TRusfEES' ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2025 A. Reference and Admlnlstratlon Detall$ Charity Name Wrexham Methodist Circult Registered Charlty Number Principal Address 1132841 Wrexham Methodist Church, Regent StreeL Wrexham. LLII IRY B. Slructure. Governance and Mana8ement Type of governing document Deed of Union119321 and Methodist Church Act11976) How Is the charity constituted Act of Parliament Trustee selectlon methods Trustees are selerted according to standln8 order 510 from The Constitutlonal Practlce and Dlsclpllne of the MethodSst Church,. Part of Wales Synod Cymw; accountable to the Methodlst Conference Strurture C. Oblectlv•s and Actlvftles Summary of the objects The purposes of the Methodist Church are and shall be deemed to have been of the charlty Set out In slnce the Date of Union the advancement of: Its 8overnln8 doctjment The Chrlstian faith in accordance with the doctrlnal standards and dlsclpllne of the Methodlst Church; b) Any charltable purpose for the time belng of any Connexional, Dlstrlct, Clrcult. local or other or8anlsatlon of The Methodist Church: Any charltable purpose for the time bein8 of any soclety or institutlon subsidlary or anclllary to The Methodlst Church,. d) Any purpose for the tlme belng of any charlty beln8 a Char subsldlary or anclllary to The Methodlst Church. Summary of the maln activitle5 undertaken for the public benefft In relatlon to these objects The Clrcult produces a quarterly preachlng plan to ensu regular acts of worshlp tske place at each of the Methodlst churches and chapels In rts 8eographlcal area. The acts of wor5hlp are open to all. The Clrcuit runs and supports two after-school drop-lns In Llangollen and at the in Can, (the old Rhosnesni chapel) In Wrecsam, the latter beln8 undertaken In partnership with the Church Army. A parent and toddler group Is run in Wrexham. Some of our churche5 run successful community coffee mornln8S which are a much-valued meetln8 place for people from the wlder communlty. Most of our churches make their church halls available to thelr local communltles as a resource. Many churthes collect for the local foodbank. A vaflety of other charities are 5UPPOrted by the efforts of indlvldual churches. Also durlng the year volunteers from the Circult have worked out thelr falth through partlclpatlng In a number of external charltable and civic organisatn$. We conflrm that the trustees have had re ard to the Chari Commission's UIdan on publlc benefit.
D. Achlevements and perfomiance Summary of the Worship maln achievements of the charity durln8 the year The Clrcult exlsts to resource and sUPPOrt Its churches in their worshlp and mlssion to the communities in which they are situated. In Methodist polity the Circuit is the prlmary unit of misslon. At the stsrt of the reporting period worship took place in all but one church Vekly0n a Sundayand one church has a worshlp servl¢e once a month. Most of our serv1$ are In the mornln& wlth one church havlng afternoon worship. There are also occasional Sunday evening services. Due to very limlted demand the Circuit decided to cease its online services on Zoom. The Clrcult Is conscious that our worshlp has tended for obvlous reason5 to happen almost exclusively on a Sunday mornlngs. However the Circuit and its Individual churches contlnue to explore ways of maklng collectlve worshlp avallable who cannot attend normal Sunday worshlp servlces both through regular onslte worshlp on a weekday• worship in care homes and onllne wor5hlp. Wynnstsy Methodlst Church continued to worshlp on two sltes (Ruabon and Rhosyrnedrel untll Easter 2025. A slgnificant deterforatlon In thé condltion of the bulldlng at Rhosymedre meant that the congre8atlon there and the mana8lng twstees of Wynnstay declded that they would have to cease worshlp there. Due to careful pastoral preparation and support by the Rev Marian Jone5 (Supernumerary Mlnlstsr with pastoral overSht for Wynnstsy} and a longer perlod of close workln8 and Jolnt seTvlces, the regular congregation that fom7erly met In Rhosymedre have all settled Into and are attendln8 servlces at Ruabon Chapel. Rhosddu Methodlst Church became a class of Wrexham Methodlst Church In 2021. Worshlp had contlnued monthly In Rhosddu wlth the con8re8atlon there encoura8ed to attend worshlp at Regent Street on the other Sundays In the month. The volunteer Clrcult Lay Pastoral Worker was appointed as class leader for the congre8atlon at Rhosddu with the consequentlal pastoral and splrltual overslght that comes forrn that role as set out In Standlng Orders. Over tlme due to a8e and infirmlty the congregatlon attending monthly worshlp dwlndled to between fyvo and four and It was declded to cease regular acts of worship at Rhosddu at Easter 2025. Followlng th15 decision one former member Is now worshlpplng regularly at aTrother church In the Cir¢uit, and the remalnlng former con8regation members are beln8 encouraged to attend worshlp at Regent Street. Rhosddu chapel contlnues to host a con8re8atlon from another denomlnatlon, Is used by communty 8roups and the Circult holds occastonal planned acts of worship there. Worship across the Circuit was conducted by one full-tlme presbyter, four supernumerary presbyters. nine fully accredtted active local preachers and one preacher ID training. Additionally four worship leaders were available to support preachers or lead non preathing service5 in their own church. We continue to be 8rateful for the supwrt of a mlnlster and local preacher from the Buckley and Deeside Circult to lead worshlp In our churches.
