REGISIE*ED CHARifY MUMBEI. 1128613
ol theTwsltes and
Unavdtted Hnoncknl Slotemenlsforlhe Year Ended 31 AugUSt2tr24
Godththg Ilnlled Chwch

Godolming Uniled Chvreh
Imethodlst and Unled Rel￿dI
Ctsntert5 of the finorKlal Slolements
forthe Yeor ￿ded 31 Avgvst 2024
Page
ReportoftheTntslee5
Independent Exomk*s Rewt
Slalement ol Hnandd Acffvlll•s
Bglgnce Sheet
Nohsto the Hnon¢lol Slolem
9 to 13

G¢xlalmln9 Urdted Church
(Methothst and Unlled R•lfxm¢d)
eport ol the Tnjslees
f¢r Ihe Y¢or Ended 31 Augustl)24
The trvstees present tsir rep￿t vthh the finoncwj statery￿￿15 of the for the yeot ended 31 August 2024.
The tFUStees have odopted the wovNons ol Accounlro Re￿rt￿g by charit￿S.. Statement ol
Recommended Pract￿? appricab￿ to chori1￿5 txeparKw theit accounts in occordance the Finoncid
Reporting Slondoré appk0b￿ in tre UK ond Republc of IFRS 1021 leffeclNe l Jonuw 3)191.
ObJEaJVES AND AcllvmES
Obi•clfv•s ond AclFvilies
The oim5 of Godolming UINted Clwrch ue to..
o Proclow Jesus ct￿￿1 05 the heod ol the cMYch ood seek lo serve ¢JrKI f￿ Hs teochings cnd
example.
o Express Ihe vNtAe unrty ol CINisfs church.
o Respond lo the needs of the workl lomily by re0cl￿g IXA to ou rwhbovrtKKds ¢Jnd Ihe wider worfd wth
the materid and sp￿tual resowces ol the 90spd.
0 Serve ts locol ¢ornmtJrwty the use ol OLK ond the bivolvemenf ol rnern￿ in the life ol
the district.
Objectwes for the yeorwere to..
o Identify addtlK)nal uses user5 I￿the lacthlie5 ond I￿￿bItY ￿￿0v￿￿ed by buiklirys.
o Encourage the proyer life of the church.
o Increose the reoch of the church. inch*tro the develowent of the cAine Se￿ ryovoion k) r￿rn￿ter to
peop￿ LKTrlh ￿ our locol community ond teyond who wsh to moke GUC on￿The they home church.
o Devdop oddilFonol ser4teslevents to enC￿rOge olsendonce by nOTrmeMbe￿ of OUF ch￿ch.
o Further kyogress the choI￿nge to devdop Di5cir)leship Ihe Church.
o Progress Irair¥ng and educoh.on wwtKJlives lo meet the charKirvJ needs of safegutydwy children und
vulneroble adulls.
o Expond arKI wppcxl the focilhe5 1(¥ Bibk Study.
o Estobftshmenl ol a youth group lor secorKJcry oncl cowe oge students.
o Continue to devek)p ond grow Messy Chwch to FxovKle outreoch to famibes bolh connected ond
unconnectred wlh ts chLfCh.
5tiotegie5 for O¥eclives=
o Maintain ond SUPFXKI Ihe membeTr reS￿*￿￿e Icw Ihe odrronistrolion and operolK)n ol the Ncome stream
from ￿tting5.
o Continued adoplhjn ol the SolegU￿￿1rg Iroinfftg Pfogroffme by Ihe me1hTh￿5f Church - Creoting 5ofer
5poce Foundation und Refresher Module5 ond. whwe op￿O￿ale to rde, the Advonced Module.
o khedvong of themed bitAe study C(￿r$e5 and adoptolK)n of ch0￿e1 RcK)m crea to prowde o suitab
equipped space.
o W(*k in portner5hip Ihe Trinrly Twsl Team to wtobfish a youth sfoup proVi￿n on Godolming Uriled
Church premtses.
SIgn￿¢0￿t
During 202&24 in pe￿on 5wices were FEld on every Sundoy. OFKFt from on ￿C0s1On5 where we gathered to
WTh5hip with other Chistion5 in GOd￿rr￿ at o drfferenl loc01￿. Services C￿tinUed to be 5treomed ond
reoch o wide ciurfiencÈ k)coty. nO￿r￿￿ty end even ocross the wcAld. F(y members of the congregolion
who were unat￿e to ottend or access 5etvices on kne. trixwripts ol seNces were ryovided.
A tearn 018 Pos1(Kol Wsilcrf5 conlinue5 to provkje care lor cl¥Jrch memben tr*wghout the yeor.
