTrYilod lo respui¥J by athJ¥w lo the gallwy w811$
U¥lllg Ilio paiiil Isrovided 11 grew up Inio a rioi ul <x)buT and C￿lebrat￿ ol pl8y
Novembor-otcembor 2024 11 Craft Actlon Coll•¢tlve Exhlbltlo
A gf11wilrig 4ltKJ CO￿braI1￿7 [)1 woth by Cr<ift ALlitwI Collectrve, a exploiliig ucliwsm aiid
issu￿￿ in the iiew5 Ihrwh the iiitirtium ol Udli Lind prifil*i)dking Fr(XTr Jaiiuary 2024 %lilrtAd
docvm8nling llrtworks aiid éncoiiragwwj thp. group to wrrtB lab81s arlicLdalry 17liidts a piéc& or
This las Ihft pJ¥posè ol ftw•iiraoiN4 U*cilive arlicul8iK)n both wsually, IhrrA4PI s￿r.h rin0 n
wriling 11 1r18<) ￿lI￿S law1r ros 81) exh,.b,Ik?n ol grrjup s wwk giwng lime and spacw ￿ revisii Ideas lor
ILirti)er rellortK)i in a WLwld vthpre iiwl IdÈ*s Hre 30 rnydty wnststr*4Y.
F•bruary-Mat¢h 2025 11 Take O¥•r 202$
rèktp lknr 15 SAWb ttnnual pr(ydrnmr 5W*as¢rw erne[￿n9 ariisls. as pail uf our ¢tsmmitii'&ni I
IIPP)t1 up C￿nIng laleni. This yèar s Ihino exhibiti￿15 I￿￿ery 81 u1)Co￿lorta￿e expprivnr.ns as a
Ytsung wornan In Newwlle. everwjay troHenges al lfvlThJ c￿ a remote larm al￿ the Klentilies ol artlsl
and molher
April 2025 11 Jagged Edg•$
Js9gprf Edges tin eKhthtW L4 F*m¢m*ry. poglry. and ry•aièd by and fof Survivors ol
¢hurch.relaie¢ a￿Se. *1rtlsts drew links belween Ihthr own ex￿￿￿￿￿5 and Ibe ¥liyy gt Jesus as I
PPToachwJ his Iw.ifixi
May-Juno 202S 11 Sowing Cre8tivo Fallow
Ali InleidC'.livo exhibiliuy IX￿$*YefIIlg WL¥k, ￿$1 and ￿￿$￿¥8. Can rest bo a fomi ol rosistance
pmdiiclivily-ob5Qssod a'YJ Lw5urrrf)nqi workl? ￿ In swely i& and Isn I Irtrt* li) rost Wo11?
August 2025 11 Palnting for Fun
A wibraiii exbibi1l￿ b'Finying l(N)elhw an arJec1￿ DI arfjsls ￿￿(￿xI by their love of wnttryJ, With
tr￿b￿cl rnattgT frJryiTrg larwtscapes, F<ylrails. Ixal s￿ne$ anl bOt￿c81 Sfrjdiès. IhDr8 was
somelhirKJ lor every￿*
Workshops and Events
Songs ol Solidarity and Strength Part 1
Cotrmuiiily 8or,g wrilirig wc)rk4wps viilli sonwtws Gareth t)av*>￿nÈS Jt%J BrOiN¥￿) DaV￿s-j￿$.
resi¢ents arid a gn)iJP trom 11)& l(Kal wThary stlwl lo $hwe It*ir e¥penence L)f Ille In ShSètrJf￿kJ.
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CHURCH
TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
Natlonal Garden Schem•
SAW Prlrti¥ipaled for Ihe f1151 In Ihe Sd)onitr gi¥es visrtw LIMiue Kc035 10 over 3,300
exCepi￿oI pnvale g*dèns and raises *TrpressNe ar￿U￿ts ol nw51ng 8ThJ hgaiih cliariiios
Ihruuoh fl¢niissK)ns
Oiher workshops Ir*.luded Wreah.Making. HighlarKJ Cow Portrnrt.
SAW re￿￿Ved specilic furKlrw to takft a grwp ol *iinin w diff￿nI ctsiinKitNtMJ5 to VI￿1 tb8 Auckland
Prtsiecl in 8isliop Aiickland.
SAW rogulJr qrwps rtkth I1￿ Po.nilt4 loi Fun cil doss, Cr8ft Acb'on c￿￿￿11￿. and Shinldfl&ld Grryws
la r8gulttr ￿￿)￿.(1￿1¢Y y•denin9 9r￿p￿.
For lurther inlormaliw 8t￿1 8AW aThJ rts 8clwl1￿. plea￿ S•0 tMd> 51te'
Flnanelal posltion
InLOnTh3 fur lh& year 0￿115￿ 31 Augu¥1 2025 lola1￿ £7(J).3Q3 12024 £T94.979 fesulling in a surplus fur Ibe yoar
01 £28.524 1?D24.. £330.4%41. Furids trAalkYJ £2.3J6 680 at th6 yoar tsThJ. ol £19.351 ￿le r¥sI￿rI¢d liJnLIS.
wl)ILh ¢ire htTrltJ lor sw.lial Tr)e Holy and £2.350 810 ond(ywmenl lunds unf851nr.lvil rese￿0$
1011¢1 £2.31,1.97Y whLh I￿.*udeS f¢y skwial wrpose (Trf £32.206 Tho Hoty &'5¢Uli. tli 195 Iland In h¢ii*J
ill￿ L8? ￿1￿1$¢ Women in Ilril•. Ov$WN￿lOd fuiKls al IIM) ttnd ol ygar ￿n￿nI¢d lu £1,SW3,LX)5.
R•seN•• polley - g•n•ral lund•
ILWI o+ rv¥Hrwpq 14.
'Intoine **ich I￿￿M¢S avaiL4blo lo ¢h8tlty wnd s lo be expV￿￿y Ic t 11
Irus18t)s' d%creb(xi In fvrtwraiice of the chaTily'$ 04uclS. tsjt w11￿1 B N)1 yel sowil. commilled 01 dvsigiidie¢J.'
