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← Aylesbury Methodist Church

2024-08-31-accounts

Aylesbury Methodistchurch & Centre Buckingham Street, Aylesbury, Bucks. HP20 2NQ Minister: Rev. Richard Atkinson T. 01296 339899 E: Office: T: 01296 426526 E: Follow us on Facebook orxw: Registered Charity Number: 1129749

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CONTENTS

WELCOME

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Welcome Organisation

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3 3 4 5 6

Youth

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Activities

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•		 Banner group
Bedgrove House Group		 10
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•		 Community Centre
Flower Arrangers		 12
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•		 Food Hub
Friday Feathers
Greeting Cards		 15
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•		 Music Director
Prayer Group
SOS Group		 18
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•		 Tuesday Fellowship
Welcome Coffee Bar		 20
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Charities		 Worship Band
Zoom Fellowship
Charities		 22
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• Action for Children 23
• Christian Aid 25
• Karibuni Children 26
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•		 Link to Hope
MHA		 28
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• Whitechapel Mission 30
Finance Finance
• Notes to Accounts 31
• General Fund 32
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•		 Restricted Funds
All Funds		 33
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• Assets and Liabilities 35
• Contact 36

Charities

Finance

From Rev. Richard Atkinson

Dear Friends,

The annual report provides a snapshot of what happens in the life of the church and allows an opportunity to thank those who play Important roles and allowing us to function and thrive as a community.

Hopefully, it also encourages all of us to think about how we engage with church activity, where we can play our part, what we can benefit from, how we can enable growth both personally and communally. I commend these pages to you

With grateful thanks for all you do in the life of our community

Blessings

Richard

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ORGANISATION

LEADERSHIP – Jennie Torpey

All the topics discussed at Leadership Team meetings this year are covered elsewhere in this report. They include property, our youth work, community centre lettings, finance and our church services.

Albert Odro chaired our meetings during our Albert Odro ’ -month sabbatical.

PROPERTY – Kevin Hardern

We continue with the same team that has been engaged in helping with property over many years, but as we enter our nineth decade and are also looking after Stoke Mandeville Church, we do need to see some new blood coming through.

In our own church, this year has been an expensive one, focused on the lift. A circuit board had failed in the lift, and this was compounded by some confusion over the communication to fix it. In the end we agreed to pay, the supplier gave us some recompense in the form of an extended warranty, which gave some benefit, but we do remain significantly out of pocket.

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As well as this we have had the usual issues to do with rain ingress in roofs, which we now think we have fixed, but we will wait for a few months to be sure, then we will redecorate and, in the case of Room 4, plaster up the ceiling. Toilets have been a problem towards the end of ’ p causing some problems with leaks. Again, these have been fixed.

GOVERNANCE – Peter Green

Methodist Church policy is determined by the annual Methodist Conference. This is chaired by its annually elected President, who this year is our former District Chair, Revd Helen D. Cameron. Policies and procedures are then set out in the latest edition of CPD, The Constitutional Practice and Discipline of the Methodist Church. This can be downloaded from the Methodist Church website: CPD - The Methodist Church.

Revd Helen D. Cameron President, Methodist Conference

Rev. Dr Sonia Hicks Chair, Northants District

Working within these organisational policies are districts, made up of several circuits, and circuits made up of individual churches. We are in the Vale of Aylesbury circuit and Northants district.

The local church decision-making body is the church council, whose members are also the church trustees. During 2023-24, our church council members were: Rev. Richard Atkinson, Jackie Simpson-Tyda. Roger Kirk,

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Gill Marks, Gill Nord, Frances Aylen, Elaine Hope, Derek Adams, Keith Wallace, Peter Green, Vivienne Kemp, Margaret Miskin, Albert Odro, Jennie Torpey, Arthur Sara, Pauline Noble, Kevin Hardern, John Miskin, Sandie Steeden, Rae Garden, Paul Ingram, Lynn Bernstone, Nick Aylen, Babs Trend, Karen Crussell and Tim Olufosoye.

Appointed by and reporting to the church council are church stewards and our leadership team, on which the church stewards are represented. The leadership team are tasked with guiding and coordinating church and community centre activities in line with our mission and values. The church stewards ensure the smooth running of the weekly Sunday services and provide a communications link between the minister and congregation.

CHURCH STEWARDS – Gill Marks

We have six regular committed stewards who work in pairs with the minister or local preacher every week to ensure the smooth running of the Sunday Services. They make sure all the relevant people have the information they need on the days running up to a service.

The stewards are also available to assist at Weddings, funerals and Christenings if needed.

Church stewards also oversee arrangements for dressing the Easter cross

We are very grateful to some past stewards who have made themselves available for any dates that the regular stewards are

unable to cover, and we thank them for this. We are always looking out for more volunteers so if you can help, please speak to one of us.

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COMMUNICATIONS – Peter Green

Our streamed 10.30am Sunday services have attracted an additional online congregation averaging about 45 views per service. This is excluding some special services which have got into three figures, such ’ ( ) ( ) service (111) and remembrance service (102). In addition, the ability to live stream weddings, baptisms and funerals has been appreciated with some of those services also exceeding the three-figure mark.

The services can be seen on any device with internet connection, apart from smart TVs, by simply clicking on the streaming button at the top of our home website page. As seen above, the services can be streamed on smart TVs by mirroring from another device by means of a suitable adaptor or by blue tooth. (If this sounds gobbledegook, ask a school pupil to translate and explain, or if all else fails, ask me.)

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Those of us who are often or completely unable to attend church in person are especially grateful to our stream team of Harry Darku, Albert Odro, Solomon Awadzi, Tim Rolls and Steve Kemp.

Thanks too to Margaret Smith for once again ensuring that the calendar section of the website is kept up to date. As the church website editor, I am greatly handicapped by not being clairvoyant. Therefore, unless you let me know of any errors or omissions on any page, I am unlikely to notice. So please do tell me if you spot something. My contact details are in the Contact section of the website.

