NORTON CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALIST CHURCH
Icharfty No. 1177762)
ACCOUNTS
FOR THE PERIOD FROM 1ST JANUARY TO 31ST DECEMBER 2024
Contents
Pag•
Trustees Report
1&2
Receipts and Payments A￿ount
ststement of Assets and Liabilitles at Year End
Auditorfs Report
5&6

Norton Chw18tlan Spllltualist Church
Icharfty No. 117T1621
Trustees Rew¢
fortho p•rfod from 1st Januaryto 31$t De¢emb8r 2024
Contact oddreu..
Darflngton La
Norton
Stod(ton on Tees
TS20 1ER
Govemlng dO¢W￿¢￿t.
Charttat4e10 Consmulon reg￿er8d 29 Marth 2018
Oryani*otlon typ•'.
CharitaNe In(x)rp)rated Organi￿ll)n
Tru8tee•.'
Ms Mary (>lk8aUs
M$ Ir￿ Morrls
Ms Linda Richmond
Mr K￿¢ RthmoTh1
Commlttg• m•mbors:
Mr Chris Archbdd IPre51dentand Treasurorl
Ms Mary Grik5ati5 (Vice Pwidentand Se¢xetaryl
MS Pam Ralne ISKond Vica Presklent and Booknng Sec¥etaryl
Ms Glenys Robson
Ms Maur88n Garbull
Ms Done Grafton
Ms Elly Whibmcre
Mr David Cole
M$ Susan Colg
Mr Terry Gre8n
Cornrnlttge Me￿*8￿$ are appointe¢lreappDlnt8d at 88th AGM.
Bankers:
rgln M￿Y
46 High Street
Styckton on Teos
TS18 1SB
Sants[￿￿
Custr)mer Serv1￿ Centr¢
Booue
L30 4GB
Obi•¢ts of th• Churth..
For Ihe publt benenl to adwanrk thè rollglon and Iho religlous phlosophy of Sptrllu8118m on
the basis of the fol*J%*ing beliefs-
- 8dief4n one God is kjve..
- ACr*pfar￿ ol th8 kdership ofJ8sus the Chri$(
- 8etl8f that t>Jd rnanKests thro￿h tho Ilimitable pmr of Holy Splrtt,.
- Bdwf in the survwal of the soul InrtNk1ualty after physiGqI death:
In communlon God. hls aryJ811c mlnlster5 and *ith ￿1$
functlonlng in coThJithJns otherthan thè Èarth Ilfe.
- BdEf that all forrns ollfe cffjate(I by God a￿l￿erdepeThIOTrI 8nd
evolve until perfecbon Is 8ttalned.,
dk8f Sn Ih6 p8rfectyjSti￿ of the divlnp la￿ governlrYJ all Ilfe..
- ed￿fthat sins committ&l (*n onty be rÈttrf￿ by the slnner hhns81fN h•rsdf, thrtJwJh the
reoempuve pow ofJ8SUS th& Chrfst by rep8ntsnce seNke to othws.
ActivltloJ 4nd Ach￿¥¢m*￿￿.. Thè Chwch b8s•s Is *tJrk upon the BSbl& teachIn￿, ￿U$￿S the scr￿lUres to be
read regularly and does permit sny v￿￿￿ngS to b8 read or preathed are ¢x)nlt8ry to
th8 re￿rdS and teachings ofthe G05pels. It pr¢ache$ 8 flm) farth arnl trust In God through
Jesus the Christ. It doe5 thi5 by ￿ldIng regular Ser¥￿e9 8nd 8pedal s8rvices of m*Jiumship
which are open to C￿rch M￿berS 8nd Ihe gen8r81 public.
Several fund-raL%lr¥J events have 18k8n placeduring the year indudin9 Psythlc Workshops
and readTrigs.
Re¥erye¥ Policy:
hjl fvThJs hdd by the Churth ¥é to be u$ed forthe objeds Of1￿ Church.

