## **Trustee’s Annual Report - 2023/24** ## **Trinity Methodist Church Codsall** Histons Hill Codsall Wolverhampton WV8 2ER Charity Number: 1135637 Trinity Methodist Church Codsall is the registered charity of Cosdall Methodist Church. The charity is managed by the Church Council, which comprises the Trustees of the registered charity. Trustees are appointed at the annual general meeting. The trustees for the 2023/24 year were:Rev Joanne Cox-Darling, Susan Fearnley, Robert Turton, Naomi Fearnley, Ruth Gaunt, Jane Ellis, Stephen Brown, Peter Davies, Stephen Fearnley, Helen Share, Julie Eccles, Pearl Mayhew, Alan Eccles, Marion Edge and Edith Heap. During the 2023/24 year the church continued to deliver its charitable objects, namely the advancement of - (a) the Christian faith in accordance with the doctrinal standards and the 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. During the 2023/24 period the trustees of Trinity Methodist Church agreed to join with both Brewood Methodist Church and Coven Methodist Church, which will come into effect in the 2024/25 period and be reflected in the accounts and Trustee Annual Report for that period. The financial position of the church is detailed in the accompanying accounts for the 2023/24 period that ended on 31st August 2024. CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS Trlnity Methodist Codsall Church FOR THE YEAR ENDED Saturday, August 31, 2024 I Clrcult Clrcult no. 2801 Reglstared Charlty - Charlty Roglstratlon number If not a register8d charity HIS Majesty's Rovenuo and Custom• Glft Ald 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) 1135637 Minister: Reverend Joanne Cox-Darling Church Stewards: H Share T Starling Rob Felts-Davies Eileen Hughes J ￿aTr"-""-'-'-'_'_'-'-"-"- A Eccles Treasurer- P Davies Church-receipts-and-payments-2024 copy.xlsx 1of5 ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024 Trinity Methodist Codsall Church SECTION A Unr•strlct8d Ftsnd• R•strlct•d Funds Totals th Total$ l•¥t yur a1 RECEIPTS Noté Offerings and Tax recovered Bank and CFB interest and Investment income 45,710 45.710 36,226 a3 1.181 27.254 1.499 75,644 a4 Lattlngs Other receipts TOTAL RECEIPTS 27,254 1,499 75,644 22.235 1,840 80,510 85 {a71 SECTION B b1 PAYMENTS b2 Clreuit A888ssment or Share 25,000 25,000 45,000 b3 Donatlon8 Repairs and MAinlenance Ulllities {Insuranc08. Water chara88, heating & lighllng) 13,626 13,828 5.118 b5 12.306 12,306 9.985 b6 b7 Olh8T P8yments TOTAL PAYMENTS 17,585 68,517 17,585 68,517 17,906 78.009 SECTION C NET RECEIPTSIP THE YEAR YMENTS FOR c1 (a64)8) 7,127 7,127 (17,499) Total fund8 brought forward from188t year 90.771 1.510 92,281 (c61 109.782 c3 8ub total (c1+c2) 97,898 1,510 99.408 92.283 Tran8fer8 and adJuslmen18 (2.245) (2.245) Ic7) 12) TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR (c3+c4) 95,653 1,510 97,163 Ic8) 92,281 (¢6) SECTION D FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGAN18ATION3 Ithe8e amounts are not to be In¢luded In total recelptslpayments flgurns above) d1 Balance brought fomard from last year 1.224 d2 Offerlng51Gift8- rerAived for extemal organisalions 1,186 360 d3 OfferingslGifts - passed to extemal organisations 1,423 d4 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID Id1+d2-d3) 987 1.224 hurch-receipts-and-pAymentS-2024 ¢opy.xlsx 2of5 Trinity Methodist Codsall Churth 