LORD STREET WEST UNITED CHURCH
TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATION DETAILS
Charty name..
Lord Street West United Church
Chartly's principal address: Lord Street West United Church
Lord Street West
Southport
Merseyside PR8 2BH
Trustees during the year and since the year end=
Hilary Ambrose
Dorothy Anderson
Wendy Aspin
Joan Bennett
Janet Broster
Barry Edwards
Maria Edwards
Rev Patrick Evans
Timothy Hall
to 21 May 2023
from 1 April 2024
Minister
Sandra Jackson
Rachel Kinnings
RLrth Lane
Rev Peter Lyth
Lesley Meredith
Karen Phillips
Rev Hilary Smith
Margaret Smith
Sylvia Wa￿On
lan Wright
Wendy Wright
Susan Yelland
to 30 March 2024
to 31 March 2024
Minister
to 31 March 2024
to 21 May 2023
to 21 May 2023
Minister
STRUCTURE. GOVERNANCE AND ￿GEMENT
The goveming document of Lord Street West United Church is the Constitution adopted on
6 May 2014.
Lord Street West United Church is a charitable unincorporated association.
Lord Street West United Church is a Local Ecumenical Partnership of the Methodist Church
and the United Refom)ed Church.
The charity is administered by a body of trustees consisting of:
a) Ex officio Trustees, being the ministers of the Local Ecumenical Partnership for the
time being
b) Thirsty six Elected trustees are elected at the Annual Congregational Meeting,. and
G) Not more than six Co-opted Twstees appointed by the Trustees

OBJECTIVES AND ACnWTIES
The purpose of the charity is to advance the Christian faith in accordan￿ with the principles
and practices of the Methodist Church and the Untled Refonned Church.
The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission's guidance
on public benefit and, in particular, the specific guidance on charities for the advanrEment of
religion.
In achieving its purpose. the charity engages in a range of activities induding:
al The Gelebration of public worship.,
b} The teaching of the Christian faith..
} Mission and evangelism.,
d) Pastoral work, including vistbng the sith and bereaved-
e) The provision of facilities with a Christian ethos for the local community, induding the
elderly, the young and other groups with special needs. and
The support of other charities in the UK and overseas.
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
During the year ended 31 De￿mber 2023, Lord Street West United Church celebrated
public worship every Sunday at 10.45 except on five Sundays when we had joint services
with the other churches in the Southport and Fomby Team Ministry and on two Sundays
when we had joint services with the other churches in the Southport Methodist Circuit.
Worship is led by our ministers and by ministers and preachers from the Methodist and
United Refomed Churches. The music in our worship is enhanced by our choir and organist.
JAM Club (Jesus and Mel for children took pla￿ at the same time as the morning seN1￿.
On Wednesday mornings there was coffee and fellowship at 10.30am followed by a service
from 11.15amto 1145am.
Messy Church, for families, was held on some Saturdays during the year.
Pastoral care is provided by the minister, outreach and pastoral worker and pastoral visitors.
Each member has a pastoral visitor, Ccpordinated by our pastoral secretary.
Our Outreach and Pastoral Worker also tskes Extended Communion to those vtho cannot
attend church and organises Messy Church, Litt￿ Fishes, Baby Boogies and Matewatchers.
The work of the church was also carned out through the followng church organisations..
Monday Fellowship
Parent and Toddler Group knovm as Little Fishes
Baby Boogies
Matewatchers
West End Players
Youth Club

FINANCIAL REVIEW
During the year ended 31 De￿mber 2023. on the unrestricted funds, payments exceeded
receipts by £66,498. The defirAt arose largely because of a payment for materials for the hall
roofs and an increase in the cost of gas. electricty and water. The largest item of payments
are the assessments and contributions paid to the Methodist Church and the United
Refomied Church, vthi¢h pay for the costs of ministry and the v￿der work of the two
denominations. The unrestricted funds had balanes of £375,072 at 31 December 2023,
comprising General Fund of £50.000, Legacy Fund of £229,475 and Sunter Fund of
£95,597. The Sunter Fund has been designated to pay for the Lay Worker.
