REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBE￿. 1128613
Rewl ollhe Twslees and
Unou¢hled ffnancw Stulemerls forlhtr Ended 31 Au9Wt2023
Godohi*4 VI￿1ed Chwch
(Alethodisl (Thl Uwlled Rel￿med}

Godolmlng Unlled Church
{Melhodlsl ond 11￿ lefom*d)
Conhnls ol Ihe Flnonclal Stolements
lorthe Yeor Ended 31 Augv512023
R•wl olthe Iw51ees
Independont Exomknerfs Rewl
Slotement of Finntknl Actlvlles
Bolance Sheel
Notes lo Ihe Flnancknl Stat•wr*nls
10 to 14

Godolmlng Chwch
(Methodlsl gnd Urthd R¢knned)
R•wl allhe Tru
loi th• Y•(* Ended 31 Augvsl >)23
ObJECIIVES AND ACIMnES
SlgTh*¢anl aclfvllles
Lmffing 2022.23 n person servtes hekl on every Sthdcry. g)art frcm on occaslor& ¥there we gathered to
W¢M5hip with olt*r Chtston5 n Go(kknNng cl a (frfferenl ￿)cO￿n. Services continuecl to be stfeomed
reach o ou<kne kjcoty. ntitjorK*￿ ond even (Kr055 the Wond. Fc¥ bcol members ol the congregot￿)n
wwe unL*)ie to ¢)tlerKI (x (Kce55 5ervre5 on kne. tsar￿Ulpts of servtes weie provided.
Ihe Qui discussion goup contfLed fo meet rkY)ntW. a membershp ol INe peop￿. Th5 inf¢yrnol group
d$cu55es ssues from a fdth PEYspecfve ond covered lOp￿s such 05 Ihe volue ol lrfe oTrJ dywig vith
dvwity. foith one polits. the rTriFKkng of Chrslma5. the W requrenwnls imposed on 11)e chLxch. renectr
on %•thal il mean5 to be mode n the inoge of God. ewloring the theme 'Fcrf Gcodness Soke. (md lockkng Ihe
lopr'DofvJ Ihe be5Y.
A teom ol B Pcjstcxd Vlsilors con1n￿ lo FyovK1e c(ye lu chLKch rnertje￿ IWt Ihe ￿.
The church eonlnues lo be committed to SQfeg￿th9 $0 it5 ¢rtJ (tfvit¢s tre o sote pkjce for dl
users but e￿CIalY for chlclren oncl vutrTer(** (K￿. Sofewthg contnmj CYKI w¢yk is bei
conied out on hO￿ing tio*ryng mue locoty to enc*)le peopè lo otlend mcKe easty. The leod Safegucyrfng
Officer lor Godolmwg United Church trcired to beconE o S0feg￿th9 troner ffth ￿￿t￿e
tioining to be curled cxjt ck)ser to I￿ne. DBS dsck)sw knere oblar*d c¥ ref￿￿4 as necessov.
Ihe chjrch continLJe5 to be commitlecl lo oper(thJ me FrylroJe n it5 ￿¢￿j lunclions Ir(Klng
oct1vit￿S where posytde.
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Godalmlng Uiwled ch￿￿h
{Methodist tsnd Urthed Relom*d)
ilewt oflhe TDJslees
lor the Year Ended 31 Avgv512011
The ttV51ees sxesenl thek repcKI wlh ￿e financid 5toterrpnts of tt)e chortly loi the yeor ended 31 August 2D23.
The trustees have adopted the pto¥&ons ol Accountiig orKI Reporting by Chonfies.. Stolemenl of
RecommerKted PTOCtice tsppÈOb￿ to Ch￿1125 rxepoTrig they (rc¢yJnt5 in accotdonce with the Fimnclol
Reporting Storfcxd applicobb ￿ the UK arKI Repub[￿ of kekxl If RS 1021 leftective l January ￿}9).
OSJECTNES AND ACTMllES
Objeclfves orKI ActlvlM•5
The oim5 01 Go¢Jolming Unttred Chw¢h (Ke to=
o Piocloim Jesus Christ os the head of Ihe c1X￿ ond seek thros to serve follow Hts teachirvJs and
exomple.
o Extyess the Msble unty ol cfffjl'5 church.
o ReSp￿d to the needs of the workj lorThly by reccthing out to ow ne￿￿K)￿￿￿K>￿s and the wthi worfd wlh
the moleriol and spyltuol res0￿CeS of the gospel.
o Serve the k)col corrynunity through the vse ol our prem6es atKI Ihe l7vdve￿￿n1 of ow members in Ihe Ile ol
Ihe district.
