TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH RAINSFORD ROAD, CHELMSFORD CMI 2XB 11 11 ANNUAL REPORT SEPTEMBER 2024- AUGUST 2025
Trurtees, Annual Re rtfor ear ended 31 Au Ust 2025 It 15 Wlth deep gratitude to God that I present this ministerial report reflecting on the life, worship, 3nd mission of Trinity Methodist Church over the past year. As a city-centre church situated on Rainsford Road in Chelmsford. Trinity continues to serve a5 a place of worship, hospital¥ty, community engagement. and mission within the wider city. Worship and Spiritual Life At the heart of Trinity's life remains the fegular gathering of God's people for worship, prayer, and fellowship. Week by week. members of the congregation gather to praise God, hear the Scriptures, share in prayer, and participate in the sacraments. Our services continue to welcome people of all ages and backgrounds, and we give thanks for the faithful participation of members, volunteers, musicians, and worship leaders who contribute to the spiritual life of the church. Throughout the year we have also been blessed by special services. seasonal celebrations, and occasions that bring together both the church community and visilors from the wider city. As a citv church, Trinity continues to see a steady flow of visitors and newcomers who join our services and events. We remain encouraged by these encounters and pray that those who enter this place may experience the presence and love of God. Mission and Community Engagement We give thanks to God for the many missional opportunities that arise through the use of our building. Our calling is to serve the entire city and all its people, regardless of race. colour. faith, or ethnicity. As a city-centre church, Trinity Methodist Church Chelmsford seeks to be a welcoming place where people from many backgrounds can gather, find community, and experience hospitality. Trirbity Methodist Church is blessed with modern facilities that enable the church to serve a wide range of community groups and acttvities. Throughout the week the building hosts a variety of organisations and gatherings including Brownies. Scouts, a Music and Drama group. bereavement support groups. community events such as an Iftar gatherin& Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, and fellowship groups from other churches. These actNities ensure that the building is used artively and meaningfully well beyond Sunday worship. As a church we increasingly understand ourselve5 riot simply as a congregation gathered for worship, but as a communFty called outfrom the community forthe community- This vision shapes how we use our space. our hospltality, and our resources for the benefit of the wider city. The present trustees have shown generosity. wisdom. and vision in ensuring that the building remains accessible and available to a range of community groups, ministries, and entrepreneurial initiatives. Their commitment has enabled Trinity to remain an open and welcoming place for the people of Chelmsford. These partnerships bring many people into the building each week who may not otherwise encounter a church. It is our hope and prayer that through their tiJne in this place, individuals may experience a warm and welcoming environment. encounter the Christian community, and sense something of the love and grace of God. By opening our doors to the wider community. Trinity continues to embody the Methodist calling to serve its neighbourhood and city. The building therefore functions not only as a place of worship, but also as a hub of communÉty engagement. creativity. and service.
