Registered Charity Number 1168635
WHITCHURCH MEfHODIST CHURCH, CARDIFF
Trustees Report
and
Financial Statements for the year ended 31st August 2025

WHITCHURCH MEfHODIST CHURCH
Trustees, Annual Report 1st September 2024- 31st August 2025
Whitchurch Methodist Church is a constituent church of the Methodist Church in Britain within the Cardiff
Circuit (The Methodist Church in Cardiff and Caerphillyl which in turn is part of The Methodist Church in
Wales - Wales Synod Cymnj. It is a registered charity. Number 1168635
Address:
Whitchurch Methodist Church. Penlline Road. Whitchurth, Cardiff,
CF14 2AA
Minister:
Revd. Dr. Stephen Wigley (to 31" August 20251
Revd. Evelyn R. Bhajèn (from 1st September 20251
Church Secretary:
Mrs Allison Hill, 43 High Street, Pontypridd. Rhondda Cynon Taff CF37 IQP
Or8an15ation Structure:The members of the Church Council are the Managin8 Tru5tee5. Durin8 the year
2024125 the following people served as members of the Church Council:
Chair. The Revd. Dr. Stephen Wigley
Ms Judlth Powell (Church Treasurer)
Mrs Allison Hill Ichurch Council Secretary)
Mrs Linda Carpenter
Mrs. Pamela Evans
Mr. Trevor Evans Ichurch Steward}
Mr. Colin Jones
Miss Allson Ketterid8e
Mrs Josephlne Ketteridge
Mrs Enid Nash Isenior Steward)
Mr Eric Nash
Mr5 Helen Smlth
Mrs Christine Stanley
Mr Andrew Swatton (Church Steward)
Mrs Menna Swatton
Mrs Monica Symonds (Church Steward)
Mrs Janet Woodcraft (Church Steward)
Mr Steve McElveen (Circuit Steward)
There is a Church Finance and Property Committee accountable to the
Church Council which oversees matters related to Finance and Property-
There is a Café Management Group accountab￿ to the Church
Council which oversees the running of the Roundabout Café
Membership:
At the 3tst August 2025, the￿ were 38 full members of the Church

STRucfuRE AND GOVERNANCE
Whitchurch Methodist Church, Cardiff is part of the Cardiff Methodist Circuit that is accountable to the
Wales Synod and the Methodist Conference.
The governing documents are the Deed of UnM)n11932}, the Methodist Church Act11976) and Methodist
Church Standin8 Orders as found in The Constitutional practi￿ and Discipline of the Methodist Church
ICPDI.
The decision-making body for the Charity is the Church Council that meets twice a year.
Trustees have been issued with a copy of the Essential Trustee as provided by the Methodist Church (also
available on the Methodist Church in Brf(ain websttel and have been directed to the Trustees Document
on the Charity Commissioners website. A copy of ourgoverning document ICPDI which is revised annually
following the Methodist conferen￿ is available on the Methodist Church in Britain website.
The managing trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the church and hence for taking
responsible steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The church has an appointed Safeguarding Officer and Safeguarding is always included on the agenda of
each Church Council Meeting and our safeguarding policy is reviewed on an annual basis.
The Annual General Church Meeting is open to all church members and also to all other persons on the
community roll. Church Stewards and Members of the Church Council are elected at this meeting.
OBJEcfivES AND AcnvmES
The purposes of the Methodist Church are and shall be deemed to have been since the Deed of Union the
advancement of..
(a} The Christian Faith in accordance wrth the doctrinal standards and discipline of the
Methodist Church-
Ibl Any charitable purpose for the time being of any Connexlonal, District, Synod, Circult,
local or other organisation of the Methodist Church-
{c) Any charitable purpose for the time being of any Society or institutional subsidiary or
ancillary to the Methodist church.
Idl Any purpose for the time being of any charity being a charity subsidiary or ancillary to
The Methodist Church
Mlsslon and Wision Statement
Service: The church exists to be an open and welcoming communty, to be a good neighbour and to
challenge injustice.
