Charity registration number: 1128423
## QUINTON METHODIST CHURCH
TRUSTEES’ REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
**Quinton Methodist Church Contents**
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|Trustees’ Report|1—5|
|Independent Examiner's Report|6|
|Statement of Financial Activities|7|
|Comparative Statement of Financial Activities|8|
|Statement of Financial Position|9|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|10—14|
**Quinton Methodist Church Trustee's Report For The Year Ended 31 August 2025**
## **Introduction**
## **Administrative information**
Quinton Methodist Church (“QMC”) forms a part of the Birmingham (West) & Oldbury Circuit (5/6) of the Methodist Church, which in turn is part of the West Midlands District. It is located at the conjunction of three local authorities (Dudley Metropolitan Borough, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough and the City of Birmingham) in Ridgway Avenue, Halesowen, West Midlands, B62 9AU (Tel: 0121 422 1177).
Previously an Excepted Charity under Statutory Instrument 2655 of 2007, Quinton Methodist Church was registered with the Charity Commission for England & Wales on 5 March 2009, as Registered Charity No: 1128423.
## **Governing document**
The church is governed by the Deed of Union (1932) and the Methodist Church Act of 1976.
## **Structure, governance and management**
We are governed according to the “Constitutional Practice and Discipline of the Methodist Church”. Our governing body is the Church Council, which meets twice yearly usually in February and October. Trustees are generally appointed ex officio from leadership of various Church organisations, with provision for others. There are committees to oversee Finance and Property and Outreach and Pastoral matters.
## **Charitable objects**
The purpose of the Methodist Church is 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 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 or ancillary to the Methodist Church.
## **Public benefit**
The Church Council is aware of the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit in “The advancement of Religion for the Public Benefit” and has regard to it in the activities of the church. The Church Council believes that the Church provides a benefit to the public by:
- a) Providing resources for public worship, pastoral care and spiritual, moral and intellectual development, both for its members and for anyone who wishes to benefit from what the Church offers;
- b) Promoting Christian values, and service by members of the Church to the benefit of individuals and society as a whole.
## **Trustees**
Members of the Church Council represent the trustees of the Church. The Council Members and office holders throughout the year and up to the signing of these statements were as follows:
## **Ministers:**
Chair: Rev Dr. Nutan Suray retired 31/08/2025; Rev. Ann Varker appointed 01/09/2025 Rev Mucha Chisvo, Rev. Ilidio de Cristiano Oliveira. Rev Brian Taylor – Supernumerary (safeguarding)
Lay Minister: John Cowan
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**Quinton Methodist Church Trustee's Report For The Year Ended 31 August 2025**
## **Stewards / Leadership Team:**
Tony Burridge, Chris Haynes (Treasurer), Laurence Parkes (Assistant Treasurer), Nancy Tan, Susan Harrold, Carolyn Gaunt, Tim Ding (Property). Advisers: Elizabeth Hayden and Jenny Tolley.
## **Church Council Secretary**
Vacant
## **Church Steward appointed by Circuit Stewards**
Vacant
## **Elected**
To serve until 31 August 2026: Martin Hayden, Helena Taylor To serve until 31 August 2027: Ross Spencer, Tim Ding
To serve until 31 August 2008: Jenny Tolley, David Housley, Roy Pagett, John Overton (resigned 2025)
## **To serve the wider interests of the Church**
Olivia Crook (Girls’ Brigade), Andres Senior (Boys’ Brigade), Mark Smith (Gardening), Michael Hall (retired 31 August 2025), Pamela Burridge (Pastoral), Allan Lane (Magazine Editor)
## **Safeguarding**
Rev Brian Taylor (Supernumerary) and Helena Taylor
## **Bookings Secretary**
Anne Chaplin
## **Circuit Operations Manager**
Rebekah Button (Observer)
Five trustees are elected each year at the Annual General Meeting to serve for three years. No elected member can serve for more than six consecutive years.
Any individual member will be eligible for re-election after a gap of one year unless insufficient members are nominated to fill the five vacancies at the Annual General Meeting such members will be eligible for nomination and re-election.
Membership of the Church Council is from 1 September in any year to 31 August in the following year.
In addition to the elected members there are those who serve by dint of office e.g. the Minister and others to represent the wider interests of the church. Members of the Leadership Team normally serve for a maximum of four years.
The Church Council meets every six months and receives reports from internal committees.
## **Trustee Training**
A range of guidance produced by the Methodist Connexion to support the effective running of the church and the role of Trustees is given to the Church Trustees at various meetings and training sessions.
