CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Trustees, Annual Report for the period From 01109123 Perfod start dats To 31108124 Period end date Charity name: Leyland Methodist Church Leyland Lancashire Charity registration number:1130063 Objectives and Activities SORP referenr Para 1.17 Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its goveming document The purposes of Leyland Methodist Church are 1.The advancement of the Christlan faith in accordance with the Doctrinal stsndards and the discipline of the Church 2.Any Charitsble purposes for the time belng of the Church 3.Any Charitable purpose for the time being of any society or institution ,subsidiary or ancillary to the Methodist Church 4.Any purpose for the time being of any Charity being a Charity subsldiary or ancilla to the Methodist Church. Leyland Meth¢)dist Church working within the discipline of the Methodist Church provides acts of refiglous worship and community outreach. A weekly act of worship with additional services to mark religious festivals. Activities for different ages and interests open to both members and non- members of the Church e.g.Bible Fellowship,PrayerGroup,Mens Group ,Womens Group,Thursday Group (TOTS) ,Arts and craft Group,Music and Drama,Youth activities ,Table Tennis ,Come Together (Asylum Seekers) The Community Centre (Wesley Hall ) is available for hire by community groups in accordance with the policles of the Methodist Church e.g. Unifornied Organisations,Slimming World,NHS Support Groups ,Gardening Club.U3A,Dance and Theatre groups ,Toddler groups In addition the Community Centre is available for occasional Lettin s in Summary ofthe main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the aclivities, projects or ServI￿S identtfied in the accounts. Para 1.17 and 1.19 accordance with the policies of the Methodist Church. All aspects of the Charity Commissions guidance on Public Benefit are followed Statement confimiing whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit Para 1.18 Additional information (optional) You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Pard 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other Achievements and Performance SORP referen The Year has been dominated again by trying to achieve two main objectives. 1. To try and increase the membership of tty9: Church at every opportunity . 2. The replacemenl of our Media System Y￿1h a large screen TV and 4 subsidiary Tvs .This to replace our aged screen projector and media system.This was achieved by donations . We also have a number of new ventures ,an Arts and Craft group and our Table Tennis is increasing in number. Summary ofthe main achievements of the charity. identifying the difference the charity's work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole. P8fa 1.20 A'dditional infonnation (optional) You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against objectives set Para 1.41 Perfomance of fundraising activities against objectives set Para 1.41 Investment performan against objectives Parn 1.41 Other Financial Review Review of the charty's financial position at the end of the period Para 1.21 Opening balance as at 01109123 was £35,351. We had totsl receipts for the year of £172,034. Expenditure amounted to £193,849 . This left a reserve as at the 31108124 of £13,536. The Chorley & Leyland Circuit reserve policy is for Churches within the circuit to try and retsin 2 months Assessment as a reserve ,which in our case would be £44K. Due to the economic situation and a period of replacing aged Assets this is not ssible. As at 31108124 413 536 NIA Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held Para 1.22 Amount of reserves held Reasons for holding zero reserves Details of fund materially in deficit Explanation of any uncertainties about the charty continuing as a going concern Para 1.22 Para 1.22 Para 1.24 NIA Pard 123 NIA Additional infomiation (optionall You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about: The charity's principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) Para 1.47 Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted Para 1.46 A description of the principal risks facing the charity Para 1.46 Other Structure, Governance and Management DescriptTon of charity's trusts: Type of governing document Itf Ust deed. royal