CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS WOLSTANTON METHODIST CHURCH Church FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2024 NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE Clrcuit Circuit no. 11122 Registsred Charty - Charty Registration number 1134044 If not a registered charity HIS Majesty's Revenue and Customs Gift Ald number (The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charrty 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 chanties are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242) Minister: Rev'd Elizabeth J SINGLETON Church Stewards: Mrs Valerle BAYLEY Mrs Avril POYNER Mr Paul SMITH Mrs Doreen SMITH Mlss Mary BATEMAN Miss Jane SCOBBIE Miss Tracey WALKLATE Mr Gordon HOWIE Treasurer.. Mrs Elizabeth SHANNON Receipts & Payments Accounts (Standard Fomi of Accounts) 31.08.2024 1 of5 WOLSTANTON METHODIST ICCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024 Church Unrestricled Restricted Totals this Funds Funds year Totals last year SECTION A 11 RECEIPTS Note Offerin s and Tax recovered Bank and CFB interest and Investment income 57211 600 67811 61433 33 355 3670 4025 2C62 34 Lettin 8430 8430 6664 35 Other receipts TOTAL RECEIPTS 27498 30081 57579 25609 a6 93494 34351 127845 {a7) 95768 SECTION J1 PAYMENTS )2 Circuit Assessment or Share 43591 43691 45101 J3 Donations 365 Re airs and Maintenance utilities {Insurances, water charges, heating & li htin 30952 30962 17000 bs 21454 21464 14436 b7 Other payments TOTAL PAYMENTS 6665 9721 16386 13964 b8 102661 9721 112382 Ib91 90866 SECTION C NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR c1 a6-b8 -9167 24630 16463 4902 Total funds brought fO￿ard from lasl year c2 25903 62769 88672 c6 83770 Sub total c1+c2 16736 87399 104136 88672 Transfers and ad. ustmenls 17910 -17910 c7 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR (¢3+c4) 34646 69489 104136 (c8 88672 (c6) SECTION D FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS (these amounts are not to be Included In total recelptslpayments figures above> d1 Balance brou ht forward from last ear NIL d2 Offerin sIGrfts - received for external or anisations 1827 2002 OfferingslGffis - passed to extemal organisations 1693 2109 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID (d1+d2-d3) 134 NIL 2of5 R￿CIpL5 & P&yma)ts A¢¢ounts (S¢8Jthrd Fonn of A¢tounts} 31.08.2024 WOLSTANTON METHODIST CHURCH Church SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL SECTION E Pleast followthe Guldance Notes to com lete th15 Summary of the Cl¥Jth ￿c￿nts for the year ended 31 August 2024 and Internal Organisalions reporting to the Church Councivchurch Me*ing. Note that the funds of an Intemal 0r9antsthi7￿x￿l L* Restricted fuThls unK888 it could ￿ clearfy 8hown th81 they could be US￿ Yor any MetWi$t purpose. This section must ￿ coM￿eted lo a￿l¥e at the gross InGome and ex￿n￿rturE Ic*81s of the Church. If gr￿8 income exce8ds the Accru8lsthreshc4d, then the Ac¢wa￿ methcrfj cf accounting ANO A D1FFERENT FORM must ￿ used lo reP￿t a¢￿￿t$ (see Met1￿*￿t￿*b&rtel. Please relwto the gU￿anCe notes wardirvJ tra￿fer8 the Di8trrct and ttfjnxted Cietrict organisat￿n8 INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS Net Receipt81 rnent5 Openi bala Rec81 rnents CIc4in b￿anCeS ub total of Intwnal aniSat￿n$ fund8 •12 Chur¢h x¢oun¢• Itd41* brought fornard Irorn p•y• 2- total$ ¢olumnl 0) 127845 112382 Ib91 15483 88872 104135 ¢10 BYCHURCH 127845 112382 1fj48J 88672 104135 C¢Jntinwcn I S•FOrtht• ih••t rf n￿8$?