Bllleticay k"gthodi$t Church {Incon)orating west￿ Road Id•lhothM thJ••D¥ Church SIAndrv¥s Chuwch H8rongaitl Regis*red Charity Number 1128787 Annual Report ol Ihe TA￿tte¥ loy Ihe Flnand41 Yw•nded 31 2025 Introduction Thi8 is th8 Trust8es' Annud Rewtlor BitterThy C1￿Ch co4eryWe*m Road Mell*yJis( C*urth and QueeTrs Paik Community Churth, both In &'ll*. '118ricay M811K#th'*l Church emplo￿￿ W14Nn8 s￿. a aBanw, ixth 4*xking * th# Qwi$ Chut¢h unt61 rinancial y8ar they both re11r￿. th8 th is ￿'ThJ don8 ty c•NrxtU5. V4rri5terRev Moses N4y8m is by th8 s￿ Essex CifCUIt of The MeltsAist Chjrth UK. Abms and organi*￿10n For somo Ilme n¢)w Mi8¥ion Stswmpmt ol the church h88 b88n'. BIW8ricay 118thothsl Clttjrch is c8K8dto encOWa￿ farth kn ￿. Through the power Oft￿ Hoty Iho ClWtst￿." Frrmn Seplemt*r 2023 to AW 2025 has been A Melkthl Way ol iile, dwar in f￿1h and our uJrrffiuThty ty Iccu8lrvJ on tho f￿r Ol￿r,C￿l CA*w': Wwth"p. SwvK•, *¥J ¥yo wilh th8 thwn• for lh• yw. • Chur¢h ¢ar1￿m)&¢y 1$ t Jura9• everyoTrJ in churrhes Its cwe I￿j In Ihne *xmwand •*thl. •vJ momitaln en e8t4t41thed paknr*l Byil•m where Churth fflernt￿ th in wryunctbn wth vWtU5 the mlii5t*. Famlly Mlnl$lry.' Erwurage anil ￿UlP vclunte8rs leaders to our inlo 8 cornm￿ IL¥ al gwwalkn*. Encournyv thnd nurDJr• rtrl•tttrftshiwJ God, lamtll•s Nurtuie Tel&ti￿ShIpS across Gyoups within Ihe Church. Fadlitaio Ilnk8 betwwn c￿￿Ch. I￿5￿•9, ts wAdw Ilwh 11K4￿1￿ rlhlp. Ho8pltallfy.' Encourp•Je CMst4ike trryjitallty 4nd an acbve kwe. Invite. ￿lCOMe, rec8iV8 and care lor vmitorn nvAvJmmws, 80 Ilw may fK*J 8 8wllual hcffl• 8Tra tho ncts*s8 of C*wl•t in ourchurch. Ext•nd God's Invitats.￿ to othors. Pray. tyan and vffjrk tmrd h¢lklrvJ Ot￿ to r•rniv• Cawl Inclusivty.. Er*n,oUr￿e and laolitale o sonse of ￿orvjll￿ twhw B(* dCM•l. Tnvhedoe th8 uniw8nes8 of w￿L¥ld￿al8 8￿1 foster irtluthlty. Encouragè mutvgl cr*thn. reyct k¢ rlhorsTydasgd atrww. 9￿. a•xual otsntotlon. mwiial giaiity. 490. dlsoNlty or opinlon. AcaMvAedqe ClwistsaFLT hold drff•rnrt Vi0*3 ￿ iSXVd f•lh •rKI tilea>l•. am wth88c4 CVIMQD to t• a Ir8me%4Drk ol mutual respect. pr￿rfUlr*$9 grac¢ tsThsty. Chall•n90 dis¢rlmin81"on and In5uYi￿. Working Together En¢ouiago Open￿5¥ to rwAiv• lal8ntsrf Encourage p80ple ￿lIhin th8 L*urch to wrrk tcwI￿ as eff￿al¥ely as w)ssible. To be end coroiderate of n8•ts of th098 wvthyk In our (*•14￿.. vdunt•ws, lay Mykws. wd81￿￿ mlnl$igts. $nwuraaem•th ttstakè an inlef8s1 in partioJlai ask￿ rfchurth T￿￿k. Busllpgss &JxI (B14(•￿$)." The Church *iN.. Cornply wth the Safeguard1￿ EqLKglity leg4I8lk)n FKdy. omply ￿71￿ cur￿ buildlngs Heanh ￿ Sal•ty undertako AtYMJa Rlsk ASEè%yn￿ts. Improve aTrJ maintain the Church w8ffliS8S. Busin8ss and (Fin8nceJ." Tho Church *ill.. En(xJur2ge thFJ use of reg￿ar. tax4fficienl gNing. Consbder aTrJ wove an 2nNAI tMdgei. Iollgther YAith a yeaf fL¥￿t. Cono+dw aThJ rtry￿ futwe Church fina￿e. Constd¥ aThJ akVOV• th6 annual ¢hurch contrftrAJbon to Ihe sc￿ E5￿ c1￿J11. Business 8th1 (Busu￿sS).' ThÈ Church wll tAAn ènd distharge in an eirtient arnl aft￿*Ve rn5n￿. R&V1￿ tytho ygw.. Ouf mornb•rshy at the of the yew was 126. k4us 44 ¥Ax*ipTMth we rvombw51. The many ￿ Var1￿1 church (￿gon1$ati¢￿s continued toadivdy ¥erye Ihe d￿h Iwnily aThJ ¢ommunity, lu11 detwl¥ ol ￿lch Mn b• found in th• Annu￿ coveriry eath cgt•ndar This Eet*Jt 18 in eath y•ar *KI the lile. ￿. wJrthip. 8•ivic* and achI8vern￿S ol tho thurch all Its xll¥Nlg* A wy may be C+Aa￿d frryTr Ih8 tr8asLWW. The Tru8t8es h￿0 cOn￿￿v￿d to dovelq) ow VI￿r￿ kn*irva at CJ¥xth ¥*)rshlp•Ts In dod¥Ms mado. General maintananco ia orwir*J at tdl* Churth,. Any charitstlè puwoa• lor ￿me L*lng ln•1ttrti￿ Nthldary w wmary ty Th8 k101￿￿&1 c￿￿.. Any pwpc8• for the ￿ffl• ￿'r¢ of •ny thwrty a rt￿ty to Th• MetW19t c￿h. dl Publ1¢ B•n•lS1 Wo confirm Iho 1rust￿9 havo ￿ r¢q¥d to ￿ Chty commis*￿.