NORTON CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALIST CHURCH
(Charity No. 1177762)
ACCOUNTS
FOR THE PERIOD FROM 1ST JANUARY TO 31ST DECEMBER 2025
Contents
Page
Trustees Report
1&2
Receipts and Payments Account
Statement of Assets and Liabilities at Year End
Auditor's Report
5&6

Norton Chrlstlan 8plritualist Chw¢h
{Charlty No. 11777621
Tru8tees Report
for thg pgrlod from 181 January to 31st D•umb•r 2025
Contact addro95'.
Darfington Lane
Norton
Stodtton on Te85
TS20 1ER
G￿rnIng document..
Ch8ritable10 Con5btution reJLstar•d 29 March 2018
Orgttnl$atlon type:
Charitable Ir*(¥porntsd Org8nk8alon
Trustees..
Ms Mary Grik$8ti8
Ms Irene Morris
M5 Linda Richmond
Mr Kyb Ri¢hmond
Gommltteo M4m￿Tr:
Mr Chris Archbokj (Presklgnl an4 Treasurer)
M$ Maureen Garbutt
Ms Mary Griksotr'¥ (Vlo PraS￿Oni)
Ms ￿an8 Grafton
Ms Elty Whilmore (Secretaryl
Mr David Col&
Ms Susan Cdo
Ms Parn Rain$ ISo¢ond I[￿ President and Booking Secretary)
Mr Terry Green
Cornmrtte• m•mbers are appolnlgjlreapwinted at gath AGM.
Bankers..
ryln Money
46 High Streel
Stod(ton on Tees
TS18 1SB
Santsnder
Cutomef SerV￿e Centr8
Bootte
L30 4GB
Objt¢ts of th• Church..
For the public benefit, to advance the religttin and Ihe relh3knus philosophy of Spiritualism on
the ba$1$ of the folowing bdiefs".
Belief in ont God who 1$ love.,
- A¢￿ptanc* of the bad8rship ofJ8sus the Christr,
BellÈf th8t God manrfes15 through the Illimitable power of Hoty Spirit.,
8eli8f in th8 suNIv81 of the soul and ils indivk1uality after physical death..
Bglipf in communion wth Gcxl. wlh hi$ 8ng8lie minlstets anlt with Souls
fun¢b"oniThJ in ¢oThlilions ot￿r than the earth lrfe.
- BÈL￿ that all lorm5 of lrfe create(I by God Sntermingle, are int¢rdopèndent and
evolvè until partection attainod.,
Bel*f in the perfect jU81Ke of the dNine laws g¢)veming all Ilfe..
B8162f that sins comrnitt8d can only be reclffied by the $inner himseWor hersètr. through tho
rederr(•tNe p￿r of Jesus the Christ by rePeThta￿e and 58rvKe to ethers.
A¢tlvttl•s and A¢hl•v•ments.. The Church bases its work upon the tea¢hings. causes the Scriptures to be
re*J regulaty and does not pem)it any Wr￿"ng5 to be read or praach8d which are contrary to
the records and l•achiThg$ of the C05pe15. 11 preathes a faith and trust in God Ihrough
Jesus the ChrBI. It does Ihis by ￿)￿l[¥J regular services and special wNit¢$ of madiumshlp
whkh are open lo Church m•mt*rs and the general public.
Several fund-ratsiNJ events have ¢ak8n place during the ygar induding Psychi¢ Woth$hops
an(1 readlng8.
Ro8oNg8 Pollw,.
All funds hold by th• Church are to be used for the cèpcts ef tho Church.

Norton chI￿tIan Splrftuall$t Church
(Chaifty No. 11777621
Trustses Report
for the perfod from 1st January 10 31st Decemtw 2025
Statement of Trustses
R8sponsibilitl•s: The trustee$ and cornrnitt88 rnember5 are responslble fer prep8ring an 8teount and
statement for each finanaal year which faity represent8 the receip15 and payments of the
Church and its assets an¢ liabilities al the period end in aCc(￿dan* wilh ￿levant ￿gUlatiOns.
In p￿paring lh8 attount and staternent. they are r•quired to..
sel¢¢l surtsble accounting PDlicies and then appty them consistsnuy.,
- rnakè judgements and accotsntlng estimates that are reasonab￿ and prudent..
- p￿parE the account and Statement on the going corKem basis unkss it i¥ inappropriate b)
Yesume Ihatthe Church W￿11 contSnue In operat￿)n.
