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Ruxley Church

Annual Report for AGM May 2026

See separate document for Finance Reports

CONTENTS

OVERALL GOVERNANCE ..................................................................................................... 4 Ministers’ Report ............................................................................................................ 4 Leadership Team ............................................................................................................. 5 Ecumenical Church Council ............................................................................................. 7 Deanery Synod ................................................................................................................ 8 Safeguarding ................................................................................................................... 8 GDPR ............................................................................................................................... 9 Gift Aid ............................................................................................................................ 9 PREMISES ........................................................................................................................... 9 Safety Officer .................................................................................................................. 9 Premises Team .............................................................................................................. 10 SPIRITUALITY .................................................................................................................... 12 Worship and Spiritual Development Group .................................................................. 12 Baptisms ....................................................................................................................... 14 Prayer Chain .................................................................................................................. 15 Small Groups ................................................................................................................. 15 Pastoral Groups ............................................................................................................ 15 Together@10 ................................................................................................................ 16 Emmaus and Music ....................................................................................................... 16 EEL’S (Ewell Ecumenical Ladies) .................................................................................... 17 Tuesday Evening Prayers ............................................................................................... 17 Church Flowers ............................................................................................................. 18 ENGAGING WITH 0-11 YEAR OLDS AND THEIR PARENTS .................................................. 18 Children and Young People ........................................................................................... 18 Riverview School ........................................................................................................... 21

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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ............................................................................................ 22 Publicity ........................................................................................................................ 22 EcoChurch ..................................................................................................................... 23 Website......................................................................................................................... 24 Coffee Morning ............................................................................................................. 24 Ewell Floral Art .............................................................................................................. 25 Men’s Group ................................................................................................................. 25 Tuesday Friendship Club ............................................................................................... 25 Badminton Group ......................................................................................................... 26 Ukulele Group ............................................................................................................... 26 Coffee and Craft ............................................................................................................ 26 Food Bank ..................................................................................................................... 27 Ruxley Community Choir ............................................................................................... 27 Emma’s Sudbury School Report – Apremdo, Ghana ...................................................... 28

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OVERALL GOVERNANCE

Ministers’ Report

We are excited to be working together as colleagues and with everyone in this church and within our local community. As a church family, we want to ascribe to the Lord, our humble thanks and praise and to express our appreciation for the support from you all.

As colleagues, we have valued how we work with the Leadership Team, the ECC, Premises, those involved in catering for services/events. There are some who work behind the scenes and for that we are thankful.

Since the last Annual General Meeting, God called to eternal home from our membership, Margaret Willes and Cathy Scott from the Ruxley Community Choir. May they rest in peace.

The weekly Thursday Morning Prayers continue to be on zoom with consistent number of participants both from Ruxley and Stoneleigh Church. In addition to Revds Emma and Alex, Judy, Barbara and Sue also assist in leading.

We want to express our sincere thanks our young people’s leaders and thank the Lord for our young people’s ministry and as we celebrate the vibrancy of our young people, we cherish their ability to take a few leading roles for activities/events.

This year, we will to be going to Walton Firs for the third time and we pray that impact that is having on our young people will stand them in good stead.

Last but not the least, we want to thank Maria, for keeping the premises clean, to Jenny for running the office, administratively for the church until now as she hands over the baton to the newly appointed administrator. We specially want to thank Anne, who has for many years, compiled and printed the AGM reports for us.

All the reports are signs of growth and wellbeing of this church and as we continue to pray and be watchful, we would want to believe that more fruitfulness in the ministry of this church will be harvested.

We sign off this report with these words from STF 547 verse 3, “Beyond these walls of worship, may your Spirit strengthen us to make the whole of life our worship, as we witness to your love. From this hour in your presence, send us out now to proclaim that we’ll live our life as a sacrifice to the glory of your name”.

Every blessing, Emma and Alex

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Leadership Team

‘An inclusive worshipping community, united in Christ, serving others’

The Team is comprised of Ministers, Churchwarden(s), Stewards and Treasurer and any co-opted members joining the Team for a specific project. We were delighted to welcome Rev. Alex Stevens to the Team and equally delighted that Emma will be staying with us for the maximum term, until July 2029. We would like to thank them both for their love and tireless care and oversight of our church and wider community.

We meet every month to discuss matters relating to our vision, core priority areas and governance, as well as to update the core priorities of our Mission Action Plan (MAP). We will be reporting back about our MAP and Priorities at the AGM Meeting.

Core Priority: Developing the spiritual life of the church family

We give thanks for

Work in progress

Members liaise closely with the Worship and Spiritual Development Group

Core Priority: Engaging with children 0-11 and their families

We give thanks for

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Work in progress

Core Priority: Building relationships with the local community

We give thanks for

Work in progress

In other news

Please continue to uphold us in your prayers. We are always happy to hear your ideas and suggestions and thank you for your support this year.

There is still a vacancy for another Churchwarden; either of the Ministers or Paulette would be happy to chat with anyone who might be interested in taking up this post.

Rev. Emma Cusack and Rev. Alex Stevens, Sue Grasby (Senior Steward), Chris Meineck (Treasurer), Julia Searle (Steward), Paulette Withycombe (Churchwarden)

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Ecumenical Church Council

Scheduled meetings since the last AGM were held in June, September and November last year and January and March this year.

At the June meeting we were delighted to welcome Rev. Alex and she and Rev. Emma alternate in chairing the meeting. We are most grateful to Paulette Withycombe who has served as the sole churchwarden and Chris Meineck who has served as Treasurer this year.

At each meeting certain key areas appear as agenda items:

Chris presents a Finance report – his annual report appears elsewhere.

Safeguarding is of paramount importance, and we take very seriously our aim to be an inclusive worshipping community united in Christ, serving others . We would like to thank Judy Quaife who continues as our Parish Safeguarding Officer and who, along with others, has ensured that our church is a safe place for all who attend. Judy sends a report on safeguarding to every meeting.

We are grateful too to Jenny Meineck who always sends a very detailed report on Premises and Health and Safety .

We continue to explore Eco issues with a focus on Ruxley aiming to be a Net Zero Pioneer church.

Other reports we receive include those concerning Children and Young People, Worship and Spiritual Development, Riverview Governors, Pastoral Groups, Leadership Team, Deanery Synod and Circuit matters.

A number of risk assessments and role descriptions have been considered by ECC and have been approved, often after alterations.

Along with the Leadership Team, the ECC ensures that our Mission Action Plan priorities continue to be met.

At our January meeting, we spent time giving thanks for our blessings at Ruxley among which were the wonderful work done by Louise Quaife and others with the children and young people, the increase in numbers worshipping, the progress made to becoming an ECO church and the number of community activities.

A reminder that any church member is entitled to come to ECC meetings (apart from the occasional ‘closed’ meeting) and is encouraged so to do. He or she can also contribute to conversation but is not entitled to vote.

We remain hugely grateful to all members of the ECC who give up their time freely whilst accepting that none of this is possible without God's gracious provision. Please continue to pray for the work of the ECC and all its members as we seek to be true to our calling to serve Christ in this community.

Hugh Proctor ECC Secretary

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Deanery Synod

Epsom Deanery Synod meets three times a year, with clergy and laity representing each parish. Meetings are an opportunity to share things of mutual interest or need. They are generally held at different churches, and include: an introduction to that church, perhaps with their current plans or hopes; news passed down from Diocesan Synod; plus a main topic, usually with a guest speaker and/or discussion groups.

