## Kingdom Culture Church ## Annual Report 2023/24 ## **Introduction** This report highlights the activities of the church during the year and sets out the current financial position. ## **General Update** ## **Preaching Series** The year started with the preaching theme of “hearing God’s Voice”. From September we commenced with the theme “The Missional Church” looking at the history of the Church, why we exist, having a missional focus and what that looks like in 2023. A quote is “The Church is the gospel made visible.” We want to represent God well in whatever sphere we find ourselves in. We have had services with different formats during August including a “Touching Heaven” evening of worship and prayer and a Church family BBQ at the Youth Centre both events were well attended. After Christmas our preaching theme was “Who are You – past, present & future?” We have been unpacking our identity – knowing whose we are and who we are. The preaching/teaching has been liberating and establishing God’s word in us. Our final preaching theme for the year was “Who are You – past, present & future?” We have been unpacking our identity – knowing whose we are and who we are. The preaching/teaching has been liberating and establishing God’s word in us. We were also asked by the new Mayor of Spennymoor Town Council if we could host a Civic Service for him as part of our service in September. This was such an honour and confirms the direction we have been heading as a church to represent Christ well in every sphere of our lives and society. It was a great opportunity to connect with other dignitaries and guests during the service and over the buffet lunch which the Council provided. ## **Kingdom Groups** Two new Kingdom Groups have also started in July. ## **Research Project** The church research project has continued exploring faith and where we work and has almost completed Stage 2 ‘Let’s Learn’. The Learning Hub has met to explore the information gathered from the first stage of the project. The Learning Hub took a break during August while Jean Carter, as the Lead Researcher, completed the data analysis and finalises the themes that will inform the next stage ‘Let’s Learn’ which started in September 2023. During this stage, the vision statements and actions for the church were identified and initiated. The Learning Hub members formatted some mini-vision statements derived from the key themes within the research data (participant's stories). An action plan has been produced and will be shared with the Board and the congregation during the summer of 2024. ## **AGM** It was good to be able to have our AGM & vision service 9[th] September. People were encouraged hearing about the different initiatives we have been part of during the last year and by the percentage of the income that has been used to bless others. We look to continue to build on connections we have in the community and internationally as a Church. ## **Safeguarding** We designated part of our Sunday Service 19 November as ‘Safeguarding Sunday’ where we highlight the importance of safeguarding procedures, the availability of our policy and raise awareness of our Designated Safeguarding Lead and Deputy. ## **Church Growth** We have had a number of Nigerian families who have moved to the area to study at a local University, join KCC. We currently pick up over 20 of them to bring to Church from Sunderland. We are looking to start a Kingdom Group with them. This has increased the number of children and young people attending and we’ve now started a fortnightly youth meeting on a Sunday which takes place while the main service is happening. There have been 17-19 youth in attendance. ## **House of Prayer/Church Ofce & Storage** We have been blessed with free access to a flat in Spennymoor town centre which housed our House of Prayer, church office and gave us a significant amount of storage for church items. The landlord has decided to sell the property, so we no longer have access to the flat. The face-to-face prayer sessions have moved into homes and the items stored have been moved to our home. We need to source some significant storage space soon, ideally with space for a church office. ## **Alpha** An Alpha Course continues at Spennymoor Football Club. We are seeking to build on connections we are establishing with the club and all of its charity work into the community. ## **Christmas Carol Concert** Our church carol concert is Mon 18 December held in Spennymoor Town Hall, the Town Mayor plans to attend and ticket proceeds were given to the British Red Cross appeal for the Middle East crises. ## **Growing Leaders Course** Four of our congregation have just finished the Growing Leaders Course run by Cranmer Hall at Durham University. It is an excellent course, laying and reinforcing foundations in their lives, developing their leadership and coming alongside other members of the congregation to help develop them. The course runs over 12 months, with the next one starting at the end of March. We currently have 10 people joining the March 2024 Durham course. We also have one person on the Teesside cohort of this programme. ## **Mission Trip** A mission trip to Bangalore has been planned. ## **Financial Update** Our income for the year totalled £116,224 through tithes (£67,002) and contributions towards external programmes (£8162). We also mad back claim for Gift Aid which contributed a total of £41,059. Expenditure totalled £58,830 with the main areas of expenditure being: Room Hire £8,069 She Is Ministry £3,502 Media £4,652 Guest Speakers £2,100 External Gifting £19,488 Equipment £7,362 External Gifting included £6,000 to India Appeal supporting the church in Bangalore, India, and £2,000 to Water Carriers charity. Most of the finance spent on equipment related to improving the quality of the worship on a Sunday through the purchase and upgrading the sound equipment. There is currently £151,812 in the savings account. **KINGDOM CULTURE CHURCH 1192702** ## **Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts** **Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts CC16a For the period** 4/1/2023 3/31/2024 **To from** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**
Tithes / Offerings
**66,277**
Gift Aid
**41,059**
Water Carriers
**200**
Bangalore
**880**
Kingdom Heart
**-**
India Covid Appeal
**1,095**
External Gift & Programmes
**6,371**
Other
**493**
Missions
**1,184**
Interest
**1,815**
**119,374**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 119,374**
**A3 Payments**
Bangalore
**1,420**
Water Carriers
**2,000**
India Covid Appeal
**6,000**
External Giving- General
**10,068**
Kingdom Heart
**1,138**
Internal Programmes - Other
**2,285**
VisitingSpeaker
**2,100**
Kingdom Kids & Teens
**330**
Other Offerings
**-**
Courses
**-**
Bank Charges
**114**
Insurance
**236**
Legal Fees
**-**
Media
**4,652**
Safeguarding
**149**
Subscriptions
**1,617**
Equipment
**7,362**
BabyShowers
**-**
Catering/ Hospitality
**1,716**
Flowers
**997**
Gifts
**-**
Postage / Stationery/ Printing
**1,710**
Room Hire
**8,069**
Welcome Packs
**155**
Ukraine Appeal
**-**
Events
**1,523**
Licences
**617**
Missions
**-**
Food Bank
**411**
She Is
**3,502**
St Johns
**450**
Transport
**1,074**
CommunityOutreach
**-**
**_Sub total_ 59,695**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**66,277**
**41,059**
**200**
**880**
**-**
**1,095**
**6,371**
**493**
**1,184**
**1,815**
**119,374**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**119,374**
**1,420**
**2,000**
**6,000**
**10,068**
**1,138**
**2,285**
**2,100**
**330**
**-**
**-**
**114**
**236**
**-**
**4,652**
**149**
**1,617**
**7,362**
**-**
**1,716**
**997**
**-**
**1,710**
**8,069**
**155**
**-**
**1,523**
**617**
**-**
**411**
**3,502**
**450**
**1,074**
**-**
**59,695**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| ||||||**73,738**| ||||||| ||||||**10**| ||||||**950**| ||||||**271**| ||||||**10**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||| ||||||**1,033**| ||||||| ||||||**76,012**| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||| ||||||**76,012**| ||||||| |
Bangalore|**1,420**|**-**|**-**|**1,420**|**420**| |Water Carriers|**2,000**|||**2,000**|**4,000**| |India Covid Appeal|**6,000**|||**6,000**|**1,000**| |External Giving- General|**10,068**|||**10,068**|**5,021**| |Kingdom Heart|**1,138**|**-**|**-**|**1,138**|**1,399**| |Internal Programmes - Other|**2,285**|||**2,285**|**118**| |VisitingSpeaker|**2,100**|**-**|**-**|**2,100**|**1,800**| |Kingdom Kids & Teens|**330**|**-**|**-**|**330**|**481**| |Other Offerings|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**1,850**| |Courses|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**225**| |Bank Charges|**114**|**-**|**-**|**114**|**251**| |Insurance|**236**|**-**|**-**|**236**|**227**| |Legal Fees|**-**|||**-**|**-**| |Media|**4,652**|||**4,652**|**1,989**| |Safeguarding|**149**|||**149**|**426**| |Subscriptions|**1,617**|||**1,617**|**712**| |Equipment|**7,362**|||**7,362**|**13,095**| |BabyShowers|**-**|||**-**|**150**| |Catering/ Hospitality|**1,716**|||**1,716**|**1,648**| |Flowers|**997**|||**997**|**308**| |Gifts|**-**|||**-**|**1,172**| |Postage / Stationery/ Printing|**1,710**|||**1,710**|**1,888**| |Room Hire|**8,069**|||**8,069**|**5,514**| |Welcome Packs|**155**|**-**|**-**|**155**|**-**| |Ukraine Appeal|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**5,620**| |Events|**1,523**|**-**|**-**|**1,523**|**209**| |Licences|**617**|**-**|**-**|**617**|**1,143**| |Missions|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**3,326**| |Food Bank|**411**|||**411**|| |She Is|**3,502**|||**3,502**|| |St Johns|**450**|||**450**|| |Transport|**1,074**|||**1,074**|| |CommunityOutreach|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**500**| |**_Sub total_ **|**59,695**|**-**|**-**|**59,695**|**54,492**| |**A4 Asset and investment**|||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||| |Video Equipment|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| |**_Total payments_ **|**59,695**||**-**||**-**||**59,695**||**54,492**| ||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **|**59,679**||**-**||**-**||**59,679**||**21,520**| |**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**112,509**||**-**||**-**||**112,509**||**90,989**| |**_Cash funds this year end_ **|**172,188**||**-**||**-**||**172,188**||**112,509**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Bank Account - HSBC Savings
Bank Account - HSBC ****8742
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Video Equipment
**Details**
Signature
M A Close
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**151,812**
