Raplstefed Clwty Numbor 11405OD
THE CROSSING CHURCH
REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
CONTEKrs
Repts1 of the Churth c￿ncIl
Independent Examir*& Report
13
Stslemenl of Flnanct81 Adivities 2024
14
Statemgnl of Finarthl Athlllo4 2023
15
Bolance Shoet
16
N￿8$ forniing part of IhB fmanc681 statements
17-24
Prepated by
Williams Knowles & Co.
Chart(xed i1cci)Unt￿1ts

THE CROSSIMG CHURCH
REPORT OF THE CHURCH COUNCIL
FOR ThE YE￿ ENDeD 31 ￿1G￿$T2024
The Churth Councl present thdr roport along thtrfinanad stat￿5 ofTh Crosslng Ctwrchlor the
yearend•J 31 AwJust 2024. Thellrrand81 ststem8nts have been rKep8r&J in acurdarKe tmth tha ￿ntiThJ
polldes set in the acthunts.
The purpose of the Charty Is to a(Ivance tha Chri$ti8n lamh In Ihe¥Ma d benefit In 8(wrdanc* Yllh the
prinlyples and PTac4ices ol tho parucapauro ChuTthes.
To achkn ts the ChaityvAI angap In • raThJo (rf a¢knVrf[￿, emheron or others. IrKbJdknp
(but not rnstrfo*wJ kn):
a) cdebrntlon of pUbl￿*￿h
bl the teath1￿j ofthe Chrfsli8n faNh
c) mlssbn *xl eV￿￿j￿1$M
dl pastoral Indudlt¥J visiting thè and baraav•Y
el the prnvis￿ft céfadlhles wth a Chrfstian othos foTthe bxal communty,
Indudln9 {but not resffi¢#ed tol th8 8ld$ty. Iho young and othwgroLPS
speda nagds
f)Ihe suppcrtofolher thartl8s in the UK aThJ ovor8ea6
church Coun¢ll k •ware oftho ChaTIty Corm￿88￿1* Jknc•on putAic beneTr In th•"Advan(wn8nt of
RthU￿n for tho publ￿ Benefif and Iws r•Jard to k In the admlrlstratbn of The Chwc
The Church CourKil beJleveF that Church provlde8 benefflt to wblk by:
ProvkllNJ re80ur(x6 and 18cNths fcf publk wor¥hip. pastorat ¢arg and
spirftu?I, rnord and Intel￿CtUal d8vak)pmont both for Iho oJwr&JatKin
and for arwjne elsè who wBhes to 1Xnefftf￿M t•th* thtt churth offars.
PromotirwJ chr￿￿ vaues and $wvlc• by memt*rs of Iho 0)ntyegation to
th8 ctimmunty. forts benefit ofindNitluals and $wety aB a wthc40.
Provldlrg $*3nfvnt acc4s5 lo t￿ tMJlbYlng to (bmmunrty O￿nISa￿On3,
th8rltbs and olher organigalhjns olm f))ntribule to p￿1
btrnefiL
R•th ofth• ￿ar
R•vdJulle Co*ts•
On the pages oftNs report you wlll read crf many in whlth we are ￿le to fuWI our Mis￿On of sharfrrfJ Gorfs
lov8 arnl servhg lh• l(tsl o)mrnunlty Ihrough the a(ahltl8s and events that we o>orthnate or hogl at The Crosslng.
Yc*J ¥All￿n￿ out fflorg about thè Worsh￿ and pasknral carefvl Js offered byweth as wo11 as18amlTrJ thrt
the olher groups and organisthns thal make t￿￿1r ts)rn&￿thITr these w8Ths.
From the preparalkjn ol wular quLz sws to tyjr effor13 to tye￿me mre emWTDnmontalty frl8ndty. frcffn tho
Transport Ex1ibitt￿ to Wami SpaLW and Charfty Coffop i*)mlngs, from the Baby and Ttxjdler group to Saated
Exerci80 and slnging vAth L)em￿tia- the*t*Fk Ih81 we arts en9¥9gd In makes a dSffwenc8 to so many1fv85 and
I have narn9d only scraiche5 tha 8urfa¢e, the Ilst goes on on.
rm p9rti￿lS￿Yen￿￿ra9ed bythe way In ¥thich u¥e (Itho Café ¥rea cthlnug5 to dove￿ and by1hovffjrf¢
undertaken to roath young famll8s.
Thgnk you lo èvwe who has submrtted a report. Thank Jt*u tcK) to tho voluntews. who aB w wlll 8e8. have
Con￿but￿] many hwrs of servlce to the work Ihat Is de¥thbed in thls r•porL An ewssh)n ol thanks Ls also
due to all of those who addross Iho kgy opwatlonaj tssks ovors8eh byth6 truste66 lrtlydlng propety, ffinBn¢8
8afoguardlrvJ. data wotedh)n and ￿￿1¢Y impl*nwrtation. To a5$iSt pr(w$ wo have nw staff meTr￿.
Several ¢f our mwnbeTB have undartaken tralnlng in'Equallty. Dlvwslty and Ind￿lOn. durfNJ Ihè L861fvAw mnths
an(J eontlnu6 to seek way? In whith we ean be an nduS1￿ and welC￿1r￿j clwrc*.

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I b>)kfOrWa￿ to our¥nnual thwch medro whi(* grves u8 ￿ opporturyty tr) eThJage In Cubversation aboutthe
0fGC￿ 8t The Cros8lNJ and to 8ee whatW9198m from one ￿er as we grtrrt In tyjrfaith
dtscipthhip.
D•acon Emily Hortrook
Thls years, PRIDE was bigger an¢ better than evèr. (h￿and$ of peop18 FWAng into the slr88ts, paradlng
wilh'Dottie' th& Drawn B8ssetlaw PRIDE Sculpiure and cele)raUTrw k¢ve and diversty In all of 6ts l*Jukxty raint#Jv
r.
CrossiryJ Church wgrg delKJhtsd ￿ have a 8ts11 In th8 rna￿ety￿ wovk11rg tsmly athvtties a proy
SP8c*foT the S￿ft￿ ypar runnlng. We offered ￿pcake dgcoraUrrfJ, a ralnbow prayerw811, f*81k gavern&
8nd a chance to lafrt witrt our volunlws •bout the slgnfficanc• of th¥ dw.
On¢ Y￿n9 man sthbbl•d datwnlwjtywlth a pa¥wn￿l thalk and gave ￿ 8 kh)d 8mlle as he knft. h8vhw wliten
'Take me as l 8m-. AyouThJ boy askèd r￿Pcak0 dacoralirg was only for glts os there wwe a group of gl
¥wrva Ihe uaft. hg wos lojd in rKJ unc£rtaln twms that itw8s tr evèrJw￿. lo vlhich he b8amgJ! Thè rainbow
heart chalkad tin thg ground assgrung Ihal'God Lovas Af sums Y•￿derful 8vwL God wa8 In the mhlsl
everythi￿ and I1￿￿￿h the 8rnil68. ￿ndfi￿ CCrfNwsaVon.
W¢ dk4tributed 150 r￿1$ ol peTsonallsed lovg he8rt sweets and 3 trays of ¢Ul￿￿k83 sc*Jn dlsappeared. but it w45
atmspfrth and conver6a1￿￿ whlth re811y made an Impact, fTCffl the ￿￿¢¥J¢S1 to Ihe dilB8L l aLw donned
an lnfiatab￿ unlo)m costume was definltsty a ts￿rrIJ pJÉnl aNJ sèvèrdl were Su￿rISo(l and moved
to leam Ihal l am in 8 same sex marriage. b8iro present ond TN*lrJJmlng at ourstall was a re¥1 privilege and wg
¢8nl waf(kn retum ￿x¢ yearf Th8followlro dayThe syosslw haj a msonirwful PRIDE c8￿brat￿)n SgrYt¢ wlth
8uth a ttsltlveand •￿￿1r￿j alwKsspher•- wefod very b*sswJ.
Vl8lon•rfo• Group
The group m8t ry18rfy and Work￿ hard to wrangg nw and innovthe aforvJskle Dea¢on Emlly
H0&Cr￿￿ Thesa ha¥$ h)duded:.
Familyfilm nlghis- shovln9 POPLA* faMI￿fI1[ro on octashjnal Salurty uslThJ a proJe(aor
aThJ srJeen. othèr fxaft aefv￿￿8 and timg to that and piayw, but nKK8t k7)portantty Pthl
Fam4￿￿￿ dayB- Th05e havg been hekl In tha ¥Joy on 80me Saturda5% 8rKI ￿ alr￿d at
f•mllw 7Mth y)uryr¢hildren. They havè t￿ry￿ around Jul* LkM)*dson books. The
Gnffldo. Gruffalo's child, R(￿rn on th8 BTC4)m etc. Ind￿jh1O bts crf8caNfo8y stht8bl8 for und
S's 8nd them&J snackn IGruff&t* teeth, kmbbly kne66 etc).
Pw¢c¥nor In the café. Pr8ypr TBsources hava u8&1 to (¥ealg a *rBy8r tt>m8f aknngskle
the comfy thalrs and on Wedn8sday mumirys. vthen8ver Emty 1$ av*labbwe hav8 a pras
Trw)rnlng.
We O￿tInUe to tyto ensure that as often as p08s1b￿ wo fwe ￿e of c*Jr toam avaIl&b￿ for any
mwnbw of the publk to fY)me in. feel wdcom8 aNI h8ve a syn7pathetic tarlo Iksten to them.
Th&tearn are pl•MlTrJ Ic<s of duri￿ athent P8rfcxl indUd1r￿ the Chrthas $tory Hlw)Inated in
ow wlndows to hbhlEght tho.ro88￿ for Ihe sea60n' to poss&8 by.
Envfronrnntslty Fiiendly Church
At Th8 crosskng Churth we areKYklng hard to Inuease ourEo>FrloMW &*llles.
In Ihe offidal system. we Pwe achl6ved 8 Brc¥oé cerUfic* and we arewcrfkirg trAv8rds Slfver.
Wè h8Vg 3 number of pohts for TteTns that can bè Iwded ¢y rnwusod, Inejudiw used pla5Jc rnljk
botue tops (Yorkshiro Can￿r Rgse8r(*l, glassgs (Msion Ad thrseasl. t¢othpa8¢e tubes and brttshès
(Teracjrlè sth8mè} and grnpty crlsp paL*ets ITtsaGyclfr schaw).

