TRINITY CHURCH ABINGDON - ACCOUNTS - YEAR ENDING 31st AUGUST 2025 Charlty Reg. No. 1148634 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS 20220 2022-23 202>24 2022-23 2023-24 10225 INCOME EXPENDITURE cIrlI A•M$•ff In•ur•nc4 Cl•4nlng Utii+tl•• R•p•lr• & M4it•n•n Condult Con AdMinIstr•t & Mi8c•ll•nwJi Glft• and Ch•ritio8 Coll•¢tlon8 Fundr4i8ing Gfft AJd L•ttlng• WeddlrvJ• and Fun•r•l• £47,777.83 £49,229.70 £47,187.SO £1,171,07 £783.9) £460.00 £11,297.17 £11,803.51 £11,J23.Ix £10,328,20 £10,329.50 £13.882.00 £1,795,¢)0 £3,855.C(I £230.00 £10,679.93 £6,559.42 £4934.52 £9,301.38 £18,594.10 1,130.M £12,OCQ. £1,¢Thry.Q) £1,000.00 tIO4350.66 ll02.16&13 £101,117.74 £44,093.00 £44,741.00 £49,944.00 £9,208.76 £9,850.01 £9,981.73 £8,839.88 £6.160.00 t8,121.00 £14,042.81 £13,858,54 t14,276.12 £8,829.98 £13,418,31 t17,201.28 £8.284.12 £10,837.82 £11,406.6Q £11,553.29 £9,954.08 £8,892.7 £723.20 £667.58 £628.40 tfOf,35J.02 t1.087.34 £118,334.70 Q•g&54 44932.21 417,207.01 Oth•r Incom• LeoaG4es Surplu•lD•fich RESTRICTED FUNDS 202426 2022.23 202&24 2022.23 202>24 202421 INCOMe Coll•ctlon• for Chirlll•• •nd Gfftl 8•n•vol•nl Fund External Salarie8 150th Anniv•r8ary Toddl•r GroL Ev•rgr••n Club £14,385.89 £0.00 £27,935.29 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £41321.18 £14.362. £0.00 £31..47 £11,738.J4 t1.000.00 L12,267.78 tl.201.10 t1,172A7 £0.00 U1432.09 Ch•rity06 and G¥ B•n•vol•nl Fund Extom•l Salane$ 150th Arnlv•r••ry Toddler Group Ev•rgroon Cl £14,038.91 £0.00 £27,935.29 £15.287.92 £O.OD £31,8Ce.47 £0.00 £1,552.82 £737 76 £49.184.77 4121&Jr el•,130.69 £200.00 Ll2,217.71 E1,108.00 £700.00 £317.28 £50,872.16 £1,442.68 £944.48 £44.361.36 42,040.18 £46,K•.40 Suvplu•lD•n¢ll Ev•rgr••n Club Fund.. Brouqht fmrd Incomo Expendlluro C•rTl•<l ILTh•rd £1,787.98 Éo.co -£317.28 £1470.70 r¢xWfvrGn¥up Fund.. Brought forwar(I IrKom• Exp?nditw• Carried forward £804.70 £1,172.47 -£700 00 t1077.17 8•n•vol•nt Fund.. 8WI foTh¥wd Income Éo.co £1,COJ.CK) .00 Roduclng the Risk £1,045.75
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Trustees Annual Report - Trinity Church. Abingdon Year ended 31st August 2025 Administralive Infonnation Trinty Churth. Abiryqth. is a L(al E0JMl¢al F¥oiect vAth ts pwtKxpaling dwM)minations being the Methodist Church of Great PArtain arxj the Unrted Refnd Church. The appriate authcrfty each [w1pahrVj Churth is The Wanta9e aThl AbirvJdon Cinwit of the Methtxltst Churth (one of 23 CIrts comwtsing ts Nortknpkn District) and The INessex Syrnd of ts United Reknned clrCh. The Minister of Church arml Chair of TruStS is Rev Gwina B(XKtZi-&"mpson MBE. At the end of the reFKrfbng year there 11 Tntstees. have Stwards vtho ensure that Servi run s>1Y and Elders prov#le pastu81 sup1 Church members and those with a COnn10n to the Church. Ttrre are 80 Clrch members. though many The Constitution of Trinity Churth vras sig on 111 Marth 2012 WKI Trinrty Church, Ats'rvJdon athieved staius and as entwed (xrto ts R8gir of Chanties the Registered Chanty NLwnber 1148634 on 17th Awt 2012. lon Slatwnent The Mission Ststematt of Trnty Chwth staks that am lo seNe G(xl. serve Iha communty and swve each olw. Meeilngs Over the last year Ite 6 Trustees Meetr and 4 Churth MeeluvJs wKluding the Annual Gew81 Meeb"ng. At the end of July. seIff Nisb8tt stood th•m as a Trust as left the CirClt to take up a positi'on in the SalisW CircuiL Selina ld y1h the Wanlage •)d Abingdon Circurt for 10 years aTrJ for m(1 of that Iwne th supp(Kl thurches in Abingdon, Trinty Church and AN Saints Church. Wthi) Trinity. * led i1Mght[ul a1 Insring WCK5hip. Sl was involved a numlr of Churth (ffganisaiKXlS indLMSng ihe Junior Church arKI the TlIerS Group where th pr<# a Chrtstian wesen(% and led special services for them. She tk many age savices 1 baptrins. as 11 as several weddings and funerals. Wthin the l(xxl community, she Myked in schools and with the army base. vVh Revd. lan Griffiths was ill, th (x)ver&J kn him. extra wvices and helped to provide miimstry Imthin Trinity. She offered erKxXJragnenl and support to the Congregats.