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7y THECHURCHOSeeking. DIWESE C NEWCASTLE •8énding. Newcastle Diocesan Society {A company limited by guarantee) Annual Report & Financial Ststements Year ended 31 December 2023 Company number Registered charity number (X)021135 247234 A large print version is avaI￿)Ie on request from Church House st John's Terrace North Shields NE29 6HS Ethmail: info@newcastle.anglican.org Telephone: 0191270 4100 •AD8)MUI 1310912024 COMPANIES HOUSE A27

NewcASTLE DiocesAN SOaErY coKrENTS TABLE OF col￿ENTs PAGE NUMBER Diwectors, and Trttstees. Annual Rerrfxt Legal Obj.￿￿ Aims and 0tr4ectNes Acl¥•vem8nts in tho year Futwe Flans Finan¢i* rev Struciure and Go¥emanc8 Trustees ReSpoMbil￿eS AdmKW¥trati￿ dthl$ Indewdent Auditctrs Report S&itement of Fin￿ela1 Ac11v￿e$ 10 IwKomg EXpeThJilU￿ fvxount 11 Balm Sheet 12 Not8s lo tho Finartial Stst8m8n 1>19

NewcASTLE DiocesAN SOCIETY The dir•ctors. who arn tNstees as ts crw is a dwrity. prgwt their annual rep)rt together with the audlted financial statements, for the year erKJed 31 December 2023. Leyl ObJe¢ts NoKasUg DI￿e￿ Sowy (tho is a rgJbèr¢d dwity (Charity number 247234) acting as trustae and stodian ¢wustee wpongble for Irusl funds and heid upon trL￿ for thè tlcttse of Nthvcasue and Parochial Church cou￿>1$ IPCCSI. The Society meets at lèast tsic• a year to and confim adions andlor decigons taken fegards to access to. paymenls from and management af tntst lthts. aThJ Ihe allocation of grants from trusts in its care. These a¢ons and decigons a￿ uniknFinned by the iJio¢esan ￿ryI tscirwj va￿$ of s••klng, sharing arKI sending. The SoL>8ty acts as wthlian Iru8 in relK)n to * Hlda¥ TnJ4. 4 $8paratdy wlster&J chaiity. and also In The directo￿ are awwe of th8 Charity Commissrm's gLMdarth on pubbic benefft wi The A(fvancèmènt of Religion for Ih8 Public 88nefit arKJ have h•J rw to it in their ￿Min￿￿traI￿ cl the SOW. The th"￿¢10T$ believe th. lry Prom￿1r￿j the work of th8 Chureh of E￿and in thè O¢ese ( N8wcastSe. the helps to promote the whole mission of the Chw( lindLJding pastNal. aThJ ecumenical) more effeclively, both in ts Dict8￿ of No￿a$ll¢ as a and in its Irvth￿hjOb pawiths. and Ihat in it F￿0¥1￿￿ a benefft ts thè Kthi Alrns * obj•ctiv•s The Society airns to FYornrAe. faL>lita& aryl as%51 wilh thè aThl Frtxpos•s of the of England for the The sp￿riC ams and otythes for we as frAky￿. To manage the fijnds in ts <krtig5 and ￿pOnsibIl￿¢S •xtrclsln9 appropriat¢ stth¥ardship on Ixhalfof the NeI￿$t1e Dictesan Board of FinarKe {ND8FI and PCCS. To Mon1￿ the perfwmarLce of the investmert managern ￿ on behalf of Ihe Society and providg appropriat• thice antj direction as re4￿￿J. To monitorthe administratic•i wsts oflhe Sc¥xtys uMeStri￿ The s￿19ty meels •nint51r'on (g￿lS frrn $ (y4n ILWKIS arKJ ro thayes are made lo in(liv¥Jual trust funds. Gr4nt4maklng Ib•fi•fi¢iary-sele¢tlon) pol This is carried out in a￿￿dance with ts tenns •KI otrieLvts of ea¢ K￿mdual IrLtsI urJer the wnbrèlla of the Society the cmrt aTrJ aFwoval olthe thIeLt￿$. AchleveM•nts in the y Rèvl•w of 2023 Inveslrnent Inccxne of U35.898 {21)22: £255.6651 T￿￿5¢￿ts w increase d31.4% on thg year. £328.234 {2022.. £153.1831 was paid of thaFitsNè acbvtb¢5 duriTr) th• yèar. a 114% incrnasè fmm th• ewous year. Partshes used the funds for a number of reagjns indudiTr3.' a$sisting wpport ¢urat•s'. th8 paymwl of pwish shwo.

