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2023-08-31-accounts

Trustees Report to Charity Commission FYE 31/8/2023

Introduction

This report covers the activities of London Road Methodist Church (particularly financial) for the 12 month period ended 31 August 2023.

With effect from 1 September 2023 St Andrew’s Methodist Church and Partridge Green Methodist Church merged with London Road Methodist Church and became known as Cornerstone Methodist Church. This merger took place under a scheme approved by the Dorking & Horsham Methodist Circuit as required by Standing Order 605A of the Constitutional Practice and Discipline of the Methodist Church. Accordingly, the registered charity was renamed with the permission of the Charity Commission and future reports will relate to the enlarged Church.

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.

Presbyteral Minister’s Report

Dear Friends,

Looking back at last year’s report, which covered the three Churches as we were still on our way to becoming Cornerstone, I used the motif of RESURRECTION as the theme for my report. As I pick up the threads again this year, for our inaugural General Church Meeting as Cornerstone, I am pondering whether RESURRECTION is indeed an event or a process.

Indeed, our journey was begun with a very timely word from our District Chair, the Revd Dr David Hinchliffe, as he challenged us to live up to our name with Christ as our Cornerstone and Sure Foundation. So, taking up that challenge, we have set about shaping a new faith community that embraces a new collective identity emerging from the three former churches it grows out of.

The signs of this new identity are emerging steadily. We see it in the collective nature of the Church Council, the willingness of folk to engage with work across the three chapels helping staff Café’s, and Messy Church, uplifting levels of technology to provide equal opportunities, working together to keep our three chapels functioning, worshipping together from time to time, serving together on the various Forums, a brand-new website and more. Indeed, the new thing that God is seeking to do in our midst is taking shape – slowly.

To those of you who are helping give substance and shape to this RESURRECTION , I want to offer my deepest gratitude. At the head of that list must be Teresa Thomson and Peter Bramhill, our Church Stewards. You have, without fuss or bother, simply got on with the task of embracing the challenge of shaping our new identity across the three chapels and I know your presence, Sunday by Sunday, in the three chapels is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your gift of presence and leadership.

Together with Teresa and Peter, John Dale, Sarah Pitkeathly and myself make up the Leadership Team. This is a slightly differently structured team than before but together we are seeking to give leadership across the church’s life and I am grateful for the contributions each are making to that journey.

The Church Council has also taken up the challenge of seeking to hold the whole life of Cornerstone together in its work. The composition of the Council is reflective of each of the Chapels and we have sought to meet across the three venues as well as using Zoom to make our winter meeting a little more accessible! I know it is always dangerous to single out individuals but I think you will bear with me as I make special mention of Fred King and David Gilbert. They have each had a very specific challenge to embrace as we have begun this journey together to become Cornerstone. The process of merging the three church accounts into a single entity

has held more than a few challenges along the way but Fred has steadily and diligently worked his way through them together with his team and the job is still not entirely completed. David has discovered that adding two other properties into the mix has been anything but straightforward and has pushed ahead undaunted and, again, together with his band of helpers is helping us make it work. To both of you we offer our grateful thanks.

Along with them the leaders of each of the Forums have been working tirelessly to help shape the vision we discerned together in the July of 2022 at our Vision Day in Storrington and so to Sue Randell (Caring), Christine Lawley (Learning & Worship) and Sarah Pitkeathly (Mission & Service), along with your respective teams, our grateful thanks for getting us on the way in our journey into what it means to be Cornerstone – TOGETHER .

As we seek to continue our journey TOGETHER into what it means to be Cornerstone Methodist Church, I believe we face three particular challenges.

Firstly, there’s the challenge of parochialism , of being Chapel centred in our focus. Plainly speaking I mean we’re still more concerned about ‘our church’ rather than the broader entity of which we are now a part. Paul has a beautiful analogy in 1 Corinthians 12 where he speaks of us being the Body of Christ and uses the human body as an analogy to describe that body. He reminds us that the body is not made up of one part only but consists of many different parts which all need to work together to make the body function well. He also reminds us to be humble and protective so that we might celebrate together with joy the benefits the whole brings. He goes on to remind us that the way of Love in chapter 13 is the ultimate expression of that unity and life together in the body. If Cornerstone is to discover its true potential, we need to discover the truth of what Paul says and implement it in our journey together. If we don’t then the true potential of the step of faith we took in September will not be realised.