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REPORT OF THE CHURCH COUMCIL
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MIGUST2024
Pa•tml Support T￿M
CuN8rfythe Churc4) MembersNp sland¥ al 99. Unfortunatéty not all of our memb8rn gro 8bltrto attend o
Sunday due to li¥Ang a dislance away or because ol hèawh Tga80ns. Ow Pastoral Team of seven trf
Deao)n Emlly. ￿deavOUr to k88p In o)ntact with all oftyjr mernbws.
Pastoral Team meet app￿XImate￿ everythra8 ￿K)nths and somè ofth¢ topks have ovw
t￿ past rrMJnth$ have Induded Home ccrfnmu￿On. Emgrgency Contaca Fonns tr mombBr8, Baptlsms
a￿1 Church Gc4 PaMts, In addluon to heartswJ atr￿11he health and welfare of ow manbw8.
On 3rd July 2024 the P88tornl Team held an aft￿(￿n tsa at The Cn)ssry I￿VaB well atsThJod. Ihank
to au who DJntrfbJlg(1.
Sev•r81 Church Membern have now completed Erne￿￿neY Cffitact Fonns that gfve dat•ls oftsmityoT frlgnd$
l&¢ to contact should they beDJmg unwdl. In an emergency tt Ls very helpful to hav8 this tt)nlact
WornNp Group
F(r a nuffthr of r*890￿ Ihis grow has r#)t ￿￿tfor quM8 somg tlm• but whgn Iho droad&l'oYm aTharo8m
tomi appaars on the quartety plan then w8 round up a few volunteers to ffi￿ht put togglhor
IIK)ught PTovokiThJ swvlce. Th•89 have usualty been c4fftwted by a small learn and have 4ky•8d creailvlty
and a v￿lSty￿S￿e5, plus fl course the Ind￿￿n dth• favouthe hymns of th& parftdpants.
Sh¥lng wlth O•Thnlla
Owgroup cthlnues to th￿Ve and ￿ h8ve a steady crf 30- 40 rnmbgrs. The *thYa9S
(xxydlnators atmdoria and GreenBcres Care Fh)mes conlnu8 to gfve ￿ thar ltro we hav•
had severaj nthv visitor5, both slngbs and coupb5. encojraglng.
Our regular enterta1￿5 have mt dl$8ppolntsd ond our tha￿S ￿10 FI)(h￿￿hWn. Ru5sdl Wo8Vor,
Stevè Kn*3ht. Phil Lawrence and of course Elvb.
Wo are wjalty grateful to tho $h)gers frt>m Ihg aNI of Qjurse ourgood fri￿d8 Derts8 8nd RogÈr Mor5den
WAK) give Ih8lrs8Thlc*s frgety wIllk￿ty.
Th& Chrlstrnas patywa$ on(* 8galn a great SUtt*$8 and everyom sp¢nt 8 happy aft8moon srying songs
tknlse and Rcw. F*her Chr55bnas ¢8m¥ and evwe Eeft Ylth a Chrfslmas Sto￿n9 fHl&1 small s8ason•l
glts. We ended with a roof rak%1￿ 'Oh. Como all yg Fwthfvl".
Wa ¥8 vgryforlunal8 to havg rgc4fvwJ s(xno vwygeneft)u8 donaUon8 t•thl¢h wlll he￿ fuThJ futuM8¥wts. Oui
Irknds Irun the f￿rfr@ for group M k)nger rneet and gavg a lawo donakn frcffi th￿1 (*51￿ bjnds.
W8 a k)vdYSu￿sg dmalSon from a funerg18nd f01b￿r*j on from Ih8t a donation f￿7 tr* Fr•èmasons, wtho
¥re ho￿n9 to becomè wul8r donors. We In t￿ch wllh them thmugh a yo1￿ fr08ThJ, Inbwod
Iheftst (*Jn8tton frcffj Ihe funeral gnd ha8 a vary involved and I￿111ng hdpw.
Shoe Box*•p•al
We wore vgryf(¥tunaleth8lor￿ agaln wa obtslned a substanifal ¢onat*>n from the Forestws Fri￿dIY Soc*ty
Wh￿ enob￿3 us tofill 100 boxes for the link to Hope. Charity. The genorostyclour tx)ngwatlon and
8UPWrtws m&ant that we were ablelo 9rve £3¢MJ t¢hVBrdB the transport (x)sts.
Ow thoughls and pr8>ws ar8 wlth all of the famlltes who rg¢we. not (￿lyOurs, but *1 donateAI throu¥* bve.
Many Ihar*s to al who helpÈ4 In anyway. hdplng to brirwJ a smll8to so many people in negd.
TlwY*d&y13rcxFp
The Thursday Group 1$ a long 86tsbNshed mwing for bjles of all ages arml persuasbns who meet to enTr)y
the c£fftpMnyofola fri8nds and to m88t newlrlends. Tr meeting ijsualty starts wlth 8 8hort crf relI￿On
an¢ devoiton fdkywed by vark￿¥ athlles wht(*b I￿[￿1e a lalk by a sp•8k8r w many varlous $ubie¢ts,
an aftemTr)n of games, quizzes or a dL￿uS￿on.

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FOR THE YEIR ENDED 31 *LIGUST 21124
IK*t rec￿t￿￿O h8ve enloygd hwing the sknes rrf some of wr mBrnbeT8 and ai19astonè of our
SPoak8ws. blrt aLso lalks on the h15tortc Boss ￿ Hardw￿. tho *tyien crftho Blbb ¥rK1 a vKJnd8rTul
8fterth?n Revd. Mark c￿￿71.
Ckcaslonalty we meel at a venu8 oth8￿e of Thè Cro$6tro aThl gnloylea, iy)ffe8 a￿1 ¢ak9 elc. at a kncal
garden centre ¢x ￿ 95tatAishment suth as the Aurora Cerllre. We also m8kè at lttast one ylsrt g year to
support I￿At3)M Theotra have sean excitfvJ FKoduthns over thg ￿rS and ofcouTre
out for Chrfslmas *Jnth.
W8 pay a 8ubscFlplh)n ¢rf£5 t￿ tirn￿ p8r>Bar lo (x)v•rewgns8s 8rMI anythiw¥J over b fvn to The
Crossing Churth. W8 havo a volunlary chartty box avallablo at each meetir& and mèmber3 vote on thè
arity they wlsh to $W)F4Nt at the of the year. We meet on th8 2nd and 4th Thursday crfoxh month
exceptforAugust kBt7A*ek In Dwmbw, m￿be￿5 aThJ visth are afrway6 wekome.
Grunw llon Lunch•(m
The Gr(mpy Nqen* Group was started by our much mlssed Gflff several ￿rS ago and bDth h trtt>tho to Grlff
and also b￿aUSe weall seem to erloythis gTr￿p we are ￿nth￿ir9 to rne8t in muth the way as It has
akways b￿.
TNS Is ono of ttrK6e groups wh*h have no 8g8nda, progrdmnpor M￿t￿lship rgqulrP￿ts savg for thè f8¢1
that all parbc¥pants 9￿l￿aS bdNJ'Grumpy ￿. ac￿rdIng lo othèr81 We meèt on the second Wedn6sday
ofeach month 8t 12.￿•M orKI enp)y our rngul¥r ol dth8r b￿n buttk%, chlps rp)ffeeftea.
v ttrtstws have thg Café In operakn on Wednesday&. run very ki)dty bystaff SI￿1￿nts ofNc4th Wls
Col*. we n¢MT haYeourffy)d and drfnk prep*9U for us. sowe have rt bn a pL8te' so to spgak.
Wg ￿n￿nU& to onkjy è8th 01h￿S ￿mpanYwIth ￿nY￿r$al￿n Va￿n9 fvom local i3BUeS. Int8mation* tx)Ittl￿,
finar￿ plu$ Ihe obNgaiory wJd¥les on buses and trains, then of C(￿r8eth￿e ore 8H Ihè athe8 and palns to
be ly6￿88ed as wdl as other important tOPTh s￿h as rnadworks. wJlfv)les. bail ￿TkI￿j and anffting 81ge
that In(xgasa6 blcrf)d prBssur8 Irom tirne lo time.
Each me￿ng LN181￿ lasts lorat*)ut ¥n hour and wèfft neatty knlo the ¢81é spa￿ ar0￿￿ th&cm ehalrn.
N Is a group, Is very lhor8r￿rtlC and lummyenhandng.
Tha Group
Thb grtsjp r6 a small band Ofp￿p￿ who On￿ belNJ uealve. W8 meoton a Friday mmingfrcffi 10am lo
12 rthn. The woth tha grr*up produces is dispk7y&J In the café •w and I￿9¢8 0)n￿e￿￿ of internst and
app￿￿tratIon.
In November and C*¢emberw8 ty to inVo￿e ￿ whdg chwth tololn In the Chrfstsnas theme. Earflwthi8
yearwe hat1 a swcessful exhlbltkn in the Worksop Libtary.
AnyDne Interestèd nioining us VAII b? veryw01￿m9, m8nystart tystyrrfJ"but l eanl dmv'then su￿riSe
themselves 85 Ihey athlevow*nderful th.
MIX￿1 Trnmptsrt Exhlbltlom
We have had &lodel Tran8POrt ExhlbHh)ns, th1$ year ha¥lng two. one in march and thè swxjnd In
Septsmb8r. These exNbthns arefaldy UnIq￿ in th¥t twfeature. wllh equal emphasls. rnodd rai￿ayS
and buw th$ btter Ind￿j11￿j trams tro118ybw.
Ethltxtors ¢￿ from Th8 North East, North YorkshSre. Lancashlro. M8nche6ter and Stsffordshire as we
as r￿re bcaltyfrom Yorkshire. Detyshirè snd Nt*ttirghamshirg. The exhlblts are of drfferent seal99.
dIff￿t eras and some are rur81 whoro othws are urb8n or indusblal. This yewwe hava had a bit of
rnsl8lgkg with the Fkjmby Dublo group cyorathng vlntag8 tralns from thè So's and 60%.
Whlkn much wortm Into plannlng the exhibltths they onty a(lually tak• pf8co becaus& of Iha amazlro
SUPPOrt￿ by lots of volunteers, of￿1)￿rn are church Memb￿ but dso Irf￿d$ who al￿ help
In manyways. ThL8 InchJde8 makiro and sèmng refroshmèftts. $tafflro tho paydesk. pwklng. movlng
and then ieplaclng the church fumttur8 8nd the dlstrfbLrtbn of promotk)n81 m8terial pmr to lh8 ￿ants.

