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TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR YEAR 1 SEPTEMBER 2021 to 31 AUGUST 2022

CHARITY NAME: LIDGETT PARK METHODIST CHURCH Registered Charity Number 1129423

CHARITY’S PRINCIPAL ADDRESS: Lidgett Place

Leeds LS8 1HG

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

The purposes of the Methodist Church are and shall be deemed to have been since the date of Union, the advancement of –

1) The Christian faith in accordance with the doctrinal standards and the discipline of the Methodist Church;
2) Any charitable purpose for the time being of any Connexional, district, circuit, local or other organization of the Methodist Church;
3) Any charitable purpose for the time being of any society or institutional subsidiary or ancillary to the Methodist Church;
4) Any purpose for the time being of any charity being a charity subsidiary or ancillary to the Methodist Church.

The principal activities of Lidgett Park Methodist Church are the provision of opportunities and facilities for regular Christian Worship and associated activities and provision of facilities for youth and other community activities.

To this end we:

1.Provide corporate worship and related activities for spiritual growth and the deepening of faith in God through Christ.

2.Express Christian love through mutual care and support and provide for fellowship for members and for others within the community.

3.Provide outreach of faith and witness within and beyond the local community and to extend the church family.

4.Raise the awareness of the church family of concerns experienced by our fellow Christians and others, in other countries, in this city and the neighbourhood.

In March 2019 the Church identified two priorities that they want to explore and develop further:

Encourage and develop our activities with Children and Young People, supporting those in particular that use our premises.
Encourage developing faith and provide opportunities for growth in Discipleship

In addition, the Church has an annual commitment to raise money for a local, national or international charitable cause. However, in view of the financial situation arising from COVID, the Church decided that the project for 20/21 would be to raise money to enhance the sound and visual systems within the church itself .

When planning our activities for the year, the Church leadership team considered the Commission’s guidance on public benefit, and in particular the specific guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. In particular, we try to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of our church community through:

Worship and prayer, learning about the Gospel, and developing their faith through participating in house groups, and church activities

Provision of pastoral care for church members, their families and friends

Community and outreach work and supporting the Church project.

To facilitate this work, it is essential that we maintain the fabric of the Church and its ancillary buildings. This is financed in part through letting many of the rooms to local groups and organisations. Activities run throughout the week and provide direct benefit to the local community (such as the provision of playgroups) as well as benefitting the Church.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

The year 2021/2022 was very much a transitional year following the Covid pandemic.The church returned to more normal meetings and worship as the year progressed and was more or less back to all its previous acvities by the end of August 2022

Church lettings were still severely reduced although few new rentals were starting during the year. (However, Candystripe which was by far the largest rental ceased trading in September 2021 as a result of reduced numbers arising from Covid.

The membership of the Church and those attending regular worship has been broadly stable with a few new attendees balancing out a few deaths and transfers.

The Church continues to support ‘Churches together in Roundhay’ which is an ecumenical collective , and has strong ecumenical relationships with St Edmund’s Church and St Andrew’s church as covenanting churches, worshipping frequently together and organizing annual shared events.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

The Church’s main source of funds is from freewill offerings by members and others, supplemented by income from rents paid by organisations for the use of rooms. Expenditure is needed for contributing to the maintenance of ministry in the local Methodist Circuit, for property expenses, for selective grants and for worship.

For 2021/22 , the accounts have been prepared on a receipts and payments basis rather than an accruals basis .

The accounts attached to this report for the year show that during the year 2021/22, the general (unrestricted) fund for the Church increased by £492 , with the closing balance at £8,141.

Total assets (excluding buildings) including project funding, endowments, and restricted funds, increased to £26,015 at 31 August 2022.

For 2021/22, the Church had a reserves policy that stated that the General Fund balance on the last day of the financial year should be at least 25% of the General Fund’s expenditure for that year, but should not exceed 50% .Our general reserves are now well below the lower threshold and need to be increased.