## **Risk Management**
The major risks have been identified and recorded by the Trustees with professional advice taken as required. There is a regular review process undertaken and recorded.
Income and Expenditure is being monitored in total and is compared with the approved annual budget on a half yearly basis to detect trends as part of the risk management process to avoid unforeseen calls on reserves.
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**Quinton Methodist Church**
**Trustee's Report For The Year Ended 31 August 2025**
## **Activities and achievements**
## _**Our Mission**_
We will respond to the calling of the Methodist Church through: _Worship; Learning and Caring; Service; Evangelism._
We have a Mission and Growth Plan and implement this through our Mission Action Plan which embraces our intentions to be a Church Without Walls.
## _**Our Church**_
We are an Eco Church with silver status with an action plan to achieve gold status. We aim to be a Dementia Friendly Church and a Fairtrade Church.
We draw our congregation from 3 districts: Dudley, Sandwell and Birmingham as we are situated close to the boundaries of all three local authorities.
## _**Worship**_
Weekly: Sundays 11am to 12 noon.
The Peace Garden, has commemorative plants, and is used for informal meetings and Worship and provides a place of reflection and relaxation for local people.
Evening Service: monthly
Holy Communion: once a month usually during the morning service at 11am.
All Age Service with Brigades
There is a number of other special services, such as annual Covenant Service, Mission Service, Praise and Thanksgiving Service, Eco Church, Forest Church and Social Justice.
Our Worship Area space is flexible, and the layout can be changed to suit the Worship.
The Children’s Area is at the front near the focus of Worship.
Light refreshments are provided after most Morning Worship Services and depending on the time of year and numbers expected these are held either in the Church Hall or the Parlour.
## _**Church Life**_
While our congregation numbers have settled at around 50 (more at Festival and special occasions), we welcome into the building during the week some 250 or more people of all ages. These attend our many regular Church based activities and groups hiring space from us; numbers increase when Blood Donor Sessions and Antique Auctions take place. While some people clearly attend more than one group or activity, and some of these are regular worshippers as well, the numbers sharing fellowship, finding support through activities, and enhancing their lifestyles with us in a Christian welcoming environment, are very positive indications of our reaching out into the community. Our Community Camaraderie joint events with Multicultural Group, Walkers Group, Eco Fayre and Craft Fayre with Art Sale, provide and highlight further opportunities for wider community engagement.
Our Brigades make an important contribution to Worship and Church Life with their teaching and learning, maintain and develop our Peace Garden, and maintain links with a local care home including an annual visit. In addition to the healthy numbers at their regular weekly meetings, the numbers of young people, parents, carers and friends at their Awards Evenings( held in the Worship Area),and their Birthday/Anniversary Celebrations, highlighting achievements and commitment, demonstrates how important their activity is for the Church now and in the future. They do however have limitations in what they would like to do in the wider Church because of largely no longer having teens and older age groups (outside of their leadership) in their membership.
## _**The Church in the Community**_
Our Outreach work has more emphasis on seeking opportunities to support groups helping those in the community with greater needs, and also identify needs that we might be able to respond to directly. Our work locally with: Quinton Youth for Christ, the Food Bank, and support for Caminul Felix supporting families in Romania, are ways that we are doing this. There remains potential for greater sharing of knowledge and skills across the Circuit, and developing initiatives jointly with other Churches in the Circuit, and with other denominations locally.
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**Quinton Methodist Church**
**Trustees’ Report For The Year Ended 31 August 2025**
Sharing Eco Church information and actions is one example; we have recently had exchanges of information with neighbouring Baptist and C of E churches, as well as other Methodist churches and a local mosque and are keen to provide mutual help and support to other Churches.
We continue to develop and expand our community networks as one of the ways of reaching out further, identifying and responding to needs, widening opportunities for our members and adherents, identifying sources of funding and other support, and being able to highlight sources of help and support for those who might benefit from this. Where appropriate, we have introduced other Churches to these networks.
Our Social Media, website inputs, and emailing arrangements are kept under review and seek to encourage further awareness, interest and response for the Church.
We are pleased that members of the Church community have taken the initiative, to provide music and fellowship on a regular basis at local care homes. Our MP and local Councillors are kept informed and speak at some of our special Services and Community Events.
## **Financial review**
The results for the year are set out in the Statement of Financial Activities on page 7.
In December 2024 we invested £10,529 in large screen display monitors for the worship area.
