St. Stephen's Church (Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion) High Street, Middleton, Manchester, M24 6D Registered Charity Number 1171467 Trustees Annual Re ort to 30 June 2024 Until 3 February 2017 St. Stephen's Church was a constituent part of the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion charity, reference 232674. On the 3 February 2017 the church was separately registered as a Charitsble Incorporated Organisation (CIO), reference l 171467. This rew)rt including fuwicial ststements covers the year from I" July 2023 to 30th June 2024, the sixth full year of the charity. Alms And Ob ectlves The objects of the CIO for the public benefit are to advance the Christian faith, in accordance with the statement of beliefs, in Middleton, Manchester and in such other parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the charity trustees may from time to time think fit. The CIO is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at our church and to become part of the worshipping community at St. Stephen's. When planning our activities for the year we have considered the Commission's guidance on public benefit. In particular we ty to enable people to live out their faith as part of the community through: . Worship and prayer Teaching and development of their knowledge and tt in Jesus Provision of pastoral support Missionary and outreach work Working with children To facilitate this work we maintain the fabric of the church buildings. Acbievenients aDd PerfomaDce MiDlStry Pastoral duties are currently being undertaken by the church leadership. Sunday Worship The church has been open for worship on every Sunday durin8 the year. Numbers attending services have been relatively stable during the year. Guest speakersllay preachers and members of the congregation lead the teaching within the church. The trustees and church family pass on their thanks for this valuable and spirit-led teaching. Mid-lveek Meetings The monthly coffee and chat meeting has continued during the year. There is a weekly prayer and bible study meeting again led by church members. The weekly Good News Club for children aged 4 to I I has continued during terni time with up to 12 chilthtn attending. This is a session of bible teaching, games and craft activities) generally led by members of the church fellowship.
Eeumenieal And Local Mission The church fellowship is very aware of the need to maintain and improve links to the local community, Ix)th within the geogrdphical area of the church and the wider church community in Mid(Ueton. The church continues to support the Middleton Central Food Bank. The church fellowship has a policy of makin8 the church hall available for as much use as possible. The main r&n for this is for the church to be seen as being used as part of the community, but it also raises some income for the church. During the y&4r the hall continued to be used as a polling station, and a local church group, Grnce Fellowship Manchester has used the premises on Sunday afternoons. Middleton Brass Band, Middleton Music Society, Middleton Art Society and a local dance class also make use of the church hall. External Mission The fellowship continues to support the wider mission of the body of Christ. The church tithes all voluntary giving, which is used for the support of external C]stIall charitable work. The main recipients were the Sierra Leone Mission. the Missionary ann of the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion and the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion Mission Fund. Additional gifts were made to Tear Fund, Evangelical Alliance, Middleton Food Bank and UCB. 200tth Cburch Anniversary Celebration th This year the church Celebrates the 200 Anniversary of the church fonnation as part of the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion , when the 0ri8inal church buildin8 was built in 1824. A number of well supported activities have tsken place in the year, culminating in our Church Anniversary weekend of the 12 113 October 2024. Volunteers The church fellowship camiot function without the assistance of volunteers. As we are a small fellowship virtually all members contribute in some way to the running of the church in a voluntary capacity. Property The church continues to maintain a church worship centre and hall, together with a manse property which is CUntlY nted out until required by a resident minister. The manse was redecorated and si8nificant garden maintenance Caled out in preparntion of the letting. FiDancial Review Total receipts on unrestricted funds We £27164.46, after £1,640.00 w&s transferred into the Tithe account. Restricted funds of £2,321.83 were received, including the transfer from UnStricted funds, the remainder being predominantly for the church flower fund and external charities. The was a reduction in expenditure during the year. The main re&son for this was the expenditure in the previous year on the improved toilet facilities which more than offset the increased expenditure on 8asg electricity and manse maintenance durin8 the year. The net result for the year was an excess of unrestricted receipts over payrnents of £9,280.09, with a reduction of £1793.12 in tax refunds outstanding at the year end. The unrestricted balance at the year-end was £76,978.62. Of this £55,000 has been designated for the support