Secondly, there’s the challenge of growing the church. We need to be ‘…adding to our number those who are being saved…’ Acts 2:41; Acts 5:14. Whatever that might look like for us, we need to discover how we can turn from being a church in decline – our membership in just this short space of time has decreased from 172 to 167 – which includes the addition of two members transferred in. It is painfully clear that depending on organic growth, growth from within, is not going to make that happen. We need dynamic growth. We need to discover again the message that is ours to bring. We need to connect with the life source that is at the heart of the Gospel to set us free from whatever it is that encumbers us and holds us back from proclaiming good news, life giving news, that transforms the world around us and draws others in to join with us in sharing this Good News.

Thirdly, there’s the challenge of dealing with buildings that need a substantial investments of funds and a significant investment of effort and time just to make them good. The fact of the matter is we have two buildings dating back to the 19[th] century and one to the early part of the 20[th] century. It should therefore come as no surprise that we are confronted with significant expenditure forecasts contained in the Quinquennial reports for the three buildings. How are we to respond to this challenge?

Any one of these three would, in my humble opinion, be a significant challenge to overcome on their own. Dealing with all three makes this a particularly fraught moment in our short journey together as Cornerstone.

This is the backdrop to the call to join in the Discerning Prayer Journey issued by the Church Council recently. Finding our way through this period is going to take the kind of commitment on our part that will enable us to explore carefully, consult earnestly and decide boldly for the future. We can only do that if we make our priority to listen intently for God’s voice in the midst of our challenges. The abiding image contained for us in the book of Acts is of a people gathered, even huddled in prayer as they approach the Pentecost moment. Acts 1 & 2. Remember, they too were a new community, trying to fathom their future through the trauma of a moment of significant transition. Everything they had so keenly anticipated in Jesus had been brutally ripped from their grasp and then suddenly they were confronted with an unexpected transformation in the RESURRECTION . Now, again, Jesus is gone. Can we begin to enter into that moment as it presented itself to them, then? Look at how they respond. They are found, even behind closed doors, locked in prayer, patiently waiting for the promised gift and goodness me did it come! A transforming moment that reshaped their reality and can also reshape ours. So please, do make it a priority to join with us in this journey we must make so our RESURRECTION moment can give way to our PENTECOST moment in our journey TOGETHER as Christ’s church in this time and place. The dates are 26[th] May at London Road, 7[TH] July at Partridge Green and 4[th] August at St Andrew’s. The time is 12:30pm and we will meet together for two hours of sharing, reflecting and praying that God’s dream for who God is calling us to be will take shape in us and amongst us and through us in our time and place now and into the future.

Rev Gavin Hancocks.

Diaconal Minister’s Report

For me, there have been two major events in the last year: the first was my Reception into Full Connexion and Ordination last June, and the second was the inauguration of Cornerstone in September. Both feel as if they were a long time coming, but both happened in God’s time. I would like to thank everyone who

supported me, prayed for me and with me, and nudged me along the road: you were all instrumental in getting me to Coventry Central Hall last year, and I am deeply grateful, especially to Gavin for his patience, encouragement and confidence in me. Whilst I may have passed that blessed and precious milestone, the degree that I began at college in the autumn of 2019 is still not quite finished: I am now writing a dissertation on the theology of food poverty in Britain. Hopefully that will be completed by the end of July!

And then Cornerstone happened – we had a fantastic service in September with our District Chair, Rev Dr David Hinchliffe, and now we continue to do the ongoing work, as Gavin has described in his report, to really live into the promises of Cornerstone as one church in three chapels.

I value this opportunity each year to share with you what I have been doing as a diaconal minister working alongside you. Not all that I do is immediately obvious to the wider community and congregation, but I would appreciate your prayers, so it is good to be able to share it with you now.