YOUTH

BOYS' BRIGADE – Steve Kemp

Boys' Brigade numbers are generally steady, but we always need more, especially younger boys - a difficult thing when there are so many demands on boys' time throughout the week. New members are always welcome and can stem from siblings, friends or school.

We once again shared a joint Awards/Promotion Evening with the Girls' Brigade which gave parents and carers the opportunity to celebrate the achievements of boys and girls in the Brigades.

Company and Senior boys stand proudly with their hot cross buns.

We regularly try the ideas put forward in Boys' Brigade programme resources, the

photo here shows the results of the older ones making hot cross buns at Easter.

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At the end of the year Margaret Miskin retired from BB, her husband John having stepped down last year (although he is still our treasurer at the moment). They will be sorely missed as they have put so much care, energy and commitment into BB over many years. Our parent helpers are also a great benefit as is the support from the church here. As always, I am very grateful to all the officers and helpers and the continued engagement from all parents and carers which enables BB to run. I truly believe we make a difference to the boys' confidence, outlook and sense of community.

GIRLS’ BRIGADE – Dawn Wright & Sarah Davidge

G ’ evening. Although the number of girls attending has dropped recently, those who do attend have fun and come back week after week whatever the weather! These girls are very loyal, and they tell us how much they get out of coming to GB. It's great to see them growing in confidence and faith.

We continue to split into three age groups, 7 Walsing so that activities can be specifically tailored. Each Monday we follow a training programme S set out by headquarters [gee] s71GADE : BRIGADE using games, craft, ENCLANOD ¢ WALE® acting, bible stories and discussion, to cover everything from learning about our emotions, to world need and First Aid. As leaders we often learn as much as the girls and are always keen to join in the games and craft!

We would always welcome new girls of any age, as we would like to see numbers grow again.

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J TEAM - Vivienne Kemp

The number of children who attend J Team continues to fluctuate but we sometimes have as many as 16 children across both our groups.

In both groups we are currently making our way chronologically through the Bible, to give the children a greater understanding of where the different stories or characters sit within the Bible as a whole. Our younger group (4–10-year-olds) listen to Bible stories and get involved in related craft activities and games. In our older group (10-16+) we look at

how God has worked through different characters (even imperfect characters like Joseph and Jonah) in the Old and New Testaments and discuss how this can relate to our lives today and how God can work through us even when we do ’ p f

Our team of helpers is small, but I am always grateful for their commitment and flexibility in responding to the differing class sizes from week to week.

MESSY CHURCH – Margaret Miskin

Numbers go up and down like yoyos. We have had to cancel a ra couple of sessions due to lack of |: numbers, but my merry band of helpers are always there. Many craft & game activities are on offer, ’ p f

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SUNBEAMS – Margaret Miskin

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What a great time we have on Thursday mornings. Lots for the children to do and explore, and of course, snack time with healthy options on offer. We are a very diverse group with

parents coming from the four corners of the world. A warm welcome is extended to all.

ACTIVITIES

BANNER GROUP – Brenda Horne

• The two banners which were p ’ report have now been finished and are hanging in the Church.

banner for World Day of Prayer 2025. We have been doing them for a number of years, but this is the first one since Covid.

hanging there.

We have not met for some time owing to illness, but we will soon be back on track. If anyone would like to join us, we meet in Room 4/5 on alternate Tuesday afternoons 2-4pm. Please contact Brenda Horne: brendaj.horne @gmail.com or 01296 428580.

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BEDGROVE HOUSE GROUP – Rosemarie Bucknell

We began our new year with fifteen of us and beautiful September weather. We continue to meet on the third Wednesday of each month. Several of us took late holidays before Autumn came but our AGM brought lots of ideas for visits out or just coffee at home for the future.

Our first meeting in January was our Christmas/New Year lunch at the Bugle Horn. The whole group gathered plus two guests. The Bugle Horn did us proud. In February we gathered to listen to Rev. Heegon Moon with a spiritual theme, and the next month a small group of us had coffee at Quainton Railway Centre followed in May by the organ recital at AMC.

St. Albans Abbey

In June we had a ramble planned but because of poor health with several of our members the ramble did not take place. Instead, we had ff ’ for letting us borrow table and chairs. The highlight of the Summer was a visit to St. Albans Abbey complete with a tour guide and a soup lunch in the cafeteria.

Several ideas have already been noted for our next programme including outside activities, weather permitting.

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COMMUNITY CENTRE – Shirley Francis

Once again, we can report that our Community Centre facilities are in great demand. We welcome hirers from a very diverse community who are happy to return time and time again. Many of our hirers and their clients see this as their base and feel comfortable and welcome.

One role of our Centre is to ensure that members of the community feel ’ p p q point them in the right direction. Some drop by to buy second-hand books or hand-made greetings cards. Some people drop in to seek information about our food bank hub, some come and read the notice board, pick up leaflets, or enquire about the church itself, etc.

We have the following groups that use the Centre either daily, weekly, monthly, and various frequencies in each month. They are:

(The) Macular Society - a group for those with sight impairments. Meet last Wednesday in each month, except for December. Deaf Coffee Morning Club – Every other Tuesday in each month

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Virtus Care (was Sees the Day) – a group for adults with learning difficulties

Casualties Union – a charity that provides training for volunteers in rescue, first aid and medication techniques to enable them to deal with real life emergency situations.

Child Contact Centre – for parents to meet with their children in a safe environment

Sun group – a support group run by Oxford NHS Trust (by referral only) Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust – Talks and tours of historic gardens around the county

Yoga – Chair yoga each Tuesday

Choose2Lose – a weight watching support group. Meets every Tuesday.

Diabetes Prevention run by the NHS (by referral only)

Women’s Institute

Herts NHS Foundation Trust – to help adults with varying physical disabilities find suitable employment (by referral only)

U3A Local History Group

Neil Douglas Estate Management – ’ G

Blood Unit (NHS) (by referral only)

Fairhive Housing – ’ p ff p etc.

Buckinghamshire Council – meetings and conferences

Private Hirers - one-off hirers for parties, etc.