Stafflng Durfn8 the year the Rev Neville Pugh, a Supemumerary Pfesbyter who had pastoral oversight of the congregation at Overton had to step back from hls role due to health i55ues. Ther Circuit 15 8rateful to Neville for hls ministry there and the Superlntendent Minister stepped in to ensure both a continued pastoral presen and to ensure that the governance responsibilities of the managing trusteÈs continued to be fulfilled. The staffing of the Circuit for thè year was the full-time presbyter, two supernumerary presbyters working one day per week each under a letter of understandlng from the Clrcuit and wlth delegated authorlty under SO 502 1 Ib) Ill) to chalr church counclls and other meetings associated with the churches that they hold pastoral oversight of. In addltk)n we have a lust over half tlme youth and chlldren's worker. one lay pastoral workerwho works one day and a parttlme admln15tratOT14 hour5 per weekl. Therels one voluntary lay pastoral worker appolnted by the Clrcult Meetlng. The Mana8lng Trustees wlll continue to reflect on the rlght mrA of staffin8 roles to ensure the Circult Is able to successfully undertake Its charltable alms, sublect to the flnanclal constralnts that the arcuit and Its Indlvldual churches fa. Mlsslon- Chlldren and YOU People A contlnued hl8hll8ht In the arcuFYs mSni5try are the actFvlt5es of the Chlldren and Youth Worker. Trlsh Earlam. Trlsh's work Is prSmarlly wlth chlldren and youn8 people who are either on the frln8es of our churches or outside of the Chrlstlan Falth. Thls Ss done through two after xhool drop-lns, at Llangollen and In Wrexham (the latter beln8 a partnershlp between the Circult and the Church Army). In add5tlon Trlsh's role as Chaplaln to the Bovs and Girls, Bri8ades In Caer8wrle Is hlghly valued by the BrS8ades and has enabled the Clrcuit and Caergwrle Church to better fulfll thelr obllgatlons to support the spirltual Ilfe of the Brlgades. Thls conslstent leadership has led to a number of Brl8ade rnernbers Jolnin8 In with wider Circult events. Trish was appolnted Convener of the Momentwm (the Distrlct youn8 people's organisation) team and youn8 people frorn across the Clrcult attended both 3Generate, the Methodlst a)urch's national IUKI chlldren and young people's gatherlng In the NEC and the Big Day OUL the Olstrlct young people's event. The work that Is done on behalf of Momentwm has a 51gnlficant benef5t to the dlsclpleshlp of young people across the Clrcult. Llangollen Church has continued Its successful minlstry wlth chlldren- partlcularly the monthly 'Jammy Church, sessions. In addition several members of Llangollen volunteer to help at the after school drop in and other Clrcult young people's actlvities. Thanks must also be extered to several members of Caerywrle Church who. after the unexpected arrNal of a family in a church that had not had children In worshlp on • Sunday momln8 for several years, stepped up wlth the mlnlmum of fuss to start a new Sunday School.
