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## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Lichfield Methodist Church **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1134083 **Charity's principal address** Backcester Lane Lichfield Staffordshire **Postcode WS13 6JH** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Dates acted if not for Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
whole year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Rev Wendy Walker Minister Sept 2024 Ex-officio
Rev Joanna Superintendent Ex Officio
2
Thornton Minister (chair)
3 Cathy Ackroyd Steward General Church Meeting
4 Tina Hayes Steward General Church Meeting
5 Jon Woolf Steward General Church Meeting
6 Nigel Harding Steward General Church Meeting
7 Sally Hogan Steward General Church Meeting
8 Andrew Poole Steward General Church Meeting
9 Howard Willis Church Treasurer Church Council
10 David Barton CC Secretary Extra Church Council
11 Sue Coley Pastoral Cttee Sec Church Council
12 Paul McDermott Circuit Steward Rep Circuit Leadership Team
13 Mark Hambly Safeguarding Adults Church Council
Anne Westoby Safeguarding Church Council
14
Youth
15 Richard Coleman Church Cashier Church Council
Matthew Bates Finance & Property Church Council
16
Committee
Alison Statham Pastoral Committee Church Council
17
Methodist Cafe Church Council
John Yates Tamworth House Church Council
18
Treasurer
Gill Woolf Worship Church Council
19
Consultation
20 Anthea Hockney GCM Rep General Church Meeting
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21 David Shaw GCM Rep General Church Meeting
22 Jane Parker GCM Rep General Church Meeting
23 Susan Hambly GCM Rep General Church Meeting
24 Jenny Yates GCM Rep General Church Meeting
25 Christine McDermott GCM Rep General Church Meeting
26 Rev Sue Smith GCM Rep General Church Meeting
27 Rev Ken Howcroft GCM Rep General Church Meeting
28 Carole Hicks GCM Rep General Church Meeting
29 Anne Brown GCM Rep General Church Meeting
30 Annette Phillips GCM Rep General Church Meeting
31 Ellen Gibbon GCM Rep 01.09.2024 18.5.2025 General Church Meeting
32 Barbara Barker GCM Rep General Church Meeting
33 Keith Watterson GCM Rep General Church Meeting
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## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
The Trustees for Methodist Church
Purposes
(Custodian Trustee)
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name Address** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** Deed of Union (1932) Type of governing document Methodist Church Act (1976) (eg. Trust deed, constitution) Act of Parliament How the charity is constituted (eg. Trust, association, company) Appointed by Church Council / General Church Meeting / some ex-officio Trustee selection methods (eg. Appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** March **2012** **TAR** 2 You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: ## **Training** - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - Range of guidance produced by Methodist Connexion available to all trustees on line - Charity Commission Guidance including CC3 - to each existing trustee (Dec 2015) and to be given as a matter of course to new trustees ## **Structure** - Part of Tamworth & Lichfield Circuit · Accountable to the Methodist Conference - relationship with any related parties; - t major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Risks** - Discussed by Church Council - Take professional advice as required - Adopted Safeguarding Policy ## **Section C Objectives and activities** Set out in the Methodist Church Act 1976 The purposes of the Methodist Church are and shall be deemed to have been since the Date of Union the advancement of: **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** The Christian faith in accordance with the doctrinal standards and discipline of The Methodist Church; b) Any charitable purpose for the time being of any Connexional, District, Circuit. Local or other organisation of The Methodist Church; - c) Any charitable purpose for the time being of any society or institution subsidiary or ancillary to The Methodist Church; d) Any purpose for the time being of any charity being a charity subsidiary or ancillary to The Methodist Church. March **2012** **TAR** 3 The Church is part of a Circuit quarterly preaching plan to ensure regular acts of worship take place. These are open to all people, without charge. guidance on public benefit. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** Local Churches, Circuits and Districts are not defined as (external) grantmaking bodies The main part of our church activities is undertaken by lay persons (volunteers) You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. March **2012** **TAR** 4 Achievements and performance ## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Our appointed Minister was on maternity leave during the previous year (2023-2024) and at the
end of September decided to move on to pastures new. A new Minister has been appointed and
will commence his appointment in Sept 2025. In the meantime our Circuit Superintendent Minister
oversaw proceedings of the church.
Sunday Morning Worship continues with diverse worship styles. The breakfast Service RISE!
continues at the earliest Sunday morning Service, alternating each week with a more traditional
form of worship. Mid- b
worship.
people new to the church. This is a dementia friendly church. The church operates a Coffee Shop
refuge scheme).
