Annual Report – Lambeth Mission and St. Mary’s (now Lambeth Walk Methodist Church 

Lambeth Walk Methodist Church has been situated on the corner of Lambeth Road and Lambeth Walk for many years and has always had the purpose of providing a place for religious worship and learning and a place for community provision. Over the past two years its activity has been limited due to the rebuilding of our facility and our temporary home only being available to us on Sunday mornings. We have continued to consider the Charity Commission advice/guidance on public benefit and, in particular, the specific guidance on charities on the advancement of religion. 

Although we have moved to a temporary home we have kept our congregation together offering public worship each Sunday and a pastoral care system for members and adherents. Our members are actively involved in other charitable work as they live out their Christian faith – for example one member is an inter-faith member of the Christian/Jewish Group; others support Christian Aid activity and others involved in a local community centre. We also participate in our local Churches Together group. 

Much of the time and energy of the minister and members has been taken up with the new build on Lambeth Walk. This development will provide a wonderful modern facility for the local neighborhood. We expect to renew our homelessness work on partnership with the Robes project and to start up other social and educational projects. 

Our members have been undertaking safeguarding training and having DBS checks where appropriate. 

Our funding has been considerably helped by a bequest. Members give their collection via the gift aid scheme and we need to update our claim from this scheme. 

We have a reserves policy of keeping 3 months funding to cover emergency funding issues. The trustees have the responsibility of agreeing all expenditure. 

We look forward to being able to do much more to care in our local community once we have our new building. 

Approved by the Church Council on 28[th] May 2023 and signed by Revd Dr Andy Lyons on their behalf. 