NEWCASTLE DIOCESAN SOCIETY FOR TrEYEARENDED 31 DEC￿lBeR 20 2023 also induded a ￿t the Grte Hutthywi FLThJ to the Board of Financg Of£150.(m￿ to support the Board's cOr￿lbU1v￿ to di¢xesan resOLy￿ (thrth wgect. Operattonal perfom The d1￿CtorS continue to seek athce and gLwdance from their Pfofesslcffial a￿serS in relation to the investsnents. Thè Sctièty hdds ￿￿10 wtth R8C Brwn D¢4phin rec4ve(10s part of 8 legacy from the late BishopAJec Graham. The SrKiety investsfv camal of all otsr funds in Ihe Central Board of Finances Inveslment Fund orthe Central Board of Finances Deposit FuThJ. All fuTrJs c4)nform to the guidance &iven bythe Church's Etrical Investment Athsory Group. Inv•stm•nt p•rfornMnc• The total Yalue of investsnents {exd￿J[r￿j shts1-twm cash dewsitsl at 31 December 2023 was £10,581,655 12022.. £9,704,658) and the totsl relum M inveslmenl w85 10.52% {2022.' -8.44%). The L￿realIsed gain in the luo ofinve51ments durirg ts year to £864.881 an wease of 8.9% cfft equty portldio. Futh Plan direCt(￿S intend to continue to admiThster the fLwMls in meel the tsy to day Nnnirg ¢osts from the general f￿d. The speo.fic objecb"v8s for 2023 r8mained as'try pro¥iw$ years. Pboase refer to aims and objecbves on page 1. Fknandal Re¥le O¥•rall finanei•l iltsilion Income before revaluatAM 8djustmènts tolalled £448.204 (2022.. £4.765.¢X17). This comprised £112.306 donation income. and £335,898 irwè5tment I￿￿￿e. EX￿dIl￿re ar￿Unted to £328,234 {2022'. £153.183). The Ststement of Fin¥n¢i A¢tMls {SOFA} tr)r the year net inca)rne of £119.970 {2022'. £4.611.824) Aftw ac￿￿nt￿O tr £864.881 fry th¢ ygar inv95tmgnt assets. th? net movewwt in fLnds amounted to a suwus of £984,851 (2ff12: £3.620.750). Durirs year. total ffijnd balan¢os in¢reased £13,264.845 to £14,249.￿. inclwl Sowc 100% of the ir￿rne of the ￿ety is frrffi imiesbwtts LY usad to wxr• in¥•sIm￿. After makn.ng enqLUri8S th• d￿￿(v$ ara Satisfi￿ that the &¢iety h05 adwuale resoLrces to o)ntinue to operate as a going concem for the foreseeable f￿•re and have Fry)ared th• fina￿al slatemants M that ba$. Inv•skn•nt pollcl•s Th& memorar￿um and ￿ti￿o$ of Asswation of ts tharity permit wide of investmenL The Soc4ety investment strabJy is based cn key p(4icies: Elhic41 inv8slm6nl - This I￿ude$ ensuriThJ that Invesknents arg herd in o)npans which have high stsndards ofcowporale governar￿e and act in a resportsible way Iv4vard5 Stakeholders. (unds and as a resuli foll￿ a c•org￿ pnthnt approath to investrnenl dec4wns. Invesbrnnt kny4erm furvJ5 is airn￿ primwly at g￿￿?11r￿j • su5tsinabl8 kKome th duo regard to tha naad for the pr•s•vatiM cl Co￿trI and p)oblo r•J to r•afis• lo meet owational

NewcASTLE DIOCESAN SOCIETY Reserves poliey and to OSSiSt at certain limes of the year wth cash fttyv. The laig8t level for ￿￿estrICted reseryes set by the direclors is £250k and the majoiity of these reserves are hdd in investm$nt fLwKts to 9onèrate income for thè s￿ety which can be applbtd to charrta￿e WfPOSts irt the fulwe. At 31 December 2023 the arnO￿t available In the &xieVs general fund was £284.013 {2022: £278,770). Thè directors ccnfinn that the unrestricled fijnds are adequate aThJ readily avalabk to I￿1 ihe olligaticrfls ofadM￿ls1￿n9 ts Scady in the f(Iwe. The Socaety is a ￿￿panY ￿Orab￿ in ErvJland and liffliled by guarantse (Company rtyisirdiion number c￿21135) by its MeMornnd￿m and ￿tideS of AssLxialKffj dated 1885. 11 is wistered as a charity wlh the Charity Commisscm (Charity rÈgistrnts"￿ nthmber 24n341. The Board of Directors has ddegaled responsiknlity the day40-d8y management of thè eompany to th$ Company Secretary. whth involves the Mantenan￿ of the accounts, dealing vdith general enquiries from directots and fCAlo￿n9 IhrtsL￿h the deositxts mad& by thwctors. The flir￿torS meet at leasth¥ice a year. The chairman does have aulhority to make derysOr￿ on behalf of the directows b&￿een rneetin￿ if il is thought that the matter is urgent. Any such decision is confim)ed by the direcaows at their nexl meetirrfJ. All decisions taken at the meetings are recorded in the minutes. thre¢lors who seNvJ thaiity OJW the wiod are listad cm 5. Thè dtrtctors are appointéd by the Sttiety after nominaiThi by a written as req￿red by the thaiivs Articles of Ass￿iatiOn. The arbdes a150 Stip￿ate that Thjt more than fyvonty persc￿S may be w wninated as members of the Sw d￿1r0 cme year. DI￿¢t￿5 a￿ givw iThJ￿t10n trair•rw3 fiwst appointed arKI ra¢•ve ong¢irg trainirrfJ. as approwiate. Wlwe there is an identsfi&J training Ihis is provided in h(xJss. or rf necessary ￿temal trairrin9 bg arrary8d. Dlr•ctors'and T￿￿. rnspNMlbllllle5 Company law requi￿ the to weparB finarKial ststern￿ts for each financaal year wthich giv$ 8 and Iwr view of ￿ stale of affairs of the Company and of the ￿ irvJnirYd crf r$scWr￿ of Ihe ￿mP for that year. In prepariThJ ItK>se finarKial state￿￿ the directors are r&wired to: Observe the methots aryj princapa15 in ts char￿e5 SORP. Make jLemènts aTrJ estim8les thal are reas￿¥ble and kyud Follow appliCa￿e aCC￿ntir￿j standards and Ihe SORP. sui¥￿t to ￿Y matwial departures disdosed aTr explainod in Ihtr financial ststwnents: Prepar• thè finan¢ial ststements ￿ th¢ goir¥J c¢rt¢m ba$$ Unle￿ il 1$ inapkwtyiiato to pr•$ume that the company Mll eontlwo In b￿￿nes% The direcltys arts tesprx￿￿e for keepirvj prop¢r accountiffj r#cords wthi¢h th's¢lose V+ith reasmable xcurxy al any Ilm• th• finan¢iel p￿tion of tho company and to enable lo •nsur• that the financial $tst•mgnts ompty %4ith the ComparM8s kl 2006. TW are also respwsiLqg for saf&JuardiTrJ thg CofF￿al& and trust as of cornpary and ensLwlng their a￿￿¢•ban urKler tharity L8w and for t•kiro 10asonab￿ stsps the pr8v8nlon arJ d•taL*on offraud WKI other irrtydariti•s.

