## **Annual Report of St Mark’s Methodist Church, Tottenham 2022-23** This has been a good year for the church as we have seen more and more people returning to worship after Covid. There are still some people who have not returned and others who have decided to leave but almost each week we continue to see new people coming among us. During the year 7 people were received into the church through confirmation and 4 by transfer from other churches around the world. Membership at the end of the year was 322 A Church Council Away Day was held in October 22 when the trustees were able to look back over the past few years to see how far the church has travelled in many areas whilst still having challenges. Time was spent in looking at what it means to be a leader and the responsibility that comes with it. The group shared together their vision for the next 3 years which we hope will be continued in discussions in the coming year. As Rev Stephen and Sister Myrtle were coming to the end of their 10-year ministry at St Mark’s the church and wider circuit went through the connexional process of stationing. A profile was drawn up seeking a superintendent minister for the New River circuit who would have pastoral charge of St Mark’s and also Ravensdale, a small congregation of around 30 members. Sadly, a match with a minister was not possible. The circuit appointed one of the present ministers, the Rev Thurairajah Samuel, as superintendent and invited both Rev Stephen and Sister Myrtle to do an extra year as part-time active supernumeraries. One of the ongoing concerns of such a large congregation is that many people do not know one another. To help with this the Church Council decided to provide refreshments after worship on the first Sunday of the month. This would be done on a rota basis by the various pastoral groups. It has been a huge success The church undertook a major upgrade of the electrics within the sanctuary during the year which included various spot lighting for use in worship events and concerts. The toilets have also been completely refurbished which brought great delight to members of the church and all who use the hall. The total cost of both projects, in the region of £80,000, was raised by the members of the congregation. As the Sunday School has continued to grow the ongoing issue of space was addressed by deciding to terminate the contract with a small Pentecostal Church who used the one room available to the church so it could become the space for a new ministry with young teenagers during worship. The Winter Soup Kitchen returned for almost 4 months after Christmas serving 20-25 needy people each week. The church has continued negotiations with Haringey Councl with their offer to renovate the outside of the premises, create a new entrance and up light the tower. This is part of a wide improvement scheme of Bruce Grove and the identification of the importance of our art-deco style tower. The Council have received a grant from English Heritage and this will provide some of the income. The project, entitled _Transforming Buildings: Transforming Communities_ is beginning to take shape and work will begin late 2023. During the year we thanked a number of the pastoral leaders who had served the church well through the years and managed to appoint some new ones. There are so many people who give their time tirelessly to the service of God through St Mark’s: stewards, musicians and singers, children and youth leaders, those who lead fellowship groups, prayer meetings and share in the outreach ministry of the church as well as living out their faith day by day. We thank God for them all Rev Stephen Poxon & Sister Myrtle Poxon (Ministers of St Mark’s Methodist Church) ## **CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS** # **THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS** ## **St. Mark's Methodist Church** ## FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2023 |**Circuit**
**New River**|**Circuit no**|**35/22**| |---|---|---| |**Registered Charity - Charity Registration number**||| |||1128035| If not a registered charity **Her 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: ||Rev Stephen Poxon|| |---|---|---| ||Church Stewards:|| |Charles Agyemang-Duah||Alex Pusuo| |Jacob Berko||Leona Bonsu| |Barbara Fenning||Jacqueline Vanhorne| |Rosetta Lee||Atou-Lu Brou| |||| |||| ||Treasurer:|| ||Daniel Dongsieri