The new Cornerstone Methodist Church website continues to be a work in progress, and I chair the group of women who edit and shape that window for the world onto the church: it is both our shop window and our front door, and whilst we recognise that it is never going to be finished (as it will always need updates), we hope that we are beginning to get it to a place where it shows the world what Cornerstone is all about, and is a welcoming place to begin a journey to get to know God through our church. I want to thank Valerie Cummings, Christine Dale, Vikki Mead, Ali Nickells, and Carolyn King for their willingness to do this work. Congregational input is valuable, so please do have a look at it, and we welcome your photographs, reports on events, original prayers and writing etc to fill it out further.

The Mission and Service forum is also one of my priorities, and we meet regularly to think about how to support and further the Church’s Mission and Vision statement in these areas. You can read more about the work in the separate report, but its work is widely spread across the church and very varied. I continue to support Community Connexion (the new name for the Outreach Team) with their invitational events and encourage you to support them: bring non-church friends to the events! Contributing to the Learning and Worship forum is also a significant commitment for me as a preacher and leader of worship in the church, with a passion for discipleship and for evangelism.

I work collaboratively with Susan Halliday, Centre Missioner at St Andrews, and Dorota Kolt-Geddes, Community Resilience Layworker, in various projects: I have run The Bereavement Journey with Susan this year already and had some very positive feedback from the group of women who attended. We were very ably

supported by Stephanie Kirkcaldy and Sue Randell, and will be running it again in the autumn, when Bev Little will also be helping out. This has involved training sessions for all the supporters, and I am very grateful for their willingness to engage in the work. Bereavement is a difficult time, and the course is very good for anyone who is grieving. Dorota’s work with the Community Fridge Café continues in partnership with the team at the Community Fridge, and we continue to host the Fridge Team as their main distribution venue in Horsham. This collaboration came out of a conversation that I had in my first few months in Horsham, and I am thrilled to see how these relationships are now flourishing. In conjunction with a monthly “pop-up” Saturday Community Fridge at St Andrews, I am running a Refill Station with Gill Scott and Denise Kennedy, where people can refill their own bottles with household products like washing up liquid. This is part of the work to support the environment which Gill is masterminding. Dorota also oversees the Easy Movers group at St Andrews, which she has written about in her report: this is also flourishing, and people really appreciate her care and interest in them. She is a huge asset to our staff team.

Since Kate Fraser’s death, I have taken on the running of the Messy Church at St Andrews, with David Fraser’s support, and with Susan Halliday and Christine Dale giving a great deal of practical preparation time to the monthly sessions. Whilst I cannot begin to match Kate in terms of her experience and enthusiasm for children’s work, we are keeping it going and the families book it to capacity every month, which is very exciting. We have a significant team of helpers who ably engage the families in faith conversations over crafts, as well as taking time to chat over the meals that the kitchen team cook. The team effort is a blessing to everyone involved. Bright Stars continues to flourish on Thursday mornings, and I am also immensely grateful to a stellar (pun intended) team which makes it a joy. The families enjoy their time at the group each week, and there is always a positive atmosphere. Helen Pitt and Jacki Reeves, along with Ali Nickells, Dorota, Christine Dale, Lynda Mitchell and Sue Randell, keep this running smoothly.

Grant funding applications were never on the curriculum at college, but I have had some success in writing successful applications for the church: Fred King and I worked on an application which netted the church some £15k for community work and led to the development of the Friday Café at London Road. I’m indebted to Fred for his work on the financial side of the applications as that was beyond me! The Friday Café ran for 9 weeks between January and Easter as a pilot, and was successful, so we are now continuing it. I will be recruiting a new weekly leader for it as soon as possible, funded in part for the first year by profits from the St Andrews Café whilst it becomes better established. This is something that you can support, and share with others, so that it becomes a meeting place for the community and congregations to mingle and share fellowship on Friday afternoons. Do drop in if you haven’t tried it out already.

