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 TrL*t808 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$￿t Group. meet rnonthty. have cvgran respo￿lb11ty for all a8P8cts of Ule. Th& Trustees arn cornmiiied to d8velopkng ts worf( Iho charlty. tQ s*thening the dknlpl¥¢hip of lts.membar8 and lo SuppNt￿v and enc4xrnglng to d•vebp tholr folth and make a as a foknv of Cl¥lBt. Tho Mission Statem8nt of the Churth IN: Lod by Ihe Sptrft- Wtyklng In Iho Ctynmi•*- The"Growiw Togthff vision contlnu88 to be used to revbew our acllth, In addltlan lo the •totem&tt'R•al Ufa, Real Love, Real You. which infonnalty adopted In January 2020 a way dthlnkkng 8boul all that we do a8 a charty. Th• Purpo80 of th8 Charlty. as 8et In Chrl•t¢hurch c1)r￿lutIOn. h to advan0• Iho Chrlstian falth In the Afva of Bonefil in a¢0)￿n¢• wlth thb prwK4ple8 and wxtic85 d tho Methodkt and Unlt•d Churches. The TrLths tho ￿nStItu1h)n to give the ngcessary dlrth to achlm tts Purp)se. arKI lo'engage tn. a r￿e of ac*ivibes, alther on #s oK¥n orwfth ctlKr4 inGludln9 ( resthcted to): th• of public w￿S￿P. the teaohlr¥J of tho ch￿0110n f81 pa8toMI work. IncludlrvJ vlslung Ihe sk* aTha the boroa%*d. tho of fa¢ilitieF with a ChrIsti￿ ethos for tho looAI ¢ommunlty. Incl￿ {but not Y88trictsd trtr) tho eldedy. th8 youw olher groLW wllh sped81 neod$.' and P48e2of7 ca¥lalahufth Is a l•rgo and o¥ of31 A￿￿$1 %)26 thoreworo 187 memhr¥. Th• avèrsg8 attffldarjte at a118ef¥ioes on a Suthy was 105. (con8lsllng of 90 athlts aThJ 15 under 18,8) as Tha￿rEd rn￿1th d Oiknb8r 2024. kn xwrdanGe t proGedur•8 01 th8 M•th¢xli8t dvxth. oonstwdty rgvie¥Ang have in p*e to on$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 r*Kw¢h rMnmuniiy. W¢ G8let*ate 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. Ev*y 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$urlng th85e aclhits88 run Succetsfvlly 8nd ￿#hin the thurclks guidokn. Hmver, mcrt hand8 ore needed In varfous ffj188 to W njn th& actMtle8 in.the ChLwth Slth suppixtltvJ role• are Intrln81c to the cfrurth's frLAthA ministy Grvwkng Tog•th•r tty￿rd• Ykno kn Fathor. Son, and Sp4rlL Ow AGM In Novembor 2024 bwht ¢on8btsncy of and w•k￿l•d a new Methodkst Nfrxster lo Chrhtchurch. In 2025 wo launthéd g St8wardshlp Campaign to orthurage w c•xwwegatkn to rofftect on 8upporUng the wth tholr Um& and fi￿nCial resow¢01. This developgd r*0 • wlder Renv•val inibatt¥e over the summw. 8uppwled iy a forniod Renwal Toam. The￿ f￿J$ has b•en on &thsslry our fln2rKlal (leficit and encour*w naw vduntsers to step key18ad8rnlw rola$. I￿UdIng We aro ¥Yatolul for everyorn h•8 te8ponded- truly an •nswerlo prw. tty•th•r kn falth 4harl We belleve ItAt wayw18 vilal to thg lifo of Iho Tr*r• has aw8 been prayor in tha ¢hurch and Fn Chrl8tc*MJrch group8.tsrt unllllgst aLknmn there was no Chii6tchur¢h Area lo encour8ge, *>>tydlnate and faciltata prayer arAlviffies. Th8 first step was to arnge a monthly prayer gaV*rkng