#￿1d￿u on Wc banefiL 8tructure. Man•oem•Nt Th¢ govemirrfJ d¢rtvm•nt Ihè Church18 tho Dowj ol ikncffj119321 Ileu￿1￿ Acl119781. D•iall•d govemance a￿a￿eM*Dts ar• oulln•J *lthln th• PrBL*ce arKI the M8llKrflist Churth tyorder of ts annwl conlerence ICPDI. Day by day manaoomont of th• CbLth b uTrJertakan by the Qwrth L•>Jerthp 1o8m. th• Clxxth FlnarKe & ProFerty aThJ Pagbjral c0mrnltt•￿. Trnlnlng A range of guldanc¢ proJLKed by k481￿j1$1 CoM•Xth ￿ ¥pxt th• effea#iv• of CIMMdh, $wallc4lly t￿161￿￿1,Th0 Rc4e ol a Trug¢80 In th• Mothfyjlst Church. ST¥￿ * al moallng memborn as tholr role al tru*a8 .Èi•d Partb•• The Church 1$ part d Ihe Metltr)rfist Soulh Esfex Ch￿rt 8TrJ Ihe 8ed4 EsJ8x Hewis tlslw*a i& akn bj the MotlKxkst Conference. Suppllars Billericay Melhr>thst CIMYch has u8ed the durw¥ yaw. *I￿arn weTru*ee4 ￿ rela*d to T￿￿•8* cf the Charity.. Ac¢r3 Press Abeiwn Garden Centre Amazon Baker Ro Bl1$$ Cleanlno B8rl&yland$ Fami Sl Basildon Councal Beverfey Haidy Garilenlnu BT A¢t¥n WiNJtr* Servkes Adarn$ Calerfng ASDA B Curtis Gre￿9r¢Xer >x Mu* B&Q Bn"ts"sh Gas BS Ilash PAobi* Repairs Cartridg•sav8.CO. Cancer Researth Shops CCLI COSTCO Charles FathJ Ltd Ccdl8cTin Ltd Dl￿￿rn Easylitht Bulbs Eleclri¢FSx Franklins Gab￿ Rc#Jfing E.Bay E-ON Esséniial Hygleno FA Durnont Church SLwII85 Gr?at Biitish TFadiThJ Ud Nolland & 8aryett Honey Poi 8￿￿￿aTr Idium TechTh)￿y 1¢oland lan BT0￿ Kettle$ Boll Kingdom Coff0• G￿4m(￿ Hcwne Sargairro IKEA lan Dippte Blw Ken8￿ Lrxthi &)mpany ILVCI M&S MEthL¥Jlst ChurGh Ptyidl Mirtster ¢l*ertt'ng Ser¥irAs IMSGI Mak8 Spac& A1 CMS (Matk Smith Window Cjeanerl MElhLYJisl Ingjtance Mawbrey PrOr￿Y Servic88 Panlons Electsical Poundlalld RS 08coratiTrJ SelcD Tr￿8 C¢ntre S&D Bank8 samant￿ D8v4nwt Sinlons LLP Sinole¢ Style South Sumup Su2yFlck)zyCake$ Thame￿de M8chanlcal Servlc•B TV l icensi Nir￿ Garden Pot5 RLP FkyJs0 C188r8nce S Davi8 Tw8e Cwe Srt8GrwTrd Stsppwd & Crr SloryLccp Sunnyvlll& Si¢Ye Trainll Th￿n8￿de Flre Protectic Timp& The Rw¥o TOTAL Enwty• TESCO WAVE Wl8ltroae VsTrTnG Voipfone WH Smilh Wi¢ke8 Rl•k Ass•gsm•m Th¢ Church CowKiI have 8xarnln8d the m4or stralwc, iKMlness 8TrJ cyratic4wl the Cl¥Jch I￿•8 aTrJ canllnn thet systams havg beeii establiehed lo ￿na￿e reQ￿ar rewts to for thg C￿rth Cwil 89 thal the st￿ can h tsken iolown kn rlsks. Prof95￿￿￿ 8thlc• iè as r8tylr•d. The Church thuhdl hav• adcWWJ. rev￿￿ar￿￿2l1Y. a S31egwthTrJ PCAV *tdth the ￿dDr￿ rytyid*J by lh• cl￿￿. 1ncorn• or¥J E¥p8ndiiurF m¢•*tor•d in tow Thtth lh• •Fw•J ￿J• Wl M ¥ oJ•rt•1y b•* to d•t¢¢i Imids as part of the rtsk management Sat•guardlng potenrial aÈ fj￿$ re.crnatth oftss tn Chth. ￿ ottsr Ilw tNs a dtrty io V81uè allpw ès b&8nng IIKg w ol ..4 andlhvrnfforo to halm. Mothodist Connexional PTBCtice cMJthne¥ this ccnmitmert to tho Th• rAre Thjrttn ol, aThl re¥*cfful paslrx81 min19ty th all thlfthn. p￿8 and aduN• The 8aleguardiThJ and woteclion of all thihyren. Fecyle *then Ik*y ate vulnernt4e Vigila￿ 0$ lo Ihe dangers ￿ abus We will carelully sdecl and Irain al IIMB *ilh gry r?5w￿￿lty the cl￿th. in lin8 *Tth Saf8F Reuuitmgnt Irdjthng the Use rrf crtrnln81 r8cord d19ckngLff•S rw91rnliM *ath t￿ rni•vAnt v8th.rwj tJ¥rir¥J We will rewd %%ithout delay to evwy cuntth'rd made *h W that￿ e•thth. ¢h'kl L¥ mty have been h*med. coopet3bfjg *ilh the police ¥nd IcKal athbyity in •rty in W8 %*111 seek to thallenge arty 8bu88 of esp8(iany by in a tnJ&t We will seek to Olf￿ GarE arKJ ¥vpwrt irmy￿11vj WKI rfjtsral to wllK¥rb84 to any mernL*r ￿ c4Jr Ctsjrch cmimunlty kr¥)*n 10 have offended againa a y(xry 0rVu**￿ athjlt In 811 Ih880 p￿￿1P1es ￿¥thI1 f¢￿1￿* Twx￿￿ed eiiierl¢ay Meitb)dlst ¢ommtts h$8￿ Safewwthr¥J Pdicy. g￿err*￿ent Iwabon. guid￿ and Safe wactice. Reserves Policy The wlicy iy to rne￿n 6 months foreca51arnu81 exF*Thkn fIn￿C*￿ty wxlicat, wiiv218rt to srffio £76.