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Yiewsley Methodist Church

TRUSTEES REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] AUGUST 2025

Minister

Revd Ken Kingston Tel: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

Bankers

HSBC

The Peak, 333 Vauxhall Bridge Road, Victoria. SW1V 1EJ

Treasurer

Sheila Palmer Tel: [phone] Email: sheila682palmer@ btinternet.com

Independent Examiner

John Chamberlain Tel: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

Page 1 Yiewsley Methodist Church

Financial Statement for the year ended 31[st] August 2025

Statement of Financial Activities ( SOFA Report)

	Unrestrict ed General Fund	Unrestrict ed Designate d Funds	Unrestrict ed Funds Combined Total	Restrict ed Funds	Total Funds 2024/2 5	Total Funds 2023/2 4
INCOMING RESOURCES
Oferings & Tax recovered (1)	13,923		13,923		13,923	16,665
Interest	4,483		4.483		4.483	3,158
Lettings(2)	100,687		100,687		100,68 7	99,431
Other Income(3)	32,065		32,065		32,065	138,87 0
TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES	151,158		151,158		151,15 8	258,12 4
RESOURCES USED
Circuit	39,600		39,600		39,600	40,513
Donations
Repairs & Maintenance(4)	29,089		29,089		29,089	18,627
Utilities & Insurance(5)	18,355		18,355		18,355	14,196
Other Payments	42,574		42,574		42,574	85,228
TOTAL RESOURCES USED	129,618		129,618		129,61 8	158,56 4
SURPLUS/ DEFICIT	21,540		21,540		21,540	99,560
TOTAL FUND BROUGHT FORWARD	92,647	42,026	134,673	500	135,17 3	35,613
SUB TOTAL	114,187	42,026	156,213	500	156,71 3	135,17 3
TRANSFERS	1,394	(1,394)
TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR	115,581	40,632	156,213	500	156,71 3	135,17 3

Page 2 Yiewsley Methodist Church Financial Statement for the year ended 31[st] August 2025

CURRENT ASSETS ( Broken down into Individual Funds)

Funds)
	2024/25	2023/24
The General Fund	115,581	92,647
UNRESTRICTED FUND TOTALS
DESIGNATEDUNRESTRICTED FUNDS
The Organ ReserveFund	11,526	11,526
ThePropertyReserveFund	5,000	5,000
TheMission& Outreach Fund	4,106	500
TheRoof ReserveFund	20,000	25,000
DESIGNATEDUNRESTRICTED FUND TOTALS	40,632	42,026
RESTRICTED FUNDS
TheBenevolenceFund	500	500
RESTRICTED FUNDS TOTAL	500	500
COMBINED TOTAL – CHURCH UNRETSRICTED & RESTRICTED FUNDS TOTAL	156,713	135,173
OTHECHURCH GROUPS -DESIGNATED FUNDS
LuncheonClub (Closed)		2,895
Parent&Toddlers Club (Closed)		688
Space2 Be	37	20
COMBINED TOTAL – DESIGNATED CHURCH GROUPS	37	3,603
ALL FUNDS TOTAL	156,750	138,776

THE BALANCE SHEET as at 31[st] August 2025 (Excluding Church Group’s assets)

	2024/25	2023/24
Tangible Fixed Assets
InsuranceValuation – Land &Building	3,922,710	3,790,000
Current Assets
CFB Deposit Accounts	121,732	106,814
Cashat Bankandin Hand	34,981	19,443

Combined Current Assets Total 156,713 135,173 Outstanding Loans to be repaid 28,000

Page 3 Yiewsley Methodist Church Financial Statement for the year ended 31[st] August 2025

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT

INCOMING RESOURCES

Note no.1 - Offerings & Tax Recoverables

	General Fund	Other Funds	2024/25 Total	2023/24 Total
Sunday Collections	13,923		13,923	13,631
Tax Recoverables				3,034
Communion Collections
Combined Total	13,923		13,923	16,665