Membership and Pastoral Life During the previous rewrting year. Trinity Methodist Church recorded a membership of 125 members. Over the course of the year there have been several changes in the mefflber5hip roll. Two members transferred to another church, while a nuwnber of faithful members entered into their eternal rest and were received into God's final home. At the close of the reporting year 2025, the total recorded membership stands at 119 members. While the numerical membership has slightly decreased, we remain encouraged by the wider life of the congregation. As a city church. Trinity continues to welcome many visitor5. guest5, and new faces who attend our services. concerts, community events. and gatherings. These encounters remind u5 that the Influen and reach of the church extend beyond the formal membership roll. We continue to place strong emphasis on pastoral care. fellowship, and mutual stjpport within the congregation, ensuring that members who are elderly, unwell, or unable to attend regularly remain connected to the life of the church. Stewardship and Trusteeship The trustees of Trinity Methodist Church continue to demonstrate faithful stewardship of the church's resources, buildings, and mission. Their commitment to maintaining the property and enabling the building to Serve both church and community is deeply appreciated. Their careful oversight ensures that the building remains a place where worship, fellowship, and community activity can flourish. Their work a150 enables the church to respond creatively to opportunities for outreath and engagement in the city- Looking Ahead As we look to the future, Trinity Methodist Church remains committed to its calling as a welcoming city church that serves Chelmsford with faith, Iiope. and love. We pray that God will continue to guide our ministry, strengthen our fellowship, and open new doors for mission. Our prayer remains that every person who enters this building whether for worship, community activity, or daily work may entounter something of God's presence, grace, and transforffling love. Thanksgivlng Finally, I give thanks to God for the faithfulness of the congregation, the dedication of volur)teer5 and leaders, and the support of the trustees who continue to Sustain the ministry of Trinity Methodist Church. May God continue to bless this church and all who enter its doors. Rev. Asif Karam Minister in-charge
Safe uardin Hilary Walden & Diane Potter The Safeguarding Officers tontinue to ensure that church volunteers are DBS and Safeguarding training compliant with the support of the Circuit Safeguarding Officer- Esther Burton. The church's Safegijarding Policy continues to be updated and displayed on the church premises. The latest policy is available in the office and on the website. Contact details are on church notice board5. The current policy was signed in January 2026. The Safeguarding Officers were responsible for writing a Photography. Filming and Streaming Policy with special refererice to issues of privacy. safety and copyright for the filming and streaming of church services at Trinity. Pastoral Visttors No report First Ste Diane Potter There were 2 children baptised at Trinity during the year 2024- 2025 Pro ort Janet Wintle, Property Steward Whilst general maintenance has continued to be carried out e.g. servicing of both the gas boilers (Link and Worship Areal. the lift, the Fire Alarm and the Fire Extinguishers other significant work has also been carried out this calendar year. Following an accessibility audit commissioned by District it Was determined that extra lighting was needed on the front arbd back Stairs leading to the upper hall. This was upgraded with large LED lights on the turning on both staircases. This makes a huge amount of difference to the level of light especially in the winter months. The edges of the stairs on both staircases have been marked so that people with reduced sight will find it easier to see the edges. It is our intention to finish this work wtth further hand rails where only one rail is present. The lighting in the Vestibule has had a major update with LED lights fitted into the ceiling. Further power points have been fitted in the vestibule too. New blinds have been fitted in the Worship Area. New speakers have been purchased for the Worship Area. In 2026 the Church Quinquennial is due to take place. on again, the surveyor will brinE up the need to repoint the building. This must become a priority for Trinity. Whilst there are no problems at the moment this could easily escalate. We have a problem with bee5 nesting in the walls of the main Church, Iwe've already had pest control out in the early summeil. This was successful but by the end of the summer the bees were back entering from a totally different place. Repointing should solve this problem. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the Property and Finance committee for all their help this year. Without their 5UPPOrt thi5 would be 3 very difficult job.
Lettin janet Wintle Lettings Lettings continue to improve. For the first time since Covid the Japanese Students tUrned to Trinity during August. We are hoping that this relationship will continue next year. The National Trust continue to meet in the Worship Area during the winter months. We provide refreshments for them in the Link which contributes to the Link Coffee fund enabling a substantial donation to be made to the Church. I was approached by Next Chapter a domestic abuse charity based in Colchester and Chelmsford asking if we would donate a meeting Space once a month. This was agreed and they now meet in the Link monthly. Art classes continue in the Link twice a month. These are well attended and hopefully will continue. 14 Chelmsford Scout Gro David Fenton (Group Leader Volunteer) The Scout Group remains active, albeit with lower section numbers. This is partly due to not having a Beaver Colony during 202012021 due to Covid and the knock on effect upon Cub / Scout sections. Unfortunately for a number of different reasons. we lost several leaders involved with the Beaver Colony as one went travelling with their family for a year, one transferred to another group to run their own section and another started university. This has left the section short and for part of the year the 8eavers & Cubs held combined meetings which seemed to work satisfactorily. Both the Cub & Scout sections held full programmes taking part in a number of District activities where there were sufficient numbers to make up a team. We had several members represent The Group in the Scout & Guide Gang Show at The Civic Theatre in May. Both Cubs & Scouts held summer camps, albeit shorter than norrnal, at Mersey Island and Thriftwood, Brentwood respectively. With older Scouts moving on. the Troop is now relatively young and for the first time we have more girls than boys. One of our former sco$ was part of an Explorer Expedition to Ghana in the summer where they helped to buIld a local school as well as seeing the sights.