Independent Churches – private hire for worship

Regular Church activities within the Community Centre are:

Sunbeams Babies & Toddlers

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Monthly Church ’ L – social gathering to keep in touch

Tuesday Afternoon Fellowship meetings

Tuesday Morning Prayer Meetings

Banner Group – Make new, and repair the beautiful banners displayed Messy Church – crafts and other activities for children Badminton Club (Friday Feathers)

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FLOWER ARRANGERS – Melanie Dean

Each Friday morning, the Church Flower Arranging team of Edith Awadzi, Janice Matthews, Ruby Darku, Sue Kirk and I have been kept busy, providing floral displays for the church, the Welcome Space and for special events such as Harvest and Christmas. Anyone who would like to come along to help us, will be very welcome. Even if you have little or no experience, but would like to learn, the team have a wealth of experience to share.

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FOOD HUB – Karen Crussell

The Food Hub takes place every Monday evening in the Welcome Space and has become well-established over the course of the year with around 20 guests most weeks, with 27 being our record in September. People come to the Hub for a number of reasons: to receive a food parcel, to take a share of the unsold food kindly donated by our wonderful partners - Wenzels Bakers in Market Square and Greggs on the HIgh Street - to ask for help, or to simply enjoy a cup of tea and some food in our friendly Hub.

We have guests who are sent to us by agencies such as social services for a food parcel: they come for the parcel and leave after having a cup of tea or coffee and a sandwich and/or cake.

We have guests who come for a month or two during a particularly difficult time in their life. L f ’

We have guests who have made Monday evening at AMC a weekly event. They enjoy the company, and we get to know them quite well.

We now call ourselves the AMC Food Hub since we offer a range of things all food related - we are not just a Cafe, and not just a food bank etc. Our aim is to be a welcoming, safe and accepting place where anyone can come and feel at home. Many, but by no means all, of our guests experience a range of needs, usually around alcohol and drug

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abuse, poor money management, insecure or substandard housing and poverty.

At the Food Hub we make time to chat with our guests and share stories. We may also signpost to other helping organisations and/or offer a different perspective on a situation. Sometimes guests ask to go into the church to pray or light a candle, or to speak privately with one of the team. Paulette came in from time to time to lead a short reflection time in the church, and usually 4 or 5 joined in. Not all knew the conventions of such an occasion which added to the challenge for Paulette. We appreciated her perseverance and commitment to our group.

We have a few challenges with verbal aggression and unacceptable conduct from time to time, but these have been overcome quickly and have been dwarfed by the pleasant sense of community and friendliness that prevails most of the time. Over the last six months we have been focussing on building community and ownership of the group amongst our guests. Some now claim that particular jobs that ( p f ) “ ” This, we hope, enables self-esteem and confidence to develop f ’ being very useful to the volunteers. team!

Laura Kyrke-Smith (centre) Aylesbury’s new Labour MP visiting the Food Hub

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A particular highlight for us this year was the visit of Laura Kyrke-Smith, our current MP. At the time of the visit a general election had not been called, but having been chosen as the prospective labour contender she wanted to get to know what various local groups were doing. She had made contact with me and a date had been arranged for her visit. If I’ I might pop by for half an hour. The reality was different. She was waiting outside and chatting with our guests until we opened at 6.30pm and was the last to leave. We all enjoyed chatting with her - and our regular guests were not short of things they wanted to tell her!

You can help us through your continued prayers and giving food to the food bank donation basket in the Welcome Space. Julianne keeps us up to date with what items are in short supply at the Trussell Trust via the news sheet if you are not sure what to bring.

Finally, visits from church members are welcome if you would like to see for yourself what we do. You can just turn up, but if you want to let us know, have a word with Katherine, Kevin, David, Julianne or myself beforehand.

FRIDAY FEATHERS BADMINTON CLUB – John Miskin

We have a steady group of eight players of varying standards, two of which are non-church players. I have not been able to play this year due to needing a new hip. We managed to raise £640, which is divided between 3 p ’

Girls Brigade & Karibuni charity. This is not as much as last year because of the cost of painting the lines of the court, as the tape kept getting ripped up.

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This has proved to be a success. Our times are 2:30pm – 4:30pm on Friday, and costs just £4 per session.

If you have never played badminton or only played it in the garden, you are more than welcome to come and join us. You even get a cup of tea/coffee and a biscuit!

GREETING CARDS – Janice Matthews and Rosemarie Bucknell

In 2008, together with Ann Mahoney and subsequently with Rosemarie, we commenced making greeting cards to raise funds for AMC, contributing a few thousand pounds over the years. Formerly these were on display and available in the coffee bar area at the front of the church throughout the whole week.

We now feel that due to excessive postage costs the number of cards being purchased has reduced considerably and therefore the offer has perhaps run its course. This is disappointing as we enjoy making the cards and will continue to do so for at

least another year.

The cards are now on display in the reception area, next to the book stall. Prices are far less than you would pay in local shops, so we encourage everyone to give their support, purchasing AMC greeting cards whenever possible.

MUSIC DIRECTOR’S REPORT – Derrick Matthews

Our Organists and Choir continue to lead the congregational hymn singing on at least three Sundays each month. A few days beforehand members receive details of the selected hymns and their chosen tunes, to enable them to do self-preparation. New choir members are always welcome. If you are interested in joining, please contact me or one of the members. You will be most welcome.

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At Christmas, the Choir and Worship Band combined resources providing additional music for the annual Carol Service.

The 36th Annual Organ Concert took place in May with a return visit of the outstanding concert organist, Daniel Moult. He performed an enjoyable virtuosic programme which judging on audience applause was greatly enjoyed by everyone.

Daniel Moult at the AMC organ console

PRAYER GROUP – Ruby Darku

The prayer group continues to receive a fair amount of prayer requests from the congregation. We also receive requests from church members on

behalf of relatives and work colleagues. Other prayer requests come through Rev. Richard Atkinson.