A short meeting in May ‘25 was held online. Individuals shared something for thanksgiving, and for prayer, from their parish. At the October meeting the new Area Dean was introduced, Rev. John Marrow, the vicar of All Saints West Ewell. The main item was Discipling the Middle Aged. In January this year, there was a presentation and discussion on Communications in a Digital Age.

The next meeting will be on 19th May, and the main topic will be Lay Vocations.

Valerie Bradfield

Safeguarding

During the last year there have, fortunately, not been any serious safeguarding incidents and any concerns where support and advice have been needed have been dealt with promptly. Where an issue had to be dealt with, our processes have worked satisfactorily to-date and this reinforces that as a church we have generally followed safe and correct practice and procedures here at Ruxley.

The Church Safeguarding Dashboard is a dynamic document so there will always be work to do to ensure our safeguarding policies and procedures are up to date. I would like to express my thanks to all those who complete tasks related to this, particularly Louise in relation to the young people’s groups.

Valerie Bradfield continues with the task of overseeing the training and updating the log, which is kept centrally and securely on the church’s cloud-based system.

Marion Parsons continues to do sterling work, ensuring all the appropriate members who work in any way for our church have the correct and up-to-date Disclosure & Barring Services (DBS) check in place. This has been particularly challenging this year due to a change of DBS check provider following a data breach on their part, requiring Marion to do extra training.

I am most grateful for the work they do; I could not do the job without them.

Sadly we still hear of issues with Safeguarding failures in institutions, churches and wider society reported in the media. This means it continues to be important that we ensure our own procedures are as robust as possible.

We continue with our commitment to being a safe environment for all who belong to our church or use our building. We strive to be a place where all members of the church community are able to feel safe and are aware that there are structures in place should an issue arise.

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This year we held a Safeguarding Sunday Service as a way to demonstrate our commitment and emphasise the need for our whole community to play their part in living this out, so please do take the opportunities offered by safeguarding training to understand the needs of those who are vulnerable or at risk. We have run group training sessions to facilitate this and I am grateful to Paulette for all her work on this.

And if you have, or hear of, anything that concerns you, please speak to or contact myself, Emma, Alex, our Churchwarden or Church stewards. The church officers are well-trained to support those in need or have appropriate contacts to which they can signpost people, so that they can receive more specialist guidance.

Remember your concern might be the piece of the jigsaw that brings to light something that needs to be addressed.

Judy Quaife

GDPR

We continue to store your personal data securely in iKnowChurch . Every year we complete the Data Protection Checklist sent by the Methodist Church. We operate under the rules for Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes and use their Managing Trustees Privacy Notice (which is available on the website and Church Notice board).

Dave Searle

Gift Aid

Thank you to all of you who donate to the church using Gift Aid. It means that we can claim an additional 25% of the value of your donation from HMRC. If you are a UK taxpayer and you would like to start donating through Gift Aid please ask Lesley or - - Chris for a declaration form. You can find out more at www.gov.uk/donating to charity/gift-aid.

Lesley Batty

PREMISES

Safety Officer

I am again pleased to report that there have been no incidents on site requiring official report.

Please continue to act in a safe manner when at the church premises and report any potential hazards.

Robin Willes

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Premises Team

Since the last AGM, the following has been done:

The team took care of many small jobs, such as; cracks in the wall by the lift filled, painting walls, new door handles, repairs to door handles, signage renewed, hand rails tightened up, black feet on chairs replaced. Thanks to others who have helped on Working Party days to paint, wash walls and paint the cement bollards in the car park.

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There have been some ‘not so nice things’ dealt with; first occurrence of graffiti on the tower walls, a blocked downpipe/hopper from 2 CDs being thrown up to the roof, items being taken from the kitchen and Foodbank collection box, the fallout after a few events, and some others we won’t mention!

Community Users

Our weekend users continue to enjoy being here. Many are repeat bookers, and they appreciate the cleanliness of our facilities.

Unlocking and Locking

We urgently need more volunteers to help with this.

All our ad hoc hirers at the weekend need someone to come and unlock and greet them, and to show them around; and then the same person/pair to come back at the end to check the premises and lock up. Now this is mostly Chris and I every weekend. There is more to it, than just unlocking/locking doors. The facilities need to be ready for the next group in, which would normally be us on a Sunday. Come and have a chat!

Thank you

I would like to give many thanks to the wonderful team who help in so many ways: Robin W, Chris M, Brian C, Steve K and Derek E. This year we have been greatly enhanced by the efforts of Malcolm W with LED lighting and emergency lighting. It’s great we now have Paulette doing monthly fire alarm checks with Chris. Our Premises Team gives thanks to Maria for doing such a good job, and for Julie B and Jessica who have done cleaning cover when Maria is on leave. We also thank the Gardening Party team for looking after the outside spaces.

The Premises Team is always open to new members and anyone who has DIY skills. Your help in any way would be appreciated.

Jenny Meineck

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SPIRITUALITY

Worship and Spiritual Development Group

The Worship and Spiritual Development Group meets roughly every other month, comprised of Revs Alex and Emma, as well as accredited Leaders of Worship Gill Edwards, Barbara Meineck, Diana Pinchin, Judy Quaife and Paulette Withycombe, three of whom are Occasional Preachers. Over the course of our meetings this year we have continued to prayerfully consider how best to resource the spiritual needs of our worshipping community as enshrined in the Mission Action Plan and Vision Statement. Our Core Priority was updated in March 2026.

This time last year we were making preparations for welcoming Alex to come and join us and we are very grateful indeed to her and Emma, and also our good friend Rev. Chris Morley, for all they do to encourage, inspire and nurture us in the faith.

It has been a busy year with many uplifting services:

June - August

September - November

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December - February

March – May:

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Coming up:

Special thanks are extended to:

We continue to benefit hugely from those who regularly resource our worship, especially Louise Quaife and our brilliant team of Young People's Leaders, as well as Worship Co-ordinators, Welcomers, Communion Assistants, Sacristans, Readers, Intercessors, Musicians, Flower Arrangers, Publicity Producers, Audio-Visual and PowerPoint wizards and those who provide our vital hospitality.[ ‘] There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit gives them.’ 1 Cor 12:4

Paulette Withycombe Convenor

Baptisms

There was one baptism in the past year. Baptisms normally take place in Sunday morning services and we ask the person or the child's parents to attend church services for several weeks leading up to the baptism.

Beverley Rowlands

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Prayer Chain

As always the Prayer Chain has been busy over the last year. There are 16 members who regularly pray for those in need of healing or help. Prayer requests can be sent direct to me by email or phone. Alternatively you can use the email address - prayerchain@ruxley church.org.uk which is now given on the church website.

Beverley Rowlands

Small Groups

Five Small Groups continue to meet regularly for fellowship, prayer and bible study. A variety of resources have been used and groups are always happy to welcome new members. Earlier this year we celebrated our Small Groups at a special service and heard more from members about the flavour of their groups and material they have been using. If you’ve never been along to a group and would like to join one do have a word with me, Alex or Emma.

Val Proctor

Pastoral Groups

There are 13 Pastoral Leaders at Ruxley and each one has a list of church members for whom they have pastoral care. At the present time there are 85 members in total who are shared between the groups. The children and young people are cared for by their leaders and are not included in the numbers.

The Pastoral leaders meet twice during the year which gives us the opportunity to share concerns and to pray collectively for all our members. The Revs Emma Cussack and Alex Stevens are very supportive of this work and any specific concerns are passed to them.

We thank God for all the work behind the scenes that our Pastoral Leaders do and for their care for each member of our congregation.