General Funds may be transferred to a property repair fund on the advice of the finance committee. The amounts transferred and the overall value of the fund will relate to the predicted extra-ordinary items of maintenance and repair which can reasonably be expected to be required in the next five years.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE and MANAGEMENT

The governing document is the Deed of Union (1932) and the Methodist Church Act (1976)

The Local Church is governed by a Church Council consisting of Church members acting as Trustees. The Trustees consist of the Circuit Ministers, designated Church office holders ex officio and a number of other members by election.

The Church Council makes all key decisions relating to the day to day running of the Church unless delegated to one of the committees, (though it retains ultimate accountability). Some key decisions including the appointment of circuit ministers and the contribution that Churches shall make to the local Circuit, are made by the local Methodist Circuit (Leeds North and East Circuit of the Methodist Church).

The key committees of the Church which support the work of the Church Council are:

Finance Committee

Property Committee

Pastoral Committee

Worship Committee

The names of the current members of the Church Council (Charity Trustees) as at the date of this report are as follows :

Trustee Name Office held (if appropriate) Rev Tanya Short Minister and Chair of Church Council Mrs J Sanders Church Council Secretary Mr A Wittrick Church Treasurer

Mrs S Wittrick Church Steward Mrs D Barton Church Steward Mrs J Dalton Church Steward Mrs V Faint Church Steward Mrs J Roberts Church steward Mr G Albiges Mrs R Albiges M/S B Ashton Mrs B Belsham Miss J Bennett Mr P Bennett Mrs K Benson Mrs P Brooke Mrs P Davies Mrs M Farrar Mrs C Firth Mrs H Fry Mrs J Green (circuit rep) Mrs B Holmes Mrs K. Illingworth Mrs M Lee

Mrs P Nolan

Mr G Saunders

Mr C Tear

Mrs M Tear

Dr S Pearson

This annual report was approved by the Chair of the Finance and

property committees, the Church Treasurer and the Minister on behalf of the Church Council in March 2023.

Dated 15 May 2023

CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS Lid Park Church FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2022 Leeds Norlh and East Clrcult Clrcuft no 2712 Reglstored Charlty - Charlty Reglstrallon numbor If not a registered charity Hèr Majestys Revenue and Customs Glft Ald number (The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered thanty number in tems of evenCe of charitable status and may be used to give to donors or grant funders wishing to see evidence of the organi8ation'8 ¢haritable status. Methodist charities in EnglarKI and Wales that are not registered Charities are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242) 1129423 Minister. Rev Tan Short Church Stewards.. Mr Howard Clinkard Resigned 31 December 2021 Mrs Susan Wittrick Mrs Jennifer Dalton Mrs Daphne Barton Mr Richard Taylor From May 2022 Mts Joan Roberts Mrs Pat Brooke Treasurer. Mr Alan Wittri¢k

CCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022 Lidgett Park Church SECTION A ilnrestiicw Restrth Totals thi5 Ftsnds Funds Totals last RECEIPTS Note Offerin s and Tax racovered Bank and CFB interest and Investment income Lethn 72,614 72,614 72,190 19 19 14 11,497 12,333 96,463 Other receipts TOTAL RECEIPTS 11,497 19,209 103,339 12,413 12,301 96,918 6.876 6,876 (a71 SECTION PAYMENTS Circuit Assessment or Share DonaOons 58.823 56.823 61,761 14,000 airs and Mainl8nan¢o Utilth'es Ilnsurances. water char es, heatin 4.899 11.243 5,887 12.707 12.978 Other paym&nts TOTAL PAYMENTS 21.542 95.971 334 21,876 102,649 18,440 113,066 6.678 Ib9) SECTION C NET RECEIPTPTrAYMENT8 afA8 492 198 690 16,148 Totsl funds brought forward from last year 7,649 14.354 22,003 38,151 Sub totsl c1+c2 8.141 14.552 22.693 22.003 Transfers and ad'ustments c7 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR 1¢3+c41 8.141 14.552 22,693 Ic8) 22,003 (c61 SECTION D FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANL8ATIONS these amounts are not to be included in total Trceiptslpa rts figurns above alance brou hl forward from last ear 40 310 fferin sIGifts- r8ceNed for extemal o anisatior 2,848 1.917 ffering51GTfts - passed to external organtsalk)ns 2.788 2.267 ALANCE STILL TO BE PAID (d1 +d2-d3) 20 (40)