However, we would welcome more church members to join the group even if it is for a short period or a one-off attendance. Prayer group meets on alternate Tuesdays 10.45am - 12noon. We had a short summer recess in August during the school holidays.

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SOS GROUP – Gill Marks

SOS is a group of likeminded couples and individuals all who have the same love of food.

The SOS Group serve the Easter breakfast each year to raise funds for Whitechapel Mission

We meet on average once a month in one of our homes bringing food I ’ amazing how many different flavours you can have all on one plate, ’ “ ” I ’ eat opportunity p f ’ Sunday morning and share what is going on in their lives and families.

TUESDAY FELLOWSHIP – Coral Soulsby

f ’ month, the members requested meeting twice a month again. Despite

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a strong programme of speakers, it was not possible to draw in new members, so we are down to 4-6 faithful members.

We enjoyed speakers from our Ministers, Rev Richard Atkinson and Noreen Daley Lee. Pauline Noble with Arthur Sara spoke on the work of Action for Children, and finally in July, Claudette James brought in wedding dresses to show how she had studied in London to boost her

career in dressmaking.

With the problems with Winter, transport, and dark afternoons, it was decided to commence next year the first Tuesday in March, when we hope new members will join us.

Thank you to the speakers for giving their time, thanks to the members for their continuous support, and to Margaret Smith for making the refreshments.

WELCOME SPACE COFFEE BAR – Margaret Miskin

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WORSHIP BAND – Nick Aylen

Robin Barrett on the Worship Band drums

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We now have a series of guest pianists but are on the lookout for a resident keyboard player: any volunteers?

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ZOOM FELLOWSHIP GROUPS – Rev. Richard Atkinson

There are two groups that meet on zoom to reflect on the Bible and matters of faith. These are open to people from around the circuit. One meets on a Tuesday evening at 7:30 PM the other on a Thursday at 2:00 PM.

During the past year they have ruminated on some of the minor prophets and reflected on one of the gospels. They are now taking a look at the Old Testament and its relevance to faith, based upon the materials that I produced during my sabbatical.

The principle on which these groups function is that there is space for questions to be asked, no knowledge is assumed and there is always a willingness to go off topic to reflect on issues of significance. In advance there may be a little bit of reading set up so that the group can launch into the material for a particular day. Hopefully, the group provides a place for gentle, reflective conversation.

If you would be interested in joining or perhaps coming along for a taste f ’ f p

CHARITIES

ACTION FOR CHILDREN – Pauline Noble

This Charity was founded in 1869 by a Methodist Minister who was inspired to start a home for children he found sleeping rough in London. Since then, it has become a major Methodist charity helping children, teenagers and their families and is one that has been supported for many years by our church.

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One of our major ways of raising money is through these little Action for Children lantern boxes. At present about 35 folk within the church have one. Collected and counted once a year, people will put in small amounts of change and the

box is handed in, opened and counted usually in the Spring. Other folk prefer to give an annual donation. The amount collected over the last year was a fantastic £334.20. Please ask if you would like to have one of these little boxes and collect small amounts of change to help the Charity.

Unfortunately, we were not able to organise any major outside activities this year, but we have plans for a couple of events in 2025. Our cakes, homemade jams and plant stall on Action for Children Sunday last year raised £69.53. Church collections over the Christmas period amounted to £417.30 of which £206.50 was gift aided – a very valuable asset if you are able.

We also have our Toy and Gift Service which is held at the beginning of December. Toys were always taken to the nearest Action for Children Family Centre, but as the nearest is now some distance from Aylesbury, we support children in Aylesbury who would otherwise have very little at Christmas.

Over the year donations have been gratefully received from the Coffee Bar and other friends making an excellent total of £430.00.

Thank you to all who have supported us over the year.

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Christian Aid are a partnership of people, churches and local organisations committed to ending poverty worldwide. Everyone is equal in the sight of God. For over 75 years, this truth has inspired us at Christian Aid to stand together in solidarity with our most marginalised global neighbours, of all faiths and none.

Poverty is an outrage against humanity. It robs people of their dignity and lets injustice thrive. We seek to eradicate extreme poverty by tackling its root causes. Together with people living in poverty, we amplify our voices to speak truth to power and create lasting change.

At Aylesbury Methodist Church, our collections for Christian Aid at the 2023 Carol Service and Midnight Communion totalled £392.20 .

On Christian Aid Sunday, in May 2024, we watched a video - ’ f p ’ ‘In Burundi, malnourishment and poverty affect more than 70% of the population, making survival a daily struggle. Jobs and food are hard to come by, and those who have homes often have no electricity or running water.

For Aline, life was a constant struggle. She was married young and gave birth to her eldest son, Fisto, when she was just 14 years old. Aline experienced constant abuse at the hands of her violent husband. A few years later, he married another woman, forcing Aline to flee, and

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prevented her from taking their children with her. Hungry, scorned and alone, Aline took her first step towards her new life. She started by participating in a transformative three-day community workshop, funded by Christian Aid.

She was taught how to form a Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA) and establish a steady income. VSLAs mean people can save for their future and borrow money to kickstart small rural businesses. With a small start-up loan, Aline started trading avocados and peanuts locally. With her profits, she bought a bicycle so she could transport greater quantities of goods to markets further afield. Once Aline secured a home for herself, her three eldest sons were able to escape their father and join her. Aline still hopes that she’ll be reunited with her youngest children in time.’

The retiring collection after this service amounted to £388.86 (with Gift Aid - £437.96) We were also given £180 for Christian Aid from donations for tea and coffee after Sunday services.

KARIBUNI CHILDREN – Angela Lagat

Karibuni Children exists to facilitate, promote, and stimulate thriving, self-sustaining communities in Kenya, and unleash the transforming power of skills development and education. Our long-term vision is to create a sustainable environment that strengthens the resilience of local communities, providing children and their families with opportunities to be self-sufficient and flourish.

At inception, K ’ f quality education for children from underserved communities. Over the years, the focus has expanded into initiatives that equip the parents/caregivers of the children we support with the tools needed to thrive. Recognising that while educational support is a critical factor contributing towards building a thriving and resilient community, it is, however, not a silver bullet and must be part of an integrated solution that works to address the root causes impeding households in the

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underserved communities from accessing education for their children.