Objective5 for the yeorwere to:
o Progress Pastoral VisitOT tranng.
o Identify aadth￿05 uses for the I￿￿11eS arKJ fieJk)lty rrfoviolecl by our bukSng5.
o Encouroge the proyer fife or the chwch.
o Increose the reoch ol the church. including the devek)prwt of tt)e ordine service y0v￿lon lo mni5t&i lo
people both in our k)col communty and beyond w6h to moke GK OnSne their home chwch.
o Develop odditional 5etvice51events lo encouroge otlenck)nce by non-members of our ch￿ch.
o Further prwes5 the cholenge to develop Dtscpkship in the Church.
o Progress Ironing ond e¢ucotK)n nitiotNes to meel the chongiro needs of sofeguur(fng children and
vulneroble cKkJltrs.
o Toke further ￿ep5 in OLX Ecochurch i)urney to us to toke betler cole ol Gods ueation.
o Continue to develop and Messy ChLKch to Fyovkye OUtr￿h to larnles both connected ond
unconnected wlh the c￿￿ch.
strotegE5 lor l)bjeclNes'.
o Adoplion of Ihe p05torol troiring CoU￿e5 rKovi(Je¢ by the Go(lotrrw)g Bopti¥l Churth. Ihe Nrylh Eosl Pa51<yol
Committee of the United Rel(xmed Chw¢h ond Ihe Methorf￿t ch￿ch.
o Mointoin and support the member5 re5pon51ble foi the odffMntslrol¥)n OFerotw)n of the income stream
from lelting5.
o ExFXX)d ond support Ihe locTI rtEs Iof Bble StLty.
o COnti￿ed odopthon of the 50feguording tro￿ing r*ogcmme by Ihe MeltK>dist Church Creoting Sofer
5poce Foundotion cncl Retresher Ido(kn*s on<J. where opprorAkJte to Ihe role. the Advonced Modvk.
o Reossess our situation ogoinsl the bte5t Eco£hvrch s￿veY and to Kjentify and implement inprovement
octK)n5.
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Godolmln9 United Chwc
Imethodlst ond Uniled Refowmed)
Report of the Trvslees
Ihe Yeor Erwjed 31 Au9USt21)23
ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE
AcNe¥ements and Perfowmonce
2022-23 hos been Ihe 'most normof yeor since Ihe Covij rx)rKJerit. all acfvthes now lully up ond
running. ollhough o nvrrthr of toctor5 Sli1 offecl the church. Ihe economy ond file in generol. Attendonce
continues to recover. os do the chvrch f￿anceS. In mony wcy5 though 1he wort ol the cNJr¢h goe5 on just ag
it hos for ¢Jecodes. rf not cenlurEs - we v4ortyNp. we study ond we lry to mc*e dtscpbs of Jesu5 Chr￿* for Ihe
tr￿St01m0110n ol the world.
The On￿ne 5erwce conlnues to lo a decfroted gtyJp from (￿oUr￿l the wortcl ond Ihere ore some wtr
hove mode GUC Onfine their'home churth.. Enhancements heve ¢ontinuecl lo the oudio ￿5Val Offering. both
lor those otlencSng in the service by Ihe instdlotron ol knige 1deV￿lon screen al Ihe tr￿1 of the chvrch.
ocjditional fle￿bir[l¥ odded 'behind the Scenes. lo a better eXper￿ce for those oltenrfing Services in
person ond 1hose otttrndng GUC Onkne. ffte5e improverrwts have been generous￿ funded in theii enliiety
by church merTt>ers and otlendees.
The Church Council hos Cont1nL￿j to rYEel regvkyty throughovl the ye(Y and lulffled its commitment5 both as
trustees for Godolming Untled Church and os managing I[￿lee$ for the TtU51ees for Methodiil Church
Pwposes 09 the church prem￿e5 ore Metl)ocfLsI Trust rKopwty.
Messy ch￿Ch continues lo be o popul(J outreoch event. meeting twce per term on a Soluiday afternoon.
Attendonce is &mp05sbi le lo ryedict. twt hos voried between 18 orKI 40 or more children. plus the￿ (J$50CiOted
corers. The sessions gNe tt)e opportunity lo wdcome famifie5. mony %tho ole othe￿ise unconnected wth ¢xJr
church. lor two hours of Bbi le b05e(J octNilEs. Ihe corrwng together ol Ihe genetation5 within the church 15
o&0 o joy.
22-23 obo proved to be o yecx of 5trerulher¥rYJ I￿ Ihe Church fwKwKes. Lettings income grew and iitere51
onlinued to be strong lor one off and iegllor l)oobngs. knc(yne fr(xn fveewl olleAngs 51oyed relatively SI0￿e
with a continued incre05e fft Ihe number of people gwng throw reguk)r stondng older5. The church wos
protected from a $K￿lf1¢Onl ￿CreO5e li energy ¢05ts due to beiig #i on e￿￿E)9 contract.
Budget setting for the lorthcorrmng ￿23-24 finoncNY ye(x wll be chalkngro. Atlhovgh ￿ttingS are 5trory c￿d
treewill gNng from the church congreg01￿ ieiYK1in5 re￿tWety st(A)le. our enerty costs wll incre05e
5ubslontioWy once OLK ¢vrtent fow yeu controct eniÈ in AU￿$1 ￿24. WO￿ on Ihe next budget wll seek lo
mit@de thot Q5 for 05 WS51ble. but oll ore05 of 5pencl ond ncome wl need to be ex0ml￿d to WO￿ towaids o
break even p05ilion on the budget. other cost Eyessures stql rer￿in (7nd regul(Y monitoring be continue to
be importont lo ensure Ihot cost5 tye controlled orKJ incorne ￿ M￿n￿e(l. lo ensure Ihat we ore not relying on
reserve5. The ovoik*TIty of Unrest￿ted reserves equNa￿nt lo st< months of unTe51ricted p0yry￿n1s gives
Iruslees ossurance that Ihe OrgOn￿OI￿)n s o goirvJ concern.