Sue Grasby Pastoral Secretary

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Together@10

We have moved to a looser timetable for our all age, Messy Church inspired service with other all age services in the schedule that include e.g. the Scouts’ St George’s Day Parade Service. We have, once again, explored a number of themes over the past year, including Pentecost, the cost of Christmas, Epiphany, and the Good Samaritan, which included filmed witness statements of the incident, thanks to Malcolm.

As well as our act of worship, we offer a range of activities to stretch and challenge our creativity and worshipful responses, including craft projects, prayers in the chapel, games of varying boisterousness and rather calmer digging deeper discussions. My thanks go to all those who have led these discussions each month, your help is invaluable.

The congregation’s creativity is celebrated each week in the display on our T@10 notice board. Recently we explored the theme of Living Water in Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well and created an interesting display of work.

We always welcome your comments and suggestions and have made a number of changes to the format over time as a result of thoughtful recommendations. Any ideas for activities or offers of help would be greatly appreciated.

These services would not happen without the help and support of many and I would like to particularly thank Louise, for her unstinting help; Jenny, for printing the Canva signs; Alex for organising the Digging Deeper team; Paulette and Emmaus for the music; and Sue for all the yummy baking - but most of all, our lovely congregation for your enthusiasm and willingness to take part. We couldn’t do it without you.

Judy Quaife

Emmaus and Music

Another wonderful year of accompanying our uplifting worship here at Ruxley. We continue to draw on a wide variety of repertoire – some weeks we have been known to use material from six separate books, which means we can draw on familiar and much-loved hymns and songs as well as newer soon-to-be favourites.

We continue to be very grateful for the ongoing commitment and musicality provided by Gill, Lesley, Robin, Hugh, Dave, Malcolm and Paulette, as well as Judy and Val who support us in other ways too. But we are especially grateful to Alex, Emma and Chris, and to you, our wider congregation for all your encouragement and wonderful singing. We were particularly privileged to support Alex at her welcome service last June.

We’d also like to extend an enormous thank you to the Tech Team, especially Dave S, Malcolm, Brian, Chris, Jenny, Derek, Dave B and Josh, for keeping the audio-visual aspects of the service in order. We’ve been delighted with the new projectors, as this has greatly increased the visibility of projected service materials.

Paulette Withycombe

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EEL’S (Ewell Ecumenical Ladies)

EEL's membership has stayed stable over the year. We have six ladies from five different churches who still try to meet together once a month, one now on Zoom as she has moved away. We continue to value our prayer times together and the support we give each other but, due to ill health, sadly it is sometimes not possible to meet as regularly. Pam Eade

Tuesday Evening Prayers

We meet in the chapel most Tuesdays from 7.45 pm for about an hour. We pray informally – either silently or aloud – and sometimes we even sing! Whatever God puts on our hearts.

We are thrilled that this year Miriam has joined us – so we are usually six! But would welcome and love others to join us, even occasionally, as we believe in both the importance of prayer and its power. A prayer by Jen is included below.

Pam Eade

Prayer Is Such An Important Thing

Prayer is such an important thing, Hope and encouragement it can bring. And when two or three are gathered together, You are there, whatever the weather.

And we may be small in number, but we are big on prayer, And we thank you, you're amongst us, you are really there. And although it can be a struggle to come out in the night sky, I think it's important to remember to lift your name on high.

So, we meet together, in this little chapel room, Get us in the right mood, get us, with you, in tune. And if we are to pray out loud, give us the words to say, Or for some of us, we may prefer to silently come to you and pray.

But it doesn't matter, words or not, just open up your heart, Or maybe just pray in tongues, don't worry – just start! And God doesn't mind what you say, or the words you use, He just wants you to make that choice, and Him - choose.

So come before God, however you're dressed, Come before God even if you're not at your best. Come before God and off load onto Him, Come before God, say sorry, and He'll take away your sin.

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And as I said, we may be small in number,

But we can still pray and start a prayerful rumba!

We can still be powerful, when we pray in Jesus name,

And after prayer, sometimes some things are never quite the same.

So we will continue to pray, even though we are only a few,

And we bring or hopes, our asks, our whys? And everything else as well, to you. And we know that you do hear us, but Lord a sign would be nice!

For sometimes Lord, we ask the same thing many more times than twice!

So Lord, please answer our heartfelt prayers, and share our burdens so weighty, As we come to you and praise and honour you so very greatly.

And lastly Lord, we thank you, that where two or three come to you to pray, You meet there with them, always, whatever time, whatever day.

Jen Eade

Church Flowers

We arrange flowers for the Church service every week. Thank you to everyone who has contributed this year they really are appreciated. Flowers are sponsored by members of the congregation for a special memory or celebration, or you can just pick a date to contribute towards them. We now arrange in a vase of water, so anyone can have a go at arranging them. I am always looking for sponsors so if you are interested in doing them, please have a word with me.

Sheila Stracy

ENGAGING WITH 0-11 YEAR OLDS AND THEIR PARENTS

Children and Young People

I want to start by recognising and thanking all of our dedicated youth leaders and helpers for their commitment to growing Ruxley Church through our youth work. The life that our young people bring to Ruxley Church is unique and without it, our Church would be a very different place.

Running sessions for youth aged 3 to 23 does not come easy and without the dedicated team that we have it simply wouldn’t be possible.

Thank you to Pauline Heycock, Abi Spicer, Beverley Rolands, Kavya Madigani, Sandi Kendall, Diana Pinchin, Julia Searle, Paula Bridger, Brian Cockram, and Steve Kendall.

And special thank you to our Catalyst members who have taken on roles as leaders: Josh Domino, Chanelle Crampton, Cara-May Mamvura, and Janine Domingo.

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Away Weekend 2026

This year marks our third annual Weekend Away. We are taking the youth (from Year 5 and up) to Walton Firs (4th to 6th September 2026) with support from a number of our leaders. We will continue to engage in activities and team-building processes whilst also striving to act on the feedback from previous years which requested more space for prayer, Bible study, and reflection.

During the discussions held at last year’s Weekend Away, one of our young people spoke about being “on fire” for the Lord. This has now become the theme of the 2026 Weekend Away.

Youth Church 2026 Development

We have many plans for the rest of 2026 which will carry us into 2027:

Where possible, Fish Club will be involved in the fundraising missions of the youth church. Importantly, in one of our sessions on social change, the Fish Club made the money box that we have been collecting all of our funds in.

With support from Rev. Emma and Rev. Alex, we are looking to plan youth-led services at Ruxley with an aim of encouraging the faith of our young people and understanding what they want from regular worship. We can only develop them if we are willing to develop with them. Our first Youth Service will be planned on our away weekend at Walton Firs (4th-6th September) and will be run Sunday 13th September.

Whilst Catalyst will take a primary lead in planning the Youth Services, Fish Club members will be given roles and asked for their creative inputs throughout. This involvement is incredibly important as it ensures that they are aware of what roles and responsibilities they will grow into as they move up through the Church.

We have scheduled regular dates for youth socials throughout the year to give us structure in planning these events. The first one we looked to host (in March) received very few sign-ups which led to its cancellation. In the future events, we will consider extending the invites out to the older members of Fish Club as this will start to integrate these two groups.

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Thanks to the ECC, we have now been approved to have an Instagram account dedicated to and run by the Ruxley Church Youth. This account will provide us with a place to share updates with the local community about the events that we are running (e.g. socials, weekends away, fundraising events). We are waiting on some further discussions with Leadership before we can set up the account, but we have already had volunteers of those young adults who would like to be involved in running the account.