￿. The bal£r￿£S hdd in OUF account5 IBxdudlThJ held in Ihe Intema xwjntsl to £4￿.128.44." fr￿B¢ Cunpnt Acwjnl 01 £10.eo4.4n and CeNral Fin￿¢& PA)8rd Depjs't kn4YJrt d £389.324.Ctyl as ai 31 3)25 ex¢*] Il* reswves I￿￿. ltheTe are other investrnent81. Th859 additioMI luThls ar8 held.. 11 £20k lo lu¥¥J ttw4ard$ bec¥Thing a Gre8rQ Resiricted Funds £215,￿1.11 Wuest FuTrJ morey is lo bo u2•J far SFeofic fulwe ￿[lect5 las •a￿ed ty Corrill Thx kn g￿&1 ￿nn1￿ expen8e$ if Funds rd8UryJ ￿ Qur Gwden ol ard Wwn Sw *• cortrtlknj ty th• CIM￿7 and used for apwov•d purprts•s (th• rosèN•￿¢ath b#1￿¢¥ Is min4nall. Onward TransmIswc￿ Fwds r8(at8 b c￿1￿￿￿)n￿ arwj vari(w ￿e1￿￿18t cther Charities and Fthl$ iEl&tiNJ ID the M8lhodts&t Funds other Chartty loThwdwJ to re8￿th pwscTh a *)]n AS ￿ yxtie&l. spBdfle r•$￿0$ Arè m8lntsin•d. Balances reflect cash a%va6ting disbJrxmenl. Th• X•nya Fund Is control￿ by Kanya Suprth Comrnitt•& Trea￿re[. ou￿￿￿￿paYMents are rn8d& for yrfic r8quest8. annual 8chool and uTh¥e￿ty f86S guppyt (rf prc•eds at the Grace Centre. SurF4us I￿J> miThmal ar￿ are depeTrJenl ¢A¥￿IlDn￿glftS glven. No spedfK ￿￿1*nUM r￿￿¥*1¥ m*nlaiml. Int•rn•l Ch￿￿ Orgwlutlom Chuith Organls*Jon malrtai08 riwrves arvwi* to irKan8 Thair Lg•Jw8lManawn*tt Committ•• rev1* 8nnually. Approv8d by Bi118ri rthc Rev Mos•9 Chair 08tgd: 8th kn•nb8r 2025 Church Accruals Accounts 202&2025 THE METHODIST CHURCH REPORT and ACCOUNTS ACCRUALS BASIS for the yoar ended 31 August 2025 BILLERICAY METHODIST Church R•gl•t•r•d Charlty . R•gl•tr*lon numbw (W •ppIl￿bI•) 1128787 Clrcutt No 34111 Mlnl*t•r Rev Moses Agyam Church Stsward¥J Ms Hglen Hack¢r Mr Re4Jw Davison Mr8 Gil R(8eTS Church Treasur•r Mrs L0Th81nv H4rrf$ BILLERICAY METHOIXST thurth Tntste¥s Annual R•port on Flnance and Govemance Basls ol preparatlon and l•gal frJmewwk The Charity's annual ￿POrt and accounts for sJeaT ended 31 Au8USt 2025 ha￿ been prepared In accordance with the Charities Ad 2011 and the Charitles: Statement of Recommended Practice 2015 as applicable to the f Inanual Reportir8 StarOardlFRSsEI 2015 Full N)me of Charlty I Church: Billerlc8y Methodist Church Re¥lslration Cl)arlty Nulli￿r (if d Regisle¥ed Ch41 ilyl: 1128787 Date of reglstrat5on lif reglstered as g Charity) 2611112CM)8 Main communlcatlon athjress.. Methodtst Chuwth. Weswn Road, 8illericay CM12 90T The members ol the BFllerlcay Methodist Church Council are the Chèrlty Trustees, membershlp being mgdo up ol church office holder5, Mlnister and representativès appolnted by the church at the Annual General Meeting In March. Full membershlp b shown as Appendlx A to thls TCPOrt. Treasurer Mrs Lorralne Anne Harrls LorrainE Horris acted as the priwpol offlccr ovetseeln8 the day to day financial manaBem9rrt and accounting for the chtsKh durlng the year. Independent examlner Mr lan Rudkins. FCA of 14 Uplond Rood. Bllleric4y, Essex CM12 OJP Itwestment Ba4?kers Central FinantÈ Boèril. of the Methodlst Church Trustees fof Methodist Church purposes ms •nd ory•nt••llon stsiement 0fMi￿or4.' ￿lIe￿￿m￿h￿l5I Chwch L%¢alkn to*￿￿rat￿a inGod. Through thepcwerof the Holy Spiirt we prodaim the love of Jesus thit5tin'. WorslwpaDd fellowship. ewange*m ¢eath111& serwingothers afid i)JrTh•nefof the Yearwas CarlnÉfor God's W￿d. we artNetyenga¥ed *rththeTearfuHd Umatechange Emer8enry dedafaiion proces$ and cont￿utd ¢oexplNtotherways •sindpiiduaband asa thurth to better tare for6Dd'sworfd IGenes*s 1.. 