inity Church Sutton
Annual Report and Accounts for the ywto 31 August 2023
Contents
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statement of Finand81 Adivths ISOFA) for 2021r2￿
Balance Sheet as at 31 2023
14otes to the Accounts
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rinity Church Sutton
Annual Report and Accounts forts year to 31 August 2023
1. Introductfon
Trinty ChuTGh Sutton is a Mgthodi8t arKJ Unfted RefomRd Churol looted In London
Borough of Sutton. An e(xJTrthieal thurch in it8elf. it is also a partner in ChUrC*￿S Untting in
Central Sutton. Trinty Churth is knM for its carefully cxafted nIx￿)￿0M7i8t liturgy, it8
theology and ethics. As a corYJregation made up of many natlonaiiti"e8, it doo8 all it can to offer
a wcl¢ome to 811 and seeks to fulfil it8 (alling to Ixe8ent age.
2. Objectlves and Actrithes
The purpose of th8 Charity is to advan￿ the christi￿ f8ilh in ts Area of Benefit In
accordanc4 the principles and pra(*ceg of the Meti)otht arKI Unlted RefomMI Churchas.
In achieving it8 purpose. Charfty wlll erwJ•Je in a rarye of athtsa8, kn ¢)n its or
with othern, Ind￿￿1n9 (￿rt not Testrithl to):
the ¢xlelxalion Of wtAk worship"
the teaching of ￿ Christian faitTri:
missi¢)n arKI evarYJeli8m;
pa8toral wo￿. inGludlng visiung the sick and the tereaved.
the provision of facililles Imth a Chrislian thos fw the Icical c￿Mun￿, including
and
the support of other (knibes in ts UK and overw8.
Commission's guidanc8 on public J* arKI, in Wbwlar. the specific guidanc8 on Charities
for the advancement of rnlFgton. In rK)nnal tiffles, examples of actsvibes in pursuance of these
obj8div68 undortakan torthe be￿fft InckKIe:
' worship services every week 0￿ to evwyone
the J￿10r Church every Simday fix thildren from O yeas kn 18 year8
young i• of appropriate age
Chrf8tian education sessions open to all
the mother and toddler group vthich is often o¥ersubsuibEd
discountal rental rates for ow haH8 used by nur￿￿ oxnmututy organsalion8
Confjnuing outreach initi*ives include ts intemational coffee club on Monday momings, in
eollsboration vth Refugee and Migrant NetPh￿rk Sutton (RIANS). the lunch club in association
with Age UK Sutton on Tuesdays. occasional evening lectw on a Tuesday. and opening the
ww.trinTty¢huTchsutton.org.uk
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A Benevolent Fur￿ is maintalned ts the ￿ of the minster fttds at his
disGretion.
Donations to charibes of 10% (rf ow TKffniaty maje d¥Jrd) ￿ the bags of
Loose cash offerlngs fr￿n e￿ing servic63 wthen trRld are donated lo a charity deuded from
time to time by ts Tn*. Ecumenical servitss organised by Churches Uniting in
Central Sutton (CUCS) on a rotatin9 basis are (￿ntlY how on a rt)onthly trASiS.
3. Whatwe did- Achievements, PerfornianGe
Results agalmt obJ8¢dv
Objoctlve for 2022123
1. To continuo to rocover.
regular public worsh* of high
activo engagement In worship
through choral Bible
reading and others:
opportunrties for st￿, prayer
and contemplalion..
indusive
opportunities
SOGial contsct both tn traditkonal
ways though the Supp•r Club.
95 Club, Ka￿ld0s¢Ope, outlng8
and, and thro￿jh new Yet-t￿be
dlscovered Yrays". and
mutual support aNI pastoral
r2re through our Pastoral
Committeo and Pastoral Links
all of vthich enrlches soGi
2. To continue to hone our online
presen￿. utiljsing rKw recording
equlpment. so tPot people not
physically PTesent can partt¢ipate In
worship. education and COtuIKations
in fulfilling ways, vthjlst encouraging
actNe en
ement wherever
ible.
