# **Wealdstone Methodist Church Trustees’ Report and Accounts 2024** ## _**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 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 2023 – 24 was approved by the General Church Meeting on 17 November 2024. ## _**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:** This group now meets face to face in the Guild Room and has been renamed the Bible Study Group. It has met once a month during part of the year, but there were weekly meetings during Advent, Lent and Bible Study month. 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. ## **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 Mondays at 10.00 am. **Baby Bank** offers equipment and support to local families with small children on Fridays from 9.30am. ## _**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. ## _**Achievements During The Year**_ During the financial year, 1 September 2023 – 31 August 2024, 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 2023. The following gives an indication of the work overseen or initiated by the Church Council during 1 September 2023 – 31 August 2024. _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 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 in September after a morning service. This gives the congregation an opportunity to provide feedback on the services, _Communion Services:_ The average attendance at Sunday Morning Communion Services, held once a month, was 56. This ranged from 79 communicants in September, which was a joint service with Northwood Methodist, to 46 in July. Six of the monthly services had between 53 and 55 communicants. Attendance at the Covenant Service had dropped back considerably to 53 (from 71 previous year). The Ash Wednesday afternoon service in February was well attended with 37 communicants and there were 69 at the Easter Sunday Service. Only one mid-week communion service was held at the end of the Tuesday Lent Bible Study meeting in Holy Week, attended by 14 members. 3 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. _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 98 is seven 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 Autumn and Winter and weekly during Advent and Lent. It also met in June and July to study Genesis during Bible Month. _The Wesley Guild_ met on alternate Thursdays from October 2023 until February 2024. At its last meeting it was decided that there would be just four meetings in 2024 - 2025 _Church Newsletter_ is published quarterly to tell people about upcoming events and services and reports on other events. There is also a message from the minister. This began in December 2023. _The Friendship Café_ on Wednesdays continues to be run successfully by church volunteers. A group from the Digital Inclusion classes join others at the café to continue online peer support. _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. ## _Charities supported and funds raised:_ At Christmas 2023 the church raised a total of £1,001.96 for _Action for Children_ from the annual gift service (including vouchers), a coffee morning in December, 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 £234.10 for _Prism the Gift Fund (Choose Love)_ , the charity identifies where the need is greatest and works with local organisations doing the most effective work by providing funding for their projects. _Christian Aid Week_ collections were held this year by distributing _Christian Aid_ envelopes to the Sunday congregations. We collected a total of £365.00 and _Christian Aid_ will be able to claim a further £48.75 as Gift Aid. A further £92.15 was raised at a _Christian Aid_ coffee morning, making a grand total of £505.90. _MHA_ : The annual box collection for Methodist Homes raised £70.00. The church also donated £7,000 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. 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. 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. 4 # **THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS** **For the year ended 31[st] August 2024** ## **WEALDSTONE METHODIST CHURCH** **in the** **HARROW AND HILLINGDON CIRCUIT OF THE LONDON DISTRICT no 35/36** ## **Minister** **The Rev. Audrey Browne** **Senior Steward Helen Riley** **Church Stewards Paul Phillips** **David Nixon** **Lynne Watton (from 1[st] May 2024)** **Church Secretary** **David Milne** **Treasurer** **Malcolm Aldridge** **Independent Examiner** **Graham Lee** **Registered Charity No 1127748** **TREASURER'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR TO 31 AUGUST 2024** ## **Introduction** Total income (excluding legacy income) is showing an increase of 10.5% compared with last year. This is principally due greater use of the premises, higher interest rates received on the church deposit accounts and some “one-off” income including a refund with interest from the Pension Reserve Fund. Total Expenditure (excluding legacy projects expenditure) has reduced by 26% as compared with last year. The principal reason there was large expenditure on electrical repairs and maintenance during 2023. Service and Mission grants totalled £7,000, unchanged from last year, together with an unexpended reserve of £500 set aside for emergency grants. The resultant net out-turn (including transfers to repairs and maintenance funds but excluding legacy income) is an increase of 19% in the total funds of the church as compared with last year. The church accounts are prepared on the receipts and payments method. ## **Income** The people at Wealdstone continue to be unfailingly generous in their financial support of the church and the various charitable projects for which support is sought either through special appeals or fundraising events and coffee mornings. However, due to reducing numbers, Freewill offering and Gift Aid recovered has shown a decrease of 9% over the past 12 months. Income from interest has increased by 107% due to the higher rates of bank interest. Lettings income has increased by 26%. Other income and internal organisations (income) has shown an increase of 28% and a decrease of 24% respectively as compared with the previous year. ## **Expenditure** Overall costs have remained within budget. The church has continued to maintain a significant number of donations to various good causes, local and wider, totalling £7,000 from the general income fund. It must as always be acknowledged that such giving is only made possible through the many tasks undertaken by members and friends in the church without which significant higher costs would be incurred. Such service - some known, some unknown – continues to be a major contribution to the ongoing Christian witness in our community. ## **Legacies** There have been no new legacies received during the year. There has been one expenditure against the Legacy funds during the year, a transfer of £1,500 from the David Higgins legacy towards the cost of a new canopy for the Montrose Pre-School. The Church is extremely grateful for the generosity of members and the Church Council will continue to deliberate carefully to ensure that future decisions on expenditure from the fund are wisely made. ## **Moving forward** The budget for 2024/25 continues to contain an amount of uncertainty, in particular, with inflation and increased costs. Assumptions have been made regarding freewill giving and lettings. The budget will be monitored at frequent intervals during the year and, where necessary, adjustments made. The Fund for Ministry (Circuit Assessment) is unchanged for the coming year. We are due to enter a new contract for the supply of gas and electricity from October 2024 which represents a substantial increase of approximately double the current cost. The charges for the use of premises have been reviewed and some have been increased where appropriate. It is hoped that income from freewill offering and lettings will remain as budget and hopefully, if possible, may increase during the coming year. Malcolm Aldridge, Treasurer Page 1 ## **WEALDSTONE METHODIST CHURCH** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year ended 31 August 2024** ## **1. Charitable Status** The Church is registered with the Charity Commission. ## **2. Basis of Accounting** These accounts have been prepared on the basis of historic cost. The accounts show the receipts and payments for the year. ## **3.Funds** ## **General