# **Wealdstone Methodist Church Trustees’ Report and Accounts 2023** ## _**WEALDSTONE METHODIST CHURCH**_ Address: Locket Road, Wealdstone Harrow. HA3 7ND Church email: welcome@wmclr.org.uk website: www.wmclr.org.uk The Church halls telephone: 020 8861 0913 Registered Charity No: 1127748 Wealdstone Methodist Church comes under the auspices of the Methodist Church in Britain whose governing body is the Methodist Conference. The authority by which the Conference acts is laid out in the Methodist Church Act 1976. Wealdstone Methodist Church is part of the group of Methodist Churches in the Harrow and Hillingdon Circuit and is accountable to the Methodist Conference. It is also a separately registered charity reporting to the Charity Commission. All activities are undertaken by volunteers, other than the work of a stipendiary minister, appointed by the Circuit to provide guidance and oversight for the work of this and other local Methodist Churches. ## **Objectives and activities** Wealdstone Methodist Church exists to provide regular public acts of worship open to members of the church and non-members alike. It provides a sacred space, a building, for prayer and contemplation. It explains and commends Christianity through sermons, courses and small groups. It carries out pastoral work, including visiting the sick and the bereaved. It provides a weekly “Friendship Café”, a fellowship meeting (The Wesley Guild), a Toddlers’ Group and a Baby Bank. It offers its halls for hire, subject to availability, to community groups. ## **Minister** The Revd Audrey Browne, 54 Kingsfield Avenue, Harrow, HA2 6AT Tel: 8427 0057 email: minister@wmclr.org.uk This is a new appointment starting on 1 September 2023. The minister during the year covered in this Annual Report, 1 September 2022 to 31 August 2023, was the Revd Stephen Poole. Services for Marriage, Funerals, Baptisms and Confirmation are arranged directly with the Minister. ## **Church Council Secretary** David Milne, 38 The Avenue, Harrow. HA3 7DE Tel: 020 8954 7248 email: church.secretary@wmclr.org.uk ## **Treasurer** Malcolm Aldridge, 35 Boxtree Road, Harrow. HA3 6TN Tel: 020 8954 1619 email: treasurer@wmclr.org.uk ## **The General Church Meeting** All church members are entitled to attend the General Church Meeting which has a responsibility to consider the whole ministry of the church. It appoints the Church Stewards and elects representatives of the congregation to serve on the Church Council. ## **The Church Council (Managing Trustees)** The Church Council has authority and oversight over the whole area of the ministry of the church, including the management of its property. Aims and methods, the determination and pursuit of policy and the deployment of available resources are its responsibility. It appoints committees which have authority, in their own areas of responsibility, to initiate action, co-ordinate the work done in the church, advise the Church Council and report to it. Membership of the Church Council is either “Ex-officio” or by election at the General Church Meeting or by co-option by the Church Council itself. The Church Council members are the managing trustees of Wealdstone Methodist Church. The Custodian Trustees for property matters are the _Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes_ (TMCP), located in Manchester. On appointment, Trustees receive training in their responsibilities through guidance produced by the Methodist Conference and the leaflet ‘The Role of a Trustee’. The trustees are responsible for maintaining proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the church for ensuring that financial statements comply with current legislation. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the church and their proper application under charity law and for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud. Risks are regularly reviewed by the Church Council and recommendations followed up. Where necessary, advice from relevant professionals is sought. The Trustees have adopted a Safeguarding Policy in relation to children and vulnerable people, and all trustees are subject to DBS clearance. This is reviewed annually. There is no bar to anyone engaging in the activities of the church on the grounds of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, saving that the trustees must by law be church members. The Church Council is responsible for producing this Trustees’ Report for the General Church Meeting and the Charities Commission. This Report for 2022 – 23 was approved by the General Church Meeting on 26 November 2023. ## _**THE AREAS OF CHURCH WORK**_ The Church Council has identified three “areas” of church work. The names of these areas are: - Worship, Learning and Care - Mission - Administration ## _**WORSHIP, LEARNING AND CARE:**_ This working area includes all the worship and learning activities that happen on a Sunday as well as discussion groups, Guild and the mid-week communion services. Pastoral Care is monitored by the Pastoral Committee. ## **Services of Worship** Sunday: 10.45am. Holy Communion is included at least once per month at 10.45am. ## **The Church Stewards** The General Church Meeting annually appoints as church stewards, two or more persons who are members of the Church. The church stewards are corporately responsible with the minister for giving leadership and help over the whole range of the church’s life and activity. This includes being responsible for ensuring that all services appointed on the circuit plan are duly held. ## **Communion Stewards** The Church Council annually appoints persons to serve as communion stewards who will make provision for the proper celebration of the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper. ## **The Pastoral Committee** The Church Council annually appoints pastoral visitors and a Pastoral Committee secretary to share in the pastoral care of members and adherents. ## **Fellowship and Discussion Groups** **Wesley Guild** meets on alternate Thursdays at 7.30 pm from October to February. **Bible Study Group:** Previously, two “House Groups” met monthly in a member’s home but during the Covid pandemic they merged into one group meeting online. This group now meets face to face in the Guild Room and has been renamed the Bible Study Group 2 ## _**MISSION**_ Mission includes the outreach and social interaction of the church with its members and adherents, all those who meet on or use the halls during the week and local or national charities. ## **Social Activities Group** The Church Council annually appoints a Social Activities Group to arrange occasional social activities and outings for Church Members, adherents and friends. ## **Church Community Groups:** **The Friendship Café** offers a social activity and café on Wednesdays. **Toddlers’ Group** offers mid-week activities for young children and their parents or carers on Monday and Thursday at 10.00 am. **Baby Bank** offers equipment and support to local families with small children on Fridays from 9.30am. **Shamwari** is a social group for members and adherents who normally live alone. ## _**ADMINISTRATION**_ ## **The Finance and Property Committee and the Church Treasurer** The Church Council annually appoints a church treasurer who keeps a record of all church income and expenditure and produces the Annual Accounts. The Church Council annually appoints a Finance and Property Committee to work with the treasurer on the financial planning of the church and to maintain the buildings and property. The Finance and Property Committee meets three times a year. The main sources of funds are weekly and monthly offerings, tax recoveries under Gift Aid, donations and some legacies. The church policy is to maintain in its General Reserve an amount equal to six months normal expenses. The Church Council annually appoints two Property Stewards. The role of Lettings Officer is to manage the letting of the premises to organisations who rent the premises for their own purposes. 