3. To devdop tha new agreed groups
aritsing from our rafieclive teview in
place of whatever ha5 been
unavoidably lost during pandwniG
restriGtion8".
Achlovaments
Llvo strnamiTrJ and recordiny of the 8epJlces
are available for th08e unable to attend In
Our vRbsite points rea￿5 to Tesources for
study and worship vthile sodal contads are
Our Pastoral Llnks effecll¥ely maintained
coniaGt with many people foU￿￿j in partlcular
on those Unab￿ to ￿ churth rvJulady.
The CCTV installation has all0￿ed seryices to
be INe stream8d. An expanded team of
members have bean trained to operate IL LNe
and recorded seryicas are available on
YouTube.
The Churth and Community Group has
assumed resF(¥nsitxllty new outraach
initiatives. The Leaming and Discipleship Group
has assumed responsibilty for the mor5thly
Tuesday evening leGiure8.
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Trinity United Reforniedlmethodlst Church Sutton
Annual Roport and Accounts for the year to 31 August 2023
4. Finance revi8W
Financial overviav
Our total income was £195.121 (2022 £188.076) of 64.9% cong￿at10na1 giving
{wbth assou*ed tax redarns of £25.791). and 26% was hall rental infxme tif £50,652 (2Q22
£51.765). Our totsl expeThJiiurE Wd¥ £183.e>&3 (2022 £135,602). Th? net surpbJs for year
was £11.357 (2022 surpkns £52.284).
Budget for the endlng 31st August 2024
The budget for the current year show3 a smal proi*d k>ss of due to incEEased
ReseNes pollcy
The Tru*ees have set a resep4es pow vknich relates to the Gerwal Fund and requires that
reserves be maÈrrtaEned at a level Mthich ensures that the actMkn* can continue dutirwJ a
period of unfOES￿ dIffi￿[ty ar￿ tha a tKoportion of reserves be maintained in a readity
realisabk form. The Tr￿ consider ￿adIlY reatsable reserves to te the amount of
reseNes that are easily converted into cash should the n￿1 arise. We aim to hold in the
General Fund suffictent money to cover six month's exrRTKltiure - approximately £93,000.
Circuit Assess￿ of £15.Cm per
Caretaker costs of £6.000 perqwter
Utilty L411s of £5.000 per qua
Insuran￿ and maintenan￿ Costs of £11.750 per quarter
Admintstration costs d £8.750 w quarter
Our GerETal Fur￿ stands at a Ga8h surplus of £74,831 (we are £18,169 below our prefeTred
level of reswves) compared wth a last year of £63.427. so it is still necessary to
to at least £93,000. The past reduction in General Resetv&s have atisen due to losses and
redundancy payments IneJJrr8d in dosing the OasB Restswant due to ts pandemic. and the
loss of rental due to the rlosure of the halls.
The other Funds are hetrj for spe￿￿ purposes therefore are not covered by the General
Reserve Policy. The Policy for the Restrided is to ￿ the furKls cffily for purpose
maintained for future eX￿￿ed needs. Tlw funts are:.
Bwbevoknt (Poor) Fun& Usod by the minister to wdy for tharitable neod2. It ig
Building Fun￿ S& up to provide a furkj for tre occasional on￿f rna1ntenan￿ or
building work5.
Choir Fund. The choir is Fod ky 115 SeN1￿ at ￿E[kI1r@S furErals. The chobr
Ruth Howard Fund. To make grants to young peopk to enabEe them to go overse&.
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Annual Report and Accounts for the year to 31 August 2023
Toddlor Club Fun¢L Accumulated surplus of tho Trinty Tr￿ dtywtions.
L•gacy Fund. Accumulabj s￿u$ of past18gaues not yet spent by the Church.
Organisati￿S
Endowment Fund. Income from investmrt can be for pnera pu￿, but
L*pital is not generally available.