tlorton Chrfstlan Splrltuallst Church
l¢harfty No. 11777621
Trustws Roport
tor the p8rlod from 1stJonuary to 31st DeCem￿r 2024
stst8mÈnt of Trustees
R•sponslblllUes.' The tru5t885 and cornmillee ff*mbers are responsib￿ for prnparing an atxwnt and
ststement for each finan¢ial yearwhich fairfy represents the r￿Ipts and payments of the
Church and Its assets and liabil*ti8s at the period end in ac(x)rdance with r$￿vAnt ffjguLatson8.
In prep8ring the acrA)unt and statement, they are required to..
- select suitable accountin9 policies then appty th8m con5iStenUy',
- make judgements and arxxjunting e5timate5 that are reasonabb and prL*l8nt.'
- prepare th¢ account snd statement on the going concern basis unKry5s it is inappropriate to
PTe$urne that thè Church will continu& in oper8b"on.
The trnstees are respnsible lor kèepng pryr ac￿uD￿Dg recordShYh￿h dlsd¢Mwith
rga$onable ac¢uracy at any the finan¢Aal position of the Church. They are also
responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Church and hen￿ fortsking re8sonabk stsps
fty tha prevonlh)n and tlelectson of fraud and olh8r i(regularil*s.
In so far 8$ thg tru$taas arg **are'.
- Ihere 15 no relev8nt audit Infomigtion ofwhKh the Churths audlNS are unawarè., and
. the Irustees have tsken all st¢ps that thèy ought to have laken trj make therns8lv8s awar• of
any relevant wdit ￿fortnatitin to establish that the auditors are aware of thal InfOMat￿an.
Dectsrtion..
I declare, In my capaeity of charlty tru•te•. that..
. th• trust•w ha¥è approved thè rtport abov•; r￿d
. haw outhorl$8d mo to 51gn It on thelr bghalf.
Slgnatur•'.
M Grtsatls
Full name..
MARY GRIKSATIS
Posmlon:
TRUSTEE
28rt)2125

Norton Christian Spiritualist Church
(Charlty No. 11777621
Recelpts and Paymonts Account
For the Period from 1st January to 318l Docomb•r 2024
R6strict•d Unrestrlcted Total
Tolal
Funds
Funds
Funds Funds
2024
2024
2024
2023
Recel
Collection5
Raffles
Tea and Coffee
7,449 7,449 6,055
2,163
2.163 2,040
386
407
193
31
534
310
1,100
663
193
31
Candl8S
Donations
Subscriptions
Room hire
Workshop
Fundraising
Brouches
mi￿lIans¢￿$
Angels
Bank interest received
19
1,236
215
450
310
1,100
663
105
37
21
37
21
22
238
238
182
12,675 13.125 10,481
450
Pa m•nts
Speakers
Fundraising costs and goods for èvents
Donations paid
Heat & light
InsUrd￿e
Water
Repairs, maintenance and gardenlro
Church equipment
Telephone intemet
IT equipment and solknro
MisGellaneous
Audit & Accountancy fees
Sum up fees
Cash drfterence
2.130
2,130
997
so
50
3,206 3,206
718
718
420
420
1.313 1,313
3,763
4.318
1,016
1,015
795
795
444
1.131
728
1.811
612
317
301
555
897
359
42
360
360
555
15,218 15,773 6,559
Net Recelpts
Net of receiptsl(payments)
Cash funds a11s1 January
Cash funds at 31st Decemb8r
105
105
2,543 2,848 3,922
29,880 29,985 26.063
27,337 27,337 29,985

Norton chrI￿1*n SplrltUAli8t Church
(Charlty No. 1177762)
StAtsm•nt of As••ts and Li•biliti•s
at 31st December 2024
Rmtrictsd Unr8strlcted
Funds
Funds
2024
2024
Totsl
Fund8
2024
Total
Fund8
2023
Ca•h Funds
Bank Cwrenl acco￿1
Bank Savings Ac(y)unt
Cash
4.286
22.871
180
2T.337
4.280
22,871
7,172
22,633
27,337
29,985
Retsined for lh• Charl
s Chvn
Chwch building, Induding 8nd fitb.nos
Valuation at 31st Decembgr
350,OCO
150,000
Amounts due to Chu
$￿ttISh Pow8r gas and o1o¢tn"Gity
Wave Watsr
874
abll
Audit & accountancy f99$
Npower Gas
Telephon
Wav8 Water
Virgin Media
360
576
23
22
119
Tran8acti¢n8 wlth committ￿ Mem￿￿
Out of poth¢l •xp8nses of £1,694.40 ￿re teimbursed to committee members ¢Juring the year
Sign•d on b•half of the tru¥tee
C Archbold
C Archbold
M Giiksalis
M Griksatis
Date..