3 ## _**Achievements During The Year**_ During the financial year, 1 September 2022 – 31 August 2023, the Church Council met four times. The Church Council has appointed a Safeguarding Officer and the annual review of the church’s Safeguarding policy took place in October 2022. The following gives an indication of the work overseen or initiated by the Church Council during 1 September 2022 – 31 August 2023. _Mission Plan_ : The church has produced a Mission Plan outlining the intended key activities for the year. Progress against this plan is reviewed regularly by the Church Council to ensure that planned actions take place. The plan itself is reviewed and re-issued annually. _Church Services_ : Sunday morning services take place every week. The service start time is at 10.45am because the church building is also used by the LifeSpring Romanian Church for their Sunday morning service, starting at 7.45am. This allows changeover time between the services _Communion Services:_ The average attendance at our monthly morning Holy Communion was 59, which is 5 higher than last year. This ranged from 43 in June to 74 at the April Easter Morning Communion Service. There was only one month when we had under 50 communicants. The annual Covenant Service in February was well attended with 71 communicants. We had an earlier Christmas Eve Communion at 6.30pm attended by 35 communicants. This year, there were no monthly midweek communions on Wednesdays, but during Lent, in March, a Monday afternoon Communion followed on after our Minister had led a Lent Group Meeting and 17 attended. We have continued to follow the same pattern in the administering of Communion at the communion rail with members coming forward to fill a complete rail and the Minister saying a short prayer before people return to their seats. One Communion Steward has assisted the Minister with serving the wine. There were no baptisms this year. Once again, Young Church has not met as there are no children and so this activity has been discontinued for the time being. The _Worship Forum_ met twice in the year, as planned, after a morning service. This gives the congregation an opportunity to provide feedback on the services, _Pastoral Committee Work_ : Pastoral visitors cared for our members and adherents and distribute our church magazine. The membership of the church at the end of the year was 105 which is five less than the previous year. _The Bible Study Group_ provides a means of sharing, discussion, bible study and prayer. This group met monthly, throughout the year with a summer break in August. It has been decided to continue with this group instead of reverting to meetings in peoples’ homes. _The Wesley Guild_ met on alternate Thursdays from October 2022 until February 2023. _Shamwari_ is a church group for people who live on their own. It has held occasional meetings and outings. _The Church Magazine, Dawn_ , was published five times during the year. Sadly, the June edition proved to be the last because of the deteriorating health of the editors, which meant that they could not continue. As no-one else can take it on, the magazine has now been discontinued. _The Friendship Café_ on Wednesdays and _The Toddlers’ Group_ on Mondays and Thursdays continue to be run very successfully by church volunteers. The _Wealdstone Baby Bank,_ continues to be