The Church ccnlinues lo be commrlled lo Sofegwxdng so its preri￿ ond octMlie5 ore o sofe Joce lor dl
users bul especialy lor C￿￿ren ond ￿nerOl)re odulls. The Leod SategLordng Offter fcy Godolming United
Church h05 become o bosic Saleguording Trouier ond ha5 held an pi Pe￿On c￿rSe al the church os wdl 05
an O￿lne covr5e during the year. and ks abovl lo troin as on Advanced Safeguard￿g Irlyner. DBS d￿Clo$l￿e5
were oblained (* fenewed 05 necessary.
The church continue5 lo be commitled lo operolwo the Foytrode ￿)S(PhY in [15 socKJI frJnction5 ond trading
acl•vit*s where p055ible.
Poge I

Godulmlng Unlled Church
IMeth¢)dT5k and United Refoffl￿d)
Reportof the Trusle¢s
for the Yeor Endod 31 August 2024
ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE
Achlevements ond Performance
The Chtjrch Council hos conhmed to meet regLAcyty tr*O￿lut the Ye￿ fLAfiled its commilmenls bolh 0$
h￿Stee5 lor Godolming United Church and 05 monaging Irvstees for the Trustees lor MellTh)disl Church
Pwpose5 as the Ch￿Ch r￿eM￿S ore Methodisl Tnjst yopkn.
The online service continues to ftyntster to a ded￿01ed gr￿Jp from around the w(xld ond mere arè some
hove mo¢Je GUC Onfine Ihew'home church.. Enhoncement5 hove contiNed to Ihe aud￿ visuol oNerirg. both
for those ottending in Ihe Ihe instckniK)n of sècond lorge telewsion screen ot Ihe front of the
hurch. ond continuing improvements behind the Scenes. to rxovide o bellw experience lor those olten¢ing
seThice5 in person ond those attending GUC Ontne. These irryxovements continue to be generous￿ lunded bi
thew entrety by Cr￿Ch MeML￿5 ond ottendees.
ApFKox1mote￿ once every Mont￿ on o Ihfftdoy oftemoon the mini51gF ¢onducts o Service ol
Corkwnunion at chvrch. primc￿￿ foT those are not ab￿ to otterKI m(yning worship. The rnini5ter also offers
home CornmunKffi then reqvffed.
Me55y Church con￿￿eS to be a FX)mJkr ￿treach event. meeting hMce per lerm on o Sabjrday attemoon.
The sessK)ns give the opp<xtrunity lo wekome larvOe5. many ol Wh￿ ￿e otherww unconn8cled wth our
church. for two hours ol Bib￿ Ihemed ocliwlie5. The corrwo logetw ol the 9enerotions withtn the church is
a￿0 o py. 11 h05 be8n decided in the int￿ests 01 solety ond pbnning to cop oltwthnce lo N) r)er 5es%on.
A new youlh group lor schoovcollege lor oged students coled Snock<hoY w05 e5tubf￿hed during the yeor.
11 15 0 smdl group d￿gned l0105ter foith ond h.le based thcus90rs over fo¢xl. kd by the Trinity Trusl Team.
The Qvi dIscussM￿ goup contirNJed lo meel ¢urirg the ye(r with otlendance ol up 10 six peop￿ lo talk aboul
ow fives ond worfd wlhin Ihe contexl of fO￿lh. Toprs inc￿de￿ the sihjotion in lyoel £snd Gaio.. the importance
ol our word5'. ftJvoLrrite or chosen ￿r05.. n￿Sed OpP￿vnII1es.' the tsyJger picture: ond the HO￿ Ssirit.
2tr2>24 dso proved lo be o Wid ye(x lor the Church fincx)ces. Lettiros income remained steacty and nl8r8sl
conliThJed lo be Strong lor one oll and regLd(w tKX)ktngs. Income trom free￿ oNerings tstso st(iyed rel01t￿e
Stable with a continued I￿rease in the number ol Peop￿ gvng It￿g￿ iewlor stondiThJ ￿ders. Ihe church
W05 PTOtected trom a 5igniffcont weose in eneigy costs thje to in an eyistirg conltacl wtrmch erKled at
the end ol the financul yeor.
As expected. bLKJget selling fcf the fcxlhcomwig 202425 knncirA yeor was chalenging. Although lettirvJs are
strong ond freewB giving from the church coryJegotion remains reknlively sloble. o sigryffcont Increase in
energy costs hod to be incorporated in the l￿dget dve to the wevKXJ5 fow yeoT controct ending in Augusl
3)24. The budget wa5 buiif up fvom o zero b05e 50 thot ol item5 were given CQnSKYerotion os to their inclusion
ond level. fruslees agreed to sel a def￿11 budget lot pre5enlot￿ lo Church Meeting. and the challenge set
to oddress deficil. Trvstees (ye very owore thot wct< need5 10 ￿ ongoin9 gNen the pattern with
memtefshp number5 the proffie ol ￿gu￿r across the current membership.