Karibuni Children: Transforming young Kenyan lives

Our objectives are the inclusion of all in quality education; economic empowerment; sustainable livelihood for caregivers/parents and water and sanitation facilities for sustaining healthy livelihoods

Therefore, our interventions are implemented in collaboration with Kenyan-led grassroots organisations (CBOs - Community-Based Organisations ), which implement holistic programmes that provide nutrition and food production training, offer support for small businesses and financial education, and facilitate village savings and loans (table banking) initiatives.

Updates on our projects at Embakasi, Kibra, Limuru, Meru, Njoro and Tharaka, can be found on our website: https://www.karibuni.org.uk/projects

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Link to Hope – Margaret Miskin

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. As if by magic, the number of boxes brought to me in November continue to > grow. The charity is so grateful for all that are collected and brought to me, ready for the van to pick up en masse. I am so grateful to our members at AMC for filling boxes and for donations of money which enables me to fill some more.

MHA – Jennie Torpey

’ -quality care and support services that enrich the lives of older people. With decades of experience, MHA is committed to providing compassionate and highly rated care and support, tailored to meet the unique needs of each individual, ensuring dignity, respect, and a positive impact in every community they serve.

To nurture, to inspire and to respect are the values that have been held at the heart of MHA for more than 80 years. This is what they mean to the organisation, and to every individual and family that they support:

Aylesbury Methodist Church has strong ties, traditionally, with the MHA Hillside Care Home, partly as a result of our close proximity, since AMC is more accessible for residents to attend our Sunday services if they are able. Our Minister and others regularly hold a short communion service for the residents at the home.

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Pam Rhodes in an MHA video

The theme for ‘D & G ' ’ video in which MHA patron Pam Rhodes introduced us to Dot, in her 70s, a widow, and very lonely, and Grace, in her 20s, who became a volunteer befriender after losing both her own grandparents. Their friendship began with a simple telephone conversation and has given much happiness to both of them.

‘Together and as one, we will pray for those in later life, and those who support them, as we think about the impact a small action like conversation can have in making later life something to be both lived well and celebrated.’

A retiring collection at our MHA Sunday service this year raised £363.70 , and, with Gift Aid added, the total will be boosted to £424.45 .

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WHITECHAPEL MISSION - Ruth Watkins

We have again had another year of supporting the Mission at Easter and at Harvest time.

The Easter Breakfast this year raised £358.00. My thanks to all who were involved in this event and those who supported it.

Harvest giving was down on previous years but a generous amount of food, and new and p ’ Director Tony Miller was very pleased to see all the goods waiting for him in the entrance on Monday morning saying he knows he can rely on AMC.

Tony reports that there will be big changes in

the future as he is going to retire in the next 18 months and the Trustees see this as a time to change things. We watch and hope for the future.

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FINANCE

NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS - Roger Kirk

The basis of our accounts is that they will be submitted, through the formal Methodist Channels, on the Accruals basis. This allocates income and expenditure to the year to which they relate rather than in which they were received or paid, thus providing a more meaningful picture of the accounts.

The year 2022/23 – General Fund

Church Treasurer Roger Kirk

Our finances are being affected by the recent high rates of inflation resulting mainly from the war in the Ukraine. The full effect of these will occur in 2024/25 when there will be a large increase in the Circuit assessment and our current 3-year fuel contracts expire.

Income from members has remained fairly constant in recent years and an appeal is being made to encourage members to increase their contributions to match our rising costs now and in future years. Income from lettings has increased by £12,000 to £41,000 compared to the previous year.

The General fund made a net surplus of £2,346, increasing our fund balance to £44,536 which is in line with our reserves policy of 33% of expenditure.

The Benevolent Fund increased its balance by £284 to £717 during the year.

The Welcome Area project fund had a balance of £3,393 at 31[st] August 2023, and as it is unlikely that any further payments will be necessary, that sum will be transferred to the General fund during 2023/24.

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Informal income and expenditure account for the year ended 31st August 2024 GENERAL (Unrestricted) FUNDS on accruals basis

Note: The full accounts submitted to the Vale of Aylesbury Circuit will be found in an appendix to the Trustees Report.

2022/23
£		 GENERAL FUND 2023/24
£
INCOME
82,671 Offerings & tax recovered, detail in shaded area below: 93,524
67,399 Collection (services, standing orders and annual) 77,052
15,272 Income Tax refund 16,471
Bank & CFB interest and investment income
Lettings
Other income, detail in shaded area below:
385 705
40,996 48,679
10,564 8,095
3,391 Fund raising 4,535
3,986 Donations and legacies 1,049
1,675 Weddings and funerals 935
1,512 Coffee Bar profits 1,575
- Miscellaneous 2
134,616 Income Grand Total 151,003
EXPENDITURE
84,372 Circuit contribution
Donations and subscriptions
Repairs & maintenance, detail in shaded area below:		 85,386
2,003 2,000
19,007 22,859
3,856 Building maintenance 3,060
9,976 Cleaner's wages and supplies 10,687
5,175 Equipment maintenance (including where appropriate organ & piano) 9,111
Utilities & insurance, detail in shaded area below:
15,367 15,061
11,135 Heat, light, water and refuse 10,485
4,232 Insurance 4,575
Other expenditure, detail in shaded area below:
10,603 11,253
3,257 Administration 2,895
4,878 Administrators - wages, less Circuit share 5,404
- Layworker (last year only) and Young Leaders Scheme -
289 Telephones 450
1,159 Church Activities 1,069
1,020 Publicity & miscellaneous expenses 1,436
131,352 Total Expenditure, excl. Welcome Area Improvements 136,559
3,264
42,191		 14,444
44,536
58,980
3,233
44,539 GENERAL LIQUID FUNDS AT 31/8/24 C/ FWD. 62,213

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Informal Income and Expenditure Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2024 Restricted Funds, Endowments and Church Organisations Note: The full accounts submitted to the Vale of Aylesbury Circuit will be found in an appendix to the Trustees Report.