NEWCASTLE DIOCESAN SOCIErY DIRECTORS AKI TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REPC Thg directors as a Board confirn that to the best rf th8ir Ihere 15 no irbforwwthcm relevant to the audit of wlmch the auditcxs are unawa￿. and that they have e￿h laken ￿1 n￿￿Y steps to ensu￿ that they themsdves we aware Lrf all rnhva)t audit infLffi)ation aThJ that this Inf￿fi￿ has ￿mmUnICated to the audilLY5. The Soriely is c¥slothan truslee fry trust investment assets tmth a market value of £2.817.180 at 31 December 202312022.. £2,574,921). s￿Iety also Iw)Ids on behallofihe Llitxesan Board of Finance IND8FI and Parochial Church C(wJrKils IPCCsl as cu51odian truslee. There Ere 125 prcwlps hdd by the Society at ytsar 8rbJ. Du8 lo the nature of the assets it is nol rx)ssitrAe to tA&x a va￿ation on the land arnj buildings. As these a￿ cuothan assels any ￿￿lUab.￿ 7ArJuld be for disd0￿ purposes (ffjly. As the NDBF aThl each PCC ts a sepae charity these assets ¥e sepatety Irom thos• cl th• s￿￿ty. The Soraety has a dose rdalicrfth"p wtyth tho Dioc8san Board d Finaru Uff¥ted (N08F) whSch has trust fvnds h•hJ by the Souety. Rlsk rnanagement The threctors have examined the m4or tMfy"ness. strategic and operatToro1 risks that ￿ Soelety faces and confinn that systems have been established to •nat4e re9￿ report5 to be FYLhJuc8d so that th8 necessary steps ¢an be tsken to 183¥en these risks. These risks by usiThJ Inveslffwt management company CCLA to man￿e the fur#ts. The au¢Jitor is ¢Je￿Ie￿ io bè reapwjinied undèr sèdM)n 487 121 of tho Companigs Ad 2006 untyl 01h8￿18? resdved at a genw meel¥vJ ofthe c¢yi)pany.

NEWCASTLE DIOCESAN socieTY Dlwectors The Btshcrf> of Newcaslk. Ihe RwJht RevererKI Heben.Ann HaFUry lfr(Kn OW02r231 Th8 Acling Bishop rl Newraslle. the Fkn"￿t ReNpreryl Mark Wroe (to 0210V23) Archdeacon of Lindisfam•. Venera4e Dr Cath¥ine Sourbut Gm¥es The Archdear￿n of NorthLwnbedand. ts Venerable Rar￿ A Wood Canon Simon R Harper (Chair) DrJohn C Ap￿ebY Elizabeth A Kery 18abell8 MCDOnal(￿80 Shane Wathj A￿litti￿ UNW LLP Chartered Accounlants & StatutOryA￿jilL¥ Ctygate. St. James. Boulevard NÈwcaslle uponTyne NEI 4JE Sirtons The Cube. Barrac Road NeKasUe uporb Tyn• NE4 608 Bankws P¥da￿ Bank 5 St Ann's Street, Quay>J8 Newcastle upon Tyre NEI 28H CCLA Investment Managennt Ltd Senator House 85 Qu84n Victffia Street London . EC4V4ET Bre*Sn tknlthln 12 Smithfield S¢r¢8t London ECIA 9LA

NEWCASTLE DIOCESAN SOCIETY Church ￿k￿ SlJohn'sTerrace. North Shie Tyno and Wear. NE29 6HS Tdephone.. 0191 270 4100 I))IY21135 247234 By orthr of tho lyjard rLbL. Canon Simon R Ha Director Date: 4th July 2024