A quinquewmal nspeclion of b￿r￿S was undertaken in Ihe year N*tiich has given us o
loojs for rjanning of rnointemnce WOTks dwng the l(xlhcoming financid year. OttEI cost piessures still
remoin and regular rnonitroll￿ wl conlinve to be importtsnt to ensure that C05t5 (Te controled ond inct)me is
ma￿MISed. to thot we are not re￿"n9 on I￿rveS. The avoknty.lrty of vrYe5thtled reserves equivdenl to
Six months ol unrestricled pw)ents gves Iwslees osslxonce I1￿1 Ihe ugar4sotion i5 0 9(%ThJ C￿¢&M.
The tAJslees hove colllinued to en&Ke thol the CtKffch meets the rew1￿Men1$ ol pubbc benefit given in the
guidance ￿Ved by Ihe Chorilies Corruwiw.
At 31 Augus13Y24 the membership 5t(KKI ot 116 n￿rnb￿s. 0 rel decreose of 4 gnce the scwne time n 2023.
Mission and Outreoch oclpitlEes hove prowded finonciol svpwl lor the centrd M￿51￿n hJn¢s of both the
MethodL51 and UNked Ref(ymed Chwches. Fridov Lunches hod o successfvl yecy ond new loces Continue lo
be wdcomed. A profil of £3.955 was mode during the 2023-24 yecx. an Iicreose of ￿65 ogoinst the previous
yeor. enoWirvJ seven ktol charFthes to be gJpported pkJ5 the School Flolday Lvnches scheme which
GodalmiTVJ Untled Chjrch opet(rtes al St ￿(￿5 n Godokniro.
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Godolrning Ufilled Church
(Methodtsl and Unlled Rel￿ned>
R•port ol Ihe Trusle•s
for Ihe Ye<Y Ended 31 Augusl 2024
Support Icx The Gam￿0 conlinued I￿r￿jghout the yeor. A lolol 01 £2.421 wos sent in SUPFth of Gornbio
ojects. COMpr￿1ng £Tr.670 lor Ihe Ophthc2knic CSnic lor cal￿act opero*K)rs and £751 for student
spon50r5hip5.
Olher lundrowng ochevement5 dvring Ihe yecx were Ihe Cmstmos coleclions funds iEing remitled lo
Cthslion Aid1£2951 and Action for ChlldrÈn1£5481. A speciol oppeol during the yeLr enobled us to send funds
in supp¢yt of the P￿ti*h Red Cross f￿k?￿g e(wthquoke in MCX¢C¢O I£I.(X)51. £3.681 wos roiled by Ihe
2tr23124 Lenten AFval lo ￿pp(￿l Ihe constnrtN)n ol a roof on o new chLffctt ot Inwk) tii Ugondo.
I w05 0 highl'ght ol the yecr to be ctle to once agon have o c￿eCtiOn ol dolhe5. food ond toletrie5 Icy Ihe
Whitechapel Mi55i0n dwng June ond Jlty. Thts ￿l￿tiVe re￿Ne$ gJFwI trom bolh the Cicuit ond Ihe town
and the tra11er wos once ogoin com￿etety ffled.
The ChLKch conlirKred ils suppul of the TrirHty Tnjst Tecxn n ?)￿24 tfrcugh ¢knaiion5 01 £72.(￿ lowords the
ovision ol yovlh ocliwtE5 led by CTrwiston Y￿1￿ WC*ke￿ ond Off￿ng tK)5itive rok rrK)dds in 5chocl ond
communty 5etlings. Donohons wefe otso rYKJde to the Metho(fs1 ch￿ch. W(xld Mission Fund ol £].￿ qnd
Churches Together in Goddming £1.03S.
Looking l(xword, we ankipole weekty ¢Jttendance to grow. both in person ond cd#ie
ond the growth ol ffli3￿0n w￿. There (Ye cholenge5 ohe(Jd witt) Ihe r￿e0 for rri590n work in ow corrmun
beyond ¢xguabfy being the geotesl thotr tl h05 lor Thjny yeo
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Hnanclol Revlew & Exandned Accovnts
The accounts ol me Chwch and M￿len arKI OulTeach hove been excVnW￿d and hove been prepared in
acccydance with the Ch(mties Act 2011 and 0pp1cob￿ Accounting Starbdords n the Uniled Kingdom
including the Fwonctijl Repc)rtwig f(y Smuller Entities IFRSSEI leffeclive l Janucry 20151. undei the his1￿C c05t
convention ond the Slotement of ReCornrT￿1X￿d Fyoclice 'Accountro and Reporhng t•y Chorikn"es' IRevised
)151.
come to the Gen￿01 the yery amcMJnted to £125.109 121Yf2123 £124,069). an increose of 1%
compared to the tyevious year. Expenditure from the General Funds wo5 £3.570 tr*gher compored fo 2022123.