RESTRICTED FUNDS

2022/23
 Welcome
Area Fund
 Benevolent
Fund
 Total 2023/24
£ £ £ £
334
-		 Income
Offerings
Grants, donations, etc & tax recov-
ered
Total income
Payments
Other expenses
Total expenditure
Net income / (expenditure)
Earlier years' expenditure capitalised
Transfers between funds
Net income / (expend.) after transfers
Balances brought forward 1/9/2023
Net income / (expenditure)
Balances carried forward 31/8/2024		 - 512 512
-
334 - 512 512
50 - - -
50 - - -
284
-
-		 -
( 3,393)
 512 512
-
( 3,393)
284 ( 3,393) 512 ( 2,882)
3,826
284		 3,393
( 3,393)		 717
512		 4,110
( 2,882)
4,110 - 1,228 1,228

ENDOWMENT FUNDS HELD BY THE TRUSTEES FOR METHODIST CHURCH PURPOSES

Totals
2022/23
 Mead
Bequest
 Stranks &
Staley's
Bequests
 Totals
2023/24
£ £
 £

 £
3,524
88
( 92)
-
( 86)
 Restricted
Unre-
stricted
Balances brought forward 1/9/2023
Income
Paid to General Fund
Paid to J Team and Choir
Change in Value of investments
Balances carried forward 31/8/2024		 210
11
( 11)
-
-
 3,224
150
( 150)
-
54
 3,434
161
( 161)
-
54
3,434 210 3,278 3,488
CHURCH ORGANISATIONS
£ ~~Income~~
Offerings & tax recovered
Investment income, etc
Other income
Total income
Payments
Other expenses (incl. external donations £230)
Total expenditure
Net income / (expenditure)
Transfers between funds
Net income / (expend.) after transfers
Balances brought forward 1/9/2023
Net income / (expenditure)
Balances carried forward 31/8/2024
~~_ Excludes Endowment Mead Bequest Fund_~~, which is shown abov**		 £
9,437
 5,386
9,437 5,386
9,882
 5,248
9,882 5,248
( 445)
1,008
 137
322
563 459
10,633
563
 11,196
459
11,196 11,654
~~e.~~

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Informal Summary of Income and expenditure accounts for the year ended 31st August 2024 (on Accruals Basis)

ALL FUNDS

Note: The full accounts submitted to the Vale of Aylesbury Circuit will be found in an appendix to the Trustees Report.

Actual
2022/23
accruals
basis
£		 General
Fund
£		 Re-
strict-
ed
Funds
£		 Endow-
ment
Funds		 Church
Organisa-
tions
£		 Totals
2023/24
£
144,473
141,285		 Income
Expenditure, excl.
Welcome Area
im-
prove-
ments
Net income/(Ex-
penditure)
Welcome Area
improvements:
Earlier years' ex-
penditure capital-
ised
Expenditure capi-
talised this year
Change in value
of investments
Subtotal
Net transfers be-
tween funds:
Welcome
Area
Fund
Other
funds
Subtotal
Liquid Funds Bal-
ances b/fwd
1/9/2023		 151,003

136,559		 512
-		 161 5,386
5,248		 157,062
141,808
3,188
-
-
( 86)		 14,444
-
-
-		 512
-
-
-		 161
-
-
54		 138
-
-
-		 15,254
-
-
54
3,102
-		 14,444

3,393
( 161)		 512
(
3,393)
-		 215
( 161)		 138
322		 15,308
-
-
3,102
60,174		 17,676
44,536		 (
2,882)
4,110		 54
3,434		 460
11,196		 15,308
63,276
63,276 Liquid Funds Bal-
ances c/fwd
31/8/2024		 62,213 1,228 3,488 11,655 78,584

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Informal Statement of ASSETS AND LIABILITIES on an accruals basis as at 31st August 2024

Note: The full accounts submitted to the Vale of Aylesbury Circuit will be found in an appendix to the Trustees Report.

Actual
2022/23
£		 ~~Funds balances~~
at 31st August 2024
Liquid Funds per Income & Expend. accounts
Capitalised expenditure
Total funds
Represented by:
Assets:
Capitalised expenditure on fixed tangible assets:
Community centre improvements at cost b/f
Welcome area improvements at cost this year
Current assets
Bank balances
HSBC current
HSBC deposit
Metro current
Central Finance Board
Imprest account
Held by church organisations
Endowment funds accounts
Stranks & Staley's bequests
Mead bequest (J Team and choir)
Debtors and prepayments
Total current assets
Current liabilities
Lettings deposits
Creditors and amounts received in advance
Total liabilities
Net current assets (current assets less liabilities)
Net assets (all assets less liabilities)*		 ~~Gen-~~
eral
fund
£
62,213
1,015,720		 ~~Restricted~~
funds		 ~~Chu~~
rch
org
s.
£
11,655		 ~~Total~~
2023/24
£
78,584
1,015,720
Welcome
area
£
-		 Benevol-
ent
£
1,228		 Endow-
ments
3,488
63,276
1,015,720
1,078,996 1,077,932 - 1,228 3,488 11,655 1,094,304
1,015,720
-		 1,015,720
-		 - 1,228 3,278
210		 998
10,657
-		 1,015,720
-
1,015,720 1,015,720 1,015,720
5,132
6,945
2,636
11,262
100
11,048
3,224
210
24,494		 18,425
15,898
20
9,282
130
20,154		 18,425
15,898
20
11,508
130
10,657
3,278
210
20,154
65,051 63,909 - 1,228 3,488 11,655 80,280
100
1,675		 1,050
646		 -
-		 1,228
1,228		 3,488
3,488		 11,655
11,655		 1,050
646
1,775 1,696 1,696
63,276
1,078,996		 62,213
1,077,932		 78,584
1,094,304

*Held by Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes

There are differences of up to £1, which are due to rounding up to the nearest £1

These informal accounts show the position as at 31st August 2024 on an accruals basis, which takes into account debtors, prepayments and creditors at the beginning and end of the financial year. The full Independent Examination has yet to be completed.

