CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS DROITWICH METHODIST Church FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2025 SOUTH WORCESTERSHIRE Clrcult Clrcult no. 05116 Registered Charity- Charity Reglstratlon number If not a reglstered ¢harfty HIS Maiesvs Revenue and Customs Gift Ald number (The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in terThs of emdence of charitable status and may be used to give to doTrJrs or gfant funders wishing to see evidenc* of the organisation's charllable status. Methodlst ¢harities in England and Wales that are not register&d charities are expted from registration under Statutory Instrum6nt 2014 No.242) 1163089 Minister. REV ELIZABEfH HARRIS Churth Stewards: GRAHAME DRAIN SlbAON JESSOP SANDFIA DRAIN KAREN NICOL CHRISTINE PARKER STLIART WATKINS JULIA WATKINS CLIVE BROWM Treasurer. MR JOHN DETORRE Church-reoelpls-and•aymenls-2025_Nofmd.xls 1of5
QENERAL In September 2024we welcomed our new Minister Rev Elizabeth Harris who not only arrived to have pastoral chae of Droitwich but was Supeilntendent forthe ¢i1t. Since her arrivalw8 have seen a steady upturn in Sunday moming attendance. Usergroupsfor tha room rental ha8 a180 bgen strong agaln this year. This financialyear has been much 'quieler' than the previous one, lor which we 8re very grateful. Most items of 'Expendlture' and'lncome. were generally close to the'orlglnal Budgev wlth no scares on the'Expendrture' front. The Accounts revealthat we f inished the financialy8ar with 8 surplus of £29,342. However, this figure has been arttficially irrfi8ted tythe'unspent Grantfor Church Hall Kltchenwork, of£20.OOOandthe'Unspent Grantforth8Church Buildingsoiar System. of 25,700. When these two Items are deducted (see Accounts) you will see that wo stlll have 8 Surplus of £3,642 for the year- which 15 brilliatrt! It is worth notlng that we had a surplus of £3,283 for the pr8ViOU8financlalye8r1202&241. Anotheryear of 8chievements thanks to the hard and detem?In8tlon of 8veryon8 concemed. The refurbishment of Room 5 The orrice move to upst8irs 811owing the old offices to be repurposed en budget allows. Grant fvnding forthg solar and theffttin8 thereof. tch8n lottery funding achleved reaty for F8bruary 2025 reflt of the Church Hall kitchen Plans are now drawn upforthefuture development-Entrance. toi18ts, lobby and Wesley room kltchen. Vestry finaLiy watertight and redecorated Church tower water leaks 8881ed rhings to do and things 8lre8dy8gr88dforthe comlng FY. Staging at the front of the church to be removed in November-ther8 will inevttably be a lot othidden cost here.we must be mindful ofthiswhen usingftjnds. As above-the plans for fLrture developrnent need to be shared and agr8od and presented to council. Flooring in the corridors of Amphiett house are breaklng up and need to be dealt wtth before they become a trip haz8rd for staff and users allke. Paintlng day to be held to redecorate the coiridors in Amphlett house before we c8n move forward with the fioorlng. Gutterin& facla and sofflt boards negd repairing aiiaround Amphl8tt house. Speaker replacement in the church With Gods help we will smash through the tssks ah88d. and make our church 8nd community bulldlngs more welcoming, safe and modern sOth8tV can continue to be an asset to the local communlty and beyond. We lookforward totheyearahead.