## **General funds**
General Funds are held to meet the ordinary running expenses of the Church **.** At £53,356 (2024 - £52,893), this balance is deemed to be sufficient cover for six months (2024 – six months) of projected annual outgoings, including the assessment payable to the circuit.
## **Restricted funds**
An analysis of Restricted Funds is given in Note 15. Funds held by Internal Organisations not at the disposal of the Church Council amounted to £12,988 (2024 - £14,179).
## **Related Parties**
The Church is part of the Birmingham (West) & Oldbury Circuit which is part of the West Midlands District (previously Birmingham District) and is also accountable to the Methodist Conference.
The internal organisations linked to this church are:
Outreach Committee – dissolved March 2025 Boys’ Brigade Girls’ Brigade Badminton Club Luncheon Club Quinton Ladies – ceased July 2025 in that form Stay & Play Stitch Group
The Church Project is now managed by the Leadership Team
## **Safeguarding**
Every person has a value and dignity which comes directly from the creation of male and female in God’s own image and likeness. Christians see this potential as fulfilled by God’s re-creation of us in Christ. Amongst other things this implies a duty to value all people as bearing the image of God and therefore to protect them from harm.
Methodist Connexional practice outlines commitment to the following principles:
- The care and nurture of, and respectful pastoral ministry with, all children, young people and adults.
- The safeguarding and protection of all children, young people and adults when they are vulnerable.
- The establishing of safe, caring communities which provide a loving environment where there is informed vigilance as to the dangers of abuse.
- We will carefully select and train all those with any responsibility within the Church, in line with Safer Recruitment principles, including the use of criminal records disclosures and registration with the relevant vetting and barring schemes.
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**Quinton Methodist Church Trustees’ Report For The Year Ended 31 August 2025**
- We will respond without delay to every complaint made which suggests that an adult, child or young person may have been harmed, cooperating with the police and local authority in any investigation.
- We will seek to work with anyone who has suffered abuse, developing in them an appropriate ministry of informed pastoral care.
- We will seek to challenge any abuse of power, especially by anyone in a position of trust.
- We will seek to offer pastoral care and support, including supervision and referral to the proper authorities, to any member of our church community known to have offended against a child, young person or vulnerable adult.
- In all these principles, we will follow legislation, guidance and recognised good practice.
- The Church commits itself to ensuring the implementation of Connexional Safeguarding Policy; government legislation, guidance and safe practice in the Circuit and in the churches.
- The Church commits itself to the provision of support, advice and training for lay and ordained people that will ensure people are clear and confident about their roles and responsibilities in safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults who may be vulnerable.
## **Statement of trustees’ responsibilities**
The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
The Charities Act 2011 requires the Trustees of the Charity to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the Trustees have prepared the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). The financial statements are required by law to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charity and of the surplus or deficit of the Charity for that period.
In preparing those financial statements the Trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;
- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
- Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- follow applicable accounting standards, disclosing and explaining any material departures in the financial statements; and
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to assume that the Charity will continue in operation.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records which are such as to disclose, with reasonable accuracy, the financial position of the Charity at any time, and to enable them as Trustees to ensure that the financial statements comply with charity law. The Trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the Charity’s assets, and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
_Approved by the Church Council on 21 October 2025 and signed on its behalf by_
..................................................
**A BURRIDGE** Acting Church Secretary
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## **Quinton Methodist Church Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Quinton Methodist Church For The Year Ended 31 August 2025**
I report to the trustee on my examination of the accounts of Quinton Methodist Church (the Trust) for the year ended 31 August 2025.
## **Responsibilities and Basis of Report**
As the Trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the Trust’s accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent Examiner's Statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
- accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or
- the accounts do not accord with those records; or
- the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and contents of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair view' which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Malcolm Willcox FCCA Chartered Certified Accountant and Statutory Auditor Hagley House 93 Hagley Road Edgbaston Birmingham B16 8LA
24 November 2025
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**Quinton Methodist Church Statement of Financial Activities For The Year Ended 31 August 2025**
|**Notes**
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM:**
Donations and legacies
**4**
Other trading activities
**5**
Investments
**6**
Other
**7**
**EXPENDITURE ON:**
Charitable activities:
**8**
Support costs
Contribution to Methodist Funds
Grants and donations
Other
NET EXPENDITURE
NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS:**
Total funds brought forward
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
**15**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
56,649
23,242
989
5,664|
**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
6,500
-
1,718
14,478|**2025**
**Total funds**
**£**
63,149
23,242
2,707
20,142|**2024**
**Total funds**
**£**
96,285
23,226
3,719
22,173|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||86,544|
22,696|
109,240|
145,403|
||(30,605)
(55,100)
(376)
-|
(11,197)
-
-
(15,669)|
(41,802)
(55,100)
(376)
(15,669)|
(113,270)
(55,660)
(390)
-|
||(86,081)|
(26,866)|
(112,947)|
(169,320)|
||463|
(4,170)|
(3,707)|
(23,917)|
||463
52,893|
(4,170)
63,942|
(3,707)
116,835|
(23,917)
140,752|
||53,356|
59,772|
113,128|
116,835|
The notes on pages 9 to 13 form part of these financial statements.
