## **TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR YEAR** ## **1 SEPTEMBER 2024 to 31 AUGUST 2025** ## **CHARITY NAME: CHAPEL ALLERTON METHODIST CHURCH** Registered Charity Number 1129425 **CHARITY’S PRINCIPAL ADDRESS** : Town Street, Leeds LS7 4NB ## **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 Chapel Allerton 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. 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. To facilitate this work, it is essential that we maintain the fabric of our two buildings, the Church and the Methodist Centre. This is financed in part through letting many of the rooms to local groups and organisations, whose activities run throughout the week and provide direct benefit to the local community – These include: Playgroups, Guides & Brownies, Youth Clubs, Lunch Club, Arts Club, indoor sports and fitness groups, Seniors Groups and ad hoc family parties and cultural events. As sponsors and supporters of Thrive Leeds, a local ecumenical Youth Project, the Church is pleased to be able to host their two youth clubs in the Methodist Centre and to provide office space for Thrive Leeds’ staff. 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 Chapel Allerton and Meanwood’ and has strong ecumenical relationships with St Matthews Church as covenanting churches, worshipping frequently together and organizing annual shared events. Our links with Chapel A Baptist Church, who worship in our Methodist Centre building, grow ever stronger as evidenced by our joint project to carry out refurbishment work during the Summer of 2025. Further refurbishment of the Methodist Centre is needed, some of it urgent, schedules of necessary works, costings and means of financing, are in process of being drawn up. There is also a desire to adapt our Church building to provide a more open and welcoming aspect as well as creating more useable spaces. A feasibility study is being embarked upon in the new financial year, this study to include exploration of options to reduce the carbon footprint of this building. The Church has continued to be generous in its support of other charities. In 2024-25 our Church Charity was Leeds Mind, for which £7,628 was raised through special events and activities. A further £1,760 was raised for various charities through special collections; and a grant of £4,000 was made to Thrive Leeds. ## **Reserves Policy** It is the policy of Chapel Allerton Methodist Church to hold reserves that exceed 25% of annual expenditure. Reserves currently comfortably exceed this figure, but are set to be reduced by the necessary refurbishment works and desired building alterations referred to above. CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS CHAPEL ALLERTON PIEThODIST Church FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2025 Leeds North & East Clrcult C1￿ult Clrcult no. 27102 Regist•rnd Charity . Charlty R•glstrallon number If not a registered charity Her Majesty's Rovonuo and Customs Gift Ald number (The HMRC number is equivalent to 8 registered chaiity number in tems of evidence of charitable status and may be used to give to donors or grant funders wishing to see evidence of the organisation's charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that ale not registered charities are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrumerrt 2014 No.242) 1129425 Minister. Rev Mark Stennett Church Stewards.. David Cundall Ethiiar(i Britlon Tenik8 Tyson apFKiinted May 2025 Desna SI￿art appointéd May 2025 appoiiited ilay 2025 Angela BTffton Treasurer: EdwaTd BFitton churches.reCeipts-8r¥J-pay￿ntS.202s 1of5 ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025 CHAPEL ALLERTON METHODIST Church Unmtriel•d R••triet•d Totsl• thls Funds Ftsnds Totsl• last SECTION A a1 RECEIPTS a2 Offerin s and Tax recovered 88nk and CF8 interest and Inv95tmenl income S1,￿7 61,007 49,950 a3 2.167 47.712 3.801 104,687 2,167 2.252 a4 Lettin a5 Other receipts TOTAL RECEIPTS 3,322 3,322 7.123 108,009 285 a6 {*7 97,778 SECTION B b1 PAYMENTS b2 Circurt Assessment or Shafe 53.037 53.037 50,435 Donations Re airs and Maintenance Ulililies Ilnsurances, water char es heatin hlin 22.017 017 10,090 15,881 b7 Other payments TOTAL PAYMENTS 17,460 108,395 3.250 3.250 20.710 111,645 16,170 90.403 Ib9) SECTION C NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENT8 c1 a6*8 3.708 72 7,375 Total funds brought forward frcrfn last year 36,620 c6 Sub total c1+c2 32.912 11,C60 Tr8nsfer5 and ad. ustment5 ¢7 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR Ic3+c41 32.912 11.060 