2025-04-01-accounts

Trustees. Annual Report for the period . Period start date . Period end date ', 2D25 From Section A Reference and administration details Charity name. Heaton Churches Together Other names charity is known by Registered charity numbor lif any) 1181717 Charity's principal address,. 20 Amistrong Avenue Heaton Newcastle upon Tyne Postcode NE6 5RD Namos of the charity trusttss who manape the charlty D•te• act•d K Dot for whol¢ Trustee name Office Ilf any) Namo of pgr4on lor body) •ntitled nt tru•t•• ifan Jonathan Lawson Andrea Hayes Mark Ridyard Treasurer Name¥ of the trust•es for the charity, if any, {for txample, any custodian trustees) Name Dates a¢tsd If not for whole ear Names and addresses of advlsers {Oplional infomiation) po of advi8er Name Address Name of chief executive or names of Senior staff members {Optlonal information> TAR March 2012

Section B Structure, overnance and mana ement Description of the Gharity's trusts . Consb'tution Type of governing document How the charity is constituted Charitsble Incorporated Organisation Trustee selection methods, Ele¢ted from Membership Addltlonal governance issues {Optional infomiation) You rnay choose to indLK4e additional information, where relevant, about. policies and procedures adopted for the Induction and training of trustees., the charity's organisational structure and any wider netWOTk with which the charity works., relationship with any related parties., Irustees. consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. TAR March 2012

Section C Ob'ectives and activities To advan￿ the christi.an religion in Heaton and its Immeijiate suffoundings To promote religious hamony amongst the various Christian congregations of the area to encourage prayer, fellowship and j(Mnt action. To promole social inclusion for the public ￿nefit by working with people in i Healon and Its immediate surroundings to prevent people from becoming socially excluded. relieve the r*eds of those people who are socially excluded and assist Iheir inl ration into societ Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document Financial year 24-25 was again a year when we ran our key outreach event known as -Heaton Festival". We had nearly 200 local organisalion$ or groups participating ané in terms of attendees the event was least as big as last time and though it's hard lo i estimate we were potentially even bigger. We conlinued our approach of bringing the Heaton Gommunity together, encouraging people to get involved with the groups that surround them, whilst at the same lime giving people a great day and helping them lo identrfy with the Heaton community. Performance- We contsnued to develop our stages this year. Our main stage was filled with brilliant local acts and with a packed crowd all day. The Village Green stage wimanly showcased local youth groups and bands with"True Colours. stealing the show King John's Palace stage had a more relaxed feel wilh both develolyng acts as well as some of the quieter bands and then we filled our A'capella stage for the first time, creating a lovely atmosphere in our kids zone and a chance for new 8¢ts to perform to a bNJ audience. Summary of the main aGtlvltSes undertaken for the publlc benefit in relation to these objects linclude within thig Section the statutory declaration that tru$toos have had regard lo the guidance i8gued by the Charity Commission on public beneflt) Communit rou s - This year ￿￿ blended our Community zone and j Ecozone. as we want to make caring for our environment a p8rt of eVe￿hIng we do. rather than a separate thought. We continue lo be oversubscnbed and we deliberately limit our groups to those who meet locally where possible All of the groups reported a strong interest from the community and we will follow up to find out if they have ultimately seen increased membership which is one of our targels. Local small ￿￿sineSseS - Our market stalls brought many local small businesses to the festival again. They all give terrrfic feedback that il gets them known within the community and we've found from retumees that Heaton F@slival has helped them establish their businesses and learn what does and doesn't work as they seek to Gontinue to grow. Food- We conth'nued to offer more food providers this year, consciously expanding the sorts of stalls on offer. We have a blend of cornpanies who are just starting up in the outside catenng world who we can help learn what it lakes, mixed with some of the more estatlished local organi5ations to ensure we can also meet the large volume of food required. No matter what their background. they all did eX￿pI￿onallY well, with many of them completely selling out. S orts Health and Wellbein As an experiment this year, we moved our Sportszone to behind the kids zone. and that helped the groups feel more involved in the main festival. The organisations involved let people have a go at their various activities and also signed people up to come back after the festival. Children - Our children's zone continues to be a huge success with lots of free activities for families and oun eo le. Activities induded inflatables, Maich 2012 TAR

