St John's Methodist Church. Hindley
Trustees Annual Report
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
St John's Methodist Church is part of the 'Methodist Church of Great Britain, whose governing
documents, as a charity, are the Deed of Union 1932 and the Methodist Church Act 1976. St John's is
part of the Leigh and Hindley Methodist Circuit, which in turn is part of the Bolton and Rochdale
Methodist District. The Church Council, which currently comprises twelve trustees, including the
Superintendent Minister, who has leadership and oversight of all aspects of the Church's work.
Risk Management
The Church buildings are used by both members and community groups, including a number of
young people and vulnerable adults. Measures to manage safeguarding risks include..
Application of the statutory procedures for the Safeguarding of Children, Young People and
Vulnerable Adults.,
Annual updating of the chu￿h,$ Safeguarding Policy, using the model recommended by the
Methodist Church-
Mandatory training sessions for those involved in work wth young people-
Having a safeguarding co-ordinator who is a member of the Church Council and has a¢¢ess
to advice from CircuÉt. District and the Connexion's professional Safeguarding Officers.
Mandatory safeguarding reporting to the trustees at every council meeting.
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
As a local Methodist Church in the centre of Hindley, St John's aims to be a welcoming Christian
family, where all ages are included and valued and can learn and experience more of God's love. The
members of St John's are Committed to strengthening their faith and commitment through prayer,
Bible study and mutual support and encouragement. st John's is continually looking for new ways to
reach out to the community.
Except when Gircuit services and joint services take place with Bamfurlong chur¢h, St John's provides
weekly Sunday morning act ofworship, open to all and including a Sunday School. The Church also
provides a weekly rehearsal space for the local Churches Together Choir.
Other church-run activities comprise= a weekly coffee morning., a monthly Friday Market alongside the
coffee morning.. a weekly playgroup for pre-school children and a weekly fvn night for youngsters and
other family members. These are all run by church members and other volunteers.
In addition, St John's provides accommodation at fair rates for a community art club, a dance school
offering a range of classes and a Morris dancing class.
God has blessed our Junior Church with several children and although small in number, they are
growing. The older ones welcome the new little ones and the children and love the babies. The group
continues to sing, pray and play together as they leam about God's love. They enjoy helping with
special celebration services.
Playgroup continues to meet on Thursday afternoons with a regular good number of young families
and often grandparents enjoying fun and fellowship. The group benefits from a good team of helpers
who enjoy it as much as the children. The playgroup is a good support ne￿Ork and, in some cases,
the third generation of connection )Mth our church family.
U-NITE is a family group that meets on Friday evenings. There are a good number of regulars,
overlapping with Junior Church and Playgroup. The group play games, have art, craft activities,
music, food and prayer time. There is a wide age range from babies to teenagers with their
parentslcarers.

FINANCIAL REVIEW
Total receipts for the year ending 31st August 2024 amounted to £45,461 and total payments
amounted to £48,025 giving an operating defictt of £2,564. The main sources of income were regular
giving and gift aid tax Gredit. fvnd-raising events and lettings of Church rooms. The main outgoings
were the contribution to circuit assessment, gas and electricity payments, building maintenance and
repairs, insurance and water utilities. The deficit was due to needing a new boiler (£3,480) and having
a sink hole and path repaired (£2,659.36).
Total funds amounted to £17,832 at the 315t August 2024. The Accounts and Independent Examiner's
statement are appended to the report.
Turning to the CU￿eTrt financial year, the gas and electricity payments continue to be high, so the
church council decided the main Church Buildings would be closed again over the winter months until
the weather becomes wamier and church services would be held in the school room.

CHURCH
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
ACCOUNTS
THE METHODIST CHURCH
STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS
St. John's, Hindley
Church
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31 August 2024
Leigh and Hindley
Circuit
Circuit no.
06107
Registered Charity - Charity Registration number
1130237
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
ex￿pted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242)
Minister-
Reverend W Robinson
Church Stewards..
Mr D Clayworth
Treasurer:
Mrs Y Owens
standard Form of Accounts 2024
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ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
St. John's, Hindley
Church
Unrestricted Restrl¢ted
Funds
Funds
Totsls this
year
Totsls last
year
SECTION A
a1
RECEIPTS
Note
Offerin
s and Tax recovered
Bank and CFB interest and
Investment income
16,808
16,808
14,346
a3
126
126
80
Lettin
13.848
14,679
45,461
13,848
14.679
45,461
13,962
14,308
42,696
a5
Other receipts
TOTAL RECEIPTS
(a7)
SECTION B
b1
PAYMENTS
b2
Circuit Assessment or Share
16,661
16,661
16.765
b3
Donations
Repairs and Maintenan
Utilities {Insurances. water
charges, heating & lighting)
U stairs room refurbishment
9,660
9,660
1,969
b5
19,791
1,178
735
19,791
1.178
735
15,728
b6
b7
Other payments
TOTAL PAYMENTS
718
b8
48,025
48,025
(b9
35,180
SECTION C
NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS
FOR THE YEAR
c1
a6-b8
2,564
2,564
7,516
Total funds brought forward from
last year
20,340
20,340
{c6
12,824
Sub total
{c1+c2)
17,776
17,776
20,340
Transfers and ad.
ustments
c7)
c5
TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR
(c3+c41
17,776
17,776
(c8)
20,340
Ic6)
SECTION D
FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS
Ithese amounts are not to be included in total receiptslpa
ments figures above)
d1
Balance brou
ht forward from last
ear
55
d2
Offerin
sIGifts - received for external or
anisations
75
55
d3
OfferingslGifts - passed to external organisations
130
d4
BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID
(d1 +d2-d3)
55
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Standard FoTtn of Atcounts 2024

