Walsall and District Methodist Circuit Trustees. Annual Reportforthe year ended 31st August 2024 Reference and admlnistratk)n detslls Registered charty name The MetlK¥SBt ctxwch Walsall Circuit R8g5stsred Charity Numbor 1134411 Chartys Prfnclpal Address 35 Park Road. wasaa. West MKllants WS5 &JU Webstte Charlty Trustees These are ts members of the Methxlist Church Walsall Cifcuii Meetir¥J. Ttw are made up (￿ circuit offr holders, ministers and representatives awxnted by the tsal churches. Full membership ￿ Ilsted at Ihe erKI of reporL Clrcuit minlstsrn and Offi￿r3 {Crcthi Lead￿thip Te&n) as at 31.C624 Active Circ￿￿ Ministers Rev Jeremy H8wklr Rev Nancy Ndoho Deacon Helen Wobsier {sharedl Rev ElizaL*th DunnirKJ IPart f#ne} Rev Stuart Reed {Part fime} Mrs Anne Kdsax CiKuit Lay Wtykers Circuit Stewards Mrs Margaret Gl)trf)ns Mr &i'an Malsbury Mrs Gfd Jclty Clrcutt Treasurer Mr Bri￿ Redy Clrcuit Secretary Mrs sl￿ Srnilh safegU￿ding OffTh Mrs Sue Smith Custcrfjian Trustees The TTUStees for MeltLwht Chwch Purp)ses HSBC tral Final￿e B(wd of the Methodist Church The BrKlge. 9 BC￿1111 Str Walsal Ltyylon WS1 1LN EC2A 4PE Bankers Obioctlves and activities The CirCu￿S o*live ts to ￿t as a Reg)urce ryovkkn With￿ the area mJrff5 Wasall arjd DÉstrict for the Methodist Church. The purposes of trE Meltkxtst ch￿Ch are, arKI be deemed to have Sffbce the Date of Union, the advancement of."- a) The Christ&2n fath in xcordance the doctrinal *andards and of the Methc*Jist Churc b) Any charitable purpose for the time tE1r￿ (rf CLxy)exK￿TrI D￿str￿( CirciuL Ic￿1 or other organisatKKt of the MetPy)dist cl￿r¢h. c) Any charrtable purrJ)se for the ttme b￿ng of any ￿Cl&ty (K institiitm, gjbsxliary or ancillary to the MethcKlist Church. dl Any purr(tse f(Y the time of any charity, trw)g a chanty &tsdiary or al￿11 lary to the Mettrw)dist Church. The mell￿dIst Church Walsall CirGuit- a) Acts as an Umbrel￿ trx)ty fr￿ 6 churches. b) Organises and resources regdar acts of worsf#p open to both MeM￿rS of the church and non-members. A preaching ￿an is w(xJuc&J to gve nfomiation abwl the acts of worship taking place at eaGh GhuTCh. c} Resources pastoral work includiTr3 ¥i&ttng the sick and l￿aved. d) Arranges training for th(Ee who ￿ wC￿lIP. both L￿al Preachefs and Wixship Leaders. e) Ensures that the Safeguardiro P￿¢Y for tx)th Chthjren and Vulnerat4e Adutts is fOll￿ed. training Es given and checks are made as nethL fj Confirms th* the Tru*ees Fove regard to Ihe Clwity Cc¥nrnissK¥i's 9vid8￿e ￿ public benefiL Achievements and perforniance during the year Circuit has to act as an ufftbreja txxty for 6 clwrch&% The Circutt produces a weekly Dre&hing IAap, ftr each (r. its chwch* Some or cfryJrches th have mbj-week servic&% Services ¢)q Zoom have ¢ontinu&J thrLxWKXrt the last year f￿ thc6e who are tmatAe to come to church. TrEy can also be on YcwTth for those wlv) prefer to watch at a dtFferent time. They ave nw to keep a contact between worshy)pws and ￿ chwch. pa￿Ulaty trjose who frKI Èt drfficult to get to a church seNice. Trre És a regular w of who the service on Sundays and feel that they are still wt of the church. 'Weekty reflection & prayer sheets are wrKluced arKI ￿t cArt mc￿. Part of Wcfvefftarnptor, & shrewS￿ry Me#￿iSt D':stricL Accwitalle lo the Meknist Cc¥7ference. Jay to day management of Circuil is undertaken by the Circuit LeaJerth¥) wth the Local Pr8a¢hers m8•. The Circuit has adopted the SafeguardiTrJ Poky of ts Me￿￿1[￿t c￿rCh and ￿SureS that li is r￿￿1 to hkn'rcles and aw)ropnate are made. Full list of Managing Tn￿tea$ ag at 31*1 August 2024 Rev Jeremy H&vkins, Rev EJo2beth Dumry, Rev Stuart Reed, Rev Narcy NIKrfJo. Deacon Helen Webster Mrs Sue Smith, Mrs Margaret Hcwells. Susan Fkthes" Nonna Bryan: Peter Gk1v￿.ReV Lynda Yth., Janice Cox., Alan Owen. Margaret Gibbons: Bwry GIttKxE' Jc*; Akn Wlk&s; Ar￿ Haw CIRCUIT RECEiiyfs PAYMENTS AccouKrs THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2024 1134411 ff not