to listen knt God has to say to Ihe dwrch to intetcede lor IL Thls is followl by wayw for God* widor nknion June a ￿aYer Day wa$ 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 P*lng •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$. Grthvkng tog8th•r kn ltsvlng and SeT¥lng oth•r8. Chrwork in Refresh a T￿sdaY and than oxtondlry *) fvklay. provw a wwm spacfj for . O¥•rts last y•4r hm?. amorwd Oth￿ thlrq•: FI¥￿ed to querfes abDLrt our ¥#J chlldr*n'• work, ¥pJ oafegu8rdln$ Cor*red 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 Goc*J Frw, the meli)0￿1 8wice on RenXmbrnn￿ s￿￿8Y and at Chrl8kn88 tlmo. As a i*ango 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 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$tc*Krch 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 $ervlc•for blble taachw. gwnes and lunl We have a lively group wlth 12 chiklren , Ihat r•g￿rIY attend. Hotiday Club, wNch w88 ran ￿￿tlY wilh Walsmxth Road Wllst Chwth In July. Th8r• Tm 40 thlldreii att￿ overtho three4ayÉ. Secvndty. 64p'll-IW18) F3 grnup fr* ¢hlldr•n •ged 10.14 moéts SurKlays dwing tho maln seThic* fix bble teachlro, (15soMion arrfl funl Youth H?TrJo￿-, ai)wd at yotsNJ pw * 11.16 grAs from straw to 8MtrL W8 are now gettiNJ ar¢)uThJ 18 chlldron attending on a F'riday nighL Tho slze of th• oroup has rnsutted In a proposed room swap wlth the Frlday *ht gJlde# to aCcoffffi￿8I8 grry*AryJ nurt)8rs. ¥Ve have also contlnu•d ts) look for owrtuntOe8 to ho81ioint events wth othw¢hur¢he8 ieSof7 Unffonnwj ¢knIlGatlons . Scout Group. aTrJ our Ra￿tt￿. Br￿lIeS, and ¥d85. qr8 aw 8pon8orwJ ty Christthurch frymal agreemonts wilh trjeir Reach IrdUalve8 and 8LWQrt fall tthrl headny Home Cknoas. Refresh - h open momhj a weok pro*dng thè OPSMwtsmNy for anyono kn tl kxel commu* to ma•t in 8 relaxed •n¥vDr￿ over a arKI a or pl of cake. M88tlrvd Needs monlhty *Mlverb8 of f￿nI￿ve and ￿ noTrpèrtslth w)d8 to people In Med. Oalsythans, a 8UPF*xI group forfamllth of pye4clm)￿ thlklren hllh addilional needs. Slmpson8 Ahn8 hou Wodnasday even1￿j B•dmlrthi C￿b Helpin9 Hortts Home1￿ for tho HomolpTs North Hwt8 Sanclulry, for homalass yoww peopl6. and Hitchln Food 8snk )rth Herts ar￿11 of Ihe M8trk>Jlst Chwth •xl the Norih Hert8 Gro￿ of Unlled Refomièd Chur&w- Christchurch (&y8 an actfva roi8 In Ilwi. Prayer arKI Ilnanfial Lunmikn•rt c4Jnllnued to b? koy fealfftis d our CtynmItr￿ tr) elther manrym8do or nalurdl dlsaeters. We arn •n Eco ChwdK and vdunteers run smrnl recydng Inthtlve8. . Safwrdtng al Clvlstchurth fi￿￿¥5 our FKthy whlch b￿$ 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 S*u¥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 8*ps 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 It*n8 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 In*pe¢￿On and water mBter re*llng 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. . R*k A8888Brnert updabJ. In total for thè yaor OrKl￿ 31 August 2026. £48.033 wa8 aqulpment. maInt￿￿ aThY deanirg. The finaTh*l 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 empk*ymwst 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•' i88u*J by the Ch•rlty Commis¥lon on p*AI¢ benellt. ApproN*l 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 lel*y . 