28102125

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
NORTON CHRISTIAN SPIRITUAUST CHURCH
OplThioD
W¢ have audited th¢ financial &tat¢mthts of Nortoll Chriaiatt Spiritualist Church for the yedT ended 31 December 2024 which
comprise of a Reccipts a￿d Payments aCco￿t ￿ P88e 3 *d o Staiemenl of Assets at)d Liabilitie5 on pag¢ 4. The financial Twrting
frarnework that hAS been applied in th¢irpr¢paTOtioD is app]icabl¢ law.
In ￿T0pm10n..
the statement of a¢count complie5 with r¢gul&ions at 5133 of th¢ ajarities Act 2011 dealitig with rK¢ipts 8nd paymen
accounty and
properly presents th¢ r￿ipts and paymcnts of th¢ ￿1)rCh for the finan¢iai ye4T andthe staiemcnl of balan￿ at the year ¢ttd.
Ba$ly forfjplnlo
W¢ conduded ow audit in accordonce with Ini¢rna¢ioDal Standards on Auditing IUKI (ISA5 (UK)) and appli¢able law. (h
Fesponsibilitie5 under thos¢ stsndards are d¢scribed in the Auditors. r¢5P(x]sibilities for th¢ audit of th¢ financial Stst¢M￿ls
5¢JIDTh of our re￿rt. W¢ ar¢ indepe41dent of th¢ Church in accordance with thc ethiGaJ requircmeThts that are ttlev2nt to our audÉt of
th¢ fw8Dcial staternents in the UK including th¢ FRCS Ethical St¥ndrf we have fulfill￿ otheT ethi￿1 r¢spoD5ibilities I
awdancc with thosc re4uirem¢nts. We bcli¢v¢ that Ihe audit ¢Viden￿ we h4ve obt4ln¢d is sufficienl and appropriate to pmid¢ a
basis for our opinio]L
Con¢lusionJ relating to golng
auditin8 thc fintsft¢iA) st*ementy we hav¢ Concl￿ thatth¢ committeernembers. use of the going con¢ern knis or8¢￿￿ting in
th¢ preparation of the fJnan¢iai 5tatemeDts is arvroprikn.
B&sed on the work we have perforrn¢￿ we have not Identifi￿ any material un¢ertaintie5 rel￿￿ng w ¢vent8 or conditions thal
in4ividuaJly or wllwlively. may cast $ignifJtant doutrt on the Church's ability to ¢oniinu¢ &8 &go￿g ¢onc¢rn for a of ai Ic&8t
twelve months from when the f]nancia] wernents are authorised for i55U¢.
responsibilities ond the rcsN)tL$ibiliiiw of the COmllLitt¢¢ m¢mF*rs with rrfpxt to going co￿%￿1 arc described in th¢ relevant
sections of this ]YporL
Othtr infom*tlon
The other infomaiion comprises the inforn)ation included in the Th￿¢¢$ Report but th)cs not ifjclude thc fthancia] StateM￿ts aDd
ourAudiiors' R¢EX)rt th¢r¢oD. Thr Committee mwnbers are responsible forthe other inforniation.