charter) How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association. CIO) Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entttled to appoint one or more trustees Para 1.25 Methodist Church Para 1.25 Unicorporated association Parn 1.25 Church Council Additional infomiation (optional) You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees Para 1.51 The charty's organisational structure and any wider network with which the charty works Para l.S1 Relationship with any related parties Para 1.51 other Reference and Administrative detsils Chari name Other name the chari uses Re istered chari number Charity's principal addre&s Le land Methodist Church NIA 1130063 Leyland Methodist Church Turpin Green lane Leyland Lancashire PR253HA Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates acted if not for whole ear TNstse name Office (If any) Name of person lor body) entitled toa oint trustee Ifan Gillian F Mcbride Minister LMC Bryan A Noon Daniel Parkinson Ryan F Scott Treasurer LMC LMC Leadership Team Circuft Representstive General Rep. Leadership Team General Rep LMC Seth Asiaw Annette Cupit Adele F Whittingham Christine E Adams Dr Stephen W Austin James A Blackledge Carol Eccles Eileen Tomlinson Enid Hallam Anne Crabtr LMC LMC LMC Leadership Team Leadership Team LMC LMC 10 Leadership Team LMC Safeguarding General Rep. General Rep. Property and Finance LMC LMC 12 13 LMC LMC 14 15 Jeff Whittle General Rep. General Rep. General Rep. General Rep. Leadership Team Lay Worker LMC 16 17 Ann Diggles Mabel Harris Terry Harris Yvonne Taylor Kai Bland LMC LMC LMC 18 19 LMC 20 LMC Cor orate trustees - names of the directors at the date the re Director name ortwasa roved NIA 14ame of trustees holding tttle to propety belonging to the charity Dates acted if not forwhole Trustee narno ear NIA Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others Description of the assets NIA held in this capacty Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity's objects NIA Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity's own assets NIA Additional information (optional) Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of Name Address adviser Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) Exemptions from disclosure Reason for non-disclosure of ke NIA rsonnel details Other o tional infomiation NIA Declarations The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretsry, Chalr, etc) Gillian Mc6ride Chair Date 0510412025 CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODISTCHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS i£￿/￿￿￿ts￿ fneThooiS1 FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2024 C14)(W c* L&-ILAtrJO Church Clrcuit C1￿u￿ no. ,/08 Reglstered Charity- Charlty Registration number If not a registered charity His Majews Revenue and Customs Glft Ald number (The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in temis of evidence of charitable status and may be used to give to donors or grant funders wishing to see eviden￿ of the organisation's charilable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not registered charities are excepted from registratlon under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242) 113co63 Minister. Church Stewards: CHRIE1￿1C FIOf4¢nS R STEVE Aus11￿ LC)R COAT Treasurer. 6(IvAfr& A KJ I FVoN)y NlootrJ churches-receipts-an&payments-2024 1of5 ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024 Church T￿0 Unrestrlcted Restri¢ted Totals thls Funds Fund5 Totsls last year SECTION A a1 RECEIPTS Note 82 Offerin s and Tax recovered Bank and CFB interest and Inv&stment income qb7DS a3 4-10 a4 Lettin 1516+ 5qtsY (12 a5 Other receiQls TOTAL RECEIPTS i9 t)q 11 2frq IbZl+i a6 {a7) SECTION B b1 PAYMENTS b2 Circuit Assessment or Share 8t￿3 90 {0 *43 960 230 b3 Donations Re alrs and Mairrtenance Utilities (Insurances, water charges, heating & lightin CAPIT(+ Oth8r payments TOTAL PAYMENTS LEI oq b5 1554 17368 b6 rEpJlS 560 b7 31711 155037 ICL3 t (b9) SECTION C NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR a6-b8 (2tei)) (21fv53 770? Total funds brought forward from last year 35351 351 276(È Sub total c1+c2 l353 1353 55351 Transfers and ad"ustments ¢5 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR (c3+c4) 1353 13i3L {c6) SECTION D FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO ExfERNAL ORGANISATIONS (these amounts are not to be Included in totsl r￿elpts1paYmeThts figures abov8) d1 Balan￿ brou ht forward from last ear d2 Offerin sIGifts- received for external o anisations 394- d3 Off6rfngslGrfts - passed to extemal organisations 3q*- Gl4- BAIANCE STILL TO BE PAID (d1+d2-d3) of5 chUthesecEipfsryJDd*8￿ellts-2￿4 do w6ffj-ky)iST Chyrth SECTEON E Summ?ryofth8 ChuTch 2mrts lorthe y8aFend&l 31 W 2r124 and fnlornaF Oryani*taMs r•F¥￿￿r￿j lo thg ¢kwr¢hcou￿vchu￿ M88ting. Note th91tha fvnds of an Int8m81 Organls8UonwffjtAd normallybe Reth¢terffurrtJs ￿lesS it bgdewlyslmw Ihgtlk*y¢odd ba used for 8ny Melhoth5Epwp058. Thls $8thn must b8 corn￿oted tO8rriV8 al Ihe ￿￿$5 inujme 8A1 eX￿d[￿￿O ioials(rfths Chvth tlgruss iNts))g¢XL*sthe then thoAcuuals m81hcAI afaccounlng AND A DIFFERENT FORPA toffoMlhBa¢¢Dtsts13* kIDtI￿r￿*t￿thll•l. PleèJ•w(8rkn th• the DlstrlGt and connectsd Dlstrsct Oryarthbcfis. INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS Npt Rthpw Op8nlng 31È IÉLI Iblx Iqq 10 710 06 675 ta e12 Chw¢h s¢Gounts Itota broughtfoNrnrd from pa90 Z-tota15 COtLtmnl 353il t353 {07) ICTI Ic61 l* BY CHURCH Xll? Og (l1￿q) 502Eo 1&3&1 ConUnu&¢n o S¢Pgra¢g she If n8cessary8nd brfng Ihe tola15 f￿rd TOTAL REC&PT5 SEcnoN F OPENING BALANCES CLOSING HURCH- CASH FIJNDS HELD at 31 Cosh in hand Bank Cu￿tAr0)Unt qq*i 'Iqg7 Bank De tAcc¢unl centr￿ ￿nan￿ Board 251+0 5539 Trusteaslormetl￿￿tchUr¢kn p1jrk￿85 Olhèr fundÈ SUB TOTAL.ChuYeh a¢cothits Ic£1 13?3E Totsl fvnd5 held by kntern85 lthedJsfvd bal8nc8 tow frorn aix)bE)1¢12) I q-CIDq Oa(dO 1011 18121 TOTALCASH FUI4DS HELO BY ¢HUR¢H 361 SECTION G At At 31 Augus12024 Invastnents 2c)10 0£ Land & BLWI l.Im I.YSM otherA8sets Loan Oo 1039XJ Other Lithl 14 Induda onlyFunds hdd atlh8 Certhat FtharKè Pthrd 15 Ind[￿e ontyFuftds he￿ atfrusthes Church FknKse5 g1 Indud8 sny oltwlnv8StrDeJts {TrJt cath elementof TIKP InLsts aDJyJThts th1515 15 3ors Lel LAtrJts METkkoPIS I Ène of Church........................ Declarations and Scrutiny I confim) that those Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2024 have been prewared from the records of the Church and that they include all funds under the contrd of the Church trustees. Signature of tr8asur8r.......... ......... Name and address of treasurer ... Post Code.... PAA5.3£fi. Presentatlon to the Church trustees ded 31 August 2024 w8r81will be. l Confim that the annual report and accwnts for the year eiE . presenled to tha meeting of the Church bl￿te8S held on ... Signature of the Chair of the meeting Name of the Chair of the meeting Independent ExamineVs Report to the Trustees of the rfI6Tr1oL) IST..Church Charity Number !13 oob3. Responsibilitles and basls of report I report to the trustees on my examinalion of the accounts of ..... for the year ended 31 August 2024 set out on pages .1. to .5 As the Church's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in aGcordance with the requirements of the Charities AGt 2011 (Ihe Act,). I r8POrt in respect of my examination of th8 Church's accounts Ca￿led out under section 145 of the Act and, In carrying out my examlnation, I have followed 811 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commlssion under sectiLin 145(5)(b) of the ACÉ. de18te or circle as appropriate 4ofS LCY L4aN D FléikbJoiSI Name ofchurch .....--............................................................................. Independent Examinerfs Statement I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention in cotinectlon with the examination ( that in, any material respecL' which give me cause to believe the accounting records were not kept in accordance WFth section 130 of the Act: or the accounts do not accord with 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 k￿lhave not" obtained independent verifi￿tiOn of all investments with the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts. bank balances and fvnds at the Central Finance Board of the MethodÉst Church which are individually in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at the balan￿ sheet date. Signature of independent examiner Name of independent examiner ...¢LeSYfO Relevant professlonal qualification of independent examiner Name of fimi (where appropriate) Address kJlG Post Code 7FX Date $../ I i.l.z4. delete or circle as appropriate hurches-receipts-and-payments-2024