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AYLESBURY METHODIST CHURCH ANNUAL REPORT 2023-2024

Accounts: Roger Kirk Auditor: Michael Foot Production: Jennie Torpey Editor: Peter Green

Contact: Roger Kirk 77 Aylesbury Road, Bierton, Aylesbury, Bucks. HP22 5BT Tel. 01296 415312 Email: kirk.roger@yahoo.co.uk

Registered Charity Number: 1129749

AYLESBURY METHODIST CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS

THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS

Aylesbury Methodist Church

FOR THE YEAR ENDED

31 Au ust 2024 g

Circuit
Vale of Aylesbury Methodist		 Circuit no. 23/29
Registered Charity - Charity Registration number
1129749

If not a registered charity His Majesty's Revenue and Customs Gift Aid number

(The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in terms 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 are not registered charities are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242)

Minister:

Rev. Richard Atkinson

Church Stewards:

Gill Marks Frances Aylen Jackie Simpson - Tyda Elaine Hope Gill Nord Derek Adams

Treasurer:

Roger Kirk

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ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024 ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024 ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024 ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024 Aylesbury Methodist Aylesbury Methodist Aylesbury Methodist Church Church
SECTION A Unrestricted
Funds		 Restricted
Funds		 £
93,156
866
56,110
19,083
Totals this
year		 Totals last
year - see
Page 5 note 2
£ £ £ £
a1 RECEIPTS Note
a2 Offerings and Tax recovered 92,645 511 93,156 83,125
a3 Bank and CFB interest and
Investment income		 866 866 477
a4 Lettings 56,110 56,110 31,674
a5 Other receipts 19,083 19,083 20,418
a6 TOTAL RECEIPTS 168,704 511 **169,215 ** (a7) 135,694
SECTION B 86,549
2,500
22,859
14,844
23,086
b1 PAYMENTS
b2 Circuit Assessment or Share 86,549 86,549 84,457
b3 Donations 2,500 2,500 1,553
b4 Repairs and Maintenance 22,859 22,859 19,006
b5 Utilities (Insurances, water
charges,heating& lighting)		 14,844 14,844 15,056
b6
b7 Otherpayments 23,086 23,086 19,399
b8 TOTAL PAYMENTS 149,838 **149,838 ** (b9) 139,471
19,377
SECTION C
c1 NET RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS
FOR THE YEAR
(a6-b8)		 18,866 511 19,377 (3,777)
c2 Total funds brought forward from
last year		 21,817 4,110 **25,927 ** (c6) 30,712
45,304
c3 (c1+c2)
Sub total		 40,683 4,621 45,304 26,935
c4 Transfers and adjustments 3,071 (3,393) **(322) ** (c7) (1,008)
c5 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR
(c3+c4)		 43,754 1,228 **44,982 ** (c8) 25,927 (c6)
SECTION D
d £
£
211
1,070
2,311
1,070
2,522
FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS
BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID (d1+d2-d3)
Balance brought forward from lastyear
Offerings/Gifts - received for external organisations
Offerings/Gifts -passed to external organisations
(these amounts are not to be included in total receipts/payments figures
d1 Balance brought forward from lastyear 211
d2 Offerings/Gifts - received for external organisations 1,070 2,311
d3 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID (d1+d2-d3)
Offerings/Gifts -passed to external organisations		 1,070 2,522
d4

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SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL

SECTION E Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2024 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Church Council/Church Meeting. Note that the funds of an Internal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must be completed to arrive at the gross income and expenditure totals of the Church. If gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold, then the Accruals method of accounting AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website). Please refer to the guidance notes regarding transfers between the District and connected District Organisations.

SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACC
SECTION E
Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2024 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Church Council/Church Meeting. Note that the funds of an
Internal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must be completed
to arrive at the gross income and expenditure totals of the Church. If gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold, then the Accruals method of accounting AND A
DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website). Please refer to the guidance notes regarding transfers between the District and connected
District Organisations.
INTERNALORGANISATIONS
e1 Per schedule Page 7
e2
e3
e4
e5
e6
e7
e8 Sub total of Internal
Organisations funds
e9 Church accounts (totals
brought forward from page 2
- totals column)
e10 TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD
BY CHURCH

SECTION F

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
CHURCH - CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 August 2024
Central FinanceBoard
Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
Other funds
Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
balance total from above) (e12)
Bank Deposit Account
SUB TOTAL - Church accounts
TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH
Cash in hand
BankCurrent Accounts		 OPENING
BALANCES
100
7,768
6,945
11,114
25,927
(c6)
11,196 (e11)
37,123
(x)		 CLOSING
BALANCES
f1 Cash in hand 130
f2 BankCurrent Accounts 18,445
f3 Bank Deposit Account 15,897
f4 Central FinanceBoard 10,510
f5 Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
f6 Other funds
f7 SUB TOTAL - Church accounts 44,982 (c8)
f8 Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
balance total from above) (e12)		 11,656 (e12)
f9 TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH 56,638 (y)
SECTION G
OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES
Other Assets
Other Liabilities
Investments (includeEndowments)
Land &Buildings (formercapitalised expenditure)
Loan(s)-showamountoutstanding atyearend		 At
1 September 2023
3,434
1,015,720
24,494
1,775		 At
31 August 2024
3,488
1,015,720
20,154
1,696
g1 Investments (includeEndowments) 3,434 3,488
g2 Land &Buildings (formercapitalised expenditure) 1,015,720 1,015,720
g3 Other Assets 24,494 20,154
g4 Loan(s)-showamountoutstanding atyearend
g5 Other Liabilities 1,775 1,696

f4 Include only Funds held at the Central Finance Board

f5 Include only Funds held at Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes

g1 Include any other investments (not the cash element of TMCP trusts accounts this is included in line f5

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Name of Church AYLESBURY METHODIST CHURCH No. 1129749

Declarations and Scrutiny

I confirm that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2024 have been prepared from the records of the Church and that they include all funds under the control of the Church trustees

Signature of treasurer ……………………………………………………… Date……………………..