In the past, some of our young people have asked to run youth sessions on their chosen topics. I have been through to identify Sundays in their Uni and School holidays to provide them with an opportunity to do so. If enthusiasm for this continues, we will look to consider setting up a young people’s Bible Study, outside of their regularly scheduled Sunday sessions. This would be an action for 2027, depending on the progress we make this year.

Catalyst (13yrs and up)

Our numbers in Catalyst this past year have fluctuated and sometimes appeared lower than we would have liked. While this can feel disappointing and appear demoralising on the surface, we must remember that our Catalyst group are at a point where they have jobs, education, and other relationships to balance. Additionally, it is worth pointing out that within all of this, we have many conversations with our young people that demonstrate the passion for growing in faith. They may not be with us every week but they maintain their faith.

This year we have used a combination of Youth for Christ materials and sessions from the Roots magazine. This was decided after a discussion with our Catalyst leaders indicated that the Youth for Christ material alone can become repetitive.

Fish Club (8-11 yrs)

Last year, I wrote that our Fish Club was the group with the fewest members, but in the past four months this is the group where we have seen the most new faces and visitors. This has been such a blessing and brings life and fun to the group.

In Fish Club we continue to use resources from the Roots magazine which follows the liturgy and allows us to tackle complex topics and stories in an accessible way. We have also looked to increase this group’s use of the Bible as a source of learning. The resources we have in our Church (donated by our loving congregation) have meant that we are able to teach in ways which excite the young people and hopefully make them feel valued.

This group is currently at an important point which needs prayerful focus and decision making from us as leaders within the Church. The group caters to children aged 7 to 11 and with some of our young people coming up to high school age, we must start

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thinking about how we can keep our teaching to this group relevant, whilst also progressing them appropriately through the Church. We do not want to push these young people up into Catalyst too early, but we are keen to ensure that their faith is cultivated.

Tiddlers (3-7 yrs)

In Fish Club and Tiddlers every year we have a theme. Last year we had the theme: “Prayer Changes Things”, which we used to encourage the youth towards prayer and developing connections with God. This year, our theme is “Always Give Thanks”. We always start our sessions with prayers and songs in the Chapel, and we have been using this as an opportunity to be grateful and talk about all of the things that we can praise God for.

The numbers we see in Tiddlers are incredibly encouraging and the energy that the youngest of our Church family bring is always motivating. Throughout the last year, we have used a range of materials with the Tiddlers to encourage their learning in different ways. Over the summer they looked at a series of books based around Teddy Brown so that they could learn about the benefits of having a relationship with God. Most recently, they have been looking at the life of Jesus and learning about how he grew up.

We continue to review the age constraints of this group to consider when we move our older Tiddlers into the Fish Club so that they can continue to learn in an ageappropriate way. Louise Quaife

Riverview School

I have been a School Governor now for two years and have enjoyed it very much, I find it challenging but worthwhile. I attend full Governor Meetings and Committee Meetings (I am on the Resource Committee). You have to do different training modules each year, Safeguarding being the most important.

I recently had a meeting with another School Governor with the Site Manager for a review of Health and Safety compliance, which was very interesting.

Every Thursday morning, I go to the school to read with the children for an hour. This is great – some of them are very good readers, it is amazing how some of the classics are still very popular and I get quite engrossed with the story (I am still waiting to hear what happened to Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox!).

As you know the Church is still waiting to fill two more Governor posts. I will gladly help with any prospective candidate. I hope this gives an insight into what I do as a School Governor. Martin Bridger

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It has been a great privilege to join Hugh and Martin on the Governing Body at Riverview School, where I currently enjoy responsibility for community links as well as monitoring provision for SEND and ‘looked after’ children. On 1st April, Riverview joined with St. Giles in Ashtead to form ‘Hope Federation’ and it will be exciting to see how the two schools continue to evolve together. In January, we said goodbye to Hugh, who stood down from being Governor after four faithful years in the role. During this time, he was Vice-chair, Chair of the Learning & Progress Committee, Overseer of training and treasurer. His work was really appreciated at Riverview and he will be greatly missed.

As well as being Governor, I have loved building on our other links with Riverview, carrying out assemblies fortnightly, alternating with Vivienne Aitchison, attending prayer activity days, helping with parents evening and working with the school to find other opportunities where church and school can link together. One way of helping the school has been fundraising in support of children going on school trips. Funds from the Barn Dance and one of our coffee mornings have been allocated to Riverview, with more ideas in the pipeline.

We continue to enjoy hosting visits to the church from classes, either to support the Friendship Club or to find out about faith and church life. We also love having the school over for their Harvest, Christmas and Easter services - ably supported by Brian, Malcolm or Dave on tech - and others who assist by coming along or helping set up the church and tidying it afterwards. Hot-off-the-press is the exciting news that, after quite a few discussions, we have been able to agree for Riverview and Ruxley to do a joint Christmas fair in 2026, with the funds going to the school. Jacky and Steve are in the process of planning already, with members of the parent/carer & teacher association. Watch this space! Alex Stevens

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Publicity

Over the last year, I have done the following:

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Although many church members may not engage with some of these channels or social media, we have to consider what we present to the outside world and how we engage with the local community.

Thanks to those who are producing posters from time to time, Anne for doing the weekly copying/printing of Service Sheet and Weekly News, and for Matthew producing the Weekly Sheet.

Jenny Meineck

EcoChurch

Building on the work of previous years, we have formalised our focus on Eco Church by creating a planning group. Members are Paulette Withycombe, Chris Meineck, Jenny Meineck, Diana Pinchin, Scarlett Crampton, Emma Cusack and Alex Stevens. We were delighted to receive our A’Rocha Bronze award in October and are working towards Silver. The process is helping us all at Ruxley to take care of the wonderful world God has made for us as thoughtfully as we can.

For each award, we have to work towards targets under five different headings, and these are used to report on our progress as follows:

Worship & Teaching

We are already at silver level. As a church we recognise the importance of creation care and this is included in our mission action plan, our worship (including children and young people) and our prayers. We held another Eco Service in February and greatly appreciated having Alison Moulden come to preach for us. We have held two Eco Church Prayer events recently.

Buildings & Energy

We are already at silver level. Led by Chris & Jenny Meineck and the premises team, we are working hard (and successfully) to reduce our carbon footprint and we have a Net Zero Action plan for our church. We are one of the Guildford Diocese Net Zero Pioneer churches. Chris and others are working very hard on our Solar Panel project.

Land & Nature

We are currently at bronze level. We are thinking intentionally about how to make our grounds a place where wildlife can flourish and have engaged with A’Rocha UK’s ‘Target 25’ resources in prayer. This is a project which helps declining species, taxonomic groups and habitats. Our next steps will be to formalise in writing our plan to manage our land for nature and to engage in more litter picking.

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Community & Global Engagement

We are currently at bronze level. As a church we recognise the impact of the climate and nature crises locally, nationally and globally. Our next steps include formalising in writing our plans to further reduce our waste which goes to landfill and to offer opportunities for our church family to engage with and enjoy nature.

Lifestyle

We are currently at bronze level. We share Eco Church tips in our newsletter and have set up a freecycle board. Our next steps include further sharing of information on how individuals and households can (if wished) respond to the climate and nature crises.

Alex Stevens

Website

The website continues to be regularly updated with service details and other events, and the latest newsletters. If you would like an event publicised on it then please let me know.

Dave Searle

Coffee Morning

In May this year we will be entering our 15th year of coffee mornings – imagine! When we were tasked by Stuart Thomas to start a coffee morning each week at the old church, we weren’t even sure anyone would come and the first morning we only had one cake! Since then we have gone on to greater things, and we are happy to welcome members of the church family as well as members of the local community to a busy and vibrant morning.