Action Grou Annual Re ort Nigel Murrell, Chair It has beerb a very busy time for the Artion group Discussions took place about the following Our Mission statement- this will be reviewed every year. New rotas for the door stewards- How do we encourage more people to sign up for thi5. How tom attract new members- our target w35 set far tw high. and we need to be more realistic in our aims. Our new target is 15 in the next year. How do we attratt new members- University. nearby flats. word of mouth. We have to look at all ways of achiemng this. Use of our kitchen for the community- maybe contact outside organisations to see if they are interested. Coffee after church- The long table system in the Link seems to be working well. but it wa5 discussed that coffee at the back of the church once a month would be considered again. This can all be in place before the service takes place. Café services- We thought the last one was a success and we need to plane more for the future. The calendar of events for 2026. Please look at the notices and the Trinity calendar for these. Actions that were taken from these meetings are as follows= Credtt card machine purchased for the Church Psalm 91- Emergency code introduced to the congregation Carols on the forecourt- 3 Saturday's with good response from the public. A big thank you to all that attended. Perhaps next year we can see many more of you attending. Mince pies were provided. The big sing was held on the 14 December. This was a joint effort from TMD and the congregation. With refreshment5 afterwards. Our Christmas Buffet wa5 held on Friday 19 of December. This was a big success even though the numbers attending were considerably down from last year. Big thank you to Janet and her team who supplied a fabulous buffet. Gerald for playing a selection of carols. Thank you also to Karen for the publicity. quiz. faffle and prizes. Perhap5 next year there will be more people attending and enjoying fellowship. The Christingle service took place on Saturday 20 of December. This was another success. Thanks to all that attended and made this event happen. Addirional loft insulation installed. New heaters installed in the upstairs hall. The old ones along with the very old curtains were removed and disp05ed. We will be looking at new blinds or curtains in the near future. As you can see. we are not just a talking Shop. We try to keep the church moving forward and making it successful were new people that walk in for the first time feel comfortable and welcomed and RETURN. If you have any suggestions that you consider will help the church in any way, please contact me and I will take them forward to the group.
House Grou Writtle House Grou No report Admirals House Grou Janet Cassels We continue to meet On a month on the morning of the third Thursday. This yearf5 topics have included a bible study, a person in the Bible who inspires us. current affairs. our favourite religious paintinE, charities we stjpport and why, a talk from Jim Lowe and lunch at Mary Stevenson's. Our numbers are small and new members are always welcome. rin field House Grou Ericsmart During the past year, we have met regularly and covered a number of topics. We normally meet once a month on Thursday afternoons at 14.CX). There are 12 members of our group, but attendance has been adversely afferted by illness of some members. When some have not been able to attend, they have always been mentioned ir) our opening prayers. During the past year we have enjoyed the presence of our minister. Rev Asif, on two Occasions. At the first he talked about the Christian Church in Pakistan and his involvement with it and on the second occasion. he took us on a journey looking at various religious sites. We studied two books of the bible -jude and Amos. the latter posing some challenges but also making us realise how the world today is so closely reflected ill its words. On a lighter note. we spent one session sharing religious jokes and funny stories and they were presented in abundance. We devoted one session to the subject of prayer, spending a good deal of time. praying for the many areas of conflict. distress, displacement. famine. homelessness and poverty. That was a hard session but one we all feft the need for. Following on from these topits, we decided to have one afternoon where we could simply pose questions about current situations and events and everyone was very vocal about their personal feelings when responding. On another occasion, we all shred our favourite Bible verses and explained why they were so. In a similar vein, we each brought along a piece of music that was meaningful to the person who played it and it was a truly emotional and enjoyable experience for all. We spent a wonderful sunny afternoon in Oaklands Park. where we had a gentle stroll stopping on three occasions for a short prayer to express appreciab.on of nature and God's creation. This was followed by a very pleasant afternoon tea in the park café. And our final get-together was when nine of us shared a lovely lunch together, finding plenty to talk about I the run up to Christmas. If you would like to join us in the coming year, we would be delighted to welcome you. Please call 01376 812889 for any information.
