St Mark's Methodist 

**Church** 

## **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. 

||**SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACC**|
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||**SECTION E**|
||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<br>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<br>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<br>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<br>and connected  District Organisations.|
||**INTERNAL**<br>**ORGANISATIONS**|
|e1|**Ghanaian Fellowship**|
|e2|**Women's Fellowship**|
|e3|**Men's Fellowship**|
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|e5|**Davids Harp**|
|e6||
|e7||
|e8|Sub total of Internal<br>Organisations funds|
|e9|**Church accounts (totals**<br>**brought forward from page**<br>**2 - totals column)**<br>|
|e10|**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD**<br>**BY CHURCH**|
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## **SECTION F** 

## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES** 

||**STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES**||||
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||**CHURCH - CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 August 2025**<br>Cash in hand<br>Bank Current Account<br>Bank Deposit Account<br>**SUB TOTAL - Church accounts**<br>**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH**<br>Central Finance Board<br>Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes<br>Other funds<br>Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing<br>balance total from above) (e12)|**OPENING**<br>**BALANCES**<br>8,910<br>219,829<br>**228,739**<br>(c6)<br>**30,557** (e11)<br>**259,296**<br>(x)|**CLOSING**<br>**BALANCES**||
|f1|Cash in hand||||
|f2|Bank Current Account||45,917||
|f3|Bank Deposit Account||||
|f4|Central Finance Board||84,319||
|f5|Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes||||
|f6|Other funds||||
|f7|**SUB TOTAL - Church accounts**||**130,236**|(c8)|
|f8|Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing<br>balance total from above) (e12)||**30,592**|(e12)|
|f9|**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH**||**160,828**|(y)|
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||**SECTION G**<br>**OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES**<br>Other Assets<br>Land & Buildings(see notes re Insurance value)<br>Loan(s)- show amount outstandingatyear end<br>Other  Liabilities<br>Investments(include Endowments)|At<br>1 September 2024<br>2,500,000|At<br>31 August 2025<br>2,500,000||
|g1|Investments(include Endowments)||||
|g2|Land & Buildings(see notes re Insurance value)|2,500,000|2,500,000||
|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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