( in prathxl ways arKI gave spiritual (xxnfort arxl pastal to many. Mthen leaving, Selina commenled thai her bme at Trith had bew a joy. During the year the Trustees reMffived WKI aprNe(l the kkn"rKJ poIleS and procedures: GDPR dLuments Equalty Polry Disciplinary PredUre Capability Poky Safewarding Polic Healih and S* Policy
w01P Church seNKxs ar8 t1 each laY ffKNning. nmeiJ at 1f.30am. Attendance at weekty Church SICeS is Sualty OUnd 50. A rtr of memb5 are unable to attd on a regular basis due to knlth arnl mobihty issues. A k)rkIng Together Group 1h memtws frcmn Trinity Chwth arvj All Saints Churth has been established to for doser Ix>llatMYatK)n beln ttE thwdbes in Abngdon as we share a minister. Thwe were several joint servKW wilh Al Saints Clwrch during the year. at Trinity and at All Srts. Ovw the kend of 30th May 1st JU the Church letTr1 150 years of wcKship at the Church. as the first Servi was hekj 28th May 1875. A knice of Remembrance was hdd on the Satunlay evemg and a serv of ceatM t(K in the afternoon of Sunday 1st June folowed by a recefv in Conduit Centre. A histsy of the Church was collated induding the prr1on of t(watS and text for thsp. 200 people attended the servi over weekeTrJ. Tr Master of Chnsfs Hospital. the Abingdor) School Chaplain, Ihe Leader the TO c1. Abiffj(kn's Madam may arKI cjergy fr(yn the Clwrch in Abingdon from URC attended SuTKJay wv1. Three of Trinty's mctst refxrt dergy. Rev3 lan Gnffiths, MalcA)Im Allwton and Rthard BlestOn partKipated in the wvice 8lw.de De)n Selina Nisltt a1 Revs Georgina BO1Zi- Simpson afKI Paulir Main. Rev Richard BleS1on playas ts organ ts the service and opened wrth Fanfare for the Spirit of Life. which he had ¢xXnJsed es)81 ts the service. Messages of g(thl were real frwi f(xmer minist5 4K) wwe Unab to attend. Cinrt Superintendert Rev Kath und1111 led the ser¥Ke interMK the history of the kn.me the chufch w buitt Ihe strry of its test J(bn Creemer Clarke. The annual Hap4est servi was held in Octobw with fcKKI d¢IKTh going to m)gdOn Fo(xJbank WKJ cash d10n5 to Asylum . The usual SwviS wwe held nd Chrislmas. Donaticms at the aftern(X Carol SvI 8rMJ the Christsn8s day service We to Crisis and th)nalM)ns at ts Christmas Eve Christingle Service enl to ACtIL Childm. Public Benefft The churth arnl C(xKJuit Centre wemises are Tewlwty used by (xganiSanS and indNKluals ts a de rnnge of events a1 a(1vib. Ctmxch SuPFs a number of local. national and intanational dwiti.es by dlia to ItH'r USe$ a1 appeal& Trfnity LHming The Chur( 1X)ntin to sdKth' (mrtCh Tirity LrTng. Trinity Leaming w8s orKJinaly set up as a Chwth Pr tMJt was s) that in 2019 it was established as a sep3(ale Chwitable 1rKw)(M organisati (Regist1 Chaiity No 1182742) with a sewate Boanj of Trustees. The Chwch wovides off#z and meeting space for the chanty and many Church m)bS voluntew ttir time to support the various ThinkirYJ BLK)ks wojed h&1 anottw sumsful y th ovw 30 thIld from fve dIffenI scK)ols each ceIVirj 10 sessi(Th arKI a free The T(J)Ikit Hap(xness returrHI to of kKzl S(wlary sdls. Two of the Trinrty Leaming team sp&rt fve days training and WFVXlirvJ stxth fM volunteers to deliver a swies of e1rj kshopS to apKxoxwnatety 180 Yw 7 sludents. 'EXperien Easterf was hosted in the Church again. 360 d*lren fmm kxal wimary sctrwls and beaver cokmies l(th part cx)luie or in the Cl.