Ihe Trustees hove conlinLEd 10 ensure thot the meets the rewrement5 01 public benerrt gr¢en in the
guillance ￿SUed by Ihe Ch(wtir5 C¢)mrr4won.
Al 31 August 2023 the men*etship stood ol IX) ffEn¥)ers. o net deCre￿e 016 since scxr* timtr in 2022.
missh￿ ond Oufreoch octMtEs have provided fin¢*ciJ 5UPPOrt lor the central M￿￿n hJncls of both the
Methodist and Untled Reformed Ch￿Ches. Friday Lunch￿ fKKJ o 9￿C￿s[vI yeor ond new foces continue to
be welcomed. A wofit ot £3.690 w05 nKte dLrriryJ the Z)22.23 ye￿. on increase 01 £257 ogoinst the previous
yeor. enoblng ten k)¢ol ch(Wit￿5 lo be supported.
5upp(Kl for Ihe Gcynbio conlinueu throughout the yeor. A lotd of £2.855 wos sent n 5UPPOrt of Gamb
Fyoiecls, comprising ￿.245 for Ihe Ophthoknic ClwM¢ for colarocl opeialions (￿d £610 lor student
sponsotships.
Olher lundrOts￿g ochEvement5 dwro the yecx we the O¥i5tmos coleclK)ns fvnds beiig remitted lo
Cmstion AKJ1£2821 and ActDn for Children I￿76]. Spec￿1 oppeots dwing the year enab* us to send Ivnd5
in 5UPPOrt of ch￿I￿rn aK)peo15 for the fioodng li Poki5ton l£1.1431 c￿d Ihe Syricx) earthquake l£l.3)31.
£2,726 wos senl lo Medtine5 5an5 Front￿ lor the 3)22123 Lenten Appeol in support of ther wort in tr
Ukroine.
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Godalming Vnw Chwch
{Method151 on¢J Untted Relorrn¢d)
Report dthe Trustrees
r the Yeor Ended 31 Augu￿2￿23
It wos o highfvJhl of the yeor to be ab￿ to orKe og(Mn IKwe o cokctL)n of ck)the5. food c¥)¢J loletrie5 for the
Whilechopel fvission during June and J￿. Tho nitK)tive receves 5￿pOrt hom bolh the Cwcuit ano Ihe lown
ond the trailef wos once ogoin compktety filled. A group of chu¢¢h members otso viiited the Whitechopel
ssion to heJobovt the wort ccyried oul there.
The Ch￿Ch continLEd tf5 SUPPOrt o11he Trinity Trust Teom n 3)22-23 through don(rtK)n5 01 £12.(KQ toward5 Ihe
tKov6ion ol youlh octNilie5 ￿ by Cf¥istion youlh workets and offering positNe Tole models in school ond
community 5eMings. Dono11￿$ were 0150 mode to the Vetho(fj5t Chwch. Wod¢ ￿￿55￿>￿ Fund of £l.g)D and
Churches Together in G(thlming £9￿.
Lookng forwcrd. we look fowwd to weekty wor51Mp otlendonce continuing to grow. both in person and
online (nd Ihe gowlh of rn￿￿)n work. Thwe ore chalenge5 thead with Ihe need foi missK)n work in our
corrmunify and beyond cyguobty beng the geotesl Ihot it t￿en for rwiy Ye￿5. and w(xk s contiiuing
on new ministries to help those suftemg wth Ihe cost ol fNng.
FINANCIAL REVIFII
Flnoncial Revlew l Examhied Accow
Ihe occounts of Ihe C￿reh and MEyon UKI (XNtreach ￿ve been exomined and hove been r*epc*ed in
accordance wlh the Chotthes Acl 2011 ond opplicoNe Accounting Ston(kJrds in the United Kngdom
inclucfing the FinancKI Reporting lof Smoler EntitE5 IFRSSEI leffective l Janu(yy 20151. urider the historic c05t
convention ond the Slatement of ReCOmryend￿ Practice 'AccrxJnlw)g onQ Repotling by chori1￿5. (Revised
20151.
hcome to the Generd Funds lor the ye(Y omounted to £124.069 12021122 £116.8821. ond ncreo5e of 6%
compcxed to Ihe prevK)u5 yeor. Expen<filure from Ihe Generol FLHid5 was £124.481 I?￿21122 £114.9931, on
incre(J5e of 8% compued lo the prevK)us yeor. The FMVYKry ￿)￿te ol ncome ￿ donotions. Offeri￿ and
tting of church ￿eMse5. Further merY*ws moved lo gwing by 5ton(fing order LILring the yeor. gNing nK)re
certainty on incon￿. (x)d lettings ncome orKI nlerest from new hrers of the piemises iemoin5 Strong.
