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2022-08-31-accounts

Trustees Report to Charity Commission FYE 31/8/2022

Introduction

This report covers the activities of the Church for the 12m period ended 31 August 2022.

The affairs of the Church are managed by the Church Council (the ‘Managing Trustees’), the members of which are also the charity Trustees. They are responsible for ensuring compliance with the principles and practice of Methodism and with the legislation relating to charities.

The latter includes registration, keeping proper accounts and making returns to the Charity Commission.

Aims and organisation

The Mission of the Methodist Church as a whole is 'to respond to the gospel of God's love in Christ and to live out its discipleship through Worship, Learning and Caring, Service to others and Evangelism'.

In response to this calling and to better equip the local Church to meet those aims, the Church created 8 Mission Teams during 2017 to concentrate on specific areas of our Church Strategy, namely, Caring, Communications, Discipleship, Family and Youth, Finance, Outreach, Property and Worship.

The leaders of the Mission Teams report through a Leadership Team (responsible for day-to-day matters) to Church Council. The Church prepares an Annual Report on its Mission and activities which is presented to the wider congregation annually at the General Church Meeting for member approval.

The approved Vision Statement of the local church (as approved by Church Council in June 2015) is ' to be a church that is known for its Spirit-Led discipleship and its practical care in the community ' and thus the Mission Team structure reflects our calling.

Minister’s report on Church Activities

Friends,

2023 marks a year of significant transition for the three Southern Churches of the Dorking & Horsham Circuit, namely the London Road, Partridge Green and the St Andrew’s Methodist Churches. For each of us this will be our last General Church Meeting in our current guise and shape as we look to the new venture in faith and discipleship that will be Cornerstone Methodist Church.

Looking back, Methodism has deep roots in these communities. London Road’s origins lay in the late 18th Century, in the 1770’s, when a group began to meet in a local barn. From there Miss Kate Ireland turned to Methodism in the 1820’s and bought the plot of land on which the church now stands although the current building was erected in 1882. Initially it was simply known as the Wesleyan Chapel and seems to have become known as London Road in the 1930’s. That’s a lot of time – 250 or so years – a lot of people and a lot of ministry and mission. Even a cursory glance at the booklet entitled The Story so far, published in 2007, reveals an amazing story of dedication and faith and transition and change.

St Andrew’s in Roffey traces its roots back through the Primitive branch of the Methodist tree. On the 28th August 1877, the Star Road Mission Hall Committee met and resolved to obtain a piece of land in Star Road and so, in December 1877, the foundation stones were laid and the building commenced of the first iteration of the Methodist Church in Roffey. Again, in the ensuing 150 or so years, much transformation and change has taken place, yielding the present building with its current membership hosting a beacon of life and hope in the community that touches people in new ways with the love and life of God today.

Partridge Green has its origins between 1870-1880. A Mr Scrase started a Methodist Society in the village. Meetings were held in people's homes and sometimes services were held in the Railway Station Waiting Room! (The Horsham Station Master was a Methodist!) A wooden Chapel was built on the present site, the land being rented at first. Eventually a building committee was formed and money raised to build a church. Work started in 1905. The wooden chapel was moved to the back of the plot and used as a school room, and the church was opened on Jan 16th 1906. The Dorking Society donated pews and pulpit from their old church. In early 1930 it was decided to replace the wooden school room with a brick-built hall, which would have a kitchen, toilets and central heating. This was partly financed by the sale of the Southwater Chapel and land. The Hall was completed in 1932. The church interior was modernised in 1968.

So, here we stand on the threshold of the next chapter of these Churches’ life. Only now it is going to be written under a new name: Cornerstone Methodist Church.

The past year has marked our journey from where we have come, as three individual churches, to this point where we stand, looking to what we will be TOGETHER.

Two moments of challenge helped shape this new initiative. The pandemic and a ministerial resignation. These two moments of trauma and pain created the ground upon which we saw opportunity to shape a new future. One that would not be shaped by our sense of loss, but, rather by a sense of opportunity. We were also given encouragement as the Connexion, recognising the challenges that lay before the Church, generally speaking, created space for us to move more flexibly forward.