ett Park ChLw¢h MMARY OF CHURCH ACC NK¢iNTERNAL SECTION E Please follow the Qurd nCÈ Notes to com lete this Kcounting AND A LXFFERENT FORM tbO #t0 r8WMtlh•awyJtslsg9 Pknerdwb)Iho rewding transfor8 the Distr6Ot Confid StrlolnIs•Ix¥. INTEXNAL ORGANISATrOPIS b0ceS Ladi•sGrou 1P78 287 Dram• Gro ub tots anlsthnslund• 11 3.322 e12 Chur¢h Itotsl• bTOUght forward from 2-totals columnl 11M.339 102. 22,003 22,693 le8 io BY CHURCII 1Q4.W 104A 23,852 28,015 ¢ondnu•on a D•C•U 4nd th• tows10Tr& TOTAL IIECEIPTS TOTAL PAYMENTS SECTh)N F CLONNO CHVRCH-CASH FiWDS HELD at11 A u•t 2022 In 75 B•nk Curr•rtk¢•unt 21.571 19.2 8nnk Do itA¢¢ounl Central Flnar• 8tr4rd 321 3291 Tru¥teeJfor M•thodlstChur¢h Pu 37 othol funds SU8 TOYAL. Church Kctyjthts T¢tsl funds hèld by lTht•rnol OrganisrA ¢1 banG01fr{¥n •b¢wl1•12) 22.003 22,893 Ic8 3,322 •121 TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHiRGH 23,852 26,015 lyl SECTIONG 31 AuuuEt2022 OThERASSETSand Li4BIUnES L•nd & 8uildiw¥ rKlos r• vÈlue 6.625.355 f4 In¢$ onty Funds hddotthe Nnance knrd fs In¢de onty Fund8 held tTnleSfQr Mthxli%tChwr gl IndleanYther inve$knls1Thjt1heh Er15

Name of Church . Lidgott Park Mthodist Church Leeds Declarations and Scrutiny I confirm that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2022 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 . Name and address of treasurer ...... MrAkn Wrtlitk .. 9 The Drrle. Ad81, Le¢d$ LS16 6BG Prnsentatlon to the Chur¢h truste•s I confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2022 were presented to the meetina of the Church truslees held on 6 October 2022 Signature of the Chair of the meeting Name of the Chair of the meeting .. Rov Tanya Sh 14 5,23 Independent Examinerfs Report to the Trustees of the . LW Pa Methodist Church Charlty Number . 1129423 Responsibilitias and basls of report LosÈf-., . PAZY .IVhHo.F).U i.. I report lo Ihe trustees on my examination of the accounts of the ... Church for the year ended 31 August 2022 set out on pages J. to 3 As the Church's trustees, you are responsible for the preparab'on of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the ACV). I report in respect of my examination of the Church's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and, in Carng out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the

LIDf)LIT PALK MEfHopisf .¢.H.URC.H . Name of Church ........... No.. Independent Examinerfs Statement I have completed my examination. I confinn that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examinats'on (other than that disclosed below") which give me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records. [the [the I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection vrith the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understsnding of the accounts to be reached. I Ithave not" obtained independent verification of all investments with the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances 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 Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner FCCA Name of fim (where appropriate) Address Post Code Ls3 thJJ Date ZOZ3 delete or circle as appropriate

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