Billericay Methodi8t Church lincorw2ting Western Road Melhothst Churth. 12ueens Part Conmnuth Church and St Andrwa7* Church HwonAatsi Registered Charity Number 1128747 Annual Report of the TFust8es lor the FiTranti•l Year ended 31 Awust 2024 Introdu¢tlon This is the Trustees, Annual ReWrtI￿ BilleTicay lAetlKXh￿ Chwth %thith ￿￿er5 We5tem Road M2tlKxb5t Church and (￿en8 Park CAxnrnunlty Church. both in Billeftc8y. St. AtKkEWs Hei¢JvJate h8ve ceased to rn￿L th&r rnember5 have Iranslerred io Western Road. Tht Circuli has now taken rÈsportyblity fly the buildi1￿ ai Herthwate arKI it to A. 8illeiicay M8Lhodisl Church empkys part-tim6 Staff. a Premises SLW¥iW 8nd a C￿anar, t¥Xh at th8 Qugws Park Ghurch. Our Mifti8ler Rev Moses Agyam13 eM￿¢ye￿ by the Soulh Essex CSr¢uii 017he MetfK%*st chu￿ UK. Aims and Organisalion Foi 5LTrme lirne now the Mi33lon Slaternep.l of the chjrch has been.. Blll8ncay Methodlsl Church is camed to &n¢otffage a JtVMJg l&rth ￿ Gtxl. rhiuugh the pov4er ol the thly we pnvlajm the love olJesus Chr￿t Mp." Worsliip 8n(Y lellowship. Evangelisin feachw. orftws and for8￿￿1Just￿e. From SepteM￿r 2023 our tf*me Iw the yw has t)een A Melwiryl Way of Lrfe. thepw in l•th an# our communty by l£tu$Sng c the loui of our'OuT Calling,: Wotthip. Learriiny arnl Canry. SwviEe. E¥arwd4yn. ￿ are C￿lInuIng wth Ihis them for lh8 n8Xt year. Thg Chumh G8rtng wlKy 18 to. Encourage everyone in chwches to 8TrJ WJPFrfXt LTh wcdhBr in bme c4 wrrcw aThY n8•J. aTrJ Mairt￿n an 88t&li8h8d pa81oral systgm 8rg Church memt¢rg wyk In cwqu￿W)n wth p85tcrfal visilfxg ￿ Il* mrt8r. M8kg il a roqulY8moni lor an annud rovw of Safwthrg P¢41oo9 8Th1 •r*uv• tW•880ry ￿ thocks w• m*d• and tr8iTh'ng ￿t•￿¢5*d. Family Mmi8try.' EnCour￿e and equlp vdvniewg ar#1 ￿•def9 to tAJil¥ Church into a lry Jll gewabl￿ Encour499 iiurture relati￿$￿IpS Gtsl. Churtth And farnilio Nurture rel81ion8hip8 acro88 wtyJps*ithin the Chjrch. F8¢ilitoie Ilnk$ boThwen tho Church. th• crynmwity •)d otsr f/gw￿l￿￿ thi0￿￿ LMtye8ch 4ThJ thurd)*8ged ovont¥ Includl worshlp. HospitallÈy.' Encourap Chrl$14ike WIlts1￿Y 0rAJ prxli¢e w Kllv¢ ond genw￿￿ the. Invilg, wl¢omo, r*¢thva and lor arnl novKA)mm8rn. ￿ Ilw may lts)d a ¥iiItu￿ Ivjme the gfchrljl In our Cfvrch. Ext¥nd God's Invitats.￿ to o¢hers. Pray. plan and V•Drk t(ward h4lFin9 Othorn to m¢•iv• Cht¥l. Inclusik¢ity.' Encourag8 and facilitate a ye￿ of bdL¥wary Icwher 8s one in Ihe 8&ty d I￿&t AcknO￿&d98 uniquen¢s$ of indiv4du￿s a￿1 foster I￿￿91vilY. Encoura90 mufual Concern. 9￿d￿lI1 and r¢$ptti lor otsr3 reg¥do#s ol •thnKity. gerthr. texuBI orientabon. marftal stabJ8, age, dl8abillly gr opinion. AckMvAédge Christlans h)Id different viv*B on issues lailh lrftr*ye. and all •xthllTwJw vf opinio) to bo witlxn Iramewort( of mutyal ￿￿. pray$rf￿r￿ gr￿ and h(¥w. Chthlwge di8crirninathon eThJ I￿)UStice. Working Tog8thFr.' Encourag? opgnn855 to chang8 and a w111ngr￿ Io fec8¥ve ffte talanls of olher Encouiagè r*opSe the church lo t(VOlh￿ &s ÈffÈctively as To be C￿￿$¢K)us atxl ¢on8Klernte ol Ihe *ll*•ng needs01 Ihxe servellbrfk tn oJr churches.. vc4unteer4 lay￿rkerS, ordained ministe￿. 8usine$$ andRes04Nres (Peo*l." S&8k approwaie K*opI• Ihe Lo*Jorship T•am as SI￿d$ ar¥J Churth Crwal ReFwlab"ves. Olfer twn tndwlk)n at¥J enc￿ragemen1 to lake an Inierest in wbcular #Sp￿ts cl Chwth w)rk. 8usin8ss 8rnIR8sourGes (Bilith￿S).' The Church wll-. AraTrge Ihe independwt quinquennial in¥*ctlL￿S ofall Clwrch ¥*oFwty. by aJM￿al irwti¢M by Ihe relevant sto￿r￿S. C￿PIY wih SalegvaEd¢ng aThJ E¢walty 18y"slaiion and w4Ky. Comply with cutTent buildirtg5 Health and Safety 1wslatl￿ and urvjertake An[ll￿ Ri*( Assessmant IrnpFOVe and m?intssn the Church pr￿r￿g¢s. Business and Resources IFffKnceJ." The Church will". E￿ourage the use of regular. tax-eftirient ￿¥￿￿. Con%der Ènd approve an annual biKlgot. tOPlher *ith a on¢ yew for¢¢asL Conwd8r and w8vi8wfulur8 Church fvnance. ¢on*der orNJ approvt annual G¢thnixJtw tv tF* &xrth Es¥ex Circuii Bu&ness andResowLT5 IBu5m￿SS).' The Church and d%stharge its ￿e￿￿￿e5 effKyert aTrJ eifecbve Review of the year." Our rnembership a¥ the •nd of the year wa$ 131, 42 *lhwts l*ttJ *ith us tKJI mwnbers). Th8 many end vw¢d ¢huich W1￿10n$ to a¢￿VerY ¥eNe thg ¢hw¢h lam4y arnl wimuw. full