Whereas before we only seemed to have the language of closure written into our rules and regulations, now Conference was enabling a new opportunity – merger. In it the possibility of exploring creative ways of bringing together people and places exists as a mechanism for throwing new foundations for building life and hope on into the future. It is just this opportunity we have sought to embrace.

Embracing it is not easy. At its heart it is about change. Perhaps change is even too light a word. It is about transformation, or shall I use a Biblical word: RESURRECTION. I wonder how differently Lazarus saw the world after Jesus called him forth from the tomb? It has taken careful conversation and purposeful deliberation to explore the opportunity and set out a new way of shaping our shared journey. All of which is significantly challenging and daunting in ways we have not yet even considered. Nevertheless, we have worked together to set out:

  1. A shared vision: Seeking to follow Jesus in community, love and service which is about being a community of people seeking to follow Jesus, experiencing and sharing God's love and grace through worship, learning, caring and serving in our communities and beyond.

  2. New leadership structures built on shared leadership across the three chapels.

  3. To pool our resources, material, financial and people.

In the process we have listened carefully and decided bravely. Together we appointed a Steering Group and four Working Groups who undertook the task. They shaped the proposal that was adopted by the Combined General Church Meeting in October 2022 and subsequently ratified by the individual Church Councils in November 2022 and approved by the Circuit Meeting in March 2023. So we stand on the threshold. We bring to this moment everything that has gone before and we hold it precious in our hands. It is the foundation upon which we will build this next stage of the journey of the disciples of Jesus known as Methodist in this place. As we step across this threshold into that vast unknown, with all the chance and change that step will bring. Let us do so in the confidence of John Wesley who, with his dying breath crossed that threshold with these words: ‘The best of all is, God is with us.’

Indeed God is. We do not go alone. We do not go unaided. We do not go unequipped. We go in the presence of God who goes before and shows the way. Who fills us again with the Spirit and who enables our discipleship so we can be salt and light, hope and peace, life and love in the world today.

I would like to take this opportunity of thanking the following at this point.

• The Working Groups for their diligence and care with which they helped shape the proposal.

• Most of all I want to thank those who have come forward to take on the mantle of leadership in Cornerstone. At the time of writing, voting is underway so we await the outcome. To you falls the privilege and the challenge of helping us navigate our first steps in this new adventure in faith and discipleship and I pray it will be one that will indeed see us find fresh impetus and new opportunity for growing in grace and witnessing to the transforming power of God’s love still at work in God’s world today.

This report contains the details of our life and work as God’s people in this place. I commend it to your careful and prayerful attention with grateful thanks for all the investment of time, energy and resources it represents, spent in the service of the Kingdom. May it continue to grow in our midst. To God be the glory.

Rev Gavin Hancocks.

Diaconal Minister’s Report

It is hard to believe that I am writing my second annual report for the churches here already. This year has been very full and challenging but equally enjoyable and deeply moving in the way that I continue to focus on listening. The work that I have been called here to do is heart-wrenching at times, but these are the people of God in our communities, and we are here to serve. On one morning just before Easter, I listened to three people, each with difficult stories to tell of issues affecting their wider families. One feels helpless in the face of such overwhelming pain, but to hold space for these people to be heard and known is a precious calling. Often, all I can do is to sit with them and be present alongside them, but occasionally there is an opportunity to engage more deeply. Building networks is vital to my work: I recently referred someone to Alcoholics Anonymous which meets at St Andrews because I had visited the group on occasions and knew some key people there. I was confident that the person I was sending would be welcomed and supported there – and I heard very positive feedback about their visit this week. The work that I do alongside Susan Halliday at St Andrews is always rewarding, frequently challenging and often somewhat unexpected in its outcomes, but offering opportunities for the community to encounter God in our building and through our work is a huge part of my work. I continue to value the trust that you put in me as churches to allow me to do this vital work beyond your walls and beyond Sunday worship: a lot of the impact of this work is in people’s hearts and will not necessarily be seen by you.

