**Church** # **Accruals Accounts 2023-24** ## **THE METHODIST CHURCH** # **REPORT AND ACCOUNTS** ## **for the year ended 31 August 2024** ## **Minister Church Stewards** ||| |---|---| |**Lindley Methodist Church**|| ||| |**Registered Charity - 1129166**|| ||| |**Huddersfield Circuit**|**No. 27/35**| ||| |Reverend SueTaylor|| ||| |HilaryWilson|| |Ann Emery|| |Liz Froom|| |LindaBairstow|| |SueO’Neill|| |NicWimpenny|| 1 **Lindley Methodist Church** ## **Trustees Annual Report on Finance and Governance** The Charity’s annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2024 have been prepared in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 and the Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice 2015 as applicable to the Financial Reporting Standard (FRSSE) 2015 Lindley Methodist Church Registration Charity Number: 1129166 Date of Registration: 16[th] April 2009 Address: East Street, Lindley, Huddersfield HD3 3ND The members of the Lindley Methodist Church Council are the Charity Trustees, membership being made up of church office holders, Minister and representatives appointed by the church at the Annual General Meeting. Treasurer: Mr Stuart Rudd Independent examiner: Mr Timothy Wilkes Investment Bankers: Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church Trustees for Methodist Church purposes 2 **Lindley Methodist Church** ## **Aims and Organisations:** The vision statement of Lindley Methodist Church (LMC) is to be “Open to Jesus and Open to People”. We are committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship and take part in the active life and fellowship of our church and through this engagement to become active members of our church community. The LMC Church Council (CC) maintains an overview of all the activities of the Church ensuring they encourage the full participation of all members in the life of the church and that in particular the worship, fellowship and groups of the church are open to all and actively encourage those outside the church to become involved in LMC. In planning the activities of LMC for the year the CC understands the formal requirement to ensure the Charity Commission Guidance on the advancement of religion is considered. In particular the Church Council, following our guiding principle of Open to Jesus, Open to People, seeks to enable the public and in particular those who live in our neighbourhood to live out their faith as part of our church community through: - Worship and prayer – learning about the Gospel and developing their knowledge and faith in Jesus - Provision of pastoral care for people living in our community - Missionary and outreach work To facilitate this work, it is important that we maintain the fabric of both our Church and the Church Centre. The purposes of the Methodist Church are and shall be deemed to have been since the Date of Union, the advancement of: a) The Christian faith in accordance with the doctrinal standards and discipline of The Methodist Church b) Any charitable purpose for the time being of any Connexional, District, Circuit. local or other organisation of The Methodist Church; c) Any charitable purpose for the time being of any society or institution subsidiary or ancillary to The Methodist Church; d) Any purpose for the time being of any charity being a charity subsidiary or ancillary to The Methodist Church Worshipping God through prayer, song, and other acts of worship The organisation and resourcing of regular public acts of worship open to members of the church and nonmembers alike. The teaching of Christianity through sermons, Junior church (for children), Minor Prophets (for young people), courses and small groups. The resourcing of Pastoral work including visiting the sick and bereaved. Taking religious assemblies in local schools. Promotion of Christianity through the staging of events and services. Provision of chaplaincy services to local schools, care homes and other institutions as appropriate and when able. 3 ## **Public Benefit:** We confirm the trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. ## **Structure, Governance and Management:** The governing document for the church is the Deed of Union (1932) and Methodist Church Act (1976). Detailed governance arrangements are outlined within the Constitutional Practice and Discipline of the Methodist Church by order of the annual conference (CPD). Following the Methodist Church CPD, members of the Church Council (CC) are trustees of the charity. The Church Council is made up of senior office holders of the charity (elected to their office), and further elected members without other offices. The Church Council is responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance including deciding how the funds of Lindley Methodist Church (LMC) are to be spent. It meets three or four times each year, and a General Church