d6t8ils of ¥th'ch can b found In th• Amual Rwrt ¢tr4ering each oltsrthr year. This r6 FIJ￿1$1￿￿ in yw arxj r&¥i&*sthts lifè. *t)rk, w￿lp. xervlce and achie¥6menlsol the churth through all lis orgarll9abons athvities. A ccgy may be cOlaK￿d from the treesjrer. Thè Trustees hwe ¢onlinwd to de¥d￿ at I￿l￿JH￿j 811 Chtxch members aThl In any mado. C￿4[?1 maiNgnarK* 1$ alvéys (Yrfbyng at atl Ihlw sit•s. mlth ol *tych is Carri￿ by ow Chlxch M￿￿be[s. As al the y88r-8nd of 31" August 2024 uiKestrict8d reserv85 up by £l(M(. ¥•t¥th hdsxl by the hirers woup8 continuir¥J 10 U#0 our prem18e8. W• have recthved 2 yn811 duriThJ Ihe y￿, FAUS an inlerim paymenl Ir(￿ a large boty￿ thai 1$ teing on. Soveral proj¢ci8 were lundod Irom Ihtr 8•quvsi Fund ovfjr Ihis yoai, the b4oru gttiry in rgsttKted funtt& to 5P8TrJ on futwe sFecific wojects. hpeom• fr*nds.' Chu¥ch is primarily dra￿ from our rororegalion.? SuTrkn ¢olectvyu. rea￿￿ monlNy t￿￿(619 ordw8 and th8 As￿41￿d Gwt Ald lax edll. Arx)Iher valuable 80urce Tr6 the irKgmg Ircffl of FfOmL88S, L*)th tyjr gr¢)w and Vari￿j$ 9mups ￿￿thin th• communily. Inter￿t 1$ re￿IVed ¢J•w￿l %41th th• Kletr*knl C•ntrg1 FinwK• 80¥d. Ex￿n¢kn fionds.. The major cost is in relation to the asaes*n8nt pak1 to the m¢v￿ E88ex Cii¢yt. Thi8 Psst yew it has amount&J tts1￿1 undor SO% ol our lotsl expwdtrlure. A sion¢fironl amount ol ¢ircuil 8s8es8menl i8 U5•J 10 pay the distsict assasynwo. Sti￿ndS ond rd8ted t? mlnisi8r$ and upk88p of the Clr¢tyt Manses. The other eX￿￿j1ture Ind￿ matnly the rwmiTra. rnainlenarK8 arxl improvwmgni of our proporti•$. pIu8 family Y￿th ¥wrk ￿thIn the thurth and c(xnmututy. The agreed b) use luThJ$ from their résary￿ lor 2024125 and ha8 therèforè *Jreed lo 11$ l>Mtnuing lo pay £70k tr*•Mds %X*W. Fund balances.. As ai 31 AJJgust 2024 our net ¢utt4ni 3s*t8 £￿1.147. d vknch £101.783 1$ ￿$tr￿rIed Restrict8d as&ets Indudes b8qu881 rntsn￿ and funds held by our Internal OTganisations. Unrestricted funds whle cover loi just over 12 rn￿th5 ex¢Enditure. Plans lor ?02￿25.. The Church fin8ncgal Flan5 fcffj Ihe ccqnirrfJ y8w ha¥8 been FTrPgral on Ihe Ihal IhwB remaNis 2 p8rt41me stsfl with anticxpatsd coat of livlng vdalle Incroa989 and the a890￿)￿t to th8 MelfvxYI* Sth Es¥ex ClruNL There be Tr) to tho g￿er81 runniw ¢osts or t Church. Blllèylcay Methodi$t Chur¢ Trustoes Annual Report on Financ• and Gov•rMIK• Ba￿8 of preparation *nd l•gal fr4m￿Ork Th£ Choiity's snnval report atKI ac£ounts Iheyear endad 31 AUVA 2024 Itave been prepwed in acLudarKe ￿1￿ the ch￿tIeS Act 2011 and Ihe Ch8rtlies". St8t8menl of RecomrDeTrJ*J Pr￿8 2015 a5 to RwtirYJ Stw*lard IFRSSEI 2015. Full N*no of Charty.. BILLERICAY METHODIST CHLIICH A￿StratIOn Charity Nurnier.. 11￿787 Datè of Regi5tratiM: 1 March 2QJ9 Main comM￿￿c2110n Adthess.. Billericay Metknlist ch[￿h. Weslwn Road. Essox CM12 ￿T. Th8 mem￿r8 of the Biliericay Methodisl ChLth rneebng ttr* CIK8nly Trustw. membwship ￿ng maje up of MiTh8ter. Chuw¢h Offlca Md8rs, r•r*e58rrtstsve$ apKKMnted by the Ctsj￿h at Ihe Anwjal GThal We$￿Ve apwnw bythe Essox Ciiujit. Full memb8rship 15 St￿ as AP￿dIm A to th"s rewmt Church AlJnisÈer£nd oifth Circuit Minister Rev Moses Agypm Churth Senkn Stewardy.. Mr R¢yJer DavL80n and &"Il Rryers arKI kls Helen Istthvardl Mrs Le(raine H?nis15 the churth IlE￿rer and oversees the day to day finar*ial M*wen￿l )r•J &(XXthl&ry Iiy the Church durlng the yew. Indewdent Ex￿l￿er.. Nlr Thornas Sterry OBE. Clo &'lknTrcay Me11th51 ClxHth. We*em RO￿1. &lkricay CPA12 9DT Invé¥tm$nt Baftk•r•'. C&ntral Fhw Board of ￿ MÉii**list HSBC Aims and Organlsation The purposes of th& Methodist CIKwth *• be themed 10 have tho ￿ of Uwn. th6 ad¥w*ment of.. Th8 CM$￿8n lalth Sn *ith the ¢YfyXAr￿I stsrmknrds ar*1 4*xl￿ne c¢ The k4gtlKx*N Chwth,. bl Any charit#ble pwp020 lor the ttme belng ol a)y ¢(*)￿XI¢￿￿. Ij"81￿1. Cir()il. I￿1 crf other ¢xDaThgats(n ol The Meihythst Church: Any charitable purp)8e for the tlrne bw.ng d ￿Y Insltlulknn ¥AJ¥kJlary ￿ awllary io Th• m•trNYJl￿ CMJch,' dl Any WfPQ¥Q tw the tim* beknq ol thwly or anciw lo The Klett*)th'st Chwch. Publlc Senefil We conflmi Ihe IWStae$ hav• regard to ￿ Charfty c(rnws9￿ s ou4d•nc• ¢)n Wc b￿efit Structure, Gmrnance and M•nag•b)xnt Th8 govgining drJeum4ni for tho Churth 1$ lh• D•8d of U￿￿11932)￿rKl Mth>Jtsl Chwth Act119761. D8iaiSéd governante arrarymtnts w• cthirt•J vlllmn th• Cc*&ituli￿ Prxbc* af#J OIWnè of the ct•JrGh by order ol annual conference ICPDI. Day by day man8gom8nt ￿th• Chw¢h 1$ lh• Chjrth Lo•JernNp t*wn. th¢ Church Flnonc4 & Pastorol Commlrtees. Tru$ts$ Tr*lning A rAnge ol guidance produced by cOn￿X￿)n io the offouN• ol tho sp￿1¢81￿ Il*18afl•t'The Rd8 of Tru$ro¢ In Molhodisi Chureh. 