## **St Thomas Methodist Church**
## **Annual Report 2024**
Administration Information
The Church is situated in Cowick Street Exeter and is a registered Charity
The Managing Trustees during the year were as follows.
Rev Julian Albrow Peter Bennett Mary Bews David Bradford Sue Collins Peter Goodwin David House Janet Lee David Kirk Ann Matthews Heather Payne Rachel Scott Paul Hunkin Esther Reed Josie James Sue Shute Andrew Bolton Charity and Minister of the Church at the following address:
Rev Julian Albrow 21 Dunsford Road Exeter EX4 1 LG
## **St Thomas Methodist Church**
## **Annual Report 2024**
## **Aim**
The vision of our Church is to :
- Offer worship to all which is relevant and engaging
- To create a community of belonging, offering pastoral care to all members particularly those in need.
- To serve God through our community both the community local to the Church and the world-wide community
Services are held on a Sunday Morning at 10,30 a.m. catering for all ages and occasional services may be held on Sunday evenings dependant on the Christian of calendar. The Church is an active member of Churches, Together in Central Exeter
St Thomas Methodist Church is building links with St Thomas Parish Church and the Riverside Church by sharing mission opportunities within the community.
The Church premises are extensively used by the Church in course of its arranged activities and also by a large number of community groups. Further details of the activities of the church can be found on the website www.stthomasmethodist.co.uk
## **TRUSTEE TRAINING**
A range of guidance produced by the Methodist Connexion to support the effective running of the Church and the role of the Trustees is given to the Church Trustees at various meeting and training sessions
## **RELATED PARTIES**
The Church is part of the Exeter Coast and Country Circuit, which is part of the Plymouth and Exeter Methodist District and is also accountable to the Methodist Conference.
Internal Organisations linked to the Church are
5[th] Exeter Boys’ Brigade Carers and Toddlers St Thomas Community Larder
## **St Thomas Methodist Church**
## **Annual Report 2023**
## **EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES OF LAST YEAR**
The Church has been able to engage in its normal activities during the last year
- 1) Messy Church
- 2) Boys’ Brigade, Guides, Rainbows and Brownies are all sponsored groups and the Church runs Carers and Toddlers group. During the year due to financial problems and lack of number, The Church maintains contact weekly with these groups by various means
- 3) A Leadership team meets monthly to discuss various items
- 4) The Church is able to offer a social programme for members to develop their common life together now Government restrictions have been lifted.
- 5) The Church has responded to the needs of the community by offering practical help and by responding to appeals to humanitarian needs across the world. It is a member of St Thomas Community Association and has actively supported it.
- 6) The Church initiated and set up St Thomas Community Larder which is based in the Church and has worked with other groups and local Churches to provide food and essential items to around 40 families per week, The Community Larder cease to provide a service from August 2024 amd all the food and money held were passed to Exeter foodbank.
- 7) Church Council has continued with its programme to enhance the premises. The gardens continue to bloom and attract a lot of visitors.
- 8) Cameras have been installed in the Church, so that events can be recorded for people to view.
## **FINANCIAL INFORMATION**
The General Fund for the year ended 31[st] August 2024 showed a surplus of £53. The accounts were presented to the trustees in November 2024, and examined and approved by an external examiner, Mr Keith Ellis in March 2025.
The Church bankers are HSBC Bank and monies are held on deposit with the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church.
As a financial control all payments have to be authorised by 2 people
## **CHURCH RESERVE POLICY**
The Church has a policy of holding six months expenditure in reserve on the General Fund and organises fund raising project and events to provide adequate income
## **BENEVOLENT FUND**
The Church maintains a benevolent fund which is a restricted fund to enable loans and gifts to be made at the discretion of the Minister. The Balance in the Benevolent fund at 31[st] August 2024 was £350
## ST THOMAS METHODIST CHURCH
## DRAFT ACCOUNTS 191024
## **12 MTHS TO 310824 12 MTHS TO 310823 12 MTHS TO 310822 12 MTHS TO 310821 12 MTHS T**
|Income fro|29,136||28,765||29,557||35,564||32,655|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Gif day|||||0||35||50|
