KING'S CtrWRCH COCKERMoimi CHARITY INFORMATION Ye¥ Ended 31 Mwth 2025 Charty Number 1191009 Principal office The Hub. 2 Market St Curnbria CA13 9NJ Mr Stephen Amold (Chair ret 15 October 2024} MrsAnn Moryan Mr PatrKk Sharman (Treasurer) (Acting Chairl Loma Casson Trustees Mr DavKI Purfield Lisa Varey (appointed 14 January 20261 Torn Dunlop {appointed 14 January 2026 Eldership team Mr Roger Bye Mr David Purfield Operations Dirertor Bankers Mr Paul Mogford National Westminster 31 Pow St Workington CA14 3W Soliotors Brockbank5 44 Duke Stwhitehaven CA28 7NR Independent Examiner Mr Sterfen Kirkbrwje Ann5trong Watson Chartered Accountants Carleton House 136 Grayst Workington CA14 2LU Address 2 Market St Cockermouth CA13 9NI Tel 01￿ 8211(X) Email admin@kingscc.org webwww.kin Charity No.. 1191UY3- A Charitable Incorporated Oo3nisatio Year Ended 31 M*th 2025 Charity Information Details of trustees and other information are set out on the front page and forms part of thi5 report. Structure. governance mana8ement The charity is govemed under a charitab￿ Incorporated Organlsation ICIOI constbtutiondated 30Ju 2020 and registered with the Charity Commission on 25 August 2020. Initial trustees were the same as those for the trust that converted to the CIO. New twstees are recruited from within the ¢hurth ongregats.on wfch the aim of there being at least fourtrustees. Two new trustees have been invited tojoin and following induction conver&itions they will be appointed on 14 January 2026. The trustees met regukrty durin8 theyear (at least ￿erythree monthsltodiscus5finanaal. legal arKI employee issues. whi15t receNing actr¥ity reports. though day-to-day organsation of the church% activities is the re5ponsibifty of the churth eklers and empbyees. Twonew eklers are expected to be appointed in the nearfuture. The Operations Directorand an elder r4ulath attendtrustees, meetings to provide reports and as a link to the ddership. Vlhilst independent, thechurch is affiliated to thechr￿t Central sphere of the New Frontiers groupof churches and is actTvety invofved with member thurthes throughout Cumbria. the UK arn internationally wlth interaction be*)g voluntary. However. the tharity makes use of the assistan availablefrom such a group particulath when dealing w5th challenging i55ues ortralning needs. Durlng the year with only 2 elders an addtknonal support ha5 been received by v¢sits from 2 Christ Central elders. The church a￿dS various sphere ￿ents both in-person and online and attended the re- fomed Christ Central Derfoted resbjential e￿t in August 2025. Part of the trustees. responsibilities 15 the of rt5k factors and Safyuarding is Constant￿ under review withtraining providedfor children workers. MrPaul Mogford as Operations Director has a5 part of his role 15 to regularty review all operational risks, pofiaes and pro￿￿Te$. which has been done Trustees have also been invofved in elements of training fOrth￿r role. A risk register is in pkce whid) is reviewed at trusteemeetings. Trust￿ havean established poly of annual review5for all employ8J Objectives and actlvlties The primary objects are theadvancement of the Chri$15an faith and the rdief of poverty both for the public benefit. To achieve these aims the charity has carried outthe folk)wing main activities The meeting of thurth members for regular wotship. teathing and prayer.This is norn)al undertaken weekty at Cockermouth School and at other times in homes. youth grou& smaller gatherings using halLs. church Offi￿ etL Some meetings are 5ti11 held on Zoom and the Sunday service ￿ accessible online. Pastoral support throughout the church and the kxalty as required or requested. Attending majorchrist Central erfents. Establishing and supporting new thurth plants in the county and elsewhere. Operatinga thurth resOurCe￿ntre induding a programmeof50cial action and engagement with a particular focu5 on poverty in all its forms. SupporbngChurchesTogetherin the CockennouthArea IcficAI and engagingwith the new Anglican church ptant in ourarea. Providing finan￿ and resour￿ to Chrtstran organi5ations and individuals engaged in missionary typew0￿ orforthe relEf of poverty. Devebping contacts with chr￿janS in other nation5. Achie4ements The trustees are satisfigj that the objective5 are being achierfed and wouhd like to make specific referen￿ to thefolbwing. The church family totals approx 100 regular attenders, and more recently we have noted moreyour families and indNiduab attending. We have been encouraged with attenders whocome from Ukrai and other countries and havererfNed a coursefor new attender5. s￿eral Peop￿ have been baptis which we hope is a growingtrend.The thurchcontinue5togrowin maturitywhilstretaining thecalling to resour￿ church&s. other charrkne5 and indTviduats localty, regionalty and