1$ given to 811 n6wCW mwtyr¢J •$ irKlwAion to ml• of twsts•s. R•l•t•d Part￿1 The Chur¢* 1$ part ol tho Meihts*si s¢￿th Essex Gmjil aThl the Bed*. Essèx arnl tlistrict is to Ihe M8thtyJlg1 Ccffjference. Suppllers Billeiicay M￿h(￿lIst Churr* ha$ u¥ed foll¢yAing wppliers duriw yew. of Ythrmn Trvs18•5. OT To￿•d lo TnJsleo$ ol the Chaiity". Ac￿S Pre58 A1 Colfee Amazon All Glas& Aypecl Barl6yland8 Farm Shop Bèn's Gutt&TS 8a5ildc)tt Counol Bev8rf&y H8rdy G*d￿1r￿j B￿1$ Box.co.uk ms Caiewing ASDA Ancl8nt & Mrx1èm Hymn& B&Q Bailey and Tayl tbsh Gas Billellcay News B(￿l￿r$ & Spar0& Brentwooj thrKil Bnibth Heart FOU[￿OI10n Cartridge5ave.co.uk Crystal Prirrt Chades Fwri3 Ltd BPS BT Cancer Research Shops CCLI COSTCO Dunelm Eaty(￿￿hot0.¢O.uk ETSY COHOP D Byfm•ni The Church Council hav• •xwnin•d th• major strat•)ic, and ii#k8 *fvch the ￿rth arffl fX￿11rM thèt *y8tèm$ hw beon e$tabli$hed 1¢ enable yggulai reports to ￿ prLKIwd ftr th• Church Ctyrnl * that Ihe $leps can be lakén to l•ss•n thosé rlsk8, Prol•8slonal •d¥i¢e 1$ taken. 0$ ffjqtyre(J. The Churth Council have ad¢pted. revi￿ annualFy, a Sal8guwthr¥J Poky provided by th? me1hry￿st Ghur¢h. IrKome and ExpendibJTe 15 modtor*J in tdal and i$￿par￿j wilh th8 ar*¥￿ a wOrt￿Y te*J to defe￿ trendj part of the risk tnanag8rn9llt pr¢x*ss. 8af•guardlng Ev9ryp8rs￿l h8$ 8 anddwty wh*h eom8s ele811￿ •￿I￿eMa￿ m GGd'$ ¢Thvn fftog• ondlAkonoss. Clvlsrians see thlspolential as fLrfNMe& ty God's redcf8thn ￿trS rfj Clmt. Amw ollwlRww5 Ii*s a thrty to allwple 8s baamg 117e irnege trf God #nGI thernfore topthct tljern froffl Iwmi. Methodist Connexional practKe OUlline$ ibis ccxnrriitmeni to ¢h8 followng F￿N￿FIe5. The nare and nurturo t)f, ANJ rospe¢N￿ pa*oral ministry %**h all thldm. yrAJf¥J adLif8 Tha safeguarding and PTOt8cbon of all children. yourvJ Feople athjtis th Ilw hre vulwabla The establishir¥a ol saf9. cann9 Ix)rnmunilie$ *tu"¢h kyoyide a lovw envwonrn8ni Iheie is infom)e v1g1lar￿e 88 to the of abuse We wlll Care1￿lY sdect arNI tr•n all wilh arry re¥￿IbilIty TMtt*'n Il* Church. in li￿ with Safer RwJitrnent prtnclrA98, induding t use ol crirnsnal rectrd aNJ réglsira1￿ the ￿leY￿nI¥￿ ￿ ba￿lTra xhemes We w911 respond NMtl¥xrt dElay io every ￿n￿aint m* vkn'¢h *wsts that an ad￿l dild or ytsjry may hwe beeD harmed. cwraling wlh Ihe Oice loeal aulhority m wy Ir>¥￿￿9a￿oTh We ¥eelt ttkwvrk anyo￿ hag *Jllered 8bJse. ¢Aryekp'ry awwate ￿ni3￿Y of h7formed pabtoral Gar8 Wo so•k to thallèftoo any abJse of ¢Thv. espec4aly by arry￿ in a of trusl We wll to oifèr pastoral eare ￿p￿rt, Ind¢Jthr#J supervi*cffl aThJ felerra lo th8 woper aulIK)rI￿$, to any member of our Chjrch community knovm to have offended 33ainst a ckn"Id. v￿￿a￿le ad￿1 In all these principlÉs will follw Iwislalion. guidance aThl rect%Jrri&Èd Bllleritray Meth¢J*8t Ch￿ch ccxnrnits ilseif to er￿Mr￿j the ¥mFdemertaitx) of Cffker 0￿SeeIng the day to day flnjnclal management and accountin8 lor the thufth dufinl the year. Independent examlner Mrlon FG4 of 14 Upknnd Rol￿ ￿. E55ex CM12 OJP Investment 8ankws C•ntftl FIna￿e 6(￿rd of the MÈthodlst Churth Tru51ees for Methodlst Chwth purposes Alm% and Dryankatlon Staternent af 1165￿On.. BlI￿rkaY Methodist Chwth ¢D￿Ula8t¥l1Ykn8falth iTh Cy)d. Thro￿￿￿ the Po¥￿ otthe HO￿Spiri1 wewoclarm the&MofJe5V50¥i5t ￿.W￿￿[P arbd foJluw5hip, pyangdi5m and t￿h1￿& otholsand workn8ff￿ so￿￿1St￿e. (￿rTh￿rYI￿f the Yearwascartngfor God's world- we actNety enKa8ed *ith Tearfufid aim•teChan8 £mergency declaraiion process aid ¢oniinued toexphx¢othervAysa% iThJWua15 and as a churth to better care for God'5world (Ger￿15 1.. 