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CHRISTCHURCH HITCHIN TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT AND STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITY YEAR TO 31 AUGUST 2025 P4elof7

Trustses roport for tho year endod 31•t August 2025 A twn of TrLt808 have the (Kty respons￿]Ity to report on ts aar￿118$ ol Ihe Charty that is Chri8t¢hur¢h (Methodist Unlted Refrrtry￿) Church. The team ¢onslJts ol the PAnlstsr and 8 elected from afMI by the dwrch ￿Mbership, In a¢<xdonc• temm of (xThtliutkn. Chr￿tchurth Hilthin is locabj at Bedford R08& Hlt¢hln. SG5 1HF. ft Is reg18tered ¢Pwlty. no. 1142830. and Its ts)nstknllon vras formally w¥Jated In 2019. Paul AnM)hJ. Angela Gr1995. Revd. JaMb Donkoh, I)hili￿V Amold. Marirm Towers, Mauh Rossall, Stova Crt Nlkkl Willlams EleGleddwthg the year. The TnJ8te88. nomially ¢alled I￿ TNst•• Q￿r$￿t Group. meet rnonthty. have cvgran respo￿lb11ty for all a8P8cts of Ule. Th& Trustees arn cornmiiied to d8velopkng ts worf( Iho charlty. tQ sthening the dknlpl¥¢hip of lts.membar8 and lo SuppNt￿v and enc4xrnglng to d•vebp tholr folth and make a as a foknv of Cl¥lBt. Tho Mission Statem8nt of the Churth IN: Lod by Ihe Sptrft- Wtyklng In Iho Ctynmi•- The"Growiw Togthff vision contlnu88 to be used to revbew our acllth, In addltlan lo the •totem&tt'R•al Ufa, Real Love, Real You. which infonnalty adopted In January 2020 a way dthlnkkng 8boul all that we do a8 a charty. Th• Purpo80 of th8 Charlty. as 8et In Chrl•t¢hurch c1)r￿lutIOn. h to advan0• Iho Chrlstian falth In the Afva of Bonefil in a¢0)￿n¢• wlth thb prwK4ple8 and wxtic85 d tho Methodkt and Unlt•d Churches. The TrLths tho ￿nStItu1h)n to give the ngcessary dlrth to achlm tts Purp)se. arKI lo'engage tn. a r￿e of acivibes, alther on #s oK¥n orwfth ctlKr4 inGludln9 ( resthcted to): th• of public w￿S￿P. the teaohlr¥J of tho ch￿0110n f81 pa8toMI work. IncludlrvJ vlslung Ihe sk aTha the boroa%*d. tho of fa¢ilitieF with a ChrIsti￿ ethos for tho looAI ¢ommunlty. Incl￿ {but not Y88trictsd trtr) tho eldedy. th8 youw olher groLW wllh sped81 neod$.' and P48e2of7