Men's Su er Club Eric Smart, Secretsry Over the last year. we have been rather unsuccessful in trying to recruit new members. But we have continued to meet 6 times over the year arbd have been blessed with between 12 and 16 attendees each evening. We have all been shocked and saddened at the loss of our treasurer, Doug Hubble. who passed away at the end of last year. following a period of ill health in hospital. We grieve his loss and miss him terribly. Our first meetirbg ofthe new yearwas attended by 15 members and we were addressed by my son- in-law, Emi Polito. His work is involved in the scrutiny of video evidence to assist with the conviction of criminals. This was a hugely illuminakn.ng talk and there was no shortage of questions from our members. In November, we held our AGM prior to having. what we might call, a maths lessonl Jeff Green, one of our own members and retired rnaths teacher, put us through our paces and gave us some signifi.cant challenges along the way. We all responded pretty well but were not sure that any of us had achieved an A* I I I Now in 2025, in January, we were delighted to have our new minister, The Rev lf. to come along and tell us about the state of Christianity in Pakistan. There were some delightful stories and some that were quite worrying. But we took heart that there were mernbers of the church there who are thoroughly committed to spreading the love of Jesus and the word of God. In March the mood was very different to January. and we had Jane Ribeiro, a tutor at RADA. We heard about how students are helped along their paths to achieve their aims in the world of music and dramatic art. This was very uplifting as have us all hope for the next generations. In May. we were due to entertain Mark Smith from Chelmsford City Council. Unfortunately. he was unavailable on the evening but sent one of his colleagues. Emelia, who gave us great information on how £v(lIng is tackled by the council, what they do to encourage householders to recycle and gave us all tips on whèt we could do as individuals. This was useful in our endeavours in church to consider our tK)sition on ECO going forward. The in July, ladies, night, a local GP, James Mackin. oned oijr eye5 to how a GP surgery is run. It was nothing short of fascinating and certainly changed our opinions on how we had thought surgeries worked these days. We remain extremely grateful to all those who worked hard to provide us with delicious suppers before our talk5 and I would like to express my personal thanks to Dave Pitt for not only continuing as Invitations Secretary but taking on the role of Treasurer following Doug's passing. I should mention that, in March, we were sorry to lose Rev Mark as one of our regular attendees. He has moved to Bath into a hospital chaplairbcy role and we wish him every success. lastly, if you are reading this and thinking that you might like to join us, please do not hesitate to get in touch. You will be most welcomel"
Trini Music and Drama Eric Smart. Chairman Well, what a year it's beenl This being our sixtieth year, many events were organised over and above our normal productions. But let me home in on the production5 h'rst. Our very ambitious production of Chess took place in November in the church and we had good 3udier)ces at each performance but with a 12 piece orchestra, we were presented with some challenges. Having Helen Wilson and Mark Clements jointly directing, these were generally overcome and we are grateful to them both for the time and effort they put into every rehearsal and producing an end product to be proud of. Our traditional Christmas concert was a great success and thank5 to Jan Moore who put this together for us. Soon after that, rehearsals for Carousel We underway and our production in May at the Chelmsford Theatre was a great success arknstically bLrt less so financially losing around £6,300. This was a severe blow, but it was encouraging to note that all bar one ttem on the expenditure side came in below budget. and it was low box office takings that contributed significantly to the deficit. Our sincere