Learning and Caring: The church exists to offer ways for all ages to learn at#)ut faith as Christians through
mutual support and care
Evangelism= The church exists to make MO￿ followers of Jesus Christ by inviting people into life-changing
discipleship and seThice.
Worship: The church exists to increase awareness of God's presence and to celebrate God's love by
worship and preaching which have depth and relevance.

Public Benefit
The trustees of the Methodist Church had due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the
Charity Commission in compliance wtth its duties under Section 17 of the Charities Act 2011. The guidance
sets out 2 key principles-.
l. The or8anisation must have an identifiable benefft
2. The benefit must be to the public or a section of the public
The church exists, inter alia to-
l. Increase awareness of God's presence and to celebrate God's love-
2. Help people to learn and grow as Christians, through mutual support and care,. and
3. Be a good neighbour to people in need and challenge injustice.
The trustees consider that for these reason5 the chartty meets these public benefit requirements.
Volunteers
Many of the jobs in the church are done by volunteers. and although fornial records are not kept of the
number of hours contributed in order to njn the Church and the café on a day-to-day basis, it must be
said that the church's work relies to a great extent on the contribution made by a willing band of
volunteer5 (to whom the trustees express their sincere gratitude).
ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMAN
Worship
Public worship 15 held each Sunday Moming. All are welcome to come to the table and share in the Lord's
Supper at Communion Services which are Usual￿ held once a month. The congregation continues to
enjoy the pattern of serving refreshments after the service in the coffee-shop.
We are involved in several ecumenical activities with other churches in the Whitchurch and surrounding
area. We have shared in and tsken our turn at hosting the local Churches Together monthly service of
prayer. A Remembrance Sunday service was held in the church again thi5 year. with the minister and some
members of the coftgregation joining the wider community at the War Memorial at 11am. We also shared
in ecumenical services for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in January. and an ecumenical March of
Witness on Good Friday. In particular we have been delighted to develop our growing relationship with
the Welsh Church Ebeneser who meet for worship with us on Sunday afternoons and who share
increasingly in special servlces and other events wtth us.
It has been good to return to a more regular pattern of Christma5 and Easter services, including a service
led by the choir and a well-attended Chri5tingle service on Christmas Eve. However, the Sunday School
continues to be impacted by the period of Covid restrictions and so meets only intermittently.
A Church hoUs￿roUp continues meeting in person on Mondays to share in Bible Study and fellowship.
Church Choir
The Choir has re8sJlar meeting5 for practice on a Thursday aftemoon and has resumed its pattern of
leading worship for special services. for example during the Christma5 sea50n.

Prayer
A Prayer Box is situated in the Church café which may be used by church members and the general public
to request prayers for either themselves or others and this is opened each Sunday morning prior to the
service. As the Prayer Group 15 Still not meetin& these prayers are placed onto the church's Prayer Chain
which has a coordinator and a number of participants. When requests for prayer are received the
coordinator contacts the participants via text and telephone wtth the appropriate details. This system
enables the Church to respond quickly to urgent requests for prayer.
Pastoral Care
A team of Pastoral Visitors has been appointed and each visitor has a list of people for whom, together
with the minister, they a￿ responsible for keeping in touch. In order to provide some assistance to our
previous Minister as She took on the role of Superintendent Minister and in response to the Covid
situation, a telephone system was put in place to ensure that we kept in touch with all those on our
community roll. This has proved to be an effertive way to exercise care so we have continued with it.
Outreach
The Parent and Toddler Group meets on Wednesday mornings in term-time from 9.31>11.00am and Is
well attended by a regulargroup of Mums, child-minders & grandparents with their toddlers. The Minister
also attends re8ularly and has led special services for Christmas and Easter. Thls group Is an outreach Into
the community and seems to be much appreciated by those who attend.
The Roundabout Café has continued to be a major part of the Church's mission to the wider communlty,
providing a safe space for people who might otherwise feel lonely and shut in, as well as providing
refreshments and good nutritious food. The Café is open on 3 days ITues/Wed/Thur51 a week with food
preparation on Mondays and this continues to be very successful both in tem)s of ￿dUcIng the pressure
on volunteers and enabling the Café to operate on a higher capacity for the days it is open, as a result it
has continued to rLJn at a small but steady operating surplus.