Our opinion on the accounts does kot cover the oth¢r in(ornation w¢ do noi ¢xpr¢ss any form of assurance ¢onCh￿l0n th¢rco
Jn Connection with OUT audit of the accounts, our r¢srth)sibility is to ￿&d th¢ other information in doing S￿ ¢onsider whether th¢
other inforn)ation is trlatrridly inconsistent th¢ wx]nts. or our knowledge obtsined in ihe audit or othe￿is¢ app¢aTS w Ix
rnateria]ly misstated. If w¢ identify gttch material inwnsisteDcies tsr oppar¢nt ma*ria] mi5S¥temenL% we ar¢ r¢quir¢d io det¢miin¢
whether there is nMssts(ement ID the or a mat¢riJi misstat¢meth of the other infornjation. If. b&%ed on the work w¢
have p¢rfornie& we con¢lud¢ thai there is amatsrial misthm¢nt of Ihis other informatio￿ we are reqUi￿d to remthat fE¢L
W¢ hav¢ nothing to rwrt in this rc8ard.
•¢l¢rB whl¢h w¢ *re required to report by exteptio
W¢ h&v¢ nothing w re[￿ in respecl orth¢ following matt¢n in relation to whi¢h th¢ CbaTittes lAc￿￿nts and Reports) Re8ul*ion5
2008 require us to reporttyyou if, in ouropinion..
thc inforniation given in the tn&ees' rcport is iticoosis(ent arty m&t¢rial T¢spe¢t with th¢ Acwunts,. or
suifi¢l¢ni accounting records have not kepL
the a¢¢oynt5 not Ill ogreemcni with th¢ acco￿tIng T¢cord¥ or
w¢ have nol received ail th¢ inforntstion explaDations w¢ requi￿ for our audiL
Page 5

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
NORTON CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALIST CHURCH
Responslblll¢les of the Commlttee
Th¢ Chur¢h's comrnittce m¢mb¢r$ 81¢ r¢sponsible for th¢ preprtion of accounts for beiDg ￿1sfied that they compty with
the r¢8ulations inc]uded im the Ch￿ill¢sA￿ 2011 rela￿ng to Receipts al￿ PaynKnts Accounts.
ID pr¢p•ring the accounts. the coinmitt¢¢ rnembcrs rwsible lor we&sing th¢ ￿￿rCh'S ability to conlinu¢ ￿ a 80in8 concer
disGlosin& as gpplicthl¢, matters ￿lated to going cotK¢m and using the goitig ¢on¢em b&8is of accoutiting uol¢ss the eommiitee
rn¢mbcrs eItt￿r intend to liquidate th¢ Church orlo cease op¢ration& orhllvc no r¢8Jisti¢ aityn&tive but. io do SD.
Oyr responslbllltle5 for th¢ *udlt of the fiDaAci*l st4t¢m¢nts
Ow obj¢£tiv¢s sr¢ to obtain r¢awnable assuran¢¢ abow whethcr th¢ ￿UnIS we fw from malcriai misststrmetLL whether to
fraud or error. to issu¢ an Auditors. Retththat includes our opinion. Reasonibl¢ assurance is A high level of &8surancc but 1$ not
a guarantee that aydit ¢ondu¢ted accordan¢e with ISAS {UK) will olways delcct a ma*riaI missthi¢m¢ni when it cxisis.
MisstatcmeDts arix from fraud or error alld tre ¢onsidered material 1£ indsvidu8ily or in the aggTvgat< th¢y ¢ould r￿ortablY be
¢X[￿￿A to inftu¢Dcc th¢ ¢¢onomic decisions of us¢rs tsk¢n b&8ed on these tlnancial staternen
ITre8uI2Tilic4 itt¢ludiDg gre Instal￿ of non-compli8nc¢ with laws 80d regulati¢)ns. We desiga pr￿edUrES in lin¢ with our
r¢sponsibilitle5. oudin¢d th)v¢, ¢0 detert mat¢riai misslatemcnts in r¢$p¢¢t of irre8ulaTiti¢4 including fraud. The extent to which
procedures ar¢ ¢apable of dctectin8 irr¢guI￿1tsA in¢ludin8 fraud is deth11￿1 b¢Jow.