Th8 IrE*t) 18sèr¥eg of It￿ ¢￿irl￿ Ilwfelore el￿￿1¥719. f051nLl¥(I tuiid5. designaiod luii¢Js and fuiiiji
alwa(Jy111¥fj51ttd In Ilxed a55tils Free rese￿e$ ol ot Ili# y8&r •nd ￿lDUllIed lo £216.562.
Tha pokty for Ihe geiieral mang8 lund5 of tho C*cuil by the Iruslefys 1$ to hpld 1119
equlvrllryril ol Ihe relfftianl aiinthii em￿n¢ji[￿re. plus an e$l1ry￿le ol any flIKlualiMs Thp%o reserves rire
hdd in 11)e Conlroil Finance Board deFvBil accounl. Ulifestridod lu*Kls aro cuty8iilly )pltM Ibe r(Al¢y, Ilie
C•llLuII Mc1111r uiiig Truslfies dre concon*d atthi IhF5 dnd mindfd 10 *J¢lMs Ihe siliialiThi as soon *?S tM)ss,ble.
There Jre plans to tkjhnce Ihe wi ovor the rdkn)wng MY) or years and IhTrn ￿art lo rTrbuild resèrvè6.
Should Ihor9 ￿ a lurkJlThJ u151¥ then Ihg Klanaglno Tr￿￿ee¥ ￿lik1 mokè an app8al lo the Lwl Churthes.
Struc¢ur•, gov•m•ne• and mana9ement
Thtr) cli.?niy Is cnn1ro￿ed by 115 govemiryj a de￿* ol Irust and cM&lltuleS an ijnirr.DrporatBcI thinty.
flie chwrily's Ireayirprs of Ihè Circuil Fund5 e Iho lay Ciry%il Siewards 01 Ihe MtlllJg11(5 Trdsle8s Iistad
Pféviously all aro Idy e.xc'.&pling Iho p￿ven rniDi41erial st<ill. Cwiuil nwf4lings aw q8nprAlly nel¢ Ihro
Iimfls a year ￿￿lUde r￿reSent1£ t1¥￿S ol am Ihe Iloral churchosl aTKI prqecls Iri IlTre tifr.uil The
Superin4P.nd&nl M4ni%ler <Wr￿ ￿￿perVISO$ Ihe woth cl Its other Minl31ory In the Cl￿11? refK)rt$ to thls rr*abng as
o Liicuil Slrnvwds,
Tho fjovemng of the C*irnJll is Ihe conlerertTr. of Th8 Mpthodist Churth. Thé MethrKlisl Churi* Ar.t
1976 uives the aulhorily under ch The Metho(Ji$i Church arts. cons1ilul￿ t*KtirF. aTKS I￿sC4￿11￿￿ ()f The
Melbodi81 Chiirth 12019 ed,IK)nl log81￿[ wilh Thè Deod of Un￿n (AU ￿tsPle(l 19321 gvv¥iiI IIIV
acknvilitts of the Circuil.
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THE NEWCASTLE CENTRAL AND EAST CIRCUIT OF THE METHODIST
CHURCH
TRUSTEES. REPORT {CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGusf 2025
In genei31. Tli& P41ell￿dISI Cliiirch Is exLeplLwJ frofn ilie lo rwslef xs by the ￿)n￿birt0d efte¢ls of
soc.tion 46141 IA) DI lh8 Chant￿S Aci 1993 PaT￿raph 4121 (GI ol Ihe C1w..1￿$ lttxLepDori froni rey15lru￿or)l
R&(itsldlioiis 1996 d5 drTMiii(led by Stalijlnry In51rurnerrf 2014 ￿ 242 Th8 Circurt. IKM8V8f. Is a separate
e.g15101orJ Cliariiy. I￿￿}ber 1134265 11) Enu18n(J aiid Wales.
The Trusiees wlio havé sènied duriiig I11& yedf k4nd since the yftaf4end ar? set thtr IRgr?1 r?rtmiYistni'on
Prigft%. Th<* Ireriwiefs ICirc(iil Sle+vardsl ale apsxx.nled aiinu¥ly by Ihe CirLtsil Meelitwj and Ihp ￿￿)n￿g.1)g
dre aprK)iriled oilhor hy" Ilr I Ihp SrrJet￿ ol Trknirth Ihey <irD ￿￿￿1)erS." Ibl the Prea¢hers' Mee'.Ino Of Ici
by holry èx-orteio IMinisitTr's In yood sldiidiw (x liukjirw d Chsir.'c.l (y Lan[￿x￿)n4ll Offir.n ()r dilly tiprK)InlE)d I Ir y
Wurker*l In prach'c,e, up io seven LY(¥il Stowards may bo 4winied s8N• g¥nerdly. lof & minmum 013
years a maxinium 016.
The principal addre￿ ol CifrJAs bw*ers, 3olKttors •xl dher ad¥i90rg are given &8 Part ol Itie
ftf6renca and ad*i*nislraENe dÈlall¥.
Tlie CirLuil Stewards. Hcling Treasuror&. aro roS￿51b10 fof delailod examination ol Ihe Fii)ancial
Si£*lempnls £lntl loi reC￿lI1T￿￿ty Ih8Y a￿(¥￿017 by the Circuii Meetsng One of dcggtTulod
TrvasiAr¥r' 4inrf m?r in role L8 10 miinaoe Ihe flnances ol lh& Circurt assl91￿ by Ihè CiiLuil Accoutlis
Th¥ CirLuil is une <)f f 2 rjl tho NvWr.ll5t￿ Dlstrict and ha.% 9 Incal Churchos110 pren)Isèsl. of which 5 Aré Local
F.r,umonlcal Partnef$hiDS Th¥y are cDI)iaLlab* wa Iw piirKipal Ddd1¥5s Of tb.e Ciri.-uil Fiinds aro Iranr41crro¢J to
Circuil on a r¢ygiilar io nvJg1 the commrtnw)ts tQ Ihg Olslria li* upkeeo ol Ihg cl￿￿1¢.
Stalgmenl ol truste•$' r•sponslbllltl••
Ill￿ Iru.41ftLiS aro r•spiw151tye IOI rNepafiW the Tru￿8¢¥, Rewi gnd ¢he flnanual sibletrvnls In a(t(YdxnL# l*llh
applicab￿ Lw4 dnd UiiilLd Kingdom Si4nrlard* Iunrtod Kin9tlom Generalty AccoPt8d Accoiinling
PraLkncei.