The primary source ol income ￿ donotions. orLd ￿lI)rO of ctrwch premisek Further r￿ernbe￿ moved
lo gwing by slandro ordtt dwng the yeor. gNng mcwe certunty on iicome ond ￿tling5 irrome and intere51
from new hire￿ of the premise5 [erro￿5 Strong.
hcome into the ￿str￿ted ond de*gnated funds tn 3)23124 COM￿)￿d £15,202 13122123 £15.7￿) reknting to
ion ond OLtheach. and dMot￿n& to the Chufch t(words the cost of audK) Visual improvements of £5.￿0
12)22123 £11.1131. Restricleé lunds of £8.5X) designoted of £6.52S tx)th rebjling lo MIS￿0n oncs
Outreach |20Y2123 £12,750 fe5tricted and £29&5 de%gnotedl were dth"bvted dumg the yeor. orKI o furth
£17.799120L123 £17.4641 t>y gonts ond dono1vN￿ from uNes1￿ted CfK)r¢h knnd5.
The rmnaging Iruslees conyder Ihot a bokJr£e on UnreStr￿ted fvnd$ eqLiva￿nf ol up to si¥ months 01
unrestricted payrnents Icirco £58.CWI lo be ockquale to cover fiuc1uo￿nS in income orKI expenditure,
particulorty vneypected shortfttl& on ￿tir¥J5 incorne. ifvwe51ricted free reserves of £61,165 ot 31st August 2U24
and il necess<ry de￿gnated reserves which ore W.065 coukj utlsed. Thi5 level ol reserves ￿ considered to
be oppropr¢ole bosed on cuffent ¢Jid F4onned octi￿lEs.
A balonce of £31.￿￿ is rK)W n the Fotxtc R￿erye. t*Je to the Oge ol Ihe buldings, it is felt lo b& k¥udent to
have o Fots￿ Reseyve to cover unforeseen &luotKJn5 requnng urgent attenlion beyond the ch￿C￿S obility lo
false funds tyi o parlicuky year. The balance ot re5tricled funds of £5.926 includes £75 reloting to m￿s1O￿ ond
Oulreach wll be d￿lribUted in the CLwrenl year. and Ifee restricted reserve5 ts1 £524 I￿ audio v6svoI
improvements. Rjnds balonc￿ ote held with the CenlToI Fnance BoLYd ol the IAetfK)disl Church.
STrUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEla84T
Govemlng document
Ihe charity is contr¢)Iled by its govemro document. o ¢eed of Irv￿ constilules an unincorporoted chority.
Poge 3

Godolmlng U￿ted Church
IMelhodTst Uni18d Ref(¥med)
eport otlhe Trv51ees
for the Year Ended 31 Augu￿ 2024
GcKJdming United c￿Arch was IcfflRd of the Mett)cKJtsl QKI UThted Ref¢ymed congregahorts ol Godolming in
a covenant to become one corvJega*"on wos %gred on 2 jar￿ary 1977 and in a Shomg Ageement
Signed on 24 September 1978 by which the Meth0Q￿t wtse to be used lor the purposes ol the vniled
hurch.
GodolmirvJ UThled Chwch c¥)erotes as o Locd Ecvmenicol Porlnerslip sponsored by Churches Together
Svrrey Lnder o constitut￿rI doted 8 June 3)1 l. This Constitution meets the reCpj￿ernent5 01 Chvrches T¢)gether
in Engtand lorsinje Congewtion Locd Ecumen￿01 PCrtnershI￿1scl￿51.
It i5 0 k)cal chjrch ol the Methodsl Ch￿Ch in Greotr Bntthn and ol Ihe Urmled Refcrned Chwch in Ihe United
Kingdom. It rs incorporoled n the Wey Voley Cwcuil 36106 01 the meth0cf￿f South Eo5t D$tricl. In the United
Reformgd Church it ts incOrpc￿*ed Kb Ihe Wessex Synocl. 9DI2.
In December 2))6 Godolming United Chwch entered into o ILther locol ecumérycol portnerslip by &gning
the Fomcombe and Godalming Group Mwiistry covenant. Trus brovghl togeth￿ GodalmirrfJ United Church
with thee Chwch ol En¥ond churches in the P(￿heS ol Godalrriffj and FOr￿Ornbe.. St John Boph"st.
Farncombe,. Sl Godotrrwng and S5 Peletond Poul. Godcknig.
RecNllment ond appojnlmentd new trusl••s
Trvstees are elected onnvally at the Annual CorwwticYx]l MeelwNJ in the Aulumn of eoch y6or. Truslees
ore drown from the membethip of Goddrriro UrNled CIMKch. Ihe elecTron ts ftr o twn of three yeors.
Or9onlsatlonal strudwè
Within the struclwe ol the ComlitutKJn. the church ts govemed by its Cowegotionol Meetings ord Church
Council ￿Ph the ossistonce of the 51ewords ond the loloimng other coFYvnittees: P￿tOr01 Visitors. Propertv,
MissK>n ONI Outreach. FiruKe. Events cThl Youlh Forum. The Cmjrch Courtd and Congregalional MeetDg
hove overyght ol these committees and the Ctrvch CowKIl is the rrKJnagiry tru51ee body.