Meeting, for the whole congregation, is held annually. The work of the Church Council is wide ranging and, as such, church life is dealt with on a day-to-day basis by a number of constituted sub-committees which in turn report back to Church Council on a regular basis. The Church Council is also responsible for the servicing and maintenance of the LMC Centre situated on the same site as the church building, and the grounds and graveyard on this site too. A dedicated Resources Committee is responsible for these day-to-day activities. ## **Trustee training:** A range of guidance produced by Methodist Connexion to support the effective running of the church and the role of Trustees is given to the Church Trustees at various meetings and / or training sessions. ## **Related Parties:** The Church is part of the Huddersfield Circuit which is part of the West Yorkshire District and is also accountable to the Methodist Conference. The internal organisations linked to the church and reporting to Church Council are:- - (A) Groups holding separate Bank Accounts - Wednesday Fellowship - Supper Club - Walking Group 4 - (B) Groups not having separate finances - Coffee Stop - Toddlers - Bible Study Groups - Keep Fit In addition, the Church reaches out to the community through provision of space within its buildings and these range from single use for parties to regular multi-room users. These groups include: - Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers, Brownies, Guides - Gledholt Male Voice Choir - Headway - Imperial Quilters - Huddersfield Youth Choirs (Junior section of Huddersfield Choral Society) - Lindley Pre-School Group - Lindley Out Of School Club - Marsh Ladies Choir - Mini First Aid - Baby Massage - Sing and Sign - Voluntary Ambulance Service ## **Comments specific to 2023 – 2024** The Financial year 2023-2024 has been a year of revaluation including the reappointment of our current Minister for the next 4 years. There has continued to be a lot of consideration and thought regarding income and expenditure due to the continued high price of energy and the cost-of-living crisis. However, lettings have continued to increase, through a lot of hard work by the team responsible and this has helped reduce the impact of other costs. The Church has continued to be fully open for services but has also continued using Zoom to stream the services which has proved a real benefit to some who either cannot attend in person or who would rather use this remote system. The installation of up-to-date TV screens and microphones in church and the lounge area has enhanced the worship experience both for those participating in the live in church services and also those accessing the services on Zoom. In addition, the screens have proved beneficial for tenants such as the choirs and other community groups who meet in church. Our local schools have found this an asset. Church groups continue both to meet in person and on Zoom. The Church continues to participate in community events including the Heritage weekend and the local Scarecrow festival. The Monthly community “Marketplace” involving various ethical stalls, prayer opportunities, re-cycling of products and refreshments, continues to be a success with increasing numbers of people not directly involved with the Church. There is increasing support for our Fair Trade stall from our local community. 5 Having received a Bronze Level Eco award last year, Church is very mindful of the need to consolidate and build on this, in the face of the worsening climate emergency and our responsibility to future generations and God’s creation. The Eco energy report has been completed and suggestions are being considered in line with our financial situation. We hope to be able to apply for our Silver award within the next year. Church responded to the cost-of living and energy price crisis again by participating in the Warm Space initiative from November 2023 through to the end of March 2024, offering hot drinks, soup and light refreshments on Thursday afternoons. This was well received and the Church will participate again, now called Welcome Space, in this venture November 2024 to March 2025. The day has been changed to a Wednesday as our local village Library is shut on a Wednesday meaning new and different attendees popped in. Along with many other churches, filling all the posts continues to be a challenge, but up to now we have achieved what is needed to maintain the functioning at all levels, thanks to the great commitment of all those involved. ## **Risk Management:** The major risks have been identified and recorded by the Trustees with professional advice taken as required. There is a regular annual review process undertaken and recorded. Income and Expenditure is being monitored in total and is compared with the approved annual budget on a quarterly basis to detect