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The Cr8fty Conwmeets each W8dnèsd8y 10.30am ti1112.00 nocffl.
This grDUP ra ￿)Ing ￿11 al thg rnomenl, wHh tsvo ngw n)8rnbers Ic4nkng us durfno this year. One has commented
'1 apprgd8te wmthg out to meet othar kn￿l¥r￿, I ￿loy￿ c(#npaW. Th8 momb8rs ro8ltyshthv conc4m for
¢ther mwnbws and support wlth P*. wSth pffjj8(ts and indwual neth.
Ats well as doing individLTral prc4ects. Irff￿1 mgmbws ryMke Itdng9for varlous tharfues, also tg3etherwe kn
squares to rnake bLqnkets. tsst Year￿ dcnated 6 blankèts to Llnk lo Hopw. Member5 vJnirtbuted Momgfor
tho slall we had at the Autumn Fayre aThJ wa Bro rnakn￿ forthe next fayre.
a way of belrvJ rr￿e Indusfve, the group has d&?d&l not to ctsrge 8 set alr￿￿nt pers￿kill butto aBk
for iknaUon8. so Ind￿thaL8 who 8re sti￿1ng flnancjalty ara ncrt excl￿1*1. Al don8lkTh ￿11 w to thurch f￿d$.
Stsm
Th¢$t¥nd of cards is $Nuat&J In tho café 8r8a. Thwg b a flne 8electk>n ofeards for sa￿ atvwy
p￿r*s. The profftB b￿affl fv churth.
Th•Qu12
A mnlhlyw)rd sgarth Is prodLr¢ed plus three qu12Z8s a Ye8rfor￿N0￿ thart￿e5. Onty£1 pwqurz enty
-gets the brakn workiTrJ,18 a btoffun l& fr￿) trwjt r*gs funds.
Hu￿¢ at Th• cro￿1n9
The year 2023rd4 ha$ been a busy y•ar ftx Music at the ¢Y￿1ft9 as wg have fvlty twked wllh
tholrs usiryd the thurth as a venue for theSr ￿)nc￿ts.
Decembèr we hosbj the K4aTrJr Oak Pop Cholrfor an Ovenkng of10￿1 muslc. Thts wa5 by
Mu$icalty SlngeTS from Work80p, who Womied bolh Chrlstm¥$ arnl otherwul songs. Both n￿hts saw
d￿c• of ovgr 100.
In Plwch, Ryton CtrThale returned lo Th& Crossing wth Ihw Easlor c11r￿rt Mwarf8 R￿Ulem. The Choir
was a¢t*mpanled by tho Engljsh Pro Muslc41 Quartet and lh*¢fO￿ 80loi8ts. On(* 8gain the had
over 1(Kl in the audiènr*.
In June mus1￿Mty &roors weve at The Cros8lrg forthdrsunynw concerL The th0￿9￿e w a fantasuc
evenir¥ of mw¢frrqn Ih8shovA and film
In Septen*Jw ￿ haveAn8ton Mala Volc8 Cholr. Novwnber Bees Cath Main Fitc*fey CoJll8ry Band
perfomi a remernbr8nc8 avts ¢oncwt aThJ la¢gr In ￿lember RY￿ CIKxal& return tholr outumn eortert.
Tho sLxth and final wfom7anc4 of the year. In Dac*mberwill be the retum of Musralty Slryrs ftsrthelr
)ntribut￿n to our Christm85 ¢e￿bra￿orts. 2025 is alreadYfvI￿ twked for Ihe slx cf)rwt3.
Clwr¢h Fay¥e•
It has becy)me our regular pattem to hokl tsvofayrns durirvj the year, thase weTe In November2023 and
May2024. The Chrtstrnas Fa￿ was a realty bLwevent but Ihe Spring Fa￿e was 18ss ￿11 attended thls
ar, 80 the churth council are s8rfou$ty c4)nshJerlrKJ changing tho pattem or thlnklwvj of drfferentfun(Jral*ng
ac11￿￿8s. Tl)Ese fa￿0$ generate much need8d funding for the churth. as we need lots of volun18ers
to Nn Ihem we nogd to t4 8ur¢ that thdr tim¢15 wdl SW.
Thg stslls usually a MLK of kni c¥8fts bringing thelrwarnsfoi $aK8. ourown churth folk who have
spetyal tdents and many'prejoved. ttems IJOk￿ for a r￿W home. be they t￿ks, plants. jthydlery,
81)X5$0fles, brfc 8 br8¢ etc. Not forgetting h)m6 made rnkes and preseNos. gr*Jrg5 cards and art *.
These evenls arn an idgpl ITrne fty us to OP￿ ourc4Jrnmunty cafa arxt provkle refrn8hm&)t8 for stdthld•rs
and attendeeg alike and 8tthough busy and tir1￿￿ 0￿ fantastic team ol &itering volunte￿3 all agTae that ft L8
vdyfor tho ¢aléto bo'lwJJW' end filled wNh the smell of cwkfjn9 pork (hot pwk rots) or baryjn.

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CoMm￿lty Café
OL4rcsfé space 8kwJ kll¢hen (xjnlknues to b8 ￿￿10T a varf*of pwposgs thmugh)utthe 80me
aTrwvJ&J by our vdurrteer team oth8rB bythlryl p8rties and local ¢haril*5.
We rb)w Pove a g&)J. r9J￿r dient819 tsour o)ff8$ m¢thrvJ5 whlch nN run on Wtsth8gday 10am- 2pm
lin partnwshlp wlth Ihe North Nott8 Cou￿& Flex Team) on Fiiday n￿rnry$ 10am- 12 Th)on.
Wè8eive Folrtr8de Coff8• & Tea and lots cl lovety homgm•Je okes gnd 8rH¢ks 8uth as to8$￿ ts8c*s.
Wedr￿daYS"Pwthers￿p proJ&x" ha5 8xpan¢èJ its hours 8nd during Ihis year {at thè west ofthg
c¥Jllege). The chw¢h prowdes all of the Supplw the Staff anil stud￿ts from North Notts C￿￿• provide
the volunteers wilhthe tewn of sludents changing at 12 Th))n, glvlng ThKJre St￿Jents the opportunty.
This is a Valueb￿ traknlNJ a¢tNMy for sh￿￿)ts have aijdlllonal nee¢8. them skllls that1hey￿11 b•
to Use In thaw0￿pIace onca Ihey ￿11￿.
Frfdays coffe8 momrrg is mamed by a lA￿￿rtu1 tsam of¥o￿nIe0rn who serva on ¥ rota basls. som¢ CA
thes8 are volunteers WIK) havgfltted rnalty well krfo the ieam. We (￿Id ahyays actwmdate a
mor& dedlcated 88 Frfday m￿n1￿jS are usuallyvery busy. Wew*lnalty managed vhth 3 volunl6ers,
but krKwwo reaty nwj 4 or 5 ￿9.
0￿￿)mMunIty (zfé team have aLw prOvId￿ drinks slatbns aThJ buffets OLzasw)ns thè year, th8S•
hBv8 been fororgantsatsons uskng our fC*)rns for m*lrwJs and ￿n1•re￿. tralnlng eto ¥vJ for
funeral teo$ and birthday partw.
The buslg$1 dayF have b99n vthen ￿ opon Ihe calé fi* a full day in ¢xrfur*AK)n wlth ourfunt1rwsirvJ ev•nls
Ichurth fayres. transport day eto). Ml ofthg¥9 events rals8 m￿h needed furth forthe Ong￿ng v
(rfth8 church and alknw us to prov¥Je othgr wukr8UPPOrtgroups. oJYorin9 the ccBtofth6supplles.
Wami sp•¢￿. Yhlcom• Spa¢eg
In Il* past few ygars. Frtdayaftorfi￿ns 12.3Cy>m- 3.30pm. we havè open•J up the café arna to the
oJmmunlty. initialty as a wami spac8 in thg Q)td wealher. We changgd th$ name to Fiiendshlp
Tea durfng the wami weather. IwHig to encourage forts to pop in for refieshmsnts a that.
unfutun¥Idyth￿ d5d r#)t prove popuLir so ws are rthvtr8 Wdts)me Space I￿ntinUatiOn ofwann Spa&8sl.
We offer drfrths. (3*es, tr>88t and $and￿Ch￿S 88 wdl as ￿ TrJodl88 fre8 of ¢h•vJo but many leave a
voluntsrydonalton.
Wg havg had gen8roLB t1M81h)n& toero)￿ this kn pree*J arKI Fb)p8fulty wtll be ablg lo (￿n￿nUe durlThJ
thé winter and bwnd. We haw a faw wular vl8Aors and the foouall v*ies from 10- 24, manyth8nks to
our very dedlcaied voluntaors who fadjhatethb.
CrosslThJ Churth ￿ regi8tei&188 an em￿￿TW*h HMRC and ernpty staff rnembers, g part
car8takèr and a part tlmg operalove.
ThB8e staff provklovaluable suprrtjt to ow vclunteerteams and enablo us kn provido a prof8sslorwl servlce to
tho Organ￿#tIorts who hir*our roorns.
We arg he8VI￿ S￿ports￿ bythe Trtnmy Mothodi8t Circum. The Ctrcutt op9rath￿S Managertak68 Ihe
rasponslbillty of line managlng our 8taff and supporttrg our church coun(al in m8nywayB, partlojlorfy wrth rgJard
to supèrvtsing property Ma￿9nanc9 day to day opwalbns.
Th& Facaith8s CorNnunHy Man8gerw8s appuinted in Marth 21Y24 Is gradu*ty tak1￿j ovgr 811
operab"C￿al and prowty management ￿$￿￿sibilitIeS, IndudlrE the line manag￿ent of our staff.
The cl1￿￿ Votunlew cO￿1n8t0rWas app0kn￿l in February 2024 support5 The Crossiryj vcdunteer
r￿at￿￿E, 8UPPOrt and traI￿Th￿.

