## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1[st] September 2025 To 31[st] August 2026**
## **Charity name: Hinckley Methodist Church**
## **Charity registration number: 1128202**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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reference||
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|Summary of
the
purposes of
the charity
as set out in
its
governing
document|Para
1.17|**The governing document is The Constitutional Practice and**
**Discipline of the Methodist Church (CPD).**
**See:https://www.methodist.org.uk/forchurches/governance/cpd/**
**The purposes of the Methodist Church are and shall be deemed**
**to have been since the date of union the advancement of**
**a) the Christian faith in accordance with the doctrinal standards**
**and the discipline of the Methodist Church;**
**b) any charitable purpose for the time being of any**
**Connexional, district, circuit, local or other organisation of the**
**Methodist Church;**
**c) any charitable purpose for the time being of any society or**
**institution subsidiary or ancillary to the Methodist Church;**
**d) any purpose for the time being of any charity being a charity**
**subsidiary to the Methodist Church**|
|Summary of
the main
activities in
relation to
those
purposes
for the
public
benefit, in
particular,
the
activities,
projects or
services
identified in
the
accounts.|Para
1.17 and
1.19|**We believe we are called to be a church where people of all**
**ages and backgrounds are supported in: loving and serving**
**God loving and serving our neighbours, both local and global**
**growing and sharing faith. We offer Methodist Christian**
**worship, fellowship, service of our community and outreach, in**
**the Hinckley Area and beyond.**|
|Statement
confirming
whether the
trustees
have had
regard to
the
guidance
issued by|Para
1.18|**The Trustees have received the guidance issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit.**|
the Charity Commission on public benefit
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**Hinckley Methodist Church provides a**
**welcoming environment to anyone, being**
**as it is an inclusive community.**
**Hinckley Methodist Church holds regular**
**worship services and this provision of**
**regular public acts of worship is open to**
**everyone.**
**Pastoral work including visiting the sick**
**and bereaved.**
**Promotion of Christianity through the**
**staging of events and services.**
**Promoting the whole mission of the**
**Church through activities generally and**
**for other specific needs groups.**
**And a host of other activities including**
**supporting the wider community by**
**hosting uniformed youth groups (Scouts**
**& Guides), facilitating room rentals for a**
**non-church pre-school, a meeting place**
**for other groups such as a non-church**
**community choir, and regular donations**
**of food and toiletries are collected for the**
**Hinckley Foodbank.**|
**The provision of storage accommodation for the Hinckley Baby Basics charity since 2022 has been a successful addition to the contribution of the Church to the wider community, supporting the work of midwives and other health workers for the new born.**
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41||
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**See attached Standard Form of Accounts**
**for the year ending 31st August 2025.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**As the accounts show the Church pays**
**an annual assessment to Northampton**
**Methodist District quarterly. It is**
**considered prudent that there should be**
**a reserve of two quarters and this is in**
**keeping with our Reserves policy.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£25000**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**-N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**-N/A**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**Due to the timing of this reporting cycle**
**in some recent years the outgoing**
**amount has slightly exceeded income.**
**Basically the charity is sound although**
**like so many others recent times have**
**been challenging. In the current reporting**
**year expenditure has slightly exceeded**
**income.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
**The generous giving by individuals.**
**Various small scale fundraising including**
**the weekly coffee mornings.**
**Room rentals, notably by the pre-school**
**which is not a church organisation.**|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:||**Not applicable.**|
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**The deed of Union (1932) and Methodist**
**Church Act (1976).**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**The 1976 Methodist Church Act**
**authorises the Methodist Conference as**
**the governing body.**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees are appointed by the Church**
**Council according to standard Methodist**
**procedures. The only Trustee not**
**appointed in this way is the Chair (the**
**Minister) who is selected by the Circuit**
**and appointed by the Conference of the**
**Methodist Church.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|
Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**Hinckley Methodist Church is an**
**independent charity but is part of the**
**Hinckley Circuit of the Methodist Church**
**within the Methodist Church of Britain**
**Connexion.**|
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Hinckley Methodist Church|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1128202|
|Charity’s principal address|Hinckley Methodist Church
Albert Road
Hinckley
LE10 1PL|
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Rev’d Patricia
Mukorombindo|Minister|Until 31stJuly 2025||
||Rev’d Edward
Sakwe|Minister|From 1stSeptember
2025||
||Cynthia Jordan|Church Steward|||
||Sue Cooper|Church Steward|||
||Richard Smith|Senior Church