internationally.The churth both supports and has regular contsrt with Christian workers in pla￿ such as Canada. Swede Romania. m￿cO, Zambia and more recently d￿eb)ping a relationship wrth a church in Ukraine. We hosted agroup of teenagers fromthatcountryfor2 week5 in the Summer 2024. havehad severalvists from Ukrainian thurth elders. In 2025 2 membersof ourChurchV￿tted Ukraineto attend a conference and build relationship with the church we5pectfically support. We normalW meet on Sundaysat the local secondary sthool and other locations during the week for prayer. worship and study. Our OLrtreach 10121ty services folk struggling w(ch food bills. befriending those alone and teenage youthfor whomwe run a Week￿ event. Ourfulftime youthand communty workerhas consolidated a neav motherand toddlergroupcalled"5tayand Plrf whith is well attended. Both the church and indrrfidual members sUPPOrt Christian outreach and social action projects suth as: The NSSCU 5choofs worker projerttaking assemblie5 and dubs in kKal schoob. Food bank and our own regular Thursday Meal Share project - dÉ5tributing food to those in localty. A550 assisting in the distribution of food vouthers for the bxal authority. Long-term responseto thecommunityafferted by the December 2015 floods in Cockermouth with the provision of a twKe Week￿ café north of the river. Anemployee has 3 specific task in managing this outreach. induding a reguLar visiting programme to reath out to folk livin8 in that part oftown. Regular 50Ctal ￿ents forthecommunty of all ages based atthe Hub nking Lives. a ￿lCA outreach to folk affKted by h)neliness and Safe Familie5 for Children supporting frdmilies in UbSi%. Our office and funthon room known a5 the Hub 15 our town base. The Hub 15 also the Pla￿ where several youthgroups meet and one. Amplrfy. b￿Trg a Friday nEht groupopen toall youth in thetown. The church also runsyouth workopentoall on a Mondayerfeningand providesopportunitiestoattwd weekw groups plus residential weeknd actbvty centres and the national Christian youth evenl Newday in NoThvich. Varioushousegroups meet ona regular basisduring theweekonlineor In-per50nforprayerstudyaryl sotial interacknon. rinan¢ial revi•v The detailed figuresare set outon the pages thatfollow. The trustees have decKled that they will take advantageofthe exemption from preparing full"acuuaf accounts.Thetrustees are 5atisfiedthatthe thurch retains sufficient re5er¥esto meet the policy of havinga minimumof 3 months expenditure or rf higher £50k. The trustees designated £190k of the Station street Shop net proceed5 for a n6w meeting site opportunity, should it ar￿e. but have Sin￿ transferred £50k of this to support strateg interventions. An overall deficit has been budgeted for dueto the inve5tmentof reserves in theyouth and youngfaMi￿ initiative However. the Unrestrirted fund ￿ in surplus andthi5 has fLSrtherimprove slgnffiCant￿ sin￿the yearend. Management accounts are produced regukrty to aid de()5￿n-rnak1ng and expense monitoring. A budget is considered to assist planning. Xero is used as the tharirfs accounting software and the thurch utilises online banking linked to a review of financial contro15 and a non trustee carries out regular internal reviews of bank transactions. No investments are held, and surplus cash funds are retsined in ¥a￿u$ savings accounts and bonds wfch organ￿ationS that supportthe tharity sertor. The churth continues to havegift days to SUPPOrt indp4idual projetts as set out in the note5. Acknowledgernent The trustees wish to pla￿ on record theirthankstothe employees and leadership team for theirwot* on behalF of the charity. A considerable amountof work is carried outby volunteers who supportthe Visions and Values of the churth, which i% gr*efulty acknowledged by thetrustee5. Final￿. a speaal thanks to Stephw Arnold who stood down as Chair of Trustees during the financial year after seven years in that role. decade5 as a trust￿ and an or¥inal signatoryto our predecessor trust deed. THANK YOU. Steve. Approved bythe Board of Trustees at tharmeeting on 14thJanuary 2026 and signed on their behalf. Patrick Shamian (Acknng Chair) RECEIPTS and PAYMEritSACCOUtir YearerKled 31 Marth 2025 2025 2025 2025 Unrestricted DesEnated Re5trKted 2025 Total 2024 Total Receipts Grft Aid Donations Other gifts and grants HMRCTax refund Other Rental income Interest 137716 10674 32682 5398 873 6831 15167 152883 140961 14446 25121 41441 4369 37051 36414 5398 1705 873 1038 6831 6682 Total 194173 33982 228156 228241 Payments Staff costs Church grfts & grants Visitors. gtfts eto Trdvel Staff expenses Apostolic outreach Premises & insurance Administration Venue Resources & training House groups Youth achvitiÉs Children Outreath Pastoral Worship Equlpment 110609 13070 970 2977 2148 2344 20360 7003 15183 5062 30673 2500 3705 