Th8 trustees are respnsible for keepng propèr accounting records *thlch di8dose ¥Ath
roasonable ac¢uraGy a¢ any time the finall￿al position of the Church. They are also
sponsib￿ for safeguarding the assets of1￿ Church and ￿nce for lakirvJ reasonab18 stsp6
for the p￿¥$￿tion and tjetection ol tra￿1 and other Irregularitie5.
In so far as the ￿1$1￿¥ are awarè..
- there is no rakvant audit infomiabon of which the Church's auditor5 are Unawa￿." and
- th8 tru5teB5 have taken all steps that Ihey ought to iak8n to mako theMse￿8S a¥Yar8 of
any relevant audrfL Info￿atiOn and io establish that the ?￿IrtorS arg awar8 of that infomiation.
D8claration".
I do¢lare, In my capaclty of eharity trustso, thaL'
- Ihe tru5tfjos ho¥• •pproved the reportabove.. and
. have authorfsod me tos1￿ il on thBlr b8hall.
Slgnature:
M Griks81ts
Full nam0=
MARY GRIKSATIS
Position..
TRUSTEE
15.04.28

Norton Christian Spiriluali$t Church
(Charlty No. 1177762)
Rec?ipts and Payments Account
For thè Period from 1st January to 31st December 2025
R8stTiCted Unrestrictod Total
Total
Fund8
Funds
Fund8 Funds
202S
2025
2025
2024
Ro¢ei
Collections
Raffles
Tea and Coffee
Goods
Candles
tk)nation$
Subscriptions
Room hire
Workshop
Mlnister Fee
Brouches
Miscellaneous
Bank interest re￿Ned
6,790 6.790 7.449
1.865
1.865
2.163
347
347
149
149
33
33
163
163
375
375
65
65
193
31
534
310
1,100
so
50
37
21
232
232
238
10,078 10,078 13,125
Pa monts
Speakers
Fundraising costs and gocmjs for events
Donalions paid
Heat & light
Insurance
Waler
Repairs, maintenance, cleanir*J and gardening
2,184 2,184 2,130
959
959
997
50
1,305 1.305 3,206
714
714
718
420
420
420
1,221
1,221
1,313
kiil
Church improvements
Telephone and internet
IT equipment and Software
Miscellaneous
Audit & Accountancy fees
Sum up fees
Cash dI￿renCe
1,150
953
228
328
1,150
953
228
328
4,318
1,015
795
444
360
9,824
9 824 15,773
Ngt Receipts
Net of receiptsl(payments)
Cash funds al 1 st January
Cash funds al 31$t December
254
254
2,648
27.337 27,337 29,985
27.591 27,591 27,337

Norton Chri•tian Spiriluali•t Church
(Charity No. 11777621
Stat•m•nt of A￿￿ts and Llabllltles
at 318t D•cembgr 2026
Re6trlcted Unre8trtct
Fundo
Fund8
2025
2025
Totsl
F￿d•
2026
Total
Funds
2024
Cash Funds
Bank CUr￿n1 account
Bank Savings Account
Cash
4,286
22,871
180
27,337
23.102
180
27.591
23,102
27,591
A￿¢¢• Retaingd for tho Chari
'# Own U8•
Church building, including fixture5 and fitbrrfJs
Valuation at 31st December
350,(K)O
Amounts due to Church
He81 & I￿h1
Water
Llabilities
Audit & accDuntarq fees
Heat & light
Telep￿ne
VVat•r
Broadband
360
576
23
48
144
25
62
Transactlons wSth Comm1tt￿ Mèmbers
Oul of pwket 8xpens¢s of £1.033.12 wèrè r8imbursed to committee memb￿$ fjuring thg y9ar
Sign•d on bohaff ofth• tru8ts••
C Archbth
C Archbold
M Griks8fys
M Griksab"s
15 04.28

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
NORTON CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALIST CHURCH
OpznloD
We have auditrd the financial 5tar¢m¢Rts of Nvrton ChtiSiiAn Spiriiualisl Churth for the year endd 31 De¢embeT 2025 whith
¢ornpris¢ of a ReLeipts and Paym¢nts aC￿vnI ort page 3 2nd a Statcmcnl of A￿(8 and Liabilitie5 on pag¢ 4. The fman¢ial reporting
frdmcwork that has been applicd in their preparntiort is i)pplicable law.
In ouropinion..
the swemeni of account complits with r¢guiation$ 31 5133 of thc ChariLirs Acl 201 I dealing with r¢cripts and ptyments
accounts, and
pr￿rIY pr¢senis the receipts and payrnents of the aJurGh forthe fmanciai ytarattd ihe stalement of bal￿nCeS at th¢ y¢aT end.
Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with In*T￿tional siw￿8rd$ on Auditing IUKI {ISAs IUKII and applicable Jaw. Our
responsibilities under those staDdards are further deSCTiW in thc Auditors. ￿s￿)nsibl]it1ts for the audit of the financial stst¢ments
section ofour report. We are indepeDdeDt of th¢ Church in attordance with the ethical requirements that ar¢ T¢levani to our audit of
the financial stakments in the UK. including th¢ FRCS Ethiral St4nJard, and we have fuifjlled our other ethical T￿￿nSibilItICS lu
0¢<4)rdEllJce with those requirements. W¢ believe that the a￿lIt evidenr£ wc h&vc obt8in&l is sufficient and 4ppropriak ¢0 provid¢
basis for our OPiDiOn.
Coneluslons rehtlng to 80iDg concern
ln auditing the financial stat¢menw we have Concluded that the wmmitt¢e m¢mbu5' use of thc going ¢on¢em b&sis of accountin8 in
the preparation of the finan¢ial sw¢m¢rt¢s ￿ appropriate.
Based on the work we hav¢ p¢rfomied, we have noi identified aoy malerial unc¢rtainti¢s r¢laling to ev¢nts or conditions th4
individuall) or collccliv¢ly, may caa significant doubt on the Church's ability to continue as u going ¢oncem for a period ocat le&8t
twelve rnonthsfTom N4'h¢n th¢ fin4n¢iiil stht¢meots 8r¢ authoris&l for i￿e.
Our responsibilities and th¢ responsibilities of the e4)mrnittee members with Tespect to going cotKen) ￿ d¢s¢rib¢d in the r¢levaDt
5￿tions of this TYPOrt.
Other infl)r￿all0
The Oth￿ illformaiion ¢ompJis¢s th¢ information included in the Tr4￿(5 R¢port but does noi in¢lud¢ the fjnancial siaiements and
ourAudiiors' Re]M)rt thereon. The Commillc¢ m¢mb¢rs are re5ponsibk forthe other inforn)ation.
Our opinioll on th¢ K¢ounis do¢s noi cover the oth¢r Rnforniation and we do not express an>. fomi of ￿urance conclusion th¢rcon.
In ¢onne¢iioD with ourauditof the account& our T¢swnsibility is tv read lh¢ oth¢r inforn)aiion an¢ in doing so. con5id¢r whethu the
otbcr inform&tion is materially inconsi5tellt with the 4¢¢()unts. or our knowledge obiaitleil in the audit or oth¢n¥is¢ app¢aFS ¢0 b¢
mr¢t¢rially mi$8tstcd. If we idcntify such material incon5isl¢ncies or 4)PP8reni material misstatements. we required to d¢t¢rfflin¢
wh¢iheT th¢r¢ is a rnaterial misstat£m¢nt in the accountsora rtLlteriai ffli5StaicnKnl of the other infomalion. If, bas￿ on the w(prk w¢
have pcrformcd. wc conclude that thcre is a material misstat¢m¢nt of this othcr 1nforn)atio￿ we are required to report thui fa¢¢.
Wc hav¢ nothing lo report in this regard.
matte￿ on whieh we are reqy1T￿ to report by eueptiott
We have Doihing to rq￿tt in re5P¢Ct ol lh¢ follow￿% tnatt¢rs irt rel&ion to which the Charities (Accounts and Rcm} R¢gul&tion8
2008 require usto TqM)rt to you if. in our ¢)pinion'.
the infonn&tion givcn in th¢ tNstees' report is iticonsislent in any m*erial r¢sp¢¢t with th¢ Accounts,. or
5UtTrcient acrounling reuTrrd$ have not bccn ke￿ or
the ac¢ounts are not in agreement with the accounting records. or
w¢ hav¢ noi r¢e¢iv41 all the information and expl￿110￿5 we require for our audit.
ReBpoll5ibilities of the Commitlee
The Chur¢h's committee members ar¢ responsible for the prwardtion of the ￿oUrtts for b¢ing satisfied that they Comply with
the regulations includcd in Ihe Charili¢s Acl 2UI I relating to K¢ceipts and Paymctlts Accow)ts.
Po8¢ 5

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
NORTON CHRISTIAN SPIRITUAUST CHURCH
In pr¢paring the accounts. the committee m¢mbers ar¢ r¢sportsihle for 8ssessin8 the Church'5 ability to continue a going concern,
diKlosin& as applicable, matt¢rs r¢laied to gving Gon¢em ond using th¢ 8oiLg concern basis of accounting unle55 the cotnrDittee
emb¢r5 etther intend liquidate the Church orto ¢ea*e operations, or hav¢ no rdi8tic altemative but to do 80.