The Winter Warming project has been an interesting experience: having secured Awards for All funding for a wide range of events each week, we discovered that branding events with the Winter Warming title did not help. “Movie Mondays,” on the other hand, has been much more successful as an event title! The discoveries that people come for a purpose and to engage in something clearly defined have helped the team at St Andrews to run events that people want, and the connection with a Friendship Club at the Millennium Hall has brought a key core of new participants in on Mondays who are now beginning to explore what else the church offers to the community. I have been delighted with the appointment of Dorota Kolt-Geddes as the Community Resilience Lay Worker and she has already proved that she is keen to make connections with people and within the community. Since her arrival, we have extended the provision that we make at Bright Stars Toddler Group under Kate’s leadership to include a monthly lunch at church and a monthly “Bright Stars Family Food Fun” bag which includes everything a family needs to make a meal towards the end of the month and encourages parents and children to cook together. The families report this as a successful venture, and we have secured outside funding for this for a year.

Within the wider church community, the quarterly worship events that I have begun with the support of the leadership teams at St Andrews and Partridge Green are both working well. Rooted at Roffey continues to offer an alternative evening of worship with reflection, and the Songs of Praise in the village chapel is a welcomed opportunity to share in the seasonal songs with some light-hearted and fun stories, followed by tea and fellowship. We have a core of people coming to each of these, and they will continue for the time being. At LRMC my focus has been on supporting the Outreach Team to put on “invitational events” to which we encouraged the congregation to bring their friends from beyond the church. Whilst the events have been well-attended and we have had positive feedback about all of them, we haven’t yet seen the congregation really engaging in the events as we had hoped. We have used online ticketing and postcards to advertise the events, and this has been a good learning curve for us all. Through it we have been able to notice which individuals and families are regular attendees and this has been encouraging – some people seem to come to everything we offer, and yet don’t seem to be connected to anyone within the church so our next consideration is how to bridge that gap, as well as how to encourage the congregation to be more intentional about inviting their friends to these events, which are intended to be an easy way to introduce people to the church community in a non-threatening way!

There is not space nor time to discuss everything that I am doing here, but I do want to bring Digital Church to your attention. As a deacon, I am always looking for ways to connect with people beyond the walls and so the internet is a frontier which deserves our attention. I am working on the social media engagement that we do as three churches (soon to be one on three sites) and looking for new ways to engage

with the wider public through that media. Having a personal membership of the Digital Church Academy has been helpful and eye-opening but is also a constant reminder of how much more we could be doing!

My involvement in the Methodist Diaconal Order continues to shape and form me for ministry as a deacon, and I have been grateful for time at Convocation last May, time with my Area Group, as well as the rigorous examination of the Religious Orders Advisory Committee in January this year. The District enabled me to have a quiet and precious retreat in February at Sizewell Christian Conference Centre ahead of my District Probationers’ Committee meeting, which was a lovely way to prepare for and pray about that experience! My studies at the Queens Foundation continue and I am looking forward to being there again in June, although I am not so keen on the study material this time – Church History… As we approach June, I am waiting for the final confirmation that my Ordination will take place at Coventry Central Hall on 25th June but Gavin is convinced that it will happen so I pray that he is right! I do hope that some of you will be there to represent the circuit as you have played such a huge part in getting me there.

Finally, but most importantly, our God is a mighty and awesome God, and I trust that God has a plan for us as we approach Cornerstone Methodist Church’s inauguration this year. We have done a lot of work in preparation but there is still more to do, and God’s hand is on it. Our prayers for Cornerstone, its development and its growth, must continue as we stand before God as God’s story bearers. Never forget that we are entrusted with the most urgent and vital story that needs to be shared, and that God equips and enables us to share it for God’s glory and by the power of the Holy Spirit. God transforms lives through Jesus Christ and there are a lot of people who need to know that wonderful news!

Deacon Sarah Pitkeathly

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Report on Financial Outturn

The year-end accounts to 31 August 2022 have been approved by Church Council and Independently Examined.

Standard Form of Accounts (SFA) is the standardised way of presenting accounts to the Circuit and the Charity Commission and complies with the relevant legislation and accounting requirements.

Matters to note:

Overall, we achieved a surplus of £9,288 v budget deficit £10,505 (before the agreed allocation of 30% letting income to the Property Development Fund (‘PDF’)).

