Church
Accruals Accounts 2024-25
THE METHODIST CHURCH
REPORT AND ACCOUNTS
for the year ended 31 August 2025
Minister Church Stewards
| Lindley Methodist Church | |
| Registered Charity - 1129166 | |
| Huddersfield Circuit | No. 27/35 |
| Reverend Sue Taylor | |
| Sue O’Neill | |
| Liz Froom | |
| Linda Bairstow | |
| Gifford Brown | |
| Nic Wimpenny |
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Lindley Methodist Church
Trustees Annual Report on Finance and Governance
The Charity’s annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025 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
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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:
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Worship and prayer – learning about the Gospel and developing their knowledge and faith in Jesus
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Provision of pastoral care for people living in our community
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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.
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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:-
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(A) Groups holding separate Bank Accounts
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Wednesday Fellowship
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Supper Club
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Walking Group
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(B) Groups not having separate finances
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Coffee Stop
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Toddlers
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Bible Study Groups
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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:
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Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers, Brownies, Guides
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Gledholt Male Voice Choir
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Headway
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Imperial Quilters
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Huddersfield Youth Choirs (Junior section of Huddersfield Choral Society)
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Lindley Pre-School Group
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Lindley Out Of School Club
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Marsh Ladies Choir
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Mini First Aid
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Baby Massage
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Sing and Sign
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Voluntary Ambulance Service
Comments specific to 2024 – 2025
The Financial year 2024-2025 has seen continued growth in the use of our Church Centre, with lettings continuing to increase through a lot of hard work by the teams involved. Continued building improvements to the rooms used for lettings have been carried out these last twelve months.
The Church continues to be fully open for Services, together with Zoom attendances for those who are unable to attend in person. We continue to participate and host Community events, with a Heritage weekend and Scarecrow Festival attracting all church groups to participate and brings to our Church some awareness from residents locally. Additionally, our monthly Marketplace, held on the first Saturday of the month, successfully attracts those who might not usually attend a Service.
The Welcome Space initiative (formerly Warm space) ran successfully during the past winter and is planned to continue this coming winter from November 2025 through to March 2026.
As ever, we do need volunteers to help run various events and we ask Church members to be aware of this and encourage their valuable support.
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 actively monitored and compared with the approved annual budget on a fourmonthly basis and is reported to the Resources Committee and Church Council to identify trends as part of the risk management process to avoid unforeseen calls on reserves.
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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:
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The care and nurture of, and respectful pastoral ministry with, all children, young people and adults
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The safeguarding and protection of all children, young people and adults when they are vulnerable
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The establishing of safe, caring communities which provide a loving environment where there is informed vigilance as to the dangers of abuse.
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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.
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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.
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We will seek to work with anyone who has suffered abuse, developing with them an appropriate ministry of informed pastoral care.
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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.
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.
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| Lindley Methodist Church | Church No | 27/35 | ||||
