St Thomas the Apostle, Stanhope Financial Statement for the Year Ended 31 December 2024
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| note Receipts and Payments Account 1 Receipts Voluntary Receipts Regular Giving: Planned Giving 5 Collections at services 5 All other giving / voluntary receipts 5a Gift Aid recovered Activities for Generating funds 5b Receipts from Church Activities 5c Investment income 5d TOTAL RECEIPTS Payments Church Activities: Parish Share Clergy and Staffing Costs 5f Church running expenses 5f Cost of Trading 5f Mission Giving and donations 5f Major Repairs and building works 5f Cost of Generating funds 5f Governance Costs 5f TOTAL PAYMENTS Excess of receipts over payments Transfers between funds 4 Bank Current and deposit accounts 1 Jan Bank Current and deposit accounts 31 Dec |
Unrestricted Funds £ 8,933 5,008 4,989 - 18,930 600 15,296 7,654 42,480 15,000 3,600 24,719 18,616 733 13,124 100 - 75,892 33,412 - 97,562 50,812 114,962 |
Designated Funds £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20,630 - - |
Restricted Funds £ - - 16,015 - 16,015 - - 3,489 19,504 - - - - - - - - - 19,504 (20,540) 205,952 204,916 |
Endowment Funds £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total 2025 £ 8,933 5,008 21,004 - 34,945 600 15,296 11,143 61,984 15,000 3,600 24,719 18,616 733 13,124 100 - 75,892 13,908 - 97,652 256,764 340,508 |
Total 2024 £ 4,166 4,093 14,036 5,519 |
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| 27,814 4,287 26,754 83,992 |
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| 142,847 13,000 3,600 20,876 15,027 8,995 17,028 813 - |
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| 79,339 63,508 - |
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| 193,256 | ||||||
| 256,764 |
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| Statement of Assets and Liabilities note Cash Funds Barclays Community Account Barclays Deposit Stanhope Co-op Society Barclay's BBRT (PCC Fabric Fund) NSI account (Fabric) NSI Bond Church Hall Current Other Monetary Assets Gift Aid Recoverable Assets retained for Church Use (Church hall Fund) Church Hall and Parish Room 2 Investment assets CCLA Held Stock 3 CCLA Deposits |
Unrestricted Funds £ 135,592 - - - - - - 135,592 - - - - |
Designated Funds £ - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Restricted Funds £ 126,373 - - 2 38,541 40,000 - 204,916 - - - - |
Endowment Funds £ - - - - - - - - - 31,296 - 31,296 |
Total 2025 £ 261,965 - - 2 38,541 40,000 - 340,508 - 31,296 - 31,296 |
Total 2024 £ 76,214 80,325 9 2 35,221 40,000 24,993 |
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| 256,764 | ||||||
| 0 | ||||||
| 124,565 - |
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| 124,565 |
The attached notes form part of these financial Statements
Notes
1. The financial statements of the PCC have been prepared in accordance with the Church accounting Regulations 2006 using the Receipts and Payments basis
Numbers are rounded to the nearest pound and as a result totals may display small discrepancies.