Our appro*h to identifying gnd assessing the risk% of ntst¢riaJ mi8stytement in respe¢t of iwiaritie& including frnud and non-
cornpli¥Jw¢ with laws and re8ulatioTrs, was ￿ follows..
the engagement parlncr ¢tLsured tho1 th¢ engagemeDt team colleciively had th¢ atvropriatr competen¢e, capabilities and
skills to identify or rc¢ognise nonvcompliance applicablc laws and regulaiions ideDtifi¢d through dis¢ussioA with
¢Otty￿11¢ce members and from our knowledge of th¢ Churcty the CharitjC5 Arf 201 l and thc Clwities Ststunent of
W¢ ￿seSSed the susceptibility of the￿￿r¢b'S fJnan¢la] ￿teMellts to mat¢rial mi&8tatrmenL including obtaiDin8 An understanding of
how fraud mi8ht occur by..
making cnquirie5 of COTtllnitt¢¢ members a5 to whe]Y th¢y considered th¢r¢ wos sus¢qrtibility to fraud attd their knowledg¢
of actyaL suspecte4J and a11¢8ed fraud.
To addrc85 the risk of fraud through'managem¢Trt' bias sod ovaride of ¢4)utro]4 We..
*sted re￿rdS to ideniify uDu5ual transaLtions.
In response to the risk or 1rffgul￿itie5 and nonv¢ompliance with laws attd regulaiion& w¢ designed procedures which iticlutsd but
were not IiTnitcd ¢0..
agr¢eing finan¢ial records to underlying supportill8
There are inh¢r¢nt littLiiations In OUT ￿dit procedllres described above. The more re[[￿Ve￿ Ih81 18w$ and regulations from
rJDanciaJ transa¢tion& the less likely Rt is th&t w¢ would become awar¢ of non-comptiaDce. Audititt8 Standards also limit the audit
p￿c¢dur¢s required v) identify nOn￿mplI8￿ce with laws and r¢8ulations to thquiry of the cornrnittee Membe￿ and other
management and the inspection of regul￿ory and legal COTf¢sFrf*nd¢nK if aThy.
Material misstatcments that aris¢ du¢ ty fraud can k h&rdtt io detett than thos¢ that wis¢ from ¢Thr may involve delib¢rBt¢
¢on¢¢alment orcollusioD.
A fiffthLY de5CriPtion of our r¢swbÈJitics for th¢ audii of fin￿¢)￿1 s¢ai¢m¢nts is located on the Finaticftal Re[￿1ng CA)wi¢iI'$
w¢bsit¢ at www.frc.or,.uklJudiiorsres
D5ibilitie5. This dcscripti¢Jn forntspart of ow Audits>r5' ReporL
U8e ofthe Ttport
This report is made solely for the exclusiv¢ w of the ajurch's nh¢mbers aDd sol¢]y for thc put￿8¢ sct out Én our engagcment
Idler. Our r¢p)rt is noi to be ￿￿d for aThy other pur[0￿ te¢ited orrefe￿cd to in atty do¢w￿¢￿( copics OT ovailabl¢ lin whole or
in partl io atly other pcrson withoui prior writien expr¢5S W)S¢Di. We accept no duly, responsibility or liabiltty to atty other party in
comie¢tion with the report or this eng88emeThL
s18D￿.. LL￿{[￿e￿
JBC Aceoun¢•tyt5 Unblt¢d
Ststutory Auditor
Eligible to as a¥di¢•r in tenlls of Seetlon 1212 of the C(tmpani¢i A¢¢ 2M6
3B Lorkth¢¢d Cc+Urt
Pr￿On Farm
STOCKTON-ON-TEES
TS18 3SH
Dat¢-.
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