CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS Swaffham Methodist Church Church FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2025 Central Norfolk Circuit Circuit Cir¢ult no. 14115 Registered Charlty - Charity Registration number 1163777 If not a registered charity His Majesty's Revenue and Customs Gift Aid number (The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in temis of evidence of chartiable status and may be used to give to donors or grant fijnders v￿Shing to see evidence of the organisation's charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not registered charib'es are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242) Not applicable Minister.. Rev. Anne Richardson Church Slewards: Dr David Jones Mrs Susan Jones Mrs Skndrn Simm Mrs Anne Thorp Mr5 Jo Trick Treasurer". Ms Sarah RodgeTS Swatham Methodisi Church SFA 202*2025 Audited Final 1 of5 ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025 Swaffham Methodist Church Chur¢h Unrvstrict•d R¢strictod Totals this Funds Funds Totsl$ ts$t year SECTION A 81 RECEIPTS Note 82 Offerin s and Tax recovered Bank and CFB interest and Investment income 28.835 28,83S 30,063 a3 476 239 715 1.582 a4 Lettin 2.826 2.826 39,859 72,235 4,768 a5 Other receipts TOTAL RECEIPTS 38.795 70,932 1.064 1,303 9,064 4S.477 a6 la71 SECTION B b1 PAYMENTS b2 Circuit Assessment or Share 30.360 30,360 28,215 b3 Donabws 656 656 85Q Re irs and Maintenance Utilitses Ilnsurances, water charge5, healing & lighb.ngl 40.911 40,911 6,056 b5 7.718 1.199 681 7.718 6,047 b6 1,199 681 1,239 380 b7 Other payments TOTAL PAYMENTS b8 81,525 81,525 Ib91 42.787 SECTION C NET RECEIPTSIPAYMEMTS FOR THE YEAR c1 10.593 1.303 9.290 2,690 Tolal funds brought forbyard from lasÉ year 44.079 2,197 46,276 Ic6} 43.585 c3 Sub total c1+¢2 33.486 3,500 36.986 46,275 Tiansfers and ad'uslments ¢7 c5 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR 1¢3+e41 33.486 3.500 36.986 Ic8 46,275 Ic61 SECTION D FOR INFORMATION ONLY: P•lONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS thèsè amounts arè not to be includèd in totsl r•￿IptsIpaYme￿ts figure$ abov¥l d1 Balance bro hl forward from last ear d2 Offerin sIGifts- received for exlemal or anisalions 582 d3 Offering51Gifts - passed to extemal or9anisthons 356 d4 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID Idl+d2-d31 226 2of5 SwaftTham met￿14 c￿￿￿ChSFA 202k2025Audiid FIMI Swafftiam Methodist Chur¢h Churth sÈcmoN E Pleats• lollo Summary ott￿ Churcb aCCQWLS for th8 y•arended 31 Awjst 202$a￿ Iniema tothecknh CwtK4Lhurth kleèity. Nots Df affl Internal (Wn13al￿ll narmaly bE RE5kndedlL¥vJs Un￿$& itC¢Lld be Shtswn ts Itw ¢OJhJ bt usvJlDr*)y M¢thtySs¢ This sec*on compkted toarTf4* atthtrty￿ Ints)me *W$ Chwth Vgross YKoffa¢ ¢Xc¢¢tstheAWu*fve￿, th8n th8ACuu￿5 ofxcountsry ANDA DIFFERENT FORM rn￿* be wd to r21￿￿e￿I￿unL%114o kleiprttht*Tbthl. PlÈa*è rtlerto tr￿Sfer$ betwa8n D￿tr￿l and ¢onneded DistndOrWan￿bQm. INTERNAL ORGANISA7￿s Receyts Pa nts e7 tot81 ollnwm anisabonsfund e8 •12 Church x¢outhtsitotsl$ bvou9htforwar¥from p 2-lotab crAurMI TOTAL ¢ASH FVNDS HELD BYCHURCH 72.236 lan 81,626 1gD7} l¢f> 46.276 c81 36.986 71236 81.62 46.276 36.986 Conbnue on a separaiE51Ket if nEces8aryand brino thè tota5 hrNard TOTAL RECEPTS TOTAL 8ECIION F TA CLOSING BAL4NCES CHVRCH-CASH FUNDS HELD At 31 Augu•t202S hand Bank CurrentAcLwnt 13.442 Bank D 5IA¢cuu Centrd Financd Boè 19,082 20.436 Truste￿ forPaeWi$iChurth Pur Otherlur 1.935 3.108 SUB TOTAL-Churth a¢¢Ouni• T￿•1 luffld$ hfj￿ by Intemal Organi￿￿n$ (thè baLqnc• totaliDm ab¢*) le121 46.276 (L61 36.986 roTAL CASH FUN03 HELD BYCHURC 46,276 36,986 SECIION G Al 31 AwuSt2025 OTHER ASSETS and LIAWLrrEs Investments Indlth EDthyoTheD Land 8 6￿1* 1877 067 OthBrAs$ets 114.829 . Sbrwam￿t¢K￿sIa￿d. *tYear￿ Other 14 Indud¢ FU￿b$by aitheC8nW Fi￿ar￿ knard IS Indude onty atTN%¢￿$for cfwrth PL￿}Se5 3of5 Name of Church ............... S*dffham Methodist Church N•= 1411S 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 indude all fijnds urmler the control of the Church trustees. Signature of treasurer . Name and address of treasurer ........ Sarah Rc*SJers 8 Church Lane. Holme Hale. Norfolk IP25 7DS Presentation to the Church Irustees I confirrn that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 Augvsl 2025 were presented to the meeting of the Church trustees held on ... 12111r2025.............. Signature ol the Chair of the meeting Name of the Chair of the meetsng . RÈV. Neil Vels Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of the ..Swalfharn MelhcM1L81 Charity Number.. 