come into the resfricte¢J (Md deswled fun(ts KTr ￿/23 Com￿e4 £26.845 12021122 £13.5311. ol which
£15.723 rekjted lo MissK)n ond C*Jtreoch and £1 1.113 frcyn (JonalKmS towoids the cosl of oudK) VISLKI
inprovements. Restricted funds of £12.7X> (￿ designotecl l￿d5 01 £2.985 both ret*tion to hi59K)n cmd
Outreoch I￿7/22 £7.147 restrtted £2.2(KJ desonotedl were dslributed during the yeoi. ond o further
£17,46412021122 £14.8951 by grant5 arKI dorKJlw)r￿ frcm ￿￿es￿led ChLKch furLts.
The monaging trustees consider Ihat a boknnce on uNestr£ted funds equN(knl ol up to months of
unlestr￿le￿ payments Icirca £58.(KL)I lo be adequule lo covw fluctuolions in ncome ord expenditute.
part￿vIC￿￿ unexpected 5hortfd15 on letlings income. unles1￿le￿ tree reswve5 of £63.322 ot 3151 August 2023
ond if nece551xy designoled reserves which ole £38.949 COLthY be tjtknj. TrNS level ol resefve5 B ¢onsKlered to
be c¥)propriote bosed on current and p￿r￿ed activthes.
A bothce of £37.XK) li the Fabric Reserye. thje lo cwJe ol the bJilrfng5. it is lelk to be ￿ent to
hove o Fobric Reserve lo cover vnfoTeseen 5ituohons requirng urgenl otlÈntK)n beyond the Chuich'5 obli ity to
roise fund5 in o portruior yeor. Tre bolonce of reslricled tund5 include5 fund5 le￿ling to m￿s1on (￿d
Outreoch be dstribvted in the eutrenl yeu. Fund5 bak3nces ore hetl wth the Central Fi)ance Board of
the Methodist Church.
SIRUCIIIRE. GOVERNANCE AND mANAG￿EN1
Goveinlng docum￿*
The ¢hority s controlleo by goveming document, o (Jeed ol trust oThJ conslitute5 an unincorporoted chority.
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GI￿gImIng Unlted Chwch
Imelhodlst and Urthed Relom)ed)
Report of Ihe Tntslees
low the Yèar Ended 31 Augu512023
Godolming Unite(J Chwch was formed of Ihe Methocfst ond Lhite¢ Ref￿ed coryreg)tions ol GoC￿m￿g
o covenan1 to become one congregotion was soned on 2 Jonucry 1977 ond in o Shoring Agreemenl
signed on 24 September 1978 by whth the methodi￿ ￿emiSeS to be used for the purposes of the united
church.
Godolming Unite(J Church operole5 os o Locd P(¥tner5hip 5tx)n50red by Churche5 Togelher in
Surrey under o Constitut￿n doted 8 June 2011. Ths ConstilutK)n meets the requireThEnts ol Churches loggther
in Englond lor Sinye Congregotion Locd ECum￿lCcJ Polnerships ISCLEPSI.
a locd church of the Method￿1 Church n Gretrt ￿[11￿ arKI of Ihe United Reformed Church in the United
Kingdom. It i5 incorporoted in the Wey Voiky C¥cutl 36106 of the S¢yJth E051 DIStr￿t. In the United
Reformed Church it Li inc(Yporute¢ in Wessex SyrK)cl. 9DI 2.
December ZX)6 Godolrthg United ch￿Ctt entered into o further loccA ecun*nool wrtnership by ￿gnIng
the Forncombe Godothing Gtoup mn￿try covenonl. Thts brought together Godalming United Church
wth three Church of EnglorKJ chuTche5 in the P￿he3 of Godothing £￿¢j For￿0mbe.. St John the Bopt15t.
Fotncombe.. St MaFk. GodJming ano S5 Peter oncl Poul. Go¢JolrrMng.
Recwlmenland oppolnlmentof newlwslees
The Trvstees ore ele¢te¢Y onnuolw ot the Annuol CongiegotiorKJ l¢eeting ￿ the Avtvmn of eoch yeor. TtV5tee5
ore drawn from the membership of Godatrnng United Church. The e￿IK)n ￿ for a fem of Ihree yeors.
Organlsollonal slruclwe
Within the structure ol the ConslitulK)n. the church s governed by tls congregah.onol Meelngs ond Church
Council wlh the a&S￿l0nCe ol Ihe Stewords arKI tt)e other cornmillee5: Po51orol w￿110[5. Piopetty.
ion orKI OutTeoch, Fnance. Event5 and Youth F¢yum. The Church COU￿17 ond Conge901ionol Meeting
Y)ve overyight of these Co[￿nI¥lee5 0nc1 the C￿h Courcil ts the morK)wJ tru51ee body.