The law 4pplicabio 10 diari1￿$ in EiiyL4nd Jnd Waltrs iequirn8 Ihe lryjsloos 10 yop8ro finHncial 6tstomon15 lor
HLII finanr.ial y&¢lr give a tr￿e antt lair Vie* ol rhe $tsle cl aff&.r¥ vl Ihtr diyrily drid uf Ili¥ IiiLuniin
rssource¥ 14pp1iatK￿7 ol rtr¥tyArce• of ihe ¢lwty l¢y tho1 y4Jar.
In Pf¥P¢lfing Iliwse finarc.ial slalen?enls. Ilie Iru5tees 8re requwe(I 10
5elecl suilable acctsJniiiig whc*s Ihon ap4y conystenify".
- obsFJrve tho. rr.elws and wwipk)s'i' Ihe Cbaniie$ SORP.
)￿Jg￿l￿t￿lIS EJnd o5tifflai85 Ih¢il we T8ami)le ano pruoent.
state wl)elher dpplILatA¥ dLLOLii>kntig sltitidiirds tsye IdkThod. subJo¢1 lo any mai•dal departuras
diEr.In4od rind pxpL41ned i? Ihe linai)rJ81 slatemenis. and
kyevare Iliv Iinfl')elil1 sl*11nfMnl% ￿ 100 gtsing conc•m b&*s It ts .,Mapwo￿aÈé 10 pra5Urn* that Ihe
¢*arily wll coniitiue in ope1&ti￿n.
TFIE Irusl*iiJs 11rp rpswiisiblo for *eopng suffoent a¢0￿nI￿￿j recortjs that ,rfisclose with rèasonaNe aicJrè¢y al
any linie the lir}3￿14 K)ositsDII t)1 Ili¥ ty￿rIlY i￿1 Pliab￿ iIEm la ensure t￿11 Inp. fin¢itr.ial 5147le.nw.nls rm)ply with
Ihft C.hclfilios A¢t 2011. thè Chwity lAc¢￿rnts aTKI Reportsl R￿ula￿Oi7$ 2￿8 pro¥igMb DI the 1rt1s1
deets4. They arv &5() reswnsiblp for v1r9ij￿7IiJ,ry th¢ a%vls ol (yianty and henc.? for IAking reasrJnatle sieps
for the prevent￿￿ and det*11￿ of fraud aiMI dlier irwulafiU"tsS.
Th8 Iruslees, report wa% awrrwod Dy th8 6¢)ard of TfUStees.
Cu)CtA
Rev A Wlkinson. Truslee
1112.
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THE NEWCASTLE CENTRAL AND EAST CIRCUIT OF THE METHODIST
CHURCH
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE NEWCASTLE CENTRAL AND EAST CIRCUIT OF THE
METHODIST CHURCH
I mpDrt lo Ihe trustées ￿ my ox?¢ mlnatth ol 1118 final￿al 51aiémwts of Tho Nvrt¢a%ll8 Cgnlr& and E451 Cwcuil ol
iThè M¢ihothsl C.hiirch ithe LI￿rIlY￿ the year ended 31 AiJgii412025.
Rawins￿lI111•s and b••l• ol r•port
A5 11)è Irusioe$ of lh¥ Lhariiy you are rèsptsnsil• Ioi lh• prfrpar8lK￿ of lh• fil￿￿1&1 slaiem8nts in acrx)rdJnc¥ wrth
tlie requironierils 01 the Clwities Act 2011.
I rtrport Iii respoc: of my examinaii￿ ol th& cw's finanoa¢ stat￿￿0ftts Larr•d ryjl un(ter secfjon 144 of tho
LhariliPS Aej 2011. 111 carrying oul my OXrim+natm I tr￿¥e Idly￿ Ihè Thrédiws given by tho Chariy Comrnission
LIiKltrr $&cl￿17 1495Mbl cl Ch¥il*sAei 2011.
Ind•p•nd•nt •X8mln•rf$ itat#m•nt
Sine.e Ilie cliaTIIy s gOSS IDG(￿￿¢ tsxcp.eded t2￿1.000 the oxarrrfrKy musl mvmber of a bocty I'sled
In se¢tK>n 14% nf Aci 2011. 1 cw11￿ that I gm quair￿d 10 undertake 11)8 8XallllllatM)n fJ8caL15e l am
rr*irntw dACCA. wi¥th 1$ on¢ of Ilsi•J Ixths.
I hHve Lornpleled niy examnaith. I ct*hmi Itk71 fio matt¥rs have come to my ati•ntMM In CLJnw.Iion wilh th¥
ex8n1inaiic￿ ￿l¥ll)g me 10 l￿1¥¥*> Ihbt n aiiy malorial r￿pett..
,ItLixJniin9 weiè ￿$1 kept In rnspe¢l ol t￿ rthaniy as rewred by 8•cllcffi 130 01 thg Charrtl¢N Art 2011.
Ilie li118nc al slaieftwnts do Mi xc(xd ￿tIl I￿Se rethrds. or
the firnanoril $￿t￿T￿nIS nLX compty ￿th Ihe appI￿a)hI& r￿¢￿￿m￿lS conetwThNJ thè iwm and ¢(￿1￿nI of
liiianrial sldlhmenls s•1 out *i tho Charillo% IAcwJnts ana Rekvlsl R8oulation5 2UQII olhpr Ihai) aiiy
requiremenl Ihal Ihc ffftartsal 51a4emwils gve atKI lai¢ view, Wh￿11 is li￿ # mdltet L￿bide[e￿ pan of
.?n IndewdeN exarntyiatvjn.
I hHvg T￿ cont*m% have coniÉ* ao¥oyJ no ￿h￿l m8tlofs In wiul U)0 oxainination 10 whicli attornllon
shDuld b¥ In ihls reGrf m ordw to LDJwslandino ol ¢be SI￿1*[￿¥111￿ tu bp fe¥Lli*d.