rcus skills. a craft tent that included a local pottei, sensory music for toddlers and the Amed Forces knkers with sponge throwingl This year a second local detachment of the Territorial Army also got involved meaning we could offer even MO￿ free activities whilst helping promote the TA and the ongoing groups il has for ￿th youth and adults. Y th - Keeping the youth entertained and engaged, our youth zone had all sorts of fun activities. For the more energetic, things like football or basketball shootout. table tennis or Sumo suits, and for the more relaxed chillout zone, a creative station and an interactive drama experience Beyond whal the general public see, we have continued lo develop our organising team with about 20 volunteers leading the planning for the 6 months in the run up to the festival, and over 200 helping out on the day. ',We are also getting strong support from the council events team and the Parks trust, who see us a well organised and professional organisation that makes a drfFerence in the community. We also have continued our tr8d<ing of the consequences of the festival. 95¢/0 of our contntyJlors tell us they would altend a similar event again. 721/0 say that the event organisation exceeds their expectations, and many, groups tell us how their particular organisation has grown in terms of awareness. Gommunity engagement and membership. . We also carry out smaller events against our objectives éuring the year. Such as Community Carol singlng at a local venue Sock and Chocs - creation of hundreds of Christrnas Par￿1$ to te given to the local People's Kitchen INorld Day of Prayer Joinl worship for Lent and Easter Christian Aid Week- joint fundraising enveloFe colledion aGross Heaton supporting I￿al food banks and refugee projects Cann9 for our environment Places of welcome- 3 of our churches acting as part of a national network that offering an unconditional welcome Ic local people lo connect and contribute for few hours each week. They are places where everyone can go for a friendly face, a cup oftea and a conversation if and when the need it. TAR Mafch 2012

Additional details of objectives and activilles Ioptional information) You may choosè to include further slalem@nts, wtr￿re relevant, about.. HCT is fully reliant on volunteers and all our event5 are Greated and executed by members of Ouf organisation. policy on grantmaking,, policy programme related investment" contn"bution made by volunteers. TAR Marckn 2012

Section D Achievements and performance Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year Social Inclusion Several Communty groups run and coordinated to address the key community needs. Healon Festival- Jun 2024 Between 12,000 to 15,000 attendees Neady 200 Gommunty organisations involved most of which see increases in participation after the festival For details of the individual areas see the perforrnan¢8 measures in section C Religious hamony amongst Ihe various Christian congregations Regular sharing of events between churches to promote partnership bemteen churches- a combination of virtual and physical events across the year wth hundreds of attend88s. such as Lent Lunches Promoling the Chnsts'an Religion Continued to use online services to promote Interest amongst those inquisrtwe about faith. Section E Financial review Brlef statement of the charity's policy on reseNe8 HCT'S rnaior expendrture is with Heaton Festival, where the aim is to make be￿een a £1CI)O loss and a £3000 Surplus so that over multiple festival we will create a small reseNe to Gover any issues that we may have In a given fe$lival year. We aim to have reserves of behveen £5.000 and £10,0000 and at the end of FY23-24 reserves were £7,435 with expectation which provides a firm silion for an future events. Details ol any funds matsrially In doticit None Further flnanclal revlew detalls (Optlonal Information) You may chooso to include additional information, Ythere relevant about the charity's principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)., how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity- investmenl policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. TAR Marth 2012

Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on behalf of the charity'8 trustees Signaturels) Full nam•(s) Positlon (eg Secretary, Ghalr. etc) yard Treasurer Andrea Hayes ,, Trustee Date 30 January 2026 TAR March 2012

Heaton Churches Together – Treasurer’s Report FY 2024-2025 April 1 2024 to March 31 2025

Overall Summary

This is a year when HCT runs Heaton Fes�val. Recall that some fundraising was completed in 2023-24 and this had amounted to £4,525.

Looking at the accounts for 23-24 the vast majority of ac�vity was on Heaton Fes�val, with net loss of £10,558 for the year. However, over the period from the 2022 fes�val comple�ng payments and the 2024 fes�val comple�ng payments balancing these two amounts the net loss of £6,033.

and we aim to carry forward about £5,000 in reserves. However, a�er the 2022 fes�val cycle, with the impact of COVID and giving us a double fundraising cycle, we carried for £13,966 and so we undertook a li�le less grant funding in this cycle to bring the balance back to closer to the target.

The Account started with a Balance of £17,993 and ended with a balance of £7,435

Mark Ridyard, HCT Treasurer [e-mail]

Heaton Festival 2024 summary

Overall, Heaton Fes�val targe�ed to return to a post cycle balance of close to £5,000 a�er the record receipts from 2022 brought the reserves to £13,966.

This meant that our fundraising targets were slightly lower than previous years and this lead to our fundraising coming in at £20,959

The highlights include

• Fundraising - £12,973.6, including

• External funding, both secular and ecumenical at £5,500

• Con�nued support from the council ward funding at £3,524 and the HCT churches at £3,780

• On the day receipts rose again to £7,877 vs 7,147, driven by more from Food providers

In terms of spending we had slight increase in costs vs previous years (£26,802 vs 2022 - £24,185 and 2019 - £25,169).

The key increases were driven by

• Logis�cs – up from from £13,237 to 14,924 (primarily driven by increased costs for Bins and toilets)

• Health and Safety – up from £6,522 to £8,080 (primarily driven by an increased licence cost from the Parks at £950)

A full item by item income and expenditure is shown below. Due the mul�year nature of fundraising