|Gifs & don|1,467||6,440||0||1,005||930|
||30,603||35,205||29,557||36,604||33,635|
|||30,603||35,205||29,557||36,604||
|Cofee (net)||436||185||(5)||10||
|HMRC refund||7,783||6,000||6,836||7,004||
|||**38,822**||**41,390**||**36,388**||**43,618**||
|Interest received||1,256||848||30||4||
|Other income||1,500||2,250||3,425||250||
|||**41,578**||**44,488**||**39,843**||**43,872**||
|Circuit share||(33,296)||(37,100)||(48,000)||(45,000)||
|||**8,282**||**7,388**||**(8,157)**||**(1,128)**||
|Duplicator/|2,655||3,129||1,828||3,079||2,676|
|Electricity|2,055||2,699||2,620||2,471||2,372|
|Gas|6,502||3,577||3,121||1,501||1,462|
|Water|900||954||1,458||579||1,096|
|Insurance|4,612||4,484||3,929||3,663||3,660|
|Repairs|2,969||2,995||3,225||891||6,755|
|Notces|241||418||293||282||259|
|Bins|286||195||257||176||265|
|Cleaning/|1,891||317||257||581||683|
|Other expe|1,223|**(23,334)**|642|**(19,410)**|928|**(17,916)**|772|**(13,995)**|1,863|
|||**(15,052)**||**(12,022)**||**(26,073)**||**(15,123)**||
|Room hire income||18,706||26,469||25,664||16,571||
|**(Defcit)/Surplus**||**3,654**||**14,447**||**(409)**||**1,448**||
|Camera/ Flat roof repair|||3,707||14,759|||||
|less grant|0||-1,741||-14,759|||||
|Preschool|3,601|||||||||
|||3,601||1,966||0||0||
|||||||||||
|Carried forward||53||12,481||(409)||1,448||
**TO 310820 12 MTHS TO 310819 12 MTHS TO 310818**
310824
|42,344
45,392
Brought forward
53
3,356
10,645
1,212
7,620
46,912
63,657
General fund b/f
55,490
33,635
46,912
63,657
Benevolen
350
Allocated
350
451
708
782
8,539
9,194
14,017
Music fund
376
**42,625**
**56,814**
**78,456**
Allocated
-188
188
72
42
31
1,236
**43,933**
**56,856**
**78,487**
(34,250)
(53,000)
(57,250)
56,081
**9,683**
**3,856**
**21,237**
4,015
3,649
2,515
2,523
4,924
4,369
1,465
1,306
Building fund
3,566
3,428
8,682
2,545
56,081
254
299
275
244
279
5,441
**(21,091)**
1,646
**(27,621)**
1,372
**(25,176)**
ASSETS
**(11,408)**
**(23,765)**
**(3,939)**
16,413
27,086
21,453
CFB
15,713
**5,005**
**3,321**
**17,514**
HSBC
44,768
72
326
(11,318)
60,481
0
72
(10,992)
RECEIVABL
22,077
5,005
3,393
6,522
82,558
PAYABLE
-26,477
56,081
**0.00**|42,344
45,392
Brought forward
53
3,356
10,645
1,212
7,620
46,912
63,657
General fund b/f
55,490
33,635
46,912
63,657
Benevolen
350
Allocated
350
451
708
782
8,539
9,194
14,017
Music fund
376
**42,625**
**56,814**
**78,456**
Allocated
-188
188
72
42
31
1,236
**43,933**
**56,856**
**78,487**
(34,250)
(53,000)
(57,250)
56,081
**9,683**
**3,856**
**21,237**
4,015
3,649
2,515
2,523
4,924
4,369
1,465
1,306
Building fund
3,566
3,428
8,682
2,545
56,081
254
299
275
244
279
5,441
**(21,091)**
1,646
**(27,621)**
1,372
**(25,176)**
ASSETS
**(11,408)**
**(23,765)**
**(3,939)**
16,413
27,086
21,453
CFB
15,713
**5,005**
**3,321**
**17,514**
HSBC
44,768
72
326
(11,318)
60,481
0
72
(10,992)
RECEIVABL
22,077
5,005
3,393
6,522
82,558
PAYABLE
-26,477
56,081
**0.00**|42,344
45,392
Brought forward
53
3,356
10,645
1,212
7,620
46,912
63,657
General fund b/f
55,490
33,635
46,912
63,657
Benevolen
350
Allocated
350
451
708
782
8,539
9,194
14,017
Music fund
376
**42,625**
**56,814**
**78,456**
Allocated
-188
188
72
42
31
1,236
**43,933**
**56,856**
**78,487**
(34,250)
(53,000)
(57,250)
56,081
**9,683**
**3,856**
**21,237**
4,015
3,649
2,515
2,523
4,924
4,369
1,465
1,306
Building fund
3,566
3,428
8,682
2,545
56,081
254
299
275
244
279
5,441
**(21,091)**
1,646
**(27,621)**
1,372
**(25,176)**
ASSETS
**(11,408)**
**(23,765)**
**(3,939)**
16,413
27,086
21,453
CFB
15,713
**5,005**
**3,321**
**17,514**
HSBC
44,768
72
326
(11,318)
60,481
0
72
(10,992)
RECEIVABL
22,077
5,005
3,393
6,522
82,558
PAYABLE
-26,477
56,081
**0.00**|
|---|---|---|
||||
|||56,081|
|||**0.00**|
|310823
310822
310821
12,481
(409)
1,448
43,009
43,418
41,970
350
450
450
350
(100)
350
450
589
589
589
-213
376
589
589
56,216
43,948
44,457|310823
310822
310821
12,481
(409)
1,448
43,009
43,418
41,970
350
450
450
350
(100)
350
450
589
589
589
-213
376
589
589
56,216
43,948
44,457|
|---|---|
|||
||44,457|
|56,216
43,948
44,457
22,752
505
476
31,445
50,193
49,708
54,197
50,698
50,184
12,500
6,500
7,004
66,697
57,198
57,188
(10,481)
(13,250)
(12,731)
56,216
43,948
44,457
**0.00**
**0.00**|44,457|
|||
||44,457|
|||
17 Knowle Drive Exwick Exeter EX4 2DP 27[th] March 2025 which show a
The Treasurer St Thomas Methodist Church
I confirm that I have examined the accounts for the period 1.9.22 to 31.8.23 of St Thomas Methodist Church, which show a surplus of £53 for the year and I am pleased to sign the accounts off as being correct.
Keith Ellis