A new logo, mantra & mission statement continue to be followed
Mantra: Open to God, Open to All
Mission Statement: An accepting and nurturing church, changing lives through faith in Christ. A
new church website has been set up to improve communication etc. Use of social media has
Lichfield.
Emphasis is placed on being a justice seeking church. The church promotes eco-friendly initiatives
and has a Fair Trade Policy. As part of our commitment to being a justice seeking church we are
continuing to stock and sell fairtrade and eco goods on church premises.
The church continues to be one of 6 churches in Lichfield city which have been recognised as
Faith Places of Sanctuary
The church has a Safeguarding Policy and Safeguarding Training Courses were held for those
working with children and vulnerable people. Stewards and office holders have attended Equality,
Diversity & Inclusive Training.
Ongoing Church Activities have continued including:
Boys Brigade (unfortunately discontinued during the year after 47 years association with the
church. A Celebration Service was held attended by many men and boys who were former
members of the Brigade). Brownie Groups, Tiddlers Toddlers, various Bible Study Groups, MWiB
(Women s Network), Ladies Lunch Club, , Music Group and Causeway, a
fellowship group for adults with additional needs, continue. A Men s Bible Study & Breakfast is
held on a number of Saturdays for those who work.
Youth Fellowship (7 1 3 years) continues in its activities. An event similar
was held again in February 2024.
In Autumn 2024 our young people attended 3Generate and in Spring 2025 attended Amplify a
District residential event held at a pioneer centre in Shropshire.
Our Family Worker has been active in many of the church groups and regularly visits local schools
to lead worship and assemblies and assist at lunchtime clubs. Some of this contact has been in
schools to share Bible stories. This has enabled her to forge links with the wider community,
events have been organised: Teddy Praise, Woodland Crunch, Christingle and Holiday Club. The
continues, in collaboration with the local Baptist Church, to offer a
welcoming space to support parents and carers who care for children with additional needs.
During the year the church council decided to extend her contract for another 3 years.
Fund raising for the support of the church has taken place including some proceeds from the
coffee shop and stalls selling cakes & other goods. The appeal at Christmastime for Shoeboxes to
be sent to children overseas was again well supported. The Macmillan coffee morning was also
well supported as have appeals for support / donations for world disasters.
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March **2012** **TAR** 5 Section E Financial review Funds are retained to meet the annual assessm8nt costs. pr8mis8s costs and employment costs. Fundraising events are organised. Finance Committee meets in the year and reports to Church Council. Brlèf statèment of the charity's pollcy on rnserves Delail$ of any funds matsrially In doflctt None Further financlal revlow detalls {Optlonal Inforniatlon) Source of Funds:. Wa8kly offerings, tax recoveries, donations. fwMJr8i5ing events. rental Income from property owned by the Methodist Church. You may choose to indude additional information. ￿there relevant about: the charity's principal sources of fijnds (including any fundraising): how expendiiure has supported the key objectives of the charity. investment policy and objectives induding any ethical investrnent policy adopted. Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration The trustèes declare that they have approved the trustees. report above. Slgned on behalf of the charws trustoes Slgnaturn(s) Full namo(s) Posftlon (eg Secrotary, Chair, Rev Mark Stennett David M C Barton Chairperson Church C(KKKil Secretary TAR Marth 2012 # **CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS** # **THE METHODIST CHURCH** # **STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS** ## **Lichfield Methodist** **Church** FOR THE YEAR ENDED ## 31 August 2025 |**Circuit**
**Tamworth and Lichfield**|**Circuit no.**|**05/09**| |---|---|---| |**Registered Charity - Charity Registration number**||| |||1134083| 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: ## Revd Jo Thornton Church Stewards: Cathy Ackroyd Nigel Harding Tina Hayes Sally Hogan Andy Poole Jon Woolf Treasurer: Howard Willis Church-receipts-and-payments-2025_Normal 1 of 5 **ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025** **Church** ## **Lichfield Methodist** ||**SECTION A**|||**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**|**£**
**100,989**
**6,906**
**63,845**
**22,682**
**Totals this**
**year**|**£**
**100,989**
**6,906**
**63,845**
**22,682**
**Totals this**
**year**|**Totals last**
**year**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||**£**|**£**|**£**||**£**|| |a1|**RECEIPTS**||**Note**||||||| |a2|Offerings and Tax recovered|||100,989||**100,989**||98,857|| |a3|Bank and CFB interest and
Investment income|||6,906||**6,906**||6,681|| |a4|Lettings|||63,845||**63,845**||55,805|| |a5|Other receipts|||12,682|10,000|**22,682**||10,727|| |a6|**TOTAL RECEIPTS**|||**184,422**|**10,000**|**194,422 **|**(a7)**|**172,070**|| ||||||||||| ||**SECTION B**|||||**86,566**