NEWCASTLE DIOCESAN SOCIETY INDEPEKIENT AUDITORS REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DEcaieER 2023 nlon We have audited the financial atements of m+￿¢8$￿¢ DKxesan kn?ety for the year ended 31 De¢ember 2023 which ornprise the ststemwl of finandal acbwlies. the •r￿(¥ne and expeThJiiwe cAxinL the balan￿ sheet and the notes to th$ financral statements. induding a summary of sigThffic3nt 8cc(yJntir¥ ￿￿￿1$. The financial reportiw framthyo that has been applied in their prep8rydl￿ is a0ica￿• law and Urrted KIr0￿rn Accounting StarKt¥rds. induding FRS 102 Tr Finarrial ReportirvJ Standard appI￿at￿e Fn the UK arnl Rewbfr of Ir¢l•rwY (Unlted Generalty AcLepted A￿A)JntIThJ Practice). In Cur opinion thg finanoal $latements'. give a truo and fair vièw of the slate d the dlartsble ojrnparrfs affairn 88 * 31 De¢w)ber 2023 and of its irthmry res￿[CeS and applmation of re50uwrxs. its Ir￿Me and expwKliture for the year th ended: havo been property prepar&J inacc(Ydance wilh United G¢rwally Aettpted AC￿untIng Practice., have been p￿pared in ￿￿ance with the Tequiremenls ofthtr CcMnpanie$ Act 2006 and the Charities Act 2011. Baslsof optnlon We ¢(￿dUcted our audit in accordarte wilh Intemattonal Slandards ￿ Awjitirtrj {UKI {'ISAs IUKI'I and applicable law. OLf reSW￿sIblI1tres under those standards are des¢riW in ALKIrt￿S resp￿sIbilI1•eS for the al￿11 of the fina￿1¥1 slatèm8nts. secticffj of our repcfft. We are iNkpernJent of ttE charit8blè eampany in ￿nce wth the etlical requirements that are relsvant to our audit of the finar￿SaI slatements in ts Uniw Kirylryn. indudirvJ t Financial Reportiro Councls Ethic Starbjard, •rKI we have fvINl¢d oltrw ethKxl respcmsibilities in aco)rdance with reqU1￿m¢nIS. We believ6 that the aLJit evid￿ we have obta¥Ed is wffK4"•nt and appropriate to provide basis for ¢yJr Opwi￿. In •wliting thè finartial stslements, we have coK4uded that tru5tees' usa of Ihg rA)rttm basis ofacoyjnlir in the preparation of Ihe fin￿cial statements is appropriate. Based on we have p8rfc¥ln￿. we have not •derrtt￿ any material uncertsintie$ rslatrNJ to events or ondilions that, indivKlualty or cdlectively. may cast sJniftanl dO￿A ￿ tho enti￿$ abilty tr Q)ntinue as a going Our ￿p￿sibIlitieS aTrl the respLWtrflilies ofthe INstee5 V•ith ￿ to g)iry o)nc4m desuibed in the Tdevanl seclions of Ihis reporL The othor infonnation comFYFSes the irtsmatiffj in thè truslees anrnml report. other than the finJnty81 statements and rAr 8uditorf$ report thgrnc¥i. The trustees are re5PCrritle for ihe other inf0rrn8t1￿ eortsird within ths amual r8POrt. wnicm on the financial statements d085 not c4)ver ts otrw infomiatson and. except to the extent otherwise explKily ststed in our rewl. we do not axpr8ss any form of assurance conchjsion ihereon. Our re5ponsibilty 1$ to read thè other Inform￿ a￿1. in d(#ng so. consi(kn Vtsther the other information is mat8rfalty In￿nsIStenI with the ffinar￿1 statements or our knthvWge rAtained in thè ¢Axvse of the audrt or otherwi$8 appea to be materialy misstated. H we *J￿￿fy s￿￿ Mat￿31 in¢onsislthxtes or apparent material mrsstatefflents, we 8 required to det¢rnNn¥ ¥￿￿$r this 9fv8s rlsè to a material misslatement in the financkil statements themselv￿. If. based on tha work we have perfm•d. ￿ cor￿￿ that Ihere is a Materi￿ misstat¢ment of thls ¢Xh8r hf0rniatl￿. we are requlrod to remthat tscl. We have nothlng lo rop(wI kn INS rwwd.

NEWCASTLE DIOCESAN SOCIETY IND￿ENDENT AUDmX¢S REPORT FIJR ThE YEAR ENOED 31 DECE11881 >)23 In ouropinion. ba$•d M the wot undortaken in the ¢(xws8 ofthè the 1nfLvMalw￿ giv8n in thè dire¢kn' and InK%tees' rwl for th8 finaThia year ￿ which the financial The thr&Xor5' aThl trusiees. Terx¥t has been wepar&J in acc4xd8rr ryih 8ppli¢•bl& l¢gal rw4uirwnenl Matters on whl¢h we are lo report ty excep In the light of our knO￿edge and undethrKlirvJ ofthe (knitth cornpany aFKI its envwnm¢nt ¢￿Ir￿d in th& ¢oursa oflhe aud￿. we have rnt identitsj matwol rr1ss1a￿erts in the Intstees. rep We have nothing to report in respe(a oflhe fc41th1ing matters in relation lovthK C(wnpanies Act2006 requires us lo reFrtNI to you if. in our ownion.. ad8qU8te accAyJntin9 r8cc¥ts have rnt been retum$ 8dequot¢ fryryxathlit have r¥)t been recelved from branchès not visit￿ by us: or Ihe ffina￿al slatements are Tr)t in agreement ith the acci¥JnlirvJ r￿d5 ￿ retums: c certain disdosures of knJstees' remurations specified by not made: LY we have not receiva all the inf0mw1ic￿ and explanalions wuire ts our audTrt.' r the trustees were not eniiled to prepa￿ the fina￿la1 statements in accC￿ance ￿th the small ￿n￿r￿es. ime and take advantage ￿the small cornpar•es' exempti￿$ in prwng the direcarys and trustees. ￿p￿t. Responslbllltles ol dknethrs. and In￿lee9 As explained more f￿lY in the trustees. responsitslities staterTrent. the direclors (who a￿ also the trustees of the eharitable company) are responsible fN the weparab.on of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a Irue and fair view. arbJ fr)r wch intml wntrol as the direcary5 de1errnl￿ is rcessary to enable the proparotic of finanaal statements that are free from Mat￿la1 Miss&￿ement. whether due to fraud or error. In pre￿ring the finanrial statemmts. the dire¢tor$ are r¢spontrAe lor 8ssessTrrpa ts ¢hwttabk u)mpany'$ ability lo tinue as a goirvj conwn. dixkwng. as apFIl￿b19. rnatte￿ rdated to goirwj c4rwn and u5iThJ the goirwj o?nrAm basis of accountiThJ unless the trustees eits inteNI to liqLidate the d￿rtable cc¥npaWs or to cease operabons, or havè no rèalisli¢ altemativè butto do w. Audltorfs rnsponslblllll•s lor th• audlt of th• fin¥Kl•l slat•Trwts Ow obje¢tive5 are lo oblwn reaxtsble a$S￿￿e ab(Mrt the finarKial t¢mgnts 4$ a whde om fro0 from mat￿la1 misstatement. whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an a dI￿S report that iThJudes our opinion. Reasonabla as$uranc is a h•Jh of asgJrar￿. tArt is rnt a guarantee that an audit conducted in accLJrdance with ISAS {UKI wll always detect a material misstatem￿t when it exists. ￿ss￿lern￿ts ran arise from fraud or errDr and are considefed mat￿la1 rf. individually or in the aggregate. they o￿ld reasonabty be expected to Influence Ihe e¢xmmic d￿ASIonS of Ljsers tsken ￿ the basis Oft1￿ finarK4al ststements. Irregularibes. i￿JudIng fraud. afy Insta￿ of non<¢m￿l•￿ with l•v$ and rogulation$. We dssign prccadures in line wth our responsibilities, oullined above, to detect material misstaternents in respect of irregularities, irduding fraud. Th8 $poGifi¢ p￿CedureS for this ¢nga9sm¢nt and the extent to which these are capable of detecting irregulawities. I￿uding fraud is dthled belcw. We Idenlrfd ar8as of18w and rwJuiabons that ¢>xdd r¢osc￿bIY bo expeded to trwe a matstfjal effect on tha financial statements from our general and seclor and Ihrowjh discussions the tnJ5tees and other marwement la$ required by 8LKlititYJ slandordsl arwj of thè ttoritablo c<xnpony's legal eoff0spor￿nCe. aThJ v dls¢ussgd tho tNstg8s and other manag￿)9￿ rdlo8s aTrl wocedwe5 TegardiThJ complianc8 with laws arKI regulations. We communica￿a identffied laws and rewlali¢¥ts t•om Mminod al•1 to ory indications of n0nthc0mpliar￿￿ tlwhoul th• aLwJiL