of future paid ministy, as current income will be insufficient to cover this, and £15,000 for the provision of necessary repairs to the church, as the church needs internal and external redecoration and new windows. At the year end there was £584.26 held as restricted funds for church organisations. £4,137.61 in the Tithe fund and £780.00 of donations and legacies held for specific purposes. Reserves Poli It is the church policy to maintsin an unrestricted balance of six months unrestricted expenditure or £6,000 whichever is greater to cover emergency situations that may arise from time to time. The balance of £6,978.62 is close to the target. Administrative inforniatioD The church is situated at High Stet, Middleton. Manchester M24 6DX, and is a member of the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion. The church is a reglstered CIO since 3 February 2017. The Trustees that have served during the year are:_ Mr Graham Squibbs Chair Mrs Margaret Dixon Mrs Marrie Haworth Miss Alison Wood. tatements Durin8 the year there have been no serious incidents or loss of funds that would pose a serious risk to the Charities beneficiaries, resources or reputation. I declare that this is a true report and in my capacity of Chair of Trustees l am authorised to sign it on behalf of the Trustees. Name: Graham A. Squibbs Signature: Date: 21" April 2025
CHARITY COMMISSIO FOR ENGLANO ANO WALE Ind•p•nd•nt •xamin•fs r•port on th• sw•n'• Churcn. Ilidfjd On •o••urt• Iw th• y••t Ch•rfly f 1171467 8•t out •Th p• I f•F#JI lo IMJ InJb cffj my of tr utrys ol th¢ •t¢w• ¢h•rity I'th• Trusfi br1h• y••r R•gpwYdiblllll•• •nd b• r•port As Chlty tru¥Ab16 Df TnAL uirwnwth oflh• Ch•Ir< A¢1 2011 (in• kr). I r•pryl in reqFert of my of Ihe TruJV upts camod (Art undor b•rli(fft 145 01 the 2011 Att nd ffj ery19 Oul plly •x•minalrn. I hlvv fL¥Al I pplcablè frecthyo try the ePwty Jnts¢r 1451Sllb I ha Cn¢d my •xarnmthn. l thal •n•L m•lWg lo rffi In ¥ffjth1h• •x•miMtw al m• ¢•u tha th, ary men• rtty¢t'. Ind•p•ndMt •xamln•r'• ect•pn 130 01 fv h£1 I hrni •nd qyne •r¥oM •ll•r• In P)nn•¢ wmh th• •X•rfvi1• ty 4¥fi1¢Th rtn bll drwwn m ¢x¢or > • FK(yr DAI: I zts2S. IA AOdMM: ss foDM&.? 04iS qi
ST. STEPHEN'S CIIURCffj HIGH ST. MtDDLETON STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS FOR 12 MONIHS ENDING 30th June 2024 2024 Restiieled Unnstrltted Total 2023 Totsl RECEIPTS Offerings Priv•ts Dowallons Collectlons for Outslde Bodles Tax Refund on Gift Aid Migctlllleoig Reeeipts Intsnst OD IMvt8tmeDts Legeies Room 111 Flowyr Fund B•by •nd Toddl¢r Tlthes ete Transferred to Restri¢ted 1640.1)0 Resttted Trnnsferml to GeDerl 10212.33 10212J3 3(Al. 360. 371.83 4184.68 4184.68 o.(K) 1642.95 1642.95 9214.20 1435.(Kl 338.81 3010.59 371.83 00 126.04 12404.50 12404.50 310.IJO 7713.20 340.00 61.63 310.00 -1640.00 Totsl 2321J3 27164.46 2948629 22739.47 PAYMENT5 Mlnlst¢rl•l kxp¢Ddll4 Manse Expenses speAkeI Exptttses OryD & Pilno TUDIM ADDu•l Trees R¢p•ln, D¢Cor•t & Rtnei11 Gas & Flectrltlty InsuTDce PrlDtln& Stsllonery & Musk Chunh W•ttr Ra SeDlor C.gnfrrence Eipenstj UDday School l Youih Work DottdoDS (ID¢llldlDg PAymeDts) Benevolent Fund PymtMts MIAeell•n¢o48 FJP¢ASeB Outrtsth Flowrr Fmttd Bby •d Toddler o.IKJ 71118.92 711K92 1175.(M) 1175.110 45.(M) 45.iKI 129.04 129.04 430.62 430.62 5996.07 5996.07 1731.23 1731.23 64.85 64.85 487.53 487J3 41.(m) 4(.00 60.31 60Ji 0.00 1060.(M) 48.10 48.10 1549.15 92. 12950.(14 2543.10 1677.65 447.94 103.04 1318.81 29.00 73.79 32.IM) 1060. 207.70 207.70 295.00 295.00 00 175A2 Toll 1355.00 178x37 19239J7 22994.34 STATEM OF ASSETS AND LIABIL[rS AT 30TH JUNE 2024 21124 Restrict Uxr¢strl¢twJ Totsl 21)23 Totsl ittveBtme•t O.IKb 44642.95 44642.95 Chu B•by •nd Toddl¢r C(tynMnuDity Luneb Afternoon FelloTr3hlp Cash OA Httd Church FloThTr Fnnd Debtors 4917.61 &07 I171 191.48 3149&74 36414J5 6.07 106.71 191.48 27791.65 191.48 225.18 225.18 280.00 258.92 265.00 280.110 Tax R¢vble 613.75 613.75 76978.62 82480.49 24(&87 74026.70 Total 5501.87