Trinty Leaming continued to give out Bereavement Packs for aduHs SUPFJ1ing rentlY bereaved Chddren as well as Family Charye Paths for adutts supFKxb'ng thildren Imed by divorce or separation in their families. Each Bereavement Pack CtainS a hand knrtted or uocheted teddy, many prod1 by mwnbers of the Chwch CLYnmunrty. Financial Infomiati AtKXrt 60% of the Chwch inc(Kne rneS from freeM'II givirKJ {arKI associ Gift Aid) from Church members and supporter5 and a flrther 10% from betb.ng of KThnises. Well over 90% of free.11 inLx¥ne comes from donalKJns lia standIj order yth onty abcxrt 6% being cash donatKJns at Ser(S. General inflation and ieasIng utilrty costs have Slgnrfnlfy expenditure. Wth ageing buil(h'ngs, rt is alcIpated trt mw repwrs wiu become more frequent and more expensive. Overall, on Unrestri funds. tsre was a defKrt of anosi £17.2(Kl in 2024r25. The Trnstees and Church members cx)ntinue explore the feagtmlty of makn"rKJ gter use of the premises thus reaSing the incThne * genwate. This may require some mcxlffications to the tIlding$. The Churth's reStrted funds fal into 4 caieg The Church rnanages the payroll 3 extwnal CharitS- the salaries are reimbursed by extemal charitbes so the re¢xipts armj salary payments are restrIed. The Church manages gts rec1 fr(xn The Charty of RKhard Beker for work aSKiated wrth the Toddkr Group (a parent & t(xller wp) and the Evergreen Club (a dub for the elderly) The ants re given speofv21ty lo supp)rt these organisations so these fiamjs are restn'cted. The Church hdIeS d(Thti¢Ms to charits from members of ts (%regatIOn and churth group& As ItrMe dalK are made Lalit. they are restrKed. There a furKls held in investments Tating to the Swing Road Trust and lated funds. These are furKls. previcAFJy held by the URC. th ¢ty the incorne from the can ¢%rrently used. so they we restncted. Support fix Charftias The Church conts'nwl to suptmxt local. itional Internaal (aritss. During 2024. the Ch of the year was the mIS Advw Grp. an intwnational chanty vthich finds and destroys 18ndmines, duster mrtionS and Unexp1 tK)mbs in plac8S affected by Confl1. It also ths to limit the (xuses and aJ(tress consequences of anned violence in cx)mmunities. DunrKJ the year a total of £1.0 was raed and donated to ts chanty. The charity chosen ts 2025 was Redang the Risk, Oxfcrdshre based charity whith aims to Inrnse safety and wellba'rrfJ of alults aTMJ thildren at risk through dome abuse and wotects ppIe who a vulrwable to abuse •KI explThtthn. By 31st August a total of £1.045 had t*en raised for chanty and was orrd fmtd into the 2025126 ai)J)unts A totsl of £8.700 was th)nated to fdfiOUS dritIeS during year fmarmial year. as follows:
Trinity Leaming Action ts Children MethcKJist Missicffi in Britain FWKI Methodist World Mission FurKI Mdhodist Church FWKI £4.434.50 £765.50 £270.(M) £270.00 £188.00 £188.(K) £135.IX) £100.00 £200.00 £350.00 £800.00 £1.000.00 £20.00 £25.00 746.00 C(xJncil ts 1)rtd Mission c(xnmitMtt for Life bing(k)n Brmjge Asylum Ciisis Oxftxd URC Retreat Grrx Oxfordshire Hist(YK Churches Trust Tom Kyffin Church Treasurer De(xnber 2025