Risk Management and Governance

Any major risks have been identified and recorded by the Trustees, with professional advice taken, as required. In particular, there is a regular and ongoing review of our Safeguarding obligations by our Safeguarding Officer; of ‘LoneWorker’ activities and our Health and Safety policy by our H&S Officer. These policies are reviewed and updated every 3 years.

The Church is committed to ensuring implementation of Connexional Safeguarding Policy; government legislation; guidance and safe practices in the Church and Circuit through the provision of support, advice, guidance and training for lay and ordained people so that they are clear and confident to carry out their roles and responsibilities.

Safeguarding

Every person has a value and dignity which comes directly from the creation of male and female in God’s own image and likeness. Christians see this potential as fulfilled by God’s re-creation of us in Christ. Among other things this implies a duty to value all people as bearing the image of God and therefore to protect them from harm.

"Methodist Connexional practice outlines commitment to the following principles:

• We will respond without delay to every complaint made which suggests that an adult, child or young person may have been harmed, cooperating with the police and local authority in any investigation.

• We will seek to work with anyone who has suffered abuse, developing with them an appropriate ministry of informed pastoral care.

• We will seek to challenge any abuse of power, especially by anyone in a position of trust.

• We will seek to offer pastoral care and support, including supervision and referral to the proper authorities, to any member of our church community known to have offended against a child, young person or vulnerable adult.

• In all these principles we will follow legislation, guidance and recognised good practice"

London Road Methodist Church commits itself to ensuring the implementation of Connexional Safeguarding Policy; government legislation, guidance and safe practice in the church.

The Church commits itself to the provision of support, advice and training for lay and ordained people that will ensure people are clear and confident about their roles and responsibilities in safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults who may be vulnerable.

Reserves Policy

The approved reserves policy during this accounting period was to hold a minimum sum in general reserves equivalent to 3 months' average expenditure or such sum sufficient to meet unforeseen major expenditure on the Church building.

Static Information

Full Name of Charity: London Road Methodist Church ('LRMC'), Horsham

Charity Commission number: 1134052

Date of Registration (as a charity): 3 February 2010

Communication address: 41 London Road, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 1AN

Treasurer: Mr Fred King

It is confirmed that Fred King, as a Managing Trustee, acted as the principal officer overseeing the day-to-day financial management and accounting during the financial year.

Independent examiner: Mr Tony Canvin, 33 Kingmere, South Terrace, Littlehampton, West Sussex, BN17 5LD

Investment Bankers: Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church Trustees for Methodist Church Purpose.

Clearing Bankers: The Charities Aid Foundation ‘CAF’

Church Accruals Accounts 2021-2022 THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS ACCRUALS BASIS for the year ended 31 August 2022 London Road Methodist Church, Horsham Reg18tered Charlty. Charity Registrati(m numbw 1134052 Dotking & Horsham Circuit 36 110 Minister. Church Stewards: Mr Davld Cw Etyane Da Mrs Giu Sc(rtt Church Treasurer. Mr Fred

NonTr ofchur Ststsmènt of Flnanclal Actlvldts (SOFA) for th• y•Jr•nded 31 August 2022 Income 1 (XtsthJs 118e8 419 12 15. i&nY 347 13 2,W4 16,011 7 L¢tWngS Totsl in¢arn• IQOft 1￿147 Expendlturè 12 12.$15 19.>Jl 14010 19.301 4615 13 777 In7 1MJOO N&tlW•xp•ndthl 11P2P 12 3.321 22 (xtW¢*W(￿j5￿eSI 25 mov•meMin fur 24Totalfunds brty4htfrnrd 25TOtsifuNtstsrr￿kTh￿ 3.79S•8

N8mg ofChur¢h 36 1 Statement of Frnancial A¢ti¥ltlgs ISOFW forth• y￿r •nd•d 31 Awt 2021 3.547 14. ¢J2J 1491U IZS 7 Latln9S 8 Totsl InBL 2M54 Expenditurn 1LI> 3M2fy t2 ¢Jr¥K, S.(e7 S.$16 S￿1$ 1753 17TthI Gharfiabh•xwtkn• •X1U6 IOD 41 {1 21 Ttanths 2201h8rgo￿￿I> 12B.781 128.701 133 3.716,4 25Tptsifvnd5trty4htfvrwartt 24*47

