Trustees. Annual Report for the period
Period start date
Morrth
Peric*J end date
Day
Month
To 31
Aug
Yo3r
From
2024
2025
Section A
Reference and administration details
Charity name
Castle Eden Methodist Circu
Other name• charity is known by I
Previousty - United North East Methodist Circuit
R•gisterod charity number (if any)
1189839
Charity'• principal addr088:, Circuit Office.
' 22 Tremaine Close
Hartlepool
Postc¢xlo
TS27 3LE
Nam08 of the charity tru•teo8 who manage tha charity
DI￿ •¢t•d If not for whol•
Trusts• nam•
Offic• Ill any)
Name ol p•r4on lor body) entitled
toa
Int tru•tso
If an
Methodisl Conference
Methodist Conference
Beverly Hollings
Sally Coleman
Tracey Cammock
Superintendent
Presbyter
Circuit Steward
EDMC Horden
treasurer
Circuit Steward &
Circurt meets.ng
secrelary
Circurt Steward
Central Estate Rep
Circuit Steward
Circuit Meeting
EDMC Council
Janic8 Long
Circuit Meeting
Alison Ogle
Circurt Meeting
C8ntral Estate CC
Circuit meeting
Circuit Meeting
LP meeting
EMDC Council
Circuit Meeling
Circuit meeting
Circuit meeting
MWIB group
EDMC Council
Judith Parker
Pauline Caswell
Circurt Steward
& LP Secretary
& EDMC Rep
Treasurer
Joan Rennie
lan Henderson
Property steward
Safeguarding Officer
MWIB Rep
EDMC - Bla¢khall
Treasurer
10
Sue Percival
11
Judith Winn
12
Colin Williams
13
Joe Weatherspoon
EDMC - Blackhall
Steward
EDMC Council
14
Josephine Bonner
Central Estate
Treasurer
Central Estate Rep
Coxhoe Slewafd
Coxhoe Steward
Central Estate CC
15
Diane Coleman
Central Estate CC
Coxhoe CC
Coxhoe CC
16
17
Linda Turton
Wendy Carr
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18
Marjorie Talbot
Kathleen Murray
Coxhoe Treasurer
EDMC- Easington
Rep
Grange Road
Steward
Grang8 Road Rep
EDMC- Horden
Coxhoe CC
EDMC Council
19
20
Katie Bosworth
Grange Road CC
21
Madeleine Bell
Brenda Talbot
Grang8 Road CC
EDMC Council
22
23
24
Craig Long
Elaine Bramfftl
EDMC- Horden
EDMC Council
Milbank CC
Milbank CC
EDMC Council
Milbank Treasurer
Milbank Steward
EDMC Peterlee
Treasurer
25
Jan8t Lyons
Peter Massey
26
27
Jillian Harris
EDMC Peterfee Rep
EDMC Peterlee Rep
EDMC Council
28
Geoff Mass8y
EDMC CounGiI
Nam•8 of tha tru8ts08 for the charity. If anyi (for Oxamph. any custodlan tru•t••81
Name
Dats8 acted rf not for whola
NamM and addr•••M of advlmrn (OptSonal Infomiatlon)
• of advlsor
Nam•
AddrnpA
Nama of ehlef oxocutlvo or nam•8 of ￿nIor staff momborn (Optlonal Inforniatlon)
Section B
Structure,
overnance and mana
ement
Doscription of tho charity'$ tru•ts
Type of goveming document
Deed of UnKJn (1932) & Methodist Church Act (1976)
How the charty is constituted
Ad of Parfiament
Trustee selection methods
Appointment by ILKal churche$ and existing trustees.
Ministers stationed in the Circuit are automatically trustees.
AddStlonal governance issuas (Optlonal information)
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You may choo8• to include
additional infomation. wherè
relevant, about..
pOI￿leS and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees..
the Chanfy's organisational
structure and any wider
network with whiGh the charity
works.,
relationship wrth any related
parties-
trustees. consideratron of
major risks and the system
and procedures to manage
them.
Inductionltraining
Range of guidance by Methodist Connexion via their websit8
Leafiet 'The role of Trustees in the Methodist Church structure,.
Part of the Darlington District who provide training.
Accountsble to the Methodist Conference
Risks
ConsKlered by the Circuit leadershp t8am and Circuft Meeting
Take professional advtt as required
Regular revt8w proces6
Adopted Safeguarding Polry, reviwNed at least annualty and
ensure it is rolkd out to the churches
Adopted GDPR Policy which is rolled out to churches.
