Shrewsbury URC
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1135733
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WAIES
Independent examinerfs report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner s Report
Report to th• trustees
Shrewsbury Unitsd Refornied Church
On accounts for the year
ended
31 D￿mber 2024
Charity no
(rfany)
1135733
Sot out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
tharity (Y)e Trusn for the year erKled 3111212024.
As the charitls trustees. you are responsible for the preparalion of the
aecounts in accordancA with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
(Ihe Ad.).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trusfs accounts carried out
under 8edion 145 of the 2011 Act and in Ca￿yIng out my examination, I
have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charty Commission
under 8ection 14515)(b) of the Ad.
RospoMlbililles and
basi¥ of report
Indopondont
examinerfs statement
I have completed my examination. l (xjnfimi that no material matters have
come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me
cause to believe that in. any material resped:
the accounting recA)rds wern not kept in a￿ordanCe with se(*ion 130
of the Charities Ad; or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records: or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements
n(￿MIng the fonn and content of accounts set out in the Charities
(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a Irue arKI fairf view which is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concems and have come acr￿ 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 ac(￿Unts to b8 reached.
Slgned:
ts)Jo £ S4th L
Name:
Iliam Strachan
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(rf any):
IER
Oct 2018

Address:
22 Rylands
shre*St￿ry
SY3 9BZ
Section B
Disclosure
Only cOMp￿e rfthe e￿￿miner neets to highligm material matters of GOn￿M
(see CC32. Independent examination of thanty attounts: directions and
guidan(x for examiners).
Glve hern brfef d•tsils of
any items that th•
examiner wishes to
dlsclose.
No Matt
IER
Oct 2018

Shrew51xJry Un"rted RefOrrr￿d Church
Tn&ees Annual Report
Foryear ended 31 December 2024
The wrpose of the charity 15 of refw in actThthrKe principles of the
Elders are selected by a the churth r￿rt￿"p. from anYJw the e￿rTnisteeS are nominated to
serve as Trustees. The Tru51ees sertsTd duri￿ the par *￿re as foll￿.
Sue Bonry
Metvyn Davies
Jean Fox
MarEarpt Bamard
SaNlrn Kelly
2024 was a b(sy year ftjr churth Tnernbe￿ In a(kfrtk>n to felknw5hip on a Surthy the￿ many
opportunibes tD sIHre wrth each other duriry the ￿r.
In jan￿ry. Mark stsrted a cour* on Art aNI the Bible. whKh was apweoated and enJoJEd by those
The lent tslks and lunthes began in FetKuary 2024. It was inieiEsLiry arnl Irwiirlry to about the
faith Of￿rf[erent and to then be ab￿ tr that wa defKMxs lunth ofsoup and roll& Our
thanks EO kn all vtho shared with u5 aThl those WI￿ made the sou