thanks go to Debbie Marks, our director, and Gerald Hindes. our MD, for all their hard work in getbng such a Super productr.on onstage. Please let rne thank all those who contributed in any way towards the production, and r)ot least of all. Wiley. who took on the role of stage manager for the thrsttime. Our Social and Fundraising team tried to organi5e an event. some small and some very elaborate, every month. Some were just simple things to take place at rehearsals, but we must congratulate them on a wonderful celebratory gala dinner at Little Channels for our 60th birthday. I think I can safely say that all who attended had a thoroughly good time and we were delighted to entertain 3 of our Founder Members, Ken Rolf and Anton and Veronica Archer. We had a very successful and well- attended quiz night which generated some very welcome funds into the kitty. These activities need to be well SUprted as income from them is needed to plug the gap on Show losses and I thank all of you who continue to support what 15 organised. 2025. being our 60 anrbiversary, we thought it appropriate to return to our roots which were firmly planted in G&S. Consequently, we ran a one day workshop where individuals spent the whole day sir)gir)g G&S melodies and choruses, culminaring in a performance lo which the public were invited. Wowl It was so impressive and enjoyable and we are deeply ir)debted to Jan Moore, who organised the event, and Felicity Gage who put people through their paces and conducted them on the evening. It certainly made me wonder why we have moved away from such fabulous shows like Pirates, Gondoliers. lolanthe and The Mikado! What do you think? Now I need to express thanks. I must. fit of all, thank Rev Asif for agreeing to be our President whilst he is the minister for Trinity and we are always happy to see him at any of our committee meetings. And talking of committee, it would be extremely remiss ol me not to say a huge thank you to my fellow committee members, all of whom have worked very hard throughout the year. We have welcomed LaUn Russell onto the committee during the year and we hope she will be with u5 for some time to come. I would not normally single out any member of the committee for special thanks but I do want to do so now. Emma. Jill and Helen have joined me and have been tireless in the contributions they have made to some major tasks undertaken by the committee. Thanks so much. And Jan Moore. too, has given me continuing personal support throughout the year. We are now well into Godspell. and we hope and pray that we will deliver both an artistic and tinancial success. As always, we are deeply indebted to Trinity for allowing us the use of their premises albeit at some Cost, but we are $0 appreciakn.ve that we have somewhere to call home. io
AGM Treasurers Re ort for ear end 31stAu ust 2025 Bank account At the end of this financial year, we had £8,804.19 in our bank account. Overall, we had a surplus in the financial year of £8.985.19. This is due to a refund from Circuit of £10,693.(Kl. If you remove that amount, we made a loss of £1,707.81. But this also includes £2.972.00 for new blinds in the worship area. I had budgeted for a loss of £6,000 but due to our ieserve accounts still attracting high interest rates which put us in a much better position. ReseThe funds. CFB General £125,065.42 TMCP £30,003.89 Less Reserve policy amount16 rnonthsl £50.OLKJ.CM) Total remaining £105,069.31 Offerin We received £43,084.83 this year. which is over budget by £3.504.83. Up £765.13 on the previous year. Pro Lettin Lettings raised £18,970.25. Under budget by £3.029.75. Ion an increased budget) Down on the previous year by £1,043.43. We have been attracting new lettings and hope we continue to do 50. Thank yotj once again Janet and Nick for all your efforts. they are very much appreciated by us all. General Bills continue to increase yearly. We must look to reducing our consumption of Gas & Elertricity, making sure that lights are turned off and heating when not in use. Re the use of the Hall. We have moved bookings from the hall to the