Charity Number 1133512
1 September 2024 to 31 August 2025
Aim and Purpose
The calling of the Methodist Church of Great Britain is to respond to the gospel of God's love in Christ and to live out its discipleship in worship and mission. It does this in four ways: through worship, (increasing awareness of God’s presence and celebrating God’s love); through Learning and Caring, (enabling people to grow and learn as Christians through mutual support and care); through service, (being a good neighbour to those in need and challenging injustice); through evangelism, (making more followers of Jesus Christ). Penarth Methodist Church localises the reality of this calling in Penarth and the surrounding area. Included in this is the upkeep and maintenance of the Trinity buildings on the corner of Stanwell Road and Woodlands Place, which are Grade II listed.
The Principal Officer of the Charity during this period was Revd. Catherine Lewis Number of employees during the year was 1.
All volunteers are either trustees of the church or other members.
Date report approved: 31 May 2026
The Trustees, responsible for all decisions made including appointments, were as follows on 31 August 2025:-
Rev Catherine Lewis (Chair of Trustees)
| Tony Farmer | Angela Davison | Judith Lanning | Ceri-Lou Newman |
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| David Young | Ruth Young | Ian Svern | Carl Brace |
| Alison Norris | Rachel Burge | Jenny Corbett | Mary Farmer |
| John Hines | John Jevons | Sheila James | Margaet Pryde |
| David Pedwell | Janet Pedwell | Charles Twinning | Chris Arnold |
John Young
The Chair of Trustees resigned on 1[st] September 2025 and was replaced by the Rev Marty Presdee, all other Trustees remained in post
Governance
The church is committed to enabling worship and service and to the wider pastoral care of those within its membership and beyond in Penarth and the surrounding area. An overview of these activities is undertaken by the Church Council that meets two or three times a year and which delegates the day-to-day responsibilities for running the church to its Stewards, who are elected annually by the General Church Meeting. The Church Council comprises members of the local church and a representative from the Circuit. All are elected annually by the General Church Meeting, some by virtue of their office, others to ensure that the Council is as fully representative of the congregation as possible.
Being a Methodist Church, we function under the “Constitution, Practice and Discipline of the Methodist Church”, which is revised and published annually by our national governing body, the Methodist Conference. Throughout the year the guidance on public benefit and the advancement of religion have been observed.
Review of the year .
Appointments
There have been no new appointments during the reporting period.
Activities
Church membership was 125 on 31 August 2025
During the year, the church continued to operate and grow its own Parents and Toddler group called Trinity Tots. Run by church members, this group had an average attendance of 35children accompanied by 27 mothers, fathers and grandparents.
The church continued to operate a community café one morning per week. Called The Meeting Place and run by a group of --- volunteers offering refreshments and fellowship both to church members and others in the community, it serves on average 25 individuals each week.
Junior Church, Boys’ Brigade and other uniformed organizations continued to operate from within the premises providing support, care and activities for children and young people.
Pastoral visitors continued to maintain a valuable link with members and others linked to the church, particularly to those who are unable to worship regularly due to health conditions.
The church continues to provide a meeting space for a variety of local community groups through the provision of large and small meeting rooms available for hire.
During the year the Safeguarding policy has continued to be implemented, GDPR regulations followed and appropriate Health and Safety regulations have been observed.
Property
Trustees continued to exercise their responsibilities for the proper upkeep of the church as a Grade II listed building. Regular planned maintenance was conducted and works identified in the previous Quinquennial Inspection of the property were undertaken. The continuation of work was undertaken for the future improvement of the thermal efficiency of the premises, with the aim of becoming recognized as an Eco-church with a Silver Award.
Finance and Reserves
The Trustees reviewed the reserves policy to ensure that monies were spent appropriately and wisely on mission and property maintenance and improvements. Falling membership numbers through deaths and pressures on personal finances due to the overall economic situation both impacted negatively on giving, resulting in larger than anticipated financial losses during the year.
Throughout the year staff and the volunteers of the church have given unstintingly of their time, energy and money.