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R•SOur￿ Prop•ity Group IRA
Durfng the kst ￿rYffj havo SOtt￿d Inio o $y%tem of thg Cirwlt Op￿tkInS M8nagwand Ihe caretaker tèam
Idgntty'ng issues and WOMNJ 7Mth the chu￿ Counc41 to agr88 8ss8nti4 rwlTs orwork Ihat L8 no&lad to met
rrgnt regula￿OnS.
Propetywcffks dur1￿ the last 12 W￿nIhS h•vo knduded:
. vb tha North Notts BID Mglnten8nc8 SeNi¢e. ty¢l&ared 8ThJ dea￿ the gutt￿ althe rear
f the bulldlng.
- The main dLgIw4a$her In tho kit¢hen had kn u￿18rjr o wentral repalrs to 9wre thLs vit81 ple￿ of
remalned fulty operolt&n81.
. An up9rnde lo The Cros$Ir￿S emergency Ibhlng 8fvn.
- Repaiis to the hèati￿ ￿t￿n folkMt¥J a w¥ler ￿ak In t4)iler room.
. Folk*lng a breakdown of Ihg main front dc*)rs. 8 tsjrrfractor had to attand In r•p8ir ¥ faumy
safgtysensor.
. s￿$101￿0ry PAT t88tlrvJ to all gknthcal wjulprnenl h8S undertaken In the 188t￿r.
- FolknwThJ stomi damage a fenc4 p8nd was inslall*l In thè reargar(len.
- liohlenlng PrOt￿t￿n was rou11￿ servthl during the year b(rtf(wlhw repai￿ ts>
th8 SySt8m w¢ro regulrod, th59 remed￿1 work was yJct8ssluUy ￿mpleted.
The rnaJ￿ ofthosowork8 h8v8 b8Bn reactfve a$ prob*ms ènd i8sues have been discov8r8d. a kty of
the Faollttes and C(Mnmunty IAanag*s role is to a progctfvts proporty managèrrth 3￿M thls ￿11
bèworked on overthe nexl rnonths.
propety maiters of Th)te ind￿1•.
- In February 2024 folbwtrpj a ofour *tii¢ity suppty c%)ntr8ct byon&w brohrs we
switched suppwws to Srn8rtest Energy.
. After dNg)Jss*)n wNh thè Church C￿n￿l we have ￿ur￿l fvnding towards ￿ ED) Survgy. Ps
wgu as Idenltylro possiblefin8Thxal saviroB, the SUNWVAI aso ouilln8 Ini8rvention5 to
fL￿U￿p￿C#jl tha bulk11￿. The 8urvey k duè lor cornpletion kn Oct¢￿er 2024.
V￿￿￿$rfn9
Th8 Church18 8 v88dy ¥0lunie8r18d oro8ni8atkffl and Is a ¢thl Iwb forthe o)mmunMy. Many ofthg volunt8WS
arn thw(* mernbars th￿$￿ve￿, we aLw hove r)eople ¢omlrg In fr(Th Ihe thal (￿munty to I￿lUnte9rthell
time and •xp•tw.
Vduntegrs th> whattw do because theyw8nt lo make a pos￿ Impad in their communmy and cortalnty
tnja of Iho many brilllant Indlviduals who make 4 dttforgnc• ¥1 the Crosslng. We h8ve had new Yo￿nto￿$ gtsrt
wlth ￿ thls yearond 881tys￿ some leav8 our rnnks as wo11.
Ongof ow admln volunta8rs kew a reLxJrd ofthg num￿rof¥D1unt8srg whk* t￿rnet0 hdp, the rgtyjrds 0)
msspefflt wlthln ths cJ)ur¢h buildlro, but Th)t tirne al hom8 or In ts romrywnty. W9 ￿ve 49Vo￿rrte￿s who
on average complete 494 hours por rrtrfrth, thls totaL8 5,932 ￿)UrS over the of the year.
IMlhothvolunte8rs. Ihtr Crosslro slmplywoukl not ba possIb￿. all crflho groups cpwate hwe
are led and run by volunta8r8. It Is Smportant to recx)gn45e their value. Whthr 5Onw)ne helphYJ for one hour
per or ton hours per wek, It has a p￿rtIVe Impact. Thank 81180 much.
8•atod Ex•rcl6• Gro¢
Th&rB we ￿rrenIty three dasses, Tu*ay 10.30am- 11.30am (open to everyore}. Thursday 11am- 12 noon
l$pedfic lo wjth MS but rfjen lo evaryonel and Thursday 2pm- 3pm {specificto membws of Worksop's
Pwk1r￿rtS Gr￿p1.
TLpsday Is cOr￿￿ten(lY attended by a wulor grtjtp. of wh)m aiter¥J lunth club aft8Thvards. We have
Wite a lthv now mamb8rs to Ihe group U)i$ year.
The grr#Jps 2n interK18d tt> birng In the ctmrnunlty icgether anrj enh)y sryne genlle ex8rc*8s and
stretcheg whfist being in the ctsrnpanyof ollw people. Thi8 ysar wg have also Introdue4d sm rrn)vem8