1163777 Responsibilities and basis of report I report lo the Iruslees on my examination of Ihe accounts of the . . Church for the year ended 31 August 2025 set out on pages . S ..< As the Church's Iruslees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in acLy)rdance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 I'the Act'i. I report in respect of my examination of the Church's accounts carried out under secknon 145 of the Act and, in earrying out my examination. I have lollowed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515llbl ot the Act. delete or ryrcle as appropriate 4of5 Name of Church .. Swaffham Methodist Church No.. 14115 Independent Examiner's Statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed belowl which give me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. the a￿oUntIng records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act,. or the accounts do not accord wtth the accounting records. I have no Goncems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention shoukl be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the 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 Cenlral Finance Board of the Methodist Church which are individually in excess of £10.000 (ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheet date. Signalure of independent examiner Name of independent examiner A WRIL 4rfpL Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner Name of firm (where appropriate) Address Post Code Date delete or circle as appropriate Swaffham Melho(lisl Church SFA 2024-2025 Audrted Final 5of5 RESERVES POLICY Report on behalf of Swaffham Methodist Church I Church Counul To Central Norfolk Circuit l East lia District È submit our annual report ￿ accordance the requirements of the Methodist COnfe￿nCe and the Charity Comrnission guidance in CC19. 11) The trustees have established their missÉon aims taking inlo account all of the resources available in lemis of people. propetty and money (iii) We have agreed a ReseNes Policy which is sel out overleaf and is recorded in the trustees, minutes and Annual Report (Nl We recogni5e the need to be accountabb as tharity trustees for all the money vthich comes into our hands and wll provide further infrJmialKin as required by the CircuiVDistriCVConne￿On lill Mission inrtkitiveslproje¢ts have been costed or estimates made of projected future costs which take into account the needs of the buildings and the wquirements of the Quinquennial Inspection Reportls (v) Cxjr Report attached overleaf ' please delete as approwiate To be completed by Receiving Body The "Circuit MeetinglDi$trict received the RESERVES POLICY of "Church Councivcircuit MeetinglDistrict Policy accepted and acknowledgement sent to the trustees YES NO Policy noted and the frjllowing enqUI￿S made of the trustees Responses received and any further action taken 'CircuiUDistrict Slgnaturès ... . Aease ￿e￿Ie as Datg.... RESERVES POLICY of Swaffham Methodist Church I Churth Council General Funds held at YE 31108r2025 £28,487 Restricted Funds held £8.499 Endowment Funds hekj £00.00 ReseNes policy for General Funds General Funds breakdown For general use - £ 19.052 With CFB- £ 17,934 {including Reserves of £5,234) The year under review saw a Small reduction in both income from lettings and regular givin& the latter also impacting Gift Aid income. Quinquennial repairs were on-going but have been helpfully offset by the grant from the Breckland Heritage Fund. A modest surplus. which was transferred to the Reserve account last year, has been called upon to support the Quinquennial repair costs. This has reduced the funds in the Reserves account. Monies set aside for mission and outreach have not needed to be touched. 5. Polic for Restricted Funds The church continues to play an important role in the spiritual. civic and community life of the town and surrounding villages and is recognised and appreciated for its participation and contribution. There is a determination to respond to the call to mission and both maintaining the building to a high standard and building up financial resources are seen as prartical actions towards this. Terms relating to Endowment Funds held None held. This Reserves Policy has been approved by Swaffliam Church Council Treasurer Church Secretary Full name Sarah Rodgers Full Name Sandra Simm Signature Signature £. J.