**2,109**
**22,818**
**15,383**
**24,761**
**8,909**|||| |b1|**PAYMENTS**||||||||| |b2|Circuit Assessment or Share|||86,566||**86,566**||89,642|| |b3|Donations|||2,109||**2,109**||1,134|| |b4|Repairs and Maintenance|||22,818||**22,818**||19,387|| |b5|Utilities (Insurances, water
charges, heating& lighting)|||15,383||**15,383**||18,934|| |b6|LayWorker|||24,761||**24,761**||22,121|| |b7|Other payments|||4,753|4,156|**8,909**||3,443|| |b8|**TOTAL PAYMENTS**|||**156,390**|**4,156**|**160,546 **|**(b9)**|**154,661**|| |||||||**33,876**|||| ||**SECTION C**||||||||| |c1|**NET RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS**
**FOR THE YEAR**
**(a6-b8)**|||28,032|5,844|**33,876**||17,409|| ||||||||||| |c2|Total funds brought forward from
last year|||167,813||**167,813 **|**(c6)**|150,404|| |||||||**201,689**|||| |c3|**(c1+c2)**
**Sub total**|||195,845|5,844|**201,689**||**167,813**|| ||||||||||| |c4|Transfers and adjustments||||||**(c7)**||| ||||||||||| |c5|**TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR**
**(c3+c4)**|||**195,845**|**5,844**|**201,689 **|**(c8)**|**167,813**|**(c6)**| ||**SECTION D**||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |d|**FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL**
**(these amounts are not to be included in total receipts/payments figures above)**||**£**
**£**
**ORGANISATIONS**||| |d1|Balance brought forward from lastyear||||| |d2|Offerings/Gifts - received for external organisations||1,955||1,025| |d3|Offerings/Gifts - passed to external organisations||1,955||1,025| |d4|**BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID**(d1+d2-d3)||||| 2 of 5 Church-receipts-and-payments-2025_Normal Lichfield Methodist **Church** ## **SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL** **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. ||**SECTION E**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**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**
**ORGANISATIONS**||Receipts||Payments||Net Receipts/
Payments||Adjustments||Opening
balances||Closing balances|| |e1|**Toddlers**||1,028||1,089||(61)||||94||33|| |e2|**Catering**||595||||595||||6,662||7,257|| |e3|**Wesley Guild**||150||150||||||1||1|| |e4|**Methodist Women in Britain**||108||100||8||||392||400|| |e5|**Youth Club**||246||300||(54)||||187||133|| |e6||||||||||||||| |e7||||||||||||||| |e8|Sub total of Internal
Organisations funds||2,127||1,639||488||||7,336|**(e11)**|7,824|**(e12)**| |e9|**Church accounts (totals**
**brought forward from page**
**2 - totals column)**
||**194,422 **|**(a7)**|**160,546 **|**(b9)**|**33,876**|||**(c7)**|**167,813 **|**(c6)**|**201,689**|**(c8)**| |e10|~~**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD**~~
**BY CHURCH**||**196,549**||**162,185**||**34,364**||||**175,149**|**(x)**|**209,513**|**(y)**| ||||**TOTAL RECEIPTS**||**TOTAL**
**PAYMENTS**|||||||||| ## **SECTION F** ## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES** ||**STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES**|||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**CHURCH - CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 August 2025**
Central Finance Board
Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
Other funds
Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
balance total from above) (e12)
Bank Deposit Account
**SUB TOTAL - Church accounts**
**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH**
Cash in hand
Bank Current Account|**OPENING**
**BALANCES**
36
12,303
26,941
100,036
28,497
**167,813**
(c6)
**7,336** (e11)
**175,149**
(x)|**CLOSING**
**BALANCES**|| |f1|Cash in hand||36|| |f2|Bank Current Account||20,909|| |f3|Bank Deposit Account||17,454|| |f4|Central Finance Board||133,526|| |f5|Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes||29,764|| |f6|Other funds|||| |f7|**SUB TOTAL - Church accounts**||**201,689**|(c8)| |f8|Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
balance total from above) (e12)||**7,824**|(e12)| |f9|**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH**||**209,513**|(y)| |||||| ||**SECTION G**
**OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES**
Other Assets
Other Liabilities
Investments(include Endowments)
Land & Buildings(see notes re Insurance value)
Loan(s)- show amount outstandingatyear end|At
1 September 2024