ca¥lalahufth Is a l•rgo and o¥ of31 A￿￿$1 %)26 thoreworo 187 memhr¥. Th• avèrsg8 attffldarjte at a118ef¥ioes on a Suthy was 105. (con8lsllng of 90 athlts aThJ 15 under 18,8) as Tha￿rEd rn￿1th d Oiknb8r 2024. kn xwrdanGe t proGedur•8 01 th8 M•th¢xli8t dvxth. oonstwdty rgvie¥Ang have in pe to on$ure the ehwch does not overknok Iha n8ed5 of anycrn. bjt ewryono ￿ feel loved ard expw1￿c￿s love of G(x1.ttYo￿Jh the shared w8tsrK>ys of the rKw¢h rMnmuniiy. W¢ G8letate ourdbmrslty whith unltes UJ peoplg of God aThJ a8 a chwth community. church c(ffimunlty. has not res￿1 on Its to enswe Chrlstchwth Is a saf• 8pace ft)r Ex>lh arKI adutt¥ olke. Evy a8PaCt of church lilo Is knp(xtsnt to us, as we seektoJoLYney toge￿ in our falth lourmy. We have Ilvety YY8NP evéry Sunday b(th In chLrtI onllne Ihrough YouTub8. Wo d80 havo a lovoty trAdI￿nal wlth PK>ly tt¥MIl￿10n on the Ilrst gJnd8y of every month at nkne In the nM¥thg. W• also have monlhlyvhNshlp servlets In Elm￿de Nur￿n9 Home on Tu88d8ys 8nd Nlghtlngth Road Day C8ntro on TPwr5days. We do vlsh our eklwty momborn vtho ￿ at kKme and fft them ho￿ communloTL AIBO, a varlety (AaGINllles for d￿ldren and adth take ￿ in Chri8tchurth buikling the week. A.team ol dedicated arKI commltt•d peoplè Y)rk Ilrele88ty b6lthKI the s¢￿86, Lwislng and on$urlng th85e aclhits88 run Succetsfvlly 8nd ￿#hin the thurclks guidokn. Hmver, mcrt hand8 ore needed In varfous ffj188 to W njn th& actMtle8 in.the ChLwth Slth suppixtltvJ role• are Intrln81c to the cfrurth's frLAthA ministy Grvwkng Tog•th•r tty￿rd• Ykno kn Fathor. Son, and Sp4rlL Ow AGM In Novembor 2024 bwht ¢on8btsncy of and w•k￿l•d a new Methodkst Nfrxster lo Chrhtchurch. In 2025 wo launthéd g St8wardshlp Campaign to orthurage w c•xwwegatkn to rofftect on 8upporUng the wth tholr Um& and fi￿nCial resow¢01. This developgd r0 • wlder Renv•val inibatt¥e over the summw. 8uppwled iy a forniod Renwal Toam. The￿ f￿J$ has b•en on &thsslry our fln2rKlal (leficit and encourw naw vduntsers to step key18ad8rnlw rola$. I￿UdIng We aro ¥Yatolul for everyorn h•8 te8ponded- truly an •nswerlo prw. tty•th•r kn falth 4harl We belleve ItAt wayw18 vilal to thg lifo of Iho Trr• has aw8 been prayor in tha ¢hurch and Fn Chrl8tcMJrch group8.tsrt unllllgst aLknmn there was no Chii6tchur¢h Area lo encour8ge, >>tydlnate and faciltata prayer arAlviffies. Th8 first step was to arnge a monthly prayer gaVrkng to listen knt God has to say to Ihe dwrch to intetcede lor IL Thls is followl by wayw for God widor nknion June a ￿aYer Day wa$ held. lllvh￿ a quiet 6p&( gulded pr8yw actMlle8 to hdp thgm uJnneGt vltyi God. FOlk7W￿ on from Prayff Day, there was a requpstfor FW8yer athrfty to bè loft out In tho churcll ￿ ￿ne who wanted a for guiet way Pw3of7

