## **Annual report September 2023/Aug 2024** ## **Church** We are a growing church that loves to worship Jesus Christ. Join us for worship on Sunday at 11:00am, featuring video, dance, drama, and puppets for all ages. it is modern in a "cafe style" with a break for coffee and cake and led by our own lively band. It is good to see more young families have joined the congregation, and another baby to bless our church family. Our worship is always café style and thanks to a gift in memory of a beloved member, we were able to convert the old disused organ chamber into an accessible toilet and kitchen, with a serving hatch into the worship area. Another cause for celebration as Chris qualified as a worship leader, and we were delighted to hold his recognition service. One of the highlights of the year was a trip to Big Church Fest were Rend Collective and Chris Tomlin were the top worship leaders, fourteen of us went and it was a fantastic experience worshiping with thousands of fellow Christians. We would like to wish our minister Heather a happy retirement after forty years’ service, our love and best wishes go with her, and we look forward to welcoming Rev Dan in September. ## **Mums and tots Mon, Wed & Friday.** Remains a nice friendly welcoming group but mostly babies nowadays as they are going to nursery at two years of age taking advantage of the voucher scheme set up by the government. ## **Monday and Wed Youth Club** Still attracts good numbers, with two bouncy castles, table tennis, badminton, computer games and a variety of arts and crafts there’s plenty to do. We have also kited out an old storeroom and converted it into a sensory room. ## **Puppetry Mission** Continues to be a major part of the church life taking part in worship both here and at Moreton Methodist. They also performed at two retirement homes and raised money for Claire House by performing at Morrisons. The puppet team also ran workshops several youth clubs. ## **Tuesday Adult social club** Now in its third year there are a regular twenty five people attending and others joining when childcare permits, they have a fun time together, the youth club games room is open with snooker, pool etc. The coffee bar is open with board games and a social area to chill and chat new people are always welcome **.** ## **Thursdays Rainbows Brownies and Guides** This is a well-established group that has been running on this site for over fifty years and continues to serve the community and is blessing to the church ## **Holiday Club** Run in partnership with Moreton Church offered four days of club 10am till 2pm, with breakfast and lunch provided. Apart from the regular club activities we had some special visitors including AZ Safari Party, Gautby Road Reptile encounter, Alwood Donkeys, Fancy Dress Party and a portable climbing wall. Once again, a big thank you to all who helped, in so many ways, It was a massive project and wonderful that we can offer this to our community. . ## Denise and Tim Edwards ## **CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS** ## **THE METHODIST CHURCH** ## **STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS** **church @ the cross birkenhead** **Church** ## FOR THE YEAR ENDED Saturday, August 31, 2024 |**wirral**
**Circuit**|**Circuit no.**|**9/8**| |---|---|---| |**Registered Charity - Charity Registration number**||| |||**1141711**| If not a registered charity **His Majesty's Revenue and Customs Gift Aid 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) ## Minister: ## **Dan Woodhouse** Church Stewards: **June Buckingham Catherine Hitchell Timothy Edwards Denise Edwards Christine Conway Joan Corkill Rosemary Neill** Treasurer: **Rosemary Neill** Untitled 1 of 5 **church @ the cross Church birkenhead** **ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024** ||**SECTION A**|||**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**|**£**
**14,408**
**404**
**7,963**
**60,979**
**Totals this**
**year**|**£**
**14,408**
**404**
**7,963**
**60,979**
**Totals this**
**year**|**Totals last**
**year**|**Totals last**
**year**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||**£**|**£**|**£**||**£**|| |a1|**RECEIPTS**||**Note**|||||||| |a2|Offerings and Tax recovered||||14,408||**14,408**||16,635|| |a3|Bank and CFB interest and
Investment income||||404||**404**||217|| |a4|Lettings||||7,963||**7,963**||20,147|| |a5|Other receipts||||60,979||**60,979**||32,225|| |a6|**TOTAL RECEIPTS**||||**83,754**|**0**|**83,754 **|**(a7)**|**69,224**|| |||||||||||| ||**SECTION B**||||||**13,470**
**187**
**7,294**
**12,116**
**0**
**13,722**|||| |b1|**PAYMENTS**|||||||||| |b2|Circuit Assessment or Share||||13,470||**13,470**||13,089|| |b3|Donations||||187||**187**||265|| |b4|Repairs and Maintenance||||7,294||**7,294**||7,111|| |b5|Utilities (Insurances, water
charges, heating& lighting)||||12,116||**12,116**||8,146|| |b6|||||||**0**|||| |b7|Otherpayments||||13,682|40|**13,722**||50,037|| |b8|**TOTAL PAYMENTS**||||**46,749**|**40**|**46,789 **|**(b9)**|**78,648**|| ||||||||**36,965**|||| ||**SECTION C**|||||||||| |c1|**(a6-b8)**
**NET RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS**
**FOR THE YEAR**||||37,005|(40)|**36,965**|||| |||||||||||| |c2|Total funds brought forward from
last year||||29,666|45|**29,711 **|**(c6)**|39,135|| ||||||||**66,676**|||| |c3|**Sub total**
**(c1+c2)**||||66,671|5|**66,676**|||| |||||||||||| |c4|Transfers and adjustments||||5|(5)|**0 **|**(c7)**||| |||||||||||| |c5|**TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR**
**(c3+c4)**||||**66,676**|**0**|**66,676 **|**(c8)**|**29,711**|**(c6)**| ## **SECTION D** ||**SECTION D**|||| |---|---|---|---|---| |d|**(these amounts are not to be included in total receipts/payments figures above)**
**FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL**||**£**
0
**0**
**ORGANISATIONS**|**£**
| |d1|Balance brought forward from lastyear||0|| |d2|Offerings/Gifts - received for external organisations|||| |d3|Offerings/Gifts -passed to external organisations|||| |d4|**BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID** (d1+d2-d3)||**0**|**0**| 2 of 5 Untitled church @ the cross birkenhead **Church** ## **SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL** |**SECTION E**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2024 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Church Council/Church Meeting. Note that the funds||| |of an Internal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must||| |be completed to arrive at the gross income and expenditure totals of the Church. If gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold, then the Accruals method of||| |accounting AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website). Please refer to the guidance notes regarding transfers between||| |the District and connected District Organisations.||| ||**SECTION E**
