Period start date Period end date **From 01 09 2023 To 31 08 2024** ## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** ## Section A Reference and administration details ~~|~~ ## **Charity name** Dale Street Methodist Church **Other names charity is known by** > **Registered charity number (if any)** 1153330 **Charity's principal address** Dale Street Leamington Spa **Postcode CV32 5HL** **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |**Trustee name**
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~~n Ge~~|~~Ge~~|| **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **TAR** 1 **Type of adviser N/a** **Name** **Address** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Section B** ## **Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document Approved governing document issued by the Methodist Church - (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted Trust - (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by Annual Church Meeting Trustee selection methods - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; The Trustees (the Church Council) meet as a minimum twice each year. Extraordinary meetings can be called as needed. At each ordinary meeting the Trustees receive detailed reports of the activities of the church and its financial performance. The Trustees approve the reserves policy, safeguarding policy, budget and major matters to do with property. The Finance and Property Committees provide additional management and scrutiny during the year. There is an annual Meeting to which all adherents of the Church (whether or not members or trustees) are invited. This meeting appoints Trustees (voting being by members only) and receives annual reports of activities. - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C** ## **Objectives and activities** The purposes of the Dale Street Methodist Church are in accordance with those of all other churches of the Methodist Connexion namely the advancement of a) The Christian Faith in accordance with the doctrinal standards **Summary of the objects of the** and the discipline of the Methodist Church **charity set out in its** b) Any charitable purpose for the time being of any Connexional, **governing document** district, circuit, local or other organisation of the Methodist Church c) Any charitable purpose for the time being of any society or institution subsidiary or ancillary to the Methodist Church d) Any purpose for the time being of any charity being a charity subsidiary or ancillary to the Methodist Church **TAR** 2 **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** The activities of Dale Street Methodist Church are centered around a) The provision of regular acts of worship open to members of the church and non-members alike. b) The provision of space for prayer and contemplation and the support of small groups for bible study and fellowship c) The provision of activities for the young and their carers, and the elderly, all with a Christian ethos. d) The promotion of the mission of the church e) The practical demonstration of care for the community by the support of social projects and activities and through a small Benevolent Fund f) The provision of space for community activities. ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grant making; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. ## Section D ## Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** The Church has provided regular acts of worship, space for prayer and demonstrated its care for the community by supporting a number of social projects and activities. Work with children and young people includes a separate act of worship focused on young people and their families at 9:15 on most Sunday mornings in the month. Missional activities include a Monday morning coffee drop-in session which is open to all. On Thursdays there is a Babies and Toddlers session when parents can meet and their children play with a wide range of toys. On Saturdays there is a Dads and Tots session famous for its egg and bacon butties. An active support group for Action for Children organises a variety of fundraising events each year. These activities are supported by a church mission group. In May 2024 after a period of discernment and evaluation Dale Street merged with Cubbington Methodist to become one church with two locations. Due to the risks associated with the Cubbington Methodist Church premises it was agreed that these premises would not be the responsibility of the combined church but would become the responsibility of the South Warwickshire Methodist Circuit. We are now working as one church supporting both congregations and the various activities. This has increased our worship opportunities with the weekly services at Cubbington and the outreach to Cubbington village particularly with the monthly Saturday coffee mornings which are well supported by the village. **TAR** 3 Section E Financial review TAR ## **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** The Church’s current policy has been to stabilise general income and expenditure and seek to maintain general reserves and investments of £45,000 to £50,000, this being approximately 45%-50% of the annual ordinary operating expenditure of the Church. During 2023/24 general income and expenditure stabilised with general income for the year of £154,402 compared to general expenditure of £169,906, an in-year loss of £15,504. This loss is predominantly due to investing in the church equipment and is in accordance with the policy above. There was an overall gain of £5,352 on the church’s expendable investments. As at 31[st ] August 2024 total general reserves and associated investments stood at £169,867 made up of - £85,338.76 in general reserves, - £47,031 in the Legacy Fund, - £559.19 in the Benevolent Fund In addition, the Church benefits from interest from two permanent endowments, invested in funds managed by the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church, with a combined value of £23,414 providing £603.23 in interest to the Church in 2023/24. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** n/a ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Sources of funds** The Church raises its funds by weekly offerings and donations from members and those attending worship and attending groups run by the Church; through lettings of the Church’s buildings and feed-in-tariffs from solar panels. Interest is received on Church funds held in bank/savings accounts and from investments. ## **Investments** Of its general reserves of £169,867 at the end of the financial year the Church held £41,852 in investments managed by the Central Finance Board (CFB) of the Methodist Church in the CFB Managed Mixed Fund. ## **Use of reserves** Following the receipt of a substantial legacy in 2022/23. There was expenditure from the fund during the year for the replacement of the chairs within the worship space to enable the easier use of the space for multiple uses. None of the Legacy Fund is invested. Following the merger with Cubbington Methodist Church the combined reserves have increased above prudent levels and so the church is beginning the process of how the reserves are used wisely. ## **Accounts for 2023/24** The accounts for the year are attached to this annual report. The accounts are presented as though the merger of Dale Street and Cubbington Churches happened on 1[st] September 2023. It is noted that this includes income relating to the renting of the Cubbington premise as well as expenditure till the South Warwickshire Methodist Church took over the responsibilities for the Cubbington Building in May 2024. So, this year accounts are effectively an anomaly. **TAR** 5 Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration Thé trust￿& declar(t that Ihey ha¥0 approvod the trusl8•8' ieport abo¥e. $igrt•d on ￿hall d th• ¢harW$ tru6tèè6 Pgsition (•B Svrfelaty. chair. Chair to Church Council Datè TAft TAR ## **CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS** ## **THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS** ## **Dale Street and Cubbington Methodist Church** FOR THE YEAR ENDED ## 31 August 2024 |**Circuit**
**South Warwickshire Circuit**|**Circuit no**|**5/12**| |---|---|---| |**Registered Charity - Charity Registration number**||| |||1153330| If not a registered charity **Her Majesty's 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 organisation's charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not registered charities are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242) Minister: REV. TINA BROOKER Church Stewards: GRAHAM HOWE TONY PARKINSON MARK WHITEHOUSE EDWINE McCONVILLE MARGARET BEGG DAVID CHIRNSIDE Treasurer: DAVID SANDY Church R and P 2015.xls 1 of 5 **ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024** ## **Dale Street and Cubbington Methodist Church** ||**SECTION A**|||**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**|**£**
**73,206**
**5,542**
**60,641**
**10,952**
**4,061**
**Totals this**
**year**|**£**
**73,206**
**5,542**
**60,641**
**10,952**
**4,061**
**Totals this**
**year**|**Totals last**
**year**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||**£**|**£**|**£**||**£**|| |a1|**RECEIPTS**||**Note**||||||| |a2|Offerings and Tax recovered|||73206||**73,206**||74,580|| |a3|Bank and CFB interest and
Investment income|||5542||**5,542**||1,943|| |a4|Lettings|||60641||**60,641**||68,412|| |a5|Other receipts|||10952||**10,952**||8,231|| ||Legacy|||4061||**4,061**||47,515|| |a6|**TOTAL RECEIPTS**|||**154402**||**154,402 **|**(a7)**|**200,682**|| ||||||||||| ||**SECTION B**|||||**80,460**
**2,645**
**52,143**
**25,773**
**8,885**|||| |b1|**PAYMENTS**||||||||| |b2|Circuit Assessment or Share|||80460||**80,460**||89,704|| |b3|Donations|||2645||**2,645**||2,550|| |b4|Repairs and Maintenance|||52143||**52,143**||35,608|| |b5|Utilities (Insurances, water
charges,heating& lighting)|||25773||**25,773**||17,646|| |b6|Church Missioner salary, expenses and
events||||||||| |b7|Otherpayments|||8885||**8,885**||2,579|| |b8|**TOTAL PAYMENTS**|||**169906**||**169,906 **|**(b9)**|**148,087**|| |||||||**(15,504)**|||| ||**SECTION C**||||||||| |c1|**NET RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS**
**FOR THE YEAR**
**(a6-b8)**|||-15504||**(15,504)**||52,595|| ||||||||||| |c2|Total funds brought forward from
last year|||142959|559|**143,518 **|**(c6)**|90,922|| |||||||**128,014**|||| |c3|**(c1+c2)**
**Sub total**|||127455|559|**128,014**||**143,517**|| ||||||||||| |c4|Transfers and adjustments||||||**(c7)**||| ||||||||||| |c5|**TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR**
**(c3+c4)**|||**127455**|**559**|**128,014 **|**(c8)**|**143,517**|**(c6)**| ||**SECTION D**|||| |---|---|---|---|---| |d|**£**
Balance brought forward from lastyear
10
Offerings/Gifts - received for external organisations
1,976
Offerings/Gifts -passed to external organisations
1,971
**BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID**(d1+d2-d3)
**15**
**(these amounts are not to be included in total receipts/payments figures above)**
**FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS**|||**£**
| |d1|Balance brought forward from lastyear||10|35| |d2|Offerings/Gifts - received for external organisations||1,976|1,166| |d3|Offerings/Gifts -passed to external organisations
**BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID**(d1+d2-d3)||1,971|1,191| |d4|||**15**|| 2 of 5 Church R and P 2015.xls Dale Street and Cubbington Methodist Church ## **SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL** **SECTION E Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page** Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2022 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Church Council/Church Meeting. Note that the funds of an Internal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must be completed to arrive at the gross income and expenditure totals of the Church. If gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold, then the Accruals method of accounting AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website). Please refer to the guidance notes regarding transfers between the District and connected District Organisations. ||**SECTION E**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2022 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Church Council/Church Meeting. Note that the funds of
an Internal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must be