trends as part of the risk management process to avoid unforeseen calls on reserves. ## **Safeguarding:** _Every person has a value and dignity which comes directly from the creation of male and female in God’s own image and likeness. Christians see this potential as fulfilled by God’s re-creation of us in Christ. Among other things this implies a duty to value all people as bearing the image of God and therefore to protect them from harm._ Methodist Connexional practice outlines commitment to the following principles: - The care and nurture of, and respectful pastoral ministry with, all children, young people and adults - The safeguarding and protection of all children, young people and adults when they are vulnerable - The establishing of safe, caring communities which provide a loving environment where there is informed vigilance as to the dangers of abuse. - We will carefully select and train all those with any responsibility within the Church, in line with Safer Recruitment principles, including the use of criminal records disclosures and registration with the relevant vetting and barring schemes. - We will respond without delay to every complaint made which suggests that an adult, child or young person may have been harmed, cooperating with the police and local authority in any investigation. - We will seek to work with anyone who has suffered abuse, developing with them an appropriate ministry of informed pastoral care. - We will seek to challenge any abuse of power, especially by anyone in a position of trust. • We will seek to offer pastoral care and support, including supervision and referral to the proper authorities, to any member of our church community known to have offended against a child, young person or vulnerable adult. - In all these principles we will follow legislation, guidance and recognised good practice. 6 ## **Reserves Policy:** The Reserves Policy for the Church is to hold a minimum sum equivalent to 6 months’ average expenditure. This should be sufficient to meet any unforeseen item of major expenditure on the church building and / or to be able to continue, in the short term, funding planned activities in the event of any inability to raise the full expenses including the assessment payable to the Circuit. 7 **Church No 27/35** **Lindley Methodist Church** ## **Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) for the year ended 31 August 2024** ||**Notes**||**Designated**|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**to the**|**General Fund**|**Funds**|**Restricted**|**Endowment**|**Total**| ||**Accounts**|
**(Unrestricted)**|**(unrestricted)**|**Funds**|**Funds**|**2023-24**| |||£|£|£|£|£| |**Income**||||||| |1 Offerings|_4_|43,410||||**43,410**| |2 Donations and Grants|_4_|4,161||2,652||**6,813**| |3 Gift aid|_4_|9,409||||**9,409**| |4 Interest and investment income|_5_|2,422||||**2,422**| |5 Rental Income|_6_|69,667||||**69,667**| |6 Internal organisations|_7_|19,170||||**19,170**| |7 Other charitable income|_8_|5,277||||**5,277**| |8**Total income**||**153,516**|**-**|**2,652**|**-**|**156,168**| |**Expenditure**||||||| |9 Circuit assessment or share||38,441||||**38,441**| |9.1 Salaries|_11_|20,001||||**20,001**| |10 Donations and Grants|_20_|1,850||2,652||**4,502**| |11 Property maintenance|_12_|37,410||||**37,410**| |12 Insurance, Utilities, etc.|_13_|19,826||||**19,826**| |13 Depreciation||-||||**-**| |14 Office expenses|_14_|1,388||||**1,388**| |15 Other expenditure|_15_|9,814||||**9,814**| |16 Internal organisations||18,110||||**18,110**| |17**Total charitable expenditure**||**146,841**|**-**|**2,652**|**-**|**149,493**| |||||||| |18 Gains/(losses) on monetary||||||| |investments|_17_|734||||**734**| |19 Gains/(losses) on investment||||||| |properties||||||**-**| |20**Net income/(expenditure)**||**7,409**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**7,409**| |21 Transfers between funds||||||**-**| |22 Other gains/(losses)||||||**-**| |23**Net movement in funds**||**7,409**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**7,409**| |24 Total funds brought forward||86,953||||**86,953**| |**25 Total funds carried forward**||**94,362**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**94,362**| 8 **Church No 27/35** **Lindley Methodist Church** ## **Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) for the year ended 31 August 2023** ||**Notes**||**Designated**|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**to the**|**General Fund**|**Funds**|**Restricted**|**Endowment**|**Total**| ||**Accounts**|
**(Unrestricted)**|**(unrestricted)**|**Funds**|**Funds**|**2022-23**| |||£|£|£|£|£| |**Income**||||||| |1 Offerings|_4_|47,243||||**47,243**| |2 Donations and Grants|_4_|4,396||2,273||**6,668**| |3 Gift aid|_4_|10,149||||**10,149**| |4 Interest and investment income|_5_|995||||**995**| |5 Rental Income|_6_|61,578||||**61,578**| |6 Internal organisations|_7_|20,620||||**20,620**| |7 Other charitable income|_8_|4,965||||**4,965**| |8**Total income**||**149,947**|**-**|**2,273**|**-**|**152,219**| |**Expenditure**||||||| |9 Circuit assessment or share||43,247||||**43,247**| |9.1 Salaries|_11_|18,185||||**18,185**| |10 Donations and Grants|_19_|1,799||2,273||**4,072**| |11 Property maintenance|_12_|29,529||||**29,529**| |12 Insurance, Utilities, etc.