St. John's, Hindle
COUNCIL
Church
SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL
RGANISAMONS REPORTING TO THE CH
RC
SECTION E
Please follow the Guidance Notes to com
lete thls
Sumrnary ol the Church account5 for the ye81 ended 31 August 2024 and Internal Organisations f8POrting lo the Church Counollchureh Meeting. Note that the funds of
an Internal Organisation wtsuld nomially be Restricted funds unless it could be dearly shown that they wuld be used for any Meth(￿l$t purpose. This sects.on must be
completed lo arrive at the gross income and expenditure totals of the Church. If gross income exceeds the A￿rualS threshold. then the AcCrL￿lS method of accounb.ng
AND A DIFFERENT FORM must b8 used to reportthe aC￿Unts (see Methlxlist￿￿bsItel. Please ￿fer to the 9uidanca notes regarding transf8r5 bett￿n the District
and conne¢tett District Organisats"ons.
INTERNAL
ORGANISATIONS
Net Re￿pt51
Pa
ments
Opening
tralan￿S
Recei
Pa ments
Ad'ustments
Closin
balances
U-NITE
923
936
13
69
56
Sub totsl ol Intemal
anisations fun(ts
923
936
13
69
e11
e12
Church accourrt8 Itotsls
broughtforward from page
2- totals columnl
¢9
4S,461
la71
48,025
Ib91
12.5641
Ic71
20.340
Ic61
17.776
Ic81
elo
BY CHURCH
46,384
48,961
12.5771
20.409
17,832
Continue on a separate sheet
if n￿eSS￿ry and bring the
totals fowdrd
TOTAL RECEIPTS
TOTAL
PAYMENTS
SECTION F
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
OPENING
BALANCES
CLOSING
BALANCES
CHURCH- CASH FUNDS HELO at 31 Au
ust 2024
Cash in hand
Bank Current Account
17.9t7
15.227
Bank De
sil Account
f4
Central Finan￿ Board
1.982
Trustees for Methodist Church Pur
ses
441
463
Otherfvnds
SUB TOTAL- Church accounts
20,340
17,776
Total funds held by Intemal Organisth"on5 lthe rjosing
balan￿ total frorn above) le121
69
56
le121
TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH
20.409
Ixl
17.832
lyl
SECTION G
At
1 Septernber 2023
At
31 August 2024
OTHER ASSETS and LIABIL￿rEs
Investments
indude Endowrnents
Land & Buildin
see notes re Insuran￿ value
9 389 560
9 624 223
OtherAssets
Loan
- show amount outstandin
rend
other Liabilities
f4 In¢lude only Funds held at the Central Finan￿ Board
f5 Inclu¢Je only Funds hdd at Ttustees for Methodist Church Purposes
g1 Inclu¢le any other investments I￿Olthe cash elem8nt of TMCP tnjsts accounts thi$ is included in line f5
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Name ofchurch. .St.John's, Hindley............................................................ No 06107
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.....................
OLl)tr￿l% ALE)
Name and address of treasurer................................................
Post Code..W!
Presentation to the Church trustees
I confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2024 werelwill 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
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of the
St. John's Methodist Church
Charity Number . 1130237
Responsibilities and basis of report
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of theoc E
for the year ended 31 August 2024 set out on pages I to 5. 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 given by the Charity
Commission under section 145{5)(b) of the Act.
delete or circle as appropriate
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Name of Church . .St.John's, Hindley............................................................ No 06107
Independent Examiner's Ststement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in
connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below") which give 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 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 havelhave not. 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
balance sheet date.
Signature of independent examiner
Name of independent examiner
Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner
Name of firm (where appropriate)
Address
Wi Q-R
Post Code
Date
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Form
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