Induclion frainlng ol newlw>tees
Trvstees ore registered Fnembers ol Goddrrmng United CTr￿Ch ond fKive usuomy served. or are serving. on one
or more of Ihe Committees. InductKJn Iroining s pinopally t￿r￿Jgh fomfK)ri50tion ￿ttl the hthmtes of the
Commiltees arKJ ottendance ol the oltemote monlNy Church C¢xJncl Meeti￿5. On first appclnlment ond
eoch seNing year thereafter each T￿stee ggns a DeclaiolK)n of Bigiblty 1￿M C5[￿1382 a Trustee
Registration F￿M arKI oif5cehcAder Dedaralion So18gLJwthng Fom C ssued by the Melhodist Church.
Ilsks to the ChtyRy
Ihe Prin¢iFxI risks to Ihe conthnuiro opwol￿n ol Ihe chcvity ore Und￿51{)0d to be in mc*nlar4ng the buRdn95
in o sound stole in ord¥ to meel chan&¥ng legsbh.ve reqvrements lor heollh and 50lefy. complying with
soleguc¥din9 legdotion ond mointoini)g from letiwus in odisih.on lo the regular and offertory
co1￿Cli0n5 from the cowegotk)n.
These I￿kS have been rrutigoled by the e>i5tence ol an omJd ￿￿￿Qmrr￿ ol ￿￿nOT W(Mks lor vdunteer work
parties orKI on ade¢uole fknod defence system ￿ tem￿ ol the prorerty.. ooknption ol o current Heahh on
Sofefy Executive recommended He(4th ond Safety W￿Cy.. reg￿r updoling ol ow regislw ol DBS Th5c105ures
ond troin￿g requiremenls for sofegucyd￿g. Lellings income ￿ odMin￿1ered by o Lettings coordinat￿ ond the
ollertory coleclDns ore admin￿tered by the Gitt Aid <)rMJ Envetr)pes Seuelay. tKTrlh ol whom ore members ol
the Finance Committee.
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
Reglst•red Choilfy number
1128613
Prfnclpal oddress
Bridge Road
Goddrn￿g
Surrey
GU730U
Poge 4

Godalmlng Unltèd Church
Imethodlst and Unlled Rtlormed)
Report of Ihe Truslees
l¢r Ihe Yeuf Ended 31 Avgust 2024
Trvslees
Rev'd A Poyne. Choir
L Slee￿- Church Secretory
J Rowling- Treasurer
A Slee￿- Senior Steward IRe5igned ￿.9.￿r24)
A Briscoe- Ser¥or Sleword IA4)P(Mnted Tr.9.2Lf241
F Mo¢donold- Po51orol A5SiStonl
R August IResgned 29.9XJ241
F (knve5
M NO￿(Joy
kdond IAppw¢led Tr.9.20241
J McAleer IRe5yned 29.9.20241
P PolI￿d
K RKJdy
A krgeonl IApwnted 29.9.20241
1&.1.6..J.?..o5.2.S....
Apwoved by (￿dEr ol the tK)ord of Iruslee5 on...... .
ond svJT￿d t*holl by..
JrtwL
Tru51ee
Poge S

IrKlepènd•nl Examlnerfs RepryFto thè TNsle•s
Godalming United Church
{Melhodist gnd United Ref0M￿dI
Independenl exominerfs Teport to Ihe trvslees ol Godulm5ng United Chwth Imèthodisl ond Unlted Refomied)
I report to the chority trustees on my ex0mir￿lI0n ol the acccxjnts ol Goddmng UniteLI Ckurch (Methodist
ond United Relormedl Ithe Tru5tr11(x the yeor ended 31 August X)24_
Re5pon$lblllMe5 ond ba￿$ offewl
A5 the chority Iru51ees ol the frust you ore reSwnmb￿ l(x the ryeparol¥)n ol the occounts in occotdonce wth
the requirements ol lthe ChorilE5 Act %)1 I I'the Acl'l.
I repcyl in respect ol my exomirKJlion of the Trusk's occounts corrbed out Llnder Section 145 of the Act ond in
Carr￿ng out my exominolKJn I hove lobwed ol opplicoble Dwe¢tions given by the Chorily CommissK)n under
Seclion 14515llbl ol the Act.
Indepermlent exonlnerfs slolement
I have comJeled my exorrino1K)n. I confiwn thot no materiol mottets hove come lo my attention in
connection with the exam￿atIon giviry me couse to bdEve Ihal in any moleriol respect=
occounting rec￿￿$ were not kept in respect ol the Trvsl 0$ reowed bySeclion 130 01 the Act: (y
the occovntg do not acccrfd ￿th those re¢(xds".
the aCCOLtrnls do not comth wilh the appbcoble reqU￿MentS conceming the f£)rm arKI content of
accounts set OLrt in the Ch(Jihes (Accounts and Rep(￿ts) Regukrtions 2(Xk8 other Mon any requirement
that Ihe occountS &4ve a tnje ond lar view wtrKh 6 rK)t o cor&dered as part ol csn independent
exominotK>n.