Gr¢Miny tog•lhor aB a commuth c•ntr•d In JMu• Clvl•t. Th6 EVeryOr￿ INe1C￿nE SteeriThJ Gr(xp began th[8 yeerto help Chrfst¢hurch gèt better at Plng •v8rytsM who cl￿r￿ts wllh 4J8 (Y walk5 throwJh tyjr docrt feel welcKme, Th18 yeAr h8¥e been u8lrYJ lens tif Radlcal HwltalSlY from Proth￿3 FTUitfvI Coryegation8'. We hv8 a w-WKllng Iht of that ￿U￿ be trnproved ft>r all use our n)om8 and buitding. Forwnpkn. some m(thrn wall ar( aKKI banners for out&ts to h&lp vh drl¥e or walk p88t or pwk who ar To ba more wolcomirKd to any￿￿ wtth rjjnnwnication or sodai communicetion reed8. hov8 curtiiugd to ext0￿1 our Makaton 8lgr)kng abllltle$. Grthvkng tog8th•r kn ltsvlng and SeT¥lng oth•r8. Chrwork in Refresh a T￿sdaY and than oxtondlry ) fvklay. provw a wwm spacfj for . O¥•rts last y•4r hm?. amorwd Oth￿ thlrq•: FI¥￿ed to querfes abDLrt our ¥#J chlldrn'• work, ¥pJ oafegu8rdln$ Corred rAY relationslry) with unIf0m￿ organlsatlons. Yffjlon for us aTrl waygrfidly flnd to sfuyalls in wlunteerfr¥J and lknanci81 the p88t yw, w) havo wlth pattem Of1￿)r￿UP ith a g a.m. )rM)unlon sopAe• on the flr8t Sundty of each month. 0￿j our We￿lY wor•hbP fw al seThi¢o at 10:30 a.m. All Age worshFp Is usually held on the third Sunday of lh• month. Th8re are octa¥K)nal additional seNIc8s 1hrc￿hOut the year such as GocJ Frw, the meli)0￿1 8wice on RenXmbrnn￿ s￿￿8Y and at Chrl8kn88 tlmo. As a iango to our ragul&r sIr￿￿ of the CM6tshurch Ble85ing each we8K ￿ now Inej￿Ie 8lgned Mthkaton ¢kn on tho f￿r(h Si#idty. •Slh¢r fv8 LY In tho fonn of a vhjeo If the makat￿ team ￿ not avallabkn. In &Jne. to wpport OLr r•nthval carn￿n, w6 a succ888fiA s8th of them8d swknir4$ basod on five of ftuittul congregaums whith wef8 lad by ttsms of our Worthp Iwjors. mlnster and lay prea￿￿ whlch akn t) a gre In￿rront of m¢r¢ people from wnwégatkon ts16ad ￿￿[shIp. Passi¢)nat6 vn)rship is one of the ffive practice8- atlh• r•¢ont Churth m. dwlerent Ide88 and Sugg￿trOnS ab)ut pa88kx ￿X￿h￿ wer• T•v￿A￿d by tho gro￿ arKI the k)p read by.tho n￿?lIng are118ted belw. .. 1. Wor8hlp at Chrbtrtwrch b l•am1gd, l•adhYa to a Iwth y￿rShIP expethw mulwe Fnputs 2. Chrfstthurch off•rB an allem8Uve vxjrshlp oxpetsnce specllkally for famllle5. IrK¥udlThJ lood. 8toryteNing and tsoru Chlldrnn are wt <rfthe18adérshlp tgam. P4of7

1. ChrfBtCh￿ offern r•gularK4rnhiu experf•nGe fortho8• vtho profor a more cortamp(nry warshlp 8tyle, led by an lTrhf￿1o of weathers ar￿ ￿?1$h￿> loAd•r8. Ourtalentsd m￿1 team arn looki￿ al some Id8a8 at tha momantr. onD18 to Introdu¢ 8 number of wefwred rthv Sor￿ that we can leam.together as a congregatlon, ar•J seo)rKlary, for some w%s, t¢ hay8 an exlwKlffll of worship wtwe sorYJs and wayus •M togothor. ' Main focus of texhlrvJ al Chrkntthwth ￿rentlY (xrn wlthkn our SuThlay n￿rIng 8W4i($ and Junlor Chwch 8•ssk)ni. Pre8¢har8 follow lh• LO￿On8ry. 'Hou80 (oups' ILY adu￿. invoMrKJ apwothatsty 100 peopkn ffieetrg wet or f(xtnWty. Th950 hwe 0)ntinU￿ in a varknty offornmts. Som6 have conllnwl me815￿ kn person aga¥L Lwithtlme medimlon wp 'Chri$tcKrch men'8 bre￿a31., a valuabb tlme crffellov for mon (m08ty of th• ' more matur• age group) alhough open to all 8g88. Youth. thklren, aTrJ 18rn11•s (xxrttnued to bo a key part of ow mlsslon durlrKJ the year. Wlth an activo'Junlor Chuth, for chihkn ag•d from birth to 18. thi8 work has b••Th SUPPDrt•d wlth'a fulFtime Youlh & CNdren's workor. neix8S8ry adlu8trnents niade to •n8ure ALL are Includedl Eaty (Age t>0) Christchurth Hltchln Baby aml Todd￿ Group with 40 families cn th• roghtsr(av•rrye ottendanc• 2Q famili08) IX¢ts. f(Y Sur¥Jay momiNJs (Aqe &11) r 'Jump Starf group for thihlren aged 4-9 meets nx)8t Sundtyz duthg th8 man $ervlc•for blble taachw. gwnes and lunl We have a lively group wlth 12 chiklren , Ihat r•g￿rIY attend. Hotiday Club, wNch w88 ran ￿￿tlY wilh Walsmxth Road Wllst Chwth In July. Th8r• Tm 40 thlldreii att￿ overtho three4ayÉ. Secvndty. 64p'll-IW18) F3 grnup fr ¢hlldr•n •ged 10.14 moéts SurKlays dwing tho maln seThic fix bble teachlro, (15soMion arrfl funl Youth H?TrJo￿-, ai)wd at yotsNJ pw * 11.16 grAs from straw to 8MtrL W8 are now gettiNJ ar¢)uThJ 18 chlldron attending on a F'riday nighL Tho slze of th• oroup has rnsutted In a proposed room swap wlth the Frlday ht gJlde# to aCcoffffi￿8I8 grryAryJ nurt)8rs. ¥Ve have also contlnu•d ts) look for owrtuntOe8 to ho81ioint events wth othw¢hur¢he8 ieSof7

