**Trinity Methodist Church Brentgovel Street Bury St Edmunds** ## **Charity No. 1129116** ## **Annual Trustees Report – Year ending 31[st] August 2024** **Membership** 101 ## **Management** Trinity Methodist Church is managed under The Methodist Church of Great Britain and its constitutions and policies are determined by that body’s Model trust and standing orders. Finance and Property matters are delegated to committees which report to the Church Council. ## **Risk Management** The trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed, in particular, those related to land and buildings, and are satisfied that systems are in place to control and mitigate their exposure to these risks. ## **Objectives** The calling of the Methodist Church is to respond to the Gospel of God’s Love in Christ and to live out its discipleship in worship and mission. Inspired by this calling the aims are: 1. To increase awareness of God’s presence and celebrate God’s love. 2. Help people grow and learn as Christians through mutual support and care. 3. To encourage more people to follow Christ. 4. To show a presence in local society by being aware of local needs. ## **Activities** Regular activities ## Sunday Morning worship including activities for children. Our services are recorded, members can borrow the recording if they wish, sermons are added to our website with the preachers permission. Wednesday Coffee Morning. This continues to grow and provides a valuable form of outreach. This is open to all. Coffee and Chat in the afternoon on Zoom continues weekly. ## **Housegroups** Various housegroups meet regularly during the week and one has continued to meet on Zoom since the pandemic. These groups continue to increase in membership and discuss and study various topics as well as bible study. They also provide another form of pastoral care for members. ## **Pastoral Care** The church has a group of pastoral visitors who keep in touch with members, visit if needed and pray for them regularly. ## **Events throughout the year** Fundraising events continue to be held including an annual quiz evening and a spring concert. These not only raise funds for the work and maintenance of the church but also provide a chance for members and friends to meet on a more informal basis. We are pleased to welcome residents from the local Methodist Home who join our services from time to time and also come to Wednesday Coffee morning on a monthly basis. ## **Financial Review** Our income for the year was £96,705, slightly less than the previous year, due to much of the fundraising donations for the new kitchen appeared in last year’s income. Expenditure was £108,826. This includes £30,735 which was part payment for the kitchen refitting. This was completed in September 2024. ## **Reserves policy** ## 1. General Fund We aim to hold in reserve funds to cover 6 months expenditure - £40,000 This is required to ensure: - i) We can meet normal expenditure without recourse to borrowing ii) To cover items not normally covered by the budget CHURCH (Short Form) RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS (SHORT FORM) ChuKh FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2024 Circuit Circuit no Ib¥l ?3 Registered Charity - Charity Registration number If not a registered charity His Majesty's Revenue and Customs Gift Aid number (The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in tenns of eviden￿ of charitable status and may be used to give to donors or grant funders wishing to see evidence of the organisation's Gharitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not registered tharities are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242) Minister. 11 &4 1 I Church Stewards: PI4 luiP ILis ILTr CL&fL Treasurer. Jo 1of4 Chutch . Short Fonn A¢¢OUFITS FOR ThEYEAR E140EDJI AUGiL8TX24 SECrnN A RECWPTS 59.758 873 55 24.716 42.749 TOTAL RECEPIS 86 96.70$ 111956 SEeT60N bl PAYAIEFUS b2 Gi￿J1t￿5Se5SrnentCr$h8re 57.771 b3 4.672 S,075 b7 TOTALPAYMEP 81054 SECTION ¢ NÈTRECQPTSIPAYMeiiTS FOR TrEYE•R 1111211 Tda4 hmds b 84.143 S3.281 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF (C1 + e2) *4 StÈte krethei(*al of 8 Stateherethetcéal ora f￿b￿leS ofthe Churth S* ttEin5ur¢¢ Va￿e￿￿e ch￿{* SECTtOF4 DANALYSIS OF FLIPIDS d1 BaLlfi￿ he￿atTr￿P at 31 lar￿$ hdd atCFB a131 11.956 d3 8ankand c¥sh ￿ar￿S at 31 A 73.9B5 sf SE¢YJON E e1 Ba￿￿￿ browhttrJfvard frrffj *tiear 14 Offenn 3.163 gALAIJ¢E snLL TO BE PAID [e1+&*31 2d4 IHoTriSI Name of Church................................................. ................... Declarations and Scrutiny I confirm that these R￿lpt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2024 have been prepared from the records of the Church and that they indude all funds under the control of the Church trustees. Signature of treasurer ... Name and address of treasurer. M fLS Post Code.i.e 'i?.•i P Presentation to the Church trustees I confimi that the annual report and aGcounts for the year ended 31 August 2024 V￿reA￿lI be" presented to the meeting of the Church trustees held on . Signature of the Chair of the meeting Name of the Chair of the meeting . Date... ocCt)beJ Independent Examinerfs Report to the Trustees of the TIINI i Y Mf_ (Hètsis ..Church Charity Number... . Responsibilities and basis of report I report to the tnjstees on my examination of the accounts of the . T£IMf! r tsr(R8IIsi . Church for the year ended 31 August 2024 set out on pages 2 to L As the Church's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in a￿rdan￿ with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the ACV). I report in respect of my examination of the Churth's accounts carried oui under sectton 145 of the Act and. in carying out my examination. I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{5)(b) of the ACL . delete or circle as approprtate ChLrclhshort. 3¢)f4 l(Lirai iq Name of Church................................ No..l!S.qllb Independent Examin*s Statement I have completed my examination. I C￿rM that no material matters have come to my attentron in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below") whth give me cause to believe that in. any material respect the accounting records were not kept in aC￿rdan￿ with section 130 of the Act,. or the accounts do not arxord with the accounling records. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attenlion should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understsnding of the accounts to be reached. I haveiTrtave not" obtained independent verification of all investrnents wrlh the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances and funds at the Central Finan￿ Board of the Methodist Church whtch afe indmdually in excess of £10.01)O (ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheet date. Signature of independent examiner Name of independent examiner Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner Fl Name of firm (where approprÈate) Address If....8.OUkTON.. ADAb.. Date 3 OLToF.Ef2 ?024.............. delele or urcle as appropriate church-short.form-stsndar&forrTrOf￿￿)un￿2￿24a.￿S 4of4