Accoupifs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025 DROITWICH METHODIST Church UnrnS1t#d Rg5tricted Totals tNs Funds Funds Tota15 last SECTION A a1 RECEIPTS a2 Offerfn s and Tax recovered Bank and CFB interest and Investmwt income 73,539 73.539 71,999 2.603 .680 21.116 147,938 1603 50,680 51,116 177,938 3,024 52,424 35,481 162,928 a4 Lettln Other receipts TOTAL RECEIPTS ,000 30,000 86 (a71 SECTION B b1 PAYMENTS b2 Cirtult Assessment w Sharo 73,497 73N97 127 74,115 279 b3 Donallons 127 Re alrs and Malntenance Ulililies {InSuranS, water gs h8atin hltn 8,016 24,552 b5 13.172 13.172 b7 Olhar payments TOTAL PAYMENTS 49,484 144.296 4,300 4.300 53,784 148,596 49,468 159,645 (bg) SECTION C NET RECEIPTSIPAYIIENTS c1 3,642 25.7DJ 3.283 Total funds brought forward from last year 81,935 81,935 ¢6 78,651 Sub total c1+c2 85.577 25,71XI 111,277 B1,935 TransfeTS arKI ad usknenls c7 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR {c>c4) 85,577 25.700 111.277 (c81 81.935 Ic6) SECTtON D FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS thes8 amounts are not to be Included In totsl rocel Urns above d1 Balance brou ht fotward from last d2 Offeri Gifts- received for extemal o 1.310 d3 offeng5/G1ftS - passed lo extemal org8nlsations 1.310 d4 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID {d1+d2-d3) zero 2ofS
DROtTWICH MEfHODIST hurnh YOF OR SECMON E rnwgryoftaechurth aCCtr fwthoyo¥oDW 31 t225a1tyj Ckp[Bs1Pp0tyknthe ChLtheLrtIi1rth A8tty. NotettWtthafU1S of an Int¥nal nomally Restr10fVl5 uthss VLcoubJ thÈlth2yerAI bb us•J fDranyMBthodI PUTPOSe. secboTr mwtle complotfjd to arfjve atgrosS alld tatAls Oftt Churth meknod gfqwunlng 4DA DIFFERENTFORMmustbe Lwd To rvrtth8wknIgee r8tsr)thegdnGe Thitas r•wdlrytr•nslws botwnthe Lls conr,19d tX5tthtCluanlsakns. TERNAL ORGANWnOM8 CkJ81 b3kncft e5 912 Chur¢h ac40ums Ih)tsl$ br¢)uohtforwir¢ fw pw• 2.tota¢01Wlin> 81,935 c61 111.277 610 BYCHURCH 17T,938 14&590 111,277 C4)ndnwon a styarattssht neca8BBryand Ihe toial&forward TQTAL RECEPTS TOTAL PAThENT8 SECTION F CLOSNO BPIANCES CHUR¢H.¢ASH FUND¥ HELD at31 Cash hharwj 19) 8Hrt¢ rrn¢nt 1670 Bank De Centfal Boa 7.756 TILJBteesforM8Wk81 ¢hwch Pu JB TOTAL-Chur¢h accounts TolAI knds held by Intemal (ral0 ltherknkng 12nc8total tyom8bovel le121 81.935 111.2TT 812 TOTAL FUND5 HELD BYCHURCH B1.935 Ixl 111,2TI 8ECIV)N g OTHER ATSllnd LIAWLMES 31 W2025 v4sfvnts IlUd0 Endowrwnts L8rn8 & - ¥Wamwtoutstsnd' r6NJ Ottw U9N 14 th¢1Je lyFundS11d althscefttral FIMT8 BoaTrl f6 IwlLwJ9 only Fund5 twld alTtU5te&5 F4Jrp)s¢s 91 Iye anyotrr hw96tw15lncli eknwof17xptrCOjr*dsIB knknels 3of5
Name of chUh DROITWICH METHODIST CHURCH No 05116 Declarations and Scrutiny I conflm Ihal these Receipt and Payment based accounts for tho year to 31 August 2025 have been prepared from the records of Ihe Church and that they include all funds under the nt)I of th8 Church truste6S. Signature of treasurer ....... Name and address of treasurer. Mr John De Torre 27 Waterside, Droliwich Spa, Worcestershi WR9 8UL Presenlatlon to thg Church trustees I confimi that thé annual report and accounts the meelino of the Church trustees held on 8 or ts year ended 31 August 2025 were presented lo October 2025. Signature of the Chalr of the meeting Name of the Chalr of the meating Rev Elizabelh H Independent Examinerfs ReF)Ort to the Trustees of the DROITWICH METHODIST CHURCH Charlty Number 1163089 Responsibilities and basls of report I report to the trustees on my examination of the a¢xounts of the DROITWICH METHODIST Church for the year ended 31 August 2025 set out on pages 2 to 3. As the Church's trustees. you are responsible for the preparation of the acLounts in alx))rdan vath Ihe requlrem&nts of the Charilies Act 2011 {the Act,). I report in respect of my examination of the Churth's accounts carTied out under seciion 145 of lh8 Act and. In carrylng out my examination, I have followed all the applicabl8 Directions given by the Charity Commission urKler section 145{5Xb) of th8 Acl. . delete or circle as appropriate 4of5
Name of Church DROITWICH METHODIST CHURCH No 05116 Independent Examlnerfs Statement I have completed my examlnation, l a)nfimi that rK> matsrial matters have come to my attentlon in connection vAth the examination { lo) which give me cause to believe Ihat In, any material respect: the accounting records were not kept in accordance with sectlon 130 of the Act; or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records. I have no COnrnS and have come across N) other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drath In this report in ord6r to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. I IpAfj81have 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 Finan Board of the Methodist Church whith are individually in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds} at the balance sheet date. Signature of independent examiner Name of indeperKlent examiner Relevant professional qualification of irKlependent examiner Name of finm (where appropriate) Address Post Code R£ 2TI3 Date Jo %02s delete or cile as approprfate chur-ra1pts-and.Panents.202S_N0rn)al 5ofS