27-281 ThE purp05e5 of the Method15t church a￿alld sh￿1 be deemedtohkn* been 51n¢e tle Oateof Un￿nIheadY0n(trntnt of.. al The Chilstlan latth Ih 4ttordante the ¢JrKtrknal Stsrhdards aTrJ rfisdpune of The Metho(4st Church,. bl Afiychadtable purpose lor thotlm• b•knÉof anyConn•xhinal. DI5*￿1.C11Cutt. Sxal or Dther orÉ3nhatKtn olTheMEthodistthurch,. cl Any tharirable wrrxise fw the tkne ol any or Instituthjn sub56dlary or n¢ii*WV to The Meihodlst Chulth,. dl Any purpose forth¢ rimeb£1￿ ofany th•iiLykn¢•thavity subsh*xyQrxKi￿ry to Tht MEthodist Churth Wor5hlpiTrg God throw prayer, 50n8and otheract501 W￿ShIJ- The orgonl$èifjon •Dd r•sour(*)4 ol r¢8ulir pyblk artsofwotshw op•n toffl•hkns of ih•thtsrth Jnd non members alike. The teachlng of Chdsuanlty thiou8h wmons. courses and smi• youps. Thè restruicinl of pastoral Includi￿VIsitI￿1￿e s*kar*l bttta*d. Tokln8 reliEIou5 Ossern￿ks In lor415thods. Pfomotionof Chrfsti•nitythiO￿h the stathiof vrtntsand seTh4tes. Provlslon oF¢hapthlncy5eryl¢esto l¢x41 %hools. uie homes•ndothet knstlluth)Mxawopthte when able. Publ1¢ D•bMfft We corlfirm the trustees ha¥ehd rwrd lo th¢th•rWC¢rnn45Skn'56Wld•n￿￿ rwbtk benefft. strurtur•, f30￿￿•￿t• Ind lkn¥*m•rt The govemlngdowmenl lor thethwch b5the C*edofVThkn119321 aTrd Melhothl Church A 119761 Deialled 80￿r￿an¢t orranlements ar¢ iheCwstiiythThl Praukt•nd Ots(IpMne of the Melhodlstcthurch byorderot theannual confw?￿e(cp0). Day to diy manaymtntof the thurthls undtrt*ken ￿the(hurch Le•etrsh* It*h•lor¥*ththe Mlnlster. ThÈTrustee5 ar• appokntod * iheAGM ofthethurth. rvyst•• Ti•lmSni A range ofguidance produc￿ by Methodlst Connexb)ts toswiporttheelfectht runn*of tt* church and the ralq ofTThstqO i%8fven fo th•Chuth Trust*•sat vanous Mootrys￿dIor￿3l￿lnz se5s1ons. ThE churth Is part of tle 50Uth E5￿ ClrcwtTAthKh fjswt oftht Herts & EssexD15trlel and i% also awJunt?bleto the Method15t Conferen￿. The Inlernèl oryanbatlonlsl llnked tothlsthurch arethe IF4TEPS and ROCKSoLVY￿th ￿$. PAét)'s Fellowshlp, Mw's Supperoub. pr*￿0￿4￿d Tfxldt¢t Grwp ai Westwn R￿￿. The majow ¥i5k5 hwle been bdentlfied Jnd rff4¢ded ￿ theTrustvs*ith w0fe5sK￿ aLtr4KEtaken asrÈqutred. Thér• isa r48ular annuaFre¥lew process Underta￿ and recrKded. Inwme and ExpenditUfE 15 belnÉ mannored Intotal ar¥J i5cDmpared wth th*apprtr4ed annua bu*et o# a ha aAy ba515to d*ttd trends aspartoifhe ￿kman38erndTh1 processtoavobl unf￿¢$¢en reserves. Ever￿pe1$0￿ hos o onLldwiKtywhKh cty¥*s d￿1￿1￿ th¢creat￿OI￿￿j1t ondfrnjotsin God's owfr) Irrwt nd Ilkene55. thIs￿tentIal05[U￿￿a by¢Wsr+tr•4th￿oIUsYn a￿￿t Aftwoll￿thitip thjs implf¢s a dutYt0￿1UeO1￿PtoPleosbeoth9tht 1maqeol6oLlondtl￿?A0Y¢¢0PMteu thernfrorn I Methodisi Connexk)nal WOCik¢4XrtllnescorrTh*ment t• pr￿￿.. . the carè and nurtuFÈof. and rwp•aful pastoral mlntstry ¥¥irh. aH thkneD.youn8 p•Op￿ •Thl •d￿lS • the ￿t¢s￿ardInG and protecuon of al ¢hlldren.y0un6pw￿ Jnd •thJtJ they uevuk￿lb • the e5tibUshlOE Ot Safe. carlnu cornrnunil￿ whth p¢)¥hde a W11 envlrormenl vknefethere is infcmi•d ¥14113rb￿Js to the danger5olabv5 WÈ ur*fully 5el4ct and traln all thtsse l¥lih iny rew￿￿bth within tht Churth. kn lkne safer A¢cruitmeftt prlntlplts. ltycluthn8 the ol cnmwl rffryds (Ysdogmes *4th the relevant vqttiniand b•rrlng%heme5. We will fespond wlthout d•lay to •¥ery made suA•51s that adult. chld cq youn8 person MJV ha￿ boM harrned, ruopevatiw￿lh the poke thl •￿th￿lty h wi•¥ts*Wkn. We VAII Seek to work wtth )nyr￿e who hos 5uftwcd abuse. dv4ebpkn8 them apwjptsie mknls ol Informed pb5tor*l care. • We WIN seek io ch•lhnie abuseol power. e5F*chJtrbyanyLY*kn a p05rtion ofttyst. We wlll seek to offer p•Stor￿ ure and suwort, and leferr￿ io th• prwr 8Uthoritles, 10 4n¥ mtmbttoltyJr¢trwth oynfftun￿ to ha¥e off￿￿¢0 wlThst•thikl.youni person orvulDerable4duh. In •ll th•sq prlncl)les wé fdlow￿￿tkn,•￿￿Inc*alld r*•K*ts4d prxtke The eiiith¢Jy Methodhl Churth urtrsmksltseifto enwrln6ih• knp*mentstkffjo¢cOnnukn￿ S•fwrdkn4Polki: 8ov•rnm•nt leW51atlon. lUid•nce￿d safewaake lThtbQara￿aTrd The Blll*rl¢8y Methodlst Church cornmllj toth•pro¥ts*n4)f •d*t*￿tA￿l￿8t￿ ￿Y1￿j0rdlIned etspl* that wlll ensurtp￿p1￿ ar• d•ar and confldent abotrtthwro￿s4n￿￿e￿￿W￿￿Ilft 5aleW*rdi￿Jnd prom￿rn8th4 ￿lIar{ ofchlldren and adw￿$*hO may be*￿IneAble. G•n•ral Funds.. The pdky15to Mainta￿ 6monihsfofrn annual expenditurt*4*refln4￿ Wa¢lkal eqywakni to Sotne £75.