Mlsslon- Communlty Engagement Llangollen. Overton, Ruabon and Caery4Vrte hold regular communlty coffee momings. These provide a valuable opportunity for engagement with the wider community In which they are slted and are especially valuable In combatting lsolatlon. Gresford Church runs two groups- Caffi and Whlst- whlch are speclfically almed at the elderly to build community and in the case of Caffi whlch includes a chair exercise session, to help alleviate some of the negative physical effe¢ts of the a8elng proce55. Many of the people In our con8regatlons contlnue to INe out thelr Christian dlsclpleshlp through thelr own volunteerlng wFth many organlsations In thelr own communlty. A slgnlfkant plece of misslon and communlty engagement took place at the Internatlonal Elsteddfod whlch Is held annually in Uangollen wlth the Incluslon of a Peace Tent at the slte. Thls wa5 Inltlated by Llangollen Methodist Church will support from other churches In the town. The Peace Tent 15 open throughout the E15teddfod as Pla to reflert on the theme of peace (which Is Integral to the Elsteddfodl and It Is Intentionally a qulet area away from the busyness of the rest of the slte. Thls was supported through the provSslon of a small mlsslon grant from the arcult. Wrexham Methodlst Church Invlted vark>us communlty organlsatlons to partlclpate In Its Chrlstmas Tree Festlwals wlth the trees they decorated focusslng on thelr work and Identlty. Organisatlons Includlng the Scouts, 8roups helplng domestlc abuse suNlvors, Chrlstians Together In Wrexham and Trefnu Cymudedol Cymru la communlty organislng charlty based In North East Wales) contrlbuted to the festlval along wlth varlous church and Cirruit groups. Resourus The sale process for the redundant chapel at Brymbo contlnued throu8hout the year the managing trustees havin8 previously entered into a contra¢ to sell the property to Wales and West Housing Assoclation. The sale Itself Is sublect to Wales and West Housing obtsinin8 planning permission for the development. Due to wlder plannln8 Issues In Wrexham County Borough primarlly phosphate contsminatlon of the local watercourses, the process is taklng s18nificantly longer than expected. At the end of the year. the property was still in the care of the Circuit and the plannin8 process Is stlll ongoing at the time of wrltln8 thls report. The Circuit launched its new webslte In January 2025. The arcult chose to use company (Then Medial which has extensive experience in produ¢ln8 websites for Methodlst Clrcuits and Churches. In addition to the website itself the software behlnd the webslte also allows the Superlntendent Mlnister to produce the plan more efflciently and unlike the paper plan (whlch is stlll produced) the seDilces details can be updated if there Is for example a change of preacher and these detslls automatlcally feed through to the web51te. It is hoped that the Circuit trustees and individual churches will make full use of the website to allow them to connect with a wlder digital audience.
E. Flnandal Revlew Brief ststement of the charivs policy on reser The Reserves Pollcy for the Wrexham Methodist arcult Is to hold a sum equivalent to 50% of a norrnal yearfs expendlture- l.e. approxlmately £70.0(Kl. This is deemed sufficient to meet any unforeseen item of major expenditure on manses andlor to be able to contlnue. In the short term, the fundin8 of planned acttvlties In the event of the closure of • large church or an IrRbilty to raise the full Circuit Assessment from churches. Detalls of any fvnds MaterIal In deflcit None (>vervlew of the accounts In the 2024125 accounts.. 71% of the Circuivs income wa5 provided by the local churches. Income from the churches decreased SI18ht compared to the prevlous year and has remalned broadly flat over the prevlous three year5. However costs have Increased and thls means th• arcult Is Increasln8ly rellant on the Income from property Settlngs whlch makes up the majorlty of the remalnlng Income, to fund its basic artlvttles. 60% of the Clrculf s expendlture was on mlni5terlal stlpends, lay worker salaries and related costs, and a further 20% was our contrlbutlon to the Synod, of whlch part Is used to fund the work of the wlder Methodlst Church. Manses accounted for a further 12% of costs. F. Further Informatlon None G. Declaratlon This report Is submltted on behalfof the trusteès by: Sl8nature'. Reverend James Eaton-challlnor, Su rlntendent Mlnister, Wrexham Methodlst Clrcult