|_13_|17,520||||**17,520**| |13 Depreciation||-||||**-**| |14 Office expenses||1,200||||**1,200**| |15 Other expenditure|_14_|17,732||||**17,732**| |16 Internal organisations||18,353||||**18,353**| |17**Total charitable expenditure**||**147,566**|**-**|**2,273**|**-**|**149,838**| |||||||| |18 Gains/(losses) on monetary investments||(421)||||**(421)**| |19 Gains/(losses) on investment properties||||||**-**| |20**Net income/(expenditure)**||**1,960**|**-**|**0**|**-**|**1,960**| |21 Transfers between funds||||||**-**| |22 Other gains/(losses)||||||**-**| |23**Net movement in funds**||**1,960**|**-**|**0**|**-**|**1,960**| |24 Total funds brought forward||84,994||||**84,994 **| |**25 Total funds carried forward**||**86,953**|**-**|**0**|**-**|**86,953**| 9 **27/35** **Lindley Methodist Church** ## **Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2024** |**Notes to**
**the**
**Accounts**
**Fixed Assets**
Church buildingand otherproperty
Investmentproperties
Investments
**_Totalfixed assets_**
**Current Assets**
Debtors andprepayments
_17_
Loans bythe Churches
Investments with TMCP
_17_
Central Finance Board Deposits
_17_
Cashat Bankandin hand
_17_
**_Total currentassets_**
**Current liabilities**
Creditors (due<1 year) and Provisions
_18_
Grantspayable within 2023-24
**_Total current liabilities_**
**_Net currentassets/liabilities_**
**_Total assets less current liabilities_**
**Long term liabilities**
**(due after more than one year)**
Grants payable after 2023-24
**_Net assets_**
**Funds of the Church**
General Fund (Unrestricted)
DesignatedFunds (Unrestricted)
RestrictedFunds
EndowmentFunds
**_Total Funds_**|
**General Fund**
**(Unrestricted)**|**Designated,**
**Restricted and**
**Endowment Funds**|**Totals 2024**| |---|---|---|---| ||£
£||| ||||0| ||||0| ||||0| ||**0**||**0**| ||||| ||11,298||11,298| ||||0| ||35,539||35,539| ||20,895||20,895| ||41,386||41,386| ||**109,118**||**109,118**| ||||| ||14,756||14,756| ||||| ||**14,756**||**14,756**| ||**94,362**||**94,362**| ||||| ||**94,362**||**94,362**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||**94,362**|**0**|**94,362**| |General Fund (Unrestricted)|94,362||94,362| |DesignatedFunds (Unrestricted)||0|| |RestrictedFunds||0|| |EndowmentFunds||0|| |**_Total Funds_**|**94,362**|**0**|**94,362**| 10 **Lindley Methodist Church** ## **Notes to the Accounts** ## **1. Basis of accounting** The financial statements have been prepared with SORP (FRS102) as updated, being the current version of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice. ## **2. Funds** The funds held constitute: General Funds held for any purpose of the Church which are Unrestricted. Restricted funds which are held for a narrower purpose including those for internal organisations. There are no Endowment funds as listed. Any funds may be represented by more than just cash. ## **3. Accounting policies** ## **Basis** These accounts have been prepared on the basis of historical cost except that investments are shown at their market value at the end of the year, on the accruals basis to show a true and fair view of the Church’s financial position and activities. ## **Income** Income is included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) when the Church becomes entitled to the resources, and the trustees are reasonably certain they will receive the resources; and the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability. ## **Expenditure** This is recognised when a liability is incurred, or a constructive obligation arises, that results in the payment being unavoidable. Liabilities are recognised as soon as an outflow of economic benefit is considered more likely than not under the legal or constructive obligation committing the Circuit to pay out resources. ## **Grants** Grants made by the Church from its own funds are recognised in full at the time of agreement or when the Church accepts that there is a legal or operational obligation to make the payment. When the grant is recurrent over more than one year the balance payable in future years is treated as a provision for future commitments in the Balance Sheet against the appropriate fund, the provision being released in future years as instalments are paid in accordance with the originally agreed terms. ## **VAT** Since the Church is not VAT registered, all input VAT is charged with the expenses to which it refers. ## **Tangible fixed assets for use by the Church** As fixed assets