Nich¢Yas Cunnnghwn FCCA
Robson L&dlerAccoun1￿18 Lknlted
FErnwo(Kl House
Fernwo¢>J Ro&1
Jesmo￿l
Newcastle Tyne
Tyne arKJ We8r
NE2 1TJ
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THE NEWCASTLE CENTRAL AND EAST CIRcurr OF THE METHODIST
CHURCH
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
Current financial year
Unr•*irlcl•d R•*irkt•d Endowm•nt
fund•
funds
lunds
2025
2025
2025
Total
To￿1
2025
2024
Notes
Doiiotions and Jegacies
422.814
6.097
112.940
184.141
64.253
487,067
6.097
112.992
184.147
652.624
fj.475
136,880
52
Oihef irwrne
TotAI Incom• and •ndowm•nts
725.938
52
79),303
795.979
18
131
21
Chthrftable actr￿$
703.358
59.751
763,107
727,765
Total r••tsurc•• •xp•ndéd
703,374
59,751
113
763.238
727.786
N81 g1injlllo￿O5l on wiVe¥m￿lS
1,441
18
1,459
262,261
Nel mov•m•nt In lunds
24.C65
4,$02
1431
28,$24
330.454
Fund bala￿¥ ai 1 SeF*tmtei 2W24
2.￿7,914
14.849
2.393 2.3CQ.156
1,977.702
Fund balan¢•• at 31 Auqusl 2025
2,314,979
19.351
2.350 2.336,680 2.308,156
Thé Slalerrnni of linanLial a¢iivilles NKkKJ&$ al galns and bsse5 rowJntsed iii Ihe year.
Thts slal•m&nl ui finanrjal 8cliwt*s InclKSD> 811 gall￿ lo&￿ focoYrH￿Y In Iho yw hjl and 8xwidiliJrè
de1.ivtt from conlinuiiig JLlivtho&
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THE NEWCASTLE CENTRALAND EAST CIRCUIT OF THE METHODIST
CHURCH
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTivmES ICONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
Prior fin•n¢ial y••r
Unrns¢rict•d R•¥trkted Endowm•nt
fund>
ndo
fund•
2024
2024
2024
Total
2024
Donatsons aThJ legages
Ullio. Irading ¥.tiVIt￿$
InYe81ii￿nts
649.307
6,475
136,81Y
3,317
652.624
6.475
136,880
63
Total in¢om• 4nd endowm￿¥
792.599
3.317
79S.979
Raising liinds
15
21
Ch8ntabL8 •Cb¥1￿&S
727.256
727.765
Total r••ourc•s •xp•nd•d
727.271
727.786
Nat gwn•llbs8081 cffi Invrtinwrts
262,074
187
262.261
N•t Ineomlntyloutwng) r••ourc•• b•lo
transl•rs
32Y.402
244
330,454
N•1 mo¥•m•nt In funds
327,402
2.808
244
.454
fL￿d bolarKes Bt 1 September 2023
1.963,512
12,041
2,149 1.977,702
Fund balan¢w 4t Jl Augv¥i 2024
229),914
14.849
2.393 2.308.156
The. Stal￿￿￿1 ol firi8iidal Indud•g all ya¥is ￿ b)5ses recw*a in the year.
The 5tHtemenl of fiftwal actbvth'o$ rtkKJèg all 9atns and i(￿seS fecogn13cd In Ihe year. AJI arml expéiiditure
derive ITOM ¢rnlinung a¢¢ivrtks.

THE NEWCASTLE CENTRALAND EAST CIRCUIT OF THE METHODIST
CHURCH
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 AUGusf2025
2025
2024
Flxed o•••t$
TAngl￿e ass&is
In¥￿[man1 prowt
13
12
263.412
240.CiK)
272,260
240.¢XXJ
503.412
512.2fA)
Currant
Debtor5
Inveslmfjnts
Ca$h at ijart ar*J kn h8nd
14
1S
S,120
784.767
1,097.629
9.539
783.503
1,056,185
1,887.516
1.849,227
Cr•dltor¥: Amounts f•l¥ng du• wlthln
on• yoar
16
154.248)
153,3311
Ntsl cwrent awls
1,833,288
1,795.896
Total Afjs•t* l•u ¢¥rr•nt liablllll
2.336.880
2.308.156
Capllal fund•
Endowment fthas- gBr•l
Ineorn• lund6
Resiriled funds
21
2.3X)
2.393
19
19,351
14.849
Dosign818d lunds
General un¥estrided
..1595.(*)5
719.974
1,634.684
656.2J]
2.314.979
2.290.914
2,336.680
2,308.156
The finanual stal8npnt5 were approved by lh• Twetees (￿..................-.....
R•vA Wllklnwn. Tnt¥t••
25È/z6
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CHURCH
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
202S
2024
Ci$h Ilow• from op•rating acts¥ll
Cash abSO￿e￿ by ¢)perafr.￿5
24
1261.4791
IIU,2¥11
In¥ostlng aclivitios
Proceeds frorn dIs￿S81 ol tsngTrW? fix•d
aS5ets
Proceeds from tsFK)0o1 of in¥ostmsnts
In￿tr￿n1 Sncome recwved
189.736
112,992
138,8PA)
N•1 ¢•sh q•n•r4t•d Investlng adhTiII•s
302.923
138,872
t4•t C4•h gonoYat¢d from Iln•rtlng Aetlvltl•¥
N•1 In¢r••s• In ¢Mh •nd u•h •qulv•l•nl•
41.444
126,591
C*sh and cBsh al begInr￿ ol year
1.056.18S
929,594
Cuh and ¢a•h •quiv•l•nts •t •nd of y••r
1.097.629
1.056.16S
19.

THE NEWCASTLE CENTRAL AND EAST CIRCUIT OF THE METHODIST
CHURCH
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
Aecountlng polkl•s
Charity Inlormatlon
Tli¥ N￿4VI4?￿lI￿ Cei)Iral anLI Exsl ClrcLNI ol Lhtr M*ttw)thsl Chwtli bts a unMwtpor8ted clianty Ichanty numLwr
111342651
1.1 A¢eounting conventlon
The firwnLkwI 81alemenib li￿?￿ l)oon prepafed wiltt ilie ¢harWs tywerniiig dtMXJTh)nl,
C.h¢ltitl85 Acl 2011 an(1 "kn£ounlry atKI l10K￿tIr￿J by Chlir4bos'. Sialei¥*i)l of Rorc)mnJetwod Pl8Cl￿
akyliLdtMft to Illdrili&s rh￿r aC￿niS ￿th Iho Finon£wl R¥puriing Swndèr(I
aKylic8lJe In tlie UK and RepublL OF Irel￿￿ IFRS 1021 I￿1￿￿tIN0 1 j￿￿￿ry 20191". charily Is d Public
8￿0¥fIl Eniily as,Jefiiied by FRS 102.