very successful with many young families coming for support, baby clothes and small items of baby equipment. It meets in the hall on Friday mornings from 9.30 – 11.30am. _The Online Learning Centre,_ run by a “Digital Ambassador” from the Enderley Road Patients’ Association, held some more courses during the year. These courses offered digital skills training to local people who need access to government and health services which are available online, eg the NHS or surgery appointments. However, they have been so successful that they have 4 “saturated the market” in the local area. The “Digital Ambassador” has expanded the work to other areas which are beyond the scope of Wealdstone Methodist Church. ## _Charities supported and funds raised:_ At Christmas 2022 the church raised a total of £1,023.40 for _Action for Children_ from the annual gift service (including vouchers), the Christmas Card distribution, a church donation and carol singing outside the church. The Annual Bread and Cheese Lunch was held on the Sunday before Christmas and raised £285 for _Shelter_ , the charity that helps homeless people. _Christian Aid Week_ collections were held this year by distributing _Christian Aid_ envelopes to the Sunday congregations. We collected a total of £340.00 and _Christian Aid_ will be able to claim a further £57.50 as Gift Aid. A further £97.80 was raised at a _Christian Aid_ coffee morning, making a grand total of £495.30. _MHA_ : The annual envelope offering and box collection for Methodist Homes raised ££233.75, including Gift Aid. The church also donated £7,500 to our regular list of local and world charities, which enables us to help people on the margins of society in Harrow and in the wider world, including Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) appeals. The _Finance and Property Committees_ has met three times during the year. The committee, including the treasurer who is also the Property Secretary, has maintained accounting records of the financial position of Wealdstone Methodist Church. (See attached accounts). Major financial decisions have to be approved by the Church Council. ## _Use of Premises by other Groups_ The church sponsored Scout Group continued to meet on Friday evenings. At present, they only have Scout and Cub sections. The premises were let to various community groups: the Montrose Pre-School, a Parkinson’s UK Group, the Harrow African Caribbean Association and a _Kumon_ educational group. The premises are also let to the _Life Spring Romanian Fellowship_ Church, which continues to meet regularly. They hold several mid-week meetings as well as Sunday services. 5 THE MEfHODIST CHURCH srANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS For the year ended 31 August 2023 WEALDsfoNE MEfHODIsf CHURCH inthe HARROW AND HILLINGDON CIRcurr OF THE LONDON DIsfRicf no 35136 Minister The Rev. Stephen Poole (to 31rt August 2023) Helen RSley Churth Stewards Paul Phllllps Davld Nlxon David Milne Malcolm Aldrldge Graham Lee Registered Charlty No 1127748 TREASURER'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR TO 31 AUG￿ 2023 Introduction Totsl income {exclLhJiThJ legacy inccffie) is shcv4irKJ a of 23% compared wtth last year. Thls is wncipalty due to rKJ fvrtfw grants t￿'r￿j rt)ta1n￿ for online dMJital indusi(m cLHsses which have now completed. Total ExperKltbJre (exdudirvj expenditure) has increasd by 2010 as c(Ynpared with last year. kni￿ aThJ MissK)n grants have In¢Thea￿ by £350 to £7,500 as compargj w￿h the previous year. The resultsnt out.tum (exdudlrKJ I￿Orne) is a £14,9)O raductiw &Jalnst 2022. Ihe d)un Income The Ftople at wea￿StOne Contin￿ to te unfaillrKJly gwous in the¢r finanoal support of the churth and the various charitable prO]￿ts ￿1th SUPF#Jt is sowht eithw through SFeoal