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
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Church House
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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 rgJb*èr¢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 Iru*8 in rel*K)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 frr*n *$ (y*4n 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 otrieL*vts of ea¢* K￿mdual IrLtsI ur*Jer 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'tr*y 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¢tMl*s {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)npan*s 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 jL*emènts 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 ar*J 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￿ cu*othan assels any ￿￿lUab.￿ 7ArJuld be for disd0￿ purposes (ffjly. As the NDBF aThl
each PCC ts a sep*ae charity these assets ¥e sep*atety 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 Managen*nt 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 aL*Jit 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 s*Jniftanl 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￿ eortsir*d 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 V*tsther the other information is mat8rfalty
In￿nsIStenI with the ffinar￿1 statements or our knthvWge rA*tained 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' remur*ations 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 r*cessary 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¢spon*trAe 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 $poGifi¢ p￿CedureS for this ¢nga9sm¢nt and the extent to which these are capable of detecting
irregulawities. I￿uding fraud is dthled belcw.
We Idenlrf*d ar8as of18w and rwJuiabons that ¢>xdd r¢osc*￿bIY bo expeded to trwe a matstfjal effect on tha financial
statements from our general and seclor and Ihrowjh discussions the tnJ5tees and other marwement
la$ 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$ses5ed th• ext*nl of rA￿￿lance with thes9 law5 and regulations 8s part of rAW procedU￿S ￿ the relale(l fir)•K¥al
statement items.
Secondly the company is many other laws aTrJ regulatws whpre lh8 cO￿UenceS of non.
Com￿lance COLfftI have a matefial effect (m amtyjnts or disdosures in Ihe financia slatewts. for instance through
the impostticn of fines ty libgation. We identsw fdltyM"ng areas as those rn(￿1 lik¢ty to suth an eff￿t.. dats
protedion and ¢¢rtain asteca5 of ctywny kgislatic￿, wnt5iry the nature of ts thawilable compan￿5 adivities.
AuditiryJ stsThJaryls limit the rwuired aLNJit wocedures to Klentify n(4￿CoMpliar*O tw laws and regulatiorE to
enquiry of the trustee5 and other maro>ment aTrJ Inspecti￿ of wulatw arvj l&Jal c(ffresp¢Mdertt. if any. Thr
thèsè procedLtr•s. we bEcam¢ avrnrn of actLAI or SUSFrfl8d non-compliarKe and cg)wd¢rnd eff￿1 as part of our
prctedures on the relat￿ fina￿181 ststement items. The *Yenbfied aCtl￿ r￿MplianCe was not
5uffioenUy signiknnl to ryJr aL#lit to resuli in fLw1her disdosure wrthin tsjr iekmxl or ts fina￿la1 ststements.
"ng to the inherent limitations of #n a￿11. Itwt is an unavohlable r￿k that vo may Mt have detectod somè matsri•l
mi$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 hi9P*r 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 Ct*ptw 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 TL*I Funds
orn• and vknlnts fmm:
C*)￿tiOr
Imf*bNrts
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 ko*ud
278,rn
8,494179 4,491,196 13264345 9.6M.095
Tflal kYw*d
W13
9,04Q484 4925,199 14249,696 13264145
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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 men*ers
of Newcasue Diocesan Society on the 41h 2024 are signed on their behaby:
Ccfflpany number ¢))021135
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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 wepar*k
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 beh*f0ft￿ 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 indL*Jed 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 ger*ral wrpos•& thecapitsl nyjsi be rthr*d.
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 ￿ l*adiTrJs 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.
￿$ts wr¢sffjt ey4)gndrtw8 ths of ts If￿1 funds. LYganisatiLThI
administFalion. and crynplIar￿ 7Mth conslitulional ¥fKI st¥tutryy rwwirem¢nts. costs ar• th
to the General Fund not the indNidual trust fuNts.
List8d invéstmfjnts. which b•8n dassift•d as assat iMystm•nts. arn measured initially and
sthsequenfjy at fair val￿. The statement of finarK3al athilies irnludes the net gairts aTrJ losses arising
on r8valuations and dis[￿lS thrwJh(#rt the y8¥. Invostrrwts t*ld by as ¢yjstfy1￿n trL*t88
are not included in these acc<)tmts.
Tax•tiQfb
The activitses ofthe Society we exwnpt frryn taxallr￿ wKJer Se(*m 505 of ￿ Inco￿ and Ctyp)ralion
Taxes Act 1988.
D•btor4
Trade and other debtors are recctyJnised at the SetIlen￿ am¢JMrt. Prepayrnents are valued at the
amount prepaid net of any tTrde dIscoL￿ due.