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| Statement of Financial Activities(SOFA) | for theyear ended 31 August 2025 | |||||
| Notes to the Accounts |
General Fund (Unrestricted) |
Designated Funds (unrestricted) |
Restricted Funds |
Endowment Funds |
Total 2024-25 |
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| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Income | ||||||
| 1 Offerings | 4 | 41,396 41,396 8,715 3,320 12,035 10,811 10,811 1,286 1,286 69,402 69,402 20,803 20,803 4,726 4,726 |
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| 2 Donations and Grants | 4 | |||||
| 3 Gift aid | 4 | |||||
| 4 Interest and investment income | 5 | |||||
| 5 Rental Income | 6 | |||||
| 6 Internal organisations | 7 | |||||
| 7 Other charitable income | 8 | |||||
| 8Total income | 157,139 | - | 3,320 | - | 160,459 | |
| Expenditure | ||||||
| 9 Circuit assessment or share | 38,441 38,441 21,539 21,539 2,782 3,320 6,102 35,240 35,240 21,217 21,217 - - 1,816 1,816 9,984 9,984 18,614 18,614 |
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| 9.1 Salaries | 11 | |||||
| 10 Donations and Grants | 20 | |||||
| 11 Propertymaintenance | 12 | |||||
| 12 Insurance,Utilities,etc. | 13 | |||||
| 13 Depreciation | ||||||
| 14 Office expenses | 14 | |||||
| 15 Other expenditure | 15 | |||||
| 16 Internal organisations | ||||||
| 17Total charitable expenditure | 149,632 | - | 3,320 | - | 152,952 | |
| 18 Gains/(losses)on monetaryinvestments | 17 | 1,386 1,386 |
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| 19 Gains/(losses)on investmentproperties | - | |||||
| 20Net income/(expenditure) | 8,893 | - | - | - | 8,893 | |
| 21 Transfers between funds | - - |
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| 22 Othergains/(losses) | ||||||
| 23Net movement in funds | 8,893 | - | - | - | 8,893 | |
| 24 Total funds brought forward | 94,362 94,362 |
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| 25 Total funds carried forward | 103,255 | - | - | - | 103,255 |
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| Lindley Methodist Church | Church No | 27/35 | ||||
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| Statement of Financial Activities(SOFA) | for theyear ended 31 August 2024 | |||||
| Notes to the Accounts |
General Fund (Unrestricted) |
Designated Funds (unrestricted) |
Restricted Funds |
Endowment Funds |
Total 2023-24 |
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| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Income | ||||||
| 1 Offerings | 4 | 43,410 43,410 4,161 2,652 6,813 9,409 9,409 1,526 1,526 69,667 69,667 19,170 19,170 5,277 5,277 |
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| 2 Donations and Grants | 4 | |||||
| 3 Gift aid | 4 | |||||
| 4 Interest and investment income | 5 | |||||
| 5 Rental Income | 6 | |||||
| 6 Internal organisations | 7 | |||||
| 7 Other charitable income | 8 | |||||
| 8Total income | 152,621 | - | 2,652 | - | 155,273 | |
| Expenditure | ||||||
| 9 Circuit assessment or share | 38,441 38,441 20,001 20,001 1,850 2,652 4,502 37,410 37,410 19,826 19,826 - - 1,388 1,388 9,814 9,814 18,110 18,110 |
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| 9.1 Salaries | 11 | |||||
| 10 Donations and Grants | 20 | |||||
| 11 Propertymaintenance | 12 | |||||
| 12 Insurance,Utilities,etc. | 13 | |||||
| 13 Depreciation | ||||||
| 14 Office expenses | 14 | |||||
| 15 Other expenditure | 15 | |||||
| 16 Internal organisations | ||||||
| 17Total charitable expenditure | 146,841 | - | 2,652 | - | 149,493 | |
| 18 Gains/(losses)on monetaryinvestments | 17 | 1,629 1,629 |
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| 19 Gains/(losses)on investmentproperties | - | |||||
| 20Net income/(expenditure) | 7,409 | - | 2,652 | - | 7,409 | |
| 21 Transfers between funds | - - |
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| 22 Othergains/(losses) | ||||||
| 23Net movement in funds | 7,409 | - | - | - | 7,409 | |
| 24 Total funds brought forward | 86,953 86,953 |
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| 25 Total funds carried forward | 94,362 | - | - | - | 94,362 |
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Lindley Methodist Church
Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2025
| 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 Cash at Bank and in hand 17 Total current assets Current liabilities Creditors and Accruals 18 BuildingProvision 18 Grantspayable within 2024-25 Total current liabilities Net current assets/liabilities Total assets less current liabilities Long term liabilities (due after more than oneyear) Grantspayable after 2024-25 Net assets |
General Fund (Unrestricted) |
Designated, Restricted and Endowment Funds |
Totals 2025 |
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| £ £ |
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| 0 | |||
| 0 | |||
| 0 | |||
| 0 | 0 | ||
| 11,791 | 11,791 | ||
| 0 | |||
| 35,558 | 35,558 | ||
| 32,262 | 32,262 | ||
| 35,247 | 35,247 | ||
| 114,857 | 114,857 | ||
| 2,603 | 2,603 | ||
| 9,000 | 9,000 | ||
| 11,603 | 11,603 | ||
| 103,255 | 103,255 | ||
| 103,255 | 103,255 | ||
| Long term liabilities (due after more than oneyear) |
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| Grantspayable after 2024-25 | |||
| Net assets | 103,255 | 0 | 103,255 |
Funds of the Church
General Fund (Unrestricted) 103,255 103,255 94,362 Designated Funds (Unrestricted) 0 Restricted Funds 0 Endowment Funds 0 Total Funds 103,255 0 103,255 94,362
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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.