NEWCASTLE DIOCESAN SOCIETY OEPE14DENT AUDIYORS REPORT FOR THE YEAR EIW 31 DECEMBER 20ZJ Firsty. charrtabl• compgry is to laws #nd rwJUbtrcX￿ that dirwljy affect Ihe fin￿1 slatements induding flnancial reporting legisla11c￿ lindudirvJ Tthted wnpar#es aThJ tharili8s l&Jidabonl and taxaticffl l&Jislation èrKI we a$ses5ed th• extnl of rA￿￿lance with thes9 law5 and regulations 8s part of rAW procedU￿S ￿ the relale(l fir)•K¥al statement items. Secondly the company is many other laws aTrJ regulatws whpre lh8 cO￿UenceS of non. Com￿lance COLfftI have a matefial effect (m amtyjnts or disdosures in Ihe financia slatewts. for instance through the impostticn of fines ty libgation. We identsw fdltyM"ng areas as those rn(￿1 lik¢ty to suth an eff￿t.. dats protedion and ¢¢rtain asteca5 of ctywny kgislatic￿, wnt5iry the nature of ts thawilable compan￿5 adivities. AuditiryJ stsThJaryls limit the rwuired aLNJit wocedures to Klentify n(4￿CoMpliarO tw laws and regulatiorE to enquiry of the trustee5 and other maro>ment aTrJ Inspecti￿ of wulatw arvj l&Jal c(ffresp¢Mdertt. if any. Thr thèsè procedLtr•s. we bEcam¢ avrnrn of actLAI or SUSFrfl8d non-compliarKe and cg)wd¢rnd eff￿1 as part of our prctedures on the relat￿ fina￿181 ststement items. The Yenbfied aCtl￿ r￿MplianCe was not 5uffioenUy signiknnl to ryJr aL#lit to resuli in fLw1her disdosure wrthin tsjr iekmxl or ts fina￿la1 ststements. "ng to the inherent limitations of #n a￿11. Itwt is an unavohlable r￿k that vo may Mt have detectod somè matsri•l mi$stat$M￿lS in the financxal Stalern￿ts. even though we have properly plarmed performed our audit in cordance with auditing standards. Fcy examF4e. the further removed ￿n-cOMpliance with laws and regulabons lirregularitiesl is from thè events and tr¥ts￿lI<ms rèflected in the finan(?al statam$nts. likoty tha inherenlly limit￿ procedures requred by a[￿l￿r￿j starthjards would idwtify IL In additlon. as with any 8uthL Ihgre reMa¥￿d a hi9Pr Ask of TrWoclion of Irregula￿tieS. 8$ th￿ may invd¥e )Ilu$ion. forgèry. intèntional omisgon$. misrewesentabons or the override of internal contrds. We are not responsible for prevenb.ng non-compliance and cannot be expethl to detect r￿-ComE￿I0n¢e with all laws and re9ulab"ons. A further description of our resF)ngbilibes for the of the finanaal statements is located on the Financlal Reportin9 Council's website al: This report is made solety to the c1￿15￿bIe cunpgry'$ members. as a Wy. w) w))r￿ar￿a ith Ctptw 3 of Part 16 of thè Companies Act 21XJ6. Our a￿11 has bsw undèrtaken so that w might statè to the charitst4• ¢ompany's members tlb)$0 matters we are requwEd to stste to them in an a￿li10￿S Tepjrt and for no olher puw. To the fvlllest oxtent F￿nItted by law. we do not asgJme respOn￿tI11ty to anyone Ot￿r than ¢haritable company and its members. 8$ o body. for our this rer¢t. orfor the opirwortswe have form&J. FOT and on behalf of UMW LLP. Stsbjtwy Audlt*x Nw¢osJ• upon Tyne Date.. 4. Juty 2024