NarneofChL Ik) 31110 Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2022 4.191. 3.7*045 1&f 15. 142 1$224 18.1 47.071 13.864 13 14 Sf GrahtspÈyabkKthin 1 iongknrrnflb￿llrIe5 fr￿rr￿re thanorte 42A514 4235.S .543 Fund¥ 35.615 27,83tr

London Road Methodiyt Church. Horsham Notes to the Accounts 1. Basls of accountlng The finana81 statements wve been prepared untsrthe Charities Act 2011 in aC0)rdan￿ wrth the 2014 version ol A(axJuntsng and Reportirvj by Chantw.. Stat￿t of Pra(ce ISORP) a￿liCatI8 to ¢18n￿8 pr8pariNJ thair aceourts in ￿y￿an¢¥ FRS102- thè Charilias SORP (FRS1172) arm1 taking ncle oftha Updata Bulletin 1 issued in 2018. 2. Funds The fvnds he￿ constitute.. Genaral Funds hekl for any purF<6e ofthe cl￿r￿ Unr8thKl8d", oesun￿ Funds set ashye for Specif￿ pu￿￿e$ but remain¥vJ underfrjll C￿tr￿ of the Tnjstees.. Restricted fmjs vknK a￿ t￿Id for a narr(y￿r There are no EIth￿nt fvTrJs. D8tails of8ach material lund ar8 disdcE•J in Note 12 to ttrwse XCLMtnts. Any fu￿j5 may b8 rw•sent•d by morè than just cash. 3. Accountlng pollcles Basls rh8se &counts have tan prapared on thè ba&s of htstr•i(a o)st except tr￿t investments are sfv)wn at the¢'r marf<et valw at the ofthe year. ￿¥su basis has been to a trLk8 fair vi8w of lh8 Church's finanrA81 tion and activrtes. Incoming Rosour¢es InccKne 1$ induded in the Stathent ol Finar￿￿?1 Acvthes ISOFAI the Churth t£x)mes entitl￿ to the resour￿, and the trustees are reasc4)abty ￿rtain ￿Y re￿1ve the resOJr￿". aThJ ￿ nKJnetsry value can be a8urg3 wth suffiaent rdiabilty. Resources Expended This is recognise¢J vthen a liabftty B incur￿. or a o)nstruthe obFoation arises. that resutts in ts pwBnt lirvJ UnavO￿ablts. Ltiilit]es arè ￿nised as S￿n a5 an ¢JJtrh)w ofeconc¥nic tenefft is o)nsthred more likdy than not undorthe bJ81 w o)nstructhp Chulth to poy (xrt resour￿. VAT sin￿ ChLwch is not VAT registered. all iwt VAT is Il exFo)ses lo thid) it refers. Tangible fixod assets for use by the Church Tangibte fixed assets Lxprtaliwl rf they b8 than on8 ￿, 8rKI c05t at le85t£1.IX(I. The freehdd proFety is in the attounts at 2tr22 inSurar￿ values las a proxy forthe faIrval￿ cakajlabj on a d¢pr￿ated replace￿￿nI basis) FAUS £XII.(XKJ for Ihe value of land. C8pit81¢ed t￿l￿11n9 eyrKlthre irwr&Y %rKe the lastfidl Valuab￿ is deteca8tsY until vdve is in a fvll valuation. No other ijepreaation ks provided on the buikJiThJ tecause truste6s consHJerthe current re5￿J￿31 fair value ofthe buiklings lon th• assumpts.on that f( h1 ￿￿ed th& end of rts usefvl aconomic lrfts by tha ￿ar￿nd) to ntst than its cwrent value. Any de[￿atrJn ¥￿￿￿￿ nol be r[1￿. ￿ F¥cwty ha5 teen reviewgJ for Impalm￿nt Investment properties Inve8tsnent propertw. no is ￿rreNty to be he&J fortt ￿ twrn pu￿ ofts charty. Investments Investments arp valued in the Balar￿ Sheet * rnarkgtvabje al ts )Earer￿. InvesknEnl in¢x)rne is induded in aoxunts w￿Tr re￿1Vab￿ aThJ any gaw)s or ictsses on revaluab.on atthe yeareThJ a￿ slvm) in the SOFA. Debtors and Prepayments The debtors and p￿payMent acctyjnts a￿ in respec of ￿tts"r￿ invthces atNJ CirC￿lt Assessment. Credltors Creditor5 indude both suTrYry eynse$ a￿1 bAb outslarMluyJ at 31 Ath3￿ 2022.