In Mayrt Elders considered ￿ res￿￿1t￿litIes of Ekkrs Tegarrfir¥ Health & WTraini￿ u
Tram1￿ (online) had not d￿e this ￿K)us1y.
A150 in Marth we were defw to a ser¥Ke in vthith one ofour rnembe￿ Rathel Coward was
cornmts9￿ a5 a and latrr in 2025 when Nathan* Paul was also commissloned.
Both are a Trl fDrthe thurch and the kna Pasto￿.
May saw the first joint Member5 tra￿led to Oakew URC for Songs of Prdise and a
cream tea. It is always intere*ing to hearthe I￿50n$ wlry certain hymns a￿ th05en and the cream
tea Wds delicM)u& It was a g￿d opportunity for member5 from the Offtrent thwthes to n
Hopefully this is just the start of marry fuiure events t(ytt*r.
In June there was a W*ddI￿ a￿1 IM)sLed the Interfarth funday which Was a super ouasion and a
great S￿￿55. Thank you to all LIK￿ ifM)Ibrd in rts ￿ganI￿lo1L
In July we welcomed membets of WIrt9AY)rth URC to ShrEths￿ and Rithard Breakell gave a short
Introduciory talk alx)Lrt the Ixr*n.
chU￿h was open in September fDrthe annual Ride and Stride e¥ent whith a number of
Vi5itor5 to our thurth. Thank ID all those who made it possible by 1vlunteen.￿ to man the
churth throughout the day.
were able to sup￿￿ the kxal [￿1 bank and Ark wilh frxxl thrwiLYI.
We had our first F￿h and Chip ￿pPer in Ocfober comtx"r*d with a qUiL This to ￿ a very
popular and fvn e￿ and our thanks 80 to Di aNI Phil S(48irs for (K8anisirq tlxs.
In November. ￿ *Ekomed the Re￿1 Ashlq Eyans to our 5ervire. Elder5 had be￿ mnsiderir
mission and the Trading your Church irto Growth- iiNiiaiibE Asw had been seconded to lead and
advise the West Midlands Syrmxl on the iniiHli¥e and duriry a service and churth rneeting gave
members an outline of the schem& Thi5 was fDIl0*￿ lry an arEa e¥Ent in 2025 and will be kK)ked at
in rn0￿ detail thn)u8hoirt the cx)ming ￿ar.
Christmas was again a bw time of par. with the advent rellec￿ the Grft SerYKe fDf yuung
carer% the Chnsts"nBle, ￿ Nats￿ Serv￿ wrth Junior Chuth (alw3y5 a del¥ht to see our ￿ul
people takir¥ part). Carols by Candlelight (hTiStrnas Day ￿)￿hiP-
It wa5 a p1&75ure to y￿kOrne e¥ht new members to our fe1kN￿llp dUrf￿ 2024. We also ￿lebrated
several milestone with rnembers s￿h as Weddi￿ annttstr5ar￿5 arKI birtlmkys. Sadly. the
were a number of t￿nIg and we remember those frdmilies in our th0￿ and prayer
on￿ again. I would li￿ to trke this opwtunrtYtr* thank all wlK> ser¥ed our fellov6hip in arry
dy duri￿ 2024. enabling us to worship. mainfain fdlOV￿1P and gr(M spiritAwlly. There been
Challe￿ txrt many joyful o(raS1￿ tO(L l w￿ld liTre tn thank all sUp￿rt l from
Elder5 and the corwegation. it is very much apprea*
Elders Iwe conts.nued to meet monthly dwI￿the yearwith Elders leading de￿ItionS. thairire the
indud1￿ Church Meets"r¥ freque￿. Area Conststsrtion. ￿pe5 and dreams for the pastorate.
Safeguardi￿ ministy with the elderly. Haalth and Safety ar￿ e4En[￿ communion.

At var4Ks inthe ￿ar. VR and t￿)k part in mary speoal Servi￿ Indu￿1ng those
*•
Golden WedOirgs and birtw and * rernber in our and prayu5 those who ha¥e had
family be￿￿Men1￿
Thro￿ the ￿ar there been thalkyw aNI and ￿Uld like to take this opportunity
to thank all who served our churth in anyway. enabli￿ us to vM)r5hip togett*r, mainiain
fellowship. and to grow spiritually. We would also li￿ to thank wju fDr all the support recerved from
Elders and the (oweE3tion. especially duri￿ the period of the va(3nry. it has been muth
appreciated.
nanc5al Re￿•
Our total iKome 11K￿ased to £IW79 thank5 to an inrn In corwe8atSonal and
result of a laTBe irKrease in fuel cosfs but ￿ 1Th￿ted in improving the energy efficiency of our
buildings helped by external 8rdnt& By c3refvl control of expenditure managed a surplus on
unrestricted funds.
At the year end we had cash fiNMls of £773TI plu5 a further £241594 OfITr4estn￿ held in Ethic31
Inve5tTnents with ca
Unrestrith Funds a￿ held fDr General Purposes plus fuNas foryouth maintenan￿ of Manses
arKI a graTrt to Messy Vinlase tv support ministry Wlth senior rnembers of ow cornrnunity. Restrided
Funds are held for donalion5 to Commitment fDr LifE appeal and maIntena￿e ofthe churth o￿an.
Our reserve5 are held to 5UPPOrt the wrk of the thurth and to h￿ fuNls available should
the opportunity present itselfto undert3kn propcts for Mi551on or in ￿latiOn to our bubldings. We
seek to hold 26 weeks running cost4 current ar￿Unt to appraKimately 32 week5 which the
Trustees believe acceptable.
Signed on behalf of the charl￿5 tru5tee5
8 ocia￿ ,IvLC