43.971 {¢8) 47.607 le6) SECTION D FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED ANO PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATION8 them amounts are not to b• Includod In lolal rncel urn8 above d1 Balance brou hl forward from last 6,652 4,630 d2 Offerin sIGrfis - received for exiemal o r￿Sat￿n5 11,147 d3 OfferingslGfftS - Passed lo extemal organisat 7,528 9.125 d4 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID Id1+d2431 8,512 6,662 2ofS CHAPEL ALLERTON METHODIST Chwoh SUMMARYOF CHURCH ACCOUNT8 NJID IiirERK1L￿7￿M REPC¥lT1P￿ TOIHE CHLUiCHCOUIICIL SECTION E INTERNALORGANUTIOWS ¢7 ubtth •12 l-to¢al• BY ¢MURCM 101,00• TOTAL f¢ECWP TOT PAYMENTS SECTION I CLWNa BALINCE8 CHURCH-CMH FUIID• KLD It JI t2020 C••h 89nk Currwrt 13.374 8•nk D Cthl 8VB TOTAL. Chur¢hxcow tsy Iniwr* toty frLYn4bMI1*121 TOTAL CA84 FU1408 HELO NYCHVRCII 8ECTION G At OTHER A88ETIS and UAWLMEI 5039 131 5 190317 14 hebj atth*c￿tr4 3d5 Name of Church . Chapel AIIErton Ilthodlst ChurGh Declarations and Scrutiny I confim that th•s8 Récèipt and PaylY￿nt based accI￿nts for the year to 31 Auwst 2025 have been prepared from the records of th• Churth omd that they 1ndl￿je all fvnds under th8 Control of tts Clwrch Irusloes. Sionature ol treasurw ......... D8t8... 14110r25..... Name arKI address of treasurer ....... 485 SlreetLane, Leeds.......................................................... Post C(yJa...LS176LA Pr•$•nt￿l0Th to th• Church tNsto0• I confim that the annual rewt and #trnunts fty the year 8nd8d 31 August 2024 wer•fvA" I be. presented lo the meeting of the c￿rCh tNslees held on 14th Ocaobw 2025 Signatwe of the Chair of the mealirKJ Name of the Chalr of the meetlng . Rov Ernity Yow¢g e 14110r25... Independent Examlnerfs Report to the Trustaes of the Chapel Allerton Meth¢)dl8t Church Ch*rlty Numb•r 1129425 R•*ponslbllltl•J and ￿•1* of rnwt I repjrt lo the ITusl8e$ C￿ my examination of Ihè aCC￿nIS of thochapel A¥8rtM Methodist Church for the ygar ended 31 Auwst 2025 set out on pag•s 2 10 3. A8 the Chwth's trustees, you are reSF¥Jnsible for the prewats'on of th8 ac£0￿rtS in accordancé requrements of thg Chanties Act 2011 ('the Act'i I rèport in respect of my examination of the Churth's Kcounls car￿d oul undw sett*)n 145 of the Act and, in carrying out my examination. I have followed al tho apFA￿ Dir8c*iMs giv8n by Ihè Charlty Commlssion under section 145151{bl of Ihe A&. . delete or arde as appropriate 4ofS Name of Church . ..CHAPEL...ALLELrt.ME.TMQDIs.f...................... Independent Examlnefs Statsmont I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come lo my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disck>sed 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 accounts'ng records. I have no cOn￿mS 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 havelhave not. obtained independent verffication of all investments with the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank ba￿nCeS arKI funds at the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church which are individualty in excess of £10.000 (ten thousarKJ Founds) at the balanc? sheet date. Signature of independent examiner Name of independent examiner ANLT>.CF.w......L4.Y(L)C.K............................... .. Relevant professional qualification of independenl examiner Name of fim (vlhere appropnate) Address go (JL.C5).HoW ...LAhje,....L.L.e.fy.................................................... LS g Iw.T Date .J61,,J Post Code delete or circle as appropriale thurch8S4eceipts.8n￿aym8nts-21rl4 5of5 Name of Church .. .CHAPEL.. AuLUrt METMQDIs.T...................... No............. Independent Examinerfs Ststement I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention in connection wth the examination {other than that disdosed below") 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 wllth 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 report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. I havelhave not" obtained independent venfication of all investments with the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balan￿5 and funds at the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church which a￿ individually in excess of £10.000 {ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheet date. Signature of independent examiner Name of independent examiner ANLDLFknJ ..LA..YLOCrf.......... Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner Name of firm (where appropriate) Address Post Code LS8 INJT Date delete or cirde as appropriate FrTh 2J church8s-receipls-and-payments-2024 5of5