10.334 31.1 7.267 .129 8 In¢omo 199.618 Expgndlturn g aNI URC 8866$8Tr 10 Gr•nts aThl dcmlon 1Q4 Mlninty. WNsl*aYt 11 Pro[￿ty rnokntawice 915,532 13 Staff costs 10.8XI 15 Othw 9Xp￿ltsJrn 111 1236 17 Total dwll•bl• •xp•ndMuM 18 G￿n￿(￿Ses) on mom* Imfe8tments 19 GOIn￿(￿￿•s) M Inmtnwrt 20 Nel inwrfexp•ndl￿r•) 21 Trarffjftr8 fvnds 1N9n 4&740 14.042 44044 -14.942 23 In fund• . 24 Totsl funds browtforward 25 Total fund¥ c•rW fornArd -10,798 -26,044 2,278.813 22517 Z249.W28 18.087 Namo d Church ChrlA¢huY¢h Hltchkn No 340515 SL*enwnt of FIn￿¢141 A¢tlvltle8 (SOFA) for yoar ondad 31 August 2024 l Offa 10&1e6 5913 3Gfft 4 Intwesi bMx>mo 2,184 18.1B7 14758 6 lrtwnd orgarl%thno 73a 7,736 0 216Aa8 110 14902 8T¢thl Incorne Exp•nd*ur• 91A 12. 1.481 )7 19,742 11939 10A IAnl*y. 11 1*742 13 si&Ycc4t8 . 16CtheraymJlttJr• 18 17Tatsi •yp•nthw• 24•J4 20N•* In¢ojirf•xp￿rfIlW•) -21.M7 22 OUwgWh)8wI 24Total brou8h¢ forward 2STot41 fwmlst1r￿dI0￿r 2.245￿41 O IZ78M13 Chw¢h N¢> 3&E15 Balanco Sheet as at 31 August 2025 bwAIF T•t FuAd• 10,942 1*9 . Ckni Flr•rt• Bwd OWYA C*h4taBAk•thd in IThKE 171, 9S011 ,289 7,0 17MI 253,761 . 1&0M 2.27801 2,235.15fi 2249.V 18, U47•1 227U1 Not•8toth• 2024•25 R•xommwthd Pr*k• (SORPI (offo(th• 1 Janu•ry 2G15}. FlnarK4 Reporthw St8rthnl 102 (FRS 1021 ond th• Ctrffjrlll••￿t 2011. Tho stslwnents hfj%• been pr478r•d w¥Jor Ih •xnMl8 bafjl8 hlBtcrtil t cixMnkn. 8$ modlfiad by the roval￿fIon of O￿at& Cl¥islth￿ HltdAn r¢￿ets thed8fith ol a pubk ber￿L￿ty undor FRS 102. Inarflal atr*mantarn wepored In S*rtINJ 1£) n• is incknl•d in the Stsl•mgn¢d Finandal Adv1￿0$ hav¥ b•on p*J fflorn Stsff tho >*arTh?￿. 2024 Emplo>wB National InaurnrÈce ojsts Porth Co*8 Tot•1 •i•ff ¢ost• 37.879 327 2.085 38.1YJ 2,478 Average Th￿b￿0f*d1 fjm• In iho Ai the 31 AyBt 2024 thrf• aft r￿ ¢•pM811)Ththrt wwj no o)n*y)t1l•￿ll1I0& b•on tderthod 8t that dats. 2026 Offerlng*fts. I?¢ar￿d fty extwnal (￿a￿lS8￿M5 7. Twlbl• Flx•d A•a•l• Fitlkng• A88ets WKler Buldlffjs Equprnrt constrwailm Total Oponthg tAL•￿8 1 Sopt•nb•r%I24 Additi fXJpo#ttL T￿$f¥S balan￿ 31 Paw•t 2026 1.200 20D *¢￿Ul•l•d D•pr•cl•Uon balaKe 1 Seplwnb•r 2(124 O•pr•dabM d*rga fwth• Revakth)o D18P0881s Trnnslors Ck)elr4 bAlan￿ 31 2025 Nrt book V*kw 31 W X26 Th9 offv Cttwdi fxldlng and IhB la￿5 on tt 1$ bele¥ed to bo c￿8￿d￿¥￿ ￿ty1th8n th• Thgrg IB nts dapredath)n b￿ld1￿ orfttturo4 Or •qulprn•nl It16 l￿d Iht tt¥8 Th¢r• wwe no in¢lthY• ot Inw•lmxntkn th• mwk•t VAILA159 oJniidor•d to b• grea than thp book vdu¢.. 8 D•btt*s 2024 11,1 1.561 10,942 20.791 2024 Illlllllllll 11 Illll'llDllllUtI] IlllIl!,I,I,!IV:ll 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