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$an Synod
Charity ro9lstratlon number.. 1141769
Objectiv•s and ActlvStles
SuTnmary of ths purposes of
the t￿rity 8$ sei Dut in its
govemillg doVJ￿￿nt
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
PfdCti￿S 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 Eng￿nd Northem
Dio¢esan Synod has g)ught lo a1vaD¢8 the
Chnslian faith a$ the Free Church of
England has re￿iVed it by recruiting new
c*y. holding clergy conf8renca days,-
resou￿n9 plantiry, printiTV ntrw
mal8rials forthe Sl Abdlas congregallon,
arKJ providing konoraria and minss16ri81
travel ex
en¥e8 fordio￿an officers.
The ITustses have had regard to the
guidaniE issued by the Charity
CommissK)n on public benef
Summaryofth8 main
actpvi1￿S 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 gu￿8￿Ce
issued bythe Charity
Commission on publ
benefit

A¢hievom•nts and P•rforniance
SQRPWÉr￿￿o
Thg Frfye Church of England NortheTn
DIoc8san Synod has this yeargchieved its
Ghariiabla objectives in four rnain a￿a8.
Summaryoflhe mgin
achlevements oflhe chanty.
iden&fying the difference the
charity's work has made to
the oicumstaniEs of Ils
benefid8ries and any W￿tsr
benefits lo S(￿￿ty as a
whole.
Pa￿l2D
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 p￿a¢hIng, te8chirvJ,
eVan￿lI$m, and pastordl ￿￿0.
2. A series ofclar9y conference days
have ￿en held In orderto equip the
clergy forlh8ir ministries and to
build the effect￿er￿S of the
diocesan t8am.
3. Financ￿1 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 w￿jId 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 pO￿tIOn 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 tr￿ld1ng 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¢ fU￿re.
Struetur•. Go￿nIance and manage￿Ient
Description ofthariV$
I￿￿18-.
Type ofgoveming d0￿ment
Pa￿￿.25
Constitution
How 15 the charity
nstrtuted?
Porat.26
Unincorporated assoCiat￿n
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 Cre￿￿1
Ulverslon
LA12 9NP

Names ofth•chÈrty trusteeg who manage thB chartty
D￿l9&￿t*dIf r*Xforwhol•
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
F￿￿e￿￿￿h￿lEng￿￿d
Receipts and payments accounts
Pagè 2
Foithp
31-DTrr23
Section A Receipts and paymcnts
UntÈstrf¢led
Totylfunds
th•nw•*iL
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ARI
psstpvndF￿7d
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IhBTEKpen5e5
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&CXlw.£4
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144
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urcha￿s
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402
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Tr4nsl•r5 tyÉtweeDfundS
A8 cash funth IA$tyurend
Cash th[s￿￿•rt￿
15.S72
27.439
2WOSR025
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Section B Staterntrnt of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
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03r2025
The Rèvd Matthèw pF￿h
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 ab￿e
charity (Yhe TrusVI forthtr year ended 31 De¢*mter2023
Responsibilities and Agthe tharity trustees oflhe TtU51. you are respDn$ibk for the preparallon
I￿515 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 examinat￿n. I
havefolbwed tha applicsble Dire(thons given bythe Chatity Commiss￿￿
LwKIErs8dvJn 14515llbl ofthe Act
I have tr)M￿trted 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 oU*r matters In connection
with the txamination to which attention should be drdwn in orderto ena￿e a
p￿per 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

Grve hern brfgf dots￿$ of
any 6tsms that the
OX8mlnor wl8h8s to
dF8cIo88.