Induclion and Imining of newlnpslees
TtU5tees ore regisleied membe[5 of Godobmg Ihwle(I Church cmd hove vyJalW served. or (xe servng. on one
or more of the Commitlees. Induction ond Ironing is pincpolty Ihrough fomliorfjotion with the K￿nuteS ol the
Comrrittees ond ottenctnce ot the rnonth￿ Chwch Council meetings. On first oppontmenl ond eoch
serV￿}g yeor theieofter each Trustee sign% o DecloTotion of EfgTI >lrty fom CSD-1382. 0 Trustee Regi%trolK)n Fom
ond the Offr8hokJer Deckyathon SofegutY(fYu F(Hm C by fhe Wefhorfsl Church.
Rl$ks to Ihe Ch¢
The principol risks to me conhrnjing operolion of the cYTrority ale l￿￿leTS1o0d to be n Tr￿intaining the buildng5
n o sound slote. meeling chthging ￿g￿krtrYe ieouiements for he(th orKI 50Fety. 5ofeguordng ond Ihe need
f(x on income from18t1￿g$ n oddIt￿n to the reguky giviw ond offwlfyy co1￿Clon$ from the congregotion.
These hove teen mthgoled by Ihe eMslence ol on ¢￿nUal yogomff* ol mnor wO￿ts IDr volunteer wcrk
porties and cx) cthquole ftood defence system n tetrrts of the pro￿ty. a(k)ption of o cutrenl Hedth ond
Solefy Execvlive recommended Hgollh Sofety pofw. reguknr updoling of OUT regster ol DBS Dsclosuies
und tr(yning requirements for 5ofeguorrfing_ Lettings ncome s oclminslered by o Lettings Coordinotor ond Ihe
offertory Co1￿Ctior￿ ore othnkstered by the Gift AKJ ond Envelopes Sec¥etory. both ol whom cxe members ol
1he Finance Commitlee.
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTrAIIVE DETAILS
Reg￿tered Churlty numb•r
1128613
Prfnclp]l addre55
ge Rood
Godalming
Surrey
GU7 30U
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Godulmlng Uthd Chwch
IMeth¢Kllst and UnRed Relrymed)
Report ol Ihtr Truslees
lor Ihe Ye(T Ended 31 Avgusl 2023
Trustees
Rev'd A Pwne- Chalr
S Keley- Church Secretory IRes@ned l Oclober
)221
L Sleele- cP￿rch Secretcxy (Appthnled 19 Octd)er
20221
J Rovling- Treas￿er
A Steele- Senior Slewoid
E Mocdonokl- Ptstoiol Assist￿1
R Au9JsI
A 6rtscoe (Resigned 24 Septenknr XJ231
F Grove5 IApr>ow)ted 24 September 20231
M HoifKJcry (Apponted 24 Septefnber 20231
J MCAleer
K IReygnÈd 25 Ser)terrtsr 2022
P Polor¢ (Appointed 25 Seplember 20221
K IAppointed 24 Seplember 20231
N Wilks (Resi￿ed 24 September 20231
2F.16.12Q.2L¥
Approved by <xder ol the boord o11rustees c￿... .....
. 5uned on it5 befdf by.
,J £cLJL
rrustee
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Independerbl Examlnerfs Rewltothe 7wslew ol
Godalmlng Unlled Chwch
(Mell￿d￿l and Vnbed l•*xnxd)
Indep•nd•rt •xoftknerfs repr*tlo thelnthe5 Uraed Chw¢h (Melho(W and Refom*dl
I report lo Ihe ch￿ty I"us"ees on my excrAiotK)n of tre rKccLnl5 ol Godo*ning Lnile¢ Church IMelhocSst
iknited Refcymedl Ithe Trustl fu the yecy 31 Awt X123.
l•spomWll•s and both olf•Wt
As Ihe chcffjty fruslees of Ihe Ttusl you (Je ie5POFth Ihe ryep¢70ltyJn ol the occounts in occorcknce with
Ihe rewrements ol tt￿ Ch￿tIeS A¢1 ￿7 I I'the Acri.
I reF4yI kn rwt ol rrry exa￿￿j1￿￿ of Ihe Trl￿r$ OCCOLmts cc￿￿1 out under Se¢lion 145 01 Ihe Acl onct
oul my eXcrrrn1￿ I hove Iclk)wed al D￿cl￿$ ghfen by the CfKxily C(xnmission under
Sectk)n 1451Sllbl of the Act.
I have corTOelea my exomnatK)n. I confim thol no ft￿er￿ matt￿5 have corn to my oMenlK•n
cor¥)6eth)n ￿ Ihe excyrrnlion me c(AJse to beleve thot wi Th)le￿y respecl..
OCCOLnt*ig fecords were nol kept in respect of ttrr Vrv5105requved by SectKyi IXJ of the Actr or
Ihe accounts do nol occora with those rec(Kd5'. or
The ¢xcwnts Ik) not comply wlh the oppfjcol)le rew¥en￿lS cC￿e1r￿g lom cnj content ol
tsccounls sel out in the CPuties IAcc%xJnts ond Reputsl R￿k)I￿nS X£* olher tt)(n ony requrement
Ihat Ihe accounts give o true orKI f(y wew o ffK)tter consKkned 0$ F)Ort of ￿ rthpendent
ex0mno1￿n.