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to muslc. Ythich thg groups sgwn to b8 an￿1r￿.
The exgrd88 should remo(n ILM and ￿joYable and a clM>rg. The ckss8s try to bri￿j ¢hewk) the
groups and apprecfjatè 811 ￿r ongcrfng support. We ahvays warm up and rnoblllsa thelolnts, then move on
lo some reststsne* exeK¥$95 to Pf¢Jno¢¥ strength and Warte. It Is to Contin￿ to Integrnt•
sorro S￿f￿re on(J wdlrkn Inst￿li)n hto the dassas.
Babyand Todd•r¥
The baby and tcNldlw group had arthw $w¢￿Iu1 yearvhth ￿ avww of 25famllles 8ttendlrwJ
eath we8k. We offer uaft ¥clfvttl86. pl￿ doh, l(9sM. fanns. kltthen. trau) ¥ets, do4￿ prams and mtsth rnOTe.
In JU￿We 8Thanged a Teddy Bews Pknic aThJ owlast day of $ummgr tomi Induded 8 boLmcy castb and
vlsltfrryn the ¢wm van to treat all ofthe ¢hMdrnn.
un1f0m￿ grou
Th8 CrosBlrYJ Churth IB hom&to 8 n￿bar ot unWonnwJ I)￿Pa..
. 6th Wothsop {M91hod*t) Ralrt#)w G￿d•S
. 5th Worksop Imtthodlst) BrownlB P8(4¢
. Guldos
. 12th Workg¥) IURC) Seauts. Cubs & Beavws
Future D•v•lopment•
4 wo approod) the noxiyoarw are re&lyforthè nèxt <*aptsr of rJJrstory wAth a team kn pl8c*. O
Deacon vrt*) brfNJs a cari￿, o)rnmLmltyfoCaJ￿1, splrttU81 approx* to miTh'$ty. The vL%￿nar￿$ group
pray forour thurth aml to iths¢em ways wi whlch we Can wor5hlp and Serve God Ihrough T
Crossing. grcwlrg ￿ngreg8uon. our small b8nd offaithful yo1￿teers, Indudlng operatlons tsam,
owr8ees thè day lo day runnin9 of a busy. multl puw buildSng. Support from Trinity MettwALst Clrw
Sheffldd mel￿￿1St Dlthd and thè East Mldlands Synod of The Untteu RefC￿e￿ Chur(**. We aL%o havo a vAd&
rangg of partnarshlps wlth c4xnmunty ag8ndes indudiro Bas8d8w Comrnuntty and Voluntsry sery￿eS.
B8ssetlaw Frrt)d Bank. YMCA. Mat￿)dISt 14omes the fvq8d. Hope and B8ssetLaw Food Inse￿1￿ Netswjrk.
M8ny of ￿r rnembers have tralntrJ to ￿ D8mentLa Frtwds thrcwh th8 Ajzhelmofs Souety.
(knr the Mxt 18 months W•*B corMIW kn dovgbplng:
Wov*h¥J-wth a cmybve of Induslvg 8LW51b￿ stybs of$￿.
A dl$elpl•$hJp and 8plrliu411ty progMiiim•- with an 8mpho$1s on groups and ￿Me8 of retreat. We ￿11
prOV￿￿e wuLar IAomlng Prayw sessh)￿ and a Prayer Space.
A mlnlm tn th• twn c•ntr•-1oknng an active part In ev￿ and worklng ca)sdywSth our ecumenkal
and Int￿arth Ix)Ileagu8s- attun￿ to the so¢t81. physkal and spirftual r*eds of our comrnvnlty.
Th• ¢af4 spK•-th18 can be used to meol naeds In thts bJ¢al (>)mmunty such 89 servSrvJ n7e81g within sthool
holldays and provldlng ￿mfortable. Wa￿ spac* over the winter months in response to cijst of Imng crbb.
Thè f8c•l￿e$ are also available a$ a Iralnlng base for JJ)okiFWnutrltkJn support. Wè Bre a Fwr Trade C￿JrQh.
Outr•aeh to th¢)w who ar* retlr•d- by pTovldln9 a r8r&e ofwents to whith thurch membws can ￿nfidentlY
Invlte their friends. such as M&s5y mn￿9. Wo wlll continuè to strewn our rd8bor6hip wtth the restdw
that lfva In flats close to1￿ ¢hurth.
A koy role as a D•m•ntl• Frl•ndly Church- with sWal servlces. e￿nts. trainlng and f8dlttth. We ar
¢)Jrrently acUrwJ as ambass8doTr forthis rrrtwwnont.
Th• of I￿r prnmi*o¥ as • C•ntrg of w•ll￿1n4- bull(Ilry cffl l￿WOrt already earned out with arts and
(Yafts groups, gxerdse da5s95. ￿￿n$811￿9 wvlcès. menta and phyBlcal haatth support g￿lP8. Wc4n8n's
Wdlb8lng sgJ8k)ns and Bbc4J CtJnor8.
Woth wlth chlklr•n and famlll••- nurturfng our Inks wrfh ourTc*Jdler Group arKI Uniformed Organi881kn$,

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a8 wdl 88 oxplorfrKJ ￿nn0¢￿0n5 vrith kKal sthools. We a150 aim to provkle a saf• for famlnes Io
sodaIL￿ ata CommunHy Cirnma prrleL#.
Thè r•crultmgnL tralnlng and eneourng?nwnt ol ¥olunt••rn- wè wjill seek to flThJ SUttab￿ rcles forthose
VAKI are ablg fr> ¥LWPOrt c*Jrwdcomo d9sk, office adrnlnlstratbn. catsrfrg. gardeniThJ and work Mth
chQdren, far￿1￿ and aoults.
Th• alm to a¢hhw and maltsln s11b•rE￿ Church st•lu¥- whkh VAII Ind￿Je ijwdty)ment crfo
d￿rch ￿ld lffe wden aTrJ 1X)mm￿ty alb)tThwt.
Inclwlon. wo wokYxn8 refugg0s. Tho vwue15 feglBtered forsammex marrrage.
An onlln• pmOn￿. through ourwèbstto and our Fa&ebO￿ pw. We a150 shw8 good nff4YS about tho
and ctynmunlty vla our rn8gBzln8 arKI the thal prt88.
A ￿ whlch18 In lh• cultur•l quarterofwo￿W￿-1he ¢hurth hosts Concwts arKI a Model T￿Sport
Ethbluon. as well os SUPFQrtlw lh6 MghbJurirvJ Tratre.
FlTr•n¢lal Rebtsw
Th￿Wa5 a net dddt In thg movewitoffundB for tha swrof£43,02612023- Surplus £13MI Thi5 i8
afteTthwglro d8pwialK)n rffix8d assets of £19.349 (2023- £19.677). Thetotsl funds at 31 August2024
WAS £1,600.03912023. £1,643.￿1. orthL8 £1,528.75012023. £1,548,099)18 held as fix•J assets,
Indudng Ihg buldirvj.
Thè total bank 8Tr3 cath balarKes held at 31 Aubwsl 2024 were £78.291 xdudrng £ie,$43 rn58rve
a¢c*)unt and £9,773 olhorTgStrthd funds. The deslgnat84 fiower fund baL8nce crf£131s Okn 6ndu¢knJ
in tstotal txh and bank.
Wtthln the cash hgkl. thBr8 18 mC￿eyfOr flowers. g•rdenlry, sSnglng ￿en￿ti8, a grnntfwcrfn ￿ County
C(Amdl and mmey rejeasod from a TMCP fund whFch must bo uwj forhwrk wtth youth and chldm.
The thurth conlnues to be SUPFrf)rted bythe Buy Exhlbibon and ts m8mb&rs: 8srrialty $￿nalIx6frOM
Iha T￿10T￿l￿￿ of rnod815 sold worldwldè. or￿ agaln. The Churth Ls in(xediblygTateful for *1 ol m8ry
onatKTh il Ikw rocAlv&J from the cxjngwatlon. mernbwB and Chwth groups Indudlng our G￿dkng groups.
Rerepts frcffn lettkngsfronVhuxrk¢mmunlty cafa Invoic4s stlll do not cover prop9tyffApeThJMure. Th8 Fin8n(
group. Chjrch c￿￿1. Operalbns IAanagèr 8F¥I MethrJJlst Dlstrkt ￿￿tinu$ to search ft)r fundlrg ways to
b8knce the budget aThJ glve Ioffd temi B￿rity.
Budgèt and o)mparisons forth8 ypar8hrnv that ￿n9￿¥bOnal vra5 groaiaT than tr￿￿g•t.
Ratsi knc(rfnD was app￿rnatelY on budget and slmlkgrto preV￿uS yearyts aLaual r￿Ur¢s. MIn￿ty spend sllghly
excee41￿j budggL Property sp8nd conlnw to be hbJh but was slhJhty1gss than b￿eL El￿1)ty
nM)ved to a vwiable rnte at th& stsrt of 1hef1nar￿AaI ynyl it COU￿ bo transfgrrod to anotWsuppHer
tathBrlhLs yagr anil the Tr)nthty payThnts have nchy r•duced.
A budga has been prèparpd for202$25 and th•M is a posluve ¢xh f*x¥ to thg gno of tho t￿t a deffidl
oflncom over ewdlbJTe.
The Community C8fé been vgrysucLwsful. We must thank all tho Church voluniews and North Notts
Collgoe fcrf thejr hard work. onabllng1he Chuith to provide 8 eommuAty (￿è on Fridays and W•dAa6day7.
Wrfh God¥ and our prayers, I hop•that w• wntlnuo to mv8 foAvarnl, so that we can Improve our
work In th8 Chjrth cnrnmunlty In Ilng wfth our missbn.
R16k Illanaymgnt and R•s•Thw Polley
The Church Cwndl regutarly revivws the majoi rf$ks the tharJtyf3c8s. All opeTatlonal procedures
have been exarnined and poliC￿S are In platsf￿ Heatth & Safety, D* Prote￿On, Safeguarding of Childr¢n
and Young Pecyle. Srnoklryj, Older Peopb and Dlsgdvartaged Pa)pl8. The Cros¥kng 18 ￿ME4￿r¥j ¥*ilh all
rejavant leglslallon.
Chwth Coundl has a b)w ￿sk •pproath to Imi8stm** 8nd Invests all furxls wNh Tr M&lkth1i%l Church
FIna￿ Board. 88quesl monèy is invest•J und•r Methodist18w with the Tnjstw lor MethC￿LIt Church