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## **Quinton Methodist Church Comparative Statement of Financial Activities For The Year Ended 31 August 2025**
|**Notes**
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM:**
Donations and legacies
**4**
Other trading activities
**5**
Investments
**6**
Other
**7**
**EXPENDITURE ON:**
Charitable activities:
**8**
Support costs
Contribution to Methodist Funds
Grants and donations
NET EXPENDITURE
NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS:**
Total funds brought forward
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
**15**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
55,485
23,226
999
8,363|
**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
40,800
-
2,720
13,810|**2024**
**Total funds**
**£**
96,285
23,226
3,719
22,173|
|---|---|---|---|
||88,073|
57,330|
145,403|
||(28,575)
(55,660)
(390)|
(84,695)
-
-|
(113,270)
(55,660)
(390)|
||(84,625)|
(84,695)|
(169,320)|
||3,448|
(27,365)|
(23,917)|
||3,448
49,445|
(27,365)
91,307|
(23,917)
140,752|
||52,893|
63,942|
116,835|
The notes on pages 9 to 13 form part of these financial statements.
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## **Quinton Methodist Church Statement of Financial Position As At 31 August 2025**
|**Notes**
**FIXED ASSETS**
Investments
**11**
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Debtors
**12**
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year**
**13**
**NET CURRENT ASSETS (LIABILITIES)**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES**
**NET ASSETS**
**FUNDS OF THE CHARITY**
Restricted Funds
Unrestricted Funds
TOTAL FUNDS
**15**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
-|
**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
37,625|**2025**
**Total funds**
**£**
37,625|**2024**
**Total funds**
**£**
36,024|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||-
2,263
51,836|
37,625
-
21,647|
37,625
2,263
73,483|
36,024
1,493
79,701|
||54,099
**(243)**|
21,647
**-**|
75,746
**(243 )**|
81,194
**(383 )**|
||**53,856**|
**21,647**|
**75,503**|
**80,811**|
||**53,856**|
**59,272**|
**113,128**|
**116,835**|
||**53,856**|
**59,272**|
**113,128**|
**116,835**|
||||59,772
53,356|
63,942
52,893|
||||113,128|
116,835|
Approved by the Church Council on 21 October 2025 and signed on its behalf by
## **A BURRIDGE**
Acting Church Secretary
## **L E PARKES**
Treasurer
The notes on pages 10 to 14 form part of these financial statements.
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**Quinton Methodist Church Notes to the Financial Statements For The Year Ended 31 August 2025**
## **1. General Information**
Quinton Methodist Church is an unincorporated charity registered with the Charity Commission. Quinton Methodist Church (“QMC”) forms a part of the Birmingham (West) & Oldbury Circuit (5/6) of the Methodist Church, which in turn is part of the West Midlands District. It is located at the conjunction of three local authorities (Dudley Metropolitan Borough, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough and the City of Birmingham) in Ridgway Avenue, Halesowen, West Midlands, B62 9AU (Tel: 0121 422 1177).
Previously an Excepted Charity under Statutory Instrument 2655 of 2007, Quinton Methodist Church was registered with the Charity Commission for England & Wales on 5 March 2009, as Registered Charity No: 1128423.
## **Governing documen** t
The church is governed by the Deed of Union (1932) and the Methodist Church Act of 1976.
## **2. Statement of Compliance**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)", Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Charities Act 2011.
## **3. Accounting Policies**
## **3.1. Basis of Preparation of Financial Statements**
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
The charity is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.
## **3.2. Going Concern Disclosure**
The trustees have not identified any material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
## **3.3. Incoming Resources**
The results for the year are set out in the Statement of Financial Activities on page 6.
## **3.4. Investments**
The church invests funds for the Repair Fund with The Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes.
## **3.5. Cash and Cash Equivalents**
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand and deposits held at call with banks.
