CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the perlod from To 0110412024 3110312025 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds to tho n•8rest Restricted funds Endowment fund8 Total funds Last yèar to tho n*art £ to the n•are8t £ to tho no•rnst £ to tha n•arost £ A1 Recelpts Voluntary Income Bank interest Trust Funding HMRC Gift Aid Re¢18im Trav81 Exp Fundr8i$ing 12,697 162 20,000 3,407 41 11,392 12,697 162 20,000 3.407 41 11,392 39,451 107 Sub total (Gross income for AR) 39,S68 47.698 47,698 A2 A88Ot and Investment Sales, Isee table). Sub total Total rncelpts 47,698 47.698 39.568 A3Pa Salary Transport FoodlAccomod¥lion Outings Pension Officennsur8ncwPayrol Emergèncy Support Bank Fee PAYE TAX NIC Volunteer Admin Support Mobile Costs monts 20,454 3,312 1,266 391 1,422 1.275 528 192 4,657 3,699 300 37,694 18,049 4,596 3,354 20,404 3.312 1,266 391 1.422 1.275 528 192 4.857 3,699 300 37,694 600 5,268 608 35 Sub total 33.090 A4 Asset and Investment Uhase8. gee table Sub totsl Total payments 37,694 37.694 33.090 Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end 10.004 10.004 6,468 30.580 40,584 30,580 40.584 24,111 30.579 CCXX R1 accounts {SS) 2310912025
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted funds to nearest £ Restrlcted funds to nearest £ Endowment funds to nearest £ Categories Details B1 Cash funds Cash in Hand Virgin Account 12,291 CAF Bank Account 28,228 Total cash funds 40,584 lapree bal8e$ 1h receipts and payments accountlsll Unrestrlctad funds ta neart £ Restrlctèd funds to noare$t £ Endowment funds to near88t £ Details Fund to whl¢h a1$9t bolon Currènt valu• tlonal Detslls Co8t l¢ptlonall Fund to whlch a•tst b91on Detalls Cmt loptlonall Curr•nt valu• tlonal 84 Assets retalned for the charity's own use Fund to whl¢h relat68 Amount duè tlonal Whèn dufr lonal Details B5 Liabllltles Signed by on8 or trustees on beha of all the Irustees Print Name Date of roval Signature David Scott Rev Canon Richard Bryant 25.09.25 25.09.25 CCXX R2 accounts {SS} 2310912025
Independent Examiner's report to the trustees of The Shirley Community Chaplaincy (North-East) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Shirley Community ChapLaincy for the year ended 31103125 Responsibilities and basis of the report As the charity trustees of the Shirley Community Chaplaincy, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act,). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have folLowed allthe appLic8bLe Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145 (5)(b) of the Act. Independent examiner's statement I have compLeted my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause that in any material respect: 1 . accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act, or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Name: Mr Stephen Groves Date: 10 August 2025
THE SHIRLEY COMMUNITY CHAPLAINCY (North East) ANNUAL REPORT 202412025 Introduction In the year 202412025 Shirley has continued to highlight the provision of guidance and both practical and spiritual help to individuals. Referrals often start in prison, followed by visits in and outside prison, some including collecting clients at the point of their release and taking them to approved premises or other locations. On occasions, as in previous years, there has been engagement with the judicial process, as the chaplain has sought to offer support throughout the good, the bad and sometimes the ugly challenges which followl The chaplaincy was founded in 2014, and the first two years of operations focused largely upon activities with men from HMP Northumberland, whom the chaplain had known in his time as chaplain there. In the last nine years, the chaplaincWs reach has been broadened through referrals from existing members, regional prison chaplains, probation officers and other agents. The chaplaincy Is a member of the Community Chaplaincy Association. Shirley continues as a client-centred organisation, and the chaplain seeks to accommodate the wide variety of needs, energies and skills of the client body in a range of activities and engagements. While most of the chaplain's time is spent with individuals, he has always tried to incorporate in Shirley's programme several group events, outings and meetings, and this aspect of Shirley's life has recently become more prominent. In 2024/25 the corporate emphasis revolved round involvement in church and community events in Greenside parish in the diocese of Durham, and the chaplaincy has encouraged clients to explore and develop their faith. There have also been social visits to Hexhamshire, and regular contacts among clients themselves, often enabled through the chaplain. The chaplain has continued to work on a 0.8 basis, and the administrator continues to work 0.15 on finance and administration. This has worked well all round, and the administrator has also had some in-person involvement with clients, notably a female client. We acknowledge warmly the dedication and hard work, ability and flexibility of the chaplain, administrator, volunteers, partners and clients.
