Kingdom Culture Church
Annual Report 2024/25
Introduction
This annual report highlights the work of the Church during 2024/25 and the current financial position.
General Update
We started the year with a theme of “Thinking Big in life and work”. Some of the areas we have covered are:
God and His kingdom have no limitations
Expanding our territory, set goals and be consistent
Firm foundations, setting boundaries and establishing priorities
Constant renewing of our minds
Stepping out, being comfortable in the stretch
Living each day for eternity, a living legacy
The preaching was well received and helps people on their journey in Christ
In April five church members went to Bangalore and Nepal. This was a very fruitful and busy 2 ½ weeks. A youth summer camp was held in a hotel in Nepal for 70 young people over 3 days. The whole project was funded by ring-fenced donations from KCC congregation members and the budget of KCC, including a safari.
A youth conference was also held in Bangalore, and 140 young people attended.
Both events had a real positive impact on the young people, and the Holy Spirit ministered to many hearts. We also had services with PS Immy and PS Sam in their churches and the slums.
For July, our preaching series was the book of 2 Timothy – ‘The Making of Timothy’.
A new prayer Kingdom Group started at the end of June, this will run alongside our existing Kingdom Groups.
Our Pastors attended a ‘At Home’ event with the new Spennymoor Mayor in June.
During August we made some changes to our current Church services to take account of people’s holidays and to allow team members to have a break from serving.
Plans for August were:
4 August - no morning service but we are having a worship evening.
11 August - a shorter AM service followed by a BBQ for the Church and community.
18 & 25 August - no services.
It was great to see some people from the community join us for the BBQ in August and good conversations were had with them. We are continually looking for opportunities and avenues to engage with the community.
A Touching Heaven worship evening was also held in August. This was very well attended and was a powerful night of worship and seeing His Kingdom come.
We had 12 people on the Durham cohort of the Growing Leaders programme led by Cranmer Hall Durham University. We also have 1 person attending the Teesside cohort. The individuals have reporting very positive feedback from the programme.
From September our series was “Whole life generosity” Some of the areas we’ve looked at are:
Is God generous
The generous Church
Whose life is it anyhow
A generous heart
Generous on purpose
Time your most precious resource
Talents – a parable
Radical hospitality
Money. Money, Money
Following on from our series “Whole life generosity”, it was good to be able to give from KCC funds over £6,000 during the Christmas period to Local, National, and International causes. We have been called not only to be blessed but to be a blessing.
The preaching has been well received, hearing testimonies of how people’s hearts have been stirred and challenged resulting in looking for opportunities to bless and establish a culture of generosity.
We have been able to find an office and 2 storage cupboards at Tudhoe Community Centre, which will be very useful as a local base. The lease will begin 1/11/24.
We are seeking God for direction for KCC, revisiting prophetic words and praying to discern the next steps. What does the Church like, where should we be based, should we have our own building, and who should we be networking with?
Appreciating Theology (the title of our church research project) information and update sessions will started in January 2025 as we take forward the actions from the research.
The children and youth attendance has grown a lot in the last while which is good to see. The Youth have commenced the new Youth Alpha once a fortnight on a Sunday morning.
The preaching series commenced in January called “Count Me in”, looking at excuses from the life of Moses as to why we can’t fulfil what God is asking of us, knowing that in our weaknesses, God shows Himself strong.
We sponsored the community meals that Spennymoor Football Club serve into the community several times a week and are looking to see how we can strengthen the support of reaching into the community.
We continue to provide lifts to mainly Nigerian families both with minibuses and cars. It has been good to be able to do this and to see them become part of our KCC family.
Finance
Church income remained steady throughout the year at £104,432 with expenditure being £58,509.
The Church had £215,429 in savings to the end of March 2025.
We were able to support several causes throughout the year including Mercy Ships, Spennymoor Town Football Club community meals service as well as those causes outlined above in India.
Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts Tithes / Offerings Gift Aid Water Carriers Bangalore Kingdom Heart India Covid Appeal External Gift & Programmes Other
Missions Interest Sub total(Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
Sub total
Total receipts
A3 Payments Bangalore Water Carriers India Covid Appeal External Giving - General Kingdom Heart Internal Programmes - Other Visiting Speaker Kingdom Kids & Teens Other Offerings Courses Bank Charges Insurance Professional Fees Media Safeguarding Subscriptions Equipment Baby Showers Catering / Hospitality Flowers Gifts Postage / Stationery / Printing
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Room Hire Welcome Packs Ukraine Appeal Events Licences Missions Food Bank She Is St Johns Transport Community Outreach Sub total
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) Video Equipment
Sub total
Total payments
Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Categories
B1 Cash funds
B2 Other monetary assets
B3 Investment assets
B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use
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B5 Liabilities
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
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KINGDOM CULTURE CHURCH
Receipts and payments accounts For the period from
01/04/24
| Unrestricted funds | Restricted funds | |
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| to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | |
| 78797 | - | |
| 15619 | ||
| 2500 | - | |
| 860 | - | |
| - | - | |
| 2100 | - | |
| 1035 | - | |
| 1872 | - | |
| 1649 | - | |
| 3617 | ||
| 108049 | - | |
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| 108049 | - | |
| 930 | - | |
| 5125 | ||
| 3600 | ||
| 420 | ||
| 516 | - | |
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| 3770 | - | |
| 608 | - | |
| 5050 | - | |
| 12 | - | |
| 121 | - | |
| 247 | - | |
| 180 | ||
| 2520 | ||
| 896 | ||
| 2352 | ||
| 5381 | ||
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| 1754 | ||
| 641 | ||
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| 1824 |
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| 7995 | ||
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| 685 | - | |
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| 259 | - | |
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| 3500 | - | |
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| 1942 | ||
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| 8181 | ||
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| 58509 | - | |
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| 58509 | - | |
| 49540 | - | |
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| 172188 | - | |
| 221728 | - |
Details
Bank Account - HSBC Savings Bank Account - HSBC ****8742
Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
Details
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Details Video Equipment
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31/03/2025
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| Endowment funds | Total funds | Last year | ||
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| to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | ||
| - | 78797 | 66277 | ||
| 15619 | 41059 | |||
| - | 2500 | 200 | ||
| - | 860 | 880 | ||
| - | - | - | ||
| - | 2100 | 1095 | ||
| - | 1035 | 6371 | ||
| - | 1872 | 493 | ||
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| - | 1649 | 1184 | ||
| 3617 | 1815 | |||
| - | 108049 | 119374 | ||
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| - | 108049 | 119374 | ||
| - | 930 | 1420 | ||
| 5125 | 2000 | |||
| 3600 | 6000 | |||
| 420 | 10068 | |||
| - | 516 | 1138 | ||
| - | 2285 | |||
| - | 3770 | 2100 | ||
| - | 608 | 330 | ||
| - | 5050 | - | ||
| - | 12 | - | ||
| - | 121 | 114 | ||
| - | 247 | 236 | ||
| 180 | - | |||
| 2520 | 4652 | |||
| 896 | 149 | |||
| 2352 | 1617 | |||
| 5381 | 7362 | |||
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| 1754 | 1716 | |||
| 641 | 997 | |||
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| 1824 | 1710 |
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| 7995 | 8069 | |
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| - | 685 | 155 |
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| - | 259 | 1523 |
| - | - | 617 |
| - | 3500 | - |
| - | 411 | |
| 1942 | 3502 | |
| - | 450 | |
| 8181 | 1074 | |
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| - | 58509 | 59695 |
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| - | 58509 | 59695 |
| - | 49540 | 59679 |
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| - | 172188 | 90989 |
| - | 221728 | 150668 |
| Unrestricted funds | Restricted funds | Endowment funds |
| to nearest £ | to nearest £ | to nearest £ |
| 215429 | - | - |
| 6299 | - | - |
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| 221728 | - | - |
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| Unrestricted funds | Restricted funds | Endowment funds |
| to nearest £ | to nearest £ | to nearest £ |
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| Fund to which asset belongs | Cost (optional) | Current value (optional) |
| Unrestricted | 798 | - |
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