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Purposes.
The Qyjndl Is pdnfLIIy8WaTe that th•1gvd of flnandal T9$w￿ b kwjffidentlor an organi8alk*n of1￿$ ske
and wrds that no shJnTrleAnt trar*feis to re5wvgs were made duruw the yFar.
T￿1(81￿ monts expgnditure aThiunts to 8rourKI £IY).000 and unrestrt(thl net fArnnt 3S6ets
ordy stand at £69.036.
PAa*m•nt of th• Church Councll r••ponolblllll•$
L¥w appltsblè to d￿rItieS In Engkqnd and Wa*s requtrgs the Churd) CounrAI k) preparefinanc401 statements
for thanclal year wthlc* gfve a trua and falr of lh& CtsrfV8 finanda acUvlt188 during the year
of the fin*81 posrbon at the of the year. In preparirrfJ thoseffinandal ststwn￿t8. the Churfi Coun¢il
rgwlffjd to:
. sdecl attLwnlirwJ ￿1￿88 a￿1 applythem CO￿10n￿￿,
b. m*oluthJwn9nts 6slimatss that resth)rn*le @nd prudert
8tstevhthrapplkabl8 ac¢ourfng startdwds and 8tatorn•nls of rec¥)mmond*J kvaciic• have been folth¥ed.
Sub￿ to¥ry departures dL8cb8ed and expl￿r￿￿ In theffinan(iaJ stat•m•nts:
d. prepare the fjnanual slatemants on a ￿Ing basb ￿188$ tl 16 IngpproprSato
to presume ihat the Charltywlll con11n￿ In operallon.
Thg Church Councll Is MSpo￿lb]e for keepIr￿ avxwnllng rgc¥)rds whlth dlsdose wllh reasonable a￿raCY,
81 anylmg. the financw F*)Sitlon oltre Chwity and enab￿ thewn to W￿￿rethal the I￿nan￿al stat8ments
OJMp￿ the Charlties ￿ 2011. It Ls algo respons1b￿ 1or8al&Jt￿rdlrrfJ the assets of thè Charity￿d h8rK*
for tsking reascffisble steps for th8 prgvgntlon and dgtth of fraud And other Irregulariiies.
ganlsallonal Strw¢turn
full Churca Meetlng Sots andlor8ppmv¢s ￿1￿810n, v15bn. (>ywthuUon and pdlcy.ll kl¢nOfles prforft
and elgds th& Churth Coundl membets. Policth Indude clynmunlty rèLgtbJnship8 and In
adJrfiLin trj pastr)ral, mission, M)rthp aryl teami¥J.
Chwth Coundl, vthleh b thaired bythe Mlnlster. l*$ dulles io dovise 8trat•Jl88. Induding the ajk
resourc8S to ddNer varbus pc41¢Ses. 11 must monltorthatr ￿￿v￿n8nts ond b6lrY4 Vle ManaG4ng TrLtsteeB
crfTho ¢1￿￿n9. th￿￿re flnanti81 viabilty targets and ojmmllmerrts ¥e rn￿.
T￿l011￿￿n9 go)ups havo T95pW￿rts5llt1e6W11th&n tho 1Xga￿5￿￿￿I sloKture'.
R¢sourc8s grrfl Pmperty Gmup
Man8gWtientof prop*tyand resOUK•S.
Fhi8nce Acuon Group
Ov•rviww offirtance and $UStslnablNty.
Frfands of CTossIThJ
Ggngr81efund8 events 8nd ethities.
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THE CROSSING CHURCH
REPORT OF THE CHURCH COUNCL
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 *AIGUST2024
R•f•r•ne• •nd admlnl•trafl¥g d•t411¥:
RagSstered thrtty numbgr.. 1140500
pr1￿￿91 address".
mv￿a￿ve Stre8t, Workscy. NotUnghamsNrg. W 2AT
1ThJg￿nd9nf
Exarniner.
N M Krv•kn ACA WIINam$ Knowl86 & Co
Chanthr5, 139 Carfkn Ro•J. Worksop, S817AD
Andrw & Co
SI S￿thIn% Squaro. Lkncoh. LN2 1HB
Bankorn:
Uoyds Bank
88r* LNnit8d
Central Financ* Boorf dthe M8thodbt Churd)
m￿810r.
Ju119 Cootss
TrèaBwer.
Annette W
Churth C￿n￿l..
Deacon Emlly Fktrcrook
nette Barker
Its Franks
Rgv Bob H￿hCots
Anr* Taylor
Kath
Flchard Peak
Margwet Morri18
Churth CounrJl
The Trustees of Th• CrD3siwvJ Cmrch arethe'ChurL* cO￿￿r who, In ad￿￿on to th8
ccffimmments to OUT Lord. the kJc41 thurd) and C￿nti￿. and to Ihe kjcal
cTrnmuFty, have statutoryoblkJalk)Th8 85'Mangglng Trustees. and 'Ctwfjty Tntstees..
We are gratalul lo Ih05e rnern￿rS ofth9 ¢hyrth who hav9 prwrtd to a
tlwe responsiblltles as Chur¢h COUNI members duisng the year.
8tth* otth• Cro¥slng Chw¢h
Thg chwd) Is a Lot41 EC(Hn￿[c￿l Pwtwshlp ILEP) betsw Wesley mel￿dL$l
Church. Wortsop and Worksop Untted Reformwl Church. Th Crosslng Churth [8
rajLster￿ Chgrlty- the charity number 1$ 1140500.
The Crosskng Churth i% in Trlnty Clrwit oftho ￿hOdIst Church. Tho also
part of Ihe East Mtdlands S￿1 of the United Re1Orm￿ Churd). The PreS￿t c
tre chwch- The Cros$ir¥J ChuT¢h- was adopt8d In klay 2006 when the buildiTrJ was
opeii8d. pr￿k>￿Sty it Was as Worksop Unlted C￿jrth 5inC91hg 8ettiro w ofthg
LEP kn 2001 and PTevIoLtstyto that it krv•m as wesl￿ klelhxlLst Church. Worksop.
li

THE CROSSING CHURCH
REPORT OF THE CHURCH COUNCIL
FOR THE yE￿A ENDED 31 ￿JGUsT 2024
stst•ff•nt of dl#cFo8ur• of Infomiatlon to Indèpondont•xamln•r
Th& Church c￿n(al rnembers who he*J offic4 8lthe dat&rfapKmal ol thls annual rep¢•1
corffimi Ihot-
So far 08 th&y8Te awarq thorè 14 no re￿ant fknanc•l infonnalljn. or othw Irrforrnalon
ngeded bythe Ch8rftls ￿mInerS In Tr]nr￿tknn with prnparfr4 their rep)ri, ofwhich the
Charttys eyamiw is unawarg. and
Thoy havetaken al the s* thai they ou9htto have18ken as m￿agIng Tnjstoas In ord
to th8ms¢lves aware of any rgW8nl firTrancl81 Infc¥mallon. and to estsbM8h Ihat the
ChwWB eyAmlr￿r b aware ofthat infornmkn.
TN8 wos approved bytho Churth Counc4 and on its behalr.
Church Coun¢tl M•M￿r
Nam&'.
Churth Coundl M•mboT
ShJn9d..
Name..
lor
12

THE CROSSING CHURCH
INDEPENDEKf EXAMINER'S REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
I reptyt to Ihe tfustees on my examination of the ac¢ouTts of The Crosslng Church for the year ended
31 August 2024, whlch ¢ompris8 of the Slatsmenl of Financaal A¢livtU8s, Balance Sheet, AC￿￿￿tIng Policles
and Notes to the FlnaKial Statements.
Responslbllitl88 and b••is of r•port
As the charity trustee$, you are responslblo for the preparat￿￿ of a(￿Unts In a(￿rdar￿ thrfth Ihe
requlrements of tho Chariti98 Act 2011 Ilhe Act.).
I report in respect of my examrnation of the Trustee's a￿OUnts Carried tyjl under seclon 145 of the 2011 Act
and In caryng out my examination I h8ve foiloYMd all the applKable Direcuons given by the Charfty Comrni85ion
Ur￿@r sec*ion 145(5)(b) of the 2011 ACL
Indep•ndpAtt •xamln*8 9l•t•m•nt
I have completed my examln8tknn. l eonfimi that no material matters have come to my attention In connection
th the 8xaminatM)n gfvlng me cau88 to boligve that in any material respect..
(1) acojuntlng records we not kept in respect of the Trust as requlred by $8cfts)n 130 of the ACL. or
(2) the accounts do not a￿Ord vAth those records,. or
(3) the account8 do not complybwih the apFdlcable requirements C£￿¢￿rning th& forrn arKI Content of accounts
set out in the Charitles (Accounts and Reports} Regul8llons 2008 Other than any requirement that Ihe aGGounts
glve a Irue and falr vi&W which is nol a matter consid￿ed as part of an Inde￿ndent exam1r￿l10n.
I have no concerns and have come acfOSS no otPw matters In ￿nnect￿n wrlh the examSnalion lo which
attentlon should be drawn in this rewrt Fn order to enable a proper und8r8tanding of the aGcounts to be reach8d.
NMKnovAe5ACA
as prlnclpal of
Williams Knth￿es & Co
Chartered A¢¢¢untants
Uoyd Chamt¢rs
139 Carlton Road
Worksop
S81 7AD
20 JMJC 202(
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THE CROSSING CHURCH
Clrcult no: 25 no 19
8tat•mont of Flnandal A¢tMtlg5 (SOFA) for thè year •nded 31 Augu8t 2024
Notè# (>•nW￿ Fund D••Ign•t￿ R•8trFthd EndowmBnt Told 202$ Total 202Z
UnrestrlGt•d
Funds
Funds
Funds
Unr••trl¢t•d
Incomg
1 Offerlngs
2 0onatK¥ns & Grants
3 Gift ald
4 Interest and investment Income
S Income from Investment proporties
6 Intemal organisatlons
7 Other chartsbfe irthmé
28,724
9.407
5,252
3.097
28.724
12.206
5252
28,190
54,986
2.799
1,586
4b
86,881
87,171
90,079
8 Total Income
133,361
290
137.299
ExpondFturo
9 Clrc#Jltasse5sment or share
10 Grants 8nd donatk)n8
11 Proporty malnlenance
12 I￿uranC￿.utIIjlIeS etc
13 Depreclation
14 Offlce 8xpens
15 Other expenditure
16 Internal organisatior
30.900
30,WO
28.680
45,218
19.349
5.697
46,707
28,880
46.218
19,349
4697
49,431
34,605
29,iB9
19,677
5.838
332
17 Totsl eharttabh exp•ndilur•
176,601
332
3,392
180,325
168,747
18 Gainslllos8e8) on monetary InV￿ments
19 Gain8lllosse81 on Investment properues
20 N•t incomd{•xp•ndttur•)
(43.240)
266
(43.026)
13,532
21 Trdn8fers betsveen fvnds
22 Other gainslllosses)
11,40D)
1,4
23 Net mov•m•nt In fvnd8 for tho year
144640)
(42)
143,026)
13,632
24 Total fund8 brought forward
1.618.350
55
24.860
1.643,065 1,629,633
2S Total funds carri•d forward
1,573.710
13
26,316
1.600.039 1,643.065
Ple88e see page 15 for full 1x￿Parat[Ve flgures.
14