Coffee mornings were never intended to be fund-raising but thanks to our popularity (and our home-made cakes) we are able to contribute to the running costs of the church including funding a solar panel. We have collected £378 for MacMillan and given £180 to Methodist Homes as well as sending donations to the following:

Thanks must of course go to our willing band of volunteers who serve the drinks and provide the cakes, and to all of you who support each week. Long may we continue.

Marion Parsons

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Ewell Floral Art

We meet on the second Tuesday of the month at 2pm-4pm in the Church Hall. We are a very friendly group of ladies, who enjoy arranging flowers. We have members of all abilities who arrange flowers, or you can just watch and join in the chat. Our programme includes workshops and demonstrations by our members and special events by Area Demonstrators. We have tea, coffee and a raffle.

Visitors are always welcome – Club Days £4 and Area Demonstrators £5. There is a poster on the notice board about what is on each month or have a word with me.

Sheila Stracy

Men’s Group

A loyal group of men continue to meet every month on the second Wednesday at the Hogsmill Tavern in Worcester Park. It is always an enjoyable, convivial and relatively cheap evening with plenty of anecdotes, some of which are possibly true. New members are always welcome and are urged to speak to Robin who is taking over as secretary to advance his career development. Hugh Proctor

Tuesday Friendship Club

2025-2026 has been another year of enjoyment spent laughing and educating ourselves (ha ha!).

The year consisted of talks on: Ancient London Bridge, a holiday to Lourdes, an amazing talk on Route 66, an informative talk from Age UK, ‘Just one Cornetto (the History of Ice cream)’, a talk from Rev Emma on one of the places of interest she visited in Ghana, Bill Cusack’s memories of his past and Anne Cockram’s talk about women who should be better known. We also had Film Afternoons preceded by lunch, visits from Riverview School, flower arranging demonstrations and wonderful musical entertainment from Hugh and Friends.

Outings included a visit to the RHS Gardens at Wisley and a Christmas Lunch at the Star in Chessington.

We now look forward to our 60th Anniversary when we will be going out for the day to Eastbourne and having lunch looking out over the sea.

Always the emphasis is on support and care for one another.

We give thanks to all the members over the 60 years who have brought us to where we are today. Jacky Panter

The Tuesday Friendship Club Finance Report can be found under ‘Finance’

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Badminton Group

The badminton group has continued to meet on Tuesday evenings 6.30pm - 9pm and occasionally on Fridays. We get between six and ten players each week and apart from being good exercise, it's also fun!

Last year we had a summer BBQ and a Christmas meal out. New members welcome.

Julia Searle

Ukulele Group

A landmark year! 10 years of strumming and singing through a variety of light rock and pop numbers as well as hymns (if they are in a good key!) on a Thursday evening for our mixed ability group. We’ve once again entertained the good folk of Sutton at Christmas with carols and cracker jokes, and we’ve also provided musical accompaniment for a special Ruxley service, at which this auspicious 10-year milestone was celebrated.

We’ve recently welcomed Ailsa and Yidong to our number, so if you are interested in joining them and us, we meet on a Thursday evening at Ruxley Church at about 8.15pm after the regular Emmaus practice. Speak to Paulette or Robin if you are interested or just come along! No previous experience needed.

Paulette Withycombe

Coffee and Craft

The craft group run by Jacky Panter and Gill Edwards is now into its 3rd year. We aim to run craft sessions on Wednesday mornings, 3 times a year. We usually meet for 3 weeks leading up to Harvest, Christmas and Easter. We have run a summer session as well, dates permitting.

The group at present consists of about 10 people with a good mix of ages. No experience is needed and all craft materials are provided. There is always coffee, tea, biscuits (sometimes cake) and plenty of chat as we enjoy our crafting together.

This year we have completed: Corn Craft, Glass Painting and String Craft. We usually display our finished work upstairs on the back window ledge of the outer worship area. As I write, the string craft Easter baskets are now on display.

Gill Edwards and Jacky Panter

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Food Bank

Here we are again and after all the difficulties that have contributed to our cost-ofliving crises, I have to add the increase in the cost of petrol and other things caused by the war in Iran. It reminds me of a famous lyric from the 1955 hit song recorded by Tennessee Ernie Ford "Sixteen Tons" we are "Another day older and deeper in debt".

Many of you have, through thick and thin, continued supporting Food Bank for which we are deeply grateful.

In our Store we currently have 127 fewer crates of food than at this same time last year. Our stocks are low, with many essential items now urgently needed. If you are wondering what to donate there is a list in our weekly news sheet and on the screen before the morning service. If you are still able to please help us continue supporting people facing financial hardship in our community.

On the other hand, should the continued cuts to our standard of living have put you in a situation where you are struggling, please come to see me so that Food Bank can assist you. Your request will be confidential.

Thank you especially to Ruxley Church for housing one of the five Distribution Centres since Epsom and Ewell Food Bank started 14 years ago.

Anne Cockram

Ruxley Community Choir

Numbers in the choir have dwindled slightly during the year although we are very grateful to Pauline, Alex and Steve who join us when other commitments allow. We perform for the major festivals and at Easter tried a new venture, singing a Gospel type piece without accompaniment. This was great fun,

although demanding, and revealed a new side to our capabilities. As well as the full choir a smaller group join together occasionally to perform slightly more challenging pieces, notably John Rutter’s Candlelight Carol which we did last Christmas with organ accompaniment. If anyone would care to give the choir a try simply have a chat with me. Rehearsals are most Wednesdays at 7.30, in the chapel, and enjoyment of singing is far more important than musicianship.

Hugh Proctor

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Emma’s Sudbury School Report – Apremdo, Ghana

On behalf of the school and their PTA I want to thank you all for the continued support you give to the School. At the last Annual General Meeting (2025), I reported that the first ICT classroom had been completed, furnished, installed with laptops etc and also the school purchased a router, so they have Wi-Fi Connection and pupils have full use. I also reported that the second ICT classroom had been roofed, a third of the floor screeding was done and the building structure was almost complete using money that was raised.

Since then, two transfers were made to the school on 14[th] July 2025 as per the receipts:

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Transfer Description Ghana Currency Eqv.
Date and £
14.7.2025 From Stoneleigh Methodist Church Account 11,765.53 Ghana Cedis
£886.00 This fund comprises of
£181.01 SMC Christmas Charitable Offering.
£646.00 Sudbury School Sunday Offering 22/6/25
£58.74 Gift Aid
14.7.2025 From Ruxley Church Account 2,921.49 Ghana Cedis
£220 This fund comprises personal donations from two
members; one was £200 and the other was £20
TOTAL 14,687.02 Ghana Cedis
£1,106
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Expenditure:

Total Expenditure = 14,100Ghc

Balance carried forward = 587.02Ghc

As at the time of this report, the screeding of the second ICT classroom has been completed. Windows and door have been fitted with burglar proof, electrical fittings done, some plastering work also done.

In conclusion, I want to share the following scripture as an encouragement to us all. “You know that the Lord your God is the only true God. So, love him and obey his commands, and he will faithfully keep his agreement with you and your descendants for a thousand generations”. Deuteronomy 7:9 (Contemporary English Version) Shalom!! Rev. Emma Cusack

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ICT Classroom 1
ICT Room 2
Mixing Concrete with
quarry stones
Floor Screeding
ICT Classroom 2 - Window &
Back windows
Front door burglar proof
with burglar proof
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The following two transfers had also been sent to Sudbury for the ICT 2 Building Project:

Transfer Date & in
Pounds		 Description Ghana Currency Eqv.
4/9/2024£470 From Stoneleigh
Methodist Church		 9,210.13 Ghana Cedis
6/9/2024£230 From RuxleyChurch 4,526.94 Ghana Cedis

These two transfers were sent after the Sudbury Sunday Service in 2024, but it’s important to draw your attention that the dates of the transfers reflect in the 2024/2025 financial year.

