## 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

IM￿0￿ 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•ftfll*blllll
.671
JO.671
3.171,
J.616.3aJ
lorf temi Ilablllil•i
Idv after mort thfrn on• y**rl
Gfants pty￿￿ After 2022-23
LQWYJ ¢Qtr)•
JO.871
IS￿,122
J,•71.KrfJ
Fundi of th• c1￿ch
Gerrfr* FUNJ iuréè*ti•dl
60.707
80,707
30,871
91,371
J.510.422
59,987
30,871
30.871
Restr￿ed 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 20￿2$
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 0x￿ndI￿r• (Ncts)
nt•rn•l Organ￿01k*n8
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 9alrrnll￿AWl
N•t mo¥•m•nt In fvnd*
To¢•1 broutht ILvw•rd
Totd fvnds urrb•d fO￿ard
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•m￿l 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 fo￿ard
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)

Name of Church
Wllmslow Meth¢xllst
Not•$ to th• •¢coufits
8•4$ ot•c¢ounii
Th•lknar*4l#•t*rn•*shkn*b••nww*J LYthtt*ChthAd 2011 kn#tOrthnr•**hFA51021thirftl•sSQRPIF15102ll•t
Funds
Actountlni poll¢l•J
B•$55
In¢om•
xp•ndh¥r•
Gr•nts
VAT
Tan8lbl•fix•d •swi lor tss• by th• Church
Inv￿lm•nI Prop•rth5
In¥•stm•nts
D•btory •nd Pr•p•ynwnts
r•dlto

Indepèndent Examlne*8 R•port to the Trust••• of th• Wllmslryw M•thodl•t Church
I rewl on the Churth Accounts for1￿ year thided 31. Augu￿ 2025
Respect1¥• rn•poMlbllltle• of TnMt•es and Examlner
Th• Chur¢h'$ tru$ts•$ •r• r•$pon*bl• for lh• prnp•r*b* of th• •cc¢yJnts. Th• Churd)'• Tnjstses c4Jnsider that on •udrt 1$ not
required for this year under Section 144 of the c￿n￿•S Act 201111M Chants•s Act) and that an indwnd8nt •uminabon is
need•d.
It 1$ my rnsponsibility lo..
•xarnine the accounts under J•L*on 145 olthe Charities ALI 2011.,
145(Sllbl of th• Ch4nb•$ aa.. and
to $tal• wh•th•r particular m•ltw• hav• como to my Att•nlion
B••l• ol Ind•p•nd•nt Ex•mln•rf• R•port
My ex¥rnin4tson w ¢YJrnfp# In *th th¢ g•wr¥l ￿r•(￿oN tyth• crwrty Commwon. An ex4mInat￿ I￿1￿1¢* •
re¥￿¢W ol lh¢ •¢¢ountsr¢ r*¢ord• kw by tht ¢h•My •fvJ • oynp•rw of Ihfr a￿￿nts wwented wth thc•e 11 •h¢ In¢l¥Je•
co￿1￿•r￿110n of *ny unwuil rt•n¥B or d￿¢￿jrrn In lh• 4cwJnts, aTrJ exF4an*m from ¥• Tru#••• tr)n￿Mi￿ any wjch
matt•rn The wocedum uThYertaken do nc* wov4Je all the thot*wlJ be In an aL￿rt aTr# corAequenl*y no O￿nIOn 18
given a• to wheth¢r the ¥c¢ounts •'tru• •ThJ l•ir vw •na the rtwrt L¥ Iimrtéd kn thow matterd lèt out In the **•menl b•low.
Ind•p•nd•nt Eximln•rf• Stsl•m•nt
In Conn￿tion my •x•min4b"M, no m•tt•r to nyy 1it•ntion'.
giv￿ m• m*)Mblo ￿18¥• that in ary m•t•ri•l r•ip•cl IM rnquir•monts'.
. to ke•p *ccounbn9 r•Co￿l in acco￿n￿ 130 01 the Ch•ribes Act 2011", and
v• fiol b••n mol,. or
•¢¢ount• to b• rn#1￿￿.
N•m•
P•tsr th l•
Sign4lur•
Relevant Profe•iional
qu•lfficth"on ar bo
FCA
Addr•48
16 Fokl L*p
LMSLOW
SK9 6DT

Wllmslow Method￿1 Church
DECLARATIONS
Treasurer
I confinn that I hav• pl¥￿r1d th• aco)unts from lh• wxds of tho Chu￿* and that Ilw IrKA￿ all funds un¢•r1ho ¢ontrol of
the Chufth cIMjn￿.
Signatur• olTr•asur•r
Nam•
lan Kennety
A6Jrn8s
9 Manor Gardons
IILMSLOW
SK9 20Q
Pr••entallon to th• Cttu￿h CounGII M••tlng lor approval.
nd approv•d.
Slgn•tur• ol the Chwr of tr
ffleeting
N4m• ol th• Chair of th•
m••bng
Tvs Izév