27-2BI The p￿rpo$t$ olthe Methoth5t Churth •re shall bedeemedto hè¥0 been slnEethe Dote of Unbon the4dyar￿rne￿t of.. Al The Chrhtian tthh In attordattté wth the dothknal siaThd¥ds and dlsdph.ne tsf The Methodlstchurch., bl AD¥ehafftable wrpose forthe ilme l￿￿<01 *yCo•ne*iothal. Ortvii. kx#l •t￿r or8anfisat￿￿ olThe Mothod15tChurth,. cl Any charirJble pwrpose loi the tkne bel￿ of any s(%lety or Insorutth Sub￿rary anuttary to The Methodlst thuyth.. dl Any pufposè feJrth* tlme ol any th¥htybekn8a ch¥tty wbsWi•y or •knH•ryto The M¢thodistChtsrth WDrshlplngGod thiou8h praver, soni and other actsof*wshlp. The or&ani54tlQn Dnd rejourciniol rtv￿r pUl￿￿C •cts•fww51wopmto rDErkn olthE thurch nd non rnembers allke. The teachlniof Chrlstl•nlt¥throu8h coursts yn41 vows. The re50urdn801 pa5toralwork ifidudiTh8 Vlsltinathe 5Kk and beT￿yed. Y&klni p•llwouJ a5S•mblie5 in k¥ra15ehuols. Promotion ol ChflStknKythiou8h the *taekn8of e%*fits4nd ser¥ice Provlslon of thaplolrKy sen￿CestO xhoolk urt hoM fjtlw InflM¥tkn•sappww*ate Publl¢l•*•flt We conflrm thetrusioes h4¥e had reewd to IheCh¥5tyComr45sb)n.sw￿In￿ ￿￿￿t￿n￿lI. SIr￿rturn, fj¢)wrD*n¢••nd M•n¥•m The 8ov•rnlnid0cumentf￿fhe thurch t%the Deed ol Unlon11932land m¢thodL%tCh￿lth * 119761 Detalled Kovemance •tTanwnent5 8rtoutWnedWthknthe Cofisfftutknal Pmctkeand (1sc*lne of the Method15t Church byorder ol the annualMnference ICPDI. è¥ to daymanagement of the church Isundertaken bythe Church Le•J•rshlp team alJr<￿ th* TheTru&tees art appolnted at thoAGM of the chuth. TnJs¢••Tr•lnln¢ A ranie ol guidance prodiKed Connex6ontosupvrd*tffethJ¥enMthgof the cburth.and the role of Twstees Isgi¥eh totheChuvthTrvstee5 4tVaTiOU5 ry*eliry Jndl DF sèssions. R•l•t•d P4rths The Churth Ls partof theswlh Essex partoftht Btd¥H*ts &￿￿￿ DbtrKt Is also atto￿tab￿ fo the Merhodlst Conleren(t. The Inierral organisatkrfsl Inked to thlsthtsr(h are the INTEftSand ROCK SOLIOYouth Oub Men's Fetlowship, Men'3 Supperu￿b, IT￿5th0O1•ndT0dd1er ¢knup atwestttn koad. Rls& Man•pm•nt The major risks have idenufkd r￿¢*d¢1 by ￿T￿$t*¢5 vAth wole55b￿￿ lo￿er￿ke￿a5TequIred. There Is a re8wlarannual re¥w undertalen andreror4ted. Income and Expendlture ￿ bein8 rnonttored kn totsl and F5 OWnpa￿d *lththeapprJnds relalinÉ to the SPQn50rshlp of 5tudEllts and othe*actfvifJe$81 owstsrerchurchesln Kenya. mahod￿ Furthand other Cbarity collectlons arefo￿arded to re5por151Nepersons4$ so￿ a5 1$F¥act￿l. ￿>sp￿TeserVesare maintained. B44n r4flect cash awaitin8disbw54m•ni. The Xenya Fund15 (Kntrollal bythe Kenya Supwrt CoThTrinee*d the CINNth TFEasurer. 0￿￿1￿)￿5/payMenl5•￿e tnadefor 5pecffkTeque5ts, annu81 sthool and uni¥er5#yfeesaDd 5WHt of woieLt5 •tThe G1￿center. Surph5 funds arè r*)Inimal and arn éependonttspon ￿n3th￿S/￿S8￿￿. No res4r¥o 15 Int•m•l Churth OrwlvAtW. Each Churtho￿a￿lshtfjD￿ mairtains appwDpvfjatere5erYe5to their aLtitrit*5 and comes¢ur*$.Thdr Lv4derVManagewit CommlEtse re¥iEwthe5e •nnu*. 112È717 4¢lE5 -Colle¢lLonsèndt&i¢Kdft Donètkns 2745 2445F 27101 47556 -OThers LMh•rlr•di 376 .bllscell4D¢￿s 71 IbYL2 52?06 632È7 I￿3 71567 jo ts14Dtiind t￿MI￿?￿S 47 742 25506 1)791 X70 iyJsJ GDlnsllLDsSPslvn rewa￿*￿0[11¥Cd￿1Q1l1pr0pert￿5 on Inwstmonl wels Fwd•Jk14 TOtJlfunth bfau igy55Y6 213Ufj3 29>74S 28421 ¢JlleiintslGrft5-Pds&qdfo ExtsrnalcWnb￿ Tot•15thh)*ar Totab I•￿ y••r YanRlbl• Fl¥•d A51•ts• Land & Èuildin Iland valuÈ only) 12 1,776.771 1776771 1705389 ment 12 InvestmÈnt ro ertiÈs 13 Inve5trDents Totslflxedussets 1.776.771 1776771 1705389 Currentknets DÈbtors and Pre ayments Cash at bank and in har 14 21.977 227.130 21977 27(Bg 14 .743 72413 71985 Trust44s lor Methodist Chuith Purposes depe%is Comtral FinantÈ 8tsard Depouts Other 389.314 189324 191063 183.971 299.743 483714 290147 torb • under I ¢cN• 15 N•t current 411frts li•biliti•5 183.971 299.743 483714 2￿14? T•to1 oss¢ts Iws¢uvrent Il•bllftles 1.960.742 299,743 2260485 1995536 Loins and cr•dltaTh kn *ll•r I iy 1.960,742 295.743 ZZ60485 1995536 Funth ofth• Churth UNrt5trlct*d fuids 1.960,742 1960Y42 1893753 Restr￿tr￿ fvnds Èndowmtnt funds 299.743 299743 101783 TOt￿Pu￿ 1.960,742 299.743 226ts18S 199S536 Open￿8 balance Pa￿ts Net Rtteiptsl P•ywnts 293 -245 *AIju51rnents Cltssin8 bal•n¢es ènisatiofts