NEWCASTLE DIOCESAN SOCIETY STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR YEAR ENDEO 31 DECEMBER 2023 Restrthl TLI Funds orn• and vknlnts fmm: C)￿tiOr ImfbNrts 112J06 328￿0 112J06 4J119,342 33W8 255,665 7J68 44OJ36 I4￿01 4,765IX)7 {272521 (3WI 282341 (153,183) P7352) (3WJVI 1328334) 1153,183) 09J14) 139J54 119970 4.611024 24.627 4&5251 434.(XJJ 8MJ81 1991,0741 In¢¢tho 434￿5 984851 3,620.750 Tilal brougm koud 278,rn 8,494179 4,491,196 13264345 9.6M.095 Tflal kYw*d W13 9,04Q484 4925,199 14249,696 13264145 io

NEWCASTLE DIOCESAN socieTY INCOME ANO EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR YEAR ENDED31 OEC&IBER 2023 2023 448204 4,7651107 (3¥ts4) 1153.183) Expen41itsYe forth• y•¥ Nd ￿l￿b)SSI C￿ 119J70 430178 4ffj11,825 1375,7121 NBtir¢om• fol th• 551) 4236,112 T+Xal ¢omwehen5tv• 55V48 4234112 &Kdudth c(ffipty AJlinry)rre expwbjiim (kn4ed lffjm li

NEWCASTLE DIOCESAN SOCIETY BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 DECEIIBER 2023 2025 2ff22 Flx•d ¥$80ts 111571.655 9.704.658 111571.(05 9,704.658 CuTh•nt awts Debtors.. amountstsnfjry ¢knvAhin Cash al bank and ift hand i• 593.899 108V85 1.855,050 1.7IO,CKS li 14.743) (49081 et current ossets 7&041 3560.187 14249.696 13304.845 Funds Efidowm•nllunds 9A199 4.491.196 Re5trfcled InconR 9.IW484 8.494.879 Um$triCt￿ inMmi funds 2W13 278,770 T¢rta] fwml I4￿9￿6 13264.845 Thasa 8CCOLmts h8v8 been Kv•pared in ace•nJau ilh arolScat4e to C￿￿aDieS wty'e(a to the small companies. wirre. Th8 notes on pag85 13 to 20 form clthes• frnntsal statem•nts. The aCC￿nts apprrNed by meners of Newcasue Diocesan Society on the 41h 2024 are signed on their behaby: Ccfflpany number ¢))021135 12

NEWCASTLE DIOCESAN SOCIErY IIOTES TOTHE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 The finawal ststements have been prepared uThJer Ihe histcyical (y)st ￿nVenI10￿. with tho exceplion of fixed asset investmerts are I(￿uded at mthet valLO al the ba￿nce sheet date. The fmancial StateM￿ts have be8n prepared in acco￿nce tho Statwn•rt of Re¢¢ffimendeiJ Pra¢li¢¢ for cha￿ties (SORP 20191.the Cwanies A¢t 2006 and appticabltr #w)U￿￿ #tand¥d$ IFRS1021. Ba$1$ of wepark The 80grd prepares its •nru81 finawvJ Ihe basis of I￿St￿lC41 cost ￿ tho ¢aryirrfJ of investment assets (Ind￿li￿j invesknènt prrw1iesl at mathat vabL. financial stalemerts are definibon of a public benefft entity under FRS102. Th• Stti8ty &ts a$ a trustee rnsponsible frK89 Trust F￿15 Trdd rm behf0ft￿ Di¢xes• and Parochial Churth Coun¢ils. Ir¢￿8 rècaved and exFWKh'th on behaff of aTrJ distribukn fry the specffied purposes of the furK15 in tnjsl are indLJed Statanert of Financaal Actmlies a￿1 are alleated to Ihe capital or incL¥ne furmls as aprryiiate and in acCudanC￿ wilh the temi$ of the tntst 4Jeed$ of th indNidual fijnds. Unrestrlct•d funds rep￿sent funds vhHch e ex￿ndable at the dip47eliM of the directrys in V)¥ fvrtherance of the rt4e¢tives of the charity. S￿h fvrKls may be held in order to finance both admiThstration and operntional ¢¢£ts. for speafic purposes. These a￿ ex￿lable at the discre1K￿ of the S¢￿ty adiThJ as twustee in fw1herance of th¢ of the irnlivKlual trusL ReStr1d￿ fifftds may be restrthd fvnd$ orKVor capitsl fimds. whern thÈ assets are requir•d to be invested or retained for aclual use rather than exp￿￿j¢d. Endowment ILnds represwrt grants. d(W￿li￿S and legacies rttwed where the doncf has stipulated that the ￿￿(rf￿e may be used tr gerral wrpos•& thecapitsl nyjsi be rthrd. pgckal tsusts. {as dèfined by the Chariti&s Act 2011) arKI any othwtrusts where ￿ ctrfnpany acts as trustee and ¢ontrcAs the managemont and use oflhe fvTrJs. ar¢ ind￿Jed in thg wnpany's own finanual stattments 8$ charity ￿r￿the3, S￿)l￿t to the Charity CrynrnisshonS delemination of iheir acccxmting status. Trusts wh¢r8 the 8o4ril a¢ts m￿Y as CUSt(>Jian tntslee (￿tr￿ over the man•werrt ofthe fijnds are not I￿luded in the finar￿la1 statements but arn disdosed in the Dirxttys, arnl Trusts¢$' Annual Report. Golng The Society h￿d$ s4rtfirient C45h res8MS to allw it to ￿ a￿0 to meet its Oblyb￿lS as ty fall dug for Iho ftyeswblo lutwe. All incomo b Induded in the Statement of Fmancial kaivkns (SOFA) the Board is b3ally enbtled lo ￿ as incomg or ¢apilal respthdy. ultimat• re¢•pl is pK4)atrJ• and the amount to ￿ recoanised n be qvonufied wth leas￿ble accurdry. 13

