CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS Walton-on-Thames Church FOR THE YEAR ENDED Saturday 31 August 2024 Wey Valley Circuit Circuit Circuit no. 3616 Registered Charity - Charity Registration number 1174524 If not a registered charity His Majesty's Revenue and Customs Gift Aid number (The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in terms of evidence of charitable status and may be used to give to donors or grant funders wishing to see evidence of the organisation's charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not registered charities are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242) Minister: Rev Sydney Samuel Lake (to 31108124), Rev Shaun Sanders (from 01109124) Church Stewards.. Ross Richardson Dave Paterson Valerie Barker Sally Hoy (resigned 01102124) Treasurer: Duncan Curtis WMC Standard Form of Accounts 2024.xls 1 of5 .CCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024 Walton-on-Thames Church Unrestricted Restricted Totals this Funds Funds year Totals last year SECTION A RECEIPTS Note Offerings and Tax recovered Bank and CFB interest and Investment income 59,723 623 60,346 86,990 6,357 13,476 1,667 8,024 5,527 15,933 Lettings Other receipts TOTAL RECEIPTS 13,476 1,806 81,362 1,806 83,653 2,089 110,538 2.290 (a7) SECTION B PAYMENTS Circuit Assessment or Share 38,274 38,274 38.275 Donations 2,116 30,483 2,116 3,512 Repairs and Maintenance utilities (Insurances, water charges, heating & lighting) 30,483 43,950 7,479 7.479 5,565 Other payments TOTAL PAYMENTS 6,982 85.334 2,483 2,483 9,465 87,817 7,231 98,533 (b9) SECTION C NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR {a6-b8) (3,972) (193) (4,164) 12,005 Total funds brought forward from last year 136,119 34,094 170,213 (c6) 158,208 Sub total (c1+c2) 132,147 33,902 166,049 170,213 Transfers and adjustments (c7) TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR (c3+c4) 132,147 33,902 166,049 (c8) 170,213 (c6) SECTION D FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS (these amounts are not to be included in total receiptslpayments figures above Balance brought forward from last year 68 182 12 OfferingslGifts - received for external organisations 3,014 3,813 13 OfferingslGifts - passed to external organisations 3,020 3,927 14 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID (d1+d2-d3) 61 68 WMC Siandard Forni of Accounts 2024.xls 2of5 Walton-on-Thames Church SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL SECTION E Please follow the Guldan¢e Notes to com lèta this Summary ol the Church accounts for lkne yearended 31 August 2024 and Intemal Organi33ti(￿s rep)rung to the Church Counclvchurch Meeting. Note that the fvnds of an Intemal Organisation would nornially be Restricted funds unless it could be clearty shown that they coukl be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must be completed to arrive atthe gros3 ino)me aftd expenditure totsls of the Church. If gross incDme excted5 the Ac(xuals threshold, then the Accruals method of accounting AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to rep)rt the aczounts (see methodi51websitel. Please ￿fer to the guidance notes rgJarding transfers bphveen the District and cxjnnected District Organisation& INTERNAL ORGANISATJOhlS Net R￿1p Payments Openlng balanees R￿[pts Payrnents Adjustment ClosirvJ balan￿$ Sub total of Internal 0rganisats.ons funds lel11 1•121 ChuT¢h accounts (totals broughtfonvard from page 2-totals column) TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH 83.653 la71 87,817 Ib91 14.1641 170,213 Ic61 166,049 Ic81 10 83,653 87,817 141641 170.213 166,049 lyl Continue on 8 separate sheet if necessary and bring the totals forward TOTAL RECEIPTS TOTAL PAYMENTS SECTION F STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OPENING BALANCES CLOSING BALANCES CHURCH- CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 August 2024 C85h in hand 25 Bank CurrentAcrA)unt 3,861 10.933 Bank DepositAccount Central Finan￿ Board 166.327 155,091 Trustee5 for Methcdist Church Purposes Other funds SUB TOTAL- Church accounts 170,213 Ic61 166,049 {c81 Total funds held by Intemal Oroani¥atnns Itht closing balan￿ total frorn above) le121 le111 le121 TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH 170,213 Ixl 166,049 lyl SECTION G At 1 September 2023 At 31 August 2024 OTHER ASSETS and LIABIUTIES Investments (include En(Jownenlsl Land & Buildings (see notes re Insurance value) OlherAssets Loanlsl- show arnounl ryJt51anding at year end Other Dabilibes f4 Include only Funds held at the Central Finan￿ Board f5 Include only Funds held at Trustees for Methodist Churth Putpose5 g1 Indude any other investments (not the cash element of TMCP trusts ac￿Unts thls is included in line f5 wMe5t￿ FoThioT 2024.￿3 3ofS Name of Church Walton-on-Thames Methodist Church No 1174524 Declarations and Scrutiny I confirm that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2024 have been prepared from the records he Church and that they include all funds under the control of the Church trustees. Signature of treasurer . Date........ 15[1 Name and address of treasurer Duncan Curtis 1 Wadham Close. Shepperton Post Code TW17 9HT Presentation to the Church trustees I confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2024 wereifviwe presented to the meeting of the Church trustees held on . . *. l. L-: Signature of the Chair of the meeting Name of the Chair of the meeting -% ijrfi., J Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of the Walton-on-Thames Methodist Church Charity Number 1174524 Responsibilities and basis of report I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the ilat4ln.