￿ry aTrJ thetclals foryffjrd TOTAL RE¢eipT8 TOTAL PAYMENTS SECTION F TEME IT OPENING BALANCES CLOSING 8ALANCE8 CHURCM-CASH FUND8 HELD•t 31 112024 Co•h in hBnd 12 Bonk Current Accour Bank De Account Mod•rnl•atlon NalW••t NJ¢ 14 ¢thlr•l Fm•rtt 8owd G•n•r•l * M¢xl•rnl••tlon Tru•t•e8 lor Church Pur 57479 85981 Othw funds Unpr•••nt•d In ¢urr•nt alc 31.8.23 -130 LSnpr•Mrrt•d I4￿¥•11£72•0•ÈIa4.O1 -206 SUB TOTAL. Church •wJunts 88672 104135 Total funds hdd by Intemal Organi8ulthS It￿ ¢lo*no balant• l(Aa frc*n atr*)vel le121 &11 e121 TOTAL CASII FIINOS HELD BY CHURCH 88672 104135 sEcT￿N G At 1 September 20r8 At 31 Auguot 2W24 OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES Investmerts ￿. Eth￿er*S NIL NIL Land & Bu1￿￿1n 8 ltsee re IMurnnc* vglue 4211347 4337685 OlherA3gets NIL NIL - amount OLrts¢ondi at ear end NIL NIL Cxher Lmtilit NIL NIL f4 Indude only Funds held atthe Central Finance Board 15 Include enly Funds at TNst8es for Methodist Church Purposes g1 I￿¢￿deanY other inv8stm8nts (not the cash ek8rn8nt of TMCP trusts accountsthB is included in line f5 R¢(¢lPts&P4Jrym1 Ap>pjgJlSt￿F(￿ofAwJ￿￿I)l (* 2W24 3¢f5 Name of Church .. Wolstanton M•thodist Chur¢h 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 . Name and address of treasurer . Ellzabeth Shannon Presentation to the Church trustees I confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2024 werelwilb*e" presented to the meets'ng of the Church trustees held on ..lq.....FA6Q￿Y Apxs Signature of the Chair of the meeting Name ofthe Chair ofthe meeting Ey7￿￿￿....￿.. .. ..... Independent Examlnefs Report to the Trustees of the Wolstanton Methodlst Church Charlty Number . 1134044 Responslblllties and basls of report I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Wolstanton Methodist Church for the year ended 31 August 2024 set out on page 1 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 carying 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 Rlrapts & PaymertsAceuJrrtB Istsnthrd Fsym ofkn>wtsl 31.ce.3￿4 4of5 Name of Church . Wolstanton Methodist Church Independent Examiner's Statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with 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 havelhavfrRo¥' obtsined independent verification of all investments with the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances and funds at the Central Finan￿ 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 Kaye....Cb. acl..CLfiLL Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner Date ..21.-11-.8.LV.................,...,.... delete or circle as appropriate Auo-24 Receipts & Payments Accounts (Standard Fomi of Accounts) 31.08.2024 5of5 OLnV￿." fQ (I pi I 8ffj2&80 1515511 888-888 roo¢J>cair r I￿ kr> 8S8&8-888 8a{{{ j :{%% 8851 8 88%8 wr4tww 11Silll 11 ai "Il°Ii I Iiil WOLSTANTON METHODIST CHURCH ACCOUNTS 1st SEPTEMBER 2023 - 31st AUGUST 2024 nin Balanc General Fund Extemal Organisatlon Collections External Organisation GIFT AID Eco Grant Income Tax to be paid Mission & Seedcorn Fund Stepping Stones Cards Wednesday Coffee Mornlng Eld¢rb¢rries as at 01.9.23 Balances as at 31.8. General Fund Extemal Oryanisation Collections Extemal Organisation GIFT AID Eco Grant Income Tax to be paid Mission & Seedcorn Fund Stepping Stones Cards Wednesday Coffee Morning Eld¢rberrie$ 24827.38 0.00 0.00 500.00 4.80 575.64 461.62 45.76 146.32 1054.47 £26 502.74 33.852,28 134.01 0.00 346.84 0.00 446.89 443.24 260.49 1.289.50 2,106.41 £37 993.18 Represented By:" nin Balance$ a to1. National Westminster Current Account National Westminster ReseThe Account Central Finance Board Deposlt Account Petty Cash Reprnsented By:" Balances as at 31.8.24 National Westminster Currnnt Account National Westminster Resem Account Central Finance Board Deposit Account Patty Cash .23 12,891.27 0.00 13.611.47 0.00 £26 502.74 19.732.31 0.00 18.260.87 0.00 £37 993.18 OTH RACC TS RC RUSTEES ncome Opening Balance 01.9.23 Interest Legaci•8 TH 1ST HUR HPU POSES ACC NT Ex endlture Admin Charges Legacies wlthdrawn Clostng 8alanc• 31.8.24 57,478.66 3,685.81 15 000.00 £76 144.46 163.81 10,000.00 66 980.66 £76 144,46 