|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2024 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Church Council/Church Meeting. Note that the funds
of an Internal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must
be completed to arrive at the gross income and expenditure totals of the Church. If gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold, then the Accruals method of
accounting AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website). Please refer to the guidance notes regarding transfers between
the District and connected District Organisations.||||||||||||| ||**INTERNAL**
**ORGANISATIONS**|Receipts||Payments||Net Receipts/
Payments||Adjustments||Opening
balances||Closingbalances|| |e1||||||0||||||0|| |e2||||||0||||||0|| |e3||||||0||||||0|| |e4||||||0||||||0|| |e5||||||0||||||0|| |e6||||||0||||||0|| |e7||||||0||||||0|| |e8|Sub total of Internal
Organisations funds|0||0||0||||0|**(e11)**|0|**(e12)**| |e9|**Church accounts (totals**
**brought forward from page**
**2 - totals column)**|**83,754 **|**(a7)**|**46,789 **|**(b9)**|**36,965**|||**(c7)**|**29,711 **|**(c6)**|**66,676**|**(c8)**| |e10|**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD**
**BY CHURCH**|**83,754**||**46,789**||**36,965**||**0**||**29,711**|**(x)**|**66,676**|**(y)**| ||Continue on a separate sheet
if necessary and bring the
totals forward|**TOTAL RECEIPTS**||**TOTAL**
**PAYMENTS**|||||||||| ## **SECTION F** ## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES** ||**STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES**|||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**CHURCH - CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 August 2024**
Cash in hand
Bank Current Account
Bank No 2 Youth Account
Central Finance Board
Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
Other funds
**SUB TOTAL - Church accounts**
**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH**
Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
balance total from above) (e12)|13,290
8,910
719
6,792
**29,711**
(c6)
**0** (e11)
**29,711**
(x)
**OPENING**
**BALANCES**|**CLOSING**
**BALANCES**|| |f1|Cash in hand|||| |f2|Bank Current Account||50,812|| |f3|Bank No 2 Youth Account||7,968|| |f4|Central Finance Board||756|| |f5|Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes||7,140|| |f6|Other funds|||| |f7|**SUB TOTAL - Church accounts**||**66,676**|(c8)| |f8|Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
balance total from above) (e12)||**0**|(e12)| |f9|**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH**||**66,676**|(y)| |||||| ||**SECTION G**
**OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES**
Investments(include Endowments)
Land & Buildings(see notes re Insurance value)
Other Assets
Loan(s)- show amount outstandingatyear end
Other Liabilities|At
1 September 2023|At
31 August 2024|| |g1|Investments(include Endowments)|||| |g2|Land & Buildings(see notes re Insurance value)|||| |g3|Other Assets|||| |g4|Loan(s)- show amount outstandingatyear end|||| |g5|Other Liabilities|||| f4 Include only Funds held at the Central Finance Board f5 Include only Funds held at Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes g1 Include any other investments (not the cash element of TMCP trusts accounts this is included in line f5 3 of 5 Untitled **Church at the Cross** 9/8 **No…** Name of Chu ## **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 trea **Rosemary Neill, 90 Maybank Road, Birkenhead** …………………………………………………………………………………. Post Code……………… **CH42 7HQ** ## **Presentation to the Church trustees** I confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2024 were presented to the meeting of the Church trustees held on 13 November 2024 Signature of the Chair of the meeting …………………………………………………………………… Name of the Chair of the meeting **Dan Woodhouse** ……………… Date **13/11/2024** ## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the** ## **Church at the Cross** **Charity Number** 1141711 ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Church at the Cross Birkenhead Church for the year ended 31 August 2024 set out on pages 1 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 appropriate 4 of 5 Untitled ## Name of Chu **Church at the Cross Birkenhead** ## **Independent Examiner’s Statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below*) 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 accounting records. I have no concerns 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/have not* 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 **Steve Corkill** . Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner ……………………………………… Name of firm (where appropriate) ……………………………………………………………………… ## Address **3 Kings Road,Birkenhead** ## . Post Code **CH63 5QG** Date ………………………………………… * delete or circle as appropriate Form Reviewed Aug-24 Untitled 5 of 5 Declarafirjns and [t￿r(l*￿ rr￿ ..._.... .. ........................... IP4 Cr4 ). I ￿￿rE3 ¢F&ty Name of Church . .Church at the Cross Blrf(enhead Independent Examinerfs Statement I have completed my examination. I confim that no material mal connection with the examination (other than that disclosed belo that in, any material respect: the accoLsnting records were not kept in accordan￿ with the accounts do not accord with the accounting records. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable accounts to be ￿aChed. I haVe1ha¥8￿&. obtained independent verification of all investm Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances and fun( Methodist Church which are individually in excess of £10,000 (t sheet date. Signature of independent examiner Name of independent examiner Steve Corkill. Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner Name of fimi (where appropriate) Address 3 Kings Road,Birkenhead Post Code CH63 5QG Date delete or cirde as appropriate statement of accounts aug 24 Iters have come to my attention in i") which give me cause to believe section 130 of the Act; or onnection with the examination to a proper understanding of the ients with the Trustees for Methodist Js at the Central Finance Board of the In thousand pounds) at the balan 5of5