Tho financi& SWlornent5 are FYepJretJ In storhTrg. *ffiich is tho liJn¢￿SnaI eurtw)cy ¢)f Ihe charily mtsnv.tary
mo(Ints w Vwse finanr#al statemènis ar¥ r(XWKJBd to Iiiè £.
Tile Iii)dllcidl 514lomoiilS ha￿ b¥an pfoparo<1 the hist￿C￿l cos¢ Th8 principal acc(xJtiling
px)Iiuos ¢idopi8d dre 501 bebw.
1.2 Golng ¢one•m
Al If.¥, liine ul awruviTrJ M frnaock91 stdl¥nwts. Iha Irusi¥¥s #Xp&Ua￿on thai Ihe charity
has ddttiiullc r950w£es 10 conlinuo Jn op￿al￿n01 ex151once IC￿ ￿￿e￿)￿able Ivlure TIIu5 iho Ini814è$
cMlinUè iu the coTvn ba*5 pl ￿￿o￿ntIllY In ijropanng lh8 IinaiwHI stalorTWIS.
1.3 Ch*rltAble fund•
UiirL¥4lrii'.l*id Iiinds are ovtiih7bkn uso al d18rnt￿ ol th& tnJSt￿s in fvrther8w of Ihew CharilaL￿tI
o08cli￿s.
Roslriclèa runds dre $ith18cI io speof¢c rA>TrdlliL￿s by dow.% ty grtinlors as iu IK)w 11i8y mgy b8 us¥d. The
iises ol ilie reslncted fuThys artr sel ¢Mrt in notès iu slalemeiils.
EndJwmonl fwd5 we subpcl 10 8r*dlk ecrfbthlbjns by (h)￿8 thai tha c•ptsi mst b¥ m8inlainad by the
charity
1.4 In¢vme
IneDme Is r8cwniqed Iho thwity i8 leg811y enlrtlgd to il aller any perfOnr￿ C￿OI1￿)n3 have beèn mèl,
tho an)￿nIS bo mèasured reh*, aThJ rt is proboble that int<*newhl be rernwo(J.
Cash doi)dliuns aro recogni￿ un rnr.eipl. olhèr dth81￿n5 afe r8cogTrl￿ On￿ Ihe chBrily 1i8s been riot.fied
of the (Jonalioii unles8 pertom81)c& c￿￿lI￿n$ foquire d8lwrdl of Iho 8munl. Incutne tax r￿￿O¥erat￿¥ I
rellilion lo re(*ivtxl un(knr GiftAid nf w¥en￿l is iecLiynL8rJd al the Iinie L)1 Ilid ¢lonalion.
L8gao85 are recogni5ed re￿Ipl vr c￿e￿i3e rf Ihe elwity has been r￿lf￿ cl ￿ In￿￿￿1￿ dstribuuon.
Ihg arnowl Is krK¢wn, and rncelpt Is gxpocled. Ir Ihè 8mwt L• rx)t kn(Awn. th• logxy is tre8ted as a
contingent Jss¢t.
1.5 Eyp•nditur¢
LiJLililies ,4r*% rpcognise£l as expenrtiliwe as soon as thero Is a ￿al (* umislrutlivti oN'th4tKJn Commilling die
'.y to Ihai expondiltiro. il 1$ prob8tAe. thai a Iranslw ol ecunnfflir. ￿nefItS wll reouirrd In qètilernefil lind
the dincAini ol ￿e obligHL'(y) can be Tr*asuietJ fe43bly EXpe￿I￿Vre Is accoun1￿￿ tor on 311 aLcwal.4 ￿$1$ and
hgs b*i L￿￿51f1￿￿ v￿le1 Iieddiriijs ltr.al ￿gregate all cosl rnlaièe 10 Ihe Laleg(xy Wh8rÈ CObt5 unnot b8
dirirlty attribdl8d ID [jart￿￿lar he3diThJs they have been allwlgd Irb aElivsbe$ on B btJY5 CryIGl8lei)I wi'.h ih
use ol resource&.

THE NEWCASTLE CENTRAL AND EAST CIRCUIT OF THE METHODIST
CHURCH
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ICONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
Accountlng pollcl05
Icorrtlnu•dl
1.6 Tangtbb fix￿ aJs•t
langible Iixed a5501s afe m•asLW0d ai ¢￿t and uthequenuy moawred al tX151 or valuJb"on. net ol
dtrpreciatKm and any lnwwn￿nt kJ5ses.
Oepr8crab'Dn r8c(yJntse¢l $0 as lo ￿lte off Ihe cosl c* ¥*uat￿In ol assèts1o5s Ihoir res*#ual vakws nwer I￿r
li￿lu1 liv& on Ihe loFknwit¥) base5.
Freeho￿ laThJ and lw1￿1njs
c0ftw￿•11
•lr>*t over 100
over 3 ye
Th8 loss ansing LYI the Qi¥x)sal ol ali assei Is dei#1rTiiiwd as the differwKe belWDen Ihg salè
prrxxeds aTrJ Ihe C¢¥rying value of the a5sei. 15 rewiised ifi ￿ skilpnienl ol finawal ntliviliag.
1.7 Inv•8tm•nl proportl•s
IiivpslNn¥'.Iil k>ruperiy. 'hfvch Is propery lo eam and1￿ tor rap*ltd 8ppie¢ialion. Is iniliallv
rvcLWiil8e¢ ai rD51, which the wrchaso (x>sI any direejly allrlbulabl& oxpoii(lilure. SU￿5e0110rn1IY
it $5 moi•su¢ed ai iaii al thè i*porting dale Tho suryAus or dekil on wvauatKJn 15 ror..ry<Jnisèd Iii
KKofil or loss.
