Mlnisters Repo¢ Rev Denise Williamson for AGM. January 26th 2025 It has been a year of change for Trinity and myself as the church apted me as their new Minister on August 31 st 2024. Your welcome to myself, my husband Simon and son Sam has been so Wa and genuine arKI we already feel 'at home, in Stsffordshire and Le¢K l am very grateful for the support of Church Secretary Maureen Wiskin and Circuit Steward Phil Mann as they have uided me throu h IhF 'yni Rév giévè Fabér and Ihé URe team al West Midlands Synod and Rev Robert Mounfford, District Ecurnenicai officer for for their help and advice along the way. Both denominations of the LEP have a wealth of traditions, experience. guidance and resources and Trinity is blessed by having full access to them all. We need to draw on those resources to inspire and challenge us for the future. Last year the church baptised one child into the church of God and the fellowship of Trinity. Sadly we bade farewell to 12 much loved memb8rs and held a memorial service for 2 others who had worshipped and served at Trinty in the rent past. Special mention of sister in Christ Jenny Kirkham who passed away suddenly and unexpectedly in July 2024. Her funeral ser4ice was led by Rev Richard Pope and it proved to be a time of celebration of her life and mouming for her108S for all the town of Leek - most of whom tried to gather inside the churthl Everyone at Trinity pulled together to accommodate so many visitors. Trinity continues to play an important role in the life of Churches Together in Leek and District being the venue for many of the events such as the Swrtching on of the Christmas Lights and the week of Prayer for Christian Unity. We continue with our close links with St Edwards Leek sharing regular services and hosting the Christmas Day Lunch. New Anglican ministers at All Saints and St Paul's and St Luke's in Leek will bring fresh Kleas to our work of witnessing to the love of God for the town and all rts people. Worship 8ervice8 are well attended and since September a greater variety of preaGhers have been welcomed to the pulpit. Christmas Services were particularly well attended and it was a joy to share worship with many different people at this time. Trinrty hosted the 'Hope Joumey, for children from Beresford School. It was great to have so many young people filling the church and interested in the real story of Christmas. Many thanks to Marian Aston (Circuit Steward and Mark Hatcher (Circuit Youth leader) who led this work across the whole Circuit. I have enjoyed the opportunity to meet people at the Wednesday Coffee Mornings. Sometimes questions about lrfe and faith are brought up and sometimes its just a friendly chat and a word of encouragement that can help someone. AGGeptance and listening are vital. A change of Minister often leads a church to step back and think about where they are and to think about the future. This has been the case already in the church. There is a desire to reach out to the communty more effectively and discussion is already underway about having a Lay Worker to help us with this. More will be shared at the AGMICGM at the end of January and at the next Church Meeting in February. For some being a church in a very central location in the town is a disadvantage because we have no immediate settled community around us. Or we Gould see rt as an advantage - we are at the h8art of a still busy market town with stall holders. retailers and businesses all as our 'neighbours'. Working with other partners building on the good relats'onships that we have already, can we reaGh out and serve the communities that we are a part o Our church has many positives or treasures to build upon in its work: already it has many links with the community it Seeks to serve, it has a good number of people wiiiing to help ana volunteer for
A united congregation Trinity Church, (Methodist United Reformed) Russell Street, Leek, Staffs., ST13 5JF The Methodlst Church and The United Reformed Church Telephone: 01538 398483 Email: trinit ch rchleek uwclub.net Registered Charity Number: 1171597 Trinity Church, Leek Accounts for the year September 1" 2023 to August 31" 2024 Pages 1-7