ACCOUNTS
THE METHODIST CHURCH
STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS
Lambeth Mission and St. Ma
Church
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31 August 2023
LAMBETH
Clrcutt
Circuit no
35106
Registered Charity - Charlty Registration number
If not a registered charity Hor Majestys Rovenuè and
Customs Gift Ald number
(The HMRC number is equivalent lo a registered charity number in térms of evidence of charitable
slalus and may be used lo give to donors or grant funders wishing to see 8vidence of the organisalion's
charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not regislered tharities are
excepted from registration under Ststutory Instrument 2014 No.242)
1135071
Mlnister:
Rev, Dr. Andy Lyons
Church Steward8:
Church Councll Mernbers
Carol Leonard
Caroline Laing
Dawd Vilares-Ferrer
George Danso
Diana Ok6ne-Jameson
Janet Wells
Ursula Ovenden
Kanley McHayl6
Michale Brown
Nancy Acquaah
Rodney Ovenden
Treasurnr:
Ms Alice Achola-omara
Churth R and P 2015.>ts
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ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENOED 31 AUGUST 2023
Lambeth Mission and
SL Mary's
Church
SECTION A
T*)tal$ last
Fur
Funds
RECEIPTS
82
Offerin
s and Tax recA)vered
88nk and CFB interest and Investrnent
income
13.010
f 3.010
9,739
a3
3.729
1.929
5.658
2,007
a4
Lèttin
a5
Othèr receipts
TOTAL RECEIPTS
94,043
110.782
94.043
112.711
3,533
15,279
a6
1.929
la71
SECTION B
b1
PAYMENTS
b2
Circuil Assessment or Share
Don8lions
10.(K
10,000
20,CWJO
b3
61x1
Re
airs and Maintenance
Utilities Ilnsuranees. water charges,
heatin
hlin
31
31
b5
1.866
b6
Worshi
149
149
b7
Redevelo
m•nt and fe$sional fees
b8
Staff salari&$ and Redundancies
Other payments
TOTAL PAYMENTS
b9
7,793
20,439
7.793
20.439
3.517
29.835
b1
Ib91
SECTION C
NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS FOR THE
YEAR
¢1
•64>10
.343
1.929
14,556
Total fvnds brought fomard from last
year
38.639
34.812
73,451
c6
88.007
Sub total
c1+c2
128.982
36.741
165,723
Transfers and ad.
ustmÈnt$
c7
TOTAL FUNDS AT ENO OF YEAR
IcJ4e4)
128.982
36,741
165.723
Ic81
73,451
SECTION D
FOR INFORPAATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS
(these amounts are not to be Sncluded In totsl recelptslp•
entsfi
uves abowl
d1
Balance brw ht fofward from18$1
d2
Offerin
sIGifts- received fry extemal
anisatK)ns
J3
OffeiingslGrt3 - passed to extemal oryanisation5
J4
BALANCE SnLL TO BE PAIO
Id1+d2-d3}
665
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Lambelh Mission and Sl. Ma
Church
MMARY
FCH
CNACC
CH
SECTION E
foknthe Guh*aK• IIoi#s IO£¢)m
Ih
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lrtlprnal (kganisabon n(Nmalkrf be Restffted ￿Nds un*SS rtIKwkJ iEdewty sh(wfft thaittrw forany fxAyDse Th￿ s￿￿on ￿st be ¢￿￿ete￿
DIstrKaotwnisaiw$.
INTERNAL
ORGANISATIOIIS
¢2
c6
c7
rf8ma
8nwtyons lunds
•12
¢hvrch 4CCOLtnts (tot•
l¥oughtlor*•rd Irom pJg•
2- 1otsi* cdumnl
20AJ*
92,2n
1¢7>
73,451
61
185,723
ICB
BY CHURC
•iZ72
73A51
185.723
c￿linUe on a wra1• thet
rfneCeuary￿d W tr•
YOTAL RECEIPTS
TOTAL
PAYIIEpirs
SECTION F
I)PEpI￿G
CLOS114G
BALA14CE8
CHURCH. CASH FLINOS HELD•iJi
u•t 201•
Cash In tt8
Bank cLrf*iAc<*x￿l
22.fyjl
124.4e1
rtAccoJ
C*htrai FiMnGq Bo•
57.433
Trusi*sfDr ￿e￿Y11t¢fv￿r*
17.850
17.B85
34.421
2.517
365
SUB TOT￿. Churth
7JA$1
111,12J
TotAI ru￿¥ h*kJ by Intern* Ltr9llnM1￿iI*L*
b8￿nCe tot81 alwJ￿> le121
e12
no
TOTAL CASM FUPIDS HELD eYCHLKgC+I
16S723
SECnON G
Al
31 Awl 2023
OTHER ASSETS 4nd LIABlLrr￿¥
17 885
Lano &
LDan
.421
.421
Other lthlib8S
2.517
365
f4 It¢￿Onty FuThts hwai C8nw FwFKe8oa
IS Fur￿5￿ 8t Church P
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DECLARATIONS
Treasuror
I confimi that I have prepared the accounts from the records of the Church and that they include all
funds under Ihe control ol the Church Council
Signature of Treasurer
Dale
1g/os}ZD24
Name
Address
.4Lk, LunJtsorO
SL 11 &￿)(P
Presentatlon to the'church Council for approval.
I confirm that the Accounts have been presented lo the Church c￿jncil on
Iqlr)31
and were 8pprovgd.
Signalure of the Chair of the meeting
Name of the Chalr of the meeting
Dale
I'qlos
Independent Examlnor's Réport to the Truslees of the
Lambelh Mlsslon and Sl. Marfs
Church
This Report Is on tha Church Accounts for the year ènd¢d 31 August
2023
Respoctlve responslbllllles of Trustees and Examlnor
The charit￿S Iruslees are responsible for the preparation ol the accounts. The charivs ITuslees consider that an
audit is not required for this year under sects'on 144 of the Charitiès kl 2011 {the charit￿s Acll and that an
independent examination is needed.
11 is my rgsponsibility to:
Examine the accounts under Section 145 of the Charities Act
lo follow the procedures laid dowm in thè general Di￿tIOnS given by the Charity
Commission (under Section 145(5Xb) of th& Charities Act}. and
to st81e whether particular matters have come lo my attenbon.
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B•818 of Indep•nd•nt Examlnorf8 Roport
My examination was carried out in accordance with gen&al Direct￿n3 gr¥en by the Chanty CommissM)n. An
examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charty and a comparison of Ihe a¢￿Unts
presented with those records. It alw includes consKleraI￿n of any unusual items or disclosures in the
accounts. and seeking explanats.ons from the trustees conceming any such matters. The procedures
undertaken do not provide all the evidence that wouhj be required in an audit. and consequently no opinion is
given as to whether the accounts presenl a 'true ar￿ fair vivw and the report is limiled to those matters set out
in the statement bel¢JW.
Independent Examlner's Statement
In connection wrth my examination. no matter has come to my attention (other than that disclosed below")..
which gives me reasonable cause ¢0 believe that in any material respect the requirements.
. lo keep accounling reccrfds in accordancè with section 130 of the Charities Act.,
to prepere accounts %thich T￿cOld wlh Ihg accounting record8 and e41mply with the accounting
requirements of the Charit￿$ Act hav6 not t¢en mel.. or
121
lo which. in my opin*)n, attention slw)uhJ be drnwn in order to enabfe a proper Unde￿tandIng of the
accounts to èe reached.
' Please delele the words in the brnckels rflhey do nol 8ppIy 8PPIWY8t6
13} I havelhave not. obtained independgnt Verification of all investments wilh Ihe Trustees for Methodist
Church Purposes I'TMCP") or hekj in other Trusts, Bank balan￿ and Funds at the Central Finance
Board of the Melh<>disl ch￿￿h I'CFB"), whth are indivKlualty in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand
pounds) al the balance sheet date.
' Please oircle as appropnale
Name
Mr.KoJo GY8￿￿18
Signature
Koio Gyamefa
Relevant Professional quaIrficat￿ or body
FCCA
Address
6 Grove Fami ￿Vrt.8f0Okf*ldS Ave,Mrtcham
Surrrey CR$ 4BT
Dale
O&Mar-24
2015 churth R P.p
5rf5

