TEDDINGTON METHODIST CHURCH (No. 26014) TRUSTF,ES' ANNUAL REPORT for tbe year ended 318t AUCU.ST 2024 Reference and administr¥tive details Teddington Methodist Church (Charity Commission Regi8trnÈion Number 1127553) 18 within the Teddington Methodist Circuit, in the London District of th¢ Meihodist Church. 'I'he address of the Church is- Toddington Methodist Church, I Stanlcy Road, Teddinglon. Middlesex, TW I18TP and Correspondence should b¢ addressed to The S¢crelary to the Church Council at this address. Teddington Methodist Church is constituted under the Methodist Church Act 1976 and 15 governed under the tcrnis of the Modcl Trusts, which ar¢ Schedule 2 of thc Act. The day CO day operational activity. constitutional practice, usage and discipliiie of the Church is regulated by the Constitutional Practice and Discipline of the Methodigt Church and dctcrniined by Standing Order5 as agre¢d by the annual Methodi51 Conf¢r¢nc¢ and published in the Minutcs of Conference. Under the Methodist Church Act 1976, the Church has both Custodian Trustees and Managing Trustees. The Cu%todian Tru.%tees artr TTUSIcc5 for M¢ihodisl ChLtrch Purposes. whose address is Central Buildings, Oldham Street, Manchester, Ml IJQ. The Managing Trust¥e.s are the Church Council, appointed in accordancc with thc Constitution of the Methodist ChurLh, whose members during the year, or at the time of this report btting approvcd, were.. Rev. David Inncs (Chairnian) Sue Morrell (Secretary) Vijay Christian (Treasurer) Sally Aston Sharon Barbarez J lelen Bott Richard Bott Rob Davies Alfie Evans Brian Jackson Gill Jackson Claire Kilvington Rosie Kwon Julia Lavery Robert Mortimer George Symm Calhy Trevelyan Wendy Salmon Church Council took the decision during the year to move to CAF Bank from HSBC. We have moiied our main account to CAI,- Bank and are in the process of closing the HSBC accounts. The registered addresses of the two bankers are: CAF Bank Limited, 25 Kings Hill AvenuL, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent MEI 9 4JQ and HSBC, The Pcak, 333 Vauxhall Elridge Road, Victoria, LA)ndon SWI V I EJ. GSM & Co (Griffin Sione Mo.scri)p & c.o) of 21-27 Lamb's Conduit Street. London. WCIN 3GS are thc independent examiners of the accounts. Ob ectives and activities Our airns are encapsulatLd in the following pU￿0￿e statement: TEDDING'I"ON ML I'HODIS'I. CHURCH seeks lo: Be caring and worshipping; F'ncourage growth in faith; Exprcss th¢ love of God in Jesus Christ Mut￿lly, locally and globally. The Church Council nonnally me¢ls thrco timc5 a year and receives regular reports reviewlng progress in achieving thcse aims. IJ] produ¢ing their assessment uf the benefit lo the public provided by the charity, the truste¢s confim that they have COTnplicd with the duty in Section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission's gciicral guidance on public benefit. Teddington Methodist Church (TMC) continues to look for ways of involving the wider church family through worship and social inl¢rd¢tion. Some local. national and international charities arc generously supported on an occasional basis through regular Saturday coffee mornings. special sttrvices and events. Achievements and erformance Membership. Teddington Methodist c.hurch (TMC.) currently has 68 members. TMC is an activc mcmber of Churches -l-ogether in l-eddington and ¢njoys good relaLionship5 With other local Christian Churches and with s'cvcral Ic)cal. national and international charities. Wor8hip. We are pleased to report that during the year cnded 31 st August 2024 the average attendance at Sunday morning s#rvices was 37.6 adults plu% 7 young people, an increase on last year. The largest attendance w'as for our Ilarvest F¢stival service when there were 52 ddulis dnd 12 young people:. this continucd thc pattcrn SLLn in previous years of oiir special services. such as ihe Carol service, the Harvcst Fcstiyal, and the annual Christmas Gift Service, dltracting the highest attendance. Goods for Whitechapel Mission were collected at thc Ilarvest and Lhristmas Gift servicc5- thcsc appcals receive substantial support frorn the local cotnmunity. On CJood Friday, we joined with other Christians in the procession and service on the (¥reen which was followed by relreshments in our hall and a vigil until 3pm when thc cross was taken down. On Easter Day we ¢elebrated communion and instead of "flowering the cross" we had some flower arrangements. We have held services to celebrate the work of All We Can, Methodist Ilomes for the Aged. the World Church, and during the summer holidays, a series on the ""Disciples and Disripleship" Wider Church Group5. Junior Church meets on Sundays throughout the year and the young people join in activities with the other four churehes in the Circuii. Two Fellowship Ciroups mect on alternate Wcdne5days and Fridays and a group meet after the Sunday service lo read and discuss the m¢aning of various Bible passagcs; thcse provide an opportunity for people to develop th¢ir faith and to know each other better. Th¢ ilushy Park walking group maintain their Mond