144987 139932 12167 27737 42326 970 1781 2977 2428 2148 1983 2344 2727 20360 23723 7003 5813 15183 20396 5663 5769 182 8202 247 17270 588 288 2701 601 705 679 6599 357 22 226 5055 5760 679 21911 357 22 1253 15312 1028 Total 188314 33173 37868 259354 276356 Net movement Transfer between funds 5859 -33173 -3885 -31199 -48115 -1277 4582 1277 -2608 -33173 -31199 -48115 Balances l April 2024 Balances 31 March 2025 194491 242606 163292 194491 KING'SCHURCH COCKERMOU7H srATEMENTof A5SEfs and UABILMES Yearended 31 Mxth 2025 Assets Bank and tash Cash float Bank current accounts Savings accounts 150 6311 156831 Notes 163292 Other monetaryassets Grft Aid redaim 2024125 Debtors 39903 200 recerved afteryear end 40103 Assets retsined forthe charty's own use Stock books and food Equipment 1500 19385 estimatecurrent value estimatecurrent value abilitfies Credttors 8363 Approved by the Board of Trustees at their meeting on 14 January 2026 and signed on their behalf Patrick Sharrnan (Trusteel Notes Yearended 31 Marth 2025 Note I Restrirted Funds GA Receipts Payments 24125 l Ap 24 23124 TFR 31Mar25 Romania FfF Oldrieve Pastoral Needs Disaster Relief Newdayiyouth Catslystyouth visit 2024 Amplifylyouth Mealshare cricA Building Fund Ukraine Christ Centrdl Annual Gothenburg plant Cumberland Stay and Play Other Cumbria Reglon3] day 776 465 7291 2567 -870 -60 540 4507 1578 60 901 175 1316 435 8166 567 -1143 -360 -878 -5078 -2000 3030 310 2139 4093 741 91 4709 2009 -832 -3732 1830 7412 293 4096 608 1222 -338 300 2770 8837 293 3155 11525 658 2475 803 1030 1029 33982 -16595 -732 -2215 -639 1983 2490 25 -558 495 987 164 375 1049 26973 375 -1030 -17 -37868 38 3792 1277 30158 4369 Restrfrted Fund Purpose Romania Financial support for partner churth and leader5 FfF Oldriole Financial support for B Oldrieve- Foundations in Farming Africa Pastoral need5 Rdtef of poverty and distress wtthin thurch and bcalrty Disaster relief fund Funds to reartto disasters home or abroad Newday /Youth Youth camp cata￿St Grant Grant to fund Ukrainian youth visit 2024 Amplrfylyouth YoLrth project in Cockermouth Mealshare Food distribution to the poor CIMCA Fund5 held for Churches Togeth Building fund Funds for a new building Ukrainefund SupportfOrrefug￿ in UK and humantsrian aid in Ukraine Christ Central Appeals to fund churth plantin& poor rel￿f etc Gothenburgchurth Support ofthurth plant Cumberland Grant for new Mums and Toddlergroup"5w and Pla Mission fund Support indNsduaLs training and trips to mission Other Povwty relief for indNidua Cumbria Regional day Collection forthurch pLant Notes Yearended 31 Marth 2025 Note 2 Deslgnatedfunds Building Strategic Interventr Total B/F l Aprfl 2024 Transfer Grfts Made Youth worker C/F31 March 37327 137327 Nots3 Gifts & grdnts made General Designated RestrKted Total 2024 Evangelical Allian NISCU Christ Central churches Foundations for Farniing Safe Families Solway Youth Church Pastoral needs Mexico Disaster relief Zambia pastortraining Gothenburg church plant Mission individuaLs Meai5hare grants Ukraine relief Nepal church build Cambodia Church pknt Jubilee+ Newday seed funding Sundry inc indNiduals Total 240 240 240 9152 50 22 42 2697 593 4575 4535 2125 2143 2143 2255 42326 167 27737 INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT I report on the accounts of the Trust for the JEar ended 31 March 2025. Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's Iruslees consider that an auéil is nol required for Ihis year under section 144{21 of the Charities Act 2011 Ilhe 2011 Acll and that an independent examination is neede(l_ 11 is my responsibility lo: examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act," follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515Hb) of the 2011 Act,. and stale whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basis of independent examiner's report My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accourils presented with those records. 11 also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees Con￿rning any such malters. The pr￿dureS undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'lrue and fair view and the report is limited lo those matters set out in the statement below. Independent examiner's statement In connection with my examination, no Tnatter has come to my attention.. which gwes me reasonable cause lo believe that in any material respect the requirements.. lo keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act., and lo prepare accounts which accord wtth the accounting records and comply ￿th the accounting requiremenls of the 2011 Act have not been met,. or 2. to which. in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Steven KirkbNde BFP FCA ATT MAAT Armstrong Walson LLP Carlelon House 136 Gray Street Workington Cumbria CA14 2LU 16 January 2026