ACCOUNTS
THE METHODIST CHURCH
STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS
Lambeth Mission and St. Ma
Church
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31 August 2023
LAMBETH
Clrcutt
Circuit no
35106
Registered Charity - Charlty Registration number
If not a registered charity Hor Majestys Rovenuè and
Customs Gift Ald number
(The HMRC number is equivalent lo a registered charity number in térms of evidence of charitable
slalus and may be used lo give to donors or grant funders wishing to see 8vidence of the organisalion's
charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not regislered tharities are
excepted from registration under Ststutory Instrument 2014 No.242)
1135071
Mlnister:
Rev, Dr. Andy Lyons
Church Steward8:
Church Councll Mernbers
Carol Leonard
Caroline Laing
Dawd Vilares-Ferrer
George Danso
Diana Ok6ne-Jameson
Janet Wells
Ursula Ovenden
Kanley McHayl6
Michale Brown
Nancy Acquaah
Rodney Ovenden
Treasurnr:
Ms Alice Achola-omara
Churth R and P 2015.>ts
tof5

ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENOED 31 AUGUST 2023
Lambeth Mission and
SL Mary's
Church
SECTION A
T*)tal$ last
Fur
Funds
RECEIPTS
82
Offerin
s and Tax recA)vered
88nk and CFB interest and Investrnent
income
13.010
f 3.010
9,739
a3
3.729
1.929
5.658
2,007
a4
Lèttin
a5
Othèr receipts
TOTAL RECEIPTS
94,043
110.782
94.043
112.711
3,533
15,279
a6
1.929
la71
SECTION B
b1
PAYMENTS
b2
Circuil Assessment or Share
Don8lions
10.(K
10,000
20,CWJO
b3
61x1
Re
airs and Maintenance
Utilities Ilnsuranees. water charges,
heatin
hlin
31
31
b5
1.866
b6
Worshi
149
149
b7
Redevelo
m•nt and fe$sional fees
b8
Staff salari&$ and Redundancies
Other payments
TOTAL PAYMENTS
b9
7,793
20,439
7.793
20.439
3.517
29.835
b1
Ib91
SECTION C
NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS FOR THE
YEAR
¢1
•64>10
.343
1.929
14,556
Total fvnds brought fomard from last
year
38.639
34.812
73,451
c6
88.007
Sub total
c1+c2
128.982
36.741
165,723
Transfers and ad.
ustmÈnt$
c7
TOTAL FUNDS AT ENO OF YEAR
IcJ4e4)
128.982
36,741
165.723
Ic81
73,451
SECTION D
FOR INFORPAATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS
(these amounts are not to be Sncluded In totsl recelptslp•
entsfi
uves abowl
d1
Balance brw ht fofward from18$1
d2
Offerin
sIGifts- received fry extemal
anisatK)ns
J3
OffeiingslGrt3 - passed to extemal oryanisation5
J4
BALANCE SnLL TO BE PAIO
Id1+d2-d3}
665
Chw¢h R and P2015.x15
2of5