I hove no concems ond have come ocross no other in connectK)n wth the examination to which
attention shoul(1 be in th￿ repcKI in ordef lo enotAe a rxoper understonding of the accounts to be
reoched.
Andrew Sknlton. ACA
Poge 6

Goddming Unlled Church
(Mth¢xlst ond l)thd Reloffli•d)
S*oltment ol Flnanclryl Acli¥lliÈs
Iwlhe Yety Ended 31 Augvsl 2024
23
Total
funds
Uryeshicted
hjnds
Re51ricted
fund
Tolol
nd5
Notas
INCOME AND ENDOWMENIS FROM
Donotions ond legocEs
r18T7
13A75
106292
114.785
Chgrltglle octfvllle5
Lettings
12.149
31149
32.966
Other income
3.163
131.050
14.311
145.361
150.914
EXPENDITURE ON
Chc¥ltoble octlvthtrs
Gronts
CrcuTt Asswsment
Church prerr4ses
Office costs
Govemance c05t
Depreciolion
24.324
74.624
24.869
3.310
8A30
32.854
74.624
25.055
3.310
33.199
73.321
23.754
2.458
2.886
31.149
31,149
31,149
Told
141.162
8.716
169.878
166.767
NEf INCOMEIIEXPENDifuRE)
Transleis belween fvnds
(30.112)
5,5
(520)
(24.517)
115.8531
Nel movemenl In fmd5
129.5rk1
5.075
{24.517)
115.8531
RECONCIUATION OF FUNDS
Tot(1 lund5 broughl lThard
Z3U546
851
1333J97
2.349.2XJ
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED K)RWARD
2,302.954
S.926
2,308.880
2.333.397
The r¥)tes fom wt ol these finoncK4 stalements
Poge 7

God01n￿n9 Vnfled Church
Ilaethodi5t ond Untred R•lomwd)
Oalance Sheel
31 Augu￿ 2024
2023
Totd
funds
UNestricted
Restrictea
fvJnd
fvnth
Note5
FIXK• ASSETS
TongiUe ossets
22iOJX)2
4.627
2214.629
2.241,151
CURRENI ASSEIS
DebFo
Cash ol bonk
24.712
24.712
73.984
25.348
71.645
1299
97A97
98.690
96.993
CREDITORS
Amounts loling dvewithin one
14A45)
14.445)
14.7471
NET CURRENT ASSEts
91952
1299
94251
92.246
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT UAtsiuiies
Z302.954
S.￿6
1308.8K*
2.333.397
NEf ASSEIS
13Wd,954
S.921
2JO8.880
2,3￿.391
FUNDS
Unrestrtted funds
Restricted funds
1302.9S4
S.926
2.￿2.546
85?
TOTAI FUNDS
2.308.880
2.333,397
ciol slolerrenls w￿e owoved by the Bc(Kd of Tru51ees ond aLthi0￿ed fu issue ork
£G.I..6..J2S.......
.. and were s￿ned on it5 behdf by.
TrL6tee
The N)tes Iwn pcffl ol these finanuol statements
Poge 8

Go¢Jolmlng UnStred ch￿ch
IM•thodkl Unwed R￿￿ed)
Note5 to the Flnanclol Stalemenls
lor Ihe Endgd 31 August 2024
ACCOUNIING POUCIES
Oq$15 of preparfr69 lh• finonclol sl¢rtewls
The financial slotements of the chc#ity. whth i% O benefil entity under FR5 IIY2. hove been
prepared in accordance wth the Charitie5 SORP IFRS IIY21 'A¢eountrg ond Reporting by Chorities..
statement ol Recommended Pract￿e oE)pWcoble to ch(v51*5 ryeporing ther account5 IT occordonce
wth the ￿nancIal Rewting SlondcrcS op￿cOble ￿ the UK and Reput4ic ol kelond IFRS 1021 lellectwe
l Jonuory ￿}91.. Financiol Repulro Stondord I￿2 F￿OncK￿ RèFxyling Stondord appr￿0t$￿ in the
UK and RepubSc ol trelond orKI the Ch￿tIeS Acl 2011. The finonciol slolements howe been pre￿￿ed
under Ihe thstor￿al cost convention.
Inetjme
All Mcome is recognised in the Statement of Activihes once the cbority hos entillement to the
funds. it15 probab￿ Ihal the ncorrE wll be received ond the ornounl can be rTteasured re1K)I￿v.
Expendlure
Liobdities ore recognised as exper)diture as soon 05 there s o legd or consttu¢tN& ot4ioolion
commilting the chority to thot expen¢Silwe. rt ￿ y0bob￿ thol a tronster ol economic benefit5 wll be
requ*ed in Set￿￿ent ond the orrK)unt ol the obffigol*)n con be meo$￿ed relobly. Expend[trU￿ is
accounted lor on an 1xcw0￿ ba5￿ and h05 beern clossified unéer heod'ngs thal oggregate d cost
rekjled to Ihe cotegory. Where costs cannot be d¥ectty (thTibuted to particulor headings they have
been olkKoted to acti￿lIeS on a basts congstenl ￿th the use ol ￿sourCes.