Cash at Bank and kn haTrJ
Cash at bank and in hand irKhths aThJ I￿n highly liqud MNes1m￿ts wlth a short matu
of tIKee months or less from date of acqUIsti￿ ￿ openiryj ofthe deposit ￿ ￿Milar acoJunL
Uabilibes ¥re rwnised when there is an obfylTh al thg balance dale as a resull of a past evwtt.
it Is probable that a Iransfer of eCon0ff￿ tenefit will be requir&J in sewement. aTrJ the amount of the
s•tUgmont ¢an b¥ eslimaled rdiabty. tiabilili*s ar* 1wnl￿d at th8 amwnt that the wmpany
¥nti¢ipate$ it ￿11 pay to seth the debt or the amount it h8$ r¢cwed #s 0￿r**d paymtrnts for th¢
goods tx Se￿CeS tt mLtst yowde. Provisi(Yts ar• m•#￿￿￿￿ at the best estimata ofts amounts required
to selY0 tho obl*3ation. 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 $iml8r
¢horgS*
Fin4ffi¢io1 Instr￿l￿ts
The company only ente￿ into financrdl instnjments 1rd￿¢*onS that result in ihe recognition of basic
debt financial assets aTrl liabil￿eS ffike Irwje olher xcounts recervable arKI payatk. cash arwj bank
balances and loans to ty from rèlatèd part*s. AJI irthuments are due vhthin ¢)ne year and are
measured. Initi￿lY and &knsequenlly at ts Ir8ns•kn
At the end of eath reportKV debl fmrKy#I asséts are assessed fry impaimènt. and tr*ir ¢anying
value r&Juced rfnecessary. Any Impalm￿rt (*arye is rwThs&J in the statement offinanlxal arAMbes.
Estimates and judgmwts are wrtinualfy 9valuat￿ aThJ b¥sed m historicaj eypeliw 0th8r
factors. indudir#J experta￿￿1$ 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
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NEWCASTLE DIOCESAN SOCIETY
NOTES TOTHE FINANCWLSTATEMENTS
FOR YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
Summary offvnd m¢Nemerts
Bkn at 1 kEses at31
Unr•thd F*A&'
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
Ba*iE¢ at 1 l)fyoiry W b)5￿ B•lancfj *31
r•sourc•s & trwhsfers De¢ 2022
lknral Funds
Reslrtcted IrKoffle Fwth.
Rethtsd FuTr*5
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 benefici*ies. 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￿).
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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￿$t at 31 Oecenther 2WJ
7.027.819
2023
2022
A￿ry¢d ing)me
593,899
1.855,050
11. Credittys: amounts fauina du• within on• ¥
2023
2022
Other creditors
Awuals
153
4.590
318
4,590
4,743
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NEWCASTLE DIOCESAN SOCIETY
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2tr23
Tolal
Re5trth1 Ful￿5
Endwvnt Funds..
Pe￿ar￿n1 Fwd5
UM•thctsd Inwm Fw
Gewdl Fu
5J61235 3.679249 9.010.484
4925.199
4925,199
285.221
(121*1
284,013
Tolal FurKIs
10A71,65$ 3,678,041 1{249.696
Analysis ofrtel •$5ets betswen fund5 2022
Restsictsd Income Funds:
Restrict&J Funds
EndowTr•nt Funds:
Pemonent EThJcA•miwl FurKIs
Unrestrict•d Income Fund*:
Gerwdl Funds
4.942.866 3.552,013 &494879
4.491.196
4491.19fj
270.596
8.174
278.770
Tolal Funds
9.704,658 1560.1SI 11264,845
At 31 D8¢wnber 20Z3 ts Scoety manapj ￿ Iry￿t {2022: ¥MJ tWU5t ￿r￿S). fur￿5 were hekl to
cover a variety of pu￿SeS indL*JiThJ: the ￿keep and maintenarrE of thurch buildings; chLwth halls or
churchyards: the wkeep of dwrth mu*c groups,. the charitatrAe PLWPOS6S of the Newcastle
DreKesan Board of FinarKe INDBF}" ecc*saslicaVcharttable purrM)ses: lo be used at the di5(¥eth)n of
shop ol Newca￿￿. the or deswjnated d￿gy. and to prowde Iwwjs the NDBF to hglp lo offset
the ¢ost of stipeThJs.
In addition. the Sctiety is oJst(#Jran tnjstee for In￿t n investrnent assets wth a market valug of £2.817.180
at 31 December 2023(2022.' £2.574.921). The Scciety also hdds property on behaw of thtr NDBF and
Parochial Ctr¥Jrch CoLmcils IPCCS) as utslthan bitst80. There wern 125 Fwq)81ti8s held by the Sor￿ty at the
yearend.
Seven ofthe Scoetys tjiredors Wtr￿ sw¥¥d during ts yearworg also dirgctcys ofthe* Newcasue Diocew¢
Boartl of Finance INDBFI. Dwirvj 2023 the Soaety paKI out £181.016 {2022'. £42,796) to the NDBF from its
various funds. somo of whith are restri¢tsd and requirnd to assist in tha payment of stiponds. and tho
remalndw unreslFiCted and covef5ng certain adThMnistralion costs.
Th& Sodoty acts 0$ 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