Unffonnwj ¢knIlGatlons . Scout Group. aTrJ our Ra￿tt￿. Br￿lIeS, and ¥d85. qr8 aw 8pon8orwJ ty Christthurch frymal agreemonts wilh trjeir Reach IrdUalve8 and 8LWQrt fall tthrl headny Home Cknoas. Refresh - h open momhj a weok prodng thè OPSMwtsmNy for anyono kn tl kxel commu to ma•t in 8 relaxed •n¥vDr￿ over a arKI a or pl of cake. M88tlrvd Needs monlhty Mlverb8 of f￿nI￿ve and ￿ noTrpèrtslth w)d8 to people In Med. Oalsythans, a 8UPFxI group forfamllth of pye4clm)￿ thlklren hllh addilional needs. Slmpson8 Ahn8 hou Wodnasday even1￿j B•dmlrthi C￿b Helpin9 Hortts Home1￿ for tho HomolpTs North Hwt8 Sanclulry, for homalass yoww peopl6. and Hitchln Food 8snk )rth Herts ar￿11 of Ihe M8trk>Jlst Chwth •xl the Norih Hert8 Gro￿ of Unlled Refomièd Chur&w- Christchurch (&y8 an actfva roi8 In Ilwi. Prayer arKI Ilnanfial Lunmikn•rt c4Jnllnued to b? koy fealfftis d our CtynmItr￿ tr) elther manrym8do or nalurdl dlsaeters. We arn •n Eco ChwdK and vdunteers run smrnl recydng Inthtlve8. . Safwrdtng al Clvlstchurth fi￿￿¥5 our FKthy whlch b￿$ upon tho satswardmg polidos and prowlurn8 of the MelFvJdl8t ChLK(47. (hjr 88feguarding grow) Is ressx)n6Iblo for ensurlng tst the8e pc4h are und￿￿ 8nd knpl•monted 4xrrKty by al M￿be¥S of tho church and of OLf Preml8e& Tho aY16tchurth safwrthry team rocefva swort from the distrtct and natSonMI safeguwdlng tewns of the Malhothst Churth. Last year we InW0rn￿tad the use of a standard fcfm for rlsk &8￿58m8nts. forms arn requir&1 lo ba r•VIew￿ gvery year. and If n8CQS8ary. upda1￿. Church Su¥dlry Poucy Each ￿ wo revvw aTrJ upd* dwrch 8afoguardlw i>oky pr•s8rt tt to b? rotllled ' at ts ¢lwrch Tralnlng AR our yo￿n￿er5 who th wlth VUk￿b￿ adults. •TrJ young pew8 Bre apply tr a ulmlrwl record check IDBS). Once thi518 tsnrthl. wil thon hav• traN4ng Pa8e6of7