I,fj Impalfm•nt ol fix•d ••••l•
Al Ooich rèponiTr9 ond ddle, the chir rily ￿￿ewS Ihg cffjttg amounts ol Ils tsnqible 8g¢fftts 10 ijelprmino
wheihor Ihere 15 any ..D(*CalK￿ ',hdl ilv)$e a*se15 have suflwwj ali wnp&rm8nt k)8s If any ¥uch Iiiarif)lioii
eii3lN. Ihe fe¢o¥•rg*bl* wnovni ot Iho aswl 14 •8rm•wd m ¢>rdw lo dolefmin Ihft *)xl*nl nf Ihft ￿7VdIf￿￿1
lo￿ Ilf anyi,
1.9 C••h •nd •qulv¥l•nl•
Cii&h aii£t ciish nfJUlVdle*,'.s Ir¢liMIo Lash ￿ hand, d¥w￿$ heky at call willi bank5 Dlhpr sN)rl-l#rm Iiquld
Investmonti wilh rnttlurilies ol threo rry)nlhs 91 185$. bank ovarthafts. 98nk ov•¢drafts aro sh()wi)
wIIFun bUrrts*+1￿jY In curr*nl I￿9￿111110$
21

THE NEWCASTLE CENTRALAND EAST CIRCUIT OF THE METHODIST
CHURCH
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS {CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
Oonatlons and 1èg•EI•¥
Unrostrkted R•strltti•d
fund•
nds
Totsl Vnreslnctsd Reslricled
rxls
Total
2025
202S
2025
2024
2024
2024
DonatwJry6 w¥1 offts
Assessm￿1$
(?rtinis receiv¥4￿6
Ailmtnislratron
Olher
494
494
155
),204 3SB,255
64.253
55.442
16.674
155
356,255
64.253
55.442
16.674
79.402
211.495
3,317
82,719
211,495
422,814
84.253
487.067
649.307
3.317
652,624
Ineom• from ch•rll•bl• acllvRI••
Unrestrlct•d
lund•
2025
U*Y••trlct•d
2024
Other tradlng adlvilhs
Books & incA)m8
Suridry Income
8.047
6.375
100
6.097
6.475
Inv•strn•nl#
vA￿trI￿•d En{lowrn￿t
lund¥
Total
Totpl
2025
202S
2025
2024
RAnlal iTrc¢y
Income fvom un115tod tr)b*strwts
Inter8st r&￿vable
49.580
16.365
46.995
49.S80
16.365
47.047
21.749
58.287
112.940
112.992
136.880
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CHURCH
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
Oth•e In¢om•
Utyest￿¢Ièd
fvnd¥
Toial
202$
2024
Net ga￿ on th.%Fo￿l ol falig1b￿ A558ts
184.147
Exp•nditur• on eharlt•ble actlvl¢i•s
Charltabl•
Charltabbe
)ctivi¢i••
2025
2024
S￿ff cosls
Oepferyaliw ond Swryyami￿l
Gitts and ¢knalk)n8
Ass8s8m6nts
Tr8vel
Repairs llnd pvcwty cost8
Pulpui supF4y
Tho Hoty cog18
H*Trd In Hand cos18
341.424
3,259
1.745
118.81S
11,472
70.533
329.979
3.325
1.230
109.065
12.405
81J.Jll
124.678
7234
109.097
7.625
680.501
663.107
Gr8nl ltsndirrtj ol Th)le 71
41.093
24.781
s￿￿1 ol *upport •nd gov•rn￿￿ ¢osls Isw not• al
Swpori
)vernance
21,536
19.977
21.700
18.177
763.107
727.765
Anatysi9 by fvnd
unrostr￿1Qd luNts
R*$lneled furKJg
703.356
59.751
727,256
509
763.107
727,785
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CHURCH
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
Grthnts p•yablg
Charilablg
¢tlvltie$
2025
Charmdble
47rlivilie$
2024
Grants lo in$littstkTh'.
AINE
5,375
4,939
7,467
7,000
Chin8sg Meth￿.$*
Brunswick Churth
Shieldfiekj Artwurks
Sl. John's LEP
Cr098 Cuttural Mnls¢ry
23,593
10,500
41.093
24,7e1
Support ¢o•¢• alloc•t•d to •CtIv￿O•S
2025
2024
Y¥lophon6
Pos¢age & slatlrmwy
Sunorieg
Go¥ernarKo c08
8.643
7.092
S.801
19,977
9,399
6.802
5.499
18.177
41,513
39.877
Anify••d b•hw••n:
ChBrit*4* pctiv4U•8
41,513
39.877
2025
2024
Govoman¢• co•1• Mmprls•:
Inde￿nden1 exthne¢s leo
Profeswonal servi￿$
4.863
13.514
15.081
19,977
18.177
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CHURCH
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ICONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
Tru•ts••
There We￿ no Inisiees, r￿uneral￿￿ rK <Aher Wefils lor Iho On￿1 31 2025 nor fry lh& year
ondod 31 Augusl 2024.
Tru•t4•$ expenses
Tho agJr¥Jle ain￿1n1 o( ￿￿ell1r9 and wbs15t0￿ 0X￿NseS fdM￿r$&d lo ts Iwsttres in felali(xi Iri Ihnii
lay wother and mM)Islerial rL40s wlhin the rhamy Iha year waj £14,089 12024.. £15.6851. rhe iiumk)&r
of person% reiniburse(J was 1212024.. 131.
OuriNJ the year It￿ irustees pDKJ sd8Des aryl sbpgnds for Iheir mlnrdwlvl or * worker rubs
?Ihin the Circuit
2024
S Hulclii118orh
S WalkAI
P Clo•V￿. TTrK
AWilkln50n
W Topping
G Morqaii
H Whil
J Hetworson
7.501
10.151
16.842
42,907
40.14?
44,451
3,535
37416
32.622
40 1J51
39.848
?,U62
3.3
10 Employa••
Th• avvragtr fnDlitw nunw of ampb￿s dullng Th year￿5..