Lond¢)n Road Aleth￿ Church Hixsham 4. PayThnt to Trust 2020r21 NUmteroffn￿kes £0 5. Fee8 for examlnalH)n or audit of the accounts Indepen￿ examThrfs or a￿1￿[￿8. fees ftyrewtiffj on the independent 6xamiMr or auditor A don8tion is made to a tharity ncrfNnated by thg Irth)enM Exalluner in ￿eU ofany fees. 6. Pald omployo98 Tkwe we pamj emFdoyees ofthe Churth. The PresbytervAth pasto￿ reSp￿S11M11fy for the Church receives a Stipend but this is paKI by the CIT￿lt U8bng fl￿d8 rec￿￿1 from each Cmrch in Ihe Cwit the Circuit Assessment 7. Capitsl Commitments and Contlngent Liabiliti•s At 31 August 2022 there are w wmlal oynmitments. No ¢￿ts"n￿l liatilities T*we •Jen11￿ at 31 AugLrst 2022. 8. For infomiatlon onty Moftey reuivod and passed on to Extemal Ory¥nisations 202WI1 BI￿nCe brW fobw•rd 3,192 3,192 Balanc• ¢arrfod fomrd

  1. Tangible Fixed Assets Church {nryi othgr (non Paym•nts on a¢¢ount and Land & 8uildlngB Land & BuHdlrys fftlings and oqulwnent bulld Totsl Balan(￿ brought fon¥ard 3,746,th1 3,801.743 Addilion8 Revaluations l+l-) Dispos81s {_) Transfers {+i-I Balan(x C8rried foThvaid 4,187.218 55,483 4,242.701 A¢¢￿￿￿1•tOd (lopre¢latlon Balance brought foTh¥8id 41.SY)5 45,699 Depreciation cwo year {-) 1.897 3.619 5.516 Revaluations {+l-) Disposals l_l Transfers l+l-) Balance carried forward 5.691 45,524 51,215 Net book valu• Brought fonv8nl 3.742.466 13.578 3.756,044 Carried fward 4.181.527 4,191.486
  2. Invoslm•nt assets

  3. Loans Tha Churd) ￿rren{ty has ￿ loans.

  4. Anatyl# of r•Btrktod and dmlgnatod fwK 2021-2022 Fund N8mo ljponlng Bo]anc• Closing 8alan¢& Purpo9• ofth•lund Benevo￿nt FuThJ nated Mernorials FUTh nated Chureh Mis¥ion Fund ID8signatJl Supportfor Th￿l￿dual5 in$ ri¢ nethj Available for funding member m8monal$ Avakbl8 for fuTrding mission inth"atives Availabk to hdp tth Ifmtemi church maint•nant Availab￿ tts use aga￿l$pe 325 Prwrty Developnent Fund 18.592 3.103 21.695 nated L8ga¢k8S (Restrthdl 25,314 12.142 31. 51.257 12.142 4.321 Br•akdovm of tr•Trsf•r• fLtnd Transferring fuThJ Ge￿ra1 Fund Chwth Reason FurJ Fund 4.￿3 FuThJ General Fund Letbngs ir￿8 aTrJ Ptwerty D8veloprn8nt Fund Church Missth Fund 1.7LKI A￿d￿"On81 earFÉts Tfjlet & frkJ9e I￿"nning Legeaes Audio vwal Tots 202fy2021 Fund N•m Trnn8f•rn CIOJH Balanc• PuryK￿ ofthe fvnd Balan Benevo￿nt Fund nated Memorials Fund nated Church Mission Fund IDe8ynated) 25 -1Q) 1C Support for indMduaLs 325 Availabk8 for funding rnber rnemoria Availab￿ forfunding church mBsion In￿'atiVeS Availabb to hglp loThJ.tern church rnaInt8na￿8 A%rdilabl& to u Jain5t 5Feafic 19.1 18,592 Fund Desi Legaoe5 IR8slrict&Jl 25,479 1.071 2S.314 TotA 1.071 -1