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TRIP4ITY CHURCH, LEEK: YEAR ENDING 31ST AUGusf 2024 Other Accounts and Funds Account c: CONTINGENCY FUND (Centrdl Flnance Board, CF8) {'1 Balan brought forward Sept 1° 2023 £81368.83 Interest CFB IA06) £4,014.08 Transfer from Nat West General 2911V2023 £7,OQNJ.00 Transfer from Nat West General 3110112024 £3,750.00 Transfer from Nat West General 1/0312024 £io,o(x).oo Transfer from Nat West General 2510412024 £4,()JO.00 Transfer from Nat West General 1710512024 £4.lYX).00 Transfer from Nat West General 30/0512024 £4.000.00 Transfer from Nat West General 1910712024 £9.0(K).00 Assessment > Circuit (DID) Code {N02} £55,000 Balance rlf 3V0812024 £72.132.91 £127.132.91 £127.132.91 Account I: CApAL RESERVE FUND {ieek United Buildi Balance brought fonvard Sept 1" 2023 £28.660.13 Interest Added IA71 £677.80 Transfer from Nat West General 110512024 E9,936.81 No TFRS to NATWEsf 2023-2024 Balance clf at 3V0812024 £39,27&74 £39.274.74 £39,274. 74 Account m: CHURCHES MittUAL CREDtt UNION (CMCUI Balance Brought Forward Sept 1 2023 £5.03430 Dividend Credited £12.58 No withdrawals 2023-2024 £0.00 Balan c/f at 3V081Z024 £5,046.88 £5.046.&8 £5.046.88 Funds within Natwest bank account = n (general), t (tsx). b Ibenevolent) y (w)uth) Fund t TAX TO HMRC (Oesignated) Start balance 119/2023 Tax on Funeral Fee5 It/A18) Tax + NEST pen5ion+NI{Staff WaBesl {11503) (£60.23) £355.CrfJ £168.80 Payments to HMRC (TAX) + NEST from VTAX Balance clf at 311812OZ4 £371.14 £92.43 £463.57 £463.57 Fund b BENEVOLENT FUND IRestrlcted) Start balance 11912023 Interest from TMCP {b/B04) £3X83 £104.44 Wlthdrawals 2023-2024 b/B05 Balan c/f at 3V0812024 £ioo.oo £339.27 £439.27 £439.27 Fund y YOUTH EVENTS FUND {De5i Start balance 11912023 £ 92529 Holiday Clubs/Youth EvÈnts M05 llan df at 3110812024 £211.16 £ 71413 £ 925.29 £ 925,29 (') Our assessment to the Methodist Circuit and URC Synod is transferred from our general account (alc n) to the Methodist Central Finance Board (CFB) (a/c) during the course of the year. from where it is debited by the Staffordshire Moorlands Circuit (£55,1x)o).
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Treasurerfs Report for Trfnity Church. Leek {Methodlst and Unlted Reformed) to the Charity Commission, Sept 1st 202>Aug 31st 2024 {Charity Number: 1171597) General: This year has seen has been a defklt ltheen Recelpts and Payments of £4,533.77 with a number of ¢hallen8es. Offertorfs have Increased from 2022-23 by £ 9(KI.70 due to a couple of very generous one off donatlons. whilst. unfortunately. we also note the sad deaths of severdl long standing church members. The dedication of Church Members In ensuring their Offertory envelopes reach Trinity is an enormous help. Bookings of our Lower Hall and Foyer space have reduced by £ 755.51 from last yr. Saturday coffee mornin¢$ continue to be extremely popular wlth a number of Fridays also Ix>oked. We also have a Yoga group who use the premises on a re8ular basls and the occaslonal ad IM)c booklng. with the extraordlnary sltuatlon we continue to be in wlth the volatllity of the energy market and the prevalence of outside charlty or8anlsatsons reducin8 thelr avallable spend thls wlll contlnue to be a struggle Our own regular coffee mornlngs whlch prnvide a soclal envlyonment as well as Income. have remalned stable this year with £4,966 ralsed and our regular film clubs have provided excellent return once again of £2,905 Our normal practlce of making appeals at Festival times took place at HaNes( Chrlstmas and Eastsr and several people also made donations directly to our supported Charft5es as well as via Trfnlty. Isee Paze 7 for details) Recelpts: Our Offertory contlnued to be suffklent for Trfnity to pay Its pledged Assessment to the Methodlst Clrcuit, whlch, as Trinlty Is an LEP (Local Ecumenlcal Partnershlp). transfers Minlsterial costs to the Unlted Reformed Church for our Mlsslon and Mlnlstry. Glvlng for speclal appeals throughout the year was pald out dlrectly to the reclplent charltle5. The Gfft Ald reclalmed from HMRC was dovm by about £ 488 A Legacy payment of £9.987.15 was recelved from the estate of one of our late member5 Payments: Our Mlnlstry has contlnued to be enhanced by produclng prlnted materfals, whlch are made avallable. These are all referenced under the tsb 'Mlnlstry under COVIty, the decrease of £386 from last year is due to less spend on posta8e, as more people have returned to Church and also more mallln8s are hand dellvered. We were able to malntsln our assessment to the Methodlst arcult of £55.1Th. There was no 'MaJor Wory requlred thls year, whllst 'Repalrs & Renewals, Includes various malntenance work, In addltlon to the regular costs, the bi8gest of which were £2,386.82 for roofing repalrs.£1,303.20 for Llft Remedlal work and £680 for re-decoratlon of the Church Offke One of the maln problem areas thls year has been the Wageg whlch show an Increase of 4.870 on last year. Thè Church Admlnlstrator went off on long terni absence leave. durfn8 whlch we had to contlnue payln8 some salary• In line wlth her contract, Statutory Slck Pay and Accrued Hollday pay. 