Our respon5ibili¢ie5 for the a￿d￿l of the fillancial 5t2ternents
Our objeLtive5 are to obtwn re￿nable aboul whether th¢ iwullis ar¢ fr# from malerial Mtss￿emtnl whether due to
fraud or error. and to IS5￿ an Auditots, Re]K)rt th4t Incl￿1￿ our Dpinion. Rel￿nable assurance is a high level of assurance but is Dot
a guararLt¢e that all audil Conduct￿ in accordunLe with ISAS IUKI will always de*ct a m*rial rnisstat¢meTrt when il Lxist5.
Misstatetn¢nts can 4ris¢ from fraud or e￿{>r and are con5id¢Ttd tnaleria] if, itidividually or in the aggregate. they could reasonably be
expect¢d to iTrflu¢n¢¢ th¢ economi¢ d¢¢isions of us¢rs tsken bascd on these financial statements.
Irregulartlies including fraul are instan¢¢s of non.compliance with laws and rcgulations. We design procedures in line with our
re5ponsibiliti¢£ outlin¢d abuv< to d¢*¢t mai¢rial misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The Ext¢nl lo which our
PTiwiur¢5 capable of dctcrting wrcgultiTitiK in¢luding fixud is detailed below..
Our appToach to id¢nlifying and &sxssin¥ th¥ risks of M￿trial miSsL21￿c￿t in respect of irregularitie5. Incl￿j1￿g frdud atld non-
Complian￿ with laws and rcgulatitsns, w&8 follows..
the engag¢m¢ni partntr ensured thai lh¢ eoga8ement t&qm collectively had the appropriaic COmF¢tenLK cdpibililies and
skills. lo identify or rcGognk5¢ no￿￿￿￿P11¥￿¢e with applicable laws and regulations identificd thTwgh discu55ion with
¢ommitt¢C and from our knowledgc ol the Churcty Ihe Charkties Act 201 l and th¢ Charitie8 Ststem¢ot of
RCcoTnM¢nd￿ Pra¢ii¢¢.
W¢ ass¢ss¢d th¢ sus¢¢ptibility of the Church's fjnancial statements to material misstatemenL including obtsining art und¢ysutxling of
how fraud mighi OEtyT by..
ajting enquirics of ￿t￿￿]tter membws as io wheJe they considere41 ihtre was susceptibility to fraud at)d their knowledge
of a¢tuaJ, susp¢¢¢d atMI ￿leged fraud.
To athjress the risk tsf fralld through'm8nagcmenl' bias and ovdrid¢ of coDtroJs, we..
t¢s*d ￿OrdS to identify ￿UsUal Irdnsaciions.
In io th¢ risk or inegul￿111es 8nd non-compliance witb laws and regulations w¢ d¢5igr*d pro¢¢dur¢s whieh includeLi bui
llot limited to:
agT¢¢ing finan¢ia] ￿COrdS to underlying suppming documents.
Th¢r¢ are inherent limitations in our audtl procedures de5cribcd above. Thc morc r¢rnoved that laws r¢gulwions are from
rJnAnci41 tr8nsa¢iion& the less likely it is that we would becoin¢ awwe of non-complianc& Auditin¥ st8J]d8rd5 aiyo limit th¢ alldit
procedutes required to identify non-compliance with laws 4Lnd r¢gulation5 lo ojquiry of thc wThittte members and other
rn4r)thg¢m¢n¢ Ond th¢ insp¢ction of re8ulatory and le8al eQfr&￿0nden¢￿ if any.
Matcrial mi85tatement% that arise duc to fraud can be hardcr to detr¢t than thos¢ aris¢ from ¢rror as they may involve dc]ib￿al¢
n*alm¢t)t or collllsion.
A further description of our responsibilities for th¢ audit Of the finan¢ial statements is lo¢ai¢d on the Financial Reporting Council's
website aL %vwiv.1rL.
.uklaudithrsres
on
ibiliiic& Thls description fom)s part of ourAuditors' ReV￿rt.
Use octhe 8udit report
This report is trjade solely for the exclusive use of th¢ Cbur¢h's m¢mbers and solely for the purwse as set out in uur ¢ng4gwn¢nt
letter. Our Teport 15 not to be used for any uthcr putposc, r¢ciled or referred to in any document, cijpics or made available (ir) whole
in ￿1) to any other person without prior ￿Thff¢n ¢xpr¢%% tonsent. We &￿ept no duty. responsibility or liability to ￿Y other party in
conn¢ction with the r¢pvrt ui thi¥ ¢ngagem¢ni.
Signed:JSc AccUL*trcxThJ3 LJrtLtlfd
JBC Accountsnts Llmlt¢d
Statutory Audltor
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