  5. Internal Organlyations 2021.2022 Movgn 41Just Ck)siftg B•bnc• R••oure W•dnasday LurKh Club Ladlgs W8dnasday Club 827 -1,619 Parents & Tothjle 675 1.183 K55y Church 123 123 Tolals 2,616 2.124 .1777 intomal organBati"on$ ofthe chuf( report to ChuTth Council hold th8irth¥n ft￿$ 8eparatsty. These lund8 &re indyThent crfthose held thin the Chwth alr(￿. Th8 Inc￿ arn1 eXKeThjrt¢j￿ has ten I￿[thd u[￿r RestriLl8d in I￿8 6 arhy 16 respe¢W. openiNJ and closirrfJ balanrxs are ind￿J￿￿ in tinos 24 aNI 25 as Wforward at 1 Sep¢enw 2021 and carried forward at 31 August 2022.

DECLARATIONS Treasurer I confirm that I have prepared these aK%ruals-based xounts from the r￿ordS of the Church and that they indude all fvnds under the control of the Church cou￿1 Signa￿re of Treasurer Name Mr Fr￿j lfjng Address 29 Beaver Ck)se. Horsham West Sussex RH12 5GB Presentation to the Church Coun¢il for approval. I confim that the Accounts have been pres8rt&l to the Church c￿j￿1 on and We￿ approved. Signature of the Chair of the meeting Name of the Chair of the meeting Rev Gavln Hancocks Date Indepondont Examinerf8 Report to tho Trustees of tho London Road Methodist Church, Horsham The Church's Trustees aTr responsible for ensuring Ihat the annual rekX)rt and 8CC•)unts present a true and fair view of the Circuit's income and eX[￿diture for the year and of its assets and Ikibilitses al the balance sheet date. The Trustees cnnsKler that an audit is not n￿eSSary for this year under Section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and that on Indekw￿t examinakn is needwj. 11 is my responsibility to.. examine the accounts under section 145 of the Chariti# Act 2011; follow the procedures laid dtr*n in the general Dir8¢Alor￿ gr￿n by the Chanty comm￿10n under Section 14515)(bl of the Charities Act 2011" and state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basls of Indep•nd•nt Examlnevs Report My examinalton was out wi atx)[dar￿e ilh the genera Dire(on5 gi￿ by the Charity CommissKN). An examination includes a miew ofthe accounting fecords kèpt by ts tharity and a comparison ofth8 a<xxwrhts Vlith those records. It also indudes o)nsKknalion of any unU￿jaI items. in nature or s(ale. tw disck)sures in the accounts, seeking èxplanaltons from the Trustees conceming any YAKIJ matters. The pr￿lureS undertaken do not provide all the evidence that be required in an audit and 0)rwUent￿ no opinton 1$ given as to whether the acmunts present a true and fair viv. is limiled to those matters set OLrt in the 5tstement belcm. Independont Examinevs Statement In connection wilh my examination. rm) matter has come to my attention.. whÉch gNes me reasonable cause to beiieve that in any material respect the requirements: . to keep a¢counts'ng records in XCOrdan￿ with Se¢tM)n 130 of the Charities Act 2011; and . to FKepare accourts which accord with the ao))unting records and ojmply with the accounts.ng requirements of the Charrtie5 Act 2011 have not teen met or {21 to which, in my opin￿n. attention should be dr¥+m in order to enable a prO￿r uThJerstsnding of the accounts to be reached. (31 I havelhave not" obtsined lTrde￿dent verification of all investrnents the Trustees for Methodist Church Pufposes or hekl in other tnjsts. bank baLqn¢es and fvnds at the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church which a￿ indiwdualty in excess of £10.000 (ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheet date. Name Signature Re￿vant Professional qualjfr￿Jn or Address )? Ki LifftÉ Dale aPL3