TanglAe Ilxed ossets
Depreciation 15 PTOVKled ot the folowng onnLKJI rotes in cwder to vffite off eoch 055el over its eslimoted
U5efLA Ile.
F￿ehOld prop
fvKtures and filling5
- l% on Cost
- 33% on ct* and 25% on cosl
The Ireehdd k3nd ond hove been inCl￿d thi Ihe bak7nce theet bfflth effect From 1st
Sepl&mber 2(M16 at vdues used for in5uronce pvrw5e5. OtheF oL*ls ￿e deen￿d lo be luly
depreciatecl and no vdue ha5 been inckKAed lor these <J55et5.
ets c05ting less Ihon £l.(KX) are not induded 0$ fixed ctssets. bJt Lve witten off in Ihe yeu.
ToxoNon
The charity sexempt from tox on rfs choritable octivihes.
Fund accowdlng
Unrestricted funds Cl￿ be used In accord¢Jnce the cYKtritot4e objective5 Ot the ￿￿CretIOn ol the
trustees.
Re5tiicled fvjnds con only be used for PL¥t￿v￿yr resliKted p￿pts￿ wthin Ihe objects or the chority.
Reslri¢lv)ns ¢Jsse when Specified by the donu ￿ when furKJs ore rused f￿ p￿tiCUlar restricted
Fxxposes.
Further exKAonotK>n of Ihe ThJlLKe and PLftx)5e ol each lund ￿ incMKled n the notes to the finonciol
Statements.
Or9¢nlsotlons
The occ<yJnts incthle the ￿$￿15 of the chLrch and its mtssK)n lunds. Some 5moler govps, income and
expendihJre. ond bolgn¢es hove not been consofthed inlo the regJM5 05 the amounts are smo# ond
Ihe Councl c0Th￿￿er It￿1 the vdue obtotrned by the I￿￿j￿n is oulwghed by the omount of work
rewred.
Gdng C¢xK•m
The oc¢omts hove been wep(Ned on the g(Mr)g concem ba￿. The tW51ee5 have coTried out o reV￿W
ol lorecasls ond tudgets 4xd Weve Ihere ore wfficEnt re50Lrces lo conh.nue for the fore5eeotle
Ivlwe. which is de[￿e£l 0$ one yeor from Ihe dole ol *gning these accounts.
Poge 9
conlw)ued...

Godulming Unil•d Church
(M•thothst and Unwed Relrym•d)
Notes to the ffnandal Sfrrtements- conlimmd
the Year Ended 31 Augv512024
TRUSIEES, REMIINERAIION AND bB4EIItS
No *nJslee5 received remLmerat¥)n ￿ expenses. DorKJliorts Irom Irustees duri￿ Ihe year were £8.315
13)23: £13.7051.
Tr*re were no trustees, e4)enses PQKI I￿ the yeor erKJed 31 August X)24 nor the yeor ended
31 August 3)23.
COMPARATIVES I(X TrIE SIATEMENTOF HNANCIAL AcMvmES
UnTe5tiicted
fund5
Reslri¢led
fund
Total
lund5
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Don0tiOr￿ ond tegocEs
91,69)
23.1)P5
114.785
Chcwlloble oclmtles
Lettings
32,966
32.966
Other income
3.163
3,163
Totd
127.819
23.095
150.914
EXPENDMSRE ON
Ch<¥ttable octfvllies
Gran15
Circuit A55e55ment
Church prerruses
Office costs
Govemance cost
Deweciotion
X).449
73.321
23,754
117S)
33.199
73.321
23.754
2.458
2.886
31.149
31.149
Tolal
154.017
12.7S)
166.767
NEI INCOMEIIEXPENDITURE)
TrOn￿er$ beh¥een lund5
126.1981
10.345
115.8531
Nel mo¥em¢nl In funth
114.2851
11.5&31
115.8531
RECONauATION OF FUNDS
Tolol funds brought lorwcy
2.346.831
2.419
2.349.250
TOTAL FVNDS CARRIEO FORYIARD
1332546
2,333,397
Poge 10
continued...