The restricted funds 01 £5,569 comprised the Benevolent Fund of £355, Roof Fund of
£3,951, Fridge Fund of £400 and the unspent balan￿ of a grant re￿IVed for the youth club
of £863.
The church organisations had opening balances of £6.148, re￿iptS of £5,960, payments of
£2,546, contributions to the church of £2.600 and dosing balan￿$ of £6,962.
RESERVES POLICY
A minimum of £50.000 of unrestric*ed funds is held to cover six months, assessments,
contributions and running costs.
Approved by the Church Council 10 September 2024
Rev P Evans
Chair

CHURCH
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
ACCOUNTS
THE METHODIST CHURCH
STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS
Lord Street West United
Church
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31 December 2023
Southport
Circuit
Circuit no.
18119
Registered Charity - Charity Registration number
If not a registered charity Her Majestys Revenue and
Customs Gift Aid number
(The HMRC number is equivalent to a re9iStered charity number in temis of evidenc8 of charitable
status and may be used to give to donors or grant funders wshing 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)
1163996
Minister=
Church Stewards:
Hilary Ambrose
Dorothy Anderson
Barry Edwards
Chris Lane (to 23 October 2023)
Ruth Lane
Lesley Meredith
Wendy Wright
Treasurer.
lan Wright
Standard Accounts 2023
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ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
Lord Street West
United
Church
Unrestrkted R•strictsd Totsl¥ this
Funds
Fund$
year
Totals last
year
SECTION A
a1
RECEIPTS
Notg
a2
Offerin
s and Tax recovered
Bank and CFB interest and
Investment income
23.318
23,318
19.866
a3
9,495
54,207
21.939
108,959
9,495
2.255
a4
Lettin
54.207
24,322
111.342
59,950
96,233
178,304
a5
Other reeeipts
TOTAL RECEIPTS
2.383
2,383
a6
la71
SECTION B
b1
PAYMENTS
b2
Circuit Assessment or Share
31.670
2.130
31,670
36,265
b3
Don31ion5
2,130
1,990
23,621
Re
airs and Maintenan
Ulililies Ilnsurances, water
charges, healin
& li
hting)
La Wother
28.807
28.807
b5
41.842
41,842
27,090
b6
20,071
50,937
175.457
20,071
51,763
176,283
18,404
30,083
137.453
b7
Other payments
TOTAL PAYMENTS
826
b8
826
Ib91
SECTION C
NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS
FOR THE YEAR
c1
a6-b8
66.498
1,SS7
64.941
40.851
Total funds brought forward from
last year
439.070
3.912
442,982
c6
397.300
Sub total
c1+c2
372.572
5,469
378.041
438,151
Transfers and ad'u5tmenls
100
2,600
c7
4,831
TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR
{c3+c4)
375.072
5.569
380.641
Ic81
442.982
Ic61
SECTION D
FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS
thesg amounts aro not to be Included In total rgceiptslpa
ents fi
ures above)
d1
Balance brou
ht forward from last
ar
d2
Offerin
sIGifts- received for extemal o
anisations
753
593
d3
Offering8lGifts - passed to extemal organisalions
753
593
d4
BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID
{d1+d2-d3}
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Standard Accouftts 2023

Lord Street West Unsted
Church
URCH ACC
AND IPllE
NC
SECTION E
Ple
e GuIda1￿*
eth
Summaty ol the atttrJnts forthe year ended 31 Oecember2023 and Iniemal Organ￿1￿￿ rerthNJtothe Ch￿￿ Cwnivchureh Nole that the funds
ol an Inkrn81 Oroanisakn ￿11 wimaiiy be Re5thct&d urK*SS rtc(xJkJ bec￿arty th*VWcW￿ MeitKYJi5t pUrrA￿ Thi$ s*tion mu51
be covnpleted to arrive81 ￿09r(l55 irKome and exr￿rt￿￿ totasofthe Church. Kgros$ ItKwEexeeds the knuabthtPshokJ then the Accruala moiw of
aGcounling ANDA DIFFERENT FORM must ￿t0 (see MetyKwJ￿t￿th￿el. Pkase thto tr*9u#lance noks rep&raing Irdn51er5 beNEe
the Distnciand eonnected DistridOrganIs¥b￿s.