￿7. wwh • mlnlfflum of 9 MDnthseypendrturettth￿ possfok. The balan￿$ he￿ In ouracrount5amotsnt to £Z03,332.S2.. HS8C turmt of f J2,IS9.6aaTrJ ihecenlfal Flnan¢B Boa￿ deposlt account of £191,062.89 Ithefeare noothqrbn¥o5trnertsl4t 315t Auw5t 2024 Ilhese Wres are excludlnB IDtemal Orwisatlons tho hold they ovm bavk ar(ounts. but are io be sed for dayto dFJy eiper5eJl. The addrfLltsMal fvnds arohdd IITofvnd 5urVty5ttyWdsbe￿M￿l GrÈ4n Churth nd 21 £5110 updatethp sourd s¥5tern atwestem a 8eq¥esi Fwd ¥thkh hèsa balanc• l*ft of £21,835- thestfand5 are ID be used 5pe¢ifk¥lty lov proJeLtsand not forgenw* runn•n¢e¥pE#Se R••trl¢t•d Fun&: funds re￿tIn8t0 our&Tden irf Rernemixènteandwarm Spacefurnd ¥ecoTrtroled ￿tr￿Chu[th Tfeasurer and are used lor•ppruved plwposes IthtrÈsef¥esltash bkncesère On*1￿ Transmks*on Ftsnd5 rElate io wllectlons and dona110ffl5 1¢x¥ark￿$ Meihodsi Fund4otherapwDpviale charii *5 •nd luNds ￿￿tIng10the 5POn5or5hipof 5tudeni$ 4Dd Olher 1rt1vtt￿5at ourts¢erthurthc5 in Kertya. Fundsandothertharlly coIIEction5 areforwarded re5ponsllthpersonsa5 4Si5w*ttsl. Ik*¥￿￿¥¢$¢r¥e$￿ rnamtaAid. Bakr*ce5 rèflect ¢ash awaillni d￿r$eMent. The KeTrya F￿￿￿15 tonirol￿d by the Kenyo Support Comrn*the3nd I￿(￿￿￿h T{e3y￿eT. lknatKffis15bèwMn15are made lor 5pecthcTeque5f5. ￿nual$(horA and Un￿551¥ lees and support olwiettsatTreGrx¢C￿t￿stsrpkS funds mif11mala￿d are doptndent Up￿ d￿atIOnS/&￿ts No spec61lcn￿iTrurn re5eF¥el5mointa￿e￿ Int•rn•l Chur¢h ory•nI￿roT￿. Each thuTthw6ani50tw reser¥esto theiractr4ryrie5and income sour￿5.The[r LE•der51Mana8emont C¢xnmIttÈere￿l￿e$eannY•. ip -Donallon> (IÈ Otrher> Oth*riTèdl $41$1 9311 YJJ3 iy Other iojspi 92$% tUMfyII 10 CrT(iift al￿*￿￿￿nt W41 7t* hanr￿67T￿lI utilt ¥Mt•i, Itc 21567 223LI vnd'luroonolhi JSi58 Tot41 Irrt51(L¢Sstsl¢n OtIA¢d*5ets1giob*rt ow¥l￿ad￿l￿ndw￿￿ mtyl.1￿•rhUrrh h￿￿ IOD rmÈ*lln LDSSei Dn 5chefflts 11J795 Ofteilngslqfts. passodto .IIW5 Tots15thisw•r Tot4151•st ¥￿T land & Buildln land 12 J7053Bg 1870335 Equipment Inve5tm2nt 12 rp erties 13 13 Investrftents 1.70S,389 1705389 1870335 Currenl A55ets Oebtovs and Prepa Cash ¥1 Bank and In hand TrustÈés for Methodlst Churc Purp05e5 de Qsits Central Finance Board other nt5 14 27,Q99 27099 22035 14 71985 64806 sits 191.063 191063 181575 Tot•lcurv*nt fmsets 188.364 101,783 290147 268416 und•r I 115 N•t current •$￿tr 188.364 101,783 2￿147 268301 rotolaiMiJ Iw cvrrnntllvblHtI¢s 1.893.753 101,783 1995536 2138616 Lo•n* Ind U•L4toTh du• I 17 Provlsions for Ilabllltl•$ 4nd charges 1.893.753 101,783 1995536 2138636 Fundi of the 18 Vnre5tr5cled fund5 1.893.753 1893751 2063745 Re5tritted lunds Endowmentlunds 101,783 101783 74891 Tot¢14ftm 1,893.753 101,783 1995536 2138636 Openiw balabKe Rttapts Not A•t￿5/ PaW￿nIS Adluslrnqnts aosin8 balances Internal Ol anisat6ons INTERS & ROCK SOLID Cubs Mtn'5 Fellowshi Men's Supper Club Pre-5thool Toddler Groups WR Total 120 394 395 53335 2752 725 923 95￿6 -2757 471 115 648 254 441 836 -91627 -1327 3419 56754 1372 1174 1525 55418 10)971 4307 59725 Total PayTr*Dts Cont4nue on a sepafate 5héÈi if necè55aryand brn¢ thÈtotèls forwaid. Transfer Totsls of and pa￿￿ts SOFA Balance Sheet UIUERICAY METHOD15TClwr¢h Notes lo theA¢C￿ts The ftntntlal stst&llQnts h*v* be•) preparnd uhdorthe A£t 2011 kn acc¢￿ wlththe 2014 vew5ion ofAiiountknw and Reportingby ChHrttie5: Ststemeni of Recornmended Pr4ctKe150RPI akwkabletotharimespreparhwthdf ate¢wJnts In *eordance*lth th8 Fl*vnd•l Reportln8 StsndordknSmBllw EMFlles appllcable In the UX Ieffeetr￿fr0fft l j￿20151-￿t Ch•rt1¢59XPIFASSEI- In re*emrtfortheX)RYs 2( 2 Fufids The fun¢ts held t￿￿lute. F￿d5 held for•MypwpM oltheCIMwth #A*har¢ufftthled. RestyKt*d ife hell fora narrowér pwpose Indudlni those ferintemal 1)ryA￿￿10ns. ThuT Ire il¥0 fw•J5•slkted. of each materlalthndare d￿Ch￿d lrt note 18. Any fvnd5 mo¥berEWESented trrfwo¥ethmlu5tr￿I J A(coundn¢polkl Theseacwjrbts ha¥e been prepared on the basts ofhlsiarftal tostÉxttytbMt shry*Th atth••ndofth•ye•r,QAthe Thls Is reC¢)￿lIe￿Whefi • ￿•b￿lty Is t•lw wwdd•bl•. U•bl¥tkn4rn r•cu8nlM4 as SOQn is in ¢xrtifty40f•conomk b•Mfft ls¢onsld•r•d mtyp Il•tykn rnt wthth•lty•l oil*atkn cwn1￿lrIwIht(rrVth1Qp•yO our¢•5. Gr•nts Grafits mido bythe chu￿ from o*A fur*dsu* tn ful #thetknÈ ofay•*Mrf4Y*t*hth• Kt•ptstK4t th•r•15 11•8•l or opor•tbn•l 0bl4*tltyto mik• Wlwn r•rwr•nt b•11￿ p•Y•ts￿ kn future ¥wr$1stiut•d p￿1￿￿￿10rfUtsjIt¢Qrnmit[TreTrts In the BalorKeSheetapknrthe apyryb•telw4 the bdwrelw•d lThfinny••rJ•s Ir&#iAMnts •r•wld VAT SlrK• t￿ch￿￿h h r￿vAT rn0styrt414W¥ATls¢h¥ydf•lth thee¥wwto¥AKhllrele T*￿Ible flxed ametsfov ule bythe Thi w*￿•M Road lsfr¢thdd ¥Jlth tkWlthW63ye￿01d. The f*xeM PthwopErty151e•sehoH *tth loa nK¢onth• l•K•,th• bulld1￿ i¥ 22 ywr¥ dd. St Andre￿th￿rEh Heroryiewis adde¢wow4cwuThts In 2021.the ￿free￿+313. ￿￿￿**r•S tatt8rtyth4r• fio r meetkn8 the property tsnd has been tr•rdfeThed iothe 5 EssexChts*tr* ￿11. 