Openlng Balances 01.09.23 Incoffle Inter•sl CFB £4,690.64 £600.00 £4.39 £5 296.03 Transfer to General Alc towards urchase of en Closlng balance as at 31.8.24 erl £6,000.00 £295.03 £6 295.03 (See pag• 4 for detalls) RN Tl Opening Balance 01.9.23 All We Can donation$ & boxes All W• Can Crt Collection Bible Society Crt Collectlon (Rev'd C Legge) NCH Actlon for Children Christian Aid Middle East Appeal Retirerne￿ Coll•ction R•v'd C L•gg• Headway - Collection in Mernory of Sue Lister JMA 0.00 226.19 272.00 394.40 304.20 147.00 175.00 280.50 27.82 All Wo Can All Wè Can Crt Coll•¢tion Bible Society NCH Action for Chlldren Christian Aid Middle East App￿1 Retiremont Collection Rev'd C Leggo Headway- Collection in Memory of Sue Lister JMA Closing Balance 31.8.23 144.00 272.00 394.40 280,20 147.00 175.00 280.50 0.00 134.01 £1827.11 £1827.11 WOLSTANTON METHODIST CHURCH ACCOUNTS 1st SEPTEMBER 2023 - 31st AUGUST 2024 Pa OTHER CHURCH ACCOUNTS IFT FUND Opening Balance 01.9.23 Gift Day donations Donation Silverdale Daleian Ladies Cholr 0.00 924.50 100.00 £1024.50 Tran$ferred into General Fund 1024.50 Closing balance 31.8.24 0.00 £1.024.50 ISSION & S co ncome Opening Balance 01.9.23 Ex enditurn Miscellaneous Expenditure Closing balance 31.8.23 575.64 128.75 446.89 £575.64 £575.64 ECO GRANT Income Opening Balance 01.9.23 Circuit onati Ex enditure Expenditure Closing balance 31.8.24 600.00 153.16 346.84 £500.00 £500.00 OR ANISATION FUNDS HELD WITHIN HURCH BANK ACCOUNT CARDS Income Opening Balance 01.9.23 Income Ex enditur Donation to Genoral Church Fund Closing Balance 31.8.24 46.75 214.74 £260.49 0.00 260.49 £260.49 ERB ncome Opening Balance 01.9.23 Eldert>errles donatlon8 from Members 1,054.47 3,439.06 Expense8 Donatlon to Church Goneral Account Closing balance 31.8.24 1477.12 910.00 2 106.41 £4 493.53 £4 493.63 STEPPI ncomo Opening 8alanc• 01.9.23 All Group Sub8 Cofffje donations & photo Incom• Ex ndlture Project Workers salary, Penslon. Income Tax Group Expen¥e3 Closing Balance 31.8.24 451.62 ,172.76 380.39 £7 901.S3 7570.60 774.17 443.24 £7 901.53 MRC TAX cc UNT Income Opening Balance 01.9.23 Ex HMRC payments Closlng Balance 31,8.24 4.80 208.60 £213.40 213.40 0.00 £213.40 EDN Incoffle Oponing Balance 01.9.23 Coffee donations FF RNIN enditure Donations to Church General Account Expenses Clo$ing balance 31.8.24 146.32 3,322.33 2,000.00 179.16 1.289.50 £3 468.65 £3 468.66 Treasurers Report Wolstanton Methodist Church Year end 31°, August 2024 Annual accounts were available to all Church Trustees on a personal basis at the Church nd Council on 2 October 2024, and issues discussed during the meeting. £lt>.2W had aireaay been paid tor the Installation ot tne new Lhurcn Lirt IEIU24 trom tuncl raising i Gift Day) Inst811ation date- 1 yh October. £1,000 previously donated to Connexional Pension Fund no longer needed and has been refunded with interest. Stepping stones Group had closed at the end ot July 2024; there Is a shorttall ot tunds (some £4401 which will be covered by a transfer from the Church General Account. Further details can be found in the annual accounts. Treasurers Report - Wolstanton Methodist Church Year end 31[st] August 2024 Annual accounts were available to all Church Trustees on a personal basis at the Church Council on 2[nd] October 2024, and issues discussed during the meeting. £16,200 had already been paid for the installation of the new Church Lift (£1024 from fund raising / Gift Day) Installation date – 17[th] October. £1,000 previously donated to Connexional Pension Fund no longer needed and has been refunded with interest. Stepping Stones Group had closed at the end of July 2024; there is a shortfall of funds (some £440) which will be covered by a transfer from the Church General Account. Further details can be found in the annual accounts.