Note No. 2 - Property Lettings

	General Fund	Other Funds	2024/25 Total	2023/24 Total
TescoLtd	44,300		44,300	44,300
Others	45,787		45,787	45,271
Jolly Rainbow Nursery Rent	10,600		10,600	9.860
Combined Total	100,687		100,687	99,431

Note 3 - Other Income

	General Fund	Other Funds	2024/25 Total	2023/24 Total
Grant- Bernard Sunley				10,000
Grant –Circuit				68,750
Grant – District				20,000
Cannon Lane Church Loan				20,000
Hayes End Church Loan				5,000
DonationsAnniversary	26,435			11,937
FundRaising	1,427			1,591
Others	4,203			1,592
Combined Total	32,065			138,870

Page 4 Yiewsley Methodist Church Financial Statement for the year ended 31[st] August 2025

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT

RESOURCES USED

Note No. 4 - Repairs & Maintenance

	General Fund	Other Funds	2024/25 Total	2023/24 Total
Cleaning	7,394		7,394	6,553
Boiler / Heating Maintenance	4,047		4,047	508
Electrical work	2,984		2,984	3,708
Plumbingwork	1,135		1,135	699
FireEscape	10,422		10,422
Others	3,107		1,657	3,142
Combined Total	29,089		29,089	18,627

Note No. 5 - Utilities & Insurance

	General Fund	Other Funds	2024/25 Total	2024/25 Total
Insurance	7,362		7,362	5,755
Gas	5,045		5,045	3,122
Electricity	4,859		4,859	2,456
Water	1,089		1,089	1,560
Combined Total	18,355		18,355	14,196

Note No. 6 – Charities

Donationsreceived	The Charities	Amounts distributed
195.79	TheFoodBank	185.79
100.58	GurkhaWelfareTrust	100.58
150.00	Water Aid	150.00
140.00	MethodistChurch Easter Appeal	147.50
178.96	British Red Cross	178.96
32.00	SaveThe Children	32.00
47.40	GreyhoundTrust	47.40
100.88	British Heart Foundation	100.88
63.00	Action forChildren	63.00

80.40	Christian Aid	80.40
47.40	Shelter Box	47.40
60.00	Age UK	60.00
1,196.41	Combined Totals	1,193.91

Page 5 Yiewsley Methodist Church Financial Statement for the year ended 31[st] August 2025

TREASURERS DECLARATION

I confirm that I have prepared the accounts from the records

of Yiewsley Methodist Church and that they include all funds under the control of The Church Council. Sheila Palmer – Church Treasurer

Signed ____

Date _25 / 2/ 26__

DECLARATION BY CHAIR OF CHURCH COUNCIL

I confirm that the accounts were presented at the Church Council which I chaired. Revd. Ken Kingston – Chair of Church Council

Signed ____

Date _26 / 2/ 26 __

Church Independent Examiner John Chamberlain ( Treasurer Hayes End Methodist Church)

Page 6 THE RESERVES POLICY YIEWSLEY METHODIST CHURCH FINANCIAL YEAR 2024/25

1. Unrestricted Fund – The General Fund held at 31[st] August 2025: £ 115,581.

2. Unrestricted Funds Designated Funds held at 31[st] August 2025: £40,632.

3. Restricted Fund – The Benevolence Fund held at 31[st] August 2025: £500.

RESERVE POLICY FOR UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND

To build up a balance in hand equivalent to at least 6 months normal General Fund Expenditure. Achieved in Financial Year 2024/25.

RESERVE POLICY FOR UNRESTRICTED DESIGNATED FUNDS

To continue to build up our Designated Funds for specific objectives as agreed by the Church Council.

RESERVE POLICY FOR RESTRICTED FUND

The Restricted Fund held is The Benevolence Fund – This fund is held as decreed by The Methodist Church Conference.

This Reserve Policy was approved by The Yiewsley Methodist Church Council

held on _26 February 2026____

Signed by Signed by

	Revd Ken Kingston ChairofChurchCouncil	Sheila Margaret Palmer Church Treasurer

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CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS

THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS

Yiewsley Methodist

Church

FOR THE YEAR ENDED Sunday, August 31, 2025

Sunday, August 31,	2025
Harrow and Hillingdon Circuit	Circuit no.	35/36
Registered Charity - Charity Registration number
		1127645

If not a registered charity His Majesty's Revenue and Customs Gift Aid number

(The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in terms of evidence of charitable status and may be used to give to donors or grant funders wishing to see evidence of the organisation's charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not registered charities are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242)

Minister:

Revd Ken Kingston

Church Stewards: Ms Priya Rasanayagam Mrs Sandy van Brummen Mrs Heather Harvey Mrs Lesley Pepler

Treasurer:

Ms Sheila Palmer

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ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025

	SECTION A			Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds	Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds	Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds	£ 13,923 4,483 100,687 32,065 Totals this year	£ 13,923 4,483 100,687 32,065 Totals this year	Totals last year	Totals last year
					£	£	£		£
a1	RECEIPTS		Note
a2	Offerings and Tax recovered				13,923		13,923		16,665
a3	Bank and CFB interest and Investment income				4,483		4,483		3,158
a4	Lettings				100,687		100,687		99,431
a5	Other receipts				32,065		32,065		138,870
a6	TOTAL RECEIPTS				151,158	0	**151,158 **	(a7)	258,124
	SECTION B						39,600 0 29,089 18,355 38,719 3,855
b1	PAYMENTS
b2	Circuit Assessment or Share				39,600		39,600		40,513
b3	Donations						0
b4	Repairs and Maintenance				29,089		29,089		18,627
b5	Utilities (Insurances, water charges, heating & lighting)				18,355		18,355		14,196
b6	ROOF repairs				38,719	0	38,719		82,537
b7	Otherpayments				3,855		3,855		2,691
b8	TOTAL PAYMENTS				129,618	0	**129,618 **	(b9)	158,564
							21,540
	SECTION C
c1	(a6-b8) NET RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR				21,540	0	21,540
c2	Total funds brought forward from last year				134,673	500	**135,173 **	(c6)	35,613
							156,713
c3	Sub total (c1+c2)				156,213	500	156,713
c4	Transfers and adjustments						**0 **	(c7)
c5	TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR (c3+c4)				156,213	500	**156,713 **	(c8)	**135,173 **	(c6)

SECTION D

	SECTION D
d	(these amounts are not to be included in total receipts/payments figures above) FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL		£ 0 1,206 1,257 (51) ORGANISATIONS	£
d1	Balance brought forward from lastyear		0
d2	Offerings/Gifts - received for external organisations		1,206	856
d3	Offerings/Gifts -passed to external organisations		1,257	856
d4	BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID (d1+d2-d3)		(51)	0

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SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL

SECTION E Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Church Council/Church Meeting. Note that the funds of an Internal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must be completed to arrive at the gross income and expenditure totals of the Church. If gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold, then the Accruals method of accounting AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website). Please refer to the guidance notes regarding transfers between the District and connected District Organisations.

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	Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Church Council/Church Meeting. Note that the funds of an Internal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must be completed to arrive at the gross income and expenditure totals of the Church. If gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold, then the Accruals method of accounting AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website). Please refer to the guidance notes regarding transfers between the District and connected District Organisations.
	INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS	Receipts 301 301 151,158 (a7) 151,459		Payments		Net Receipts/ Payments		Adjustments		Opening balances		Closingbalances
e1	Ladies Circle					0				NIL		NIL
e2	Luncheon Club			688		(688)				688		NIL
e3	Parent and Toddler Club			2,895		(2,895)				2,895		NIL
e4						0						0
e5	Space 2 Be			284		17				20		37
e6						0						0
e7						0						0
e8	Sub total of Internal Organisations funds			3,867		(3,566)				3,603	(e11)	37	(e12)
e9	Church accounts (totals brought forward from page 2 - totals column)		(a7)	129,618	(b9)	21,540			(c7)	**135,173 **	(c6)	156,713	(c8)
e10	TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH			133,485		17,974		0		138,776	(x)	156,750	(y)
	Continue on a separate sheet if necessary and bring the totals forward	TOTAL RECEIPTS		TOTAL PAYMENTS

SECTION F

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

	STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
	CHURCH - CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 August 2025 Cash in hand Bank Current Account Bank Deposit Account Central Finance Board Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes Other funds SUB TOTAL - Church accounts TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing balance total from above) (e12)	28,359 106,814 135,173 (c6) 3,603 (e11) 138,776 (x) OPENING BALANCES	CLOSING BALANCES
f1	Cash in hand
f2	Bank Current Account		34,982
f3	Bank Deposit Account
f4	Central Finance Board		121,731
f5	Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
f6	Other funds
f7	SUB TOTAL - Church accounts		156,713	(c8)
f8	Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing balance total from above) (e12)		37	(e12)
f9	TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH		156,750	(y)
	SECTION G	At	At
	SECTION G

At 1 September 2024

At At 31 August 2025 3,790,000 3,922,710

OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES

	OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES
g1	Investments(include Endowments)
g2	Land & Buildings(see notes re Insurance value)
g3	Other Assets
g4	Loan(s)- show amount outstandingatyear end
g5	Other Liabilities

f4 Include only Funds held at the Central Finance Board

f5 Include only Funds held at Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes

g1 Include any other investments (not the cash element of TMCP trusts accounts this is included in line f5

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Name of Church ……YIEWSLEY METHODIST…………………………… No………..

Declarations and Scrutiny

I confirm that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2025 have been prepared from the records of the Church and that they include all funds under the control of the Church trustees.

Signature of treasurer ……………………………………………………… Date 25/ 2/ 26..

Name and address of treasurer ………Sheila Palmer…………………………….

17 Newcroft Close, Hillingdon………………………. Post Code…UB8 3RH

Presentation to the Church trustees

I confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025 were/will be* presented to the meeting of the Church trustees held on ……………..

Signature of the Chair of the meeting ……………………………………………………………………

Name of the Chair of the meeting Revd Ken Kingston Date 26/ 2/ 26

Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the

Yiewsley Methodist Church

Charity Number 1127645

Responsibilities and basis of report

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Yiewsley Methodist Church for the year ended 31 August 2025 set out on pages 1 to 3 As the Church’s trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of the Church’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and, in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

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Name of Church ……Yiewsley Methodist……………………… No ………….

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 (other than that disclosed below*) which give me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

• the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or

• the accounts do not 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 this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

I have/have not* obtained independent verification of all investments with the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances and funds at the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church which are individually in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheet date.

Signature of independent examiner ………………………………………………………………….

Name of independent examiner John Chamberlain

Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner ………………………………………

Name of firm (where appropriate) ………………………………………………………………………

Address 4, Wilmar Close, HAYES, Middx

……………………………………………………………………………….. Post Code UB4 8EY

Date 14/ 2/26 ……………………

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YIEWSLEY METHODIST CHURCH INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT

to the Church Council of Yiewsley Methodist Church. I report on the account held in the name of your Church for the year ending 31st August 2025

RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEES AND EXAMINER

As the Charity Trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; you consider that the audit requirements of Section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (The Act) do not apply. It is my responsibility to state, on the basis of procedures specified in The General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners under Section 43(7) of the Act, whether particular matters have come to my attention.

BASIS OF INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT

My examination was carried out in accordance with The General Direction given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination included a review of accounting records kept by The Church and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeks explanations from you as 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 view given by the accounts.

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

1. Which gives me reasonable causes to believe that in a material respect the requirements :

2. ….to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 41 of the Act and

with the accounting requirements of the Act.

……have not been met: or

1. To which, in my opinion, attention should have been drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Name: John Chamberlain

Address: 4, Wilmar Close, Hayes. Middlesex UB4 8ET

AuditExaminersReport - Appendix A