S. Plans for the futurn
1. To continue to develop:
regular putjlic wTh5hip of high qualty:
objectives ￿ disc
opportuniti88 for study. rKayer and contemplation.
inclusive opportunities for social contact both in tradibwl ways though the Supper
"Club, 95 Club, Kaknidoxope, Chaptsr 22 and the Bunker Youth Group togethoi
wlth ouling? and through now yet.trth way& a
mutual SUFWt and pastoral cw
2. To Continue to hone our online presence. utlllsing nv4¥ recordiThJ equlpm8nt, so that
people not physically present can paitipate in worship, education arKI consult8tion8 In
fvlfilling ways. whilst encouraging active engagemant threver possible.
Church and Communlty: This group in Tfinity Church has resp(Thibility for three a8pects
of chU￿h lrfe: fellowship within th8 church community, th8 church's Servi￿ of its
immediate ￿IghbOUrhoOd and mission to the wider Mrfxld. It exercises this responsibilty by
Maintaining effecaNe optNNtunities for cor￿8¢<￿ ar¥J falkN￿hip within the church
Strategically seeking appropriate Way5 to use thurch re6ouw arKI ay1￿1ng facilities
to address such need5
Supporting and Imising with ts Deacons and the Churth laaoting to deVe￿p a
Learning and DlsGlpleshlP: The assurnptv)ns Ur￿lTh3 the existence of this group in
Trinity Church ar8 that the thurch should be a leaming cunmunity and that discipleship
involves personal spiritual growth. SoTne of th￿ happens in church naturally and
organically, but it is most effective when it is prepared for in a 8tratwJic manner. The remit
Churth by:
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Trinity United Reformedlmethodist Church Sutton
Annual Report and Accounts for the year to 31 August 2023
Ensuri￿ that the juni￿ Church Is wElkresourced aT¥J eQu￿￿ed to enable all chiklren
of the ¢hurGh to grow in faith tTh¥aTds b￿ng adult paTbopatts in ts ble and ￿￿rshiP of
the church
Consid¢ring adopting an irttrcKk￿ to ck￿bar1ty (Xy￿￿e suttth for a liberal and
open erquiring church
chur
Planning regular membeT5hip da5ses for enquirer8
aking provision for Bible study eft1￿ in grou￿ m*ting reJulaty or for individual
Study
Seek￿￿ to devdop the montrdy lectu￿ serES
4. To support the assimilation atKI integration Imthin ts local communty of those
immigrants ne*ly arriyed from Koro by:
5UPPOrt
meets.ngs
6. Objects, Structure, GovernanGa and Management
Charfty Name
Trintty Uniied RefomedIme￿ Chufth Suiton
Chafity's Prinupal Addrsss 16 Cheam Road. Suttw, Surrey
SM11DZ
Web site
Govemance
Trustee8
The ruling b(Kly of TrinTty Church is the TTUSt&s Meeting as Tepresented by Minister,
Treasurer and Dea¢ons. The Kfinister of th8 Churth ex Officlo Trustee. 10 Deacons
TU5tees are elected by the Churth Gongregaliorral M￿ting to sepft for a term of 3 years.
Elected Deacons[rn￿tees nw be d8(led for a secormj tenn but not a thwd co￿¢￿tive tern.
Th8 Churth MeetirvJ also T￿mIna￿S ts Treasurer who is appointed as a CO￿pted Trustee.
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The Tntsteos swving durirYJ year were:.
Trustse name
whole year
To 31 August 21r23
Revd Dr David
Dickinson
Mr M Booth
Chatr
Treasurer
C04)pted on nomination by
Congregational meeting
Eigcted by Congregational Meeting
Mrs M Aikines-
Aryeetey
Mr F Allotey
Mr R Comwell
Ms J Harriot
Mr D Jones
Miss R MacLaren
Ms P McKenna
Mr R Stewart
Ms L Tizard-
Varcoe
Mr S Zere
Mis8 A. Hu8tler
Deacon
Deacon
Deacon
Deacon
Deacon
Deacon
Deacon
Deacon
Dea￿n
Elected by Congreg*ional Meetlng
Electaj by CorKJregational Meeting
Elect•J by Congregatlonal Meeting
regational Meeting
Elected by Cor¥Jro*ional Meeting
Elected by Congregalional Meeting
Elected by congregats.onal Meeting
Et*d by Colwegational Meeting
Elected b Congr8gatioro1 Meeti
Eleded by Congreg8tiorrdl Meeting
Deacon
Deacon
To Merth 2023 AGM
From March 2023
AGM
From 1 September
2023
Revd Hendry
Ponniah
Chair
Ex Qfficio
New Tru8te8s are advi8ed of their roles responsibilities prtor to the appointm8nC induding
reference to Charity Commission guidance. OTrgoing training uses denominational training
courses and Ilkerature. Safety pro￿dureS are remyed regu￿.