apwls cr fund- raising events and Coff￿ momirrfjs. FreeNill offerit¥J and Gtft hid recov￿￿ has shown a small in(Tea5e of 1% over past 12 n￿tts. Inc(me from int￿eSt has IncreaseA sixfohj due to the various increases in the bank interest rnte. Leth'ngs irKcme has increased by almost 4%. Other Income and intemal organlsatlcffts (Income) has shown a thea5e of 42% and 89% respethvely as comparal with the previous year, due to the loss of recdkt of r*w fvndlr#J ar•J resutsnt Income frtyn the online digltsl Induslon dasses. expendi￿re rBII costs have remaSned within W wth the excepfjon of tre ￿paIrS mainteffince fund where extensfft elettdcal rem&Jk31 and improvement wc**s were uThkrtaken as a slngle package whlch was flnandal￿ advantsgew as against urKkrtakiNJ the wcKk as separate packages. The church has continued to maintsin a sKJnsfic3nt n￿)ber of donatlcff6 to varicMJS causes, Ic£al and Whder, totslling £7,5CQ, a small increase d £350 from Ihe EY£vkyJs year frrm the weral I￿ome fund. It must as always be acknowledg8J that S￿ giviThJ Is made Ex)ssible through the many tssks undertaken by memL*ts and frieJNJs in the thurch witr)ut bthich signlficant hohw costs would be Incurred. Suth Serv1￿ . s￿e known, sc¥ne unkJKwm - ccrtinues to t￿ a ma*ff contrltmjtlc￿ to the C￿wIng thrlsuan Wit￿ in our ¢C￿mUnIty. The church ￿1V￿1 £20,OIJ) frcKn the estate of J&in B￿￿*t. There has t￿1 eXFwKl￿re against the Legaw fLwvJs durirKJ the year, a dcl￿tiOn of E2,5C(J to the Ama￿j0 Itumbauzo upyJrade of water supplies projett. The Church is extremetygrateftjl forthe generostty of M￿ntEr5 the Church Council will Contin￿ to deliberats carefully to ensure that fijtU￿ ths*)ns ffi eXpe￿Ilture from the fund are sely made. Moving fornard The budget for 2023124 continues to contain an amount of urKertainty, in parkn'cular, with inflation and increased costs. A85umptLTrns have be￿ made regardiro fre&vill gtvirvj and lettÉngs. The budget will ie monitcyd at fr￿uent interyals dudng the year and. whwe ndwsary. adj'ustsnents made. There is a redurti(Xs of £1,200 in the Fund for Ministry {OroJst Assess￿). The ajrrent contrart for the supply of gas and eleth(ity ￿tire$ in 2024. How￿, ￿ are to eX￿t a substantial intrease. approxlmately double the oj￿ent ty for gas aThJ elethicity from (ktober 2024. The charges for the It is IKJt&1 that IrKome from freewlll c(faing arKI lett1r￿S wll remain as t¥Jdget and, ff t)Jsslble, Increase during coming year. Malcolm Aldrlthje, Treasurer WEALDsfoNE MErHoDJ￿ CHURCH Notes to the ff nanaal Statements for the Yoar WKlwl 31 August 2023 l. Charltsble Status The Church ￿ registered with the (Jwrtty c￿ThMI￿)n. 2. Basls of Ac¢ountlng These accounts be￿ FxeparEd ￿ the tk75iS of hist￿￿ c(sL Tr accowts sTrKhV the wipts and payments for the year. 3.Funds General Funds The funds heid conskn"tute'. Unrestrthj FurKts ￿￿K￿ls1[¥j G¥￿al Fund5 ￿k1 for any purpose of the thartty and DeS￿nated Funts held for SFeific rMJrFoses of the charity laid thMin by the Church Councll. Restricted FuThls are hekj by the thurd) for narr(w These compnse the BenevOle￿e Fund to meet cases of need and funds of (Trganisations Rerortirwj to Churol C(KJncil. Fund5 collett& for and paid over to Extemal Ctrganlsatyc￿S are also Restrirt& bJt are fKt Incl￿ In the SOFA or Balan￿ Sh*t. The thurch has had no En(k)wment Funds SIn￿ August 2CQ7. 