## ## ## ## ||||Page| |---|---|---|---| |Trustees|Report||182| |Receipts|and Payments|Account|| |Statement|ofAssets and|Liabilities at Year End|| |Auditor's|Report||5&6| |Contact a|d|ress:|Darlington
Lane|||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||Norton|||||||||||||| ||||Stockton on Tees|||||||||||||| ||||TS20 1ER|||||||||||||| |Governing|document:||Charitable
IO Constitution||registered 29 March|2018||||||||||| |Organisation||type:|Charitable
Incorporated|Organisation||||||||||||| |Trustees:|||Ms Mary Griksatis|||||||||||||| ||||Ms Irene Morris|||||||||||||| ||||Ms Linda Richmond|||||||||||||| ||||Mr Kyle Richmond|||||||||||||| |Committee||members:|Mr Chris Archbold (President and Treasurer)|||||||||||||| ||||Ms Glenys Robson|||||||||||||| ||||Ms Tins Grace|||||||||||||| ||||Ms Mary Griksatis (Vice|President)||||||||||||| ||||Ms Pam Raine (Second|Vice President)||||||||||||| ||||Mr David Cole|||||||||||||| ||||Mr Terry Green|||||||||||||| ||||Ms Maureen
Garbutt|||||||||||||| ||||Mr David Garbutt|||||||||||||| ||||Committee
members sre||appointed/reap
pointed|at|each AGM.|||||||||| |Bankers:|||Yorkshire Bank||Santand sr|||||||||||| ||||53 High Street||Cutomer Service||||Centre|||||||| ||||Norton||Bootle|||||||||||| ||||TS20 1AJ||L304GB|||||||||||| |Objects ofthe Church:|||For the public benefit, to||advance the religion and the||||religious||philosophy|||of Spiritualism||on| ||||the basis ofthe following||beliefs:|||||||||||| ||||Belief in one God who is||love;|||||||||||| ||||Acceptance ofthe leadership
ofJesus the Christ;|||||||||||||| ||||Belief that God rnanifests||through
the illimitable|power|||of Holy||Spirit;|||||| ||||Belief in the survival ofthe soul and its individuality||||after|||physical||death;||||| ||||Belief in communion
with||God, with his angelic|ministers||||and with||souls||||| ||||functioning
in conditions||other than the earth life;|||||||||||| ||||Belief that all forms oflife created by God intermingle,||||||are interdependent|||||and||| ||||evolve
until perfection
is||attained;|||||||||||| ||||Belief in the perfect justice ofthe divine laws governing|||||||all life;||||||| ||||Belief that sins committed||can only be rectified|by the|||sinner himself or||||herself, through||the|| ||||redemptive
power ofJesus the Christ by repentance|||||and service||||to others.||||| |Activities|and Achievements:||The Church bases its work upon the Bible teachings,|||||causes the||||Scriptures to be||||| ||||read regularly
and does|not permit any writings||to be||read or preached|||||which are contrary|||to| ||||the records and teachings||ofthe Gospels. It preaches||||a|firm faith||and trust||in God through||| ||||Jesus the Christ. Itdoes||this by holding
regular|services||||and special services ofmediumship||||||| ||||which are open to Church||members
and the general|||public.||||||||| ||||Several fund-raising
events have taken place during||||the|||year including|||Psychic Workshops|||| ||||and readings.|||||||||||||| |Reserves|Policy:||All funds held by the Church are to be used for|||the objects ofthe||||||Church.||||| ## |Statement o|fTrustees||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Responsibilities:|The trustees and committee
members are responsible
for preparing|an account and||||| |||statement
for each financial year which fairly represents
the receipts snd payments|||of|the|| |||Church and its assets and liabiliTies at the period end in accordance|with relevant|regulations.|||| |||In preparing
the account and statement,
they are required to:|||||| |||—select suitable accounting
policies and then apply them consistently;|||||| |||-make judgements
and accounting
estimates
that are reasonable|and prudent;||||| |||-prepare the account and statement
on the going concern basis unless
It is Inappropriate|||||to| |||presume
that the Church
will continue
in operation.|||||| |||The trusiees are respnsible
for keepng
proper accounting
records which disclose with|||||| |||reasonable
accuracy at any time the financial
position ofthe Church. They are also|||||| |||responsible
for safeguarding
the assets ofthe Church and hence for taking reasonable||||steps|| |||for the prevention
and detection offraud and other irregulayities.|||||| |||In sofar as the trustees are aware:|||||| |||-there is no relevant
audit information
ofwhich the Church's
auditors are unaware;|||and||| |||-the trustees
have taken all steps that they ought to have taken to|make themselves|||aware of|| |||any relevant audit information
and to establish
that the auditors are aware ofthat|||information.||| |Declaration:||Ideclare,
in my capacity ofcharity trustee, that:|||||| |||-the trustees
have approved
the report above; and|||||| |||- have authorised
me to sign it on their behalf.|||||| |Signature:||M Griksai/s|||||| |Full name:||MARY GRIKSATIS|||||| |Position:||TRUSTEE|||||| |Date:||24/02/2024|||||| ## ||||||Restricted|Unrestricted|Total|Total| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||Funds|Funds|Funds|Funds| ||||||2023|2023|2023|2022| ||||||F|S|8|| |~Re Stttttt,||||||||| |Collections||||||6,055|6,055|6,072| |Raffles||||||2,040|2,040|1,663| |Tea and Coffee||||||407|407|245| |Goods||||||94|94|87| |Candles||||||19|19|26| |Donations||||||1,236|1,236|693| |Subscriptions||||||215|215|115| |Room hire||||||40|40|| |Fundraising|||||105||105|| |Miscellaneous||||||22|22|| |Angels||||||66|66|34| |Bank interest||received||||182|182|21| ||||||105|10,376|10,481|8,956| |~Pt||||||||| |Speakers||||||1,131|1,131|879| |Fundraising|costs and|||goods for events||728|728|788| |Donations|paid|||||||300| |Heat & light||||||1,811|1,811|1,428| |Insurance||||||612|612|615| |Water||||||317|317|190| |Repairs, maintenance||||and gardening||301|301|810| |Church
Improvements||||||||4,010| |Telephone|and internet|||||897|897|879| |ITequipment||and software||||359|359|257| |Miscellaneous||||||42|42|186| |Audit &Accountancy|||fees|||360|360|360| |Sum up fees||||||1|1|2| |||||||6,559|6,559|10,704| |Net Receipts||||||||| |Net ofreceipts/(payments)|||||105|3,817|3,922|- 1,748| |Cash funds|at|1stJanuary||||26,063|26,063|27,811| |Cash funds|at|31st December|||105|29,880|29,985|26,063| ## |||||Restricted|Unrestricted|Total|Total| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||Funds|Funds|Funds|Funds| |||||2023|2023|2023|2022| |||||6|||6| |Cash Funds|||||||| |Bank Current account||||105|7,067|7,172|3,433| |Bank Savings Account|||||22,633|22,633|22,450| |Cash|||||180|180|180| |||||105|29,880|29,985|26063| |Assets Retained|for the|Chari|s Own Use||||| |Church
building,|including|fixtures|and fittings||||| |Valuation
at 31st|December||||150,000||150,000| |Amounts
due to|Ch rch||||||| |Gas and electricity|||||674||| |Wave Water|||||||| |Li
ili ies|||||||| |Audit 8 accountancy fees|||||360||360| |Gas and electricity|||||||151| |Telephone|||||22||19| |Wave Water|||||119||53| |Virgin Media|||||54||54| ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ##