CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS Hove Methodist Church FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2025 Brighton and Hove Circuit Circuit no. 36-12 Registered Charity- Charity Registration number 1127826 If not a registered charity Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs Gift Aid number (The HMRC number is equivalent lo a registered charity number in terms of eviden￿ of charitable slalus and may be used to give to donors or granl 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.. Rev And Lowe Church Stewards.. Margaret Symes Louise Macintosh Terence PoITrfrey Treasurer.. Donald Reid Church R and P 2015.xls 1of5 ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025 Hove Methodist Church Unmstrictod R•strietèd Totals this Funds Fund5 year Totals last year SECTION A a1 RECEIPTS Note a2 Offerings and Tax recovered Bank and CFB interest and Investment income 63,749 63,749 56.952 a3 9,021 76,486 9,021 76,486 11,213 77.251 40,874 186,290 a4 Lellings Other receipts TOTAL RECEIPTS a5 21,288 170,544 21,288 170,544 la71 SECTION B b1 PAYMENTS b2 Circuit Assessment or Share 60,588 60,588 64,036 b3 Donations 4,600 4,600 5,183 b4 Repairs and Maintenance Utilities Ilnsurances, water charges, heating & lighting) 68,396 68,396 37.916 bs 32,074 32,074 30.686 b6 b7 Other payments TOTAL PAYMENTS 45,311 45,311 210,969 57,644 b8 210,969 {b91 195,465 SECTION C NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR c1 la6-b81 140,4251 140,4251 19,1751 Total funds brought forward from last year c2 236,922 236,922 Ic61 246,097 c3 Sub total {c1+c2) 196,497 196,497 236,922 Transfers and adjustments (¢71 c5 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR {c3+c4) 196,497 196,497 Ic81 236,922 Ic61 SECTION D FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS {thgsg amounts are not to bg included in total recgiptslpaym8nts figures d1 Balance brought forward from last year d2 OfferingslGifts - received for external organisations 3,827 2,727 d3 OfferingslGifts passed to external organisalions 3,827 2,727 d4 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID Id1 +d2-d31 Church R and P 2015.KIs 2015 Hove Methodist Church RCH CCAJNCI SECTION E Summary ofthechurchac4￿ntsf0r iheyearended 31 Augus12023 and htetnal Org8ni¥8tr￿$ rewybngto the Chuth Cwntsuchurth MÈebrvJ Nfrtelhatthefundsrf an Inteinal 0[g￿lSatiOn￿OukI mttnallybe Restrcbj funds unles$rt￿￿ ¢*Srfy Shovm thattr*y LEgd forany meth￿15tpUW. Thi5 seti*on i ￿￿ebtst0 amveatth?g[￿inW￿¥n￿t1per￿￿ye10tsbOfthÈ Church. If9rc￿S in&Thex￿edstheAC￿udIsthreshO￿. thentheAIKtL&sTnei1￿Of*tovrbr￿a NDA DIFFEREprr FORL4 must rerththeauthnts (see melFtht￿tts￿te). Rease ￿t0 ihegUVJ¥n￿ DL8trd Net Re￿1 0￿1 ORGANL￿TIOm5 R￿￿pts Paymen bahr￿5 F￿TFUrnI 1.712 352 41 393 ¢2 Mond Guld Club 761 781 orga￿SaI￿n￿ fvndB 1092 2.524 825 {￿1) 393 ChU￿h acc¢￿￿1? (to￿$ 2-totai* cdumnl a7 210.969 {40,425) {cn 236,922 196A97 8Y CHURCH 17l636 {40,8671 237,747 {xTr 196,890 c￿￿nUe￿a ￿e￿I¥l&S TOTAL RECEIP73 TOTAL PAYIIENTS SECMON F TATEMENT OPENIPIG CLOSING BALMICES CHURCH-CASH FUND5 FtELDat 31 u5t2025 Bank ¢wMtA¢¢gJnt 15.139 Benk O￿altAr￿lI￿ Central FIna￿e Bcqrd 57.¥S2 31,597 T￿￿**¥1¢r￿￿Yxwjil1Ch￿th Pu 165.095 141,934 OtherTrJnd5 11,3561 13,6401 SUB TOTAL-Chweh ateOUMS 236,922 {(fjl 198N97 ToufUndshe￿ bYIntetn￿ Organisation5 an¢é tO￿lfr¢In abD¥t} It121 826 393 TOT￿cAsH FUNDS BYCHLIRCH 237.747 196.890 SECMON G At 31 A￿9￿12025 OTHERASSETS •r*1 UABIUTIES L￿d & &jAd￿g3 {aee rntesTe lwjrat￿8V￿uB) 5,904,989 Loan Other ￿a￿l￿deS r4 lrtltsdeonty Furm1$he￿ attr*CentrAIFhiarw Bo3rd fs IrKbJd&onty FUr*Stte￿ atT￿￿f0￿me1IKWjI6tChLyth PutPDses g1 Ir￿￿d?￿ylthe￿￿W￿iIr*ts{n¢lt￿¢aSh 8￿ment01Mp trkK4ts acewmstrd$l$lnthdpd In lkne IS IO1J(huthR￿dP) 3rAS Name ofchurch.............. 36-1246 Declarations and Scrutiny I confirni that these Receirt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2025 have been preparwj from the i￿OrdS of Ihe Church and that they include all funds under the control ofthe Church trustees. Signatureoftreasurer......................... Dale 31 October 2025 Name and address of trea$urer....... Donold Rekl .. 2 Prfrtcas CresC8nl. Hove BN34GS Pres•ntatk>n to Iho Church trustses I confimi that the annual report and gccounts for the year end￿1 31 August 2025 were presented to the rneeting of the Church trustees held on 03 Novemtrer 2025 Signaure of the Chair of the meth.ng Name of thè Chair of the meets.ng . Rev Andy LOWE Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of the Hove Methodist Church Charity Numbar. 1127826 Rosponslbllltles and ba$ls of report I repgrt to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Hove Methodist Church for the year ended 31 August 2025 Set out on pagès 1 to 3. As the Churth's trustees, you are responsible for the prgparalion of the accounts in ￿cordan￿ wlh the ￿quirementS of the Charities Act 2011 I'the Ad'l I report in respect of my examinatFon of the Church's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and, in carTy'ng out my examinatson, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Chanty Commission under section 145{5)Ibl of the A(a. 4d5 Name of Church .............. Hov8 Methodist Churth 36-12-6 Indepondènt Examinerfs Statsmont I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with Ihe examination (other than that disclosed below.) which give me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act,. or the accounts do not accord wth the accounting records. [the Ithe I have no concems and have corne across no other matters in connection wrth the examination to which attention shoukl be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. I haveihave not. obtained independent verification of all investments with the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances and filnds at the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church which are individually in excess of £10.000 {ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheet date. Signature of independent examiner Name of independent examiner .MrSJNeate Relevant professional qualffication of independent examiner .. FMAAT Retired Name of firm (where appropriate) dress . 23 Surrenden Lodge SurTenden Road Brighton Post Code - BNI 6QB Date delete or cirde as appropriate 2Q15 chLth-cth REnd P.x15 Sofs Hove Methodist Church Annual Report of the Trustees for Year ending 31$¢ August 2025 Hove Methodist Church, Portland Road. Hove. BN3 5DR Registered Charity.. 1127826 Contacts.. Email.. office@hovemethodistchurch.co.uk www.hovemethodistchurch.co.uk 01273 324600 Correspondence to: The Administrator, Hove Methodist Church, Portland Road, Hove. BN3 5DR Minister: Rev Andy Lowe. Managing Trustees.. See Appendix 1 Church Members: There are 74 members of the church. Organisation The Church Council, comprising the Managing Trustees, oversees all aspects of Church activities, expenditure and income. The Church is part of the Brighton and Hove Methodist Circuit within the Methodist Connexion. The Minister and the church leadership team, compromising senior stewards, stewards and the treasurer meet regularly. The Finance and Property Committee reports to the Trustees at each meeting. the Trustees meet in November, February and June of each year. Communications Internet website www.hovemethodistchurch.co.uk Weekly 'Newsnotes', are emailed to members of the fellowship in line with GDPR guidance. Copies are also available each Sunday, provide information about current activities and forthcoming events. The website is updated weekly with current Newsnotes and details of activities. The HMC Facebook page is regularly updated with current events, photos etc. Mission Statement: 'To share the love of God. as revealed by Christ, through the Holy Spirit,. Worship Church services are held each Sunday morning at 10.'30am. Holy Communion is celebrated on the second Sunday at 10.30am and weekly on Thursdays at 10.30am. 4th Friday of month we have Messy Church. Baptisms, weddings and funerals are conducted at the church by arrangement. Children and Families The church employs a part-time 'Families & Community worker,, who leads the church's community initiatives. Fellowship & Community outreach The Monday Guild meetings are enjoyed by many of the congregation with a hymn, a speaker. tea and refreshments. They also organise outings and visit cafes. On Tuesdays Rachel, our community worker, joins the Food & Friendship team who host Lunch Club. On Thursday Lunch club is back, run particularly for and by people with learning difficulties. Al each lunch 60-70 people attend, some would othe￿iSe not get out without transport assistance. Friday mornings Rachel, our community worker, and a small team of volunteers, host an informal drop-in café in the church upstairs (Chatly Cafe) On Friday afternoons, there's our long-standing drop-in parents and toddlers, group. 'Polka Tots,, when the hall are filled by up to 30 families making use of the welcome and support provided by the team of volunteers. Saturdays may see one of our community breakfasts, or a pop-up musical café, or a concert. During school holidays Rachel organises CHOMP free activities and lunch sessions for around 25 families of different sizes in receipt of free school meals, at which volunteers from the Church, Food & Friendship and Nam Yang lend a hand. In tandem with the Martlets organisers and choir we run pop-up cafes and concerts to raise money for the hospice and provide opportunities to socialize. We also host occasional drop-in Community breakfast on Saturday momings. These may have a theme with speakers, or just provide a chance to catch up or get to know people over a sausage sarnie. The Church continues to host a Christmas Day lunch for those who would otherwise be on their own. This is well supported and greatly appreciated by guests and volunteer helpers alike. Mosl of the volunteers on Christmas Day come from outside our church congregation, Sometimes Caroline of Food & Friendship and some of her team have shared the running of the kitchen wilh the usual Church members, on other occasions we use a different team. We also held our 6th annual community street party in July. Achievements Our minister, Andy Lowe, is superintendent of the Brighton and Hove Methodist Circuit which includes five churches. He is actively encouraging, and cooperating with, ecumenical partners, notably Central URC Church in Blatchington Road, and also the Brighton and Hove Interfaith Contact Group. The Church is registered for same-sex weddings. One of our members Ruth is very involved with the Circuit Refugee Project and Brighton & Hove Methodist Circuit became the first official Circuit of Sanctuary in the UK. AII our Circuit churches including Hove are also recognised as Churches of Sanctuary. In January 2024 we celebrated two years of our monthly Messy Church on a Friday evening. In February we started holding a quarterly informal Sunday service called Chatty Church. Next steps Aim Add to programme Progress at 3118124 2024 - 2025 Started February 2024 continues and is very successful Still going strong with between 40 and 50 attendees Chatty Church Messy Church session once a month Started January 2023 2025 Ongoing work re digital platformloutreach Digital Church 2024 - 25 Wesetupa monthly run group at members home and continues from stren th to stren th We became a Church of Sanctuary in March 2023 and continue to support the Circuit ro ect. Consider new Housegroup system 2023 - 25 Support Circuit Project Explorel develop links with community groups to deliver even more services Consider ways to make our building more eco friendl 2023 - 25 ongoing 2023 - 25 Decision to investigate Solar Panels on roof. endix A Managing Trustees at 31 st August 2025 R Bateman J Bowles A Collins (Circuit} P Farley S Goddard (Secretary) J Gravestock J Hopkins Rev. A Lowe (Chair) J Marsh L Pang S Pomfrey T Pomfrey D Reid J Symes M Symes