In an e-mail on 2.9.2024 sent to both treasurers; the headteacher had expressed concern that there were some left over materials (cement, timber etc as shown in photograph below) which may go off or rot by the following year which is the usual time

funds raised would normally be transferred to the school. So, when I contacted both treasurers of SMC and Ruxley with the plea from the school, the above money was released to be transferred to purchase some iron rods, more cement, sand, quarry stones to complete the structure of the second ICT classroom and roof it.

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ICT Classroom 2 at the time
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Leftover Materials
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Ruxley Church Ruxley Lane, Ewell KT19 0AF

A single congregation Local Ecumenical Partnership since 2002

‘An inclusive worshipping community,

united in Christ, serving others’

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Ruxley Church Reports for financial year 1 Sept 2024 to 31 Aug 2025

General Fund - Receipts and Payments

Total Income was £138,206; up £11,459 on previous year.

Total Expenditure was £145,934.

We had a deficit of £7,727 at the end of the year.

Income:

We received a grant of £3,000 from Guildford Diocese towards our LED project and a grant from Benefact Trust for £1,750 towards our Solar & Battery Project.

£1,300 was received towards our LED project from the congregation.

Voluntary giving was down slightly on the previous year, thanks to all that have given this year. The cash plate collections have gone up by £900.

We received £1,180 from our current solar panels it is up £656 from last year due to more sunshine and invertor issues sorted.

Donations received via the Contactless Giving Station amount to £700.

Gift Aid recovered was about the same as last year.

We received £2,388 from the Methodist Pension Fund, we gave them some money a few years ago to cover their losses and it has been repaid plus interest.

Hall hire was up by £2,451 to £76,634 which again is the highest it has been since records began!

Expenditure:

Parish Share and Circuit assessment has gone up by £1,000 with further increases planned.

Gas and electricity prices have decreased by £1,250 with our electricity spending going down and gas going up.

£4,644 was spent on our LED Lighting project replacing most of our lights.

Malcolm and I replaced the easier lights, and the rest was done by a contractor. As of March 2026 we are seeing a saving of £1,100 per year.

Maintenance was £31,394; up £6,600 from last year.

5-year electrical check £3,500.

Replacement Fire Panel £3,900.

White line painting in car park £750.

Car park and nursery paving repair £4,832.

Main hall partition repair £3,200, 50% was paid last year.

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New Financial Year - major income & expenditures

Charitable Giving

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Thursday Coffee
Epsom & Ewell Refugee Network £100.00
Macmillan Cancer Support £480.00
Maggie's £100.00
Crisis £100.00
Royal Marsden £140.00
Sheila Stracy - Flowers £100.00
Methodist Homes £180.00
Thursday Coffee Total £1,200.00
Christian Aid - Bucket Collection & Top up £100.00
Methodist World Mission £150.00
Methodist Property Fund £150.00
Methodist Mission in Britain £150.00
Methodist Homes £150.00
Bishops Charity – Bishops Lent call + Alex £315.00
Welcome
Food Bank £117.60
New Venture - Marsden £702.58
Children’s Society – Christingle £427.03
Action for Children – Christmas Collections £475.38
All we can (Harvest) £170.00
Easter Offering Collection £70.00
Methodist Homes Collection £215.50
Sudbury School £ £455.00
Total (excluding Thursday Coffee) £3,648.09
Grand Total £4,848.09
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General Fund Pie Charts

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General Fund
Income £138,206
Gift Aid, £7,574
Lettings - Regular, £72,252
Giving, £42,717
Grants, £4,750
Other, £4,500
Lettings - Ad Hoc, £4,382
FIT, £1,181
LED, £1,302
General Fund
Expenditure £145,934 Administrator,
£10,106
Parish Share,
£27,354 Charity, £1,143
Cleaning, £22,909
Circuit Assessment,
£27,500
Ministers Residence,
Maintenance,
£1,096
£31,600
LED, £4,644
Utilty, £14,605 Running, £5,227
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Other Funds Receipts and Payments Solectod pFri¢A.. 01 SorknThber 2024to31 2025 Tts 314&yt202S VP. V￿MOrIal Project (Oeslgnatodl Fund IncoTrlng reBourc•s Vduntary I￿0¢ t95.0) f1r￿).{M) £195CK) £195.00 Total fo￿￿￿¢•1 R•￿￿r¢•I used Charitable £1440 £￿.&9 £17882 £5￿ f7f607 t7￿07 £706.07 IL511.071 £357793 £1066.86 Tot•1 R•wurces umd ÉS60.80 1£560&11 £3,QE6.$6 £2,506.06 Total for￿￿￿ b•l•ne• Sud.Sudbury sch¢K￿ IDo#kJnatèd) Fund re#ourc•s Vduntary 4r￿0￿¢ £y)ty) £110.(AI 1.83 É2.11 IB3 s for generatsrJ lur £1&.15 £182.15 293.98 Total Incornlng fgsoiir¢•• R0$our￿l Charitable aLaNitYas f22S.00 É2.ff29.32 £2.02932 £2 029.32 £2)) Total R•8our¢e• us•d É230.00 IE5CDI Total cavrbDd fonvard balane• e259.66 £264.66 T8ch-T•eh Equipnnt (R•ststad) Fund IncoTrdng r•sourc•s Vduntary Incolr (41¥.￿￿ ¥￿n￿1 ino)r É4h0I76 £4.e￿5.7fj £5 603.70 £5.￿376 É5.107UJ £1Q710.76 Total Incon￿￿9 r•sourc•s £10710.76 £10,710.76 Total Carrlad forward balancé RW. Rkhard Illatson IDeslgnal•dl Fund Inconlng resourc•s 8tnnl ino)rf É4J11.g6 E4Jl1. £1.￿1. 11 Cklrt*3)252.03 km) W I d2 Cont...

To 31 Tolal Incomlng resourGo5 £1.430.67 £1.4￿67 .81699 £92.247.66 £4.311.96 £4311 £86.￿303 £YO.B16. Totsi earrl•d fonvard balance VM.V151on & lknlon (Deslgnatedl Fur In¢onln9 r•8our¢•i hvestrrenl £4 70 t4870. £251.72 £251.r2 Totsl In¢ornlng r•w￿r￿S f4 870.05 £251.72 £20.475A1 QO.47501 £1592 £1592 £1328 £1328 Tol•l R•8our¢•$ u￿d £20 491.73 £13.28 £36,14267 É20.520.99 £35.4M23 É3&142.67 Tol•l earr￿￿ fornard b•l•ne• 8B-Youth Wolk (Reslrfdedl Fund Incon￿n9 r06011r¢oS kncorrlng re￿urCes fromGharitatA¢ adMI nlary Irm￿rn2 £liW.OJ £2.￿78 154940 £4￿ 18 £510 lorgenBrating lunds t7099 r70)9 £73)20 3￿.3¢ Total Incomlnq r•wurMs Resource5 Used arrtoble ac1￿1[ £1 21#.98 £2.11320 £￿￿20 Cost ofaenwatsw ¥￿￿tyry ￿r3 £357.9J t357.gj Tol•l R••our¢o9 Ug•d 113.20 E3.193 18 11.675fAI £4.868.18 £761.70 £45828 f121672 £1.67S.00 rotsl rArrl•d for*8rd b•l•n 11 xtr52..￿ rrnl Pap2d2