So the future of the Café now looks pretty stable, which is important because the feedback from those
who use it is that it is providing a very valuable seThice to the local community, as well a5 fulfllling the
Calling of the Methodlst Church to provlde pastoral care and be a good neighbour to those in need.
Support for rther Charltie5 and Organlsatlons
The Church continues to support other charities and organlsatlons through a variety of events, activities
and collections. Those supported during the year include Action for Children, Christian Aid and Space4U.
Use of Prernlses
The Premises are widely used by a wide range of community groups, from Dance classes. to Rainbows. to
Elder fit and various Musical groups. as well as for special con￿rtS by local school5.
Flnancial Rgvlow
The Financial Report is submitted separatety in the fonn of Standard Fomi of Accounts ISFOAI as
prescrlbed by the Methodist Church.
The principal SOLFrce of funding is the freewill offerings made by our congregatlon, through the envelope
system. open collection, and by standing orders. The other main source of income is through the letting
of our halls. Church finances continue to be reviewed on a regular basis as we hope to recover following
Ihe panLlemlc.

The Church h35 contributed to Methodist Connexional Funds, and has raised funds for Christian Aid and
Action for Children, through retiring collections.
Re5er¥es Policy
The Church's policy for General Funds is to hokl approximately six months ￿SeNeS based on the day to
day runnins costs of the church. This includes the amount that is needed each quarter to pay the Circutt
Contribution in order thèt the Ministerial Stipends arKI on u)sts can be met. The policy for funds held in
restricted accounts Imaintenance, Benevolen￿, Enabler and Roundabout Café) ensures that the funds
are used forthe purpose for which they were either donated or ratsed.
The Annual Report for 2024- 25 15 signed on behalfof the Church Councll.
Revd Evèlyn R. Bhalan
Chalr

CHURCH
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
ACCOUNTS
THE METHODIST CHURCH
STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS
Whitchurch Meth¢xlist Church. Cardlff
Church
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31 August 2025
Cardlff Methodlst Circuit
Circuit
Circuit no.
2109
Registered Charity - Charity Registration number
If not a registered charity His Majesty's Revenue and
Customs Gift Aid number
(The HMRC nUM￿r is equivalent to a registered ¢hanty number in te￿S of evidence of chanlable
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
ex￿pted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242)
1168835
Minister..
Revd Evel n R. Bha an
Church Stewards..
Mrs Enid Nash (Senior Steward)
Mr Trevor Evans
Mr Andrew Swatton
Mrs Monica Symonds
Mrs Janet Woodcraft
Treasurer.
Ms Judith Powell
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ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
Whitchurch Methodist
Church, Cardiff
Church
Unrestricted Restrlctsd Tota15 this
Funds
Fund¥
Totals last
yoar
SECTION A
a1
RECEIPTS
Note
a2
Offenn
s and Tax recovered
Bank and CFB interest and
Invèstmant income
24,519
24,519
21.587
1.604
1,754
3.358
2.519
a4
Lettin
14.091
10,425
50.639
14,091
64.987
106.955
13.254
67,028
104,388
a5
Other receipts
TOTAL RECEIPTS
54,562
56.316
a6
{a71
SECTION
b1
PAYMENTS
b2
Circuit Assessment or Share
24,565
24.565
19,675
925
b3
Donations
950
950
b4
Re
Irs and Maintenance
Utslities Ilnsurances, water
har
es, heating & li
htin
Salaries
7.642
8,740
b5
10,1C6
10,108
25,146
23,872
92,281
b6
25.146
23,110
48,256
24,367
31,125
91.910
b7
Other payments
TOTAL PAYMENTS
762
b8
44,025
Ib91
SECTION C
NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS
FOR THE YEAR
c1
6.614
14.674
12.478
Total funds brought forward from
last year
39,619
51,797
77,364
Sub total
c1+¢2
46,233
S9,857
106,090
Transfers and ad'ustments
700
700
1,574
TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR
1¢3+c4}
46.933
69.857
108,790
91,416
SECTION D
FOR INFORhlATION ONLY.. MONEI RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS
these amounts are not to bo Included In total recel
d1
Balance brou
ht forward from last
d2
Offerin
sIGifts- received for extemal o
anisations
115
1,234
d3
OfferingslGifts - passe(J to exiemal organk%ati'ons
115
1.234
BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID
(d1+d243)
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19ATIONS REP
SEcmoN E
Plea8e I￿lO￿th9 GUIda￿t Fthxes to c
SUMrnaryoftr￿ Trur¢h&ctyJntsforthè 31 A￿￿t20￿ and Org￿kn$ re￿hr*jto￿ Churth c￿J￿4￿ChurCh M*ting. Note thatlhelunds of
an lrntem￿ Organisakn￿￿U￿ be RestrvAed itctthj tÈt4*rlYs￿y*fft Ih3ltrÈY¢c￿ Lp any Mettt(*Ji%t Thi5 section must be
ANDA DIFFEREP4T FORM rnust be 10 (seel&￿￿1. Plea* I￿arty tsatEtW5 betswthe r￿Str￿a
DistrKtOrgan
INTERNAL
ORGANtSATrOK8
hclr
145
974
Parenvfothjfern
335
SurMI &hDcI
e6
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SL￿ lots[￿ Intsmal
rAsati￿s1unds
548
145
011
&12
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broughtfomrd from ￿9•
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106.955
la7)
92181
Ib9
1W4
700
{c71
91A16
106.790
1¢8}
BYCHURCH
107,503
18m7
93.129
Continuema sepaRtes
rfnEcessary and briwthe
tc4alsforvArd
TOTPL REc￿PT5
TOTAL
pA￿FirS
SECTM)N F
TOFAS
ET
Lm
CFWJR¢H. CASH FLWD8 HELD8t31 •JJ
CLOSING
BALANCES
C>5h ￿ har
150
Bank CuttentAox
21,637
kDe
FlAts￿￿ni
Cenw FE[w￿ Bo¥d
.003
SUB TOTAL. Churth aEcr
Totsl fuThts nehi by Irrtemal (*gari$*h￿Ithe dctsNvJ
batranrxtDtslfrom at*Jvel le121
91A16
106.790
c8
1.713
1.416
1212
TOTAL CASH FUF￿3 HELD BY CHLIICH
93,129
Ixl
108.206
SECTION G
OTHEII ASSETS I￿# LIABILffiES
31 Auou512025
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Declarations and Scrutiny
l confirm that these Receipt and Payment based arxounts for Ihe year to 31 August 2025 have been
prepared from the records of the Church and that they include all funds under the control of the Church
trustees.
Signaturè of treasurer .<::-
Name and address of treasurer ... ... ..
Pre8entstlon to th• Church tru8ttt8
I confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025 wereAvill bo" pre8enled
lo the meetlng of the Church truslees held on A..?..- o S -JoR 6 b
Sign8tUT8 of the Chair of the meeting
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Independent Examinerfs Report to the Trustseg of the
WH 1ST
.-Chureh
Chartty Number 116 8 65
Responslbllltles and ba81$ of report
I report to the truslees on my examination of the accounts of the .WHirepkn&cH ￿£7￿.0 !4fchurch
for the year ended 31 August 2025 set out on pages l.. 10 .3. As thè Church's trustees. you are
rèsponsible for the Prepar*￿n of the accounts in accordance with the requirement8 of the Charltles Aot
2011 ('the Act.).
I report In r88pect of my examination of the Church's accounts carrfed out under section 145 of the Act
and, in carying out my examination. I have folknved all the applicab￿ Dirgctions given by the Charty
Commission under seclion 145{5)(b) of the Act.
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Name of Church . idJrt1 fGfv:qCH M*Jo. Dis r
Independent Examiner's Statement
I have completed my examination. I confim 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 accordance 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 dravffl in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the
accounts to be reached. I s-.
I Iw*/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 Finan￿ Board of
the Methodist Church which are indtvidually in eX￿sS of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at the
balan￿ sheel dale.
Signature of independent examiner
Name of independent examiner
Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner
Name of fimi (where appropriate)
£ rs Ll W-LI TZ
Address
Post Code
frii
Date
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