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

IM￿0￿ 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•ftfll*blllll
.671
JO.671
3.171,
J.616.3aJ
lorf temi Ilablllil•i
Idv after mort thfrn on• y**rl
Gfants pty￿￿ After 2022-23
LQWYJ ¢Qtr)•
JO.871
IS￿,122
J,•71.KrfJ
Fundi of th• c1￿ch
Gerrfr* FUNJ iuréè*ti•dl
60.707
80,707
30,871
91,371
J.510.422
59,987
30,871
30.871
Restr￿ed 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 20￿2$
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 0x￿ndI￿r• (Ncts)
nt•rn•l Organ￿01k*n8
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 9alrrnll￿AWl
N•t mo¥•m•nt In fvnd*
To¢•1 broutht ILvw•rd
Totd fvnds urrb•d fO￿ard
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•m￿l 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 fo￿ard
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)

Name of Church
Wllmslow Meth¢xllst
Not•$ to th• •¢coufits
8•4$ ot•c¢ounii
Th•lknar*4l#•t*rn•*shkn*b••nww*J LYthtt*ChthAd 2011 kn#tOrthnr•**hFA51021thirftl•sSQRPIF15102ll•t
Funds
Actountlni poll¢l•J
B•$55
In¢om•
xp•ndh¥r•
Gr•nts
VAT
Tan8lbl•fix•d •swi lor tss• by th• Church
Inv￿lm•nI Prop•rth5
In¥•stm•nts
D•btory •nd Pr•p•ynwnts
r•dlto

Indepèndent Examlne*8 R•port to the Trust••• of th• Wllmslryw M•thodl•t Church
I rewl on the Churth Accounts for1￿ year thided 31. Augu￿ 2025
Respect1¥• rn•poMlbllltle• of TnMt•es and Examlner
Th• Chur¢h'$ tru$ts•$ •r• r•$pon*bl• for lh• prnp•r*b* of th• •cc¢yJnts. Th• Churd)'• Tnjstses c4Jnsider that on •udrt 1$ not
required for this year under Section 144 of the c￿n￿•S Act 201111M Chants•s Act) and that an indwnd8nt •uminabon is
need•d.
It 1$ my rnsponsibility lo..
•xarnine the accounts under J•L*on 145 olthe Charities ALI 2011.,
145(Sllbl of th• Ch4nb•$ aa.. and
to $tal• wh•th•r particular m•ltw• hav• como to my Att•nlion
B••l• ol Ind•p•nd•nt Ex•mln•rf• R•port
My ex¥rnin4tson w ¢YJrnfp# In *th th¢ g•wr¥l ￿r•(￿oN tyth• crwrty Commwon. An ex4mInat￿ I￿1￿1¢* •
re¥￿¢W ol lh¢ •¢¢ountsr¢ r*¢ord• kw by tht ¢h•My •fvJ • oynp•rw of Ihfr a￿￿nts wwented wth thc•e 11 •h¢ In¢l¥Je•
co￿1￿•r￿110n of *ny unwuil rt•n¥B or d￿¢￿jrrn In lh• 4cwJnts, aTrJ exF4an*m from ¥• Tru#••• tr)n￿Mi￿ any wjch
matt•rn The wocedum uThYertaken do nc* wov4Je all the thot*wlJ be In an aL￿rt aTr# corAequenl*y no O￿nIOn 18
given a• to wheth¢r the ¥c¢ounts •'tru• •ThJ l•ir vw •na the rtwrt L¥ Iimrtéd kn thow matterd lèt out In the **•menl b•low.
Ind•p•nd•nt Eximln•rf• Stsl•m•nt
In Conn￿tion my •x•min4b"M, no m•tt•r to nyy 1it•ntion'.
giv￿ m• m*)Mblo ￿18¥• that in ary m•t•ri•l r•ip•cl IM rnquir•monts'.
. to ke•p *ccounbn9 r•Co￿l in acco￿n￿ 130 01 the Ch•ribes Act 2011", and
v• fiol b••n mol,. or
•¢¢ount• to b• rn#1￿￿.
N•m•
P•tsr th l•
Sign4lur•
Relevant Profe•iional
qu•lfficth"on ar bo
FCA
Addr•48
16 Fokl L*p
LMSLOW
SK9 6DT

Wllmslow Method￿1 Church
DECLARATIONS
Treasurer
I confinn that I hav• pl¥￿r1d th• aco)unts from lh• wxds of tho Chu￿* and that Ilw IrKA￿ all funds un¢•r1ho ¢ontrol of
the Chufth cIMjn￿.
Signatur• olTr•asur•r
Nam•
lan Kennety
A6Jrn8s
9 Manor Gardons
IILMSLOW
SK9 20Q
Pr••entallon to th• Cttu￿h CounGII M••tlng lor approval.
nd approv•d.
Slgn•tur• ol the Chwr of tr
ffleeting
N4m• ol th• Chair of th•
m••bng
Tvs Izév