2. The Church Hall and Old Library are held in Trust for the PCC by the Diocese.
3. Investments funds - Capital and Deposits
| Unrestricted 246/13 School House Restricted 011056001S Ellen Richardson Trust |
Bal B/Fwd Capital £ 95,682 95,682 28,883 28,883 |
Bal B/Fwd Deposit £ - - - - |
Investments £ (95,873) (95,873) 0 |
Interest/ Capital Gain £ 191 191 2,413 2,413 |
Bal C/Fwd Capital £ - - 31,296 31,296 |
Bal C/Fwd Deposit £ - |
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| - - |
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| - |
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4. The movements in designated and restricted funds during the year were:
| Designated Restricted Poor Funds 246/3 Butcher Poor Fund 246/5 Miss Butcher Poor Fund ChurchYard Maintenance 246/4 Butcher Church Yard Fund Receipts for Church Yard Choir 246/6 Miss Butcher Choir Fund 246/11 Branston Choir Fund Choir Fund Mission 246/7 Hartwell Flowers Fund Ellen Richardson Trust Fund Rookhope Church Fund Receipts for mission Fabric & Development 246/8 Church Fabric 246/9 Livingstone Fabric Fund NS&I PCC Fabric Fund NS&I PCC Fabric Fund Bonds West Window Fund Bainbridge Church Fabric - Bond - inc in Fl Dry Rot Fund/New Floor Youth Work 246/12 Branston Sunday School Fund Youth and family work Fund Toddler Group Total Restricted |
Bal B/Fwd £ - - - 21,445 1,828 23,273 5,214 377 5,591 1,182 586 (179) 1,590 28,551 314 601 2,303 40 31,809 6,889 6,425 35,221 40,000 3,368 o 47,671 655 140,229 1,251 1,962 247 3,460 205,952 |
Receipts £ - - - - - - - 300 300 - - 179 179 - - - - - - - - 3,320 - - - - 3,320 - - - - 3,798 |
Payments £ - - - - - - 4,655 - 4,655 - 179 - 179 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4,834 |
Transfer £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 |
Bal C/Fwd £ - - |
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| - | |||||
| 21,445 1,828 |
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| 23,273 | |||||
| 559 677 |
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| 1,236 | |||||
| 1,182 407 - |
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| 1,589 | |||||
| 28,551 314 601 2,303 40 |
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| 31,809 | |||||
| 6,889 6,425 38,541 40,000 3,368 47,671 655 |
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| 143,549 | |||||
| 1,251 1,962 247 |
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| 3,460 | |||||
| 204,916 |
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Income
| 5. Receipts and Payments Analysis Planned Giving Standing Orders (FWO) Other giving (envelopes) Collections at services Sunday Collections Other Services a. All other giving / voluntary receipts Donations Church Hall Donations Legacies Church Hall Grants Church Grants Candles Donations Box Totals b. Activities for generating funds – receipts St. Thomas Social Parish Events and coffee mornings Weardale History Festival Children and Families events Sundries Church Hall Development Donations Frosterley Carparking c. Receipts from Church Activities Statutory Fees Fees Trading Church Hire Church Hall Hire Other Incoming resources Frosterley Church Fund Endowment Fund Closure Other Income (insurance, asset sales) d. Receipts from Investments Dividends on CBF Investment Funds Bank and CBF Deposit Fund Interest Standard Life Acc SL 1st Bond Acc Interest - now Acc 237792 SL 2nd Bond Acc Interest - now Acc 237792 National Savings interest Ellen Richardson Trust Church Hall Buildings |
Unrestricted Funds £ 6,374 2,559 8,933 2,496 2,512 5,008 2,422 - 2,422 - - 500 300 800 464 1,303 1,767 4,989 - - - - - - 600 600 3,401 3,401 - 8,545 8,545 - - 3,350 3,350 15,296 - - - 6 - 6 - - - 7,654 7,654 |
Designated Funds £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Restricted Funds £ - - - - - - 16,015 - 16,015 - - - - - - - - 16,015 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 956 - 942 123 561 906 - 3,489 |
Endowment Funds £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total 2025 £ 6,374 2,559 8,933 2,496 2,512 5,008 18,437 - 18,437 - - 500 300 800 464 1,303 1,767 21,004 - - - - - - 600 600 3,401 3,401 - 8,545 8,545 - - 3,350 3,350 15,296 - 956 - 942 123 561 906 7,654 11,143 |
Total 2024 £ 1,600 2,566 |
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| 4,166 3,920 174 |
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| 4,093 8,051 132 |
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| 8,183 5,853 |
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| 5,853 | ||||||
| 1,000 - |
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| 1,000 207 1,398 |
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| 1,605 | ||||||
| 16,641 | ||||||
| - 1,347 - 440 - - 2,500 |
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| 4,287 3,833 |
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| 3,833 - 16,812 |
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| 16,812 - 65,658 6,109 |
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| 71,767 | ||||||
| 92,412 | ||||||
| 2,911 - - - - - 884 14,539 |
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| 18,334 |
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| Payments f. Church Activ |