NEWCASTLE DIOCESAN SOCIETY NOYES TOTHE FINANCW STATEMENTS FOR YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER a123 Where a daim for waymenl of irKome tax has wil be made. inoyne is gross￿ ￿ for thè tsx The fvllcthing accounlwvJ pc4iues are applied to I￿OMe. Legacies and donalicfts a￿ acccyJnt￿ for conditms for th￿r recwpt have been r￿t and the amoLml can b¢ rdiabty eslimalgd. Lry•¢ies rer4iv8d in fomi of prop8rty w inv8skn8r are accounted for at the lower of probate or rna￿et vaKE. Monies from endowment furKls are dlwated to restricbj ivK(¥ne fijnds in aCCc￿d￿n¢e wlh trust tenns. Expenditu￿ is irK4LKled the accrtwl$ ba&s and has been dasgfRd ￿ ladiTrJs that aggregate all costs related to the SOFA categcrfy. The SoLaety's rwatyrwj cThts iwKJLth proftrwonal loès and othor fefated c4)sts representiThJ rnanagom8nt and athnirwstra11￿ expwwjiture. Distrilythions to be￿ficIalleS are accoun￿ experKlitwe has been incwred in respect of the variou5 fijnds. [lisbU￿ern￿ts frun trL￿1 fLN￿$ are made stricity in a￿Ordanc¥ terms of the Injst for the individual fr￿s. whe￿ the terms of a spgific bjnd requi￿ the consent of the soc￿ty, INS Is reeorded In the mirwtes ofthe meelir¥J at dlscussed. ￿$ts wr¢sffjt ey4)gndrtw8 ths of ts If￿1 funds. LYganisatiLThI administFalion. and crynplIar￿ 7Mth conslitulional ¥fKI st¥tutryy rwwirem¢nts. costs ar• th to the General Fund not the indNidual trust fuNts. List8d invéstmfjnts. which b•8n dassift•d as assat iMystm•nts. arn measured initially and sthsequenfjy at fair val￿. The statement of finarK3al athilies irnludes the net gairts aTrJ losses arising on r8valuations and dis[￿lS thrwJh(#rt the y8¥. Invostrrwts tld by as ¢yjstfy1￿n trLt88 are not included in these acc<)tmts. Tax•tiQfb The activitses ofthe Society we exwnpt frryn taxallr￿ wKJer Se(m 505 of ￿ Inco￿ and Ctyp)ralion Taxes Act 1988. D•btor4 Trade and other debtors are recctyJnised at the SetIlen￿ am¢JMrt. Prepayrnents are valued at the amount prepaid net of any tTrde dIscoL￿ due. Cash at Bank and kn haTrJ Cash at bank and in hand irKhths aThJ I￿n highly liqud MNes1m￿ts wlth a short matu of tIKee months or less from date of acqUIsti￿ ￿ openiryj ofthe deposit ￿ ￿Milar acoJunL Uabilibes ¥re rwnised when there is an obfylTh al thg balance dale as a resull of a past evwtt. it Is probable that a Iransfer of eCon0ff￿ tenefit will be requir&J in sewement. aTrJ the amount of the s•tUgmont ¢an b¥ eslimaled rdiabty. tiabililis ar 1wnl￿d at th8 amwnt that the wmpany ¥nti¢ipate$ it ￿11 pay to seth the debt or the amount it h8$ r¢cwed #s 0￿rd paymtrnts for th¢ goods tx Se￿CeS tt mLtst yowde. Provisi(Yts ar• m•#￿￿￿￿ at the best estimata ofts amounts required to selY0 tho obl3ation. Wharo tho offact of the tim• valL is malwial, ￿ provision is bosod (rf) pro￿1 valuo of those anKXW)ts. disc&NHrted at the dSscount rate that the rSsks 14

NEWCASTLE DIOCESAN soaETY NOTESTOTHEFINANCIAL STATEIEP4TS FOR YEAR ENDED 31 OECÈMBER 2023 sperafic to the liability. of the discw is r￿nISed intsrtsst payab￿ arnl $iml8r ¢horgS Fin4ffi¢io1 Instr￿l￿ts The company only ente￿ into financrdl instnjments 1rd￿¢onS that result in ihe recognition of basic debt financial assets aTrl liabil￿eS ffike Irwje olher xcounts recervable arKI payatk. cash arwj bank balances and loans to ty from rèlatèd parts. AJI irthuments are due vhthin ¢)ne year and are measured. Initi￿lY and &knsequenlly at ts Ir8ns•kn At the end of eath reportKV debl fmrKy#I asséts are assessed fry impaimènt. and trir ¢anying value r&Juced rfnecessary. Any Impalm￿rt (arye is rwThs&J in the statement offinanlxal arAMbes. Estimates and judgmwts are wrtinualfy 9valuat￿ aThJ b¥sed m historicaj eypeliw 0th8r factors. indudir#J experta￿￿1$ of ftrture everrts Ihat are beI￿Ved to be reasonable uThJer the In preparing these finanual statemerts the trustees do not c(¥)sider Ihere were any Signfficant areas of I￿JgMent or esb"mates Ihatwere requirrd in applyThJ the c(Wan￿$ pOl￿S as set tyjt ab￿. 15