FCCA|| Church R and P 2019.xls 1 of 5 ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023 St. Mark's Methodist Church Church Unmtrlct•d Réstriet•d Totab thl Fun(ts Fund• Totals la•t year SECTION A a1 RECEIPTS Note a2 Offerin s and Tax recoveied Bank and CFB intsro$1 and Investment inGome 83.017 4,857 87.874 87,878 4.412 42.452 28,994 158.875 4.412 42.452 28.994 163.732 655 a4 Lettin 51,544 a5 Other receipts TOTAL RECEIPTS 22,553 162,630 a6 4.857 (a71 SECTION b1 PAYMENTS b2 Circuit Assessment or Sharn 7S.942 75,942 73.942 2.460 12.821 b3 Donations 1.450 Re airs and Maintenance Ulililies Ilnsurance8, water cha es, heatin htin 99.038 99,038 bs 16.393 18.393 16.828 b6 b7 Other payments TOTAL PAYMENTS 21.017 21,017 213.840 19,568 125,419 b8 212.390 {b91 SECTION C NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS FOR c1 a6-b8 53,515 3,407 50.108 37,211 Totsl funds brought fopward Irom la8t year c2 144.424 5.475 149,699 c6 112,688 Sub total G1+c2 8,882 99,791 149,899 Transf•rs and ad'y$lm¢nts c7 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR {c3+c41 8,882 99,791 Ic81 149,899 SECTION D FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED ANO PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS thme amounts are not to b• Included In total r•cel ents Urn8 abov• d1 8alanc• brou hl forward from Trast d2 Offerin 81Gift8 - received for extemal o anisations 263 d3 OffeTingslGift8 - passed to extemal organisations 283 BALANCE STILL TO BE P￿0 Id1+d2431 Cbwth R SDd P 2019￿S 2of5 St. Math's Methodist Church Churth SECTK)N E Sutnm¥ry Of￿ accounts for 31 3023 arKt Intetnal ry4xbrwJ totreClyJth CtyJwThur£h Meetry Nc*•thai the [L￿d5 of on D A DIFFERENT FCMIM must to p*w• r8fwtr)Th gL*j•￿ trarffjl*s bBt**en the DthL*and INTERNAL bakn Gh*nal*n F•llo¥xfvl 12.510 28.872 24.407 Wonw'• F•llty* 125 1DJ 25 2.585 M•n'• 1.770 75 978 e7 12.iJ85 15.1 29.740 2. lotth l•a732 (10,1 Ign BY CHURCH 178,3•7 181.994 129.531 TOT 4E¢TK)N F CLOSIMQ ¢HUR¢M.¢AJH FUIIDI MeLD •t31 cuff•ntI￿Trt 17 r4 •nw•l Fln•rK• Bo•td Tru•t•M ￿ ￿￿￿￿tchY￿rth Pu Oth•rlur 5118 TOTAL. c￿l¢h •¢¢tyM* Toili lunol knYwn•l CWn••ty>n l•nr•tOtslfrtyY *th•11•121 149199 012 TOTALCA8H FIJIKA 8YCHURC*I 181,994 jEcT￿ O Jl 2023 OTHERA88tn #nd Li4BLIT L4nd & Bh*J Name ofchurth.............. Declarations and Scrutiny I confirm that these Recthpt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2023 have been prepared from the records of the Church and that they indude all furKls under the control of the Church trustees. Signature oltreasurer........................................................ Daniel Dongsieri FCCA Name and address oftreasurer..................................................................................... 3010512024 St. Mark's Methodist Church, 455- 457 High Road, London N17 6QB Prn8ontallon to the Church trustsos I confinn that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2023 were￿￿11 be. presented to the meeting of the Church trustee8 held on ....&aune.2Q24 Signature of the Chair of the meeting S J Poxon Name of the Chair of the meeting Stephen Poxon . SJune.2024. Independent Examinerf8 Report to the Trustees of the ..StM•rK Charlty Numbor .............. 112￿3$ Rospon8lbllltlos and ba818 of roport I report to the trustees on my exarnlnati￿ of the accounts of the ...St Mark's....... Church for the year ended 31 August 2023 set out on pages I to 3. As ihe Church's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with requirements of the Chanlies Act 2011 Ilhe I ￿port in respect of my examination of the Church's acc which give me Cause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of the Act., or the accounts do not accord ￿th the accounb.ng records. Ithe Ithe I have no concems and have come ac¥05s no other matters in I￿nnectiOn with the examination to which attenhon should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. I havelhave nor obtained independent venficats.on 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 Ihe Methodist Church which are indivKlually in excess of £10,OIXI (ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheet date. Signature of independent examiner Name of independent examiner .. Tm8 NartBy Relevant professional qualtficatton of independent examiner . FCCA Name of fimi (kn appropriatel .NIA Address .. 17 Ullèswatèr Rood LOr￿1)rt Post Code N14 7BL Date 30 delete or circle as appropnate 2019chLYth R *P.xts