5,580,298|At
31 August 2025
5,909,736|| |g1|Investments(include Endowments)|||| |g2|Land & Buildings(see notes re Insurance value)|5,580,298|5,909,736|| |g3|Other Assets|||| |g4|Loan(s)- show amount outstandingatyear end|||| |g5|Other Liabilities|||| 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 3 of 5 Church-receipts-and-payments-2025_Normal Name of Church Lichfield Methodist No 05/09 ## **Declarations and Scrutiny** I confirm 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 ……………………………………………………… Date…………………….. Name and address of treasurer Howard Willis 134 Beacon Park Village, Lower Sandford Street, Lichfield Post Code WS13 6JZ ## **Presentation to the Church trustees** I confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025 were presented to the meeting of the Church trustees held on 21 October 2025 Signature of the Chair of the meeting …………………………………………………………………… Name of the Chair of the meeting Revd Mark Stennett Date …………………… ## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the** ## **Lichfield Methodist Church** ## **Charity Number 1134083** ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Lichfield Methodist Church for the year ended 31 August 2025 set out on pages 2 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 carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 4 of 5 Church-receipts-and-payments-2025_Normal Name of Church Lichfield Methodist No 05/09 ## **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 have not 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. Signature of independent examiner …………………………………………………………………. Name of independent examiner K H Goldsworthy Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner FFA Incorporated Financial Accountant Name of firm (where appropriate) ……………………………………………………………………… Address 30 Footherley Road, Shenstone, Lichfield WS14 0NJ Date ………………………………………… Church-receipts-and-payments-2025_Normal 5 of 5 # **CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS** # **THE METHODIST CHURCH** # **STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS** ## **Lichfield Methodist** **Church** FOR THE YEAR ENDED ## 31 August 2025 |**Circuit**
**Tamworth and Lichfield**|**Circuit no.**|**05/09**| |---|---|---| |**Registered Charity - Charity Registration number**||| |||1134083| 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: ## Revd Jo Thornton Church Stewards: Cathy Ackroyd Nigel Harding Tina Hayes Sally Hogan Andy Poole Jon Woolf Treasurer: Howard Willis Church-receipts-and-payments-2025_Normal 1 of 5 **ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025** **Church** ## **Lichfield Methodist** ||**SECTION A**|||**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**|**£**
**100,989**
**6,906**
**63,845**
**22,682**
**Totals this**
**year**|**£**
**100,989**
**6,906**
**63,845**
**22,682**
**Totals this**
**year**|**Totals last**
**year**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||**£**|**£**|**£**||**£**|| |a1|**RECEIPTS**||**Note**||||||| |a2|Offerings and Tax recovered|||100,989||**100,989**||98,857|| |a3|Bank and CFB interest and
Investment income|||6,906||**6,906**||6,681|| |a4|Lettings|||63,845||**63,845**||55,805|| |a5|Other receipts|||12,682|10,000|**22,682**||10,727|| |a6|**TOTAL RECEIPTS**|||**184,422**|**10,000**|**194,422 **|**(a7)**|**172,070**|| ||||||||||| ||**SECTION B**|||||**86,566**
**2,109**
**22,818**
**15,383**
**24,761**
**8,909**|||| |b1|**PAYMENTS**||||||||| |b2|Circuit Assessment or Share|||86,566||**86,566**||89,642|| |b3|Donations|||2,109||**2,109**||1,134|| |b4|Repairs and Maintenance|||22,818||**22,818**||19,387|| |b5|Utilities (Insurances, water
charges, heating& lighting)|||15,383||**15,383**||18,934|| |b6|LayWorker|||24,761||**24,761**||22,121|| |b7|Other payments|||4,753|4,156|**8,909**||3,443|| |b8|**TOTAL PAYMENTS**|||**156,390**|**4,156**|**160,546 **|**(b9)**|**154,661**|| |||||||**33,876**|||| ||**SECTION C**||||||||| |c1|**NET RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS**
**FOR THE YEAR**
**(a6-b8)**|||28,032|5,844|**33,876**||17,409|| ||||||||||| |c2|Total funds brought forward from
last year|||167,813||**167,813 **|**(c6)**|150,404|| |||||||**201,689**|||| |c3|**(c1+c2)**