Balance Sheet (Separate Funds) RUx￿ Chur¢h Balanc• Sh8•t IS•parat•fvnds} Gen•ral O•$19natod R••trl¢tod EndownTht 311081202$ A 31108r2024 Flxgd •¥wts Curr•nt 888•ti C4¥hAWA¥J kn YA £23237.73 £144￿158 £47￿ts.71 É23,237.73 £144.981.￿ £47,929.71 f216,149WI É216.149.02 f234.178.74 £234,178.74 U•bllltk•• (£22201 1£22.201 £3.35 £3.35 trktt ¢urr•n¢ ￿•1 ￿rr•nI Il•bllttl• £23,237.73 £144,901.￿ £47,926.36 £216,145.67 £234.200.94 Toi•l asMts eurr•nt l￿bIlItIal £23.237.73 E144,981.58 £47,926.36 £216,145.87 £234.200.94 L6•bllltkn• Totsl n•t •88•ts I•￿ Ilabllltl•8 £23.237.73 t144.￿1.56 £47,926.36 £216.145.67 t234.200.94 R•pr•8•nt•d by Unr••trl¢t•d Dv81gnated £488 19 £48819 £2Sts(6 Q￿.( E92247 £1212 £S1247. t1212.V £9)O16.gJ £1.4YO5 £037 £26W.17 È4>J.18 £.14267 £32S10 Ya7.17 £423.78 Ly)52) £325 10 £2&W7.17 £423.78 £x),w £325.10 R05trlctod E32J)72 £32072.V6 £224.76 £10,710.76 £￿.71231 E10.710.76 £10.710.78 R65￿.C45ufv11P £4nf6.18 (4.￿ 18 £1ffj75.0) Fund Total# £23.237.73 £144,981.S8 £47,926.36 £216,14&67 É234.200.94

Balance Sheet Detailed Ruxley Church Balancè Sh••td8tsllad Asat 3110812025 Asat 3110812024 Current assets 6501."H £7.87002 £3)29726 5r29 )7..HWTU￿F￿￿￿hl &510'.CFBdepJsiiaCtt￿nt E2thB84.16 £4R97.32 fkn12..CCL4.RWPppe 65￿..CaShinh¥KI Ttstal Curr•nt aslèts £216,149.02 £234.176.74 8bllitios 6f￿..rSh&arelknpaVJ I£￿20> 1£22.201 Total Uabllltlo• £3.3S Net surplus Ideflcltl 16.145.67 £234,200.94 Ex£9sI(¢fidllbdth 3)1 WarKs 3. &ifj$wJlts%s6s¢yn 18,[￿527) £31.667.47 f202533.47 Total Re￿rY&S £216,145.67 £234.200.94 R•pr8s•ntsd by Funds f23237.73 £144.981 S8 £>).W.97 Els9.￿3 14 tksiwated Re5th £47.926. £43.37283 f216.1467 £2342￿91

Standard Form of Accounts (SFOA) - signed RUXLEY CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS Ruxl• Chur¢h FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2025 Wlmbledon Circutl Circuit no. 26 Reglst•red Charlty- Chailty Registraiiofi ￿Um￿l 11 not a ￿gisiered eh8trty Hi$ Mai•sty'i R•venw and CuslM)s Gift Aid nurnber he HMRC numter is equivalenl to a reg*l¢red charty number leThns of thjence ol chanlable stalus and may be used to lo donor5 orgrant lunder5 wshing lo see evwjence ol the organiytion s chanta￿t siat¢Js. Meihodi%t ¢harities in England and Wales thal a￿ not regisiered chAritie$ are excepted from registrat•)n under Slalutory Instrument 2014 No.2421 11740 Ainist8r. Rev. Emma Cus8ck & Rev Alex Stevens Church Slewarrls.. Sue Grasby Julhg Sear Pauleiie lilithirot Trtasurer. C1￿.￿0p￿r M¢1￿Ck 2￿F0A.￿S 1015

ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUOUST 2025 Ruxley Church Unr8•twbct•d R•Strf￿ed Totsls tN¥ Funds Funds Totsii l•st SECTION A RECEIPTS 82 Offerin and Tax recovered Bank and CFB interest 8nd Investment ￿￿Orne 50,143 1,065 51,208 53.766 83 7,950 9,310 76,63S 9.166 a4 Le¢b"n 76.635 4,750 5.353 144 ￿31 a5 Grants Other fecwpts TOTAL RECEIPTS 4.241 34.913 172.148 151.497 SECTION 8 bl PAYMENTS b2 Circuit A8sessment or &are 54.854 54,854 S3,766 b3 DMalJ"<ffi$ Re al￿ and Maintenance Ub'lities Iln5uran¢e$, water ¢haige$, healing & Itghbngl Giants 51,885 61 41,tsSO bs 14,605 14 15,986 b7 Other payments TOYAL PAYMeNTS 44,972 167,439 2,113 2,113 47mS 169,552 29.669 140,481 b8 SECTION C NeT RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR 4,553 31,667 Total ffiJndÈ brthWt foThArd from last year 197.425 202,533 c3 Sub tolal c1+c2 174.817 41.328 234 Transfefs and ad. stments CS TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR 174M17 41,328 218.146 234200 (¢6) SECTION D FOR 114FORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECENED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISAYIONS lth•M are Thot to b• inC￿d￿d ￿ total rnc•iptslp4sThnt• figures d1 Balance brou t fornord trom I￿t 39 d2 . recer¥ed lor exlemal or anisation8 3,700 d3 Off¢iIng￿/G￿ft1 - passed to external orgaTh8alons 3,675 3.$60 d4 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID d14d2.d31 2015 2MFO.<x

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Name of Chur¢h .. Ruxknychurch Declarations and Scrutiny I confim that these Recelpt and Paymènt based accounts for the ye8f to 31 August 2025 h8ve been prePa￿d from the records ol the Churth and that Ihey inctudè all funds under the control of the Chuff Irustees. Signature of Ireasurer. Name and address of Ireasurer........Christsph•r M•irck 37 Amt¢rtey Ganl8ns , StoneleKJh Epsom KT19 ONQ Prnmntation to the Church trustees I confirn Ih81 the annual rewrt and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025 YrelibW presented lo Ihe meeting of the Church trustees hekj on SYJn8ture of the Chair of Ihe meeling Name of the Chair of Ihe meeling Dalè 2644 Kjav, ?oX Independent Examlnerfs Report to the Trustees of the ..Church Charlty Nwnb•r... !Il+.o Responsibllliles and bas1$ of n>FJOrt I report lo the tnjslees on my examlnath)n of the accounls of the ......... . Church for the year ended 31 August 202ilel on wes ... lo As Ihe Church's Iruslees. you are resp)nsibk for Ihe preparalion of the a¢¢ounls in occorrjance tfvtth Ihe ￿lUIreMents of the Charities Act 2011 IMh8 Acl). I report in respecl ol my eyAminalion of Ihe Chur¢h's o¢¢Wftts ¢arried out urthr se¢iion 145 of the A¢i and. in carrying out my ex8min8tion. I haye followed 811 the aFvlicable D￿ectIOnS gin by the Charity Commisslon undef seclh)n 145(5)Ibl ol Ihe Act_ ' delele or arc18 as appropriate 4of5 12