The T￿￿tea9, advised by thè Proparty comm￿e8. akn art a8 Managing Tfustses for the suite
Property Division. Manthmtw.
The Deacon6 are resFd)n3th for ts spiritiAI frfe of Trinty Church throiyJh ts V*wship and
mission. The Deacons a￿ akno to rKovth 6UPPOrt to the minister.
Chur¢h IAeettivJ
must be takèn into account by the Trustees.
The Ghurch Meeting meets a minimum of fw tirnes a JEar to re(the reports from the
Thé Trugtees and Churth kketing are suppThted a￿1 informed by the vhxk of a numb8r of
comrn)tte88 induding:_
Flnance Committee: tho Trustees and a(*s on thw behalf within prest*ibed
limits ragardiroJ th8 geft￿￿ finanoa a¥& of the vth of Trinity Churth by
finanryal corrtrols and rATrordinating regular reviews of planned gi¥irKJ.
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Annual Report and Accounts for the year to 31 August 2023
Property Committee: Advis8s the Trustees and acts on their behalf regarding the
maintenance of the suite of buildings to ensure a safe and comfortable resource for tt)e
vK)rship of God and ￿ proviston of a centra resou￿ forthè kKal communty.
Church and Community: This group in Trinity ChuiGh has responsibtlty for three
aspects of church irfe. fellowship within ttE churth (￿mInunIty, the thurch's service of
its immediate netghboLthood and misston to th8 v*der world.
Learning and Dis¢iplaship." The aSsLin￿S ￿de￿Ing the existe￿ of this 9roup
in Trinty Church are that the dwrch is a lear[K￿ c(Knmunty aTKI that disa"*hip
involves personal SPiTitual grovrtFL s[￿ cl ttus in church naturally arml
organiGally, but it is most effeclive vthen it ts prepared for in a strategic manner. The
remit of the group B to oversee the spititual development arKI wellbeing of all within
Trinty Church
Ecumenleal Chureh C¢wn¢O:
In January 2CK]1 Trinity United Reft￿￿(tht Ctyjrth signed a lo(xl E￿￿enICal
Partnership with St Nicholas Parish Church and Sutton BaFknst Churth. This Council, wtth
representatives from all of the partnership tknurd￿. seeks to find ways for the churches to
share in their common life here in Sulton, and to bear ￿ry￿esS to our oneress in Christ
Junior chU￿h and Y(Mth Wor
Bunker Youth Club. These will como from rEw Leaming and Discipleship group.
The Trustees maÈntaYi a Rtsk Register to ensure ttrAt [￿C￿JUreS are li to guard against
foreseeab￿ events Thtiich ujuld prej￿ ttEfunLli￿ir￿j of the Cl•.
Safeguarding
The Chatity complies ¥*ith the Sateguarthng of Chfidren *d VulneralAe Adults policy of the
Methodist ChurctL
7. Trustses, Responsibilities
The Irustees are respIN￿bble for prepariThJ the Tntstees. Annual Report and the financial
The law applicab￿ to charthes in Englar￿ 3nd Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial
statements for eath financiaE year which give a true ancl fair ifjew of the slale of affairs of the
charity and of Ihe incoming resources and application of reSoUr￿S of the tharity during that
period. In preparing It￿se fuwicial ststernen￿ the tru5* are required to:
observe the methods and principbs in the Charities SORP",
make judgmerts and e￿¢mateS that arp roa$onable and pnthnt.
state whether appticable accountÉn9 Standath have been follthved, subject to any
material departures disclosed and explained in the f&Jancial st*ements". aTKI
prepare the finar￿la1 stat￿nentS on the goirvJ Goncem basis unless it is vBpprowiate
to presume that the tharity will continue in bknsiness.