Lambelh Mission and Sl. Ma
Church
MMARY
FCH
CNACC
CH
SECTION E
foknthe Guh*aK• IIoi#s IO£¢)m
Ih
Summaryof¥EChu[thwx￿ntslOT I￿￿fended 31 Augwl 2018 Inlem* 0[pan￿akn5 ieytiry knthechurch cr￿￿￿ChUr￿ NotethalthefvndsofaTr
lrtlprnal (kganisabon n(Nmalkrf be Restffted ￿Nds un*SS rtIKwkJ iEdewty sh(wfft thaittrw forany fxAyDse Th￿ s￿￿on ￿st be ¢￿￿ete￿
DIstrKaotwnisaiw$.
INTERNAL
ORGANISATIOIIS
¢2
c6
c7
rf8ma
8nwtyons lunds
•12
¢hvrch 4CCOLtnts (tot•
l¥oughtlor*•rd Irom pJg•
2- 1otsi* cdumnl
20AJ*
92,2n
1¢7>
73,451
61
185,723
ICB
BY CHURC
•iZ72
73A51
185.723
c￿linUe on a wra1• thet
rfneCeuary￿d W tr•
YOTAL RECEIPTS
TOTAL
PAYIIEpirs
SECTION F
I)PEpI￿G
CLOS114G
BALA14CE8
CHURCH. CASH FLINOS HELD•iJi
u•t 201•
Cash In tt8
Bank cLrf*iAc<*x￿l
22.fyjl
124.4e1
rtAccoJ
C*htrai FiMnGq Bo•
57.433
Trusi*sfDr ￿e￿Y11t¢fv￿r*
17.850
17.B85
34.421
2.517
365
SUB TOT￿. Churth
7JA$1
111,12J
TotAI ru￿¥ h*kJ by Intern* Ltr9llnM1￿iI*L*
b8￿nCe tot81 alwJ￿> le121
e12
no
TOTAL CASM FUPIDS HELD eYCHLKgC+I
16S723
SECnON G
Al
31 Awl 2023
OTHER ASSETS 4nd LIABlLrr￿¥
17 885
Lano &
LDan
.421
.421
Other lthlib8S
2.517
365
f4 It¢￿Onty FuThts hwai C8nw FwFKe8oa
IS Fur￿5￿ 8t Church P
14lTrdMrthk*hJPx&

DECLARATIONS
Treasuror
I confimi that I have prepared the accounts from the records of the Church and that they include all
funds under Ihe control ol the Church Council
Signature of Treasurer
Dale
1g/os}ZD24
Name
Address
.4Lk, LunJtsorO
SL 11 &￿)(P
Presentatlon to the'church Council for approval.
I confirm that the Accounts have been presented lo the Church c￿jncil on
Iqlr)31
and were 8pprovgd.
Signalure of the Chair of the meeting
Name of the Chalr of the meeting
Dale
I'qlos
Independent Examlnor's Réport to the Truslees of the
Lambelh Mlsslon and Sl. Marfs
Church
This Report Is on tha Church Accounts for the year ènd¢d 31 August
2023
Respoctlve responslbllllles of Trustees and Examlnor
The charit￿S Iruslees are responsible for the preparation ol the accounts. The charivs ITuslees consider that an
audit is not required for this year under sects'on 144 of the Charitiès kl 2011 {the charit￿s Acll and that an
independent examination is needed.
11 is my rgsponsibility to:
Examine the accounts under Section 145 of the Charities Act
lo follow the procedures laid dowm in thè general Di￿tIOnS given by the Charity
Commission (under Section 145(5Xb) of th& Charities Act}. and
to st81e whether particular matters have come lo my attenbon.
2015 chwch R 8Tr1 P.yJs
4¢)fS

B•818 of Indep•nd•nt Examlnorf8 Roport
My examination was carried out in accordance with gen&al Direct￿n3 gr¥en by the Chanty CommissM)n. An
examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charty and a comparison of Ihe a¢￿Unts
presented with those records. It alw includes consKleraI￿n of any unusual items or disclosures in the
accounts. and seeking explanats.ons from the trustees conceming any such matters. The procedures
undertaken do not provide all the evidence that wouhj be required in an audit. and consequently no opinion is
given as to whether the accounts presenl a 'true ar￿ fair vivw and the report is limiled to those matters set out
in the statement bel¢JW.
Independent Examlner's Statement
In connection wrth my examination. no matter has come to my attention (other than that disclosed below")..
which gives me reasonable cause ¢0 believe that in any material respect the requirements.
. lo keep accounling reccrfds in accordancè with section 130 of the Charities Act.,
to prepere accounts %thich T￿cOld wlh Ihg accounting record8 and e41mply with the accounting
requirements of the Charit￿$ Act hav6 not t¢en mel.. or
121
lo which. in my opin*)n, attention slw)uhJ be drnwn in order to enabfe a proper Unde￿tandIng of the
accounts to èe reached.
' Please delele the words in the brnckels rflhey do nol 8ppIy 8PPIWY8t6
13} I havelhave not. obtained independgnt Verification of all investments wilh Ihe Trustees for Methodist
Church Purposes I'TMCP") or hekj in other Trusts, Bank balan￿ and Funds at the Central Finance
Board of the Melh<>disl ch￿￿h I'CFB"), whth are indivKlualty in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand
pounds) al the balance sheet date.
' Please oircle as appropnale
Name
Mr.KoJo GY8￿￿18
Signature
Koio Gyamefa
Relevant Professional quaIrficat￿ or body
FCCA
Address
6 Grove Fami ￿Vrt.8f0Okf*ldS Ave,Mrtcham
Surrrey CR$ 4BT
Dale
O&Mar-24
2015 churth R P.p
5rf5