Link where we can reduce the costs to us. This only left large groups loke the scouts that will use it. This kept our heating bills to a minimum. We intend to increase the loft insulation and install new heaters very soon. Which hopefully will reduce our Electricity bills. Clrcuit Our contribution to Circuit was £56.364.001£4,697 monthly) This will decrease next year to £49,450.00 (£4,120.83 monthly} This is mainly due to only having two Ministers in the Circuit next vear. General Comments This has been arbother challenging year. With our ever-increasing costs. to maintain any sort of status quo we must look at all income streams to generate more. There will be tough times ahead especially on our finances. As we seem to be under pressure from all sides. We MUST be careful how we spend the reserves as we are not able to repla them at any time soon. I don't know what the future holds for Trinity, but rest assured that the people looking after the Church are doing a wonderful job in sometimes difficult circumst3nces. Nigel Murrell, Treasurer li
Trustees of the Church Minister Rev Asif Karam Stewards Jeff Green Janet Ca5sels Christine Elles Tony Bender John Cullum Church Representatives Judy Molyneux Nigel Murrell Janet Wintle Linda Hoskyn Eric Smart Kay Burton Tony Bender Diane Potter / Hilary Walden Diane Potter Sheridan Pengelly jeff Green Janet Casse15 Russell Burton Karen Murrell Val Scott Church Council Secretary Treasurer Property Steward Pastoral Secretary Action Group Chair Worship & Nurture Chair Mission & Outreach Chair safeguarding Officers Office represent31ive Circuit representative Circuit representative Circuit representative Congregational representatr.ve Congregational representative Congregational representafive 12
CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS TRINITY METHODIST, CHELMSFORD Church FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2025 Beds. Essex & Herts Circuit Circuit no. 3419 Registered Charity - Charity Registration number If not a registered charity His Majestys 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 organisalion's charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not registered charilies are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.2421 1144627 Minister= Rev Asif Karam Church Stewards". Jeff Green Christine Elles 'I'ony Janet Cas$els Joh Cullum Treasurer- Nigel lrrell church-r and p-2025 1 of5
TRINITY METHODIST, CHELMSFORD ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025 Church SECTION A Unre8trl¢ted Restricted Funds Fund5 Tota15 th1$ y*ar Totsl$ last year RECEiwrs Noto Offerin s and Tax recovered Bank and CFB interest and Investment income 54,196.30 54.196.30 54.049.21 a3 6.408.87 6.408.87 6,306.27 a4 Lettin 18,970 25 29.005.53 108,580.95 18 970.25 20.013.68 47.504.48 127.873.64 85 Other receipts TOTAL RECEIPTS 29,005.53 108.580.95 a6 {a71 SECTION B b1 PAYMENTS b2 Circuit Assesstnent or Share Donations 56.364.00 56.364.00 53,004.00 b3 1.00 350.00 200.00 b4 Re airs and Mainlenance Utilities Ilnsuran$. water charges, healing & li htsngl 9.865.50 9.865.50 18.431.50 b5 13.554.14 13.554.14 16.413.43 b7 Other payments TOTAL PAYMENTS 18.919.58 99,053.22 18,919.58 99.053.22 15,927.32 103,976.25 b8 Ib91 SECTION C NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR c1 •&b8 9.527.73 9.527.73 23,897.39 Total funds brought forward from last year 155.012.83 155.012.83 131,115.44 c3 Sub total c1+c2 164.540.56 164.540.56 155.012.83 c4 Transfers and ad'uslmenls c7 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR (¢3+c4) 164.540.56 164,540.56 Ic81 155,012.83 le61 SECTION D FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVEO AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS (these amounts are not to ba Included in total recoi tslpayments figures above d1 Balance brou ht loard from last ear 667.06 40151 d2 Offerin slGifts- received for external nisations 2.824 66 6.277.91 d3 OfferingslGifts passed lo external organisations 2,282.12 6,012.36 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID Id1+d2-d3} 1.209.60 667.06 2of5 churih-r alj2025