## **4. Income from Donations and Legacies**
|Donations and gifts
Grants
Donations and gifts
Grants|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
56,649
-|
**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
5,500
1,000|**2025**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
62,149
1,000|
|---|---|---|---|
||56,649|
6,500|
63,149|
||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
55,485
-|
**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
40,800|**2024**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
55,485
40,800|
||55,485|
40,800|
96,285|
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**Quinton Methodist Church Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 August 2025**
## **5. Income from Other Trading Activities**
|Letting and licencing arrangements
**6.** **Investment Income**
Bank interest receivable
Other interest receivable
Bank interest receivable
Other interest receivable
**7.** **Other Income**
Sundry income
Internal organisations
Fetes and Quizzes
Funerals and Weddings
Sundry income
Internal organisations
Fetes and Quizzes
Funerals and Weddings|**2025**
**2024**
**Unrestricted funds Unrestricted funds**
**£**
**£**
23,242
23,226
**2025**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**funds**
**funds**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
8
-
8
981
1,718
2,699
989
1,718
2,707
**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**funds**
**funds**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
48
-
48
951
2,720
3,671
999
2,720
3,719
**2025**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
90
-
90
2,750
14,478
17,228
1,535
-
1,535
1,289
-
1,289
5,664
14,478
20,142
**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
5,263
-
5,263
3,100
13,810
16,910
-
-
-
-
-
-
8,363
13,810
22,173|**2025**
**2024**
**Unrestricted funds Unrestricted funds**
**£**
**£**
23,242
23,226
**2025**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**funds**
**funds**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
8
-
8
981
1,718
2,699
989
1,718
2,707
**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**funds**
**funds**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
48
-
48
951
2,720
3,671
999
2,720
3,719
**2025**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
90
-
90
2,750
14,478
17,228
1,535
-
1,535
1,289
-
1,289
5,664
14,478
20,142
**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
5,263
-
5,263
3,100
13,810
16,910
-
-
-
-
-
-
8,363
13,810
22,173|**2025**
**2024**
**Unrestricted funds Unrestricted funds**
**£**
**£**
23,242
23,226
**2025**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**funds**
**funds**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
8
-
8
981
1,718
2,699
989
1,718
2,707
**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**funds**
**funds**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
48
-
48
951
2,720
3,671
999
2,720
3,719
**2025**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
90
-
90
2,750
14,478
17,228
1,535
-
1,535
1,289
-
1,289
5,664
14,478
20,142
**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
5,263
-
5,263
3,100
13,810
16,910
-
-
-
-
-
-
8,363
13,810
22,173|**2025**
**2024**
**Unrestricted funds Unrestricted funds**
**£**
**£**
23,242
23,226
**2025**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**funds**
**funds**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
8
-
8
981
1,718
2,699
989
1,718
2,707
**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**funds**
**funds**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
48
-
48
951
2,720
3,671
999
2,720
3,719
**2025**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
90
-
90
2,750
14,478
17,228
1,535
-
1,535
1,289
-
1,289
5,664
14,478
20,142
**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
5,263
-
5,263
3,100
13,810
16,910
-
-
-
-
-
-
8,363
13,810
22,173|**2025**
**2024**
**Unrestricted funds Unrestricted funds**
**£**
**£**
23,242
23,226
**2025**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**funds**
**funds**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
8
-
8
981
1,718
2,699
989
1,718
2,707
**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**funds**
**funds**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
48
-
48
951
2,720
3,671
999
2,720
3,719
**2025**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
90
-
90
2,750
14,478
17,228
1,535
-
1,535
1,289
-
1,289
5,664
14,478
20,142
**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
5,263
-
5,263
3,100
13,810
16,910
-
-
-
-
-
-
8,363
13,810
22,173|**2025**
**2024**
**Unrestricted funds Unrestricted funds**
**£**
**£**
23,242
23,226
**2025**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**funds**
**funds**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
8
-
8
981
1,718
2,699
989
1,718
2,707
**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**funds**
**funds**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
48
-
48
951
2,720
3,671
999
2,720
3,719