8ECTION E ummary oflhe C a¢￿￿16 for the yd$r ended 31 August 2024 and Internal Organisati￿$ roporting lo the Church ounclvchur eeling. Note Ihol ndsof an Iniema Organisav￿ would normal￿ b8 Re8lrided fund5 unloss Il could be ¢l¢arly shown that they could be used forany Method191 PUfPO8e. This seGllon musi b8 compkled 10 8tri¥e atthe oros& incomeand exp￿diture1ot8ls ofihe Church. Ifwoss In¢om8 èxceeds theA¢¢rual$ threshold. then IheAccFuals method of acuwnllng ANOADIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the a¢￿￿ts Isee M•lhtyJist web￿181. Plèase refer to th? gUid￿ce nolos regarding tran￿er$ beiw8en ihe Distrlci and wnnecl& District org￿Ls8￿￿$. INTERNALORGANISATIONS Not R•c&p Payn*Thi8 Pa￿nt5 Ad￿at￿ftts Op8nlng Ldanras Chotr 1h92 e6 Sub total Intem oni8AUoM fthj 5,198 1•111 S,196 1•121 broughtlorward Irom p•9• 7S,144 18.017 7,127 TOTAL CA8H F BY CHUM¢M 12.2451 {2,245) 1¢71 92,281 17,16> l¢OI 7b.144,' .517 7,127 97.477 IJKI 102.359 CDnOnu• on a iap•r•t• •h8•t npomury Ind Mno th•totdi TOTAL RECEIPTS TOTAL PAYAIENT8 SECfON F CHURCH. CA8H FUNDS HELQ ￿ J1 AugU•t 2024 Catsh In han OPENING 8ALANCE8 ¢L081NG CuryoniAcrryJnt 18,102 11,193 Bank DepoJllAc¢ounl 42,194 46,0 Cenlrql Flnwnco eoird 21,779 23.738 Tru8iÉea for Melhodl81 Church PwpoM• 12,210 12.841 Olherfundi SUB T0TAL-¢hU￿h aceountl 92.28f Ic81 97,113 Tolol fund8 hdd by Inlemol OruanWon8 (th• dcoln9 b4lanc8 iOt81 from 8bov•l (8121 5,196 5,198 1•121 TOTAL CASH fUNt)3 HeLD BY CHURCN 97.477 102,350 IECnON G Al . 18•ptenthr2023 OTHERAS8ET8 •nd LIABILITIES 37 Auwit20Z4 Inv8th8n¢f (Ind￿d) ETrJo*Thnt#l t4nd & BuldlNJs18o0 rot￿ r• 1Th￿rnnr• OlharA•Mti Loin(g1-Ihr*w am￿Ntou￿1￿ndInQ olyollr end Olh•r L￿￿1M￿S ,14 Inrlixie only Fund5 hqkl 8tlh8 C8th1inl FlnBnc8 Boa ,15 IndLh¥e only Funds hdd ** Tw¥tseB for M•triDdist¢hur¢h Purp￿$ 91 I￿ude8nYOl￿WIn¥eS1ManiS jnotthe rash 8￿ment oiThiCP iDJStS Ihis Inriit¢l8d In linèi5 Church-receipts-and-paym¢t)ts-2024 copy.xlsx 3of5 Name ofchurch.................. ... Declarations and Scrutiny I confirm that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2024 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 .. . PostCodeWr........ Presentatlon to the Church trustees I confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2024 werelwill be. presented to the meeting of the Church trustees held on Slgnature of the Chalr o! the meetlni_... Name of the Chair of the meetln Kv... Independent Examlner's Report to tha Trustees of tha Trlnlty Methodlst Church Codsall Charlty_Numbor .. 1135637 Re8ponslbllltl88 and basls of report I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Trinity Methodist Church for the year ended 31 August 2024 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. delete or circle as a riata Church-rec8iPts4nd-paymenls-2024 copy.xlsx 4of5 Name of Church ... Trfnity Methodist Church Codsall Independent Examlner'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 aGcounting records. I have no COn￿rnS 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 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 IRobert Turton, FCA Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner ', Chartered Accountant ' Nam6 of firm (where appropriate) Address 77b Rlches Street.Wolverhampton, V￿fj OEH Post Code 12-Fe￿25 delete or circle as appropriate Fom AugQ4 chUrCh-re￿ipts-and-paYMentS-2o24 copy.xlsx 5of5