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The trustees are responstbie for keeping Pforer accounti￿ records that disdose with
reasonable accuraGy at any time the financial V>Sition of the d*rity gNJ enable them to
ensure that the financial statements compty *qlh the char￿eS Ad 2011. the CIHtty (Accounts
and Reports) RegulaiMs 2(KJ8. and the [￿ViSIOnS of the trLBt deed. They are also
8. Declaration
' sigr￿d on behalf of the Char5tys Tntstees
Revd Hendry Ponniah Chair of the TfUSte8S
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Trinity United Reforni8dlMethodist Church Sutton
Balance sheet as at31 Augugt 2023
2023
2022
Tanglble f￿1 as80ts
Investments
53.979
53.979
54,060
io
26.420
25.833
Cash at bank and on deposit . ... . . . ..... .. ....._...._... _. .. -
Central Board of Flnance ac¢xyJnt
16.741
50,693
95,555
184.157
172,081
11
. (9.572)
(8,934)
Net current asse18
163,147
13
217,207
Un
General Fur
124.831
113,427
- 85,830
3,570
Legacy Fund
O¢signated F￿d5
12
8,416-.
217.on
201827
RestrKted Funds
12
7.508
Endowment Fund
3,979
4.060
217,207
ved b the DeaoxJn5' Meeting on
204 and sign. ed on Ihw behalf by:
Revd Hendry
Mlnlster
niah
t/ Malcolm BcN)Ih

Trinity United Refomiedlmethodist Church Sutton
Notes to the financial s
mentsfOr..the￿￿t￿AUgU5fr2D28-
The }Inan￿ stat8m*rt9 of Ihe dwty, whi¢* 18 0
plr* uK-and-Rewbl￿"of'IrPIan([ IFRSIIQ)" Jmg).. Reporkng St8rKlard 102
Tr Firkant>at Reporting stand￿rt In the UK R•wbk of Ifekn* and thL¢h*iiwA¢t.20.ILJ.h8_ .
vajue. The charity is an unin¢orPxa￿d trust The finaTh* Statemerts tten ￿ry¢d..0n a goiTrJmrwtLbasi&.
- Fund8..
. for spendiig, Ènd the Thi¢omts from wlikh Is •lther Resblded crf U
Incam•
._These are ih"Ihe"Stsfw¥w
tt Is PTobatle thatts Ir#>j￿ V•lll bè recer¥ed andthe amowrt
Expèndlts
Fl¥¢d A•¥•ts and D•pr¢clatlon
Sei>lembeT 2015. balng the date of I￿￿￿00n trj SORP IFRS 102). Thls has adoplad a8 origin81 cost In
eotst ofthè ChLbfGh Lqnd •nd b(￿Id1r￿1. The carryiw v•lué al Nl.
relrdbty. Creditor5 and provwm are w aithetr 8el11e￿ anouFL
Taxation

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Notes to the financial statemwts for the year to 31 August 2023
2.676
Pakl Employ•••
2022
21,632
475
EmpW8 contsibulbr
21,029
256
22.107
21,285
No em￿0Ye￿ Wes £60,IXMI or the s*ar.
A great ded of done fof the Churtth by the De*ax)g aj trustoos on a purety voluntsry twsfs. 11
would b? drtTKultto th?o)st ￿th& on a Kad bw aTvJ so no estAY* has been glven.
Tanglbl• Flx•d A•••ts
2023
The was wofe53Mth ¥￿￿1 in 2017 at£3.750,IJ)D.