Funds** The funds held constitute: Unrestricted Funds comprising General Funds held for any purpose of the charity and Designated Funds held for specific purposes of the charity laid down by the Church Council. Restricted Funds are held by the church for narrower purposes. These comprise the Benevolence Fund to meet cases of need and the funds of Organisations Reporting to Church Council. Funds collected for and paid over to External Organisations are also Restricted but these are not included in the SOFA or Balance Sheet. The church has had no Endowment Funds since August 2007. ## **4. Accounting policies** ## **Incoming Resources** ## **Tangible fixed assets for use by the Church** Other than the historic cost of the building, no Tangible Fixed Assets have been capitalised. The church premises and contents are held by the Church Council as Managing Trustees on behalf of the Custodian trustees, the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes. The buildings, contents and organ will be insured from renewal on 29[th] September 2024 for £3,909,103, £191,163 and £451,300 respectively representing the reinstatement cost, not historic cost less depreciation. The figures for 2023 were £3,784,255, £185,058 and £436,887. ## **Investment properties.** The church holds no investment properties. ## **Investments** The church holds no investments. ## **Loans** The church holds no loans from members or other sources. ## **5. Trustees** Two Trustees also fulfil organists duties and received payment against invoices in accordance with the rates given in Note 7 below totalling £1,372 (2023 £1,456). No other Trustees, or persons connected with them, received any remuneration or other benefits from the Church or any connected organisation as a result of their office during the year ended 31st August 2024 (2023 £Nil). Trustees are allowed to reclaim certain expenses incurred as a result of fulfilling their duties. The amount claimed during the year was £Nil. (2023 £Nil). Page 2 Fee5 for examlnatlon of the accounts The Inder*ndent Exami￿ rec￿1 rn fees or E4ws for rekwbng on the &counts. (2023 £NII). 7. Paid emplo The thurch currentty has no pa￿ anpbyees. Tr onPy pvsons to receNe r￿nuneratIon for their actNtiies on LEhalf of the church were oryansts paKI at rate ￿ £28 w seryio at a tcrtal cost of £1,372 (2023, £28 & £1,456). 8. Capitsl Commltments At 31st August 2024, no captsl commltiii￿ts exisW, (2023, £Nil). 9. Treasurfs Ded)radon I confimi that I ha* prepareAI the ￿cOunts the r￿rts ofweaktstone Mthist Chuth arKJ that they inclLwJe all funds urthr tr* control of the cL￿nCil. Maknkn Akdrwjge, Treasu SWj￿1". Dat&: 131 oq li 10. Dedaratlon by the Chalr rf the Ch￿￿ c￿fiC￿ I cTh)fim) that the accourts will be prwbJ to IJ* Church c￿ncIl whlch l to chair 15th crt0￿r 2024. The Rev. A￿fjrey Brvwne, Chalr d the thurch skjn￿. ## **Wealdstone Methodist Church - 1127748** ## **Balance Sheet detailed** |||**As at**
**As at**
**31/08/2024**
**31/08/2023**| |---|---|---| |**Fixed assets**
3001: Long Term Investments
3040: Church premises at historic cost
3041: Hall premises at historic cost
**Total Fixed assets**
**Current assets**
5001: Barclays Current Account
5002: Lloyds Current Account
5004: Central Finance Board
5005: Scottish Widows Bank
5006: Cash in Hand - Luncheon Club
5007: Cash in Hand - Traidcraft
5008: Cash in Hand - Friendship Cafe
5009: Trustees For Methodist Church Purposes
5010: General debtors
5011: Fund for Ministry in advance
5012: Cash in Hand - Toddlers
5013: Cash in Hand - Social Activities Group
5995: Debtors and creditors transfer account
5999: Agency transfer account
Z05: Accounts Receivable
**Total Current assets**
**Liabilities**
6002: General Creditors
6699: Agency collections
Z04: Accounts Payable
**Total Liabilities**
**Net Asset surplus (deficit)**
**Reserves**
Excess / (deficit) to date
Z01: Starting balances
Z02: Other gains/(losses)
**Total Reserves**||—
—
5,000.00
5,000.00
2,775.00
2,775.00
**7,775.00**
**7,775.00**
12,995.94
10,804.15
2,995.55
2,989.38
90,292.78
63,460.67
—
—
—
—
—
18.46
45.30
38.38
78,777.75
76,372.42
—
—
—
—
9.93
21.26
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
**185,117.25**
**153,704.72**
—