I hove no concerns ond hove corTE acr055 ro ots cO￿￿n ￿lIh the eXCynin￿n to which
Ollention 5hoLAd be <Jr(M tht5 rep￿1 rj lo erKbk o ￿0Per LnderstOEN*YJ ol the accthjnts lo be
reached.
Arthw5kltrrt ACA
2nd luly 2024
P¢)Je 7

Godalmlng Untted Church
Imethodtst ond Uthd Relom*d)
Sl¢rtemtrrtof FI￿nck￿
for Ihe Yeor Ended 31 Awjvsl 2023
31A23
31.822
Totol
funds
Lknrestricled
fun(Js
Restricted
fuThYs
Note5
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROAI
Donolions ond legocie5
91,690
114.ns
99,104
Chorlloble aclfvllles
Lelli
32,900
32.966
30,493
other income
3.163
3.163
816
Tolol
127.819
23.095
150.914
130.413
EXPENDilliRE ON
Choriluble acfMlSes
Gront5
Circuit A5ses5ment
Church prerrises
Office costs
GOve￿anCe co
Depreciatk
20.449
73.Y2i
23,754
2.458
12,7SO
33.199
73,321
23,754
2,458
2,886
31,149
24.242
69.410
23.268
3.187
2.7￿>
8.(￿4
31.149
Tolol
154.017
12,750
166.767
IS).891
NEI 5NCOME/IEXPENDIIURE)
Tronsfw5 behween lunds
{26.I98)
11.913
iOJ45
(11.913)
[15￿3>
120.4781
Net movement In fund5
{14285)
(1.568)
(15M531
120,4781
RECONCIiIAIION OF FUNDS
Tolol funds broLJght fcwwud
2a46ml
Z34?250
2.369.728
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
2.332Y6
851
1333.397
2.349.2&)
The note5 form pt*l of1hese finoncky slolements
Poge 8

Godalmlry Uniled C1￿￿ch
Imethtsdlst Unitred Relown*d)
Bolortce Sheet
31 August 2023
31.823
Tolul
fvnds
31.8.22
Totol
funds
UnreSt[￿le0
furK15
Restricled
tund
Note5
HXED ASSEts
TangL￿e ¢Jssets
2241.151
2241,151
2,259.838
CURRENT ASSEIS
Debtors
C05h at bank
25A48
71.*$45
23.159
70.060
851
90.142
851
96.993
93.219
CREDIIORS
Amounts foifng due one yec
(4.747)
14,747)
13.8071
NEI CURRENT ASSETS
91J95
92246
89.412
TOTAL ASSEtS LESS CVRRENT L￿￿LmEs
851
1333.
2.349.250
NEfAssETS
2.332546
851
2.335.3V7
2.349,250
FUNDS
Unrestricted fund5
Restricted funds
1332,546
851
2.346.831
2419
IOIAI FUNDS
2.333.397
2,349.250
The fi
lol 5tatement5 were opproved by Ihe Bo(rd ol li￿1$￿5 Qnd oulhornee for ssue on
zrlG'.ILQ24........
orKI were sNJned on its behom by.
J RCLJ
Trustee
The r￿leS form port ol these stot8rnent5
Page 9

Godaknkng Urlled Chwch
{Melhodlsl ond ilnlled Relwmedl
Notes lo the HnobKld 51alements
forlh• Y•or Ended 31 Auwst2023
ACCOUNIING P<XICIES
Bosls of piepothg the JlulemertS
The finonciol stcrtemenls ol the chority. benefft entity under FRS 102. have been
piepored n occordonce wtlh the Chcjites SORP (P￿ 1021 'Accovnling ond Rep¢yling by Chorities=
Stotement of Recommended Proclice op￿ce￿Ie lo chcritie5 preporing theff accounts n accoidonce
wlh Ihe Fiianciol Reporling Stanthrd appr￿able ¥) the UK oncl Repubfjc of kdond IFRS 1021 leflectNe
l January ￿19),. Finonciol Rep¢ylng Ston(knrd ID2 'The Financiol ReK)OrtirKJ Slondord applicable in Ihe
UK ond Republc ol kelond ond the CtKwiles Act 2011. The finoncial 51atement5 been Fxeptxed
underthe hisloricol cost ctr)vention.
Income
All ￿coMe E fecognsed n the Stoterrent of Fin0r￿1¢y A¢fvthes once the chority hos entit￿ment lo Ihe
fvnd5. it 15 pioboble that the income be receNed and Ihe ￿noUn1 con be me051Jred refiobw.