A Week in the Llfe of Shirley The chaplain spends much of his time with individuals, in-person and by'phone, but he has also been engaged in planning and implementing various group activities and residentials. On a weekly basis the following commitments ran in the past year: Monday- Weekly prayer meeting, often held in Paul's and church members, homes and now on Zoom: an opportunity for Shirley clients and members of Holy Spirit Church Crawcrook to pray for one another and about matter5 of wider concern. Between two and nine people attend. Wednesday- Weekly social group for church members and clients: an opportunity to share food, socialise, worship and study the Bible. Between three and ten people attend. Sunday- Service at Holy Spirit Crawcrook. There is an open invitation for any of our clients to attend church with the chaplain, followed by a lunch with a number of church members in a nearby café or in a member's own home. Between one and three clients attend at any one time. The Past Year This year the chaplain has been working with eighteen clients on an intensive basis. As always, his main concern has been to enable them to grow in self-confidence and to Integrate well with other people, and he has been available on a 'phone line, as well as in- person, to offer support to clients at home, In prison, at court and in hospital. The chaplain has continued to speak as an advocate for several clients in court and before parole boards. He has also worked constructively with solicitors, the probation service, police, MAPPA {Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements} and hospitals. He has visited clients and potential clients regularly in Northumberland, Durham and Holme House prisons, and twice this year he visited a client in Rampton hospital in Nottingham. Contact with prisons has continued to develop, as several clients have breached the terms of their licences and been returned to prison, and as the chaplain's visits to them have generated new clients among fellow inmates. The list of the chaplain's activities in Appendix I gives an overall view of the range and scale of his interactions and interventions. The chaplain and chaplaincy continue to believe in Shirley's stated values and have seen important developments in all clients. Among this year's highlights have been: taking 3 clients to play golf, a new activity for Shirley taking Michael McGorlick, a volunteer from Gateway church, and three clients to the Cutting Edge Men's Conference in Swindon 28 February to 2 March, run by Christian Vision for Men (CVM) the administrator's care with a female client, an excellent addition to the charity's work helping one client to move from prison to approved premises, find work and a place to live, whilst growing in the Christian faith
watching a client completely revamp his life over the past 5 years, moving from prison, to run a successful business and develop a serious, long-term relationship seeing a client move from prison and living for six years on the street to being baptised, getting his own council place and helping other clients supporting a client who is still homeless after prison, currently sofa-surfing. Despite this and his learning difficulties, he attends church regularly, helps in church and is well received by church members. Although strictly outside the year 2024125, the participation of two clients in the Men's Christian Camping Festival in June in Milton Keynes is worth mentioning as a product of the chaplain's endeavours during the year and of these two clients, growing faith and self- confidence over the past year. The chaplain hopes that they and others will be inspired by Jesus, invitation "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me" (John 10.27). Trustees, the Management Committee and the Pastoral Group, have continued to meet on a regular basis (each of them every two or three months throughout the year). They were delighted to arrange the annual Christmas meal with clients and supporters in December 2024 in a Jesmond restaurant. The chaplain has also consolidated his and Shirley's place within the structure and ministry of Holy Spirit Crawcrook, where he serves as a licensed Reader, as well as being a member of the Greenside Parochial Church Council, the Gateshead West Deanery Synod, Durham Diocesan Synod and the Bishop's Council. On the financial front, the highlight this year has been Shirle¢s participatlon in the Big Give fund-raising enterprise, through which the £10,000 target was reached in the sponsored Bible-reading which took place in November 2024 in Holy Spirit Crawcrook. Thanks go to all who participated, to the Holy Spirit vicar and church councll for hosting it and to Gaye, our adminsistrator, for managing it. Chaplalncy Strurture and Support The chaplaincy supports the chaplain and his work through its Board of Trustees, the Management Committee and the Pastoral Group. A supporter's generous donation, over three years, has enabled the trustees to fund the chaplain's work at 0.8 and the administrator's work at 0.15 {to address communication, finance, marketing and other administrative tasks). They were also able to raise the chaplain's salary by 6%, from August 2024. They acknowledge with gratitude the contribution the administrator has made over the past two years in managing the finances, facilitating Management Committee meetin8S and publishing the quarterly newsletter to inform members of recent and forthcoming events. Plans for the Future Trustees hope to enhance the Chaplain's salary to full-time within the next couple of years, to match his workload. They know that they will need to build up further resources to
sustain any growth in staffing and attendant work expansion, prompted in recent years by the supporter's generous donations over the past three years. Specifically, they hope to supplement the chaplain with assistant and volunteer support, to enable the chaplainc¢s work to proceed and develop safely and to encourage more work with individuals and in group activities. The chaplaincy has been disappointed that two big meetings planned for 2025 through Durham diocese and the Community Chaplaincy Association {CCA) have not taken place, due to personnel changes in both organisations. It hopes that both can take place once new staffing issues have been resolved in the diocese and CCA. The plan was and still is to enable local churches to become more aware of opportunities to be involved in the care of people who have served sentences, and to liaise with the CCA in bringing together a number of partners, to explore ways in which they can offer more cohesive ways of enabling former prisoners, wellbeing after release. Challenges The chaplain, trustees and members of the Management Committee have identified the following challenges as priorities to be addressed in 2025-2026: increasing staffing level, by appointin8 an assistant chaplain and expandin8 the number of volunteers expanding the annual income to provide secure fundin8 beyond the next two years. Thanks The chaplaincy again records its gratitude to the vicar of Greenside, Tom Brazier, and the congregations of Greenside parish, (Holy Spirit Crawcrook and St John's Greenside): they have made Shirley welcome in so many ways, and in November 2024 they hosted again the chaplaincvs major fund-raising activity, a sponsored reading of parts of the Bible. The chaplaincy has been indebted this last year to Michael from Gateway, who has accompanied the chaplain at both residentials and on a number of other occasions, including picking up clients from prison. It also thanks warmly its volunteers and those who support its work in prayer (including Greenside church members who have hosted the Prayer Group), finance and other practical ways. David Scott (Chair of Trustees and Management Committee), Richard Bryant (Chair of Pastoral Group), Paul Hobbs (Community Chaplain), Gaye Templeton {Administrator) 20 August 2025 Q,,14fjyty,.Ji
Appendix l- List of the Chaplain's Contacts wlth Clients and Related People In 202*2025 (taken from the Chaplaincy Diary 1st April 2024- 31st March 2025} In total, there were 277 interactions, involving 18 clients, who identified as 14 white British males, I black male, I mixed-race male and I white British female. The age-ranges covered were: 20to30 30to40 40to50 50to60 60to70 Contacts: Received phone calls from Prison Phone calls with clients in community Phone calls to secure hospitals Letters received from Prison Sent letters/cards to prison Visits to prison Pick up from Prison 33 67 19 10 Home visits Visits to hospital Prayers meeting Meals out for clients Clients taken to church 29 20 53 59 Clients attending bacon sandwich club Food parcels given Taken clients golf Trip to Scotland 2 nights Cutting Edge conference I night 12 Clients died Led memorial service Funeral attended Client Baptism Attended meditation group
Reports written Parole hearing attended Taken to pip meeting Carpets fitted