RESERVES POLICY Report on behalf of London Road Methodist To & Horsham ('Circuit meetIn￿DIs￿6t) We submit our annual report in aC£Ordan￿ with the requirements of the Methodist Conference and the Charity Commissi)n guidan￿ in CC19. 111 The trustees have eSta￿L$hed their mission aims tsking into account all of the resour available in terms of peoth. propety and money have ayreed a Reserves Polry which is set out overleaf and is recordod in the trustees, minutes and ourAnnual Report (N) We recLyJnise the need to be accountable as chanty trustees for all the money which C4ynes into ourhands and will provtdefurther infomiath)n required by trte clrcurtlD￿triCUConneX1on (li) m￿S1On initialive*rcyects have teen costed or estimates madeof projected future cJ)sts wh￿h take into account the needs of the buildings and the requirements of the Quinquennhql InS￿tion Reportls {v) Our Repjrt is attach￿ ovedeaf To be completed by Re￿Iving Body The "Circutt MeetinglDistrict [￿Ned the RESERVES POLICY of "Church Councivcircuit Meet1r￿lD1str1t Policy a￿pted and acknowwement sent to the trustees YES No Policy noted and the following enquiries made of the trustees Responses recerved and any further adion tsken 'Cir¢uitlDistri Slgnatures ' Pleas8 delete as a

RESERVES POUCY of London Road Methodist ('Church CouncilOlCircuit MeetingDDlstricO) Genernl Funds hekl at y￿ 31108r2022 Restrlcted Funds h81d End0￿￿ent Funds held £Nil Reserves policy for General Funds General Funds (inc Dewgnated Funds for Pro￿￿ Devekwm8nL Flem￿5, Benevo￿nI and Church Mission) Gengral Account We will budget to mairtsin a reserve of three mc)Ih's tworth of the r#)rn￿l budge￿ expenditure for the coming year (less transfers from desLqnabJ and restncted fiJnds} in order to mitspte any disruptN)n in the flcrw or timing of our income. At 31 August 2022. this amounted to about £24.400 and the baiance on the General Account stood al about £44,000- ie covertng a￿ut 180% of the amount requKgJ. Proporty Devek>pment Fund An annual sum equNatent to 30% of letting5 inr£rfne wll te transferr&J the Genernl Aetountto provide a fvnd to meet or support capital expenditure on the church and the other parts of the premises. The SI￿ of the fund is reviewed periodicalty to en$ts￿ that it is sufftient to meet those ct)sts but is not excessive. Memoriab and Bengvolont Funds These are availab￿ to meet the partioilar needs that may aiise for ￿ of indivKluaL8. Tlw are maintsined at £325 and £25 respethvety by transfers fri>m the Gen￿￿ Account to cover exp8TrJiture. Church Mlssiofi Fund This is availab￿ to meet the costs of missw)n (PFthMunities that arise before a bUd￿t has been seL The fund curr8ntty stands at £6,520 and this is revitr4￿d perKdulty in the IwJht of pN)tenlial opwrtunis. 5. Polic for Restricted Funds These include bequests, charitsble donations by the church c#)mmunty and the funds held separately by intemal organisalKJns of the thurth. The remaining baFances of bèluesls that the ¢hur¢h h• rectyved have atl&thing condltions that restrrd their use to a greater or knr degree but these frjnds are by the Churth Cwncil when deciding lo incur expenditure which would frdll within those reStnCbor￿. The charitable donations arg regular amounts fr(n the church CCrnLtnity that are dNvJed be￿een five Chari￿s each year. Three ofthem are Chosen e&h year by the Church Council from nominat￿)n$ and the other two are the Connexional funds.. Miswon in Britain and the Fund for Missw)n. Terms relating to Endowment Funds held NIA

Thrs Resen￿$ Polry has been apwoved by London Road Methodist ("Church council￿Clr¢Uit meetingEVDistr￿0) Treasur Trustee Full name Fred King Full Name Signature Signature