ExpendTrwe
L￿bIlitieS ore reCOgn￿e￿ os eypen(filLKe 05 soon os ttbete i% o legal or construclive oblgotion
commitling the chority lo thot expencknJie. it i4 probob* that o tron5fer of economic benefrts wll be
re(wired in setllement ond the omoml ol the obfuotK)n C￿ be meosured relubly. Expenditure is
accovnled for on on occruoL5 ba515 h05 been ck)ssified Lnder heC￿n9$ thol oggregote all c05t
rebled lo the cotegory. Where c0515 conrKJt be (threctly Ot1r￿)U1ed to porttuky hec%ling5 they hove
been ollocoled to act￿11£S on o bctss con95tent wth Ihe use of resow¢e5.
Tangl￿e Itxed 055ets
Depreciation ￿ provided at the foknMng or¥wd rotes in order lo vrrite ON eoch 0￿et over ils eslinoted
useful life.
Fteehold property
FNtures ond littng5
- l% ort cosl
. 33% on c05tund 25% on cost
The treeho￿ lorKY and bulcthngs hove been nclJded n the bolonce sheet wth effect from 151
September ot volves vsed for insurance purpow. Olher ossets cwe deemed lo be fLI
ekyecioteo oncl no valLE h05 been inckKkd for twe o%sets.
A55e15 costing l&$ Ihon £l.CW (xe mt itlLKkd 05 f&ed assets. but (Ye ￿tten off in the ye(x.
Taxamon
The choity s exempt trom tox on its chc￿tab￿ aclNilie5.
Fund a¢countk
Uryeslricted funds can be used in ¢KCor{ty￿e ￿ th8 choritot* obKtives ot the di%cretK)n ol the
truste05.
Restricted can orty i)e vsed for part(uiY re5tricled Fx#poses wiltwn the Obj￿15 ol the charity.
Restriction5 arise when specifEd by Ihe then funds are iai5ed for p(Y1￿￿￿r reslricled
p￿Ose5.
Further expknnation ol Ihe nottffe ond wrp05e of ecrh frJThY 15 included in the noles to the financ
stotements.
Organ150lions
Ihe occounls inclu¢Je the ￿$V￿5 of tt)e cMJrd) ondi I s mssion lunds. SorrE srnol￿r groups, inc(xne ond
expencitwe. ond ￿lanCeS hove not been con50fKknled i)to the res￿11 os the omounls ore smoll and
the Council consider thot ffte value obtoned by the OU￿￿hed by the arrK)unt of work
required
GolrwJ Concern
The occounts hove been prepcxed on the wng corKefft b(Jss. The Irvstees hove corrpd ovl o ieview
of l(Yecast5 and budgets ond beleve Ihere cxe su￿￿len1 resoLKces to continue for the fore5eeatJe
lulure. ¥*thich ￿ Qefine(J 05 ￿e Ye£￿ from Ihe dote of sigrwng Ihese ￿coUn1s.
Pcjge 10
continued...

Godalmkng UrlFed Chwch
(Alethodlsl and UnSted Ref0m￿)
Noles lo Ihe Finunciol Slthments. conllnued
forlhe Ye(x Ended 31 Augvst2023
TrUSIEes' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS
No council member5 rec&ved remunerolK)n cw expenses. DontslK)n5 from tru5tee5 ckning the year ￿￿e
£13.70512022.- £10.4711.
Trujtees. expemes
There were no Iwu51ee5' ex4>en5e5 pryd Ihe ye(y ended 31 August Z123 rK)r for the yeor ended
31 Augu512022.
COMPARAnvES FOR ThE STATEME￿ OF FINANCW ACTivmES
Ur*estricted
lund5
Re51ricted
nd
Totol
funds
INCOME AND ENDOWMEPIIS FROM
Donotions ond legocies
89.￿1
10.(Y17
99,104
Ch¢thbl* actMlle5
Lettings
X),493
30.493
other incory
815
816
Total
I￿.315
10,098
130.413
EXPENDITURE ON
Choiilable aclfvllles
Giants
Circuit A5ses5menl
ChLYch prèmises
Off￿e costs
Governance cost
Depreciotk)n
17.(r45
69.410
23.268
3.187
2.750
7,147
24.242
69.410
23.268
3.187
2.7X)
28.034
Tolol
143.744
7.147
150.891
NET INCoMEI(EXPEND￿uRE)
Transler5 bÈtwÈen fvnds
123.4291
2.957
120.4781
Net movement In fvnds
121.9291
1.451
120,4781
RECONCIIIAIION OF FUNDS
Totol funds broughl forward
2368.7t
2.369.728
IOTAL FUNDS CAIIIIIED FORWARD
2.346.831
1419
2.349.250
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Godolmln9 Urllled Chlvch
Imethothst and Unlled Rel￿med>
Notes to Ihe Fknonclul Slolements. cordkxbed
for Y•ar Ended 31 Augu512023
TANGIJiE FIXED ASSEIS
Frxtures
oThJ
rittings
Fteehold
property
Tolals
co
At I September 2022
Addthons
2.655.091
1é60.319
12.442
12.442
At 31 Avgu512023
2.655.091
17.690
14n,781
DEPRECIATION
At I Septembef
Chorge for yetsr
398.26S
26.551
2,216
4.598
4￿.487
31.149
Al 31 August 2023
424.816
6A14
431.6X)
NET BOOK VALUE
Al 31 August 2023
2231275
10,876
2,241.151
At 31 Auwst 2)22
2.256.826
3.012
2.259.&38
DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE wmiiN ONE YEAR
31.8.23
31.8.72
Income tox recoverable
Ptepoyments and occrued income
6.613
18.735
5.807
17.352
23.159
CRED￿OR5. AAIOUNTS FALIING DUE WThIN ONE YEAR
31.823
31.8.22
other credtor5
4,747
3.807
MOVEMENI IN FUNOS
Net
rrK)vem8nt
li fund5
Ironslers
belween
fund5
At
31.8.23
At 1.922
Uryeslittedfvnds
General fun(J
DesvJnote
512n
1295.559
(412)
{25,786)
12.462
1549)
03.322
2,269.224
46.831
(26.198)
11.913
2.332￿0
Reslrkted funds
Reslricled Fund
2.419
iOa45
{11.913}
851
TOTAL FUNDS
2.349250
(15.853)
2.333.397
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Godoknlry Unlled Chwch
(Melhodlsl and Urfled Refom*d)
Notes to the HnorKlol Slalemert5 . conlThJed
ltylhe Yery Ended 31 Avgusl 2￿3
MOVEMENT IN FUNDS- COb)tknu•d
Net movement in fund5. inckJ(Jecl ¢J)ove cye os foknvs..