Being a diaconal minister is a blessing and a responsibility: the District is keen that the diaconal voice is heard on its committee and groups, and so I sit on the District Grants Committee, attend the Sabbaticals Group, and will probably join the District Probationers’ Committee in the next Connexional year. There are fewer deacons in the District from September, and so there is more to be done! I have just had a wonderful Convocation with my siblings in the Methodist Diaconal Order, with a focus on social justice, which was challenging and inspirational. This annual gathering is a valuable part of diaconal life together. I also value the time spent with local deacons in our Area Group in the District and I am part of the District’s Under 5s group, for those in ministry for fewer than 5 years, which is a particular support. You may not realise that there is a diaconal support group in the church, with which I meet about quarterly to think through some of the work that I am doing, and its contribution to my focus and direction is much appreciated. Rob Pitt, Philip Reeves, Sue Randell and Stephanie Kirkcaldy provide listening ears and much collective wisdom!

As I draw this report to a close, I want to encourage you. My testimony continues to be one of the grace (unmerited favour) of God, who takes what we offer in all our human frailty and brokenness and uses us to make a difference. Cornerstone needs us; the Kingdom of God needs us. I was reminded this week that I am now living what was only a dream for me five years ago – that I write this as an ordained minister in the universal Church of God, and that is only through the grace of God: that is the work that God has done in me. Let’s open our hearts and minds to God even more, embrace all that God offers us in the life of Jesus Christ, and then share that with all those who are yet “beyond these walls of worship” so that the kingdom and the Church might grow in God’s name and to His glory. May we hold one another in our prayers as we continue on this road together.

Deacon Sarah Pitkeathly

Report on Financial Outturn

The year-end accounts to 31 August 2023 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 £9,098 v budgeted surplus of £2,007 (before the agreed allocation of 30% letting income to the PDF).

updated approximately to the current date and plus depreciated expenditure since that full valuation and the trustees’ estimate of the land value.

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:

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 2022-2023 THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS ACCRUALS BASIS for the year ended 31 August 2023 London Road Methodist Church, Horsham Reglstered Charlty- Charlty R¢glstrnUon number 1134052 Dorking & Horsham Circuit 36 110 Mlnlster Rev Gavin Hancod(s Church Stewards: Mr David Casey (senior) Mrs Eslher Crx)mbes Mrs Elyane Dale Mrs Gill Scott Church Treasurer Mr Fred Kin

Narne of Church ¢>uJitNo 36 110 Statement ol Flnancial ktivities ISOFA) for the year ended 31 August 2023 F￿nd InGome 2.IWJAII 14.414 1￿.(￿￿).[•) .rm. 3 G¥t 1,$91.0.5 12 133428 4135 IAQZ4 16.Q23 8 T(W 11.797.B9 ExpendlbJr• 12 1325 81789 1Q21&42 5.51&trJ 2.979.05 10.564 10,218 &516 13Dewqcon 15Oknr￿dIL gT.-É 2hTI15 1D.895.65 13 l4n 747 12 64Ke3JX) -6P.71W) 477.76 2dTots1fUnd5LYwhtf<￿¥nrd 2STthafi￿￿Sllrl1EdlOrnry 11&1S>18

N￿e of Church London Raad Methodlst Churth. Horsham No 36 110 Statem•nt of Financial Actlwtl•s {SOFAI for th• y•ar •nd•d 31 August 2022 W￿l0th Q•rAThlFwhl Income 13. 419 t42 3 C4ftPJd 15 15.nl Z134 Expendltu 1ZS¢S 19.Y11 5.516 1854 4518 n7 4.924 11&123 11.629 25 rots1funds￿w￿fvt¥Vard 4F95 3.849.461 4,297.W6 566 31615

Njmeolthurch 36 1111 Balance Shoet as at 31 August 2023 Fuf Flxed Churchbuddingandothwprw& 4Jrn.4I0 4.3T64< 4.lal.486 Totsifthd5vqts 437Q410 prcp¥Thnty 48.L 15.DB TMCP 1832A CBntral Bowd D•w hh•nd t2.F86 5QA$2 142 1052D9 1S 3J.137 I$¥A8z l yèat 2.1FS 2.1fJ 44319 11U53 S137 19T.J ToMl4ss•ts 11S153 SX137 S73.741 Id rmvFEthan one Lo8nsfots¢f￿¢tt U24.759 33.137 4A73.749 297.1 G8r￿a F￿￿(u￿re￿￿K￿￿0I DonaW Fur￿5 IUnrE9Medl 4247 4424.75 115. S¢D.612 4￿.514 51W3 4￿.07$ 1$ Èn￿{r￿FVnd 4A2I759 3J.137 45n.749 4,2Y7,5¥5