a registered charity His Majesty$ Revenue and Customs Gift Aid number may be used to give to donors or grant funders wishing to see eviden￿ of the organisation's charFtable status. Sthkny InSIn￿ 2014 No242) tinistets: r4me) Pwt Tgne Treasurer. ACCOU14TS FOR THE YEAR Em 31 •Aytxa24 CircL SECTION A Fund al RECEIPTS Assessmentlshare 75.3 83,601 a3 a4 ital recei Bank and CFB interest and Inv8strnent In(￿me 617.200 617.200 4,745 335 28.819 27,154 10,000 35,242 704896 6.571 10,(K)O 16,061 120,978 85 Gr*rt5 10,&)0 35,242 86 Olher rtyxipts TOTAL RECEIPTS 120,877 644.019 SECTION B bl PAYMENTS Stipends. salaiies. NIC. Pension arvJ travel costs 135.886 136.886 121.411 b3 Manse Costs 13C 13.066 22,397 Administration elc District Assessment 30.353 30,353 28,948 Grants & donau.(￿5 Blsildings other than nw 3.8SO 1850 750 b7 Other payp,enls TOTAL PAYIIEPITS 1.881 207,921 207.921 209,802 396.363 2,112 b9 188A42 b9 180,576 SECTION C NET RECEIPTSIPAYMEKfs FOR ThE YEAR ¢1 a7 87. 368 $33 69,598 ht foNArd from last 22,211 183.415 185.626 245.224 isub totsS c1+c2 699,513 554.159 185,626 ¢4 ITransftrrs and ad'uslments ¢7 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR 1¢3+¢4) 14,646 639,613 SW169 Ic8 185.626 secTION D FOR INFORMAnoN ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO ExfERNAL ORGANISATIONS thuè amounts •hould not be In¢luded In tolal paym•nts #br￿> d1 Balance brou foThvard from last d2 Offerin sIGtfts . [￿1ved for external OfferingslGifts- passed to extemal Organisa￿n$ BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID d1+d2-d3 d3 d4 th& af'&*. a a￿￿ts fortre 31 2024 atya or9an1*￿ to tha Th..￿.￿. Sutytthaidimem* Or9aA•sfun HELD 8Y CWtCLNT 396J63 TOTAL RECEvrs TOTAL PAYIIE SE¢IION F fLOSINO CACLIT. CASH FLWIC4 W •tJl CES 13.675 '.$UJ TOT 185.6281{r¢J 1B5,626,Ixi .'SE¢TDN G 14 InL*ththFurth W *lhoCWA Name of C1￿1t .. Declarations and Scrutiny i coniirmw triat these Re￿IPt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2024 have been Signature of treasurer ..... Date. ?) '2( .. PostCcthU&%. Presentation to the Circuit meetlng Iq 131.262r. Signature of the Chw of the meekng . H4tyJtt I4￿s 27/6/zoZf . .,Wasa Responsibililies and basis of report Circuit for the year ended 31 August 2024 set out on pages 1... to ...3. As the Circuit's trustees: you chasti￿ Act 2011 Ad'k I report in respect of my examination of the Cir{￿lYS accounts carried out under sectFon 145 of the Independent Examlners Report to Tntstees of Wdlsall Methodlst arcuit - Charfty number 11344111 "the Charity") I report to the Charity trustees on my examination of the accounts for the Charity for the year ended 31 Au8USt 2024 which are set out on pages 5 to 6. Responsibilltles and basis of rep(Yt As the trustees of the Charity, you are responsible for the p￿ParatiOn of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 20111.the 2011 Act.). I report in respect of my examlnation of the CharitVs accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination. I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011Art. Independent examlner'5 Statsment I have completed my examination. I confirni that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examinatlon which gives me cause to believe that in, any materlal respect: Accounting records were not kept in accordance with sect5on 130 of the 2011 Act: or, The accounts do not accord wlth the accounting records. The accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities l Accounts and Reports) Re8ulatlons 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a "true and fair" view, which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. The trustee's annual report is not consistent with the accounts I have no concerns and have no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understandin8 of the accounts to be reached. fflj Melanie Crooks Melanie Crooks Associates Limlted Bellfield House 33 Stafford Road 81oxwich West Midlands WS3 3NJ Date: 29 June 2025