2025-08-31-accounts - Wilmslow Methodist Church

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1) Welcome/Pastoral Care

We are especially grateful to our loyal team of pastoral visitors, organised by our Pastoral Secretary, who support and share in the joys and sorrows of our church community. Our Flower Ministry plays a vital role, bringing joy to worshippers and to those who receive flower deliveries from our team. This continues to be such a vital role to those who are permanently housebound or suffering from illness. Our Church Office is the information hub of the church, along with our Coffee Lounge, providing hospitality and a welcome to visitors from our busy town centre community. Both are staffed most weekday mornings, providing an open door to those participating in the various weekly church and community group meetings.

2) Worship & Study

From September 2024, worship continued as follows: a weekly 10.30am Sunday worship , a monthly 9am Contemplative Communion and a monthly evening Reflective service as well as occasional Café Church and All Age services. Some All Age services were Parade services involving the Church Scout and Guide groups. Once a month the morning service is a combined one sharing with St Mary’s Handforth and Styal with a rotating location. The service in Wilmslow continues to be live streamed providing vital spiritual encouragement and contact with those unable to worship in the building. This year has seen the introduction of a Lunchtime Communion service on the first Thursday of the month and occasional Prayer Meetings on other Thursdays.

Opportunities for adult study were provided by Rev Ian Smart as follows: an ecumenical Advent and Lent book study and group meetings. The Daily Bread WhatsApp Bible study group provides an option for personal home study of the same Advent and Lent topics. A joint Outdoor Church service was held in Styal village in July, which was well attended. A Prayer/Bible study was offered between Ascension and Pentecost. Once a month on a Sunday evening Rev Ian Smart leads a Bible study with Cake group in the church. There is also a Reading group that meets in members’ homes once a month, studying books recommended by the group. The group has continued to contribute to the new Bag-a-Book re-cycled books display in the Coffee Lounge which provides donations to our Charity of the Month.

3) Witness

Our Family and Outreach work continues to spread in the community, under the able leadership of Emma Coe (Family Outreach Worker). Volunteers help Emma to run regular weekly groups, such as Songs & Rhymes and Tiddlywinks for under 5s with an accompanying adult . In addition, a programme of family friendly events was offered throughout the year, celebrating the main Christian festivals. A Light Party was held as an alternative to Halloween and at Christmas schools and families from the local community took part in the Christmas Crib Festival. We hosted a popular Pancake Party to offer hospitality to the wider church family and held an Easter Eggstravaganza , with free crafts, games and activities for the local community. Emma also regularly leads school assemblies for Key Stage 1 and 2 at Lacey Green School once a term and for the whole school at the major Christian Festivals. Our Craft & Chatter group continued making a variety of crafts to decorate the church and noticeboards, as well as providing knitted items for charity groups. These included hats for premature babies and blankets etc. for vulnerable families with a newborn, as well as chicks for Francis House Children’s Hospice. The outdoor display boards were decorated as part of the Wilmslow in Bloom entry on the theme of Plants and People. A new group started meeting on the alternate Tuesdays to Craft and Chatter, called Cuppa,Cake and Chat which allows people from the community to come together. The In-Together group continued to provide hospitality, activities, and a safe space for those living with dementia. Added to that, we have connected to many more people through our live-streamed Services, Facebook and church website (see 2. Worship and Study above).

Throughout the year, the church makes regular contributions to a variety of local and national charities, through members’ giving, special services and coffee lounge proceeds.

REPORT AND ACCOUNTS (ACCRUALS BASIS) for the year ended 31 August 2025 Wilmslow Methodist Church R•gl•ler•d Charfty- R•glstr•llon number111 •ppllcatA•) 1129469 Clrcuft No 19116 Mlnhl•r Reveref¥J lan Smart CIMffchTfM•urnr

IM0 Methodist Chur¢h Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2025 Totslb 2S Totsll 2014 ¢Unr•¥Irf¢j FIA•d Amo1¥ Chwch othw Investrn4nt propeth 3.572,40) 3.572,4OJ 3.417,e81 3.417 Curr•m Au•¢• DebtorF Otr•r v•strnthits T14CP e4ntrd Bowd Dqpu 7,719 47.198 .171 0.022 85,091 74,280 16.680 7• Cath It B•nk e0.707 1,671 4022 Cre¢lttrt l¢h ) 1 ) payable 2022.23 rtstsi CUTh•ftfllblllll .671 JO.671 3.171, J.616.3aJ lorf temi Ilablllil•i Idv after mort thfrn on• yrl Gfants pty After 2022-23 LQWYJ ¢Qtr)• JO.871 IS,122 J,•71.KrfJ Fundi of th• c1ch Gerrfr FUNJ iuréèti•dl 60.707 80,707 30,871 91,371 J.510.422 59,987 30,871 30.871 Restred Fu 3.110.422 3.425,70ts Tvtsl FuThJ• 10.707 ¥1.171 J.SK.422 3.171AQO J.S16,JeJ

Wilrnslch¥ MethTrJist Chwch Statement of Flnanclal Activities (SOFA) for the year ended 31 August 2025 D•sigM Fund Funds T4Yt•l Funds 202$ T+)lal 202J.Z4 dl Fundi Incomo 0116rirvJs Donatio 59.181 3.770 19.301 3,372 22,450 837 Sg.161 3.770 52,7S2 35.923 9.923 Intere8t and In¥egb71ont thcom• Letlng$ and Powei G Intsrn•l ownkntio Other ch&rttaN• thc•m• Tot•1 Ineo Expendlture 3,372 14.183 17.ml s.000 139,477 637 Ih1,334 2.103 770 1),1315 Grants and don•OoM Propety m4inton8nc• In•ur&n¢•.utllMts •ts Doprockgtion 1.261 4.799 13.502 4.799 13,502 Oth•r 0xndIr• (Ncts) nt•rn•l Organ01kn8 Tol•l ¢h•rlt•bh •xp•ndtturn G8in8111088081 on monelary in¥o•tm•n GAlnslllosBes1 on Inveslmwl pwopgth• N•t Incorn•ll•xp•ndlluv•l Translers fvrKI• Other 9alrrnllAWl N•t mo¥•m•nt In fvnd To¢•1 broutht ILvw•rd Totd fvnds urrb•d fOard 34.497 34A97 $7,711 1,231 128,354 1O7.•711 t07.970 721 721 13,123 104.710 155.437 3,616.38J 3.171.800 109,163 122,276 3.394.087 3,516,363 721 154.716 S•.¢ 30.171 3A25,7 .107 30.871 3,58OA22 Not• Oiher exyndAur• In•$ Chtstl•n and I•ml work•r Cleanlni Xl,274 6,250

Tanglble Flxed Assets Cost or valuation Church (non Investment) land and bulldlngs Bullding at insurance valuation Balance brought foard Addition5 3,417,684 Revaluations l+/I Disposals l-l Transfers l+l} 154.716 Balance carried forward 3,572.4CKI Accumulated depredatlon Balènce brought forward Depreciation charge for year (-) Revaluations l+l_I Disposals l-l Transfers l+/-I Balance carrled forward Net book value 8rou8ht forward 3,417,684 Carried forward 3,572,4Lh)

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