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| 4. Donations and Legacies Collections Donations Grants Legacies Special Collections including Welcome Centre Gift Aid Total 5. Investment income TMCP Total 6. Other trading activities Lettings Total 7. Other Internal Organisations Total 8. Charitable activities Fundraising - Market Place Fairtrade Other charitable income Total TOTALS |
Unrestricted Restricted 2025 Total £ £ £ 41,396 41,396 3,598 3,598 1,000 1,000 4,118 4,118 3,320 3,320 10,811 10,811 60,922 3,320 64,242 Unrestricted Restricted 2025 Total £ £ £ 1,286 1,286 1,286 1,286 Unrestricted Restricted 2025 Total £ £ £ 69,402 69,402 69,402 69,402 Unrestricted Restricted 2025 Total £ £ £ 20,803 20,803 20,803 20,803 Unrestricted Restricted 2025 Total £ £ £ 2,651 2,651 2,001 2,001 74 74 4,726 4,726 Unrestricted Restricted 2025 Total £ £ £ 157,139 3,320 160,459 |
Unrestricted Restricted 2025 Total £ £ £ 41,396 41,396 3,598 3,598 1,000 1,000 4,118 4,118 3,320 3,320 10,811 10,811 60,922 3,320 64,242 Unrestricted Restricted 2025 Total £ £ £ 1,286 1,286 1,286 1,286 Unrestricted Restricted 2025 Total £ £ £ 69,402 69,402 69,402 69,402 Unrestricted Restricted 2025 Total £ £ £ 20,803 20,803 20,803 20,803 Unrestricted Restricted 2025 Total £ £ £ 2,651 2,651 2,001 2,001 74 74 4,726 4,726 Unrestricted Restricted 2025 Total £ £ £ 157,139 3,320 160,459 |
Unrestricted Restricted 2025 Total £ £ £ 41,396 41,396 3,598 3,598 1,000 1,000 4,118 4,118 3,320 3,320 10,811 10,811 60,922 3,320 64,242 Unrestricted Restricted 2025 Total £ £ £ 1,286 1,286 1,286 1,286 Unrestricted Restricted 2025 Total £ £ £ 69,402 69,402 69,402 69,402 Unrestricted Restricted 2025 Total £ £ £ 20,803 20,803 20,803 20,803 Unrestricted Restricted 2025 Total £ £ £ 2,651 2,651 2,001 2,001 74 74 4,726 4,726 Unrestricted Restricted 2025 Total £ £ £ 157,139 3,320 160,459 |
2024 Total £ |
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| 43,410 | ||||
| 3,161 | ||||
| 1,000 | ||||
| - | ||||
| 2,652 | ||||
| 9,409 | ||||
| **59,632 ** | ||||
| 2024 Total £ |
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| 1,526 | ||||
| 1,526 | ||||
| 2024 Total £ |
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| 69,667 | ||||
| **69,667 ** | ||||
| 2024 Total £ |
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| 19,170 | ||||
| 19,170 | ||||
| 2024 Total £ |
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| 2,610 | ||||
| 2,427 | ||||
| 240 | ||||
| 5,277 | ||||
| 2024 Total £ |
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| 157,139 | 3,320 | 160,459 | 155,273 |
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| t to Trustees There were no payments to Trustees £ r examination or audit of the accounts There were no payments to the independent examiner or for accountancy advice £ mployees 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 ty Maintenance Building Repairs and Maintenance £ Gardening £ Cleaning and Trade Waste £ Total Property Maintenance Costs £ nce, Utilities, etc. Insurance £ Electricity £ Gas £ Water £ Total Insurance and Utilities Costs £ Expenses Printing, Stationery, Computer £ Telephone, Broadband, Mobile £ Total Insurance and Utilities Costs £ xpenditure Equipment £ Outreach, Publicity, Licences £ Fairtrade / Ethical Goods £ Pastoral Expenses £ Land Sale Costs £ Sundry Expenses £ Bank Charges £ Total Other Expenditure £ |
2024/25 Nil £ Nil £ 21,107 £ 0 £ 432 £ 21,539 £ 3 12,327 £ 5,580 £ 17,333 £ 35,240 £ 4,939 £ 6,148 £ 7,966 £ 2,163 £ 21,217 £ 1,097 £ 719 £ 1,816 £ 327 £ 2,649 £ 1,755 £ 894 £ 4,196 £ 139 £ 23 £ 9,984 £ |
2023/24 |
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| 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 | ||