belong to the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes and are not owned by the local church, fixed assets have not been denoted separately on the church's balance sheet. ## **Investment Properties** Investment properties - no property is currently deemed to not be held for the long-term purposes of the charity. **Investments** Investments are valued in the balance sheet at market value at the year end. Investment income is included in the accounts when receivable and any gains or losses on revaluation at the year-end are shown in the SOFA. ## **Debtors and Prepayments** Debtors include outstanding lettings invoices at the financial year end. ## **Creditors** Creditors include outstanding items relating to utilities and suppliers. 11 ## **Lindley Methodist Church** |**4. Donations and Legacies**
Collections
Gift Aid
Special Collections including Welcome Centre
Legacies
Donations
Grants
Total
**5. Investment income**
Central Finance Board / TMCP
Total
**6. Other trading activities**
Lettings
Total
**7. Other**
Internal Organisations
Total
**8. Charitable activities**
Fund Raising - Market Place
Fairtrade
Other charitable income
Total
_TOTALS_|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**2024 Total**
£
£
£
43,410
43,410
9,409
9,409
2,652
2,652
-
3,161
3,161
1,000
1,000
**56,980**
**2,652 **
**59,632 **
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**2024 Total**
£
£
£
2,422
2,422
**2,422**
**2,422**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**2024 Total**
£
£
£
69,667
69,667
**69,667 **
**69,667 **
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**2024 Total**
£
£
£
19,170
19,170
**19,170**
**19,170**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**2024 Total**
£
£
£
2,610
2,610
2,427
2,427
240
240
**5,277**
**5,277**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**2024 Total**
£
£
£
**_153,516_**
**_2,652 _**
**_156,168_**|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**2024 Total**
£
£
£
43,410
43,410
9,409
9,409
2,652
2,652
-
3,161
3,161
1,000
1,000
**56,980**
**2,652 **
**59,632 **
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**2024 Total**
£
£
£
2,422
2,422
**2,422**
**2,422**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**2024 Total**
£
£
£
69,667
69,667
**69,667 **
**69,667 **
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**2024 Total**
£
£
£
19,170
19,170
**19,170**
**19,170**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**2024 Total**
£
£
£
2,610
2,610
2,427
2,427
240
240
**5,277**
**5,277**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**2024 Total**
£
£
£
**_153,516_**
**_2,652 _**
**_156,168_**|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**2024 Total**
£
£
£
43,410
43,410
9,409
9,409
2,652
2,652
-
3,161
3,161
1,000
1,000
**56,980**
**2,652 **
**59,632 **
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**2024 Total**
£
£
£
2,422
2,422
**2,422**
**2,422**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**2024 Total**
£
£
£
69,667
69,667
**69,667 **
**69,667 **
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**2024 Total**
£
£
£
19,170
19,170
**19,170**
**19,170**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**2024 Total**
£
£
£
2,610
2,610
2,427
2,427
240
240
**5,277**
**5,277**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**2024 Total**
£
£
£
**_153,516_**
**_2,652 _**
**_156,168_**|**2023 Total**
£| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||47,243| |||||10,149| |||||1,270| |||||-| |||||2,696| |||||1,700| |||||**64,061 **| |||||**2023 Total**
£| |||||995| |||||**995**| |||||**2023 Total**
£| |||||61,578| |||||**61,578**| |||||**2023 Total**
£| |||||20,620| |||||**20,620**| |||||**2023 Total**
£| |||||2,171| |||||2,528| |||||266| |||||**4,965**| |||||**2023 Total**
£| ||**_153,516_**|**_2,652 _**|**_156,168_**|**_152,219_**| 12 ## **Lindley Methodist Church** ## **9. Payment to Trustees** There were no payments to Trustees ## **10. Fees for examination or audit of the accounts** There were no payments to the independent examiner or for accountancy advice ## **11. Paid employees** ## **Staff Costs paid during the year were:** Gross wages, salaries and benefits in kind Employer’s National Insurance costs Pension costs Total staff costs **Average number of part time employees during the year** ## **12. Property Maintenance** Building Repairs and Maintenance Gardening Cleaning and Trade Waste Total Property Maintenance Costs ## **13. Insurance, Utilities, etc.** Insurance Electricity Gas Water Total Insurance and Utilities Costs ## **14. Office Expenses** Printing, Stationery, Computer Telephone, Broadband, Mobile Total Insurance and Utilities Costs ## **15. Other Expenditure** Equipment Outreach, Publicity, Licences Fairtrade / Ethical Goods Pastoral Expenses Land Sale Costs Sundry Expenses Bank Charges Total Other Expenditure |**2023/24**

