TRINITY CHURCH ABINGDON - ACCOUNTS - YEAR ENDING 31st AUGUST 2025 Charlty Reg. No. 1148634 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS 202*20 2022-23 202>24 2022-23 2023-24 102*25 INCOME EXPENDITURE cIr￿lI 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•￿1Y and Elders prov#le pastu81 sup￿1 Church members and those with a COnn￿￿10n to the Church. Ttr*re are 80 Cl￿rch 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 R8gi*r of Chanties the Registered Chanty NLwnber 1148634 on 17th Awt 2012. ￿l￿on 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 It￿e 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 CirC￿lt to take up a positi'on in the SalisW CircuiL Selina l￿d y￿1h the Wanlage •)d Abingdon Circurt for 10 years aTrJ for m(￿1 of that Iwne th supp(K￿l thurches in Abingdon, Trinty Church and AN Saints Church. Wthi) Trinity. * led i1M￿ght[ul a￿1 Ins￿ring WCK5hip. Sl* was involved a numl*r of Churth (ffganisaiKXlS indLMSng ihe Junior Church arKI the T￿*lIerS Group where th pr<￿# a Chrtstian wesen(% and led special services for them. She t￿k 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 erKxXJrag￿nenl and support to the Congregats.(￿ in prathxl ways arKI gave spiritual (xxnfort arxl past￿al to many. Mthen leaving, Selina commenled thai her bme at Trith had bew a joy. During the year the Trustees reMffived WKI ap￿rNe(l the kkn"rKJ poI￿leS and procedures: GDPR dLuments Equalty Polry Disciplinary Pr￿edUre Capability Poky Safewarding Polic Healih and S* Policy w0￿1P Church seNKxs ar8 t￿1 each ￿￿laY ffKNning. ￿nme￿i￿J at 1f*.30am. Attendance at weekty Church S￿ICeS is ￿Sualty ￿OUnd 50. A r￿￿t￿r of memb￿5 are unable to att￿d 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 fo*r doser Ix>llatMYatK)n bel￿n 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 S*rts. Ovw the ￿￿kend of 30th May 1st JU￿ the Church ￿letTr￿1 150 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 ce￿at￿M 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 prr￿￿1on of ￿t(wat￿S and text for thsp*. 200 people attended the servi￿ over weekeTrJ. Tr Master of Chnsfs Hospital. the Abingdor) School Chaplain, Ihe Leader ￿ the TO￿ c￿￿￿1. 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 B￿lestOn partKipated in the wvice 8lw.de De￿)n Selina Nisl*tt a￿1 Revs Georgina BO￿1Zi- Simpson afKI Paulir* Main. Rev Richard B￿leS1on playas ts organ ts the service and opened wrth Fanfare for the Spirit of Life. which he had ¢xXn￿Jsed es￿)81￿ ts the service. Messages of g(th￿l were real frwi f(xmer minist￿5 *4K) wwe Unab￿ to attend. Cin￿rt Superintendert Rev Kath und￿1111 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 d￿￿10n5 to Asylum ￿. The usual Swvi￿S wwe held ￿nd Chrislmas. Donaticms at the aftern(X￿ Carol S￿vI 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 (xganiSa￿nS and indNKluals ts a ￿de rnnge of events a￿1 a(*1vib￿. Ctmxch SuPF￿s a number of local. national and intanational dwiti.es by d￿li￿a to ItH'r ￿USe$ a￿1 appeal& Trfnity LHming The Chur(* 1X)ntin￿ to sdKth' (mrt￿Ch Tirity L￿rT￿ng. 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￿ (Regist￿￿1 Chaiity No 1182742) with a sewate Boanj of Trustees. The Chwch wovides off#z and meeting space for the chanty and many Church m￿)b￿S voluntew tt*ir time to support the various ThinkirYJ BLK)ks wojed h&1 anottw sumsful y ￿th ovw 30 thIld￿ from fve dIffe￿nI sc*K)ols each ￿ceIVir￿j 10 sessi(Th arKI a free The T(J)Ikit Hap(xness returrHI to of kKzl S￿(w￿lary sd￿ls. Two of the Trinrty Leaming team sp&rt fve days training and WFVXlirvJ stxth f￿M volunteers to deliver a swies of ￿e￿￿1r￿j ￿￿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 SUPF*J1ing re￿ntlY bereaved Chddren as well as Family Charye Paths for adutts supFKxb'ng thildren Im￿ed by divorce or separation in their families. Each Bereavement Pack C￿tainS a hand knrtted or uocheted teddy, many prod￿1 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 standI￿j order y￿th onty abcxrt 6% being cash donatKJns at Ser￿(￿S. General inflation and i￿easIng utilrty costs have Slgnrf￿nlfy expenditure. Wth ageing buil(h'ngs, rt is a￿lcIpated tr￿t 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 g￿ter use of the premises thus ￿￿reaSing the incThne * genwate. This may require some mcxlffications to the t￿Ilding$. The Churth's reStr￿ted funds fal into 4 caieg The Church rnanages the payroll 3 extwnal Charit￿S- the salaries are reimbursed by extemal charitbes so the re¢xipts armj salary payments are restrI￿ed. The Church manages g￿ts rec￿￿1 fr(xn The Charty of RKhard Bek*er for work aS￿Kiated wrth the Toddkr Group (a parent & t(x*ller 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 h￿dIeS d(Thti¢Ms to charit*s from members of ts (%￿regatIOn and churth group& As ItrMe d￿alK￿ are made L*alit￿. they are restrK*ed. 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. i*tional Interna￿al (*aritss. During 2024. the Ch￿ of the year was the mI￿S Advw Gr￿p. an intwnational chanty vthich finds and destroys 18ndmines, duster m￿rtionS and Unexp￿￿1 tK)mbs in plac8S affected by Confl￿1. 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 ra￿ed and donated to ts chanty. The charity chosen ts 2025 was Red￿ang the Risk, ￿ Oxfcrdshre based charity whith aims to Inrnse safety and wellba'rrfJ of alults aTMJ thildren at risk through dome abuse and wotects p￿pIe who a￿ vulrwable to abuse •KI explThtthn. By 31st August a total of £1.045 had t*en raised for chanty and was orr￿d fmtd into the 2025126 ai)J)unts A totsl of £8.700 was th)nated to fdfiOUS d￿ritIeS 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(xnmitM￿tt for Life bing(k)n Brmjge Asylum Ciisis Oxftxd URC Retreat Grrx Oxfordshire Hist(YK Churches Trust Tom Kyffin Church Treasurer De(xnber 2025