an a Foundat)n ¢C￿r80. This mtrad￿ c4xi¢epts of good praclc. to fwnlsa abu81￿ bth•viour 8ps to ta• when a con¢gm Is ra18¢d. Chr18t¢hurnh and Prop•ty Commit1•• The committee has 10 memb&rs but has optlon Io oth¥ peopl¢ tsr 8pedfic proiocts. The full Finan￿ and Propety ¢ommltts8 meets abo￿ 4 tim88 a year lyjt ha6 a Wing arhl also a Prowty Wlng wNch m8&t btheffl ￿ F&P meelin to movè speclfic Itn8 foThvard vAkre a 8m31ergath•rlr#J b wmotimes more thnL Annuol Prop•rty t••ks undèrtoken the , Anrnjal Returns canW6tsd. and any ￿Ce￿¥YwOrk und•rtaken- ¢JMnqu•nnial. Mthodist Property Relum and Churth Retum RepoTL systsmlExtin9UishorslBlanket In8pKOons and Testirvj, PATt¢Btlng, Organ arKI phno tsJntr￿. Regular wlnth)w doanlng, Vrnual slte insp8Gtion8 both irrterh)rar#J ext8iÉor. Sewer Inpe¢￿On and water mBter rellng rf r￿￿ry. Water flush chocks, Lighting. et¢. . GaTd•n vI￿￿ll pafOé8 oryJanl••d as gnd when n8(S￿ry. . DefibrilFatr traI￿￿j forvduntsgr6 arKI fogular of firnt ald boxe8. . Rk A8888Brnert updabJ. In total for thè yaor OrKl￿ 31 August 2026. £48.033 wa8 aqulpment. maInt￿￿ aThY deanirg. The finaThl deficlt In 2tr2425 wa• £2&01& Th8 Ststemert of Flrwthl A(11￿110$ and Balanc• sheet are 80t oul below. Th Trustees haN alBO f¢Nmulated Accounting Policies and a Reser￿ Pollerf and these sot below.. It 18 Trustees. to maintain a balan￿ in fe89Th0 which equates to O month8 of Ihe as58ssmarts due to the Method18t aTrJ Untted Rafomwj Churche& and waoes staff gmpbyed dlrecuy by Chrfstchureh. plu8 rotsntkl empkymwst terMW￿li0n costs redundarry Ilabililies. In additlon. Nov15ion tros mado f(r capEtal woieds •xpected to be carrred durfng the yw. The trustees ha￿ hod regard to guldanc•' i88uJ by the Ch•rlty Commis¥lon on pAI¢ benellt. ApproNl at th8 Tw8te6s Meelkng hekl fth 05 03 2026 8fKI n•d on bèhalf of tIKI Tnjstees: Aiillèl Grig9• Chwch S•Grolary PaBe7of7

Name of Church Ch1￿1￿Ureh MltchlTh Churth No Statemont of Flnanclal Actlvltl•8 (SOFA) for Iho year •nd•d 31 August 2026 uThtB (UMa•Irk￿) Iunre•trtc￿> Funds Fund• 2￿26 Incom• 1 Offertrvjs 104.780 S.614 6,674 1,263 1,207 3 Grft ald 4 Irrterest and 1rmfjkn￿l Inethè 5 IrrAme from lely . 10.334 31.1 7.267 .129 8 In¢omo 199.618 Expgndlturn g aNI URC 8866$8Tr 10 Gr•nts aThl dcmlon 1Q4 Mlninty. WNslaYt 11 Pro[￿ty rnokntawice 915,532 13 Staff costs 10.8XI 15 Othw 9Xp￿ltsJrn 111 1236 17 Total dwll•bl• •xp•ndMuM 18 G￿n￿(￿Ses) on mom* Imfe8tments 19 GOIn￿(￿￿•s) M Inmtnwrt 20 Nel inwrfexp•ndl￿r•) 21 Trarffjftr8 fvnds 1N9n 4&740 14.042 44044 -14.942 23 In fund• . 24 Totsl funds browtforward 25 Total fund¥ c•rW fornArd -10,798 -26,044 2,278.813 22517 Z249.W28 18.087