THE CROSSING CHURCH
Clr¢uil no: 25 rK> 19
Stat•mont of Flnan¢lal Actlvltle8 (SOFA) ft>r the year •nd•d 31 August 2023
Not•* Gen•rql Fund DMlgn4t•d R￿trI¢lad Endowmont
Unrmtrlctad
Fynd6
Funds
Funds
Unr•8trfct•d
Total
2022.23 2021.22
In¢ome
1 Offerings
2 Donations & Grants
3 Glft ald
4 lrterest and Investrnent Inwme
5 Incom8 from Snvestment propertles
6 Internal organisationg
7 OtPw charitable
28.19)
52.382
7,440
1.073
28,190
64.985
2.603
12,948
8,661
377
512
1,685
4b
86.848
154
3,27T
90,079
88,929
8 Tt)tal Incorne
175,733
154
6A92
181279
119,555
Expendllur•
9 Circuit assessment or 8hara
10 Grants and donation8
11 Propwty malnlenan
12 Insurance.utiliti8s etc
13 Depreciation
14 OffKe expen88S
15 Other expenditure
16 Internal cryanisalion8
30,9IX+
30,900
34605
29,189
19,677
5,838
27.756
19,116
20.161
28.829
19.677
5,838
47.477
360
732
37.556
17 Total ¢harflabl• •xpondltur•
167.326
168,747
141,028
18 Gainsl{1088es) on monetary Inveslments
19 Galnsl{losses) on invesknent Fffoperttes
14B2)
20 Nèt Incomo1(•xp•ndltur•)
8,407
(175)
13,532
(21,933)
21 Transfers b8t*wi funds
22 Oiher gain81{losses)
(1,600)
1,600
23 N•t mov•m•nt in funds lor th• y
6,807
1175)
11532
(21.963)
24 Total fund6 brought forwaT(I
1.811,543
230
17.760
1.629,533 1,651,486
25 Total lunds e•rried fomrd
1,618.350
1,643.065 1 f29.533
15

THE CROSSING CHURCH
Clrcuii no: 25 no 19
Balanc• Sh••t M •¢ 31 AUg￿t 2024
Gon•ral Fund
{Unr•strl¢t•d)
DKlgnal
Funds
(UnrnBtrlct•dl
RèBtrfct•d
Funds
Endowmont
Fund8
Totals 2024
Totsl8 2023
FIX￿ A¥¥•ts
Churc* buiklin and other
Invesknent
rties
Investments
12
1,528,750
13
1MZ4750
Debtors and
Loans b the CIwf(tss
Investments with TMCP
Central Financ• Board Doposlls
14
17,074
17.074
12,407
15
41,913
10.(149
28,310
W2,137
14,726
Cash at B￿k and in hond
15
13
10,062
Current liabilit1*#
Cr0d￿0r¥
due in undw 1
Grarrts
ble within 2021-22
Tolal¢unMt Ikbln
N•t current assetsniabllld¥s
16
4.374
4,374
13
Il•blll
1.593.412
13
26.316
161974
Long tomi liabiliti•s
(du• aft•r more than on• year
Granls
bl8 8fter 2021-22
Loans to th• Chur¢h
19,702
19,702
20.902
Alrt assets
Funds of th• Church
General Fund
Unrestrided
nated Funds
Unr¥stricted
Totèl Umwtrf¢l8d Funds
R88trkted Funds
End￿rt Funds
18
18
1.573,710
13
1,573.723
26.316
1.618,3
13
1,818.405
24.660
18
18
26J18
Churth Councll Member
Dat8:
16

THE CROSSING CHURCH
NOTES FORMING PART OF TPIE FINANCIAL STATENENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
GENER&L INFORMAnoN
Tha is an unlncorporated organlsailon. The wisterad addrèss is The Cr088ing Churth, Nertastlg
Slrtel. Worksop, S80 2AT.
STATEMENT OF COMPLI*J4CE
Tho financial stslwnents havg been prepargd accordence vAth Accountlng and Reportlng by Charilias:
statemwl of RecOmM8n￿ Practi¢e appllc8ble to charfles preparlng thelr accounts In a￿Ordence wlth
the Flnandgl Reportiro Standard 8pplicablg Sn the UK and RopuL4c of Ireland (FRS 1021- Charllles SORP
(FRS 102), the Flnandal Reporting Standard appllcablg In the UK and Republic of Ireland {FRS 1021.
ACCOUNTING POUCIES
The prlncip81 accounUn9 polld88 adoptgd, luthJemgnts and key Sourc88 of eslmatlon ￿￿ertaknty in tho
financial statements aro a8 follow8:
Basls of prwlratlon
The Cro881ng Chvrch me* defln61ion of a publ* under FRS 102.
The awts and Ilabllltl88 arè initially rec(*Jnised at hlstorical cost or trar*aciion ￿1855 otheThhs•
stated In ts relevant oGcountln9 pollcy nG4e.
Tho financkll Stat￿9￿￿ are prep8r•J In stsrflNJ, 1$ th8 fijncllonal C￿rer￿ ofthè charty.
Golng CO￿lM
The trustees Cons￿ Ihatthwe are no matorlal uncertalnUe$ 4boutthe Chatys aultyto conlknue as a
go5ng ￿ne￿8M.
Judg•m￿¢S and k•y source8 of •stlmation unc•rtalnty
The preparauon of the finandal statements managern8nt to m&keiudgoments, eslimatss and
assumplons that affg¢t Ihe amounts roFQrt8d. These estim8188 and judJ8m8nts are eontlnualty revfiewed
and are based on eyrferKe and olhor factors. Inc4udkng expectations of future evants that are bellfjv8d lo
be r8asonable undgrthe clrpmsta￿. Tho nature ofestlmallon rn￿n$ that tho outcA)me8 could dlffw fr(xn
th088 estimates.
Tho m08t signln¢ant ama ofestimauon wcwtaFnty forthe charfty Is In re￿on to usefvl ecw#)mlc life
ofth8 ffixod assets.
Fund •c¢ountlng
Unrestrfcted funds are ava￿abl¢ for use at th8 dlscreoon ofthè Tn￿ in furtherance ofthe g￿OrnI
obiectivgs ofthe ch￿.
Deshjnaied fwds arè unr8Stfl￿8d luThJs oamiarkpd by th8 Church C(yJndl kn partEolar
Reslrfcted fund$ are subleGt to restrlcllons on thelr expenditure IMPO￿ bythe donor ￿ thrO￿h
lh8 tsmi$ of an appeal.
I InoomlNJ resour¢•$ are included kn the Statement ol Flnandal the ch8rity 1$ eTrUd8d
lo the Incom8 and the amwnt ¢an ￿ quanfffi￿ with Teascnabla accur¥cy. The folhJwlrvJ spectThG
pollck8 are app￿d to ￿r￿cUlar calegOTb$ of incomo:
Voluntary Incomè is reGelved by way of grants. donations and glfts and is included in full In thfj
Statement of Flnancl81 Acfvllles vthgn reCefvab￿. Grants. entitlement is nDI condwrnal ¢)n
the delivery of a SpecIf￿ porf0rn78nce by tho charfty, are re¢)Jgnlseil when the charfty becomes
Un￿ndI￿Onally 8ntitlad to Ihe gTanL
17