INTERNAL
ORGANISAMONS
Opening
balances
baknces
Flower Fund
25
ond
Fello¥￿bI
852
572
428
ei
W¢8t End P
951
1156
W•8t End P
rs Junlor¥
81S
236
258
Youth Club
iotsi
Intema
OrgaThisatk)ns lund$
3h14
6,148
6,962
Church aecounil (totsls
brought rorward from pa
2-totals columnl
L9
111,342
17628J
{b9Tr
(61941
Ic7}
442.982
Ic61
380,641
BY CHURCH
117.302
178l29
161.W
449.130
387.603
Continueon a sepsth s
rfneces53ry and brirKJ
totals fofvord
TOTAL RECEIPTS
TOTAL
PAYMENTS
SECnON F
OPENING
CLOSING
BAL4NCES
CHURCH. CASH FUNDS HELDat 31 Doc￿￿20?3
cash kn h8nd
Bank cUrrentA￿Oun1
47
Bank De
rtAtc￿rrt
f4
entral Financtr Board
179 957
TfLb5tses for klthcrfl81 Chu
171774
185,812
Otl*rlunds
SUB TOTAL-Church ¥¢ounts
Total funds he￿ by Intetnal orga￿Sat￿M8
balance totalfr￿n above) le121
380,641
6.148
6.962
TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CNLIRCH
449.130
387.603
8ECllON G
Al
31 Deean
OThER A&SETS ond LIABILMES
2.899
2,787
Land & Bulldln
see rth re IWr8rKevak￿}
13,843.522
16.604,746
Loan
. Sh￿ 8mount¢yJtstsn
(ther
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Name of Church Lord Street West United Church No 1163996
Declarations and Scrutiny
I confirm that these Re￿Ipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 December 2023 have
been prepared from the records of the Church and that they include all funds under the control of the
Church trustees.
Signature oftrea$urer........................
Date 24th August 2024
Name and address of treasurer lan Wright
15 Stretton Drive, Southport, Metseystde Post cC￿e PR9 7DR
Pro8entation to tho Church trustees
I confimi that the annual ￿port and accounts for the year ended 31 De￿rnber 2023 were presented to
the meeting of the Church Injstees he￿ on 1 Oth September 2024.
signatu￿ of the Chair of the meeting
Narne of the Chair of the meeting
pev PAlpic￿ euAbJ£
10.9.1
Independent Examinerfs Report to thé Trustees of the
Lord Street West United Church
Charity Number 1163996
Responsibilities and basls of report
I report to the truslees on my exarnination of the accounts of the Lord Street Wesl United Church for
the year ended 31 December 2023 set out on pages 2 to 3 As the Church's trustees, you are
responsible for the preparation of the accounts in aexordance wrth the requirements of the Charities Acl
20111'the Act'i.
I report in respect of my examinalton of the Church's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act
and, in carrying out rny examination, I have followed all the appluble Directions given by the Charrty
Commission under sectK)n 145151(bl of the Act.
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Name of Church Lord Street West United Church No 1163996
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 below") which give me cause to believe
that in, any material respect:
the accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of the Act., or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records.
I have no COn￿mS 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 haFe/have 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
balan￿ sheet date.
Signature of independent examiner
Name of independent examiner
Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner
Name of fimi (where appropriate)
Address
Post Code
ft9ryo
Date
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Stsndard Accounts 2023
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