Section C
Ob"ectives and activities
The purpose of the Methodist church are and shall be deemed to have
been since the Date of Union for th8 advanc8ment of.'-
The Christian faith in a¢¢ordance wth the doctrinal standards and
discipline of the Methodist Church.,
b. Any chantabk8 purpose for the time bging of any Connexional
District. Circuit, local or other organisation of the Methodlst
Church:
c. Any charitable purpose lor the lime being of any society or
instrtution subsidiary or ancillary to the Methodist Church:
Any purpose for the time being of any chanty being a charity subsidiary
or ancilla
of the Methodist Church.
Summary ol the obJoCt• of tho
charlty set out In Its
governing document
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The Circuit produces a quartety preaching plan to ensure regular acts of
worship take place at each of the Methcmlist churches in its gec*3raphical
IndThiidual Churches provide addRional opportunities for worship includlng
altemate Thursday momings at EDMC Peterlee, monthty Saturday
shoppers services at Coxhoe.
These a￿ open to all people, without charge.
Summary of tho main
actlvltlas undertaken for the
publlc benefit In relatlon to
thes• objècts Ilneluda within
thi8 S￿lI0n the statutory
declaratlon that tru8te88 hav•
had regard to the guidance
issued by tho Charity
Commi88ion on publlc
boneflt)
We confimi the Trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission's
guidance to public benefiL
Th6 Circurt athibse local church trustees of their responsibilities and
provKle training and gumdance through Circuit officers especially with
regard to Finance, Property. Safeguarding and GDPR.
Addltlonal d•tall• ol obJoCtlv￿ •nd •¢tlvlll•• (Optlonal Inforni•tFon}
The Circurt Model Trust fund had a baLgnce at the end of the year of
£399.076
This fund derrrfes from $0188 of chap818 and manses and is reatricted by
the Conference. This restrictK)n is an internal regulation though th8 fund
can be used for a variety of purposes.
You may chooso to include
further statements, where
r8levant, about:
policy on grantmaking..
policy programme related
investment.,
contribution rnade by
volunteers.
Three sites, Easington Colliery, Seaton Carew, and Horden havè been
leased and Peter Lee Memorial let by I￿nce to be used for Gommunity
actNities in keeping with the aims of the Methodist Church whilst
remaining registered for and avaikryble for worship.
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Section D
Achievements and performance
al The circuTrt churches have continued to offer regular public worship
throughout the area. Through children's activities, coffee mornings and
other communty activities service is being offered to a wider public.
Summary of the main
achlovements of tho charity
durlng the yoar
b) Weekty knrship at home, printed materials which were started during
covid restrictions. have continued. Support has been given as request8d
to members of the communty.
c) Environmental considerations-Ttte carbon footprint of the circuit 18
regularty reviewed and care for the environment encouraged. A number
of the circuit churches are working towaids eco-church awards. At ￿ast
one has been awarded the Bronze award.
d) Mindful of the need to make efficient use of human, property and
financial resources aach local church is rogularly revi8wed and where
they are no bnger provKling for the needs of the local community
pemission 18 sought for them to ¢ea8e worship.
e} Fixéd Assets. We aim to dispose of buildings and land no longer
needed for the miSs￿n of the circuit or, where appropriate partners can
be found, to ￿ase the prO￿rtIeS to Community groups whose aims are In
keeping with the Methojist Church
fj As part of the aim to be more in¢lust¥e the majority of churches in the
circuit have been regislered for same sex marriage.
g) Members of the circuit leadership are encouraged to participate in
training events to further develop their skills.
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Section E
Financial review
The Resep4es Policy of the Castle Eden Circubt is.'-
1.To secure and sustain the Circuit's viabilty and future.
2. To give reassurance to the general public that the Circuit. which is a
charity. intends to use all the money coming into its care for the purpose
ofthe charty.
The Circurt fund (unrestricted general fund). Under Standing OTders the
Circuit must meet its financial obligations in relatM)n to the support of its
ministers and the maintenance of the mansès.
Our Reserves Policy is to hold at ￿ast six months expenditure in hand in
additson to funding required to pay ministers to the end of their current
appointments and ky workers for at least 6 months.
Brl8f statoment of the
charity's poli¢y on resarves
Dotails of any fund• matorially
in defi¢it
None
Further flnan¢141 rnvlow dotail• (Optlonal Inforni•tion)
A S￿nIf￿nI grant of £39.500 has been received from the Meth(xJi61
Connexion via the Darlington Distn'ct to enable a communty missioner to
be employed by the ￿rCuit for work at six8nine.
You may choo￿ to include
additional infonnation. where
relevant about-.
the charity's principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising);
how expenditure has
supported the key ¢￿jeCtiVeS
of the chaflty-
investmenl policy and
objectives including any
ethical investment policy
adopted.
Section F
Other optional information
Section G
Declaration
The tru8teo8 declare that they have approved tho trustees, report above.
Slgned on b•half of the charity's trusteos
Slgnaturn(¥)
Full namal8)
Position (ag Secratary• Chair,
Otc)
Beverty Hollings
Superintendent Minister (Chair)
eJqLe.
