## Gravesend Methodist Church & Community Centre 

**Trustees Report for 1 September 2023 to 31 August 2024** (agreed 12 November 2024) **Charity Number 1132238** 

**Organisation** – Our minister is the Rev Alexandra Terrett  who also cares for 3 other local Methodist churches. Our only other employee is Vicki Clarke - our Community Centre Manager - who runs our Community Centre and homeless programme. Our structure consists of a Church Council (trustees) below which sits a Leadership Team to take day to day decisions and a number of committees and working groups. 

**Changes for 2023/2024** – We have been trying to put our “The Daytime Hub” initiative, (working with homeless and vulnerable people), on a more stable and financially sustainable footing. As a result, we have changed its structure and re-employed the Community Centre Manager on updated terms. 

**Worship** – The number and diversity of people attending worship is growing and more of the congregation are now taking an active role in services which is encouraging. 

**Personal growth** –More work is needed in this area. We have in the past run a number of ‘Alpha’ related courses and are looking into what could follow these. There are also two house fellowship groups regularly meeting. 

**Children’s work** – On Sunday mornings, our “Explorers” children’s/youth group meets with numbers attending steadily growing as more families join us. A group of our youth attended the Methodist ‘3Generate’, Youth event in October at the NEC in Birmingham. 

**Pastoral** – We continue to look for experienced and appropriate people to join our Pastoral Visitors who give pastoral support to our church community. Their work includes visiting the sick, keeping contact with housebound members and dealing with other pastoral matters. Our Pastoral Committee meets to assess our community’s needs. 

**Helping the needy** –The church’s spirit, of “helping the needy in our town and community”, continues to be an important part of our calling. We continue to work with partner organisations in our area focusing on helping local homeless people. Our project “The Daytime Hub” continues to provide cooked breakfasts, showers, new clothes, laundering peoples clothing, dealing with health issues and helping signpost them to outside help. We have tried to keep this service going through school holiday times by developing a series of “lite” sessions. This important work is continually being recognised by the local community and is now seen as a “warm spaces” project. Providing coffee and appropriate activities for elderly and other people within the local community in our foyer is also part of this “Warm Spaces” initiative. 

**Home and Overseas Support** - We continue to support a number of other charities including Action for Children, Christian Aid, Samaritans Purse Shoe box appeal, and further afield a Kenyan Street Children’s Project which provides education and a loving home for Kenyan street children. We aim to react positively to one off events, such as disaster appeals, as they arise. 



**Property** –We are working on a number of maintenance issues identified by recent inspections and which will guide our future maintenance programmes; if possible, using our DIY team to keep costs down. 

**Use of premises** – “The Grand” healthy living charity now share our premises with a range of community-based programmes delivered each weekday.  We regularly review our policies for Risk Assessment, Fire Risk Assessment, Safeguarding and Positive Working Together etc. Our two kitchens have been awarded the highest hygiene rating by the Council (although one kitchen needs refurbishment) and key staff have Food Hygiene certificates and attend catering hygiene courses wherever possible. 

**Working with other churches and charities-** Where possible we continue to play an active role in “Churches Together in Gravesham” and help other churches and Christian groups.  We continue to be grateful for our volunteers, who come from a variety of backgrounds, for without their help, our work would be severely constrained. Some of our partner  organisations include Gravesham Borough Council, Gravesham Foodbank, Gravesham Sanctuary, Gravesend Street Pastors, Kent County Council, the N.H.S. Porchlight, Serveco, and The Gr@nd, 

**The future** – We are trying to diversify our governance and include a more representative range of our members as trustees and in other key positions. 