80th pr¢pertK5 lire shown a5the ¥4ue 01thetsr￿On￿. The value olth¢sbtesfor• 99t¢n￿ u5¢ Y*th•n th• ar(ourts. Flwd lulWey4Jens•d In th• vearof purchase. Investments 1Thsor knsgesfth y*artndarÈsho*¥b Pebtgr5 I￿rI￿￿e W151arMJS￿q kttlv1rn￿1(UI￿A Cr•dltors BILiERICAY METHODIST Chwth Unrestrlcted R￿￿1(ted 2024 Totsl 2023 4. Donatlon5 and le8a¢ies Collections Tax credits Donations Legacies Total 64022 16255 8817 64022 16255 47556 67313 14386 31348 38739 42(U) 80739 169833 113047 2024 Total 2023 Total 5. Charitable actlvllles Unieslrlcl•d R•strlct•d Fund ralsing other Tot?1 2024 Total 2023 Total 6 Other tradlng artlvltles Use ol Premlses donations Internal Orgs donatlons Totsl 37695 112 37895 54151 11910 66061 11200 2024 Total 2023 Total 7. Investment Income Central Finance Board 9333 9333 5817 Rental income other Total 9333 9333 5817 2024 Total 2023 Tolal 8 Other Unrnslrlcted Restrlcled Internal Organisations (see list on Balance Sheet) Miscellaneous credits Other-Herongate refunds from S Essex Circuit 1(￿971 11*)971 84952 1721 1721 9255 9255 Total 10976 100971 111947 84952 9. PaymenttoTrustees Thlsy iasi year Payments madetotrustee5for ￿ditIOnal 5ervice5 pf*y•ided tothe thurth by a8reem¢ntwiththp thurth Councll Meeting NIL NIL Number oftrusttts w1￿Were paid eNpen5es NIL NIL Nature of the expenses- Plumbing and lightl￿WOrkS If there •Te rto paymeftts to Tiusttts, please fecud M expenseswere patd. Total am¢wnt pald NIL NIL 10. kés forèxamln•tloftor•Jdlt of th••¢(oun Independent exèmiftels or audit￿$, fees fty le￿rtir¢0nthe accounts 150 Otherlees leg". advice, ac£ountarKy ser¥ice51 paid tOthelndepenth￿ examiner or ou¢htor NIL NIL 11. Pald •mploy••5 St•ff Costs p•ld durlni the ye•rw*•: Gross wages, salaries and benefits in kind 13,089 10,788 Employerfs National Insurance ¢￿ts Pènslon costs Total staff costs I3,￿9 10.788 1 of 1 12 T•rrflbh Nx•d Assots Cost or valuation Churth (non lrniestment) l•nd •nd bulldln l•¥•rtm•nt IWKI and l)ulldl prop•th I￿nd and l)ulldlnpl •sMts Indudl •nd equlpm•rt Totsl Bal•n¢• byvutht f¢rw•nl 5,611.1))5 267.355 253.989 6.132.349 Addltlons IHeron8tte Chuichl Revaluatlons l+l-I Dlsposals l-l Heroniate Chur¢h transferred io S E55ex Clrcult 163,398 20 7,277 179,495 -658,236 -33,420 -691,656 Transfers. l+l.I Balancè carrled forwafd 5,116,167 27&175 227.846 5.610.188 AC￿m￿￿¢•d d•prKl•tlon Balance brought forward 3,740,670 267,355 253,989 4.262,014 Depre¢latlon ch•rKe lor year l-l Revaluatlons l+l-I ILW.932 4820 7,277 125.029 DispDs•151.1 438,824 .33.420 472,244 Transfers. l+l-I 0•1•￿•arrI•d for¥Mrd 3,410.778 276,175 227.846 3,914,799 N•t book ¥•lu• Brouoht forward 1.870.335 NH 1.870,335 Carrled forward 1.705,389 Assetts are fully expensed in the year of purchase Leasehold- 104 yèars left 01125 (the land Is owned by B•sildon Counclll. St Andrews Churth Herwte land aThJ bum11￿ ha5 been transferred to S E95ex Clrcuit, ' The'tran5fers' row Is for movtnwnts beMen fixed asset catewks. NM NSI 1.705,389 1 of 1 BiLERICAY MEfHODIST Churth 13 Investments The funds that support the various funds are held by TMCP in Trustees Interest Fun(ts on which interest is credited to the accounts each month. These are regarded as medium and long lemi investments. TMCP is the legal owner and Custodian Trustee of all Methodist Model Trust property. including Legacies, Endowments and Actumulated Funds. Trust property is held for and on behalf of local Managing Truste85 who are responsible for the day to day management of trust property. TMCP ensure that. throuEh providing guidance and artin8 under their direction. the Managing Trustees comply with tharity law and Methodist law and polity as determined by the Methodist Conference. Analysls of Invt#ment mo¥*ments Thtsyew Prev year Change In