Narne of Church .. RU￿tsY Church No 1174096 Indepgndent Examlnefs Staternont I have completed my examin81ion. I confimi that n¢ mAtenal rnatlers have come lo ry attention in connection with the examinalion (other than that disclosed belthrf) bthich give me ¢auso lo bel￿¥¢ Ihal in, any material respect.. Ihe accounting records knere not kept in 8¢cordan¢e with section 130 of the Act,. or th• accounts do not accord wlh the accounting records. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in ¢onne¢tion wilh the examinalion lo bthich attention should t drawn in Ihis feport in ord&r lo enab￿ a proper understanding of the accounls lo be reached. I ka¥lhave not" oblained independent ￿rif￿allon of all investments the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other Irusis, bank balances and lunds al the Central Finance Board ol the Melhodisl Chufth vthich are individualty in 8xc8ss 01 É10.000 (tèn Ihousand pounds) at the balance sheet dale. Signabjre of independent examiner Name of independent examiner LL-fj< Relev8nl professi¢)nal qualification of independent examiner Name of fim {•knere aPFfowale) Address L¢14 Posl Cod8 <17 Date delete or circle as appropriate 2&$FOA￿s 5015 Chris Meineck Treasurer

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Ruxley Church, Ewell

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RUXLEY CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS Ruxle Church FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2025 Wimbledon Circuil Circuit no. 35126 Registered Charlty - Charfty Rogbstration numbfjr 1174098 If not a registered charity His Mai•sty'$ R•￿￿￿ and Cusloffls Gift Aid number he HMRC number bs equivalent lo a registered charity number in lenns of ev•Jence of ¢h8rrtabl8 status and may be used lo give lo donors or granl fUrKle￿ wishing to see evidence of the organi5ation'5 charrtable statU5. Methodi51 charittes in England and Wales that a￿ not registered charities are excepted from registralion under Slalutory Instrument 2014 No.242) Minister.. Rev. Emma Cusack & Rev A￿X Stevens Church Stewards.. Sue Gr8sby Julia Searfe Paiilette IAiithi'combe T￿8$u￿r. Clui￿opl￿r meir￿k 2￿F0A.XIS 1 of5

ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 202S Ruxley Church UnrestFlcted Restn"cted Tials INS Funds Funds Totsls last SECTION A RECEIPTS a2 Offerin s and Tax recovefed Bank and CFB interest and Investment income 50.143 1,065 51208 53.766 7,950 76.635 4.750 5.353 I41￿31 9,310 76.635 4,750 9,594 1 51.497 9.166 74,303 a4 Leth'n 05 Grants Other recelpts TOTAL RECEIPTS 4,241 34.913 172,148 a6 la7) SECTION b1 PAYMENTS b2 Circuit Assessment or Share 54,854 54.854 1.123 53,766 b3 Donab'on$ 1.123 b4 airs and Mointenance Utilities Ilnsurances, water Charges, heotin htin Grants 51,885 81.886 41,060 bs 14.605 15,986 b6 b7 Other payments TOTAL PAYMENTS 44.972 167.439 2,113 2,113 47,088 169,552 29,669 140,481 b8 (b91 SECTION C NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR 2,608 4.553 31.667 Totsl fiJnd$ broubt forward from 18sI year c2 197425 234 Sub tot•1 ¢1+¢2 174,817 41.328 216 146 Transfers and ad'ustments ¢7 c5 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR {c3+c4) 174.817 41 J28 216,145 {c81 234,200 {c61 SECTION D FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY REcEll￿D AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS lth•s• amounts are not lo b• included in total rt¢eiptslpaym•nts ftyurns dl Balance brou ht forward from last 39 d2 Offerln $IGifts- received for exlemal or nisab'ons 3,7(M) 3.499 d3 OfferingslGifts - passed to extemal organiSat￿n5 3.675 3,560 d4 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID (d1+d2-d3) 22 2of5 •5-SFQ.¥¥h

Ruxl Church SUM CHURCH ACCIX CIIIMCH SECTKSN E su[Nv￿1V{ ¢huro Iheyeai 31 and InlgtTr¥ loth buKh VknJ P4X•thAI theI￿ndSo1 aDO¢onn•cled Dtstri(4 &￿Tr￿￿)n$. IP4TERTrIAL ORGANIMTIONS ¢7 •12 Chw¢h I￿￿Mt￿lb?ts11 brL4WfoThArdfmm p 2-1￿$ ¢oluMI eg I61￿7 218 146 8YCHiJf¢cH 1SIA97 2343lJO 216,140 4w•fAl• il rbocssry and t4ty1 Iow41d TOT PAYkEpnJ SECTION P CLOSWG CHURCH.CASH pul￿ ￿LD ai 31 Cash in hand 84nk Cuffènt 7.870 8gnk C a ActOJnt 3.57) 204 7CIJ Trudo651(v IlothodMI Churth 4,897 (Xherlur JU• TOTAL.¢fvJrchxwJii furth hokl by4rf￿lc￿￿#l￿¥￿ ¢k• TOTALCASN FUlfA HEL08yC￿￿IRc 234.200 216 146 31 2025 Lond & &JJi f4 It￿￿ty￿ Futh hokj f5 I￿L￿￿￿Or FuTrYo W aiTDJBlO•sfL¥ MoihothSlChL¥th ￿Jr￿￿•S 3c4S

Name of Church .. Ruxl•yChu Declarations and Scrutiny I confimi thal these Receipt and Paymenl bas&J accounts l(Y the year to 31 August 2025 have been prepared from the records of the Church and that they ￿nd￿le aH fun(ts underthe control of the Church trustees. Slgnalur8 of treasurer ..... Name and address of treasurer........Christopher M•Thck 37 Ambefl8y Gardens . StonelevJh Epsom KT19￿Q Prn80nlatlon lo the Church truste•s I connmi Ihal the annual report and 8¢¢ounts for the year ended 31 Awust 2025 V•*th•lW presented to the meeting of the Church trustees held on Sban8ture of the Chair of the meeting N8me ol Ihe Chsir of the meeti Date . 2644 K!av, ?Li2 Independent Examinerfs Report to the Trustees of the kO￿LEy Charity Nfflib•r ...I11 +.05£ ..Church Responsibl11t￿$ and basis of rnport I report to the Irustees on my examination ofthe arxounts ofthe.......... for the year ended 31 August 202ilel oul on pages ... to As the Church's trustees, you a responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (Ihe Act.). Church I report in respect of my ey2Mlnat￿n of the Church's accounls carried oth Uf¥Jer section 145 of the ACA and. in carrying out my examination. I have followed all the applicabk Diredions given by the Charity Commission under sedion 145(5){b) of the A¢X. ' delete or drcle as apwopriato 2WFOAxl 4015

Nam8 of Church .. RU￿eY Church No 1174096 Indopendent Examinevs Statement I h8ve completed my examinats'on. I confinn that no material mattets have come to my attention in connection with Ihe examination (other than thal disdosed belo￿) ￿1¢h give me cause to believe Ihat in. any material respect.. Ihe accounting records re not kept in accordanee ith section 130 of the Act; or the accounts do not accord *Afjth the accounting records. I have no concems and havè come across no other matters in connection with the examination to bvhich attention should b8 drav•n in Ihis report in order lo enable a proper understanding of the a¢counl$ to be reached. I hot￿haVe not" obtained independent verification of all investments the Twstees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances and funds at the Central Finance 8oard of the Methodist Church which a￿ Indiv￿ua1fy in excess 01 £10.000 (ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheel date. Signalure ol independent examiner Narne ol independent examiner Relevant professional qualification of indopendent examiner Name of fimi (bvhere 8ppropriatel C r ifvj [ Addre$s SJILL Post Codo /) 11 IHKJ Dale [) L-(L Za L delete or circle as appropriate 2&sFOA￿S 51rf5