Signed: Rev Marty Presdee - Chair of Trustees – 31 May 2026
CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS
THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS
PENARTH METHODIST CHURCH
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2025
| Circuit no. Registered Charity - Charity Registration number Vale of Glamorgan |
2/27 1133512 |
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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 excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242)
Minister: Rev Andrew Charlesworth Church Stewards: Tony Farmer - Senior Steward Angela Davison Ceri-Lou Newman Judith Lanning Ruth Young David Young Treasurer: Dr Ian Dvid Severn
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ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
PENARTH METHODIST CHURCH
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Unrestricted Restricted Totals this Totals last
SECTION A Funds Funds year year
£ £ £ £
a1 RECEIPTS Note
a2 Offerings and Tax recovered 63,773 63,773 65,914
Bank and CFB interest and
a3 Investment income 2,892 2,892 3,075
a4 Lettings 60,873 60,873 56,552
a5 Other receipts 15,077 15,077 62,298
a6 TOTAL RECEIPTS 142,615 142,615 (a7) 187,839
SECTION B
b1 PAYMENTS
b2 Circuit Assessment or Share 56,103 56,103 59,230
b3 Donations
b4 Repairs and Maintenance 48,239 48,239 97,040
Utilities (Insurances, water
b5 charges, heating & lighting) 19,006 19,006 18,565
b6
b7 Other payments 33,061 33,061 25,086
b8 [TOTAL PAYMENTS ] 156,409 156,409 (b9) 199,921
SECTION C
NET RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS
c1 FOR THE YEAR (a6-b8) (13,794) (13,794) (12,082)
Total funds brought forward from
last year
c2 90,470 90,470 (c6) 102,458
c3 Sub total (c1+c2) 76,676 76,676 90,376
c4 Transfers and adjustments (c7)
c5 [TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR ] (c3+c4) 76,676 76,676 (c8) 90,376 (c6)
SECTION D
FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS
d (these amounts are not to be included in total receipts/payments figures £ £
d1 Balance brought forward from last year
d2 Offerings/Gifts - received for external organisations
d3 Offerings/Gifts - passed to external organisations
d4 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID (d1+d2-d3)
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PENARTH METHODIST CHURCH
SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL
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SECTION E Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page
Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Church Council/Church Meeting. Note that the funds of
an Internal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must be
completed to arrive at the gross income and expenditure totals of the Church. If gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold, then the Accruals method of accounting
AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website). Please refer to the guidance notes regarding transfers between the District
and connected District Organisations.
INTERNAL Net Receipts/ Opening
ORGANISATIONS Receipts Payments Payments Adjustments balances Closing balances
e1 BB - CfB Account 204 500 (296) 4,211 3,915
e2 BB - Nat West Account 934 1,467 (533) 1,361 828
e3
e4
e5
e6
e7
Sub total of Internal
e8 Organisations funds 1,138 1,967 (829) 5,572 (e11) 4,743 (e12)
Church accounts (totals
142,615 156,409 (13,794) (192) 90,470 76,484
brought forward from page
e9 2 - totals column) (a7) (b9) (c7) (c6) (c8)
TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD
e10 BY CHURCH 143,753 158,376 (14,623) (192) 96,042 (x) 81,227 (y)
Continue on a separate sheet TOTAL
if necessary and bring the TOTAL RECEIPTS
PAYMENTS
totals forward
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SECTION F
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
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CHURCH - CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 August 2025 SECTION G OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES Other Assets Loan(s) - show amount outstanding at year end Bank Deposit Account Land & Buildings (see notes re Insurance value) SUB TOTAL - Church accounts Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing balance total from above) (e12) TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH Central Finance Board Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes Other funds Other Liabilities Cash in hand (Stamps) Bank Current Account Investments (include Endowments) |
OPENING BALANCES 7,396 22 82,959 56 90,433 (c6) 5,572 (e11) 96,005 (x) At 1 September 2024 |
CLOSING BALANCES 7,252 22 69,210 56 76,540 (c8) 4,743 (e12) 81,283 (y) At 31 August 2025 |
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f4 Include only Funds held at the Central Finance Board f5 Include only Funds held at Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
g1 Include any other investments (not the cash element of TMCP trusts accounts this is included in line f5
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Name of Church PENARTH METHODIST CHURCH No 2127 Declarations and Scrutiny I confinn that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2025 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, Dr lan D. SEVERN. 3 LarkAvood Avenue, PENARTH, CF64 Pra8•ntatlon to th• Church tru8t••8 I confim that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025 were presented to the meeting of the Church trustees held on 16 October 2025. Signature ol the Chair of the meeting Name of the Chair of the meeting Rev Marty PRESDEE Date...... Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of the PENARTH METHODIST CHURCH Charlty Numb•r . 1133612 Re8ponslbllltle8 and bas18 of report I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Penarth Methodist Church for the year ended 31 August 2025 set out on pages 1 to 4. As the Church's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Chanties Act 2011 {'the Acr). I report in respect of my examination of the Church's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and, in carying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directs'ons given by the Charity Commission under section 145{5)(b) of the Act. SofA-25 Draft.251DJI 4ofS
Name of Church . PENARTH METHODIST CHURCH Independent Examlner's Statement I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disdosed 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 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. Slgnature of independent examiner Name of independent exarniner ol c yfE(L Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner Name of firm (where appropriate) Address C¥fL Post Code CFL3 KLF Date 2oLr C C6 QI(FC*ns delete or circle as appropriate SofA-25 Draft 5of5