—
—
—
—
—
**—**
**—**
**192,892.25**
**161,479.72**
31,412.53
3,009.26
161,479.72
158,470.46
—
—
**192,892.25**
**161,479.72**| |||| |||| 13 September 2024 Page 4 |

|||**As at**
**As at**
**31/08/2024**
**31/08/2023**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**Represented by Funds**
Unrestricted
76,828.40
69,424.81
Designated
104,215.76
78,418.36
Restricted
11,848.09
13,636.55
Endowment
—
—
**Total**
**192,892.25**
**161,479.72**| ||||**Represented by Funds**
Unrestricted
76,828.40
69,424.81
Designated
104,215.76
78,418.36
Restricted
11,848.09
13,636.55
Endowment
—
—
**Total**
**192,892.25**
**161,479.72**| 13 September 2024 Page 5 ## **Wealdstone Methodist Church - 1127748** ## **Statement of Financial Activities** ## **For the period from 01 September 2023 to 31 August 2024** ||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Endowment**|**Total**|**Prior year**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**funds**|**funds**|**funds**|**funds**|**total funds**| |**_Incoming resources_**|||||| |Offerings and tax recoverable|48,015.60|54.08|—|48,069.68|52,744.48| |Interest and investment income|8,027.89|—|—|8,027.89|3,881.22| |Lettings|58,469.00|—|—|58,469.00|46,263.46| |Other income|8,117.43|—|—|8,117.43|6,327.82| |Internal organisations (income)|850.57|2,438.48|—|3,289.05|4,337.48| |Legacies|—|—|—|—|20,000.00| |**Total income**|**123,480.49**|**2,492.56**|**—**|**125,973.05**|**133,554.46**| |**_Resources used_**|||||| |Circuit assessment or share|44,780.00|—|—|44,780.00|45,680.00| |Grants and donations|7,000.00|—|—|7,000.00|7,673.87| |Repairs and maintenance|18,003.52|—|—|18,003.52|33,560.71| |Utilities, insurances etc|12,555.87|—|—|12,555.87|11,751.14| |Provisions|—|—|—|—|—| |Other expenditure|8,058.99|—|—|8,058.99|7,708.64| |Internal organisations (expenditure)|1,381.12|2,781.02|—|4,162.14|21,670.84| |Legacy Projects|—|—|—|—|2,500.00| |**Total expenditure**|**91,779.50**|**2,781.02**|**—**|**94,560.52**|**130,545.20**| |Gains / losses on investment assets|—|—|—|—|—| |**Net income / (expenditure) resources before transfer**|**31,700.99**|**(288.46)**|**—**|**31,412.53**|**3,009.26**| ||||||| |**_Transfers_**|||||| |Gross transfers between funds - in|35,100.00|—|—|35,100.00|14,500.34| |Gross transfers between funds - out|(33,600.00)|(1,500.00)|—|(35,100.00)|(14,500.34)| |**_Other recognised gains / losses_**|||||| |Gains on revaluation, fixed assets, charity's own use|—|—|—|—|—| |**Net movement in funds**|**33,200.99**|**(1,788.46)**|**—**|**31,412.53**|**3,009.26**| |**_Reconciliation of funds_**|||||| |**Total funds brought forward**|**147,843.17**|**13,636.55**|**—**|**161,479.72**|**158,470.46**| |**Total funds carried forward**|**181,044.16**|**11,848.09**|**—**|**192,892.25**|**161,479.72**| 13 September 2024 Page 6 ## **Wealdstone Methodist Church - 1127748** ## **Fund movement summary Selected period: 01 September 2023 to 31 August 2024** |





































|**Fund**
**Fund Balances**
**Incoming**
**Outgoing**
**Transfers**
**Gains and**
**Journal Enties**
**Fund balances**
**brought forward**
**Resources**
**Resources**
**Losses**
**Carried forward**| |---|---| ||**—**
Flat - Church Flat R&M &
4,000.00
—
1,295.20
10,000.00
—
—
12,704.80
Improvement Fund
DHiggins - David Higgins
3,000.00
—
—
(1,500.00)
—
—
1,500.00
(Young People) Fund
DiaComCl - Diabetes
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Community Club Fund
OnlLearn - Online
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Learning Fund
Benevolenc -
172.11
54.08
—
—
—
—
226.19
Benevolence Fund
Buildings - Church
7,775.00
—
—
—
—
—
7,775.00
Buildings Fund
ChurchHols - Church
617.45
—
—
—
—
—
617.45
Holiday Fund
DFleming - Dedrick
393.96
—
—
—
—
—
393.96
Fleming Fund
FrCafePrj - Friendship
734.18
1,017.30
985.26
—
—
—
766.22
Cafe/Project Fund
General - General fund
69,424.81
122,629.92
81,626.33
(33,600.00)
—
—
76,828.40
IntEve - International
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Evening Fund
LegProj - Legacy Projects
73,701.80
—
—
—
—
—
73,701.80
Fund
Luncheon - Luncheon
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Club Fund
Organ - Organ Fund
2,000.00
—
—
—
—
—
2,000.00
Printing - Printing Fund