Notes to the Accounts London Road Methodist Church. Hersham 1. Basls of accounting The finantial staternents have been pr8pared underthe Ch￿tieS kn 2011 ￿ accordance %%ilh the 2014 veF5ion of Accounting and Reporting by Ch8ribes". Statemeni of RecomTrnded Prathce ISORPI applicable to eharilies prepanllg their accounts in a([Ordan￿ vAth FRS102- Ihe Chaiities SORP {FRS1021 and laking note of the Update &uUetin l issued in 2018. 2. Funds Thè fund8 held const[￿te-. General Funds helrl for any purpose of the Churth ￿1¢h are Unrestsict8d', Designated Funds Sel aside for spe0￿C pU￿)SeS but remain1r￿ ￿derfUl1 ¢￿trol of the Tnjstees,. Restricted Funds vthiGh are held a narTofr purpose. Ther8 a￿ no Endowment funds. Detai15 Ot e8th Material fund are disdosed in Note 12 to th8$& aco)unts. Anyfunds may be r8presented by nN)re than N51 cash. 3. kcountlng policies Basis These accounts hsve been wepared on the basis of historic41 t￿t except that investments are shown at th￿r market value at the end of the year. The accrnals ba515 has been used to show a tnje and fair view of the Church8 financial position and activites. Incomlng Resources Income is indudgd in the Statempnt of Finandal ALvitte5 ISOFAI when Ihè Churth entitkd to the resources. and the Tru51ees are reasonaw L%rtain they￿￿ r￿￿e Ihe reSouK￿,. an¢J the monetsry value be m&a5ured with sufficiènt reliabilty. Resourcos Expended Th15 is recognised when a lIa￿lity Is incurred. or a constructive obligation arises, that resulls in the payment being unavoidatde. Liabilibe5 are reccsnFsed as soon as an ouitkwl of econo￿￿¢ tEnefft considered nwjre likely than not underthe IEgal cy constructive obig3tion commth.ng Ihe Church to payout ￿￿Jrr￿$. VAT Slnce the Church is nol VAT r89lste￿d, all inpLrt VAT is charged ￿1th Ihe expenses to vthi( it r81ers. Tangible fixed assets for use by the Church Tangible fixed assets a￿ L￿pitaliSed if they ian be used fw more than year. and Cixst at least £1.000. The freehcld property is shm in Ihe atxounts at 2023 insuranc8 values las a proxy for the fairv81ue calculated on a depre¢lated re￿a￿ment C05t basEI plus £200.000 for the value of the land. Capitalised building expendth ir¢urred $tnLE the last full valu8bon 1$ depreuatEd tsntil its ￿alue is indLtded in a full valuation. No other (lep￿lation is prDvided on the buildin9 because the Trustees Consider Ihe rAJrrent residual fair V8lue of the buildings IM the assury)Iron that tt had reached Ihe end of rts useful economic IKe by the yearndl to be not 18$5 than it5 WI￿nI value. Any depre￿ati￿ would not be rnaterial. The kyoperty has been reviewed for mpaim)ent. Investment propertlos Investment propÈrties. nts propety is cu￿anIty￿eeMed to IYA hekl fr the kng term pwrKsse5 ofthe tharity. Investments Investments are ¥a￿ed in the Ba17nce Sheet at rnarket vath * the year end. Investmènt in(x)me is induded in the acccAJnts when receivable and anygains or losses on ￿¥￿uati(￿ at the year end are Sho￿ in the SOFA. Dobtors and Prepayments The debtors and wepaymerrt inthdJ in the ac¢LxJnts are in resFect of18tUngs InV￿CeS. ac￿ed Gert￿d and the CiTcuII Assessment. Creditors Craitors i￿lUde Lw)th sundry expenses and bilL8 outslaThYing al 31 Augu 2023.