Date
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CIRCUIT
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
ACCOUNTS
THE METHODIST CHURCH
STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS
CASTLE EDEN
Circuit
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31 August 2025
DARLINGTON
Di8lrlct
Clrcult no
1304
R•gl8toY•d Ch•rlty- Charlty R•ghtr•tlon number
1189839
If not 8 registered charty Hh M•JMty'• R•v•True and Customs Glft Ald numb•r
(The HMRC nUM￿r is eouNa16nt to a registered chanty number in terms of evidence of ¢haritable 5tstus and
may be used to give lo donors or grant fvnders wishing lo see eviuence of the organisation's charrtable
slalus. Melhodisl chanb'es in England and wa￿ that are r)ot registered charrt￿$ are excepted from
registration under Stslulory Instrument 2014 No.2421
MintsieTr'.
Circuit Sleward5'.
Miss Trw Camm¢xk
Mrs Pauline Caswell
Mrs Janice Lon
Mrs Alison Olge
Mrs Judith Parker
TreasU￿r."
Mrs Joan Rennie
5FeA 202S
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ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2025
CASTLE EDEN
Clrcvlt
Clfcult
•thei•d Modol Trt•l Ro*trfct•d Titsls th
Funils
FWKI
Fund
Tthb• Itst
a1
RECEIPTS
Ilot•
AssessmenVSh•rÈ
76.050
76.1150
82.620
Capital receipts
Bank and CFB Interest and
Inv8stm8nt Incomè
1,970
19,685
21,855
25.458
Grants
39.500
39,500
13,048
38.081
Other receipts
TOTAL RECEIPTS
13,048
39,423
a7
91,068
19.685
39.500
150,2S3
185,582
SECTION
b1
b2
PAYMENTS
Stipends. 8al8rie6. NIC. Pension and
travd costs
88.357
6,520
94883
12,211
36,181
85.925
b3
Manse Costs
12.211
8,9)3
Adrninislration et
0.476
26,70S
35,302
b5
District Assessment
28.278
28,276
28,276
Granls & donations
Six8ninè Refu￿'shM8Trt
10,845
b7
b8
Other paymen15
TOTAL PAYMENTS
568
0,162
33,982
203.033
b9
142,884
26,70S
14.114
183,703
SECTION C
NET RECEIPTSIPAYPAENTS FOR
THE YEAR
c1
1*7491
17,0201
25,301
133.4501
117A611
Total funds brou
hl forwa￿ from last
28.859
453,
63,330
543,085
l(fj}
580,536
Sub totsl
1¢1+¢21
125.1571
446.071
88,718
109.636
543.085
Transfèr$ 8rKI ad uslments
I47.C￿l
Ic71
TOTAL FUNDS AT ENO OF YEAR Ic3+c41
14.843
399,076
95.716
509.636
543,085
(¢61
SECTION D
FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED ANO PASSED OM TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS
th•8• amounts Should not b• In¢lud•d In total r•c•l
paym•ftts abo¥•l
d1
Balance brought fo￿rnrd from lasl year
OffgringslGrftS - r￿e1Ved lor e￿emaI o
OfferingslGrfts- pas￿￿ to extemal organis*"on$
BALANCE STILL TO BE PAIDld1 + d2-d31
d2
anisation$
15,563
15,563
d3
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THEC
SE¢nON É
•ftylknv
rnrnaryoftPe CircJJit XmUn15 forttr* yearwthl 31 Auws1 2025 Intemal rxKXtty totr*C*wc Ileebty F4c40 Owttr•knSs of
on Intemd Or￿n150t￿ nCKMAI￿ be Restrict￿ Un￿ te t* w•J fr)r any
t250.0￿. tr¢n tMAc¢nJats Of￿£0￿￿0￿ A LYFFEREP4T FORk• must be UBWJ to rvrL*t is•) Il•th¢dst**baknk Pkn
*ITERIUL
Sub Icwd htwr•
FLMd
1•11)
9hllowwd trorn
F4g• 2- *t•i• ¢oiumni
I￿3
IV.703
HELDWCIRCUIT
1aQ,lJ2
33,4MI
TOTAL RECEWS
TOTAL
PAY¥eNYs
secrnm P
QPENIIIG
¢IR¢W.CA8M PUNDS tr*LO •tJi
In
25.S97
1.523
Att￿¥
¢•rrfr•i
64,392
453.096
399,076
8V8TOTAL
543.0•5
TOT•L eA8M FUNPS HELD wy ¢M¢ufT
$43,086
009.13$
SeCTK)MO
oIHEMA$8Er84￿ LWL
i•wws lir￿￿*erthr•u1
8Lthd
rLthtslIrtI
M Fur*4 ￿ld bts*d
I￿￿￿£*11Y CF8 FUMS •tTnJ*eesfty p4ethoawciw ￿￿1•

Notes lo SFOA
1 Other Receipts
Horden Lease
Seaton Cafew
[k)nat￿nS
Total
12.125
757
766
13048
2 Adminislrats'on
Rachel
P051a9e
Stats'onery
Telephone
The Vine
Minister5. Books et¢
Total
6577
166
85
1,059
152
437
8.476
CMT Fund
Lw charge
Admin Charg8
Total
25,232
1,473
26,705
3 Other Payments
Quinquennials
Land Reg
Bank Charg8s
Church Exps
Computer & Web
Preaching Appl
CCLI
Total
2.340
630
78
1336
217
300
663
4 Six8nine
This is for the renovation work at 689
which wiill be daimed Irom the proceed$
ol Grange Rd Church. hekl by TMCP
S Resllct8d Fund$
6.526
This relates lo $818ry and expen808 paKI
to the Communiy Mission Worker.