**2025**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
90
-
90
2,750
14,478
17,228
1,535
-
1,535
1,289
-
1,289
5,664
14,478
20,142
**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
5,263
-
5,263
3,100
13,810
16,910
-
-
-
-
-
-
8,363
13,810
22,173|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
8
981|||||
|||989||
1,718||
2,707|
|||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
48
951||
**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
2,720||**2024**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
48
3,671|
|||999||
2,720||
3,719|
||||||**2025**
**Total funds**
**£**
90
17,228
1,535
1,289
20,142
**2024**
**Total funds**
**£**
5,263
16,910
-
-
22,173||
||5,664||
14,478||||
||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
5,263
3,100
-
-||
**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
13,810
-
-||||
||8,363||
13,810||||
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**Quinton Methodist Church Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 August 2025**
## **8. Analysis of Expenditure**
|Support costs
Contribution to Methodist Funds
Grants and donations
Support costs
Contribution to Methodist Funds
Grants and donations|**2025**
**Support**
**costs**
(see note9)
**£**
41,802
55,100
376|
|---|---|
||97,278|
||**2024**
**Support**
**costs**
(see note9)
**£**
113,270
55,660
390|
||169,320|
## **9. Support Costs**
|**9.** **Support Costs**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Premises expenses
General administration
Premises expenses
General administration|**Support**
**costs**
**£**
13,908
27,894|**Contribution**
**to Methodist**
**Funds**
**£**
-
55,100|
**Grants and**
**donations**
**£**
-
376|**2025**
**Total**
**£**
13,908
83,370|
||41,802|
55,100|376|
97,278|
||**Support**
**costs**
**£**
84,595
28,675|**Contribution**
**to Methodist**
**Funds**
**£**
-
55,660|
**Grants and**
**donations**
**£**
-
390|**2024**
**Total**
**£**
84,595
84,725|
||113,270|
55,660|390|
169,320|
## **10. Average Number of Employees**
There were no employees in the year. NIL (2024: NIL)
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**Quinton Methodist Church Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 August 2025**
## **11. Investments**
|**Cost or Valuation**
As at 1 September 2024
Additions
Other
As at 31 August 2025
**Net Book Value**
As at 31 August 2025
As at 1 September 2024
**12.** **Debtors**
**Due within one year**
Debtor
Prepayment
**13.** **Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year**
Trade creditors|**2025**
**£**
850
-
1,413
2,263
**2025**
**£**
243|**Other**
**£**
36,024
1,718
(117 )|
|---|---|---|
|||37,625|
|||37,625|
|||36,024|
|||**2024**
**£**
-
1,493
1,493|
|||**2024**
**£**
383|
## **14. Capital Commitments**
At the end of the period, the Quinton Methodist Church had capital commitments contracted for but not provided in these financial statements
## **15. Movement in Funds**
|**15.** **Movement in Funds**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**As at 1**|||||
||**September**|||**As at**|**31**|
||**2024**|**Income**|**Expenditure**|**August**|**2025**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**||
|**Unrestricted funds**||||||
|General:||||||
|General unrestricted fund|52,893|86,544|(86,081)|
53,356||
|**Restricted funds**||||||
|Repairs Fund|49,363|7,218|(10,646)|
45,935||
|Benevolence Fund|400|-|(200)||200|
|Outreach Committee|2,824|2,372|(2,501)||2,695|
|Boys' Brigade|2,975|3,706|(3,262)||3,419|
|Girls' Brigade|3,004|2,237|(2,367)||2,874|
|||||...CONTINUED||
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## **Quinton Methodist Church Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 August 2025**
|Church departments
Multi-Cultural Events
**Total restricted funds**
**Total funds**
**Unrestricted funds**
General:
General unrestricted fund
**Restricted funds**
Repairs Fund
Benevolence Fund
Outreach Committee
Boys' Brigade
Girls' Brigade
Church departments
**Total restricted funds**
**Total funds**|5,376
-|
6,163
1,000|
(7,539)
(351)|
4,000
649|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||63,942|
22,696|
(26,866)|
59,772|
||||||
||116,835|
109,240|
(112,947)|
113,128|
||**As at 1**
**September**
**2023**
**£**
49,445
74,241
500
6,326
2,176
3,302
4,762|**Income**
**£**
88,073
43,520
-
1,608
3,613
1,525
7,064|**Expenditure**
**£**
(84,625)
(68,398)
(100)
(5,110)
(2,814)
(1,823)
(6,450)|**As at 31**
**August 2024**
**£**
52,893
49,363
400
2,824
2,975
3,004
5,376
63,942
116,835|
||91,307|57,330|(84,695)||
||||||
||140,752|145,403|(169,320)||
## **16. Transactions with Trustees**
None of the trustees received any remuneration or any other benefits from an employment with the charity or a related entity during the current or previous year.
## **17. Related Party Disclosures**
Donations made to other Methodist Church organisations were as follows:
Fund for Support of Presbyters & Deacons £300 (2024 £300) Action for Children £90 (2024 £121)
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