Nil
£

Nil
£

19,569
£

0
£

432
£

20,001
**£**
3

15,953
£

6,441
£

15,016
£

37,410
**£**

4,822
£

3,593
£

8,769
£

2,641
£

19,826
**£**

649
£

739
£

1,388
**£**

2,015
£

2,757
£

2,379
£

1,147
£

1,190

319
£

7

9,814
**£**|**2022/23**| |---|---| ||Nil| ||| ||Nil| ||| ||17,825| ||Nil| ||360| ||18,185| ||| ||3| ||| ||13,642| ||3,719| ||12,168| ||29,529| ||| ||4,510| ||2,521| ||8,671| ||1,819| ||17,520| ||| ||581| ||619| ||1,200| ||| |2,015|11,585| |2,757|2,511| |2,379|2,812| |1,147|728| |1,190|| |319|97| |7|| |9,814|17,732| 13 ## **Lindley Methodist Church** ## **16. Tangible Fixed Assets** Cost or valuation nil ## **17. Investments** The funds are held by TMCP within three investments (Trustees Interest Fund, Managed Mixed Fund, Trust Income Fund). Interest is credited to the church's current account periodically. The investments are revalued monthly and changes in investment values are recorded below. These are regarded as medium- and long-term investments. TMCP is the legal owner and Custodian Trustee of all Methodist Model Trust property, including Legacies, Endowments and Accumulated Funds. Trust property is held for and on behalf of local Managing Trustees who are responsible for the day-to-day management of trust property. TMCP ensure that, through providing guidance and acting under their direction, the Managing Trustees comply with charity law and Methodist law and policy as determined by Methodist Conference. ## **Analysis of investment movements** |**Change in investment values**
**Carrying (market) value at beginning of year**
£
**Add:**additions to investments at cost
£
**Less:**disposals at carrying value
£
**N**et gain/(loss) on revaluation
£
**Carrying (market) value at end of year**
**£**
**Analysis of current assets**
Pre-paid assessments
£
Accrued income
£
Debtors & Prepayments
£
Total debtors and prepayments
**£**
**Analysis of cash at bank**
Bank balance held by Cooperative Bank
£
Bank balances of Internal groups
£
Bank balance held by TMCP
£
Bank balance held by CFB
£
Petty cash
£
Total cash and bank
**£**|**2023/24**

34,805
£

20,000
£

-
£

734
£

**55,539**
**£**

48
£

-
£

11,250
£

**11,298**
**£**

37,149
£

4,237
£

35,539
£

20,895

-
£

**97,820**
**£**|**2022/23**| |---|---|---| |||35,226| |||-| |||-| |||(421)| |||34,805| |||| |||540| |||-| |||11,633| |||12,173| |||| ||37,149|47,372| ||4,237|4,227| ||35,539|34,805| ||20,895|| ||-|-| ||**97,820**|86,405| 14 ## **Lindley Methodist Church** ## **18. Analysis of current liabilities and long-term creditors** |**is of current liabilities and long-term creditors**||| |---|---|---| |Trade Creditors
£
Accruals
£
Building Provision
£
**Total Current Liabilities**
**£**|**2023/24**