Investment v*lues Carrying Imarketl value at beginning of year Add: additions to investments at cost Less.. disposals at carrying value Net gainlllossl on revaluation Carrying Imarketl value at end of year 1011 Ilk AnalyslsofuNYent assets Thigyear Last year Pre paid assessments 175C 175Tr3 Accrued Income Less k¢rued expenses Total d•bloTh and yepaym•rts -401 -465 27,099 22,035 Amtysls ofash at bank Bank balance held in HS8C (NOTE.. This lrfludes Restrirted and Unrestricted Funds) Bank balance held In Methodlst Central Flnance Board 12.260 9.273 19L063 181,575 Internal (k8anlsatlon bank balance5 59,725 55,418 Total Cash and Bank 263,048 246,266 15. Amtysls al aKrnnt Il•bllltl•s and Trade Credltors t411 Other Credltors (NOTE., Monles recel¥ed and passed onto External Organlsations) Tot•1 Cwr•rt Uablllll NIL 115 Nll Nll No CoTrtln8ert Ilabllltles were Idenllfied at 31st Awist 2024 1of1 Bilericay Meth¢Jdist Owrth 17. Loans and creditors due after one year Loans Sour Amount bYou8ht forward New borrowln85 Loan Interest Repayable k) the year Balance at vear end Repayment du• Due within 12 months Totals Due after more than 12 months Total lof 1 18. Det•lled •n•tystsof IndI￿￿•11yrKI Unrertrfcted Funds Fund Name 8al•n¢* ifts110•5 TL*als R•sitltt•d Funds -29562 OpeAln8 B•l•nce Rw•luatb)n to BMC G•rdÉrt of Rembrance Billericay Pre-school Internal Or8ani5atlons Legacy Fund W•rm Sp4¢e Fund Kenya fund Blllericay Foodbank Mècmlllan Cancer sUp￿rt Shelter 8ox St Luke's H05plce Actlon for Chlldren Chan&lnE Pathwiys Ped Crts55-TurkeylSyria Billericay Strèèi Pasi•rs Easter Offerlng JMA Property Grant TOTALS 662 662 766 1Tr).971 42,C -766 -85,464 -29.56Z .950 .1&084 55,418 9.397 821 8.479 -IL2C 59,725 21,835 871 28.296 18,691 -548 -753 -622 753 622 1,210 -1.210 293 .293 lis 124 1,750 181.710 .240 .1.750 74 ioi,n4 Endowmènt Funds Restdaed Fynd N•me Openlnl B•thnce Tr•nslers i•lnsllos Tota15 Fund ur 1011 BlI￿rIC¥V Mqthodist C￿r(h 19. Related party transattions Th15 Nimo ¢rfrelat•d parr¥ ar Desuiption of Intomt from Loan5 to I lfroml Amounts owed bv I {to) retsted party as on 31.AuÉ- p•rtv dur*¥the durlftz the JMA Methodist Church Fund M15sSon in Brltain Fund Fund for Support of Presbyters & Deacons Fu￿d for Pro World Mission Fund All We Can) Donat*?n 240 er Donatltsn Toial 21%) Last ear N•me ot rd•t p•rtv Rel•tIo￿h1P Dos¢rtptlon of tr•nsartlon hKtyn• froffl P•yments to related p•rty io•ns to I (from) r•l•t•d party durlrythe ye•r Amounts owed by / durhry the related party •$ on 31-Au¢" JMA Methodist Churth Fund Mlsslon In Biftaln Fund Fund for Support of Presbyters & Deacons Fund for Pro Donatlon 73 115 World Mi55ion Fund Donation 2.117 Total 2.1 115 Bllleri¢a Methodlst Churth Appendix A CHURCH MEETING MEM8ERSHIP MINISTERS Rev Moses Aeyam CHURCH STEWAAOS Ms Helen Hacker Mr Rcqer Oavi5LYI Mrs Glll ft08e Chuich Safeguardlng Ctrordlnator Mr5 Liz Read CHURCH REPRESE TATIVES OTH EMBERS OF T E CHURCH COLINCIL Rev Felicty Al-Nassan Mr Dav*1 Ashworth Mr5 lyn 8owditth Mr5 Susan Cooke ladded Odober W23) Mrs Pam Coitrell Mr Ken Cow*ll Mrs Llnda Oa¥i Mr Rog¢r Davi50n Mr5 Juli• Faulkner ladd•d Cktober 2023 Miss Rath•l Galleha** Ms 14elen Hacker Mrs Geraldine Hanton Mrs Eli2abeth Il¥rdy (added M•rth 20241 Mrs loffaine Harrls io li 12 13 14 15 M4ss Maggie Xing5ton MT5 Elizabeth pe￿ (added March 20241 P*lrs knz Read 16 17 18 Mr Davld Rog•r$ Mrs Gill R4Èrs Mrjon Wèldron 19 20 BlI￿rIca Methothst¢lwr(h DECLARATIONS Treasurer I confirm that I have ptWted the thctounts frLNn the re￿￿8 of the Chwth •AI th&t k)chJde all urmler thè contwul olthe ChurGh C(¥Jndl. SvJnalLtro ol Trwurw 1&Nov-24 Name Addre*s Clo Blleruy moth￿1*&¢ Church, We8lom Road. 84l•rtcay. Es66X CM12 9DT Presentstlon to thfr Church Councll Ideotlng for appro¥al. I confirm that tho ACCI)￿￿ ww8, or b8.w•8•nt8d the klgthlng and wwe approvad. Slgnature of the Ch&r ot t Name ol lh• Chair ol tho me•lirvJ Oate Ind•p•nd•nt EX￿In0¢S R•port to lh• TfUSt•M of th• 8111grlcay M•th(bdl•t Church Church This Report18 on thè Church AcC￿nIs lor the year erthl 31° Augu•t 2024 RoSPectI￿ r••ponslbllltlH of Tru¥10￿ and Examln•r The Chureh'8 tru8teeg artr re8kmM8￿b8 the Pfepwotkn ol the •ctthnts. Thè Churt*'8 T1￿ thul In audh18 not requlred for th18 Ufth Sth 144 01 ts Charllkn 2011(tho C￿￿t￿lI Act) and th*t an Ind¢pendw eXam1r￿lI0￿ is needed. lan RUdk￿￿. FGA It 1$ my r•sFfy)$lblSiy to.. examine the acco￿1$ urmaer gectlon 145 of the Ch**i88 2011; •+ to folkw th& swduws down In th? LIT￿l￿n$ gfven by the (*wlty Ccfftmh$Th uNlor S•clh)n 14515Xbl of thè Charlt*s act to stat6 whetr*r partk)Jlar mattets c¥)mo to my atien1b￿. 