RINITY METHODIST, CHELMSFOR Ch urch AN NAL SECTION E Sumfflaryot ch3¢coUnts for fra( ended 31 A1 Inte[n cK1chch meeA9 tt)at ihÈ ILrfs ola Iniernal (k9anis31KVukj tvxrnalybe ReStrle& fvtvjs te tlp4rfy IhtycthI fryanllelttsy15I pwwse. Th 8e¢tson $t bE CLhnpleted tOaTnve at tsgross ifKotne Wwoss1rthexce?ts tth ty¥estsSd. then1 Accruals trwwof acco ANO A OIFFERENT FORM musi be used kn le9¢ a#(Wtslseè kkntyKthtbsrtBI. PleaSelerIotr th5 iewdirwJ InSIerS beknEn ihe Trsthct onneCd DisirKI Oigani5atyons. INTERNAL ORQANISATk)NS m5 baLrtts Ckn51 balances Mons su r¢lub 413 245 10 104.48 349.58 colfee Shts 7B6.76 773.69 12.87 392 405.71 Tea èt Two 553.73 553.73 Tithi Muslc & Drama 39.143 17.45 16.116. 10.899.51 EveJ)ts 14D.CK) 140. 180.(K) 387.47 187.47 187.47 eln3 Organlsation6 lunds 40.76B.81 41469.19 17.495.54 11 794.86 012 ¢hureha¢counts bioughlforw&Td fiom pag¢ 2- totals columnl 101580.95 99.053.22 Ib91 9.52T.7J 155.012.83 164,540.56 BY CHURCH 149.349.76 I$1171 3.827.05 172.508.37 176 335.42 Cont a separale slei Ilnetessaryand briry tr iOL21s fotward TOTAL RECEIPTS TOTAL PAYMENTS SECTION F SE LIA8 OPENWG BALANCES CHURCH- CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 Au CLOSING BALANCES tW2S CaShts Bank CurreniActwnl 9,47125 Bw De osltAccouN Ceniral FingtKe {d 112.699.35 125.065.42 TruSlofjs l(K M8thod15t CPwKh PLAPtws wj. 30.WJ.89 Olherlvnds SUB TOTAL- Chwch ctounts Toial lu$ hdd by Inlernal panati((lhe cbjsk balAn¢E lolal frorn at¥el le121 155.012.83 164,540.56 17.495.$4 11,794.86 TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH 172.508.37 176.335.42 SECTION G OTHER ASSETSAnd LIABILITIES 15ernL¥ 2tr24 31 Augu 2025 InvesThents Include EnthJwrnents see notes re Inswartttval 4575. 4.735,665.00 OtherAsse15 iW2.164.Q) 198.887.00 Loan her LigtyibUe5 f4 Inclthk FUj$ at Central Boa O Include Fu5 hd at Tws lor u8tythslchth PLVP05es g1 Inelude any0r IrwestmeNslnoitr TirpIAtsts*vx¥ts ts 18 3ot5
Name of Church ....... No..l.. Declarations and Scrutiny I confirm that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2025 have been prepared from the records of the Church and that they include all funds under the control of the Church Iruslees. Signature of treasurer Dale.... Name and address of treasurer Nigel Murrell 10A Tower Aveune, Chelmsfofd. Essex CM12PW Prosentation to the Church trustees I confirm Ihal the annual report and accounts for the year end presented to the meeting of the Church ttustees held on gust 2025 werelwill be. Signature of the Chair of the meeting Name of the Chair of the meeting Rev Dale Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of the Trinity Methodist Church Charity Number 1144627 Rosponsibilltles and basis of report I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the for the year ended 31 August 2025 set out on pages 1 to 3 As the Church's trustees. you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance wilh the requiremenls of the Charities Act 2011 {'Ihe Act'l. tNir . Church 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)Ib) of the Act. ¢hur¢h-r andJh2025 4of5
No Independent Examiner's Statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to rr connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below") which give me caL that in, any material respect.. the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Ac the accounts do not accord viith the accounting records. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the ex which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understandi accounts to be reached. I havelhave not" obtained independent verification of all investments wtth the Trustee Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances and funds at the Central Fina the Methodist Church which are individually in excess of £10.000 (ten thousand poun balance sheet date. Signature of independent examiner Name of independent examiner Chris Regan Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner MATT. ATT Name of firm (where appropriate) Chris Regan Limited Address Citigate House RIO 199 Baddow Road Chelmsford, Essex CM2 7PZ IcJXS- Dale Pw24 church-r and p-2025 5of5