## **TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR YEAR 1 SEPTEMBER 2022 to 31 AUGUST 2023** # **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. Sadly, over the last year we have had to say good bye to friends, and others coping with illness and our thoughts and prayers go to the families and friends. We continue to work on the two priorities identified in previous years- deepening discipleship and connecting with children, young people and families that use our premises. Since last May the church has had various Bible study groups jointly with Shadwell, including Walking with Women of the Old Testament, The I am sayings of Christ, Ready & Waiting and Advent course and most recently an Ecumenical Lent group Spot the difference. It has been good to dwell more deeply into scripture and ponder upon what his Word is saying to us today. Since Autumn 2023 Lidgett Park have their own Messy Church. It is held during the school holidays on a Thursday morning. It is slowly growing, and both families connected to the church, Toddlers and those in the local community attend. It is a lovely atmosphere, where Bible stories are told, craft made and friendships made and re-kindled over refreshments.! Teddy Praise takes place once a month after Toddlers. It is fun and chaotic! We share songs and a bible story through my story basket. Everyone takes a craft home to do, re-enforcing the story message. Most who come to Toddlers stay for Teddy Praise. Our Labyrinth was completed in the summer of 2023, and it was lovely to see people walking it, sitting on the benches and children jumping across the paw prints, knowing that they were invited. At the March Circuit meeting 2024 it was decided that we reduce to four presbyters from September 2025, along with other decisions. Also with these decisions, CLT asked the circuit meeting to urge and encourage each church within the circuit to discuss as a church how these bold and radical changes can begin to take place so that we as churches across the circuit, continue to move towards being more intentionally missional and evangelistic. They are: 1. Lay people to develop in leadership of churches. 2. Seek people feeling called and able to trial voluntary Local Lay Pastor roles. 3. Encourage and support churches to develop working together. How this could work? 4. Encouraging increasing urgency for adaptation and reduction of buildings for appropriate future. 5. As a circuit, we continue to move towards being more intentionally missional and evangelistic. We are determined to change our attitude as churches to be primarily concerned with supporting new people into belonging in our worshipping communities, and seeking new ways to serve the wider community, and especially those at the margins and in need. 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. 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 2022/23, 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 2022/23, the general (unrestricted) fund for the Church increased by £2,562 with the closing balance at £. 10,703 before transfers and adjustments. Total assets (excluding buildings) including project funding, endowments, and restricted funds, increased to £51,599 at 31 August 2023. 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 almost exactly 25% of our annual general income so in line with our policy. 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 P Brooke Church Steward Mrs D Barton Church Steward Mr P Bennett Church Steward Mrs J Roberts Church Steward Mrs C Pritchard 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 V Faint Mrs M Farrar Mrs C Firth Mrs H Fry Mrs J Green (circuit rep) Mrs K. Illingworth Mrs P Nolan Mr G Saunders Mrs S Wittrick Mr C Tear Dr S Pearson Miss J Bennett Mrs E Pearson Mrs C Pritchard 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 May 2024. . Dated 20 May 2024 LIDGETf PARK METHODIST CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS UDGETf PARK METHODIST Church FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2023 Loeds North and East Clrcuit Clrcult no. 2712 Registered Charfty - Charlty Rogistratlon numbor If not a registered charity Har Majestys R•venue and Customs Glft Aid numbor (The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered tharity number in temis of eviden￿ of charitabl8 status and may be used to give lo donors or grant funders wishing to see evidence of the organisation's charitable status. Methodist charities in ErolarKJ arKI Wa￿S that are not registered chanties are excEpted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242} 1129423 Minister: Rev Tan a