2,294.38
850.57
1,381.12
600.00
—
—
2,363.83
Property - Church
(3,696.40)
—
7,476.85
24,500.00
—
—
13,326.75
Property R&M Fund
Social - Social Activity
79.08
—
—
—
—
—
79.08
Fund
Toddlers - Toddlers Fund
550.27
997.37
1,057.45
—
—
—
490.19
Traidcraft - Traidcraft
314.50
89.26
403.76
—
—
—
—
Fund
Guild - Wesley Guild Fund
—
334.55
334.55
—
—
—
—
YoungCh - Young Church
118.58
—
—
—
—
—
118.58
Fund
**Totals**
**161,479.72**
**125,973.05**
**94,560.52**
**—**
**—**
**192,892.25**| 13 September 2024 Page 7 WEALDsfoNE MEfHODisf CHURCH Independent Examlner's Report to the Trn￿teeS of Wealdstone Methodist Church Charlty Number 1127748 This ￿p)rt is on the Church Funds for the year ended 31 August 2024 which are set out on the accompanying pages 2-7 and is in rwert of an examinats)n carrEd out under secbon 145 of the Charities Act 2011. Respective responsibilities of the Church Council and the Examiner As trust￿5, y¢)u are re5wns￿Ile for maintsining proper accounting records and the preparath)n of the appropriate accounts under secbon 130 of the Act. It 15 my reston5ily.lity to issue this report on those accounts in accordan￿ with sect#)n 145 of the Act. Bas15 of Independert Examlnerfs Report My •Jamination was carried out in accordan￿ with the DirectM)ns made under seLtDn 145 (5) (b) of the Act. This eXaMinat￿n includes a review of the accounting r￿ordS kert by the Church Treasurer and a comparison of the accounts with those records. The procèjures urKlertaken do rK)t provide evidence that would ￿ rffjuired in an audit and consequently I do not exprtss an audit opinion on the vlew gfven by the accounts. Independert Examlnerfs Statement In connectsn with my examinatDn, Th) matter has corre to my attention: (l) which gives me reasonab￿ cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements - to keep accounting r￿OrdS in aCcOrda￿e with sectw)n 130 of the Art; and - to p￿pa￿ accounts which ￿COrd wtth the accountiNJ records and to CCAnply with accounting requirements of the kt have not been met. or (2) to which, in my opinw)n, attention sI￿uld have LEen drawn in order to enable a proper undersianding of the accounts to LE reach&1. (3) I l¥¥rfhave flOt* obtainej indeFendent venficatrjn of all investments wf(h the Trustees f Methchyist Church PurFoses ('TMCP") or held in other TrusLs, Bank baLances and Funds at the Central Finan￿ Pi)ard of the Methcwjist Church ('fFB"), which are indivldually In excess of £IO,OOQ (ten thousand pounds) at the balan￿ sheet date. * delete as appropriate Graham Le¢ Indepe1￿ent Examiner SwJn&l: ij/, ./ ZLr 14ALtr SU Page 8 ## **EARMARKED DONATIONS** ## **The amounts raised for other charities and organisations, which do not form part of the Church's Income or Expenditure, were as follows:** |**Organisation**
23rdHarrow Scouts
Action for Children
Age UK
All We Can
Amaudo UK
British Heart Foundation
Christian Aid
Cystic Fibrosis Trust
DEC Pakistan Floods Appeal
DEC Turkey & Syria Earthquake Appeal
Harrow Foodbank
Harrow Mencap
Harrow and Pinner Lions Club
Karibuni Children
MacMillan Cancer Relief
Methodist Homes (MHA)
Methodist Church World Mission Fund (MWiB
Easter Offering)
Montrose Pre-School
National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to
Children (NSPCC)
Nigeria Health Care Project
Parkinson’s UK
Prism the Gift Fund (Choose Love)
Refugees in Effective and Active Partnership
(REAP)
RNLI
Salvation Army Victim Support Fund
Shelter
St Lukes Hospice
Stillbirth and Neonatal Death (SANDS)
Transform Trade
Unique (Rare Chromosome Disorder Support
Group)
Wealdstone Baby Bank
Whitechapel Mission|**2023/24**
**2022/23**
219.85
299.00
1,187.96
1,131.40
111.00
93.78
514.45
93.80
-
150.00
-
111.67
**505.90
**495.30
610.00
523.00
-
135.70
-
695.00
65.00
303.00
613.10
639.10
-
112.00
275.00
120.00
308.00
289.25
70.00
*541.33
*411.25
*414.50
406.00
547.00
182.80
411.00
234.55
257.50
115.00
120.00
234.10
-
187.00
-
407.95
286.68
-
130.00
-
285.60
-
283.00
130.00
125.00
497.00
-
308.00
170.20
100.00
125.50
250.00
-| |---|---| ||**£7,943.91**
**£8,889.31**| *Includes Gift Aid reclaimed by WMC on behalf of the charity and included with the amount raised. **Includes Gift Aid to be reclaimed by the charity. Page 9