4. Accountlng ￿11(1¢8 Incoming Relour Tanglble fixed assets for use by the Churth Other than the historic CC6t of tyJildiThJ, no TaThJible Flxtsj Assets have captslls&J. The church premises arKI contents are ￿ld by the Churth C(KJTKiI as Maroging TrLSSt&s on tehalf of the Ojstodian trLLStees, ts Trustees for MetlKxlist ￿urth Pur[￿. The lyJlklings, contents aThJ organ will ￿ Insured frvm rene•val on 2P Septem1￿ 2023 £3,784,255, £185,058 aThl £436,887 resFectively representlrg the reinstatement cost, not historic cost less Oewedatlcf¢. The figures for 2022 We￿ £3,610,936, £176,562 and £416,878. Investment propert1¢ Investments The church hokts irNe5tm￿ts. Two Trustees also ftjlfil organi%ts dubes and recefved paYm￿t against Invol￿ in accordan￿ with the rates giv￿ in Ncke 7 ￿0￿ totsllirNJ £1,456 (2022 £1,428). No other Trustees, or [￿nS connectal th them. r￿1Ve￿ ary remunerati¢M or ots tEnefits fnyn the thurth or ary con￿ed (￿ganiSatiOn as a result of their Offi￿ durirvJ the year erKknI 31st Awjust 2023 (2022 £NII). T￿$t￿ are allowed to redaim ￿rtrain ewenses inoJrr&J as a result of fulfilling their dutses. The amount daimed during the year was £Nil. (2022 £Nil). Page 2 The IndeFtndent Examinw r￿￿Ed no extWse5 for reFxyttrKJ on the accounts. (2022 £Nil). 7. Pald emplov The church oJThenty has no paKI emrA0y￿$. The pErsons to receive remunerdtion for their aCbvit￿S on behaff of the church V￿re organi#s ￿a￿l at the fBte of £28 pw servi￿, at a total cost of EI,456 (2022, £28 & £1,428). Capital Commltments At 31st August 2023. ￿ rdpttrdl c(Nnmrtmats pJtsted, (2022, ENil). 9. Trea￿rerfs Dedarntion I confirni that I have prepared the ￿nts fr(m retyds of weakJstC￿e Mcthcrtlist thurth that they Include all ftJn(ts under the control of the O)urth G￿r￿1. Makolm Adridge. Treasu sign￿,. ,T 8. OJ."+ 10. Dedaratton by the Chalr of the Chunth Coun(31 I conflm that the ￿COUnts will presen￿￿ to the Churth Coundl whith I intend to d￿lf on 17th October 2023. The th. Audrw &owrE, (Yolr CA the ￿urth Crxmal SIgn￿. I-￿ Oc-k*y Page 3 Wealdstone Methodist Church - 1127748 Balan¢• Shoot dotsiled A$at 3110812023 A51t 3110812022 Fixed a8sets S.CW.( 2.775.txi 5.OW.(XI 2.775.00 7.77S.00 7.77&00 Current assets 10.804.15 2,989.38 63,460 67 15.297.C6 6,050.65 72,108.58 5007" Cash ffj HaThJ. TraM1craft J8.. Coah ￿ HoTrJ. FrfèThYthp Cafe 1846 1315 21.$4 76.372.42 57,167.26 5010.. Gen￿ deblths 5011. FU￿ for Mlthty In aokn $012. Cath in Hafid. TtrJd*rn 21.26 17.22 Z05.. AcctyJii• Rtt•i¥ibi• 163,7M72 180,69&41 Llablllll T¢i•l L*ibilits•• 161.479.72 154470.46 Ro9orvo5 Ex¢w i IdeWI 10 d* 3.(M)9 28 16.262. 158.470.46 142,207.49 001 Z02.' (XhergaW(hxBesl 181.479.72 188A70.46 01 Seplernber20fJ Page4 Asat 3110812023 Asat 3111)W2022 R•pr•sèntod by Futids 69.424.81 78.418.36 13,636.55 55,077.46 72,401.21 30.991.79 181,479.72 158,470.46 01 September 20rJ Page 5 Woaldstone Mothodist ChuT¢h - 1127748 Statsmont of Flnan¢ial Activilies For the period from 01 September 2022 to 31 August 2023 Totsl furKIs Prtor yoar totsl fundg fund¥ Offerings end tax reco¥wable Inlwest 8nd investrnenl nco 52.638.92 3.881.22 46263.46 6.327.82 1.438.49 20.OCx).(￿) 105.56 $2.744.48 3.881.22 46.283.46 6.327.82 4,337.48 20.OCrf) (KI $2,C66.62 559.07 44.617.96 1e.969.96 4Q.235.67 Lettings Inlem81 cry¥nt5thro lirK£fflel L898ae8 2.898.99 Total Ineom• 133.$6U6 14W9.28 Cir¢uit asSeSÈn￿ffj ¢rfjh•re Grants and donatsons R8palr8 and m8intenarK Ulililies. ot¢ ProvLgions fJh8rexpeTrYrture 45.68Q. 7.5W. 33.560.7f 11.751.14 45.680.C 7.6n.87 33,560.71 11,751.14 45.980. 10.495 20 15.348.87 11.881 13 173.87 7.708.64 1.48S.25 2,5fy).(h) 7.708.64 21.670.84 2.￿N>.00 10.788.49 31.056.63 8.836.00 20,185.58 L8g8cy Projects Totsl •xpendlturn Gains I losses ¢n In¥wffeffl 8ssets 110.18&75 20,359A5 130.545.20 132,188.32 001 Net InGom•l l•xpenditurel I￿￿[¢•8 tranif•r 20.364.16 117,354.901 3.009.28 18,262.97 Gr05& Ir8nslefS bet*een fuTrJs- In GroJ# transfers beM*en fvTrJs. ¢Mrt 14.SLKI.34 114,SX).fy)I 14.5tsJ.34 114,500.341 32.836.00 132,838.rMJi Gain$ on revaluat￿n. fixed assets. tharW8 Ug• mov•ment In f 20,3￿50 117.35&241 3.009.26 16,262.97 Roconclll•llon olfunds Totsi funds brtyJghtloThvard 127.47&87 30,991.79 158.470.46 142,207.49 Total funds urrlod I0￿rd 147.043.17 