London Road Methodlst Church. Horsham 4. Payment to Trustees Sc*ne Trustees incutred expenses bthaWDf the Church AerE fEwnbut5d but ttwe ￿Ere no payrnents made to Trustees for serwce5 tKov%Jed Clwrth. Trustee P3yTnwts ts servi￿$ 2021122 Number ofTrustees Totsl Amount £0 £0 5. Fees for examlnallon or audlt of the a¢￿Unts 2022123 2021122 Independ￿1 examinerfs or auditors. fees for reporbThJ on the accounts Other fees leg.. athce, accountancy seTrTcesl paid lo the independent examinef or audrtor A donation is rnade to a charity nominated bythe IndeFendent Examiner in lieu of 8ny fees. 6. Pald employees There are no paid ernploye8s of the Churth. The Presbyter with pastoral reSp￿￿t￿lity for the Church re¢wve5 8 st￿pend but this is paid by (he Circuit Using lunds received from e8th Churth in Ihe Circuit through the Circuit Assessment. 7. Capital Commitments and Contlngent Llabllltles At 31 August 2023 there are no capit81 (x)mmttm8nts. No Contingent liabibties were ￿eDlified al 31 Augus12023. 8. For Information only Money recetved and passed on to Extemal Organisations 2022r23 2021122 Balan¢e brought forw•rd Offering l Gifts- recaved for Exiemal Organtsations 5.386 Off8ring l GTfts- passed to Extemal Organisations 5.386 Balance carried forward

London Ro•d M*thodlsJt Chur¢h Horsham 9. Tanglbl8 flxed assets C08t or ¥a￿all0￿ Church Inon Investment) Land & Bulldlngs Other (non Inve5tsn8frt} LRnd & Bulldlngs Payments on account and assets vndar onstruGtion Fixturas. Ilttlngs equipment bulldlngs Total Balance brought forward 4,187.218 55.483 4.242,701 Additions Revaluations l+l-I 190,469 190,469 Dlsptssals 1-1 Transfgrs 1+1.) Balance Carried for¥vdrd 4.377.687 55.483 4,433.170 Accumulated depreclatlon Balance brought forward 5.6 45.524 51.214 Dlsposals l_l Transfers l+l-I Balance carried forward 7.587 49,143 56,730 Net book value Brought forward 4,181,528 9,959 4,191.487 Carried fornard 4,370,100 6.340 4.376,440 10. Inveslmont assets The Church has no Investment properies. The Church has no common investment fvnd holdings. 11. Loans The Church currently ha$ no loans.

London Road Methodist Churth, How5ham 12. Analysis of Restricted and Designated funds 2022-2023 Fund Nam¢ Openlng Balance Incomlng Resources Resources Expended Transfers Closlng Balan Purpo80 olthèfund Benevolent Fund Dasi naied Memonals Fu De51 n8ted Church Misson Fu IDesign2tedl 25 25 Support for indN￿ual5 Ins eufic ne8d Available forfunding member memon81s Available for funding church mission 325 325 6,520 Property Dev81orrtn￿ Fun Des1 nated Legaoes IRestri¢ledl 21,695 150,000 -62,713 108,982 Avai18ble to help %ith long4erm thurth mainienance Available to use against speoffc ects 31.460 1.004 -52 31.032 Tolsls 60,026 151,004 -52 -64.093 146.884 Breakdown of tmnsfe ReceNin Property Developmeni Fund 4.807 fvnd enevi)]Ènt Fund Transfwring fund G8n8ral Fund Churd) Mis5iUn Fund Toials Rea$on Generdl Fund 4,807 Letting$ in(OTne and benevolent support oliu8s Additional c2rp&ts P￿pertY Devdoprnent Fund Church Mission Fund 67.520 67,520 Toilet & fridge iwnning LegaGie5 1.380 1,380 Audio wsual develo rnent Tota15 68,gLKI 4.807 Comparafive Anatysis of RestrictedandDesignated funds 2021-2022 Fund Nam• Opening Balance I￿aming Re$ourco5 Transfers Closing Balanco Purpts8a ¢)fthefund Expended BeneVol￿t Fu Desl naled Memonals Fund Desi nalod Church Mission Fund (Desgnatsdl 25 25 Support for indNiduals &cific need Availabie forfvnding mernber memorials AVaila￿e forftjnding church missioft 325 325 7,0(K) 6.520 PTOtErty Development Fund De51 Legaoes IReslnct8dl 18,Str2 3.103 21,695 Available to help wth long-t8rm chuy maintenance Available tD use against specific 25.314 12,142 31.460 Totsls 51,257 12,142 -52 -3.321 60,026