ities – payments Charitable Giving Church running expenses: Utilities Heating Lighting Water Insurance Fire and security Detection Building Maintenance Churchyard Maintenance Cost of Services Vergers and Organist Fees Cleaning Cost of Music & Licences Printing and Stationary Governance Costs Secretarial and meeting costs Mission Baby and Toddler Group Young people and families Boxing Club Poor/Old Peoples Mission Food Bank Cost of Fundraising Cost of Sales Card Fees Envelopes Cost of Fundraising events Church Fellowship Cost of Trading: Hall Running Costs Church Hall Flats and parish room Major Repairs to Church Building: Professional Fees Major Repairs - Fees Church, Fees, Projects Church Hall, Parish Room, Flats Clergy and Staffing Costs Benefice Expenses, Equipment, Rectory Interegnum Fees Fees Paid to Diocese Fees Paid to Non Stipendiary Fees paid to Vergers/Organists. Special Service Collections and fundraiser |
Unrestricted Funds £ 3,879 1,224 214 5,317 4,637 2,185 4,069 4,670 3,226 300 - 300 15 19,402 - 24,719 - - - - 33 700 733 - 30 - 70 - 100 16,605 2,011 18,616 8,575 - 2,494 2,055 13,124 3,600 - 3,600 60,892 1,661 - 300 s 1,166 3,127 |
Designated Funds £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Restricted Funds £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Endowment Funds £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total 2025 £ 3,879 1,224 214 5,317 4,637 2,185 4,069 4,670 3,226 300 - 300 15 19,402 - 24,719 - - - - 33 700 733 - 30 - 70 - 100 16,605 2,011 18,616 8,575 - 2,494 2,055 13,124 3,600 - 3,600 60,892 1,661 - 300 1,166 3,127 |
Total 2024 £ 2,690 3,388 503 |
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| 6,581 4,531 2,900 6,236 54 178 - - 396 - |
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| 14,295 - |
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| 20,876 | |||||||
| 92 - 1,020 - 143 7,740 |
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| 8,995 - - - 813 - |
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| 813 14,512 515 |
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| 15,027 4,990 - 2,457 9,581 |
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| 17,028 3,600 - |
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| 3,600 | |||||||
| 66,339 24 - 460 - |
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| 484 |
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Notes on the Investment Trusts
| 246/13 | School House |
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| Restricted | |
| The fund is available for general purposes | |
| Notes on the | 2023 Trust Funds |
| 246/2 | Branston General Purposes |
| Interest is available for general purposes | |
| Unrestricted | |
| 246/3 | Butcher Poor Fund |
| Interest paid direct to the PCC for the poor of the parish over 67 years of age | |
| Restricted | |
| 246/4 | Butcher Church Yard |
| Interest is available for the care and maintenance of the church and churchyard | |
| Restricted | |
| 246/5 | Miss Butcher poor Fund |
| Interest paid direct to the PCC for the poor of the parish over 67 years of age | |
| Restricted | |
| 246/6 | Miss Butcher Choir |
| Interest is for the benefit of the Choir | |
| Restricted | |
| 246/7 | Hartwell |
| Interest is available for furthering the religious and other charitable works of the Church of England within the parish | |
| Restricted | |
| 246/8 | Church Fabric |
| Interest is available for the upkeep of the church fabric | |
| Restricted | |
| 246/9 | Livingstone |
| Interest is available for the upkeep of the fabric of the church | |
| Restricted | |
| 246/10 | Branston Geneal Purposes |
| Interest is available for general purposes | |
| Unrestricted | |
| 246/11 | Branston Choir |
| Interest is for the benefit of the Choir | |
| Restricted | |
| 246/12 | Branston Sunday School |
| Interest is for the benefit of the Sunday School | |
| Restricted | |
| 011056001S | Ellen Richardson Trust |
| Income available for printed or recorded material for communicating the gospel of Jesus Christ but not for general purposes | |
| Restricted |
Where funds are restricted and there is no obvious beneficiary in existance - the choir fund for example The PCC reserve the legal right to convert the capital into income and use the funds as near as is possible to which the fund was originally intended.
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF ST THOMAS THE APOSTLE CHURCH, STANHOPE, FROSTERLEY AND ROOKHOPE PAROCIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts for the above charity for the year ended 31st December 2025, as set out on pages 1 to 6
Respective responsibilities of Trustees and Independent Examiner
As trustees of the charity, the members of the Parochial Church Council are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Act").
It is my responsibility to:
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examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
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to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act); and
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to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of Independent Examiner’s Statement Independent Examiner's statement
My examination was carried out in accordance with 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 accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts.
Independent Examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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accounting reports were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
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. the accounts do no accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:
Gillian Herron
Gillian Herron 2 Dales Street Stanhope DL13 2XD
Date: 10[th] August 2026