Name of Circuit
. CASTLE EDEN
1304
Declarations and Scrutiny
I confirm that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2025 have
been prepared from the records of the Circuit and that they indude all fvnds under the control of
the Circuit meeting.
Signature of treasurer .
Name and address of treasurer .
. Mrs Joan Renn
15 Nookston Close, Hartlepool. TS26 OPG
Presentatlon to the Clrcult meetlng
I confirni thal the annual report arKI a¢¢ounts for the year ended 31 August 2025 wll be.
presented to the Circuit meeting held on 25th November 2025
Signature of the Chair of the meeting
Name of the Chair of the meeting . R•v B•v•rfy Holling8
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustee8 of the
Castle Eden Circuit
Charlty Number 1189839
Re8ponsiblliti08 and basis of roport
I report lo the trustees on my examinats'on of the accounts of the ....
M". 4AJ
Circuit for the year ended 31 August 2025 set out on pages I to .3. As the Circuit's trustees. you
are responsible for the preparats'on of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the
Charitses Acl 2011 ('the Act'l
I report in respect of my examination of the Circuit's accounts Carried out under section 145 of the
Acl and, in carying out my exarninalion, I have followed all the applicable Direth'ons given by the
Charity Commission under secbon 14515)Ib) of the Act.
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Name of Circuit
. Casle Eden
1304
Independent Examine￿5 Statement
I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention in
connection with the examination (
') which give me 13use to believe
that in, any materlal respect:
th8 accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of the Art or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the exanination to
which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understar•dir¥J of the
accounts to be reached.
I havelhave not. obtained independent verification of all investments with the Tfustees for
Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances and funds at the Central
Flnance Board of the Methodist Church which are individualty in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand
pounds) at Ihe balance sheet date.
Slgnature of independent examiner
Name of independent examiner
Relevant professional qualrfication of independent examiner
Name of firm (where appropriate)
Addre88
Post Code
TSi(fr &
Date
10
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Name of Circuit.............. CASTLE EDEN
1304
Declarations and Scrutiny
I confirm that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2025 have
been prepared from the records of the Circuit and that they indude all funds under the control of
the Circuit meeting.
Signature of treasurer .
Name and address of treasurer ..... Mrs Joan Renn
15 Nookston Close, Hartlepool. TS26 OPG
Pre8ontatlon to tho Clrcult moetlng
I confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 Augu$t 2025 wtsll be.
presented to the Circuit meeting held on 25th November 2025
Signature of the Chair of the meeting
Name of the Chair of the meeting Rev Bwerty Hollin
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustee8 of the
Castle Eden Circuit
Charlty Number 1189839
Re8pon8ibilltles and b4818 of report
I report to the trustees on my examinabon of the accounts of the .
f¥4AJ
Circuit for the year ended 31 August 2025 set out on pages .1 to . l. As the Circuit's trustees. you
are responsible for the preparatson of the accounts in accordan￿ with the requirements of the
Charities Act 2011 {'the Act,).
I report in respecl of my examinab'on of the Circuit's accounts carried out under section 145 of the
Act and, in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Direckn'ons given by the
Charity Commission under sects'on 14515)(bl of the Act.
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Name of Circuit ....
. Caslle Eden
1304
Independent Examlner's Statement
I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention in
connection wrth the examination {
') which give me cause to believe
that in, any material respect..
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the ￿ or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records.
I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to
which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the
accounts to be reached.
I haveihave not. obtained independent verification of all investments wtth the Trustees for
Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts. bank balances and funds at the Central
Finance Board of the Methodist Church which are individually in excess of £10.000 (ten thousand
pounds) at the balance sheet date.
Signature of independent examiner
Name of independent examiner
Relevant professional qualification of irKlependent examiner
Name of firm (where appropriate)
Address
6oiss.èth)Jè!t..............................................
Post Code
TSIq-6
Date
10
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