13,636.55 161,479.72 158,470.46 01 September2ff23 Page 6 Weald6tone Methodist Church - 112T748 Fund mov?mont summary Selectod period: 01 September 2022 to 31 August 2023 Fund Fund 8al•nc bro¥htfwnl L￿1•* Carrled forwa¥ Flat- Churth Flat Improvemenl Fu￿j DHiggNy- Oawd Higgkns (Young P8opl81 FUTh DiaComCI- Di8bele5 Community aub FuThJ OnlL*am- Onlir LÈamlng Fund Bene¥￿en￿- Benevolen¢• FUNI BuildirvJs- Church Bulldirys Fund ChurchHol$- Chur Holiday Fund OFlemirvJ- Dedr¥ Flomlng FuTrJ P￿8fePfj- FrfeTrJshlp CafelProje¢t Fund General. Gerwal fuTrJ InlEvg- International Evenlng Fwd LegPr4. Lo94Ly Prolg Fund Lunchaon- Luthon Club Fund Organ- Organ FuTrJ Prfnlng- Pnrnmg FuTrJ Prop¢ty- Property Fu Sod81. S¢c44 Athbty Fund Tr*￿d￿r$- Todd*rn FuThJ Traidryaft. Traldcraft Fund Guild- we6￿Y Guild Fund YouThJCh- YourvJ 4.(X)O.00 3.IKQ.C(S 3.fXIO.00 18.024.23 18.OTJ. 240.42 105.56 1n.87 172.11 7.775 C 7,775.00 617.45 617.45 393.96 537.72 581.38 734.18 $3.077.46 109.11142 85,264.41 .499.661 69.424.81 56.201. 20.(W.f (2.X¥). 73.701.80 0.01 10.011 2,rMxi.(Ki 2,341.15 7.739,66 79.08 2,000.00 2.294.38 (3,696.401 1,438.49 1.48S.28 rJ.436.08 12.(Q).LXI 132.52 191.40 1.1S3.54 .11 735.79 457.01 550.27 314.50 387. 387. 118.58 118.58 T¢Jtsl• 15lhYOA4 111,479.72 01 sePt￿nber2023 Page 7 WEALDsfoNE MEfHODIST CHURCH IndepaKlent EXamI￿S Rqxrt to the Tn4Stees ofwealdth Methodist Cjbarfty Number 1127748 This ￿pOrt Is on the thurch Fu￿ts ￿ the year eTrJed 31 August 2023 whKth are set out on the accnmparying 2-7 aThl is in reswt of an e¥amination carried iyJt under sethon 145 of the a￿rItieS Act 2011. Resp￿￿￿ resp￿51b111lles of the aburch CowKII and the Examlner As trust&s, are respmjr6ib￿ for maintainiryJ ￿AIntir￿j reo)rds aTrJ the prepara￿n of the appropriate ￿CoUnts urKlw Sectif￿ 130 of P£t. It ts my res￿r￿lt11ty to issue thls rerMNt on th)5e acccunts in acC¢Kdan￿ with section 145 of the Al Ba$ls of Indep￿dent Examin*s Repwt My examinati￿ was ￿ried out in with DIr&lIc￿S maje urvjer seLtion 145 (5) (b) of the Act. This examlnation Ind￿e$ a re4w of the ￿(DUnti￿ kett ty the ¢Jurth Treasurer and a ccmnpartson of the accounts with rec(*ts. Tr ￿C￿edu￿$ uThfjtttsken do mt promde dence that would te r8]uired In an aLMJit and l (kn mt eypress an audlt opinion on the view gNen by tr* accounts. {1} whith give5 me r&%or0tde cause to th* in any Tntsial the requlrwnents . to keep aCc￿ntIng recDrds in aCcorda￿e with sectb)n 130 of the kt,. and . to Prero￿ accounts whlch ￿CC￿d with the Kccunting rth5 to comply the accountir requlrements of the P£t have not t￿n met. (2) to whlch, in my tytnlon, attert￿￿ slmxjld have tw) drnwn In to watk a urn1er*aTrJlrvJ of the ￿c￿nts to readEd. (3) I have/ha¥ty￿ ol*airEd Irtyerthrt 4v1fiot1￿ of all investments wth the Trustees for Methcdi5t Church PurFose5 (W) ￿ hekd in other Trusts, Bank balan￿ and Funds at the Central na￿e Board of the met￿￿15t ￿urth (Th"). whth ￿e indNidually in excess of £lO.IJ)O Iten thousarKI rthnds) at ￿ balarte sh&t date. * del&e a5 apywiate Grdham Lee, IndeFetstt Exhmintr SwJned'. Address: 53 Page 8 EARMARKED DONATIONS The amunts ralsed for other d￿ritIeS and ¢)rganisations whlch do not fomi part of the Church's Incom or Expenditurfy were as follows: Oryanisation 23￿ Harrow Scouts Action for thildren Age UK All We Can Amau(*) UK British Heart Ryjndatyc Chrlstlan PJd Crisis at thristsnas Cystic Fib￿￿15 Tn DEC Pdkn'stan FILx￿15 ApFeal DEC Turkey & Syrla Eathiuake Aiwl DEC Ukraine AppEal Friends of Amasar Ha￿oW F(thbank Harrow Mencap Harrow and ￿'nner LKY6 aub Karibuni Trust Macmillan Cancer Relief Methsx1ist Homes (MHA) Methc#Jlst Wesley Guikl Meth(MYist Church World missK￿ Fund (MWIB Easter Offering) Montrose PrtrsCk￿l Mufakose Methcx1ist thurth National Sxiety for of CnRlty to Children (NSF£C) Nigeria Health ca￿ Profrtt Pad