## “ Your local Town Centre Church bringing God’s love to the heart of the community”. 

**Finance** – please see separate report. 

Gravesend Methodist Church, Milton Road, Gravesend. Kent. DA12 2RE Gravesend Methodist Community Centre, 4-9 Wilfred Street, Gravesend. DA12 2HA Charity no. 1132238  Tel. 01 474 328249 www.gravesendmethodistchurch.org.uk Facebook – Gravesend Methodist Church  email- gravesendmethodistchurch@gmail.com 



|**GRAVESEND METHODIST CHURCH ACCOUNTS**|**GRAVESEND METHODIST CHURCH ACCOUNTS**||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Sept 2023- Aug 2024**|||||
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|**INCOME**|||||
|Cottage Rent|12005.00||||
|Hall/Church Rent|4879.50||||
|Rental from The Grand|24000.00||||
|Gift Aid|13352.04||||
|Gift Day|6382.12||||
|Collections/Donations - Lloyds|13345.60||||
|Collections/Donations - CFB|34409.00||||
|Autumn Market|1609.57||||
|Interest|6324.97||||
|Coffee Mornings at Church|837.75||||
|Sale of Pens|452.12||||
|Other|4077.65||||
|Grant and Donations 3Generate|1844.82||||
|Grants for CC Manager|15000.00||||
|Donations|17721.65||||
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|**TOTAL INCOME**|**156241.79**||||
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|**EXPENSE**|||||
|Circuit Assessment|56000.00||||
|Cleaner|12669.42||||
|Gas|3838.21||||
|Electricity|4344.75||||
|Telephone|445.03||||
|Insurance|5579.84||||
|Water|1035.61||||
|Maintenance/Repairs|15220.70||||
|Purchase of New Chairs|2694.00||||
|Purchase of Soundboard & Amp|1703.60||||
|CommunityCentre Manager Salary|20282.39||||
|Donations|1452.17||||
|TMCP Admin Charge|78.46||||
|Other Expenses|5707.23||||
|3Generate|1660.00||||
|Purchase of Pens|179.05||||
|**TOTAL EXPENSE**|**132890.46**||||
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|**BALANCE**|**23351.33**||||
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|Cash|||0||
|At Bank -  Lloyds|||9518.7||
|CFB - General|||62858.57||
|CFB -Planned Maintenance|||60618.2|Restricted|
|CFB - 21st Fundraising|||3223.96|Restricted|
|CFB - Builders Fund|||7409.2|Restricted|
|CFB - Youth Fund|||365.67|Restricted|
|CFB - Benevolent Fund|||35.01|Restricted|
|TMCP|||1207.02|Restricted|
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|**TOTAL AT BANK - 31st August 2024**|||145236.33||





CHURCH
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
ACCOUNTS
THE METHODIST CHURCH
STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS
GRAVESEND METHODIST
Church
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31 August 2024
North Kent
Clrcuit
Circuit no.
36121
Reglstered Charlty - Charlty Reglstratlon number
If not a registered charity HIS Majesty's Revenue and
Customs Gift Ald 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)
1132238
Minister..
REV ALEXANDRA TERRE
Church Stewards:
SHEILA ALLISON
EMMANUEL ESHUN
MARY ONISIMO
VELMA WILLIAMS
STEPHEN BRERETON
Treasurer..
KATHRYN HARDY

ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
GRAVESEND
METHODIST
Church
SECTION A
Unrestricted Restrlcted Totals this
Fund8
Funds
year
Totals last
year
a1
RECEIPTS
Note
a2
Offerin
s and Tax recovered
Bank and CFB interest and
Investment income
67,767
67,767
65,896
a3
2.486
3,451
5.937
3,252
37,118
30.237
136,503
a4
Letlin
41,013
41,013
41,031
155,748
a5
Other receipts
TOTAL RECEIPTS
23,121
134,387
17,910
21,361
a6
{a71
SECTION B
b1
PAYMENTS
b2
Circuit Assessment or Share
56,000
51,000
b3
Donations
958
958
2,765
b4
airs and Maintenance
Utilities Ilnsurances. water
charges. heating & li
hting}
26,675
3,089
29,764
30,488
b5
15,248
15,248
13,677
b6
b7
Other payments
TOTAL PAYMENTS
12,571
111,452
17,856
20,945
32,305
132,397
21,255
119,185
b8
{b9)
SECTION C
NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS
FOR THE YEAR
c1
a6418
22,935
416
17.318
Total funds brought fomard from
last year
c2
49,442
72,443
121,885
c6
104,567
Sub total
c1+c2
72.377
72,859
145 236
121,885
c4
Transfers and ad.
stments
c7
c5
TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR
{c3+c4)
72,377
72,859
145,236
{c81
121,885
Ic6)
SECTION D
FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS
(these amounts are not to be included in total receiptslpayments figurès above)
d1
Balance brou
ht forward from last
ear
d2
Offerin slGifts - received for external or
anisations
494
495
d3
OfferingslGifts passed to external organisations
494
495
d4
BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID
Id1 +d2-d3}