Short Church St•ward8: rn Su8an Wlttrfck Mrn Joan Roborts Daphne Barton Mrs Pat Brooke Mrs Christine Prit¢bard From May 2023 Mr Peter Bennett From May 2023 Mr8 Jennifer Dalton -left Oetober 2022 Mr Rieharii T2ylor- left ()etober 2023 Treasurer: Mr AlaD Wittri¢k churches-receipts-and-payments-2023 1of5 ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023 Lidgett Park Methodist Church Totsls last SECTION A Funth Funds a1 RECEIPTS a2 Offerin S and Tax Tecovered Bank and CFB interest and Investment income 72,573 23,(MXI 95.573 72,614 a3 677 6T1 19 Leth'n 14.561 3,335 91,146 14,561 19.516 130,327 11,497 19,209 103.339 a5 other receipts TOTAL RECEIPTS 16,181 39.181 {a7} SECTION b1 PAYMENTS Circurt Assessment or Share b2 S1.(￿2 51.062 56,823 b3 Donolions 11.710 airs and Maintenance Utilities (Insurances, water char es healin hlin 6,938 6.938 11,243 b5 12.275 12.275 b7 Other payments TOTAL PAYMENTS 18,309 1,127 11837 19.436 101.421 21.876 102,649 b8 Ib9 SECTION C NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS c1 2.562 690 Total funds brought fothrd from last year 8,141 14,552 22.693 Sub total c1+c2 10.703 22,693 Transfers and ad ustmenls 12.511 12.511 c7 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR 1¢3+c4) 23.214 28.385 51,599 {c8) 22,693 Ic61 SECTION O FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO ExfERNAL ORGANISATIONS tho• amounts are not lo be Includfjd In total rnc•l onts urg5 abovo d1 Balance brou hl fopward frcrfn kst 20 40 d2 Offerin sIGifts. received for extemat o ni8ationg 2.535 2.848 d3 OfferingslGrfts . passed to extemal organisatsjns 2,555 2,788 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID (d1+d2431 2of5 LKI ett Park Methodist Chu SECTIIX E and ¢onr$c￿l D￿￿t0[a£n￿8￿￿. INTERPJAL ORGANISATIQNS Ladl•• Gr 287 2,018 ¢8 anigabDrA l￿dI 012 lor¥rnrd Ifom wg• 2-totah colUn￿l l¢n BY CHURCH 131.747 103W2 26.015 llluo ￿ a aoP8r8*6 Ifnece68wtr￿ tOWl$ fDThMrd TOTAL RECEVTS TOTAL 8ECTH)N F CHLRCH. ¢A8H FUN08 W•t3q C#h k) hoThJ 75 70 19 ¢￿traI Flwco Bo•id TrU￿10r moir￿181 CtsJt¢h 37 OtX8rfuThli CB Totsi Iwdg by kntern￿ tot•1 t￿M abryel le12) e11 2.281 TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD bY¢HURCH 63,880 SEC71LV4 G 31 Aw8t 2023 OTHER ASSETS Ind LIABimES L8r*J & &Jlk*ln 8316681 Qther f5 t*klaiTnJsteesfor kle1￿)*1 I 91 any Inotts¢ash kn15 3rf5 .- UJO l.L rtuJ(4 Declarations and Scrutiny I confirm that these Receipt and Paym8nt based accounts for the year to 31 August 2023 have been prepared from the records of the Church and that they include all funds under the control of the Church trustees. Signature oftr8asurer....... Date.... Name and address of treasurer ......... Pogt Code Pro8entation to th• Church truste08 I confimi that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2023 v￿re1)•1￿. presented to the ni88iino of the Church trust88s held on ... ... ? AArc& 2DI¥ Signature of the Chair of the me8tirYJ Name of thé Chair of the meeting .￿tr-￿.. Dat8...... Independent ExamlneV8 Report to the Trustees of the .. L￿ett Pth l*lethoJlsl Church Charlty Numbor11..2.q..¥i3 R•spon8lbllltl•8 and bo913 of report I report to thè truste8s on my examination of the accounts of the . Church for the year ended 31 August 2023 set out on pages .1. to . As the Church's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act')- I report in respect of my examination of the Church's a￿OUnts carried out under section 145 of the Act and, in carying out my examination. I have follo*ed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. delete or circle as appropfiate Nameofchurch.............. No............. Inde￿ndent Examinar's Statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attents'on in connection with the examination (other than thal disclosed belo￿) which give me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of the Act: or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this ￿pOrt in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. I ha¥8lhave 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 An Name of independent examiner A WDKÉWJ AYCU Relevant professional qualification of irKlependent examiner Name of firm (where appropriate) Address LS5 IIVJ Date delete or circle as appropriate churches-re¢eipts-and-payments-2023 5of5 LIDGETf PARK METHODIST CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS UDGETf PARK METHODIST Church FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2023 Loeds North and East Clrcuit Clrcult no. 2712 Registered Charfty - Charlty Rogistratlon numbor If not a registered charity Har Majestys R•venue and Customs Glft Aid numbor (The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered tharity number in temis of eviden￿ of charitabl8 status and may be used to give lo donors or grant funders wishing to see evidence of the organisation's charitable status. Methodist charities in ErolarKJ arKI Wa￿S that are not registered chanties are excEpted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242} 1129423 Minister: Rev Tan a Short Church St•ward8: rn Su8an Wlttrfck Mrn Joan Roborts Daphne Barton Mrs Pat Brooke Mrs Christine Prit¢bard From May 2023 Mr Peter Bennett From May 2023 Mr8 Jennifer Dalton -left Oetober 2022 Mr Rieharii T2ylor- left ()etober 2023 Treasurer: Mr AlaD Wittri¢k churches-receipts-and-payments-2023 1of5 ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023 Lidgett Park Methodist Church Totsls last SECTION A Funth Funds a1 RECEIPTS a2 Offerin S and Tax Tecovered Bank and CFB interest and Investment income 72,573 23,(MXI 95.573 72,614 a3 677 6T1 19 Leth'n 14.561 3,335 91,146 14,561 19.516 130,327 11,497 19,209 103.339 a5 other receipts TOTAL RECEIPTS 16,181 39.181 {a7} SECTION b1 PAYMENTS Circurt Assessment or Share b2 S1.(￿2 51.062 56,823 b3 Donolions 11.710 airs and Maintenance Utilities (Insurances, water char es healin hlin 6,938 6.938 11,243 b5 12.275 12.275 b7 Other payments TOTAL PAYMENTS 18,309 1,127 11837 19.436 101.421 21.876 102,649 b8 Ib9 SECTION C NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS c1 2.562 690 Total funds brought fothrd from last year 8,141 14,552 22.693 Sub total c1+c2 10.703 22,693 Transfers and ad ustmenls 12.511 12.511 c7 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR 1¢3+c4) 23.214 28.385 51,599 {c8) 22,693 Ic61 SECTION O FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO ExfERNAL ORGANISATIONS tho• amounts are not lo be Includfjd In total rnc•l onts urg5 abovo d1 Balance brou hl fopward frcrfn kst 20 40 d2 Offerin sIGifts. received for extemat o ni8ationg 2.535 2.848 d3 OfferingslGrfts . passed to extemal organisatsjns 2,555 2,788 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID (d1+d2431 2of5 LKI ett Park Methodist Chu SECTIIX E and ¢onr$c￿l D￿￿t0[a£n￿8￿￿. INTERPJAL ORGANISATIQNS Ladl•• Gr 287 2,018 ¢8 anigabDrA l￿dI 012 lor¥rnrd Ifom wg• 2-totah colUn￿l l¢n BY CHURCH 131.747 103W2 26.015 llluo ￿ a aoP8r8*6 Ifnece68wtr￿ tOWl$ fDThMrd TOTAL RECEVTS TOTAL 8ECTH)N F CHLRCH. ¢A8H FUN08 W•t3q C#h k) hoThJ 75 70 19 ¢￿traI Flwco Bo•id TrU￿10r moir￿181 CtsJt¢h 37 OtX8rfuThli CB Totsi Iwdg by kntern￿ tot•1 t￿M abryel le12) e11 2.281 TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD bY¢HURCH 63,880 SEC71LV4 G 31 Aw8t 2023 OTHER ASSETS Ind LIABimES L8r*J & &Jlk*ln 8316681 Qther f5 t*klaiTnJsteesfor kle1￿)*1 I 91 any Inotts¢ash kn15 3rf5 .- UJO l.L rtuJ(4 Declarations and Scrutiny I confirm that these Receipt and Paym8nt based accounts for the year to 31 August 2023 have been prepared from the records of the Church and that they include all funds under the control of the Church trustees. Signature oftr8asurer....... Date.... Name and address of treasurer ......... Pogt Code Pro8entation to th• Church truste08 I confimi that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2023 v￿re1)•1￿. presented to the ni88iino of the Church trust88s held on ... ... ? AArc& 2DI¥ Signature of the Chair of the me8tirYJ Name of thé Chair of the meeting .￿tr-￿.. Dat8...... Independent ExamlneV8 Report to the Trustees of the .. L￿ett Pth l*lethoJlsl Church Charlty Numbor11..2.q..¥i3 R•spon8lbllltl•8 and bo913 of report I report to thè truste8s on my examination of the accounts of the . Church for the year ended 31 August 2023 set out on pages .1. to . As the Church's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act')- I report in respect of my examination of the Church's a￿OUnts carried out under section 145 of the Act and, in carying out my examination. I have follo*ed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. delete or circle as appropfiate Nameofchurch.............. No............. Inde￿ndent Examinar's Statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attents'on in connection with the examination (other than thal disclosed belo￿) which give me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of the Act: or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this ￿pOrt in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. I ha¥8lhave 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 An Name of independent examiner A WDKÉWJ AYCU Relevant professional qualification of irKlependent examiner Name of firm (where appropriate) Address LS5 IIVJ Date delete or circle as appropriate churches-re¢eipts-and-payments-2023 5of5