Trfnity Unlted Refonnedlmethodist Church Sutton
Notss to the financial statements for the year to 31 August 2023
COIF c1￿￿e$ lnb8stn￿rtfvnd- units
Fairvaug BIF
4.060
4,250
(1901
4.060
(81)
Fairvalue aF
3.979
Farvahje •¥J C
50,000
The inv88trnent propwty land vau&J at fair Ydluo tn Soptember 2020 by Sayll
(UK) knmiifjd. The tru8tees cm#ler the f* valuè has not (*8noed rnata*l81ty than.
10 IY•b(Drn
2023
420
15,000
10,1]00
5.000
1Z51XI
4333
HM Revenua & Cu6b
25.420
25,833
11 Credltixs
2022
Aetion for ChikJTOn
134
373
Chttstran A*J
Junior Chwch charity
Rent In Advan
70
4,815
2.41)0
4.737
1.800
TOU Gas
PAYE
1.374
1.467
9.572
8.934

Trfnlty United Reforniedlmethodist Ghurch Sutton
Notss to the financlal statements for the year to 31 August 2023
12 Anatysis of Restrlcted and Fund Balances
31 ￿USt2￿?3
SpeLyai (x)liections
Ch
13240
13240
121
20
141
Ruth Howanl
9.175
1.024
130)
6.875
492
Toddlers
323
10.320
13.583
16.395
7.508
Buildw
2.K11
669
5.893
523
BeneVolen￿lPoor
24
170
T¢)lal$
3.570
3.016
170
6,416
Cho￿.
Ruth Howard..
Toddlers:
Building:
8én8vol•ncdknr Raw ofth• FI￿.
Music and other ¢hoir items.
Youth overseas traveL
To(kllw Play9roup.
Openlng balanc• Incom• Tran8f•rn Clo•lng balance
18W20
31 August 2022
Restrlcted
Spe¢id Colledior
Choir
8.473
8A73
129
121
Ruth Howard
10.000
9,175
1.024
Toddters
10,710
8.958
10.320
De•tgn•t•d
Buihjing
2,901
559
Totals
2.758
737
3.570

Trinity Unlted Reformedlmethodist Church Sutton
Notss to the financial statements for the year to 31 August 2023
13 Net A39ets
2023
167.OTI
217.077
7,508
Restricted funds
7.508
Endolyniert furMIs
3,979
3.979
Total
174685
2022
Unrestricted fvnds
152.827
10.320
202.827
10.320
Totat
163.147
217,207
The church recep￿ aggr89ata don￿￿￿ from Ih8lr cwnected persons of £18,ceo
12022 £17,210). ￿enSeS wère relmbLwsed to trustegs which amourrted b) £NIL (2022 NII).
under the crmtrol of the Tntstees d TTknIty Churth Suiton.
Malcolm
37 SherwocKI Park Ro&d
Sutton
Surrey SM128G
l Gonfim thatthg A￿Unts Iwp Pres￿￿￿ to th• Trusta8s of TrÈnty CPwrth .. 204 and
were approved.
Rerfd He[￿ry P￿￿{an

Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees of Trinrty United
RefOrn￿l l Methodist Church
Churth Cl#trth) year 31 A￿USt 2023.
I rep)rt in respect of my examinat#M of the Church's as carTigJ out undw wion 145 of tha Act
and In caffwng out my ex8mo*tson I have fO￿v￿ au akyknt4e givan by th8 Charily
Comm1$31￿ un(JersecJkfft 14gS)Ib) ofthe
I have o)mpW my eXamk￿bOn. I confim that no matrers have c¥Th ID my attent￿￿ In conn*ion with
the examinatlon giving me to b8llev8 Ihat in any materf81 res
accounting record5 wEre not kept in of the Church as requir&J by sth 130 ofthe or
the accounts do not aocord wttt) thc6e re(ths' or
the aolounts do not C4)mpty the applicth rwjiremwts ¢XXKwnky the form and ￿rttent of
accounts set out
in the Charitse5 (￿1}ts and Rewt) RegulatAX￿ 2008 olher Ihan any requirements that the
examiftation.. or
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