Steward|||
||Gwendolen Coley|Church Steward|||
||Dr Nigel
Scarborough|Church Treasurer|||
||Rachel Cobb|Church & Circuit
Steward|||
||Stephen Vincent||||
||Margaret Pearce||||
||Charles Davies|Church & Circuit
Steward|||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
## **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity
Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** Dr Nigel Scarborough **Full name(s)** Richard Charles Smith **Position (eg Secretary,** Church Senior Steward Church Treasurer **Chair, etc) Date** 25[th] June 2026
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||**TSFOR THE YEAR ENDED31AUGUST 2025**|**TSFOR THE YEAR ENDED31AUGUST 2025**||||**Hinckley Methodist**|**Hinckley Methodist**|**Hinckley Methodist**|**Church**|]|
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|||||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**||**Totals this**||**Totals last**||
|||||**Funds**||**Funds**|**year**||**year**||
|||||£||£|£||£||
|81|**RECEIPTS**|**Note**|||||||||
|a2|OfferinsandTax recovered|||35,330|
_I_||**35,330**||41,438||
||Bankand CFB interestand||||||||||
|a3|Investmentincome|||561|
_I_|
101|**662**||824||
|a4|Lettins|||16,365|
_I_||**16,365**||17,770||
|a5|Otherreceipts|||6,389||900|**7,289**||7,956||
|a6|**TOTALRECEIPTS**|||**58,645**||**1,001**|**59,646**|
**{a7)**|**67,988**||
||**SECTIONB **||||||||||
|b1|**PAYMENTS**||||||||||
|b2|CircuitAssessment or Share||||||||42,050||
|b3|Donations||||||**303**||||
|b4|Reairs and Maintenance|||9,681|||**9,681**||9,570||
||Utilities (Insurances, water||||||||||
|b5|cha|||8,604|
/||**8,604**||8,852||
|b6|
Restricted funds|||||558|**558**||510||
|b7|Otherpayments||||||**2,797**||1,776||
|b8|**TOTALPAYMENTS**|||||**558**|**62,943**|**{b9)**|**62,758**||
||**SECTION C**|||||'/•|||||
||**NETRECEIPTS/PAYMENTS**||||||||||
|c1||**a6-b8**||3,740||4431|
(3,297),||5,2301||
|c2|Total funds brought forward from
last year|||26,612||3,562|30,1741|(c6)11|=::J||
|Ic3|I**Sub total**|**(c1+c2)**|I|
22,8721||4,0o5II|26,8771||30,1741||
|lc4ITransfersand adjustments
lc5ITOTALFUNDSATEND OF YEAR||**(c3+c4)**|I
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**22,8721**||II
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26,8771{c8)11
30,1741{c6)|||I|
||**FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSEDONTO EXTERNAL**|**ORGANISATIONS**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**d**|**(these amounts are not to be Included In total receipts/payments figures above)**|£|£||
|d1|Balance brouaht forward from last year||||
|d2|Offerings/Gifts - received for external organisations|1,623||493|
|d3|Offerings/Gifts - passed to external organisations|1,464||493|
|d4|**BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID**
(d1+d2-d3)|**159**|||
||CHURcH• CASH FUNDS HELDat31Auust2025|
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|n|Cashnhand|
|12|BankCurrent Account|
|0|Bank|
|f4|CentralFinal'IC8Board|
|f5|Trustees forMethodistChu-ch P|
|R5|Otherfin:is|
|f7|SUBTOTAL·Church ac:counts|
||Total fl..nds held by Internal Organisations(theclosing|
|Ill|balancetotalfromabove)(e12)|
|19|TOTALCASHFUNDSHELD BYCHURCH|
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||OTHER ASSETS**and**LIABILITIES|
||seenotesre Insurancevalue|
||atearend|
||Other Liabilities|
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||**TSFOR THE YEAR ENDED31AUGUST 2025**|**TSFOR THE YEAR ENDED31AUGUST 2025**||||**Hinckley Methodist**|**Hinckley Methodist**|**Hinckley Methodist**|**Church**|]|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**||**Totals this**||**Totals last**||
|||||**Funds**||**Funds**|**year**||**year**||
|||||£||£|£||£||
|81|**RECEIPTS**|**Note**|||||||||
|a2|OfferinsandTax recovered|||35,330|
_I_||**35,330**||41,438||
||Bankand CFB interestand||||||||||
|a3|Investmentincome|||561|
_I_|
101|**662**||824||
|a4|Lettins|||16,365|
_I_||**16,365**||17,770||
|a5|Otherreceipts|||6,389||900|**7,289**||7,956||
|a6|**TOTALRECEIPTS**|||**58,645**||**1,001**|**59,646**|
**{a7)**|**67,988**||
||**SECTIONB **||||||||||
|b1|**PAYMENTS**||||||||||
|b2|CircuitAssessment or Share||||||||42,050||
|b3|Donations||||||**303**||||
|b4|Reairs and Maintenance|||9,681|||**9,681**||9,570||
||Utilities (Insurances, water||||||||||
|b5|cha|||8,604|
/||**8,604**||8,852||
|b6|
Restricted funds|||||558|**558**||510||
|b7|Otherpayments||||||**2,797**||1,776||
|b8|**TOTALPAYMENTS**|||||**558**|**62,943**|**{b9)**|**62,758**||
||**SECTION C**|||||'/•|||||
||**NETRECEIPTS/PAYMENTS**||||||||||
|c1||**a6-b8**||3,740||4431|
(3,297),||5,2301||
|c2|Total funds brought forward from
last year|||26,612||3,562|30,1741|(c6)11|=::J||
|Ic3|I**Sub total**|**(c1+c2)**|I|
22,8721||4,0o5II|26,8771||30,1741||
|lc4ITransfersand adjustments
lc5ITOTALFUNDSATEND OF YEAR||**(c3+c4)**|I
I|
**22,8721**||II
4,ooslI|
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26,8771{c8)11
30,1741{c6)|||I|
||**FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSEDONTO EXTERNAL**|**ORGANISATIONS**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**d**|**(these amounts are not to be Included In total receipts/payments figures above)**|£|£||
|d1|Balance brouaht forward from last year||||
|d2|Offerings/Gifts - received for external organisations|1,623||493|
|d3|Offerings/Gifts - passed to external organisations|1,464||493|
|d4|**BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID**
(d1+d2-d3)|**159**|||
||CHURcH• CASH FUNDS HELDat31Auust2025|
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|n|Cashnhand|
|12|BankCurrent Account|
|0|Bank|
|f4|CentralFinal'IC8Board|
|f5|Trustees forMethodistChu-ch P|
|R5|Otherfin:is|
|f7|SUBTOTAL·Church ac:counts|
||Total fl..nds held by Internal Organisations(theclosing|
|Ill|balancetotalfromabove)(e12)|
|19|TOTALCASHFUNDSHELD BYCHURCH|
||lsecTIONG|
||OTHER ASSETS**and**LIABILITIES|
||seenotesre Insurancevalue|
||atearend|
||Other Liabilities|
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