NEWCASTLE DIOCESAN SOCIETY IK)TESTO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 2 [￿atiO1$ lthrestrwxed Re#rthJ En(ly•m)ent T￿4 Fw¥ts Fur FuTrts 2•23 2022 D(￿atior 112,306 4.509,342 3 In¥th￿l in(xJme Reth)JgJ T￿1 Fwds Tc41 Funds 20 2022 FurKts th￿￿d$ Tewdb InleTeSt re￿walle 7.796 254.410 73,620 262,206 73,692 238,344 17,321 . 324030 J35P8 255,665 4 Costs oltharilabk thiEs b fiJrbJ t e P&KbJ Tc4 F￿d$ Ttlal Funds FuThJs 2022 &art fijbjry athi SuFWrt C(6ts 10.(XM) 17252 3ff1982 310J82 17252 135,678 17505 27352 ]￿1982 3Z&234 153,183 5 An81 sis of su ¢Jrt¢))sL8 FUTr Furn 2023 2022 5,ICKI 5J(rfJ 4,590 335 10,600 1,980 Legal Grant to N nts padt&3e I 1,100 974 ii,ioo 974 17352 112S2 17.505 16

NEWCASTLE DIOCESAN SOCIETY NOTES TOTHE FINANCWLSTATEMENTS FOR YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 Summary offvnd m¢Nemerts Bkn at 1 kEses at31 Unr•thd FA&' fAwral FuThas R•slrtcted Fwd. Reth'¢tsd Funds En¢h)r￿ Funds: 27&770 7168 127.252) 24,627 284,013 8.494.879 440J36 {3￿J,982) 406.251 9.040.484 4.491.196 434,1￿3 4,925,199 1336V45 448204 13282341 864M1 14,249,&6 BaiE¢ at 1 l)fyoiry W b)5￿ B•lancfj 31 r•sourc•s & trwhsfers De¢ 2022 lknral Funds Reslrtcted IrKoffle Fwth. Rethtsd FuTr5 EnthJw￿nt Funds: 325399 8J58 {17J)5) (37.482) 278.770 4211138 4.756ffl9 (135fi78) (338230) &494879 s.1(￿558 (615 J62) 4491.196 9.644095 47￿1•)7 1153.18¥ 1951.0741 13,264845 Funds Iransfefred frwi end(wment to restricled f￿dS ￿YesenI ihe unspent on end¢)wed funds availat4e for us8 by thè beneficiies. vhwth • hebj as cash depogts aThJ nol inVeStrr￿nI fund& No remunerati(￿ has been paid to any th"red( eawity as a dir•Xor {2022.' £nll. Tha SocAety d08S Mi ho￿ any employees.Al administrative functons ar• carrted oul by NDBF stsff and th¢ Society makes a wt to the ND8F in recognibon rA t￿"S assislance. ￿ 9rant for 2023 was £11.10012022: £10.61￿). 17

NEWCASTLE DIOCESAN SOCIErY NOTES TO THE FWANCIAL STATEhENTS FOR YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 Usl•d Inv•slmgnts ithin the Unlted Klngdom Al 1 January 2Q3 Additions Disposals Revaluation 9.704,658 631.406 {559.190) 794,781 At 31 December 2023 10,571.655 Historical C￿$t at 31 Oecenther 2WJ 7.027.819 2023 2022 A￿ry¢d ing)me 593,899 1.855,050 11. Credittys: amounts fauina du• within on• ¥ 2023 2022 Other creditors Awuals 153 4.590 318 4,590 4,743 18

NEWCASTLE DIOCESAN SOCIETY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2tr23 Tolal Re5trth1 Ful￿5 Endwvnt Funds.. Pe￿ar￿n1 Fwd5 UM•thctsd Inwm Fw Gewdl Fu 5J61235 3.679249 9.010.484 4925.199 4925,199 285.221 (1211 284,013 Tolal FurKIs 10A71,65$ 3,678,041 1{249.696 Analysis ofrtel •$5ets betswen fund5 2022 Restsictsd Income Funds: Restrict&J Funds EndowTr•nt Funds: Pemonent EThJcA•miwl FurKIs Unrestrict•d Income Fund: Gerwdl Funds 4.942.866 3.552,013 &494879 4.491.196 4491.19fj 270.596 8.174 278.770 Tolal Funds 9.704,658 1560.1SI 11264,845 At 31 D8¢wnber 20Z3 ts Scoety manapj ￿ Iry￿t {2022: ¥MJ tWU5t ￿r￿S). fur￿5 were hekl to cover a variety of pu￿SeS indLJiThJ: the ￿keep and maintenarrE of thurch buildings; chLwth halls or churchyards: the wkeep of dwrth muc groups,. the charitatrAe PLWPOS6S of the Newcastle DreKesan Board of FinarKe INDBF}" eccsaslicaVcharttable purrM)ses: lo be used at the di5(¥eth)n of shop ol Newca￿￿. the or deswjnated d￿gy. and to prowde Iwwjs the NDBF to hglp lo offset the ¢ost of stipeThJs. In addition. the Sctiety is oJst(#Jran tnjstee for In￿t n investrnent assets wth a market valug of £2.817.180 at 31 December 2023(2022.' £2.574.921). The Scciety also hdds property on behaw of thtr NDBF and Parochial Ctr¥Jrch CoLmcils IPCCS) as utslthan bitst80. There wern 125 Fwq)81ti8s held by the Sor￿ty at the yearend. Seven ofthe Scoetys tjiredors Wtr￿ sw¥¥d during ts yearworg also dirgctcys ofthe Newcasue Diocew¢ Boartl of Finance INDBFI. Dwirvj 2023 the Soaety paKI out £181.016 {2022'. £42,796) to the NDBF from its various funds. somo of whith are restri¢tsd and requirnd to assist in tha payment of stiponds. and tho remalndw unreslFiCted and covef5ng certain adThMnistralion costs. Th& Sodoty acts 0$ trustee ovw tho assets rf St k¥da¥ TNst. Th• cl N•Kastse wa5 a twstae for both the So¢ty arKY Sl HikJa% Tn*L ¢harili•s othw In ryjmmon. 19