GRAVESEND METHODIST
chU￿h
MMARY
FCH
CH ACC
ND
LOR
RTIN
CHURC
NC
SECTION E
ase follow
h Guldance No
to com
Summary of the Church accounts forthtr year ended 31 August 2024 and Intemal Organi5alions reportino to tha Church CounrAIIChurch Meetinu. Note that th8 funds of
an Iniemal Qrg8nis8tion would nOm￿llY be Restricted fund5 unless it could be cl?arfy shown thai they could b8 used for any Methodist purpose. This section rnust be
completed to arnwe at the gr05s income an¢J expenditure totals dthe Church. If 9r055 incomè exceeds the Accruals threshold. then thtr Accruals method of accounting
AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts Isee Method181 websilel. Plèase refer to tht guidance notes regardlng transfers between the District
and connected Dislri¢i Organisat￿n$.
INTERNAL
ORGANISAnoNS
Net R¢¢elptsl
ments
Recei
Pa
nts
OpeniTrJ
balances
Ad'u$tm8nts
C1081n balances
Slsterhood
195
29
30
e2
Badmlrbtors Club
864
24
47
23
e?
Da
me Hub
10.202
13.134
2.932
15,595
12.663
¢6
¢7
Sub total ol Intem
ani881￿￿$ funds
ex
11.262
14.217
2.955
•11
•12
Churth itGounts Itotali
brought forward from pag•
2- totali columnl
AL
BYCHURCH
&J
163.74B
71
132.J97
Ib91
23,351
121 885
145.236
167.010
148,614
20,396
137 556
157,952
Continu? ￿ a separ8le Sheet
11 necesiary and brtn9 Ihe
tOla15 forward
TOTAL RECEIPTS
TOTAL
PAYMENT8
SECTION F
OPENING
8ALANCES
CHURCH. CASH FUNDS HELD 4t 31 Au
CLOSING
BALANCÉS
•t 2024
C8sh In hand
BBrik Currern Accwni
13.478
9,519
B4nk De
0sitAccouni
Cenlml Finin￿ Bo8rd
80.878
t5
Trustee• for Mèthodist Chur¢h Purpo48•
27,529
1.207
Other fund$
SU8 TOTAL- church accounts
Total lunds hald by Inlemal Org8ni&ations Ilhe closing
balance from 3bDvel le121
121,885
c6
145.236
15,671
12.716
e121
TOTALCASH FUNDS HELDBY CHURCH
137,556
157.952
SECTION G
Al
1 Stptembor 2023
Al
31 August 2024
OTHER ASSETS and LiABIUTIE8
Invèstrnents
indude Endowments
Land & 8uildin
s8e notes re Insurancè value
5 325 000
5 591 250
Ott)er Assets
163 002
171 152
Loan
- show amwnt outstandin
ar end
f4 Indude only Funds held at the Central Finance Board
f5 Include only Funds held at Tru$tees lor M￿hl￿lISt Church Purpo6t$
91 Include any other investments (not the cash dementofTMCP twsls arLount$ this is induded in line f5

Name of Church
Gravesend Methodist Church
Declarations and Scrutiny
I confirm that these Re￿ipt 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
Name and address of treasurer .
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Presentation to the Church trustees
I confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2024 werel*l* presented
to the meeting of the Church trustees held on
12-11-%4
Signature of the Chair of the meeting
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of the
Gravesend Methodist Church
Charity Number 1132238
Responsibilities and basis of report
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Gravesend Methodist Church for the year
ended 31 August 2024 set out on pages 2 to 3 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 Direclions given by the Charity
Commission under section 14515){b) of the Act.

Name of Church
Gravesend Methodist Church
Independent Examiner's Statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in
connection wilh the examination 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 have 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
Keith Scudder
Address
42 Frobisher Way, Gravesend, Kent DA12 4RA
Date