Name and address of treasurer ………………………………………………………………………….

Roger Kirk

77 Aylesbury Road, Bierton, Aylesbury, Bucks. Post Code:HP22 5BT

Presentation to the Church trustees

I confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2024 were/will be* presented to the meeting of the Church trustees held on ……………..

Signature of the Chair of the meeting ……………………………………………………………………

Name of the Chair of the meeting …………………………………………… Date ……………………

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ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024

Aylesbury Methodist Church

Notes to the accounts

SECTION A
Accountsyear ended 31st August 2023		 SECTION A
Accountsyear ended 31st August 2023		 SECTION A
Accountsyear ended 31st August 2023		 SECTION A
Accountsyear ended 31st August 2023		 £
£
82,670
122
385
92
40,996
(9,322)
10,563
9,854
134,614
746
84,372
84
2,003
(500)
19,007
15,368
(312)
10,602
8,797
131,352
8,069
3,262
(7,323)
42,190
(15,304)
45,452
(22,627)
(916)
(92)
44,536
(22,719)
General
Fund
Accruals
debtors and
other
conversion
adjustment
s		 £
£
82,670
122
385
92
40,996
(9,322)
10,563
9,854
134,614
746
84,372
84
2,003
(500)
19,007
15,368
(312)
10,602
8,797
131,352
8,069
3,262
(7,323)
42,190
(15,304)
45,452
(22,627)
(916)
(92)
44,536
(22,719)
General
Fund
Accruals
debtors and
other
conversion
adjustment
s		 £
£
82,670
122
385
92
40,996
(9,322)
10,563
9,854
134,614
746
84,372
84
2,003
(500)
19,007
15,368
(312)
10,602
8,797
131,352
8,069
3,262
(7,323)
42,190
(15,304)
45,452
(22,627)
(916)
(92)
44,536
(22,719)
General
Fund
Accruals
debtors and
other
conversion
adjustment
s		 £
82,792
477
31,674
20,417
135,360 (a7)
84,456
1,503
19,007
15,056
0
19,399
139,421.00 (b9)
(4,061)
26,886 (c6)
22,825
(1,008) (c7)
21,817 (c8)
General
Fund R & P
basis		 £
82,792
477
31,674
20,417
135,360 (a7)
84,456
1,503
19,007
15,056
0
19,399
139,421.00 (b9)
(4,061)
26,886 (c6)
22,825
(1,008) (c7)
21,817 (c8)
General
Fund R & P
basis		 Restricted
Funds
Totals for the
year		 Restricted
Funds
Totals for the
year
£ £ £ £
a1 RECEIPTS
a2 Offerings and Tax recovered 82,670 122 334 83,126
a3 Bank and CFB interest and
Investment income		 385 92 0 477
a4 Lettings 40,996 (9,322) 0 31,674
a5 Other receipts 10,563 9,854 0 20,417
a6 TOTAL RECEIPTS 134,614 746 334 135,694
0 84,456
50 1,553
0 19,007
0 15,056
0 0
0 19,399
50 139,471
c1 NET RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS FOR
THE YEAR		 3,262 (7,323) 284 (3,777)
c2 Total funds brought forward from
last year		 42,190 (15,304) 3,826 30,712
c3 Sub total 45,452 (22,627) 4,110 26,935
c4 Transfers and adjustments (916) (92) 0.00 (1,008)
c5 TOTAL CASH FUNDS AT END OF YEAR
*		 44,536 (22,719) **21,817 ** (c8) 4,110 25,927
Per note 2 of Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31st August 2023
subject to rounding difference.
SECTION D*
d FOR INFORMATION ONLY:
MONEY RECEIVED AND
PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL
ORGANISATIONS
(these amounts are not to be
included in total
receipts/payments figures
above)		 £
d1 Balance brought forward from last year 211
d2 Offerings/Gifts-received for external organisations 2,312
d3 Offerings/Gifts -passed to external organisations 2,522
d4 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID(d1+d2-d3) 0

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SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL

SECTION E Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2024 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Church Council/Church Meeting. Note that the funds of an Internal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must be completed to arrive at the gross income and expenditure totals of the Church. If gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold, then the Accruals method of accounting AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website). Please refer to the guidance notes regarding transfers between the District and connected District Organisations.

District Organisations.
INTERNALORGANISATIONS Receipts Payments Net Receipts/
Payments		 Adjustments &
internal transfers		 Opening
balances		 Closingbalances
e1 J Team 405 405
e2 German Exchange 20 20 6,936 6,956
e3 Girls Brigade 622 813 (191) 200 410 419
e4 Boys Brigade 2,532 2,399 133 200 2,054 2,387
e5 Youth Club 674 674
e6 Tuesday Fellowship 75 53 22 (43) 257 236
e7 Church Choir 19 (19) 19
e8 Banner Group 61 (61) 135 74
e9 Flower Fund 791 1,159 (368) 400 199 231
e10 Sunbeams Toddler Group 442 378 64 88 152
e11 Badminton Club 904 366 538 (435) 19 122
Sub total of Internal
Organisations funds		 5,386 5,248 138 322 11,196 11,656

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Independent Examinevs Reportto the Trustees of the Aylesbury Methodist Church Charlty Number.q129749 Responslbllltles and basls of report I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Aylesbury Methodist Church for the year ended 31 August 2024 set out on pages 1 to 7. 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 accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and. in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions glven by the Charily Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent Examlnef s Statement I have completed my examination. I confim that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which give m8 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 havellw&Aok' 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 b81ance sheet date. Slgnature of Independent examlner Name of independent examiner Michael Foote Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner FCA Name of finn (where appropriate) Address 8 Bates Lane, Weston Turville, Aylesbury, Bucks Post Code HP22 SSL Date.. 24th November 2024 AMC 2023-24 Indep Exam Report.xlsx delete or circle as appropriate