CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGIAND AND WALES Trustee5' Annual Rèport for the p•rlod From 1"January 2023 To 31 D8c¢mbor 2023 Chartty nBrng: Free Church of England Northèm Dloc8$an Synod Charity ro9lstratlon number.. 1141769 Objectiv•s and ActlvStles SuTnmary of ths purposes of the trity 8$ sei Dut in its govemillg doVJnt PBrg l 17 The object of the charity Is the advanc£menl tsf the Chrlstian faith in union with arbd 8¢cordirbg 10 the pdn¢ipl8s ¥nd PfdCtiS of The Free Church of Enolarvj othemise ea118d the Refofmed Episoy)pal Church cont¥lned within tr Declaration of Pdnci s as slated in Schedule 1. Tho Free Church of Engnd Northem Dio¢esan Synod has g)ught lo a1vaD¢8 the Chnslian faith a$ the Free Church of England has reiVed it by recruiting new cy. holding clergy conf8renca days,- resoun9 plantiry, printiTV ntrw mal8rials forthe Sl Abdlas congregallon, arKJ providing konoraria and minss16ri81 travel ex en¥e8 fordioan officers. The ITustses have had regard to the guidaniE issued by the Charity CommissK)n on public benef Summaryofth8 main actpvi1S In rekton to those purpo$8¥ for the publi benefit, in pgrts¢ul8r, the aGts¥ibe& projeGts or *M¢es Intha 8cts)unts. 1.170 siaièmentwifirming whetherth8 trustees have had regard to the gu8Ce issued bythe Charity Commission on publ benefit
A¢hievom•nts and P•rforniance SQRPWÉro Thg Frfye Church of England NortheTn DIoc8san Synod has this yeargchieved its Ghariiabla objectives in four rnain aa8. Summaryoflhe mgin achlevements oflhe chanty. iden&fying the difference the charity's work has made to the oicumstaniEs of Ils benefid8ries and any Wtsr benefits lo S(ty as a whole. Pal2D 1. Fwe new clergy have bpen reGTuitsd wh[> are now all activetyf engaged In Christian mission arvj minlsty at the local level and across the diocese. This has signifi(antly increa58d our rapacity for pa¢hIng, te8chirvJ, eVanlI$m, and pastordl 0. 2. A series ofclar9y conference days have en held In orderto equip the clergy forlh8ir ministries and to build the effecterS of the diocesan t8am. 3. Financ1 resour have bÈen dedits18d to a newchurch planting prO¢t In Yort, which 15 now bearing earfy fruit in tetFns of advancing thÈ Christian faith amoTrJsl thos8 who wjId not olheThtrise hav8 been mmbers ofa church. 4. New printed m8ten8L8 have beeFr- provilled for the StAbdlas congregation, in orderto make the teachings of the Chnstian faith accessible to a non-English ujltu where English 15 the 88ttJnd ua FinancSal Revlew Review of the charity's finanGial pOtIOn at end of the p8ri0d PAM 1.21 The charity l]ad a $urplu5 of £15,572 for thg year mainly due to a one off contribution from the Central Trust of £17.736. The brought forward 8UTplus from prior years was £11,867 sUlting In a &8rryforward surplu8 of £27,439. The surplus 1$ fully held in 5h at bank. There is no policy foi holding r88erves. Slatefflenl eyplaining the policy for trld1ng r8seryes slatin are held Amount of r888N8s held Reasons for holding zero res8rv8S Oelails of fund matenally in P4M122 Pa 1.22 £27 439 Not applirAble Para 1.22 Parg 1.24 Not applicab
Explanation ofany uncertginlie5 aboul th• charity ntInuIng as • going n¢om 1.2¥ Thèr6 are no untsrtaintieE aboutthe charivs abilityto MaIn a5 A going oncem forthe foresee¥bl¢ fUre. Struetur•. GonIance and manageIent Description ofthariV$ I18-. Type ofgoveming d0ment Pa.25 Constitution How 15 the charity nstrtuted? Porat.26 Unincorporated assoCiatn TnJsl¥ solethn rn¢tho(ts including details of any rA>nslthlional provisions e.g. lection lo post or n8me of any person orbody anlilbd to apwint one or mre Iwsl8es 1.25 Th• InJ3tees are the licansed cbrgy. churchwardèns, and dèle9ate5 of th8 Northern DioL*8e ofthe Fr8e Church of Engbnd. Reference and Administrative details Chari name other name the chari use5 Re k81ored chari number Chanty's principal addre$5 Free Church of land Nothem IoTrsgn 114176 16 Windsor Cre1 Ulverslon LA12 9NP