1of1 Blmerlcay Paethodl# Clwrth Ba¥lg of Indo￿ndant ExAmln•e8 R•port exaMInatK￿ inrJLth¥ 4 rnviwf ofthe ￿nIary recyjrds kw by thg and • c¢mp*ison oflhe aLtAJunts prBsented ￿ th06e re(rth. It also indude8 (￿s￿eratI)n ofany unusual items LY digdosures in the ￿COunts. In conr*dMx With my eXaMb￿￿On, no mthr PAS my 8ttantp)n: . to keep ac£cwnling recxyds In a(Xlyd￿ SwAwJn 130 of Ihe Charlttes kt 2011. hav¢ not I￿n mgt or to whlch, in ry Owion, att•ntth thwld ￿ dr•*m in order to wable a wo und•rntanding of the ac£4xJnts to be re*hed. Mr lan Rudkins s￿ngture R•lovant ProItt￿an8I qualif￿tkIn 14 Upl•KS Ro•l, Bilknkay, E$8ax CM12 OJP 11111 12 1of1 Na￿ of Church - Billericay Methodist Church I Circuit No 341111 Registered Chaiity Number 1128787 Declarations and Scrutiny I confirm that these accruals-based accounts for tha year to 31 August 2024 have been prepared from the records of the Church and that they include all funds under the control of the CFKJrch trustees. Signature oftreasurer............................ Dale cf Name and address of treasurer - Lorraine Harris, 148 Norsey View Drive, Billericay..... Post Code CM12 OQX Presentation to the Church Iruste I confimi that the annual report and accounts f(x th8 year ended 31 August 2024 will be presented to the meoting of the Church truste8s held on Signature of the Chair of the meeting Name of Chair of the meeting Rev Moses Agy8m Date.. Independent Examiner's Report to tl¥e Trustees of the Billericay Methodist Church Charlty Number 1128787 Responslbllltles and basls ol report I report lo tho trustees on my examination of tho a￿Ount$ of the Billericay Methodist Church for the year ended 31 August 2023 set out on pages 1 to 18. As the Church's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounls in accordance wilh the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act,). I report in respect of my examination of the Church's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and, in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission und8r section 145{5)(b} of the Act. Nam• of Church . Billwicay IAethodiJt Chur¢h I Cireuil No 341111 Rogistered Charity Plumber 1128787 Independent Examinerf8 The Church's gross income did not exceed £250,000 and I ￿ qualified to undertake tr examin*ion by being a qualified member of the Institute of Financial Accountants. I have completed my exarn1nati￿. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than thal disclosed below.) which give me cause to believe that in. any material respect: the aCCountir￿ records were not kept in accordan￿ with 8eLa¥)n 130 of the Art. or the accounts do not accord with the accountiNJ records; or the accounts do rK)t (x>mply wilh ts applicable requirements concemlng the fomi and content of accounts out In the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the a¢￿Unts gNe a Irue and fairf view. which is not 8 matter considered as part of an independent e￿MinatIon the trustees, annual report is not (axsistenl with the a￿OUnts I have no COn￿mS and have come across other matters in conneckn wth the examnation to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. I havethave nor obtalned i￿petht verification of all Investrnents with the Trnstees for Methodist Church Pufposes or held other trusts, bank balances arnj lunds at the Central Finance Board of the Methodlst Church thich are indNidually in exces8 of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) al the balance sheet date. Signature of indeperthrt examinw . Name of Indep￿dent examiner- lan Rud(Ins FCA Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner Fellow of The In$￿tUte ol Chartered Accountants In ErnJland and Wales Name offirm (where appropriale) ....................... Address ...14 Upla￿1 Road, Billericay, Essex............... .. Post Code CM12 OJP Date li Lo2 . delete or circle as appropriate November 2024