completed to arrive at the gross income and expenditure totals of the Church. If gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold, then the Accruals method of accounting
AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website). Please refer to the guidance notes regarding transfers between the District
and connected District Organisations.|||||||||||||| ||**INTERNAL**
**ORGANISATIONS**||Receipts||Payments||Net Receipts/
Payments||Adjustments||Opening
balances||Closing balances|| |e1|**Midis**||517||579||(62)||||467||405|| |e2|**Dads and Tots**||3,018||3,013||5||||71||76|| |e3|**CMYG**||4||||4||(292)||288|||| |e4||||||||||||||| |e5||||||||||||||| |e6||||||||||||||| |e7||||||||||||||| |e8|Sub total of Internal
Organisations funds||3,539||3,592||(53)||(292)||826|**(e11)**|481|**(e12)**| |e9|**Church accounts (totals**
**brought forward from page**
**2 - totals column)**
||**154,402 **|**(a7)**|**169,906 **|**(b9)**|**(15,504)**|||**(c7)**|**143,517 **|**(c6)**|**128,014**|**(c8)**| |e10|~~**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD**~~
**BY CHURCH**||**157,941**||**173,498**||**(15,556)**||**(292)**||**144,343**|**(x)**|**128,495**|**(y)**| ||||**TOTAL RECEIPTS**||**TOTAL**
**PAYMENTS**|||||||||| ## **SECTION F** ## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES** ||**STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES**|||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**CHURCH - CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 August 2024**
Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
balance total from above) (e12)
Bank Current Account
Central Finance Board
Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
Other funds
**SUB TOTAL - Church accounts**
Bank Deposit Account
Cash in hand
**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH**|**OPENING**
**BALANCES**
14
32,321
37,751
25,320
48,111
**143,517**
(c6)
**826** (e11)
**144,344**
(x)|**CLOSING**
**BALANCES**|| |f1|Cash in hand|||| |f2|Bank Current Account||35,119|| |f3|Bank Deposit Account||46|| |f4|Central Finance Board||42,304|| |f5|Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes||50,545|| |f6|Other funds|||| |f7|**SUB TOTAL - Church accounts**||**128,013**|(c8)| |f8|Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
balance total from above) (e12)||**481**|(e12)| |f9|**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH**||**128,494**|(y)| |||||| ||**SECTION G**
**OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES**
Other Assets
Other Liabilities
Loan(s)- show amount outstandingatyear end
Land & Buildings(see notes re Insurance value)
Investments(include Endowments)|At
1 September 2023
59,915
6,178,078|At
31 August 2024
65,267
6,363,416|| |g1|Investments(include Endowments)|59,915|65,267|| |g2|Land & Buildings(see notes re Insurance value)|6,178,078|6,363,416|| |g3|Other Assets|||| |g4|Loan(s)- show amount outstandingatyear end|||| |g5|Other Liabilities|||| f4 Include only Funds held at the Central Finance Board f5 Include only Funds held at Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes g1 Include any other investments (not the cash element of TMCP trusts accounts this is included in line f5 3 of 5 2015 Church R and P.xls ## Name of Church DALE STREET METHODIST CHURCH ## Declarations and Scrutiny | confirm that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2024 have been prepared from the records of the Church and that they include all funds under the control of the Church trustees. Datel AY Signature oftreasurer .....................2.0..0.0-2202 Mile eceseeeeseeeeeeeeeee Date 06/04/2024 Name and address of treasurer DAVID SANDY, 50 Kingsway, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 9NY ## Presentation to the Church trustees | confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2024 were presented to the meeting of the Church trustees held on Sunday 11th May 2025. Signature of the Chair of the meeting _ lee Name of the Chair of the meeting ENsy TTINA G@oovse Date ee elas/ 2015 church R and P.xis 4o0f5 Name of Church DALE STREET METHODIST CHURCH Independent Examiner's Statsment I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the exarnination which give me cause to believe that in. any material respect: the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act., or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understsnding of tha accounts to be reached. I havelhave not. obtained independent verification of all investments with the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances and funds at the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church which are individually in excess of £10.000 (ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheet date. Signature of independent examiner.. Name of independent examiner: David Dumper Address '. 99 Shottery Road, Stratford upon Avon, CV37 9QB Date Name of Church DALE STREET METHODIST CHURCH Independent Examlnerfs Ststement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which give me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records V￿re not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or the accounts do not accord with the accounts'ng records. have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. I havelhave not. obtsined independent verification of all investments with the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances and funds at the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church which are individually in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheet date. Signature of independent examiner.. Name of independent examiner: David Dumper Address '. 99 Shottery Road, Strafford upon Avon, CV37 9QB Date