Namo d Church ChrlA¢huY¢h Hltchkn No 340515 SLenwnt of FIn￿¢141 A¢tlvltle8 (SOFA) for yoar ondad 31 August 2024 l Offa 10&1e6 5913 3Gfft 4 Intwesi bMx>mo 2,184 18.1B7 14758 6 lrtwnd orgarl%thno 73a 7,736 0 216Aa8 110 14902 8T¢thl Incorne Exp•ndur• 91A 12. 1.481 )7 19,742 11939 10A IAnly. 11 1742 13 si&Ycc4t8 . 16CtheraymJlttJr• 18 17Tatsi •yp•nthw• 24•J4 20N•* In¢ojirf•xp￿rfIlW•) -21.M7 22 OUwgWh)8wI 24Total brou8h¢ forward 2STot41 fwmlst1r￿dI0￿r 2.245￿41 O IZ78M13

Chw¢h N¢> 3&E15 Balanco Sheet as at 31 August 2025 bwAIF T•t FuAd• 10,942 19 . Ckni Flr•rt• Bwd OWYA Ch4taBAk•thd in IThKE 171, 9S011 ,289 7,0 17MI 253,761 . 1&0M 2.27801 2,235.15fi 2249.V 18, U47•1 227U1

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chilstth￿h. Hitehin. an LEP in the North Hertfordshiffj Circuit No ￿15 Year end9d 31 Au9USt 2025 Declarations Treasurer I confimi that these accrual- tosed a¢￿Unts for the.year ￿ded 31 August 2025 have been prepared from the recoTds of the Chuth and that fvy include all funds under Ihe control of the Church LeadeFship Group, being the t￿jst￿ of Ihe Churth. Signed: Date.. 11 l&l£ .Name of Twsurer. IA i GaA-£L Qi Cl<MO Address of Treasurer.. 28 , 11 (TC4iAJ GG 4 OHY Preséntatlon to the Trustees for approval I"confirm that the Trust￿ Annual Report, Ststemenl of Flnandal Aciivitles. the Balan￿ Sh*t and the Notss to the Accnunts for tha year ended 31 Au9U¥t 2025 we approved by the Trustees. Signed.. Name: %rsprtGLI A. co(g1<

Christ¢hurch. HltchSn, an LEP in the North H8rtfordshiro Circuit No 3415 Year erKled 31 August 2024 Independent Examiner"s Report to the Trustees of Chrlstchurch, Hltchln, a MethodistlURC LEP, for the year ended 31 August 2025. I report to the thjstees on my examination of the accounts of th8 atrf)ve charity (Ihe Trust.) for the year end￿j 31st August 2025. Responsibilities and basis of independent examiner's rnport As the charlty's trustees you are responslble for th8 preparation of th8 acwunts In accordance with lh8 r8quir8ments of lh8 Charities Act 2011 ("the Acr) I report in respect of my examinatlon of the Trust's accounts carried out under sect(on 145 of the 2011 Act and in carykng out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under sectlon 145(5Xb) of the Independant axamlner"s statement I have ￿Mplet￿j my examlnation. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in ￿nneCtiOn with the examlnation which gives me cause to believe that In, any material reS￿et. the accountirKJ records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charitios Act; or the accounts did not aco)rd wlth the acCoUn￿ng re¢ord8' or the accounts did not comply wSth the applicable requirements conc4rnirffJ the foffti and content of accounts sel out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulation8 2008 other than any requlrement that the aowunts give a ￿ue and fai¢ view which 18 not a matter considered a8 part of an independent examln8tlon. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection wilh the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understsnding of the accounts to bè reathed. Signed.. Date.. &-¥-2£ Name of Independ8nt Examiner: Neil Harding BA FCA Relevant Professional qualification or body.. ICAEW Address: Bradshaw Johnson Croft Chambers 11 Ban¢roft Hitchin Herls SG5 1JQ