INTERS & RIXK SOLID Oubs Men's Fellowship Mpn's 5uppoi Club Pre-school Toddler Group5 WR Total 115 2561 615 1230 -2268 408 403 836 -1079 151 1521 164 987 58275 567Y 1372 I￿991 -103470 -1520 1536 59725 iJ1081 -J¢FJ197 61609 Total Total Paym￿rtS Continu*on a ¥paiate 5heRt rf rLece5sary and brin8thè totsb forward, TranslwTthals ot Recetpts and Payments tothe SOFA Balanc8 Sheet 81LifRUY NfnlODisfchwth Notes to the Accwnts 18asls ol ac£ountlng ThefiTranclal staternents have prÈpaTed urnder the CharitiesAct 2011 in actovdanto with 2014wrw(m of N£t￿ntInE and Reporting by O)arlties'. Statement of R£fo[Dm￿ded Practite ISORPI apk4K8ble lo ChoTit￿ tt*iT accourrts KCQTdarKe ¥￿th the Financial Reportin8 Standardlor Smallftr EThtiti*s applicat40 in the UK lellortive frrAn l JaMary 2015I-tho lthartties SORP IFR55EI- sn reDlocemeTrtloTthe SORP's If￿ YE￿i0￿5pec￿Sed in its rel8ted 2C118 Re$￿ations3nd irs xt0￿ce with the afid 18iro¥errid¥ t￿¢11￿￿d th*tin.- 2 Funds The fund5 hpld con51ihtte'. General FundS1￿Id fov anypufF¢J5e olthe thufth are U￿re￿l¢ted. wNth are fora TwrI￿er rpose irnclvding iknse for iTrt*rnal orEaNsatioTr& There are als¢) ETh1wmwt fwAtsa5 llsted. Opta¢15 ul EKh mateiial lund are￿I￿￿05ed i note 18. Any funds may be rewesented by morethaniust Cash. 3 Accountlng polldes Bas15 These ac£otsnts h8¥È bÈen prtyred an ts￿$01 Msitti£al coxt*xcWihatim*slm•ntsare shown at their market yal￿ ai the end of Ihe ye¥, m the ¥c¢ruals b451s io thowa true l¥rvlew ￿the Qxw(WsfinincI￿ po911￿￿1 acti¥itie Inwme Intome is included in the StalerTrent of Flnancial *rtMtitt ISOFAI when tho Owh b•¢thY￿ v4it1tdio th• festyJrc•s, •fvJ the tnb#e¢s •rt rt45onabty certaln they wlll recelve the rQ￿Jr￿,. and thé mondaryvalue can ￿ measufÈd with reliabl￿ty. Ex￿ndItur* This 15 recc%nised wher* • lia￿lIty ￿ ifteurred. or atonstnxth* 0￿+￿10￿ t1￿1 rtsdts in the ptym•nt brny un•%viO•blt. Liilylities are r￿oI￿1$ed al soon is On of ttonornic bel￿11115 mlxe likety tharn nat underthe le8al or coThAructive c•l¥aElon commlttlrrf the Cirtuit ID payout re5wrce5. Grants Grants mad+ by th• thurth from its c*¥n lunds •r• r•co¢nisod irb fvll al th•tim•o14reernent ¢x Churth accepts that there15 1 k841 or eritimal oty18ation to make the payrnent. WheTh thegrant Is rtturrent tr•er more thèn ¢)ne￿ar the balance payab1• ITh lutUf4 ￿aT5 i¥ Ireat•d as Wtr4iiion for future cummitrnonts in the ￿￿￿(eShVet a84ln5t the •Fpropr￿eI￿. the prowslon btkng in luiure yeafs as irt#aknèntsare paid in accordance wth theorl8inally a8reed temis. VAT Slnce the Church Isn￿vAT rnelstere4 an inputVAT is ehai8ed éxpths•s 10 itf•f•rs. Tangl￿* Ilx•d u$• by th• ChU￿h Th• We#erTh RNd property15freeh(4¢Y, the bullsJlry64¥wsd¢L The*)￿￿$ Park prtWTris loasehddvlith 102v￿r$ to on the le•se, the bullding is 23 ytars uid. Buth properties ar• slkiwn asthe ol the land ml¥. fv Yalue of the *tesfor • potentr* attornaiive use may ￿ ￿￿lfitanIl¥ h4iher than the value 5aown in the acwjntk Fixed assets are I￿￿e￿perIStd ir* t￿YOar of purchas•. In¥èstment Propertles ITh￿$1￿ent Prowrt￿s. M Pro￿rty1$ gJrreThttyileemedtO bt hddforthe Wterm purp)￿01th2 charity. Investments In¥estment5 arevalued in the ai m*et value * the year end. irxcm¢ is lTrd￿ in th•￿(pUnts *fien f￿￿able and any ziinsor l¢)55e50n revaluatN?n at the year erKI are thown in the Y)F Debtors and Prepayments Debtors include outstandiw lettiw #wd¢es in AW. Credlttys reditors ￿(l￿de oulstandings rel￿1￿ to utililie5,tefettt￿ etc in 81LLERICAY MEfMoDL5T(hufth 4. Donatlons and legacles Unrestrlrted Restrkted 2025 Totsl 2024 Totsl Collections 61906 64022 Tax credits Donations 18753 2745 18753 27202 16255 47556 24457 Legacies Total 2088( 233263 208806 316667 42000 169833 202S Total 2024 Total 5. Charltable actlvltles Fund raising Other Total 2025 Tolal 2024 Total 6 Other tradln8 •rtlvltles Use of Premises donations Internal Orgs donations Total 33650 14250 33650 14250 47900 37695 11200 48895 2025 Totsl 2024 Total 7. Investment Incom¢ Central Finance Board Rental Income 12696 9333 other Totsl 12696 12696 9333 2025 Tolal 8 Other Total Internal Organisations Isee list on Balance Sheet) Miscellaneous credits Other-Herongate refunds from S E55ex Circuit Total 111081 111081 1(M)971 1721 9255 111947 9376 9. PBwmenttoTnutees Lastyoar Payments made to trustees for adth.