CIRCUIT RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS Wrexham Clrcull FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2025 Wa8 Dlstrlct Clrcult no .2-26 Regl•l•rad Charlty - Charlty Reglstratlon numb•r 1132841 If not a reg181ef8d charlly HI• M•JMty• R•v•nue and Cuslom• Glft Ald numb•r rhe HMRC nltmber Is 8qufvalenl to a regL8tered charlty nuffthr In tem ol ev*Jence of charitable status and may be used lo give lo donors or grant fundeTS wishng lo see evbjence of ganISation'S charmable slalus. Methodist charlties In Engiand and Wakn that are not regL81er¢d tharlt188 are excepted from regl$tratk)n under StatOry In¥trument 2014 No.2421 Mln18ter8.' Rev James Eaton£haNinor Clrcuit Stewath: Tim Gu DavKI P•til' Nonnan Treasurer. Sarah Ha 202&11
ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 Wt 2025 Wf•xham Cir¢uit Cireuit Totsls y•af SECTION A Funds Fund F¥nds a1 RECEIPTS a2 A8s8s8menVShafe 97.513 1W.437 a3 Ca al recei 8ank and CF8 Intefest and Inv&strngnt incom& 2,185 5,128 a5 Gr8nt8 9,000 Other receipts TOTAL RECEIPTS 29,9)5 29.90S 29,873 a7 133.603 2.357 135.960 144.436 SECTION 8 b1 b2 PAYMENTS Sb'pend8, salarie8, NIC. P¢n$lon gnd travel eosts 80,078 79,976 b3 Manse Costs 15.982 18,022 Admlnislration et 3,952 1.429 5,436 b5 Lh'strkl A88•88m•nt 26,836 b6 b7 Grants & don8lk)n8 Other pa0n TOTAL PAYMENTS 5,578 7,409 b9 132.234 133.863 140,158 SECTION C NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR ¢1 •7.b9 928 Tolal lunda brou hl lOard Irom 188t 108.754 108,754 104.476 c3 Sub tot•1 c1+c2 110 123 111051 Tr8n6fers and 8d u¥tmenls ¢5 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR 1¢3rf4 110.123 11t.051 108.754 ¢6 SECTION D FOR INFORMATION ONLY.. M014EY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIOMS th••• •mt• •hould not In¢lud•d in totsl r•c m•nts bo¥•) Balance brou d1 hl forw8T¢J from 18s1 d2 Offeri sIGift$ - recelvet1 for èxtemal o enls8tion d3 OfferingslGrfls- passed lo exlemal OTganisalions BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID d1+d2-d3 211 twl* l2024-S
6ECTIOI¢ E INTERIiIL t7 SLts I(Wd Irthr 1.465 LD BY CC 131113 2297 110219 111 051 TOT RECT8 TOT PAYMEIITS 8ECTIOII F QPENfAG CLO¥lla ANCES CIRcWr.cAFw HELDJI 8L*TOTAL 108,753 111.051 TOTALCA8H FUN08 lDBy CIRcT 110,218 111 051 sECTG 0R$ar LL4BLIrn$ 1824124 190D741
NameofCircuii.-................................................................... Declarations and Scrutiny l ¢xJnfirm that th8se R8C8iPt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2025 have been prepared from the records of tha Circurt and that thèy ineludè au funds undar the control of the Circuit meelirbg. Signature oftreasurer ........ Name and address of treasurer ........ 41, Wynnstay Lane Marford Wrexham LL12 8LH Pr•s•ntatlon to tho c1u m•otln9 I conflm that the annual report and accounts for the year 8nd8d 31 August 2025 werelwill be. presented to th8 Circuit meeting hebj <)n .......... ow12r202S Signature of the Chair of th8 meetlng Name of the Chair of th8 meeting .. Rov jam Eaton Chalinor Indepondent Examlnorfs Report to tho Trustees of tho . Wrexham Charlty Numb•r... 1132841 Responslbllltle$ and bas1$ of r•port I report to the trustees on my examinatN)n of the accounts of the J f c Circuit for the year end8d 31 August 2025 set out on pages ... to . As the Circuit's trustees, you ar8 responsible for th8 preparath)n of the accounts il accordance with the reqUernents of the Chariti8s Act 2011 ('the ACY). I report in respect of my examinatM)n of the CKcui¥s accounts Carr out under s6ction 145 of the Act and, in carrying out my eXaminatn, I have foll0vd all Ihe applicable Directions given by the Charity Comrnissn under sedion 145(5)(b) of the Act. delete or circle as approprlate 2025.11 *Kltr2024-5
Nama of Circuit . Indapondent Examlnerfs Statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no materfal matters have come to my att&ntion in Connection with the examination (other than that disclosed belovf) bthich give me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records Vre nol kept In accordance hth section 130 of the Act; or the accounts do not accord wth the accounting records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters In conn8ctiDn V4ith the examination to lch attentlon shoukl be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. I have/ha¥a obtained independent verification of all investments wth the Trustees for Method18t Church Purposes or held in other trusts. bank balances and funds at the Central Financ8 Board of the Methodist Church vthich are Indlvidualty in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at the balance 8heet date. Slgnature of Independent 8xamlner Name of Independent examlner ANT14cknIy LEWI Relevant professlonal qualrficalion of independent 8xamlner Ailx, pccA Name of flrm (where appropriate) 25 CT4 Oi TrtthJcR Ro.RO.,....w.REyi:I nm rr) D COYCY O QQ LIMITED Address Post Code LLII 16r Date delete or circl8 as appropriate 2211 thuh4 1011