Leyland Road Methodist Church, Southport
Trustees Annual Report to Charity Commission for the year 1st
September 2023 to 31st August 2024
Aims & Purposes:
The church is welcoming and friendly, reaching out to the wider
community, encouraging people onto the church premises. We have
an outreach worker who continues to be successful in maintaining the
activities on the premises and encourages more people to join in.
Artivlties include:
Safe Space, Tuesday Fellowship, Toddler Club, Bible Studies, Worship
Group fellowship and a Christmas Fair.
We have joint services with the Circuit.
Our minister is one of only 3 ministers in the Southport Circuit (9
churches) and we rely on Local Preachers and retired ministers to
manage the Sunday services.

CHURCH
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
ACCOUNTS
THE METHODIST CHURCH
STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS
Leyland Road. Southport
Church
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31 August 2024
Clreuit
Clrcuit no.
18117
RegSstor•d Charfty - Charlty R•glstr•tlon numb•r
If not a registered charity HIS MaJesV8 R•Ven￿ and
Customs Glft Ald number
(The HMRC number Is equivalent to a registered ¢harty 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'8
charitable status. Methodist chanties in England and Wales that are not registered charibes are
excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242)
1129905
Minister..
Rev Emie Grimshaw
Church Stewards..
Frank Woods
Raj Patel
Elizabeth Wailbank
John Attwater
Jan Young
Andrew Tate
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ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
Leyland Road,
Southport
Church
Totals last
SECTION A
RECEIPTS
a2
Offenn
s and Tax recovered
Bank and CF8 interest and
Inveslment Income
87.138
87.138
76,999
a3
3.578
14,858
13,361
118.935
2.458
21,579
13,276
114,312
Leth'n
14.858
21.448
127,022
a5
Other receipts
TOTAL RECEIPTS
8,087
8.087
{a7
SECTION
b1
PAYMENT8
b2
Circuit Assessment or Share
48.631
48,631
40,467
900
b3
Donations
Re
airs and Maintenance
Utilitses Ilnsurances, water
char
es, heaty'n
5,726
b5
16,453
16
24,402
b7
Other payments
TOTAL PAYMENTS
3.083
3,083
53A27
130,270
47.316
118,811
b8
127,187
{b91
SECTK>N C
NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENT8
FOR THE YEAR
c1
4,499
Total funds brought foThYard from
last year
75,603
Sub total
c1+c2
67.351
2,459
Transfers and ad"ustments
¢7
TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR
Ic3+c41
67.351
2,459
69,810
{c81
73,058
Ic8)
SECTION D
FOR INFORMATION ONLY: llloNEY RECEIVED AND PA%8ED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS
these amounts arn not to bo Included In totsl rnc•lptsl
d1
Balan
ht foThvard fr(xn last
d2
Offwin
sIGifts. receNed for extemal
628
d3
OfferingslGrfts - passed to external organisations
628
BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID
{d1+d2413)
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INIERMAL
ORGANISATIOMS
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134
134
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127.021
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127
192
69.810
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TOTAL
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CLOSING
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CHUR¢M. CA8HFIM>S IW>4131
C••h In hw
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221
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134
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TOTAL CASH FUIIDS HELD BY CIWRCH
71N60
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31 AW2024
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Name of Chureh .. Leyland Road Methodist
18117
Declarations and Scrutiny
I confirm that these Receipt and Payment based ￿nts for the year to 31 August 2024 have b88n
prepared from the rewds of the Chuich and that they indude all funds UfKler the control of the Church
trustees.
Signature oftreasurer................
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Nam8 and address of trth*urer ........Andr8w Tate
7 Wdwyn Avenue. Ainsdal8
. PR8 3BE
Pruentatlon to the chU￿h trustees
I confim that the annual report and accounts for the
19 rr ended 31 August 2024 Wer&￿￿. presented
NoveMbYTr ZoX4
to the meeting of the Church trustees held on................
S￿natUre01thechairoI the meetmg ..............
kEv grnost ..Gr....................
Name of th8 Chair of the meeting
Independent Examlnerfs Report to th• Trustees of the
- Leyland Road Methodist Church
Charlty Number . 1129905
Ro8pon8ibilitles and basls of report
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Leyland RCAI Meth(xJist Church for the
year ended 31 August 2024 set out on pages to 3 As the Church's tnjstees. you are responsible for
the preparation of the accwnts in ￿CordanCe ¥￿th the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {'the A¢f).
I report in respect of my examinalion of the Church's ￿)unIS carried out under section 145 of the Act
and. in caryng out my examination, I have folkr**d all Ihe aFvlicable DIr￿tiC￿S gi¥En ty the Chaiity
Commission under section 145{5)(b) of the Act.
' delete or Circ￿ as apprOv￿te
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Name of Church .. Leyland Road Methodist Church
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Independent Examinerfs Statemènt
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have corne to my attention in
connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below") which gNe 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 cOn￿M$ and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination io
which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the
accounts to be reached.
I havelhavtrnet" obtained independent verification of all investments the Trustees for Methodist
Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances and funds at Central Finan￿ Board of
the Methodist Church which are individually in exixss of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at the
balance sheet date.
Signature of independent examiner
Name of independent examiner
Relevant professional qualifi(3tion of independent examiner
tHBIY£Ii¢D ftcc0ohsfB￿T I C ftcw
Name of finn {where appropriale)
IS STRETTO￿) tsftiue, SOOTHPo@T
trICRSEYIIDE
Post Code
PR9 IDft
Date
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