2025
Numb•r
2024
Numbgr
Dirocl Charitab￿ èxpwjlture
monogan￿nI And adm¥7 oftl* ch
10
Total
12
Employrn•nt co•t8
2025
2024
Wggas sakgde•
Soclal securrty cosis
Other costs
270.762
26.520
44.142
255,a95
20.942
53.952
341.424
329,979
Tha key Mr?nfvJpmeni perwnrel ot Ihe thhrily iPKJude the Clfasil s1my￿s. the superinlendent oih8r
rnir¥sler¥ afe 81 managing Inbsw Total 8mpbyoe benefits ol key gomonl ptrrw.nei the
weré £d 1.032 IX124. £37.5B41.
There w8re no W￿0YeeS wh)se 8Th￿81 remuneralk)n **s £60.CW ￿ ￿￿re,
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CHURCH
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
11 Taxatlon
The charlly Is fr￿￿ laulk)n on N$ acliviuos t*L•4e al rfs ¢s applied tharI18b￿ purkh)ses.
12 Inv•*tm•nt prowty
2025
F•lr valu•
Al I September 2024 *KI 31 &4WSI 2025
240.0(M)
rile Investftionl PfCf>en*s ￿r+ mvaw ty ttUSts86 on 31 Awl 2024 Tl* w￿￿9110n was n)8dè on an
of?en nidrkèi basis by reference 10 t7wlel •vkJencfr ol tr￿art￿?￿ pnc*s klr proiiert*s. whjch the
Iiu%i&es Lkqievè rpi)reseiils lair v*e.
2025
2024
Freel￿11
240.L
24Q.O(
13 Taiiglbl• flx•d
Fr•11￿￿1 ￿Trd Coryuknr•
d trMlld
Tpt•l
Co•t
At 1 S8Pt8mb•r 2024
(k"spos318
332,487
16.5751
10,827
343,294
16.$761
At 31 AugLOt 2025
325.892
10,827
338,719
D•pr•¢latlon and Imp•1￿￿nI
Al 1 September 2024
Deprocpats'on rhar9ed ye
Ellminat8d In I•¥￿￿ ol dwsds
PA).207
3,259
19861
10.827
71.034
3.259
19861
Al 31 Auwsl 2025
62.
10.827
73.307
Carrylng amount
AI 31 Au9USt 2025
283.412
263,412
Al 31 2024
272.260
272,2fj0

THE NEWCASTLE CENTRAL AND EAST CIRCUIT OF THE METHODIST
CHURCH
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
14 Debto¢¥
2025
20Z4
Arnouni• faulng du• wlthin one y••r.
3.800
5,739
011ior dètknra
Pr8payrrwts afrj accrued iTr>)ffl
5,120
5.120
9,539
15 Currgnl ••¥•t Inv•sim•nts
2025
2024
783.503
Unlsted mvesim•nlJ
784,787
16 Cr•dltorn'. amounls lalllng wtthln on• y•w
2025
Z024
54,248
53,331
17 R•tlr•m•nt b•noftt ￿h•fi￿$
2025
2024
O•lln•d ¢ontrllwtlon •Gh•ii¥•¥
Charge lo profil (K bss r•8FéCt ol defin￿ c4rtfjbutth 8¢h
44,142
53.9S2
Th¥ chanly 0￿&￿81e$ a oèlinthl conifilyjh'on pensim J¢hem fLY am 4uall￿nY orykJyeD$. T￿) 8syot$ ol Ino
schemo 8re SL*paraldy Ircyn VM)$e ul Ihe ¢tr￿ty in an mdepondtsntty Hdfftn1518r8d furtd.
18 Oparating cornmltmwltg
Les8••
Amuuiils rvc(yJnised in profit or IDS9 as an trxpen5tt dunnu in r*&p8cI ol operallng base
wraweN*nts wre as lolkJw5.
Al Ihe reporliThJ end date ihtr clianty wisMDd4)g wnnwtments frx lutwe nwnimurn lo3se pryymonls undor
TK1n<ar**t￿e operalirg lease5. *hith r*1 dve as fol￿￿8.
20ZS
2024
3.593
5.390
3.593
8,983
Within y8ar
Be￿leen Iwo and fNe y•ar5
8.983
12.578
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THE NEWCASTLE CENTRALAND EAST CIRCUIT OF THE METHODIST
CHURCH
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
19 R•$trl¢tod lknnd•
The reshclpd fvncts ol tho chèniy comprise Ilie ijnexpènded baL¥tss ol d(¥*￿'{Mi￿ and grantB held r)n tru¥1
bit:¢1 10 speLific rA)rnJslions by IkMM)rs as lo how may be used
All
8•pton*er
2024
Incornlng
r•soure•8
R•sourc•s At 31 August
•xpend•d
2026
Sht81dfbld Arws
14.849
64.253
159.7511
19.351
Pr•wlou¥ y••r.'
At1
S•wemb•f
2023
Incgmlng R￿Q￿r¢•I At 31 Augu•l
r•sourG••
•xpgndgd
2024
Shgkffiekl Arfwks
12.041
3,317
1509
14,849
SI1￿￿riDI4 Melhrirt..sl Churili t.knsed as Lor.al Chuf¢h or Soc*ly. in abwl 2¢J)6 11)e preiTIig(IS Ware FÈnlod
l(> va:'ivu¥ i?rganisdliyn$ ind(￿lIxj a k)¢* radiu slaton. By 20119 thère wd5 a prog0$81 la s•11 thia hiit Rév'd
Riib Hawkiiis Iii r.onsuk8lk)n wilh busifiossrvav Rnmy ZaL proposed a radkrfil sugy¥sl1(￿ lo develoi) aiio
afls ¥xiKossiJn of Cnurth. a lurm ol Fresli EXWes￿on￿ of usiry Ihe pr¥rni8fJS fvlr Zac kiid trai lio
wniilrt Larry ijul. al his extbP.0se. a inajor lefufbis1i￿nl and Rob ￿￿Uld sgl up Ibe Or9￿1￿￿110Tr of ni)Ic.kly
beLiJmo kitrjwii B4 Fbe kluly 815wiI
Il buitsg opFwiio Ihe &￿Ul1 Fac￿ art gol￿ty Uniil rocenlty li has
opeiaietl swarHlo furyJ. bui Il Is f*h thHt 11 Shou￿ bo Bn iiilem* rKg8ni&alh)n of It* Circijit which
owns, 11.