| 327 | 2,015 | |
| 2,649 | 2,757 | |
| 1,755 | 2,379 | |
| 894 | 1,147 | |
| 4,196 | 1,190 | |
| 139 | 319 | |
| 23 | 7 | |
| 9,984 | 9,814 |
9. Payment to Trustees
10. Fees for examination or audit of the accounts
11. Paid employees
12. Property Maintenance
13. Insurance, Utilities, etc.
14. Office Expenses
15. Other Expenditure
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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 £ Net gain/(loss) on revaluation £ Carrying (market) value at end of year £ Analysis of current assets Pre-paid assessments £ Accrued income £ Prepayments Debtors £ 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 £ |
2024/25 56,434 £ 10,000 £ - £ 1,386 £ 67,820 £ 9,610 £ - £ 1,650 531 £ 11,791 £ 29,903 £ 5,344 £ 35,558 £ 32,262 - £ 103,067 £ |
2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| 34,805 | ||
| 20,000 | ||
| - | ||
| 1,629 | ||
| 56,434 | ||
| 9,610 | ||
| - | ||
| 1,640 | ||
| 48 | ||
| 11,298 | ||
| 29,903 | 37,149 | |
| 5,344 | 4,237 | |
| 35,558 | 35,539 | |
| 32,262 | 20,895 | |
| - | - | |
| 103,067 | 97,820 |
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18. Analysis of current liabilities and long-term creditors
| is of current liabilities and long-term creditors | ||
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| Trade Creditors £ Accruals £ Building Provision £ Total Current Liabilities £ |
2024/25 1,165 £ 1,438 £ 9,000 £ 11,603 £ |
2023/24 |
| 1,165 | 779 | |
| 1,438 | 986 | |
| 9,000 | 12,991 | |
| 11,603 | 14,756 |
19. Capital commitments and contingent liabilities
At the 31st August 2025, the Church had no capital commitments No contingent liabilities were identified as at 31st August 2025
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 | £ £ £ £ |
0 |
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| 3,320 | 2,652 | ||
| 3,320 | 2,652 | ||
| 0 | 0 |
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Appendix
Trustees (as at 31[st] August 2025)
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David Blakeborough
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Gifford Brown
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Liz Froom
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Stuart Lee
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Sam McNeil
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Sue O’Neill
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Sheena Rudd
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Stuart Rudd
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Adam Swallow
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Sue Taylor
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Glenys Vere
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Liz Vere
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Nic Wimpenny
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Indepondant Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Llndley Methodist Church - Charity Number 1129166 Respon8ibilitie8 and basis of report I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Lindley Methodist Church for the year ended 31 August 2025. As the Church's twstees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in a¢¢ordanee wilh the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 1.the Act'>. I report in respect of my examination of the Church's accounts catried out under section 145 of th6 Act and, in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145151{b) of the Act. Name of Church Lindley Methodist Church No 27135 Independent Examiner's Statement I have completed my examination. I Confi that no material matters have o)me to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below.) which gwe me cause to believe that in. any material respecL the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act" or the accounts do not accord wrth the accounting records., or the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements nrnIng the fomi and content of accounts set out in the Charities {Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'twe and fair. view. which is nol a matter consider8J as part of an independent examination the trustees, annual report is not consistenl wilh the accounts I have no con¢em$ and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report to enable a prc¥)er underntanding of the a¢¢ount$ to be reached. I havefftave nor obtained independent veTification of all investrnents with the Twstees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances and funds at the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church which a indivKYually in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at the baSance sheet date. Signature of independent examiner Name of independent examiner.. Mr Timothy Imlkes Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner.. CACA) Name of (where appropriate).. Address.. 87 New Laithe Hill, Newsome, Huddersfield. HD4 6RF