**Sub total**|||195,845|5,844|**201,689**||**167,813**|| ||||||||||| |c4|Transfers and adjustments||||||**(c7)**||| ||||||||||| |c5|**TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR**
**(c3+c4)**|||**195,845**|**5,844**|**201,689 **|**(c8)**|**167,813**|**(c6)**| ||**SECTION D**||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |d|**FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL**
**(these amounts are not to be included in total receipts/payments figures above)**||**£**
**£**
**ORGANISATIONS**||| |d1|Balance brought forward from lastyear||||| |d2|Offerings/Gifts - received for external organisations||1,955||1,025| |d3|Offerings/Gifts - passed to external organisations||1,955||1,025| |d4|**BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID**(d1+d2-d3)||||| 2 of 5 Church-receipts-and-payments-2025_Normal Lichfield Methodist **Church** ## **SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL** **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. ||**SECTION E**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**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**
**ORGANISATIONS**||Receipts||Payments||Net Receipts/
Payments||Adjustments||Opening
balances||Closing balances|| |e1|**Toddlers**||1,028||1,089||(61)||||94||33|| |e2|**Catering**||595||||595||||6,662||7,257|| |e3|**Wesley Guild**||150||150||||||1||1|| |e4|**Methodist Women in Britain**||108||100||8||||392||400|| |e5|**Youth Club**||246||300||(54)||||187||133|| |e6||||||||||||||| |e7||||||||||||||| |e8|Sub total of Internal
Organisations funds||2,127||1,639||488||||7,336|**(e11)**|7,824|**(e12)**| |e9|**Church accounts (totals**
**brought forward from page**
**2 - totals column)**
||**194,422 **|**(a7)**|**160,546 **|**(b9)**|**33,876**|||**(c7)**|**167,813 **|**(c6)**|**201,689**|**(c8)**| |e10|~~**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD**~~
**BY CHURCH**||**196,549**||**162,185**||**34,364**||||**175,149**|**(x)**|**209,513**|**(y)**| ||||**TOTAL RECEIPTS**||**TOTAL**
**PAYMENTS**|||||||||| ## **SECTION F** ## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES** ||**STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES**|||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**CHURCH - CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 August 2025**
Central Finance Board
Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
Other funds
Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
balance total from above) (e12)
Bank Deposit Account
**SUB TOTAL - Church accounts**
**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH**
Cash in hand
Bank Current Account|**OPENING**
**BALANCES**
36
12,303
26,941
100,036
28,497
**167,813**
(c6)
**7,336** (e11)
**175,149**
(x)|**CLOSING**
**BALANCES**|| |f1|Cash in hand||36|| |f2|Bank Current Account||20,909|| |f3|Bank Deposit Account||17,454|| |f4|Central Finance Board||133,526|| |f5|Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes||29,764|| |f6|Other funds|||| |f7|**SUB TOTAL - Church accounts**||**201,689**|(c8)| |f8|Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
balance total from above) (e12)||**7,824**|(e12)| |f9|**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH**||**209,513**|(y)| |||||| ||**SECTION G**
**OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES**
Other Assets
Other Liabilities
Investments(include Endowments)
Land & Buildings(see notes re Insurance value)
Loan(s)- show amount outstandingatyear end|At
1 September 2024
5,580,298|At
31 August 2025
5,909,736|| |g1|Investments(include Endowments)|||| |g2|Land & Buildings(see notes re Insurance value)|5,580,298|5,909,736|| |g3|Other Assets|||| |g4|Loan(s)- show amount outstandingatyear end|||| |g5|Other Liabilities|||| 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 3 of 5 Church-receipts-and-payments-2025_Normal Name of Church Lichfield Methodist No 05/09 ## **Declarations and Scrutiny** I confirm 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 ……………………………………………………… Date…………………….. Name and address of treasurer Howard Willis 134 Beacon Park Village, Lower Sandford Street, Lichfield Post Code WS13 6JZ ## **Presentation to the Church trustees** I confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025 were presented to the meeting of the Church trustees held on 21 October 2025 Signature of the Chair of the meeting …………………………………………………………………… Name of the Chair of the meeting Revd Mark Stennett Date …………………… ## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the** ## **Lichfield Methodist Church** ## **Charity Number 1134083** ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Lichfield Methodist Church for the year ended 31 August 2025 set out on pages 2 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 carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 4 of 5 Church-receipts-and-payments-2025_Normal Name of Church Lichfield Methodist No 05/09 ## **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 have not 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. Signature of independent examiner …………………………………………………………………. Name of independent examiner K H Goldsworthy Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner FFA Incorporated Financial Accountant Name of firm (where appropriate) ……………………………………………………………………… Address 30 Footherley Road, Shenstone, Lichfield WS14 0NJ Date ………………………………………… Church-receipts-and-payments-2025_Normal 5 of 5