Names ofth•chÈrty trusteeg who manage thB chartty Dl9&tdIf rXforwhol• TruslwrwM• Inttrwt•• The Rl Rgvd John Fenwck Dio¢esan Bishop The Revd Mathew 252.2023- The Revd Anthony Ford 7.10.2023- The R¢ Kanm 5.3.2023- Mrs Julle Murphy Mrs Mqdene PBrksr Mrs Norma ClarfKson 25.3.2023- Mr Samuel Bennel Kiry Dr Mohammad Shirvani 5.3.2023- 5.3.2023- 10 12 14 16 18 20 Declarations The tru$te8s declare thatthey have approved the tru8ts88' feport above. Slgned on behalf of the charbty's truste SlgnattJrpl81 Full namolsl P081tlon1o9 Secretary* Ghalr. •tcl The Revd Matthew P Firth The Rl Revd John R K Fenwlck 0ioce8an SeGretary Diocasan Bishop Date 22.3.25
IHARIYY COMMISSION FehlEngd Receipts and payments accounts Pagè 2 Foithp 31-DTrr23 Section A Receipts and paymcnts UntÈstrf¢led Totylfunds th•nw•iL FCEc2nqrTryl5t-D i.ÉoD 3J7 n)ss IrKo or ARI psstpvndF7d 15D HogangE¥pBn5 IhBTEKpen5e5 RqvdFithChunPl¥nto &CXlw.£4 [vrI¥ C-m1ts x$¢npt0n 144 IqXT Sub¢0 IQ,JB7 urchas S•otsble 3ubfOt• TDtalpJymen 402 Net0ffrt*•tptymets) Tr4nsl•r5 tyÉtweeDfundS A8 cash funth IA$tyurend Cash th[s•rt 15.S72 27.439 2WOSR025 CCKXR1
Section B Staterntrnt of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unreblrftrdèd Re31rfded fuThd End0ql Bl fA$hlund Totsi¢•shlunds lun fvnds let asti0pJ B3Jnvthtrt4swts C¢siiQW Asei8 retalnedfr>tthB chArWs u Atd? DFtajls BO Llabllltl•A ed by8 orttwtrugteE¥ bllhaKtstalthetrus1 Prirnt Name Datg or TRtR8lJohThft K Feftw 03r2025 The Rèvd Matthèw pFh Dsr2025
CHARITY COMMISSION I FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts membets of Free Church of EngFand Nthlhem Trocesan SynL¥J On fortho yoar ended 31 Dec8mber 2023 Chaylty no lif anyl 1141769 Sotovton p•g? 2 I reportto Ihetrustees on my examination of the acr¥)unt$ of the abe charity (Yhe TrusVI forthtr year ended 31 De¢mter2023 Responsibilities and Agthe tharity trustees oflhe TtU51. you are respDn$ibk for the preparallon I515 of ¢flhe atxtX4nts m accordan wth Nuirerrtht5 ofthe CtrArrt A¢t 2011 (Yhe Acri. I report in respBGtof my ex8min8tion ofthe Tmst's acwunts carried out under section 145 oflhe 2011 Ad and in carwng out rny examinatn. I havefolbwed tha applicsble Dire(thons given bythe Chatity Commiss LwKIErs8dvJn 14515llbl ofthe Act I have tr)Mtrted my ex8rn1nat. I confim that no material matters hava cometo my attention in wnnecbon with the ex8mination which gwes me causeto bèli&ve that in, any fflaterial respect.. acu)untin9 records were not kept in arLordance with sèction 130 of the Adar the acwunts do not 0rd with the atxxjunting ordS Independent examlner's ststement I have and have come 0$$ no oUr matters In connection with the txamination to which attention should be drdwn in orderto enae a pper understanding ofthe account5tD be rèached. Slgned= D#tÈ: lois Namo: Elain8 Jess Rolevant professional yuaUfic3ti¢nlsl or bts FCA Addres$= Treetops C05tain Cbse. Colby Isle tsf Man IM94NZ Section B Oisclosure Only complete rf th& examiner needs to highlight matters of concernlsee ¢C32. Independent examination of cmanly accounts.. direLlions and 9uidarte for examiners). IER October 2018
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