'Gas/Electrld costs have Increased by £4,266 from last year, when we had part of the year wlthout any heat whilst the boller was belng replaced. The New Boller Is provln8 more economlcal. We contlnue to experlence a marked increase when our contracts renew. We are currently on flxed terni contracts for Gas untll July 2026 and Electrlclty untll October 2027 Other Utility costs and the insurance premium show only mlnimal IrKreases thls year. The additlonal spend on 'Sundrles' was as a result of Occupatlonal Health Assessment costs and HR advlce re8ardin8 the Church Admlnistrator to brin8 the matter to a ConcluOn We had to use of £3.313 from our reserves during the year. The final £13,250 Quarterly Assessment payment wa5 pald from the Central Flnance Board account, whilst the bulk of the Le8acy payment £9.936 was transterred to Leek Bulldlng Society Donatlons: Planned Tlthed giving of £5.2( (IIYA of direct Elving) to pre-3 charities as well as our Festival glvln8 Is summarfsed on page 7. Page 4b
Concluslon: We have managed to maintsln our Assessment Ixrt had to redu our tithed giving slightly as we have lost a number of long stsndins church members Energy costs VAII. of course. continue to be a challenge. and maintenance of our bullding continues to be an increasing cost th a couple of substantial repairs already booked in for in 2024/25 whlch may require some more transfers from our reserves. In additlon. there are other areas we know will need renovating shortly and the Quinquennial inspection is due in the upcoming year Robin McDuell (Church Treasurer). December 2024 Page 4b
Independent examinerfs report to the trustees d Trfnity thurth. Leek I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Trlnlty thurch. Leek, on pa8es 14 for the year ended 31° August 2024 Responslbllities and basls of rep(rt As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Arf). I report in respect of my examination of the Trusys accounts carrled oirt under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrylng out my examlnatlon I have followed all the appllcable Directlons glven by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Art. Independent Examlnerfs Statemert I have completed my examlnation. I confirni that no material matters have come to my attention in connection wlth the examlnation givlng me cause to belleve that In any material respecr. accounting records were not kept In respect of the Trust as requlred by secrion 130 of the Act: or the accounts do not accord wlth these records; or the accounts do not comply wtth the applicable requIrnents concerning the form and content of accounts set out In the Charlties (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requlrement that the accounts 8lve a 'true and falr vlew whlch Ss not a matter considered as part of an Independent examination,. I have no concerns and have come aeross no otr*r matters in connection with the examination to whlch attentlon should be drawn In this pOrt in order to enable a proper understandin8 of the accounts to be reached. Ollver Newey ACA Signed.. Date: ...... 2A)LS Page 5
A united congregation of The Methodlst Church and The United Refornd Church Trinity Church, (Methodist United Reformed) Russell Street, Leek, Staffs., ST13 5JF Telephone: 01538 398483 Email: trini churchleek uwclub.net Registered Charity: 1171597 Trinlty Church Accounts 2023-2024 The accounts on Pages I to 4 were presented to, and approved by, the Church Meeting held on 26th January 2025 Signed on behalf of the trustees: Rev Denise Williamson {Chairper50n) Mrs Maureen Wiskin (Church Secretsry) Date:
Allocatlon of central churth funds (tithed givlng) to tharities 2023-2024 DOI DOI D02 D02 D02 D03 D04 D05 D05 D07 Methodist Mission in Britsin Fund Methodist World Mission Fund Leaders of Worship and Preachers Trust (LWPT) MHA Action for Children URC Commitment for Life Leek Town Centre Youth Project {@21) Leek Foodbank Asha A Rocha UK £600 £750 £200 £500 £500 £1,500 £150 £250 £200 £550 TOTAL £5,200 Charltable Monies in Transit, 202>2024 (Money raSsed for specific appeals) Event Income Credit FOI Haniest PaldAway to..> Gift Aid sli s sent to Christian Aid directly F02 Christmas AppeaL Debit £874.(MY £1,604.40 GOI Harvest (Christian Aid) G02 Gingerbread Centre (Christmas). G02 Mercy Shtps (Christmas}. G03 Macari Foundation (Easter). G03 Transfomi Trade (Easter). £874.00 £802.20 £802.20 £499.09 £499.09 F03 Easter Appeal £99& F05 Christian Aid Ilndividuals also contributed online) F06 MHA Appeal F07 Attion for Children {Xmas/AforC envs) F08 Special Appeals {Unicef Gaza Appeal) FII ASHA £948.Th) G05 Christian Aid G06 MHA * £948.00 £150.00 £1,262.30 G07 Artion for Children. G08 Special Appeals (Unicef Gaza Appeal). GII ASHA £1,262.30 £ 353. £119.50 £353.00 £119.50 TOTAL: £6309.38 TOTAL. Also donations equivalent to Gift Aid paid to Recipients marked * £6.309.38 £875.61 Page 7