The orui¥rl h85 grvwTi 5Jnd rK01￿5 ￿g1￿11.LanI granls IroJr Ihe MvllKKIIs1 C￿rTeX1r>Dal graiiis i-.Imn111113ti
arKI Is sèeri as an ifilegral part of fv. art5 $c¥iip In Nfrwcasllo T￿￿e dr* Ink5 to bDlh uiiiwersilips in
New:(1.511e thv on6 m StsThdAfkind as a5 Ou5etMn drtS &?r.nits[Iity I'f* 14oly 814r.uil Is Iiow
roc1chiiiy Jul lo rhe kncejl cornniuriity, xhools drKI olhw chur¢h88 n Sliieklfiel¢J. As well ¢75 syovidiiB gallt)ry
SViJr.o. tho pr¥mi$es are woll use(l. ftsr exarnp￿. Vliinliw lun Isvthiiiy ¥wlh tliosts ¥*ho liave 118iitth
profJlems1. sthools wwk * tthurr.h wrth a (hffefonce i)iKI.week servK&s

THE NEWCASTLE CENTRAL AND EAST CIRCUIT OF THE METHODIST
CHURCH
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
20 Deglgnat•d lunds
The unrc5trLI￿I funds ol im charily cl￿p￿se ￿ unexpeTrdod b818iice5 of d￿011)nS and granls WTh￿.h arv
noi %ubi¥ci 10 specif¢ ¢oThlilKXTrS by dwor5 and grantots as tr) hLiw Ihey may be iJ5cd. Thes¢ InLlude
e8Wtiaied lurwjs wNch Iiov¥ biiLdli sel asde out ol wii¢stricicd hjnds by ihe ¢rusle95 Inr AD&t_itic purwx)5es.
Al0v9n￿l in fund•
B•L•n¢• It Tr4nBkn 6￿¢• R•lOUfC••
I S•pt•ffth
X23
¥Trd
8•knc• at
31 Au9U•t
21125
2Q14
Property
Fw)d
G•ner81
urwes1r￿1ed
funds
1,522.391
112.293 1.834.684
318.834
1359,9491
1.436 7,595.005
656.230
407.164
134J,4251
719.974
1.522.391
112293 2,29).914
725.998
1703,3741
1.441 2.314.979
Tliis fl¥￿ r8pr8sonl% funds rolaliTrg lo Ihp 5a1& I￿1r0 Of fAnp.r rti¥N)Jlllon ol 19￿1 whith is circu￿ property
Tho. ￿7￿1110r11Y lo sariblloll 4¢heiiw.5 f(* Il* awtical￿n upiial nKrv)y In fiind rests ￿lIh tho C*LuII
In¥elin9, to Hpw¢val by Synod Th• l￿d ￿ rHpiw8¢￿ltt￿ L)y ￿¥￿4¢m￿nIS a￿1 L* iasl).
21 Endown￿nI lund•
Endowmient liirxts rèwFJS￿l as$eis 5¥h￿h n￿$1 Ihy hdd perrn8nefitty by Ihe CNqnty liKonio on Ihe
endowm@nl funds b& us8d wi affordarv the obpcA5 01 Ihe charity Indudttd as unre51riLied
IncoTh Any CBpilal or k)sses on th• as$8is f￿n pan cf Ihp fuThJ.
Mo¥•m•nl kn lunds
Tww•l•
B￿L￿¢+ •t
2024
2ty2S
P•m)an￿1 •ndowment*
The Susannth Gibs
memcmial lur
WR Oixon glft
S92
1,801
11
41
15
816
1.734
2.393
52
18
2.350
al Fun
ThLs fuTNI reor#8eiilS mnieb lefl ho the (hbrch in 1880 by Ihe latg Susannah Gthxjn U)e InCAyT￿ from whih
can be U50d'f￿ Ihe 54isten¥Ke ol Weswn Mristers.
This liind repr85wls M(xld lund5 Iranslerrthj Irom the luimer Auefi K4emixial k4Bth(Klist Lhurch an(J Is
U50d 81 the (*scr•lwJi of Ihe deaixffi.

THE NEWCASTLE CENTRAL AND EAST CIRCUIT OF THE METHODIST
CHURCH
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
22 Rolatod party tr•nsa¢tlons
Th8r8 Woiw rx) dixb5ablo rolato(t party tr8nsaLxkn5 trw) yoar I￿4 - lionel.
23 Analy￿5 of n•1 ••••ts b•twM•n lund¥
Unr•$trieted R￿tricted Entlowm•nt
lunds
fiJn(J¥
fund•
2025
2025
2025
To¢•1
Total
2025
2024
Fund bal8rL*s 8131 Augusl 2025
ie reprownled by.
TarvJibkn a8sats
Invoslment prop*rt
Current ass8WllabilllÈsl
263.412
240.OOQ
1,811,567
28?.412
272.260
240.(XX)
240.000
2,￿ 1.833.268 1.795.896
19.351
2.314,979
19.351
2.3￿ 2.336,680 2.308.156
24 C••h •b•wb•d by op•r•llM•
2021
2024
sU￿u3 for Ihe year
28.524
330,454
AdlLt$im•nts lor..
Invgstmeni Income reo)gni5ed In stslement ol I￿a￿lI1 8cbvlbo*
Galn ￿ disposal of tangsble nxed a5Sèts
Fair value and loss9$ on in¥6StsY￿I
Fair Val￿ o81ns 8rKJ I¢)$505 on invesimonls
Dopr8crdlion Impatmieni d t•%Jibk flxgd as80ts
1112,9921
1184, 1471
1136,8801
1206.0001
156.2611
3.325
11,4591
3,259
Movem8nt* In wowklng ¢4pl141:
Decrease in ¢JeblrAs
ncrea¥g In (¥wlitors
4.419
917
7.524
47.557
Cash ahorb•d by g￿rIll9￿•
1261.4791
110.2811
IS Art•ty•i¥ ol chang•s in net fvnds
The ¥lidrity pwd no rnalerial ttebt dur*YJ Ihe year.