THE CROSSING CHURCH
NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMEWJ
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
- Donatod seryw and kGllllles are Includod at the value to the charltywhere tIM$ can ￿ quanllf￿d.
The value of sor4k•s providgd by voluntsèrs has not been IrKludgd In the8e accounts.
- Investrfient inc>)me is indud&t whon reGdvablg.
- Inlxmlng re80urces from grants, where rolat8d to wformancg and spedfic dellverable8. are accountod
for as chorlty earns the right to ¢onstdeT8tion ty ts perfomanGg.
R•sOUrc￿ •xp•ndod
pendliure 18 reGognlsed on an acauob ba8ls as a Ilabllity Is Incurred. Eyndilure Indudgs arry VAT
It cannot be (￿lY r8WVorwJ. and 18 reporte(l as part of the exFw*dMura to it r81gtes:
. Cosls ofgonor8tiNJ knd5 ojmprise thg (a)sts as8oclated vAth ottrathg voluntsry Irwme.
- charttab￿ expenditur8 c(xxprOses t1￿$? costs Incurred by the charity in the d8lfvery of lis actlvltss
and Bervlces for hs benefiuari8s. 11 Indudes toth Gosts that can bg aN¢xatwJ diredtyto 6LK41 actmtles
and those costs of an Indlrect nature n8c8ssary lo support tr￿m.
. Al Msts are aNrKat8d betweèn thg oyndliure c•tsgorles ofth8 SOFA on o ba818 designed to
reflect the ollhe rasourc•. Costs r8kUrwJ lo g pathular 8Gtivlty are allchxted dlrecliy, otheryts
aro apporti￿ed on an apwopiTrat0 basss e.g. Iloor argas. per captta or e¥lrnated u8agtr.
Tanglbh flxed a8s•ts
TanglbFe fixed assets are sta￿￿ at cost ￿ d•prnaation.
Depredallon Is provlded at rates calculated to wrlle off the ￿$t or valuation of f￿1 ass•ts, tholr
o$tlmated reS￿ual value, over fhelr expected useful lives on the follcming bases:
Bulklkng
Equipmgnt
Organ
Flxtures & fflting$
1% $tr•bht Ilne
33% reduclng balarKe
10% r0dUd￿ ￿lance bgsls
15% reduclrvJ bdance basis
VAT
Sknco Is not VAT wlst8re(l. all Inw VAT is ¢haYg•d the expanses to whlth Ft refers.
Flx•d •u•t In%••tm•nts
The Investments of Thè Cros$lng Church are held by the Trustses for ￿th￿lIst Church Purposes
(TMCPI as custtsjian trustg08. The valuallons, at martet volue. ara those provlde¢J tyTMCP. The
unr8a118ed galn$ 8rlslng on investrn8nts at the end of the year are shown kn the SOF
R•all••d galns And k48os
I gains and10sses are tskon to the staternent L)f flnandal aGtivitias as thay8riBe. R￿lISed gains and
sses on investments are calculated a8 thè dIfferen￿ betr*8n sales woce8ds and Ihoir openlng
carrying valug or their purcha$8 value rfacqulred subsequent to the flrsl day of the ￿n￿CIal year.
Unwea118ed galns and10880s are ¢glculated as th• dMferorKe between the falr valuè atth8 ygar end and
Ih8lr carr￿g value. Reallsed and unrealis8d In¥e8tsnenl galns and b88es are combln&d in the Statem8nl
of Finana•l *d4vlUos.
Hlrn pur¢hus• and lèaslng commAffl•nis
Rentsls payabb under opernlnglgases are Gharggd to th8 St8tem8nt of FtnarKt81 on a 8tralght
lino basls overthe perfod of the lease.
18

THE CROSSING CHURCH
NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
48. Don•tions & grnnt8
Unr••lrl¢t•d R•strlctod
2024
2023
Total
Donatlons & grfts
Legac*s
Grants
Notts County C￿4n¢1￿ Re ernrgy
URC. Re energy
Metlb)dL*l District- Fg4nlly days
Methodk%l District- Wami $p*es
10,783
12.964
39,426
1.785
310
923
023
9.407
12.206
4b. Oth•r charltable Income
Fund r8lslng
Letungs
6,430
61,018
6,430
61,018
3.229
5.042
55.041
6,995
11,533
154
3.597
7.717
Transfer frorn The Cro8slng SEC Ltd
FI0￿•r fu￿1 (designated)
Seated exerc558
Café
310
310
11.740
11,740
87.171
87.171
1.079
5. Propwty malntsnan
6,099
22,619
3,013
438
2,436
Repairs and renewa15
Cleaning equlpmont & servicBs
Window deanlr
Business waste
17,129
1,542
526
2,795
17,129
1,542
526
2.795
28.680
34.605
Insurance. utllftle8 et¢
Llghl & heal
Insurance
Water rat8s
Genera rat•S
38.652
4,913
1.025
628
39.652
4.913
1.025
628
23,318
45,218
1.000
48,218
29.189
19

THE CR0851NG CHURCH
NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMEfvtrs
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
7. Offlc• •XPWbdlturo
Telephone
Stsllonery & post*Je
Prlntlng éxpenses
3,010
3.010
3.427
2.427
2,427
2.329
5,897
5,697
8. Othw ex￿ndItuT•
vnre8trlct￿ Re8trfctod End¢)wm•
2024
Total
Total
Servlc8 expgn8e6
Sundr
Bank ¢harg8s & Inter8st
FOTC fundralslng (0818
ACC￿ntar
Card saes
1,552
3,415
310
104
1,938
1.023
310
2.392
1.213
272
240
1,939
548
1,790
2,721
2,721
Licences
l T & Equipment
Adm￿lstration wag85
Caretakers vdges
Donalions to external oryanisath)ns
2,429
5,625
22,641
2.497
3,500
1,200
2,429
5.625
22.641
2.497
2.304
11,589
21,264
2,031
3,225
Log?1 fees
Training
FIov•W fun¢J {deslgnated)
1,200
504
329
408
47.040
49.432
37,556
9. Paym•nt to TnJstee8
No payments were ma18 to the Trustees for serV￿S or expenses.
10. F•e8 for examlnation of the accounts
2024
Total
2(r23
Total
11th￿ndent examiners fee8 for rewting on th8 accounts
70D
Other fees for accountan¢y seNices paid to the Independent
1,238
1,066

THE CROSSING CHURCH
NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE Y84R ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
11. Staff co8t8 pakl durfng the year
Previousty the Church did not dlredy employ Staff, amounts vme pBid to The CrossiThJ SEC
Limited in respeci of managemenl and adfflinSstratlon. ￿retskIng and deanlng.
During the Current stsff have b8en translerre(I to be dlreclly emplo￿1 by Th8 Crossing Church.
Gross wages. salwles and benth In klnd
26.186
32,852
The average number of 8mFloyees engaged by the ¢harfty amounted to 3 {2023- 3).
12. Tanglblo Flxod Avets
ChU￿h
BulklirwJ
FLxtures
rfftings &
equipment
Tota5
COST
At 1 September 2023
Addltlons
DI81￿018
1.836.184
110.572
1,946,736
At 31 August 2024
1.836.164
110,572
1.946,736
ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION
At 1 September 2023
Charge for the ypar
On dlsrM)sals
293,760
18,360
104.877
398,637
19,349
At 31 August 2024
312,120
105,866
417.986
NEf BOOK VALUE
Al 31 August 2024
1,524.044
4,706
1.528,750
At 31 August 2023
1,542,404
5,695
1.548.099
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THE CROSSING CHURCH
NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
2023
14. Debtors & propaym•nts
Debtors from lettlngs
Gfft ald recetwable
Other debtors
Prepald circull assessment
Other prepa￿T
10,109
2,727
5,762
2.5
2,575
2,575
17,074
12.407
15. Cash at bank and In hand
Bank balan￿ held in CFB
Bank balance held in CAF
88,229
9.999
e3
92.137
14.644
Total
78,291
106.863
16. Cr•dltors: Amounts falllng duo wlthln on• y•ar
Trade creditors
A¢¢ruals
Other creditNs
4.374
3,402
4.374
3.423
17. Ralatod partlo8
The Crossing Church had a loan from Trirwty Circuit when bulldlrwJ the church, the amount Still oulstarKling at
the year end was £ 11.102 {2023- £11.102) the loan is due 4)n demand. however, Ihere i¥ no 5FeGff
repayTnenl date arKI no Intwest is belng charged.
A fvrther loan was recelved from the Trinity Ciniit for £13,000 In December 2020 towards propety ropair3. This
Is being repaMI at £1(X) por month. Th& amount oulstaTrJing * the JEar end was £8.800 {2023- £9.8fA)).

THE CROSSING CHURCH
NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
18. Analys1• of fund•
Openlng
balan¢0
Cloglng
Expendltur• Trnnsfor8
Revaluallon
Restrfctod fund•
De51gnated gffts
Benevolence
hurch res6rve
Mu$
Sirging with demontia
YMCA proi
Youth & Children TMCP 1579
1.317
(258)
155)
1,118
41
16.543
14.360
93
1,512
2,134
1.819
3.531
24,660
783
(1,555)
(140)
(201)
{1.183)
(3,392)
1,418
200
26.316
UnroBtrlcted fund8
General reserve
FI0¥￿r fvn
1,618.350
133,361
(176.601)
{332)
{1.4001
1.573,710
13
1.618,405
133,651
{176.933)
(1,400)
1,573.723
Total fund8
1.643.1￿5
137,299
{180.325)
1,6fXJ,039
Rwtrlrt•d fund Pu￿￿08
D081gnat•d gift•: Sm811 grfts re¢eW wh8re the donors deslgnale the use of the fimds.
Ben•vol•nco: For benev(Aen¢e to members.
ch￿￿h r•serv•: To budd up thurth reserves.
Musk: Funds for the purchase of a grand piano.
Bequ#¥ts: Funds held the donors have specmed the use of the funds.
Slnglng wlth dernentla: For providing social inleracllon for dementkl SLrffers and the￿ carers.
Youth & Chlldren TMCP 1579: knount Ir8nsferred from TMCP Endowmentto b8 used forth& bentfft ofyouth and Ghlljren
Wwm Spa￿9. To provlde 8 safe spar* where people can get a drlnk arNJ snack.
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THE CROSSING CHURCH
NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
Analysis of nat ao80ts b8tw••n funds
General furKI Designated Reslrithd
unrestricted funds
fvnds
Total
2024
Total
2023
Fixed Assets
Cul￿nI assets
Current Ilabilities
Long t8rm liabl1￿
1,528,750
69,036
<4.374)
(19.702)
1,573,710
1,528,750
95,365
{4,374)
(19.702
1.fJXI,039
1,548,099
119,270
{3.402)
(20.902)
1,643.065
13
28,316
13
26.316
19. Golnx q>n¢ern
The church operates wtthin the limits of Its available cash resour￿5 and budgets are set bythe church
councll eath year. The church council has reviewed its posltlon under the current difficult clrcumstsnces
and has concluded that the organisation remains a golng concem. Further work ts needed, to evaluate
and plan for the medium to long tem) in order to develop a strategy that will enable the church to provlde
an effertive presence wtthln the communlty and ￿rnaIn within its budgeted expenditure.
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