## **CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS** # **THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS** ## **Church Road Methodist Church** **Church** FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2025 |**Circuit**
**Circuit no.**
**Blackpool and South Fylde Circuit**
**Registered Charity - Charity Registration number**|1134109
**21/14**| |---|---| 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 Stuart Wild **Church Stewards:** Bill Ellison Catherine Irving Janet Fielding Isaac Moore Treasurer: Jonathan Livesey Church-receipts-and-payments-2025_Normal_dZU0B6S.xlsx 1 of 5 **Church Road Church Methodist Church** **ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Unrestricted Restricted Totals this Totals last
SECTION A Funds Funds year year
£ £ £ £
a1 RECEIPTS Note
a2 Offerings and Tax recovered 33,007 33,007 46,586
Bank and CFB interest and
a3 Investment income 3,236
a4 Lettings 26,416 26,416 16,812
a5 Other receipts 12,186 15,214 27,400 65,728
a6 TOTAL RECEIPTS 71,609 15,214 86,823 (a7) 132,362
SECTION B
b1 PAYMENTS
b2 Circuit Assessment or Share 29,268 29,268 48,780
b3 Donations 450 450 2,789
b4 Repairs and Maintenance 13,671 13,671 3,760
Utilities (Insurances, water
b5 charges, heating & lighting) 24,951 24,951 21,473
b6
b7 Other payments 17,855 51,975 69,830 55,607
b8 TOTAL PAYMENTS 86,195 51,975 138,170 (b9) 132,409
SECTION C
NET RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS
c1 FOR THE YEAR (a6-b8) (14,586) (36,761) (51,347) (47)
Total funds brought forward from
last year
c2 78,556 78,556 (c6) 89,899
c3 Sub total (c1+c2) 63,970 (36,761) 27,209 89,852
c4 Transfers and adjustments (c7) 1,000
c5 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR (c3+c4) 63,970 (36,761) 27,209 (c8) 90,852 (c6)
SECTION D
FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS
d (these amounts are not to be included in total receipts/payments figures above) £ £
d1 Balance brought forward from last year (445) 1,350
d2 Offerings/Gifts - received for external organisations 938 894
d3 Offerings/Gifts - passed to external organisations 406 2,689
d4 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID (d1+d2-d3) 87 (445)
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2 of 5 Church-receipts-and-payments-2025_Normal_dZU0B6S.xlsx Church Road Methodist Church **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. **----- Start of picture text -----**
INTERNAL Net Receipts/ Opening
ORGANISATIONS Receipts Payments Payments Adjustments balances Closing balances
e1 Movement to Music 2,424 2,450 (26) 25 38 37
e2 Flower Fund 608 25 583 583
e3
e4
e5
e6
e7
Sub total of Internal
e8 Organisations funds 3,032 2,475 557 25 38 (e11) 619 (e12)
Church accounts (totals
brought forward from page
e9 2 - totals column) 86,823 (a7) 138,170 (b9) (51,347) (c7) 78,556 (c6) 27,209 (c8)
TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD
e10 BY CHURCH 89,855 140,645 (50,790) 25 78,594 (x) 27,828 (y)
Continue on a separate sheet TOTAL
if necessary and bring the TOTAL RECEIPTS
PAYMENTS
totals forward
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## **SECTION F** ## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES** |f1
f2
f3
f4
f5
f6
f7
f8
f9
g1
g2
g3
g4
g5|**CHURCH - CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 August 2025**
**SECTION G**
**OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES**
Other Assets
Central Finance Board
Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
Other funds
Other Liabilities
Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
balance total from above) (e12)
Investments (include Endowments)
Loan(s) - show amount outstanding at year end
Bank Deposit Account
Land & Buildings (see notes re Insurance value)
**SUB TOTAL - Church accounts**
**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH**
Bank Current Account
Cash in hand|**OPENING**
**BALANCES**
59,558
982
28,413
**88,954**
(c6)
**38** (e11)
**88,992**
(x)
At
1 September 2024|**CLOSING**
**BALANCES**
9,123
1,488
78,556
**89,167**
(c8)
**619** (e12)
**89,787**
(y)
At
31 August 2025| |---|---|---|---| 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_dZU0B6S.xlsx Name of Church …………………………………………………………… No……….. ## **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 ………………Jonathan Livesey 35 Blackpool Road, Ansdell, Lytham FY8 4EJ ## **Presentation to the Church trustees** I confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025 were/will be* presented to the meeting of the Church trustees held on …………….. Signature of the Chair of the meeting …………………………………………………………………… Name of the Chair of the meeting …………………………………………… Date …………………… ## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the** ## **Church Road Methodist Church** **Charity Number** 1134109 ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the …………………………………. Church for the year ended 31 August 2025 set out on pages … to …. 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. * delete or circle as appropriate 4 of 5 Church-receipts-and-payments-2025_Normal_dZU0B6S.xlsx Name of Church ………………………………………………………………………… No …………. ## **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 (other than that disclosed below*) which give me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. I have/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 ………………………………………………………………………. Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner ……………………………………… Name of firm (where appropriate) ……………………………………………………………………… Address …………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………….. Post Code ……………… Date ………………………………………… - delete or circle as appropriate Church-receipts-and-payments-2025_Normal_dZU0B6S.xlsx 5 of 5