**-**
**20,376**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**172,188**
**-**
OK
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
Unrestricted
**798**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
**MICHAEL CLOSE**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| ||M A Close|**MICHAEL CLOSE**|2/1/2025| ||||| **KINGDOM CULTURE CHURCH 1192702** ## **Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts** **Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts CC16a For the period** 4/1/2023 3/31/2024 **To from** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**
Tithes / Offerings
**66,277**
Gift Aid
**41,059**
Water Carriers
**200**
Bangalore
**880**
Kingdom Heart
**-**
India Covid Appeal
**1,095**
External Gift & Programmes
**6,371**
Other
**493**
Missions
**1,184**
Interest
**1,815**
**119,374**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 119,374**
**A3 Payments**
Bangalore
**1,420**
Water Carriers
**2,000**
India Covid Appeal
**6,000**
External Giving- General
**10,068**
Kingdom Heart
**1,138**
Internal Programmes - Other
**2,285**
VisitingSpeaker
**2,100**
Kingdom Kids & Teens
**330**
Other Offerings
**-**
Courses
**-**
Bank Charges
**114**
Insurance
**236**
Legal Fees
**-**
Media
**4,652**
Safeguarding
**149**
Subscriptions
**1,617**
Equipment
**7,362**
BabyShowers
**-**
Catering/ Hospitality
**1,716**
Flowers
**997**
Gifts
**-**
Postage / Stationery/ Printing
**1,710**
Room Hire
**8,069**
Welcome Packs
**155**
Ukraine Appeal
**-**
Events
**1,523**
Licences
**617**
Missions
**-**
Food Bank
**411**
She Is
**3,502**
St Johns
**450**
Transport
**1,074**
CommunityOutreach
**-**
**_Sub total_ 59,695**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**66,277**
**41,059**
**200**
**880**
**-**
**1,095**
**6,371**
**493**
**1,184**
**1,815**
**119,374**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**119,374**
**1,420**
**2,000**
**6,000**
**10,068**
**1,138**
**2,285**
**2,100**
**330**
**-**
**-**
**114**
**236**
**-**
**4,652**
**149**
**1,617**
**7,362**
**-**
**1,716**
**997**
**-**
**1,710**
**8,069**
**155**
**-**
**1,523**
**617**
**-**
**411**
**3,502**
**450**
**1,074**
**-**
**59,695**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| ||||||**73,738**| ||||||| ||||||**10**| ||||||**950**| ||||||**271**| ||||||**10**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||| ||||||**1,033**| ||||||| ||||||**76,012**| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||| ||||||**76,012**| ||||||| |
Bangalore|**1,420**|**-**|**-**|**1,420**|**420**| |Water Carriers|**2,000**|||**2,000**|**4,000**| |India Covid Appeal|**6,000**|||**6,000**|**1,000**| |External Giving- General|**10,068**|||**10,068**|**5,021**| |Kingdom Heart|**1,138**|**-**|**-**|**1,138**|**1,399**| |Internal Programmes - Other|**2,285**|||**2,285**|**118**| |VisitingSpeaker|**2,100**|**-**|**-**|**2,100**|**1,800**| |Kingdom Kids & Teens|**330**|**-**|**-**|**330**|**481**| |Other Offerings|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**1,850**| |Courses|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**225**| |Bank Charges|**114**|**-**|**-**|**114**|**251**| |Insurance|**236**|**-**|**-**|**236**|**227**| |Legal Fees|**-**|||**-**|**-**| |Media|**4,652**|||**4,652**|**1,989**| |Safeguarding|**149**|||**149**|**426**| |Subscriptions|**1,617**|||**1,617**|**712**| |Equipment|**7,362**|||**7,362**|**13,095**| |BabyShowers|**-**|||**-**|**150**| |Catering/ Hospitality|**1,716**|||**1,716**|**1,648**| |Flowers|**997**|||**997**|**308**| |Gifts|**-**|||**-**|**1,172**| |Postage / Stationery/ Printing|**1,710**|||**1,710**|**1,888**| |Room Hire|**8,069**|||**8,069**|**5,514**| |Welcome Packs|**155**|**-**|**-**|**155**|**-**| |Ukraine Appeal|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**5,620**| |Events|**1,523**|**-**|**-**|**1,523**|**209**| |Licences|**617**|**-**|**-**|**617**|**1,143**| |Missions|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**3,326**| |Food Bank|**411**|||**411**|| |She Is|**3,502**|||**3,502**|| |St Johns|**450**|||**450**|| |Transport|**1,074**|||**1,074**|| |CommunityOutreach|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**500**| |**_Sub total_ **|**59,695**|**-**|**-**|**59,695**|**54,492**| |**A4 Asset and investment**|||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||| |Video Equipment|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| |**_Total payments_ **|**59,695**||**-**||**-**||**59,695**||**54,492**| ||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **|**59,679**||**-**||**-**||**59,679**||**21,520**| |**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**112,509**||**-**||**-**||**112,509**||**90,989**| |**_Cash funds this year end_ **|**172,188**||**-**||**-**||**172,188**||**112,509**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Bank Account - HSBC Savings
Bank Account - HSBC ****8742
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Video Equipment
**Details**
Signature
M A Close
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**151,812**
**-**
**20,376**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**172,188**
**-**
OK
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
Unrestricted
**798**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
**MICHAEL CLOSE**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| ||M A Close|**MICHAEL CLOSE**|2/1/2025| |||||