•￿al Serv￿ provmled tothechurth bya8reementwith the thurch Council Meetlng NIL NIL Number ol trustees whowele pald expenses NIL NIL Nature of ibt •xp•ns•s- Plumbln8 •nd 118￿1￿4 Wofks If there afe no payments tOTrUste￿ please record nO￿penseS were paid. Total amount paid 10. Feesfor eM•mhi•don or¥udho1 th*•c¢oynts IndependeTrt examinerfsoT audttors, fees lor on the accounts Otherfees le8.. 4tfvSce, 4cct>unl¥llEV Stfvi¢esl p•idtothe Ind¢pendÈrt eJ•miher or•u&tor r41L NIL 11. P•lO •mployMs Staff Costs pald durln8 ihe yewwere: G105SWè8ES, 541arles and benelits in Ilnd 10,052 13,089 Employerfs Nation4 Insurance costs Pen51on costs Total Staff costs 10.052 13,089 Avqny ￿mber01 st•ff •mploy••d th•y•wf*•rw. 1 of 1 12 Tan8lble Flxed Assets C95t or valuatv)n Church Inon Investment) land and bulldln Payments on account and assets under Other non In1￿StMent land •nd bulldlngs Inwe51rnwrt opertles Iland and Iwtldlwy} Other ftxed assets Includi motor vehldes Flxtyyes. t)tthws and equlpmert Tot*1 aalanc• brou ht lorward 5,116,167 276,175 227.846 5,620.188 Addltlons IHerongate Churchl Revaluatlons l+/.1 214,147 44,670 7,978 266,795 Transfers ' l+l-I Balance carrled foThvard 5.330,314 320,845 235A24 5,886,983 Accumul•t•d d r*cl•tlon alance brou ht forward 3 410,778 276,175 227,846 3,914,799 Depreclètlon charge foryear (.} Revaluallons l+/.) 142,765 44,670 7,978 195 413 Dis osals l-l Translèrs. l+l-I 8alan<• ¢•rrled forward 3,553.543 320.845 235.824 4,110,212 Net l)ook ¥•￿¢ Brou hi forward 1,705,389 Nll 1,705,389 CaTrled forward Assetts are fully expensed in the year of purchase The three Church bulldin85 are valued at thelr LAND VALUE only as at the financTral yearto 3110812025. Westem Road land Is freehold. Queens Park land Is Leasehold 104 years left of 125 (the land Is owned by Basildon Borough Councill. The"transfErs" row 15 fur movement5 between flxed 85521 cateEories. 1.776.771 hlil 1,776,771 OILLERICAY METMODISTChuf¢h 13 Investments The funds that support the various fun(È are hekj by TMCP in TnjSt￿ Interest Funds on which interest is credited to thè accounts each month. Thèse are regarded as medium and long term investments. TMCP Is the legal owner and Custodian Trustee of all Methodist Model Trust property, including Legades. Endowments and Accumulated Ftsnds. Trust property is held for and on behalf of local Managing Trustees who a responsible for the day to day management of trust property. TMCP ensure that. through providing guidance and acting under their direction. the Managing Tnjstees comply with charity law and Methodist law and pollty as determined by the Methodist Conference. Analysls of Investment movements Thls yoar Prev year Change In Inve5tmentvalues Carrying Imarketl value at beginnin8 of year Add., additions to investments at ¢0st Less: dlsposa15 at carryin8 value Net gainlllossl on revaluation Carrying Imarketl value at end of year Ni1 1 of1 14. Analysls of current assets Th15 )Ear ia5tyear Debtors and prepaymnts Pre pald assessments 17500 17500 AccrLbed income s(￿0 Less Accrued expenses Total debt0￿ ￿ prepayments .523 401 21,977 27,099 Analysls of cash at ￿nk Bank balance held In HSBC INOTE: Thls Indudes Restricted and Vnrestrleted Funds) 8ank balance held In Methodlst Central Flnance 8t￿rd 10,804 12,260 389,324 191,063 Internal Organlsatlon bank bèhnces 61,609 59.725 