Orn￿g
res¢>Jces
R￿0￿CeS
expenckd
MovenEnt
in ￿ndS
Urneslrfcted lunds
Generol fund
De5unatred
124N9
3.750
{124.4811
129.S361
(412)
{25.786)
127.819
{I54.017)
(26,198)
Reslricted fvnth
R￿triCted Funcl
23,09S
(12.750)
iOA45
TOTAL FUNDS
150.914
(166,767)
115,B531
Compuallves lor m0ven￿l+kn fvnth
Net
nK>ven7ent
n funds
Tro)sfe
belween
furKts
At
31.8.22
At 1.9.21
Generol lun
Desi￿ated
52.883
2315.8n
13.SK)I
51.272
2,295.559
125.3181
2368.7e
123.4Tr1
I346.￿7
Reslrkled lunds
Restricted Fund
2951
2,419
TOTAL FUNDS
2.369.728
120.4781
2.349.250
Compcyotive nel movement n funds. indLthd ￿ Ihe obove ¢ye ¢J folk)w5'.
comng
reswce5
Resources
expended
Movement
funds
Umestrfcled Ivndi
Generol fund
Designated
116.882
3.433
1114.9931
128.7SI I
1.889
125.3181
120.315
1143,7441
123,4291
Resfrkled Ivnds
Restricted FLnd
10.(FP8
17.1471
2.951
TOTAL FUNDS
T￿).4]3
I1￿.891}
120.4781
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contiwed...

Godolmlng ilr4ted Chwch
Imelhodisl Urfled Rdom)edl
Note5 lo the Flnanclal Slalemen15. c•nlJrwed
fowlhe Ye¢v EThJed 31 Avgvrt 2023
REiATED PARTY DISCLOSLIRES
The wfe tsl R￿hold August ts o Trustee Tmity TIu51 benefftled from o gonl totolling £12.m) in
the year1￿22.- £12.(ml. Trinty Tru51. a regi5teied chority. deffvers Chrislion led octNities (x)d
posttrive rije rnoddling for young pec4)è n the Godalrrmng Ixea through church. school cnd
coffmunity based progcYr￿rEk
DESIGNATED FUNDS
hclLded n uryeslricted Ivnd5 (Te Ihe desYJrM)tecl furth"
6obrKe
I1091￿22
Bolonce
3110812023
Income ExperK%tUTe
Tronsfers
ssion Fund
Fabric Reserve
Property
1.2
37.SK)
2.256.826
3.751
12.9851
15491
1.4
37.5
2.230.274
126.5511
2.295.559
3.751
129.5361
15491
2.269.224
The fvti55ion Fund fundroses for chuitTe5 operatng oulsth the ctNJrch. The tronsfer to unrestricted is
fundroi5ing ￿COme rotsed lor the church.
10.
RESTRICTED FUNDS
Included n uNestricted hJnds ¢ye Ihe lolk)vm9 ￿e5￿￿rK]led funds..
Boknnce
I1￿/%}22
8olonce
3110812023
come ￿en￿rture
TTan5fers
ssion Fund
Audio Visual
Improvements
919
11,982
112.7S)I
549
700
112.4621
2.419
YJ,095
112.7S)I
851
The th55ion Fund fundra￿e$ for charities opeT¢Jlng IxrtSKle the churth. ffte tr￿￿er from unrestricted i
fundroi5ing income 5pecrficolly rotsed lor Ihe cfbJrch_
The Irts)sfer from tre Au¢JKTr kntyovements reSI￿ted furKJ rwesents Ihe restricled fvnd
contribulion to the QUd￿ vwcA ￿e￿ osset ¢xldrfk)n5 in the ye(x.
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