779
£

986
£

12,991
£

**14,756**
**£**|**2022/23**| ||779|1,895| ||986|0| ||12,991|9,730| ||**14,756**|**11,625**| ## **19. Capital commitments and contingent liabilities** At the 31st August 2024 the Church has no capital commitments No contingent liabilities were identified as at 31st August 2024 ## **20. Money received and passed on to external organisations (held as Restricted Funds)** |Balance brought forward from last year
£
Offerings received
£
Offerings passed on to External organisations
£
Balance carried forward
£|0|£
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£|0| |---|---|---|---| ||2,652||2,273| ||2,652||2,273| ||0||0| 15 No 27/35 Lindley Methodist Church ## Appendix Trustees (as at 31[st] August 2024) - Linda Bairstow - David Blakeborough - Ann Emery - Katie Fairbank - Liz Froom - Stuart Lee - Sue O’Neill - Sheena Rudd - Stuart Rudd - Adam Swallow - Sue Taylor - Glenys Vere - Liz Vere - Hilary Wilson - Nic Wimpenny 16 L•* Iletx)Yist Church No 27135 Declarations and Scrutiny I confimi that Itese •x￿￿-baSed a¢￿Unts for the year to 31 August 2024 have been prepared from the reLx*th Cl￿r¢h and that they include all funds under the control of the Church trustees. Svna&RdT￿SVrer.... .. .. .................................................. Date..... JJdress of Treasurer.. Mr Stuart Rudd 46 Manor Heath Road Halifax West Yorkshire HX3 OBE Presentation to the Church trustees l confirm that the annual report arKI accounts for the year ended 31 August 2024 were presented to the meeting of the Churth trustees held on 21st January 2025. Signature of the Chair ofthe meeting: ......... Name of the Chair of the meeting: Mr Stuart Lee 'Revd Sue Taylof was on compassionate leave at the time of the meeting and unable, chair. Stuart Lee. who is one of the church trustees, chaired the meeting in heiabse. 17 Independènt Examlner's Report to the Trustees of Lindley paethodist Church - Charity Number 1129166 Respon8lbllltl8s and basls of roport I report to the trusl98s on my examination of the accounts of the Lindley Methodist Church for the year endwj 31 August 2024. As the Churth's trustees. you are responsibte for the preparation of the accounts in accordan￿ with the requirements of the Charities Acl 2011 Ad,). I report In respect of my examination of the Church's acc¢)unts carrled oul under section 145 of the Act and. in carrying out my examination. I have followed all the applicabfe DirectKins given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)Ib> of the ACL Name of Churd) Lindley Methodist Church No 27r35 IndoW￿nt Ex*rnlnoe8 Ststement I have completed my examination. I confim that no matefi81 matters have wme to my attention in connection wth the examination (olhw than Ihat di8dos8d gr¥e me cause to believe that in. any malerial respect.. the accounb'ng records V•ere not kept in ac£ordance with sticti￿ 130 of the Act: or the accounts do not accord wryth the accounting records., or the accounts do not compty wilh the applicabte requirements concerning the fom 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 fair, view. whith ￿ not a matter consmlered 88 part of an indeperKl8nt examination the truste88' annual report 18 nol consisleni wilh a¢￿ul I have no concom8 and have come acro86 no other mattoys in c￿neCtIon with tho Oxaminalion lo which attention Should be drawn in this report to enablg a proper understanding ol Ihe ac¢ounts to I havelhave nol. obtained independent verrficabon of all inveslments wilh the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or hekj in othèr Irusts, bank balances and funds at the Central Finance Board of the Methodtst Church vthich are irKJivKJualty in éxcess of£10.OCK) (ten thousand pounds) at the balanca 8heet date. Signature of indep8rKlenl examiner .Ii/i>./wYr Name of indeP￿mIent examiw: Mr TwTK)thy WI￿08 Relevant professional qualific4tk)n of independent examiner. ..... ........ Name of fimi (vA)8r8appropriate).' ....................... Address: 87 Laith8 Him, N*•hwne. H￿Ideror*kl. HD4 6RF 18