Godalm*g Unlted Church
(Meth¢)dE51 and Urthd *donngd)
Notes to Ihe Flnanclol Sl¢rtÈmenls- conlin
forY* ye￿ Ended 31 Augusl 2024
TANGIBLE fiXED ASSETS
FiKlvres
ond
fitling5
FTeehcAd
F¥operty
Totds
COST
At 15eptembet 2)23
AdditiorLS
2.655.091
17.690
4,627
2.672.781
4.627
At 31 August 2(r24
16SS,0g1
22.317
2.6TI,400
DEPRECIATION
Al I September ￿)23
Chorge for ye(x
424,876
26,SSI
0.814
4,S9B
431,630
31.149
Al 31 Augus12024
451.367
11.412
462.779
NE[ BOOK VALUE
At 31 Augu512024
Z203.n4
10.905
2214.129
Al 31 August 2023
2.230.275
10.876
2.241.151
D&TORS: AMOUNTS FALUNG DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2024
2023
Incme tox recoverable
Pret)tsyTnents and accrued itome
6.613
18.735
18.656
24.712
25,348
CREDrr¢xs: AklOUNIS FAWNG DUE WMN ONE YEAIE
Other creditors
4A45
4.747
MOVEMENf IN FUNDS
Tronsfe
tse￿een
fu￿
rnvement
hJnds
Al
31 ￿.24
At 1.9.23
UNeslFkted funds
Generol fund
Deygnaled
(30131
{2629511
61.165
2241.789
2269,224
{1.13é)
I￿1546
(30.112)
2.3D2.954
Reslrltted lund5
Reslricted Fund
851
S￿5
(520)
5.926
TOTAL FUNDS
2A33,397
(24.517)
2308,880
Pa￿11
conlinwd...

Godolming Unrled Church
(M¢thodlst ond Unlled
Notss to Hnonclgl StuleTnents- conlinv•d
f¢rthe Yety Ended 37 Avgvst2024
MOVEMENT IN FUNDS- conlknued
Net movernenl in l￿ds, included n the (kn)ve (Ye 05 1(kn:
I￿orni
Re50urce5
re5ourw &xperKJed
hAovemenl
in funds
Urweslrfcled Ivnd5
G@nerol fund
DesKJnated
124273
(128,086)
(33.076)
(3.813)
120,299)
131.050
(161.162)
130.112}
Reshicled Fund
14.311
(8.716)
5.595
TOTAL FVNDS
14Sa61
(709.878)
124.517)
C¢mptyulives for mo¥•m•nt Infvnds
Tronsler5
between
Jnd5
movemenl
in hJrvJs
At
31.8.23
At 1.9.22
Unrestrlcled lund5
Generol funcl
De5ignoted
51.272
2.295.559
14121
125.7861
12462
15491
63.322
2.269.224
2.346.831
126.1981
11.913
2,332.546
It•strlcbod fvnth
Restricled FLMd
2.419
10.345
851
TOYAL FUND5
2.349.2
115.8531
2,333,397
Comporofive nel m0Ven￿nt fft fvrwth. I￿lUded above ore 05 fol0￿.
I￿onIng
Res0￿CeS
expended
Movement
in fund5
Unréslrfcled fvnds
Generol fund
DesKa[￿ted
124.069
3.7x1
1124.4811
129.5361
125.7861
127.819
I154￿77)
126.1981
Resmcted fvnds
Reshicled Fund
23.095
10.345
TOTAL FUNDS
150.914
1166.7671
115.8531
Poge 12
con1￿ue￿...

Godolmkng Ur•ed Church
(Methorfist ond United Refrxmed)
Noles lo Ihe Hnonckjl Statemgnts- contkn
f¢Y Ihe Ended 31 Augu512
RELATED PARff DISCLOSURES
The wfe ol Rchard Augusk is a tmtee with Trinity Tnjsl wFNch benefitted from a gronl totolling £12.OCD in
the ye0r12￿23. £12.(ml. Tiirvly Tw5t. ig a registered clKHity. ddNeT5 CM5t¢on led octivithes and
positive rde modeling for ycxJrvJ people in Ihe ￿e0 through chwch. School ond
cornrnurwty based tKwammes.
DESIGNATED FUNDS
Included in unreslricled lunds (ye the desrJnaled fun
Babnce
11(yirxr23
Bdance
311C612024
TTonslers
Mi5yon Fund
Fotjic Reserve
Property
1.4Y)
37.SX)
2730.274
6.777
16.5251
1.136
2.839
37.
2.203.723
126.5511
2.269,224
6.777
133.0761
2.244.062
The mI￿10n Fund fundfoses lor clKthties operah"rKJ outside Ihe cFurch. The tron51er to uNe51ri¢ted
fundrowng incorre speofwfy ra￿ed f¢y Ihe ctrwh.
10.
RESTRICTED FUNDS
Bo￿nCe
Im
Bolonce
371(￿/?024
Inco￿* EXFM)c￿1Ure
Trol￿fer5
mi￿40n Fund
A￿￿￿ V6vd
Improvements
G(Aallots
8.425
18.5301
15XII
75
5.151
7Q)
11861
14Jll
18.7165
IS201
5.926
The Mi%yon Fund fundraw f(x chorilie5 owoliro outsKle d)txch.
or the AudD vr￿al Improvement5 fund toknnce 1£5.1511 a total of £4.627 wa5 Spent in the ¥eor ond
was caytolised on the babnce sheet. r￿￿-asset restricted rewes for Improvements
stonds at f524 01 the yeu end.
Poge 13