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TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR YEAR 1 SEPTEMBER 2023 to 31 AUGUST 2024

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 the Church has said good bye to friends, and others coping with illness and our thoughts and prayers go to the families and friends

The Minister continues to work alongside church members in working with the two agreed priorities - deepening discipleship and connecting with children, young people and families that use our premise. Sadly, Bible study groups at LPMC haven’t been well attended. The joint Bible study group meets at Shadwell, with members from both churches. Although the group is small there is a wonderful

atmosphere where faith is shared and explored, and there is always room for more. The Ecumenical Lent Group is proving to be really well supporting, with average of 40+ attending each week. The is a lot of thoughtful discussion that takes place.

Messy Church is slowly growing, a session being held each school holiday. We have shared stories on Caring for God’s World, the Christmas Story and Picnic on the Beach, and of course our Easter Messy Church .

Teddy Praise continues to take place once a month after Toddlers. It is fun and chaotic! The members share songs and a bible story through a story basket. Everyone takes a craft home to do, re-enforcing the story message. As the year progresses from 3 September onwards, as the children get used to the routine, you can see how they begin to sit, listen and take part, and begin to know who Jesus is!

At the end of March, stewards and members of the worship team met with others from Shadwell and Alwoodley Park Methodists Church. We looked at how we can support, encourage and worship together. It was a very positive meeting, and the energy that emerged created some real excitement! In September 2025 we will begin to share worship monthly together, alternating at the different churches. We will also share and invite one another to bible studies and other events.

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, The Circuit Leadership Team 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:

Lay people to develop in leadership of churches.
Seek people feeling called and able to trial voluntary Local Lay Pastor roles.
Encourage and support churches to develop working together. How this could work?
Encouraging increasing urgency for adaptation and reduction of buildings for appropriate future.
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 the 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 2023/24, 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 2023/24, the general (unrestricted) fund for the Church decreased by £1,980 with the closing balance at £ 21,234.

Total assets (excluding buildings) including project funding, endowments, and restricted funds, increased to £53,880 at 31 August 2024.

For 2023/24, 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 22% of our annual

general income so the financial objective is to slightly increase the reserves over the next couple of years if possible 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

(circuit rep)

Mrs K. Illingworth Mrs P Nolan Mr G Saunders 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 2025.

Dated 20 May 2025

CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS LIDGETh PARK METhODIST Church FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2024 LEEDS NORTH AND EAST Clrcuft Clrcult no. 2712 R•glster8d Charity - Charlty Roglstratlon numbar If nol a registered charity His Majosty's Revenue and Customs Gift Aid number (The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered chanty number in terns of eviden of charitable status and may be used to give to donors or grant funders wishing to see evidence of the organisation's charitable $tatu$. Methodist d)arities in England and Wales that are not registered charities are excepted from registration under SLqtLrtory Instfument 2014 No 242) 1129423 Minister.. Rev Tan Church Stewards: Short Mrs Joan Roberts Mrs Susan Wittrick To February 2024 Mrs Daphne Barton Mrs Pat Brooke Mrs Ciinstine Pritchard Mr Peter Bennett Treasurer: Mr Alan WRttrick Church-receipts-and-payments-2024 1of5

LIDGETh PARK METHODIST ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024 Church ilnmtii¢tsd Restrlcted Totsls th18 Funds Funds Totals last SECTION A 81 RECEIPTS a2 Offerin s and Tax recovered Bank and CFB interest and Investment income 75,539 14.( 89.S39 95,573 a3 567 922 1A89 19.209 17,099 127.337 677 a4 Lettin 19.209 3,139 98.455 14,561 19,516 130,327 a5 Other receipts TOTAL RECEIPTS 13,960 28.882 a6 (a7} SECTION B b1 PAYMENTS b2 Circurt Assessment or Share 55,200 55.200 17.735 3.647 51,062 11,710 6,938 b3 Donations 4,950 12,785 b4 Re aiT5 and Maintenance Ulililies Ilnsurances, water cha e$ heatin 3,647 b5 19.100 19.100 12,275 b6 b7 Other payments TOTAL PAYMENTS 17.539 100,436 17.583 113.264 19,436 101,421 b8 12,829 Ib9) SECTION C NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS c1 1.980 16,053 14.073 28 9C6 Total funds brought fomard from last year ¢2 23,214 28,385 61,599 ¢6 22,693 c3 Sub total c1+c2 44,438 65.672 01.599 Transfers and ad'ustments c7 c5 TOTAL FUNOS AT END OF YEAR 1¢3+t41 21,234 65.672 Ic81 51.599 Ic6} SECTION D FOR INFORMATK)N ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO ExfERNAL ORGANISATIONS th•8• amount8 are not to bg Inoludod in total r•c•l onts fi ur•8 alJov• d1 Balance brou ht forward from last 20 d2 Offerin sIGrfts - received for extemal or 2,472 2,535 d3 OfferingslGifts . passed to exiemal organisations 2,472 2,555 d4 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID {d1+d243) 2ofS

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Name of Church . Lidgett Park Methodist Church Chffty Nurnber 1129423 Declarations and Scrutiny I confim that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2024 have been prepared from the records of the Churth and that include all funds under the control of the Church tnjstees. Signature of treasurer ........ Date... 1.3....Ma..ID25-. Name and address of treasurer .. . PostCodeL.4.1.6 ..6 IFé Presentatlon to the Church trustees I confinn that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 Aw st 2024 V•*reMil presentad to the meets'nq of the Church trustees held on ..1.3.. .Nl.4' Signature of the Chair of the meeting Name of the Chair of the meeting S. knfji- ,-.....1.3.:.3...A£ Independent Examlnorfs Report to the Trustses of the Lidgett Park Methodist Church Charlty Number. 1129423 Responslbllltles and basis of rnport I report to the trustees on my examlnation of the accounts of the . .Lidgett Park methodist . Church for the year ended 31 August 2024 set out on pages 1 to 3. 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 I report in respect of my examination of the Church's accounts carri&J out under sedion 145 of the Act and. in carrying out my examinats'on. I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under seth'on 145(5)(b) of the Act. . delete or circle as appropriate 4ofS

Name of Church . Lidgett Park Methodist Church Independent Examinerfs Statement I have completed my examination. I confinn that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (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. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. I IThElhave not" obtained independent verifThtion 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 qualificalion of independent examiner FCCA Name of firm (where appropriate) Address Post Code Date delete or circle as appropriate Church-receipts-and-payments-2024 5of5

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TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR YEAR 1 SEPTEMBER 2023 to 31 AUGUST 2024

CHARITY NAME: LIDGETT PARK METHODIST CHURCH Registered Charity Number 1129423

CHARITY’S PRINCIPAL ADDRESS: Lidgett Place

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

FINANCIAL REVIEW

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE and MANAGEMENT

Worship Committee

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