Total Cash and BanlL 461,737 263,048 15. Anatysls ol current It•bllltles and long terni credltors Trade Creditors Nil Other Credltors (NOTE: Monies received and passed onto External Or8an15atlonsl NIL NIL Totsl Currem Llabllttles 16, Capft•l commltments aThl ￿ntIn￿ent Ilablllile5 No Contingent liabilitie5 were identified at 31st Au8USt 2025 1of1 Blleflcay Methodlst Churth 17. Loans and credltors due after one year Loans Source Amount brought forward llew l)orrowlnzs Loan Intetest Repayable In the year Balance at year end Repayment du¢ Due wlthin 12 months Totals Due after more than 12 month5 Total 1 of1 OwvAr4 Tol pw4*u 44rdinol knmbihi ooi iiix*i 206Jr41 41.147 21.l>J IisK•? Wwm K•ny4lund 71 a55 Ibi 541 Allwe£a stLuk• i 461 EIAkDrOtI •rt Gr*hl TOTA Tot Blllerkay Methodlst(hwth 19. Related party transattions Thi$ ear Name of related party Loans to I {froml relattd to related owed byl dwlrythe durknR the reknted party as on 31.Avi. durknR the JMA Meth(rtllst Chuich Fund Mission in Britain Fund FurTrd for Support of Pre5byter5 & Deacons Fvnd for Propert Wofld Mission Fund All We Cènl Donation 114 Donatk)n Toi 595 Last ar Name of relai•d party A4l•ttonshlp DeKrlptltyi ol tratw¢tlort Payn*nts io rel•1 l￿n$ to I {¢rom} Amounts fjwedtyl It¢) rd•ted p¥ty as on Yl-AuK- rel•ted party durlni the party rlr¥4 the IMA Methodist Church FLind Mission in gritain Fund Fund for Supptrt of Presbyters & Deacons Fund for Pro Donatk)n Z40 ert World Mission Fund Donation Totsl Bllleilca Methodlst (hurth Appendix A CHURCH MEETING MEMBERSHIP MINISTERS Rev M05e5 Agyaffi CHURCH STEWARDS •As Helen Hacker Mr Roger Daw50n Mrs Gill R￿er5 Church Safeguardin8 Co-ordlnator Mfs Ui Read CHURCH REPRESENTATIVES OTHER MEMBERSOF THE CHURCH COUNCIL Rev Felitity Al-Hass)n Mrs Barbara A1ft￿ld lldded July 2025 Mrs H•*th*r Ashworth l￿ded J￿V 20251 Mrs Lyn Bowditch Mrs Susan Cook• l￿d*d Octob•r 20231 Mrs Pam Cottrcll Mr Ken Cowell Mw5 Linda Oavison Mr Ro£¢r ￿¥1$ Mrs julia Faulkner (added October 20231 Mlss R4¢h¢l G•ll•h¥wk io li 12 13 Ms H8l•n Hack•r Mrs Geraldine Hanton 14 Mr5 Elitabeth H¥dy Ideleted Morch 20241 Lorralne Harrls Is 16 Miss Maggie Kingrton Mrs Eliiabeth Perry laddÈd March 20241 Mrs Llz Read 17 18 19 Mr Oavid Rcgers Mrs Gill A￿erS Mrjon Waldron Ideleted February 20251 20 21 Blllerka PAetlwth Churth DECLARATIONS Treasurer I that I have pt8patwJ th• tr￿￿ th• of th• Chufth aThJ th•t fund8 u¢Ml•f tho contrd ol the Church COL￿¢1. SvJn8lvre ol Treasu Date Nov-25 Nome trs Lorrnine Hav￿5 Addr• CM12 9DT Presentatlon to th• Church Councll M•etlng for apwO¥￿. I confirm that the k¢ounts ware. ¢y WID bg,wq8ented lo the o and were approved. s￿naluT￿ of Ihe Chalr ol th• Nttmtr of lh• Ch￿r of thts mo•tkng Ind•p•nd•nt Examln•rf• Report to th• Tru$t••s of lh• Blllerlcay Methodlsi Church Church Thi$ Rgport il on lh• Ch￿h Acownts (ry tho 31" Awl 2025 R••p•ctlv• r•spon•lbUlll•8 of Tn￿10•8 and Examln•r The Church's trustees are re8pJrniL40 for the of Iho acrthnts. Th• thurth'B ltst •n #udfjt Is not iequlrnd for Il*$ under S•clknn 144 of tho Ch*lkn 2011{tho Charlti•8 Pdl arwj that An Ind•pgnd•nl eMmI￿ti¢)n is needed. Mr RLKlkkn$. FG4 It18 my ￿sP￿IbIlItY to.. OXAmine th• act￿￿￿ *Klion 145 ofllw 2011: to follow Ihe wc¢edures lahj tjcwn ger￿￿ g¥en by thv ljwity Ccrfnffmmion urwjor Sectk)n 14515Xbl ol the Chariiw acL' to Jlate vthelhgr p8thulw mallers lo my 8ffenkn. 