  1. Intemal Organlsations 2022-2023 Movements Organl88tlon Op¢nln9 Balance Inwming Resources Resou￿e$ Expended Adjust Closing Balance Ladies Wedne￿aY Club 1.1S2 -1,215 595 Parent$ & TL￿dIerS 1.183 1,183 -1,258 1.108 Messy Chur 123 123 Totals 2.335 -2.473 1,826 The int8mal oryanisations of th8 Chutth rgport lo CIwTth Cwnol and hold funds separately. These funds are independent of those held vrithin the Church accounts. The Income aThJ gxpendiluTe ha5 Lwn incJded uTrJer Restrictsd Fund5 in line5 6 and 16 resp8cv8ly. Th8 Opening and dosing balances are indud8d in fines 24 and 25 as funds loTh¥wd al 1 September2022 and (xrried forvrdrd al 31 August 2023.

DECLARATIONS Treasurer I wnfirm that I have prepared these accruals-based ac(x)unts from the re(x)rds of the Church and that they include all fvnds under the control of the Church Counul Signatvre of Treasurer Date Name MT Fred King Address 29 Beaver Close, Horsham Wesl Sussex RH12 5GB Presentation to the Church Councll for approval. I confirm that the Accounts have been presented to the Church Council on and were approved. Signature of the Chair of the meeting Nama of the Chair of the meetlng Rev Gavin Hancocks Date Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of the London Road Methodist Church, Horsham The Church's Trustees are responsible for ensuring that the annu81 repKJrt and accounts present a true and fair view of the Church's income and expendthre for the year and of its assets and liabilities at the balance sheet date. The Trustees consider that an audti is not ￿e￿ssary for this year under Section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and that an independent examination is needed. It rs my responsibility to.. examine the accounts under secknon 145 of the Charibes Act 2011: follow the procedures laid down ￿¢ the general Direclions given by the Charity Conimission under Section 14515llb) of the Charities Act 2011- and slate whether particular matters have come to my attentir￿.

Basls of Independent Examin•￿$ Report Nly examination was carried out Tn accordance the general Direcbons given bylhe Charity Commisston. An examination indudes a review ofthe accounting records kept by the charity and a cx)mparison ofthe accounts ￿th those records. It also Includes consideration of any unusual tiems, in nature or scale, or disclosures in the accounts, seeking explanations from the Trustees Conceming any such matte￿. The procedLJres undertaken do not prowde 811 the evidence ihat w)uKI be required in an audit and consequenuy no opinion 15 givell a5 to whether the accounts present a true and fair ￿ew. My report is limited lo Ihose matters set out in th8 siat8ment b840w. Independent Examlnerfs Statoment In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention.. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements.. . to keep accounting records in aC￿rdan￿ vAlh Section 130 of the Charitie5 Act 2011; and . to prepare accounts thich accord with the accounting records and comply vAth the accounting requirements of the Charities Act 2011 have not been met. or 121 lo which, in my opinion, attention shoukj be drawn in order to enable a proper understsnding of the accounts lo be ￿aChed. {31 I Iw*lhave not" obtained independent verification of all investh)ents wth the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or hekl in other trusts, bank balances and funds al the centr￿ Finance Board of the Methcmlist Church which are indiwdually in excess 01 £10.000 (ten thousand pounds) al the balance sheet date. Name -fo pjy <1 Signature Relevant Professional qualification or b Address 37 £tyLcrH r££RAL< ITrL£ J EST 54L>￿¥ Ipj I Date