1011 Billerrtay Methodist Churth Basis of Independent Examinerfs Report My examination w•$ ¢oNi¢d out in ￿ordance *ilh the 9enernl DireL*ons by the Ch*ity Commission. An examination I￿udeS a of the acLounting records kept by chanty and a comparison of Ihe aco)unls presented tr10se records. It also indudes c￿sKI￿ratN)￿ d any unusual items or disdo8ur8s in th8 ￿UntS. and seeking explanatK4)s from you a5 TFU51ees concemww any suth m8Mer6. The pro￿vre5 USKSertaken do not provide all the evidence that ￿Uld rewIr￿ in an audit ccwuently no opinion is gt¥en as to %thetheT the accounts p￿ent a Ywe and lair view" and Ihe rep￿1 is IitThled lo those matters set out In the slalement below. Independent Examiner's Ststement In ¢onnection my examinalion. r¥) matter hag come to my attentw)n. which gives me reasonable cause to beli8ve that in any material resp8Ct the reqU1￿Ments. . lo keep accounkn'ng records in XCOrdan￿ ￿th SeclK>n 130 of the Charities Act 2011. . to prepare accounts which accord wth the a¢¢ounb'ng records and comply wilh the accounbng requlrements ol Chanbes Act have not been mel: or 12) to which. In my opinion, attenbon shouhj be dr84Vn In order lo ¢nats￿ a prop¢r understanding of the accounts to be Teathed Name Mr l*b Rudkins Signature Relevant Profession81 qualifubon or ICAP4V Address 14 Upland RcAd, Bill￿, Essex CM12 OJP Date 03-Nov-25 1 of1 Name of Church - Billericay Methodist Church I Circuit No 341111 Registered Charity Number 1128787 Declarations and Scrutiny l ¢onfimi that these accruals-based accounts for the year to 31 August 2025 have been prepared from the records of the Church and that they include all funds under the control of the Church trustees. Signature of treasurer . Date CJ Name and address of treasurer- Lorraine Harris, 148 Norsey View Drive, Billericay............................ Post Code CM12 OQX Presentatlon to th• Church trusta•s I confimi that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025 will be presented to the meeting of the Church trustees the8thN ber 2025. Signature of the Chair of the meeting Name of the Chair of the meeting Rev Moses Agyam Independent Examlner's Report to the Trustees of the Blllerlcay Methodlst Church Charity Number 1128787 Ra8pon8lbllld•8 and basis of rnport I report to the trustees on my examination of the accourrts of the Billericay Methodist Church for the year ended 31 August 2025 set out on pages 1 to 18. As the Church's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of accounts in accordance with 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 under section 145(5){b) of the Act. Name of Church - Billericay Methodist Church I Circuit No 341111 Registered Charity Number 1128787 Independent ExamineVs Statement The Church's gross income exceeded £250,000 and l am qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualffied meniber of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. I have completed my examination. I confimi that material matters have come to my attention in connection wth the examination {other than that disclosed below") which give me cause to believe that in, any material resped.. the accounting records Y￿re not kept in accordan￿ with seLttion 130 of the Act; or the accounts do not accord wrth the accountiNJ records: or the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements conceming the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fairf view. which is not a matter cKJnsidered as part of an independent examination the trustees, annual report is consistent with accounts 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. I have not obtained independent veriftcation of all investrnents wilh the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts. bank balanrks and funds at the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church which are individually in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheet date. Signature of independent examiner Name of independent examiner- lan Rudkins FCA Relevant professii)nal qualification of independenl examiner Fellow of The Instrf(ute of Chartered Accountsnts In England and Wales Name of fimi (where appropriate) NIA Address 14 Upland Road. Billericay. Essex Post Code CM12 OJP Date 3 Novetnber 2025