-f&Tr.-.l. .-Mèw,dchurch for the year ended 31 August 2024 set out on pages .). to .3. As the Church's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act,). I report in respect of my examination of the Church's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and, in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. delete or circle as appropriate WMG Standard Forn ofAcccunts 2024.xl8 4of5 Name of Church Walton-on-Thames Methodist Church No 1174524 Independent Examiner's Ststement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination ( ") which give me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act", or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. I ka¥elhave not. obtained independent verification of all investments with the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances and funds at the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church which are individually in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheet date. Signature of independent examiner Name of independent examiner Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner fooA Name of firm (where appropriate) Address Post Code rfri4q& Date delete or circle as appropriate WMC Standard Form of Accounts 2024.xls 5of5 WALTON-ON-THAMES METHODIST CHURCH Income & Expenditure Account for the period 0110912023 - 3110812024 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS INCOME EXPENDITURE 2022123 ITEM 2023124 BUDGET 2022123 38.275 4,244 163 1.977 ITEM Circuit Assessment Secretarial Expenses Office Expenses Worship Expenses Mission Expenses Training Gift Day Charities Transfer to Youth Work Fund 2023124 BUDGET 38,274 38,275 4.484 5,250 246 1.000 1,815 2,5QO 1,000 31.374 5,086 36,460 Envelopes & Std Orders Cash 31,429 5,265 36,694 30,000 23.115 25,816 Gift Day Tax Rebate Circuit Grants Legacies Interest Lettings Fundraising Donations other Church Groups Sundry Income 10,760 12,065 455 1,207 6,357 13,476 175 30 18,000 12,000 45 3.000 5,000 210 1.616 1,780 4,518 15,933 165 139 371 309 4,000 18,000 4,356 6,055 4,369 33,525 120 1,209 500 61 Utilities General expenditure Cleaning Repairs & Replacements Junior Church Insurance Connexional Funds Bank Charges Sundry Expense 4.631 6.382 4.791 19.311 166 2.848 500 60 6.000 7,200 5,000 30.000 250 3.000 500 144 500 108,605 81,362 82,500 102,900 85.334 99,975 DEFICIT re Unrestri¢ted 3.972 17,475 5.704 108,605 Grand Total 85.334 99,975 108,605 Grand Total 85.334 99.975 WALTON-ON-THAMES METHODIST CHURCH Income & Expenditure Account for the period 0110912023 - 3110812024 RESTRICTED FUNDS INCOME EXPENDITURE 2022123 ITEM Benevolenl Fund Collections Transfer from General Fund Deficit 2023124 8UDGET 2022123 ITEM 2023124 BUDGET 12 Payments 12 12 Surplus 12 Charitable Funds Collections Deficit 3,738 114 3,852 3,014 3,852 Paid lo charities Surplus 3,020 3,020 3,852 3,020 Connexional Funds Collections Deficit 75 75 Paid to Connexion Surplus 75 75 Messy Church Fund Donations Tax Rebate Deficit 376 Expenses 36 376 376 36 36 Surplus 376 36 Youth Work Fund Transfer from General Fund Donations Interest Tax Rebate Deficit 5.000 925 1.009 623 1,667 Salary Expenses 245 2,447 156 2,447 6,689 Surplus 2,447 DEFICIT re Reslrfcted 199 Grand Tolal Grand Total 5,504 WALTON-ON-THAMES METHODIST CHURCH Balance Sheet as at 3110812024 31-Aug-23 31-Aug-24 Current Assets Bank & Cash Balances 3,929 26,950 23,222 21.171 59,297 2,338 33,350 25 CAF Bank 10,994 18,294 15,751 22,280 63,267 2,306 33,193 25 Central Finance Board - Deposit AJ Legacies General Reserve 2023 Propety Reserve {from Gift Days) Mental Health Reserve 2019 Special Projects Youth Work Petty Cash 170,281 166,110 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS 130,415 5.704 136,119 General Fund (balce bff 011091231 Surplus l Deficit { ) 136,119 3,972) 132,147 136,119 TOTAL OF UNRESTRICTED FUNDS 132,147 RESTRICTED FUNDS 141 12 Benevolent Fund {balce blf 011091231 Surplus l Deficit ( } 129 129 129 182 114 Charity Collections (balce blf 01109123} Surplus l Deficit ( } 68 68 61 Connexlonal Funds (balce blf 011091231 Surplus l Deficit ( I 991 376 Messy Church Fund Ibalce blf 01109123) Surplus l Deficit I I 616 36 616 580 26,661 6,689 33.350 Youth Work Fund (balce blf 01109123) Surplus l Deficit ( ) 33,350 1156 33.193 34.162 TOTAL OF RESTRICTED FUNDS 33.963 170.281 166.110 WALTON-ON-THAMES METHODIST CHURCH PHASED BUDGET 2024-25 INCOME BUDGET 2024125 Phased Cumulative Budget other qtrs Q1 Q2 Q3 ITEM Unrestricted Collections Tax Rebate Interest Lettings Gift Day Sundry 30,000 10,000 5,500 12,500 10,000 500 7,500 15,000 22,500 1,375 3,125 2,750 6,250 4,125 9,375 10,000 375 125 250 Grants Legacies Fundraising Donations Other Church Groups Restricted DEFICIT 18,525 87,025 8,684 20,809 16.990 41,240 19,754 66,129 EXPENDITURE BUDGET 2024125 Phased Cumulative Budget other qtrs Q1 Q2 Q3 ITEM Unrestricted Circuit Assessment Secrelarial Services Office Expenses Worship Expenses Mission Expenses utilities Propety- Gen Exp Property- R&R Cleaning Junior Church Insurance Connexional Funds 38,275 5,250 750 2,500 1.000 7,500 7.200 15,000 5.500 250 3,300 500 9,570 1,315 187 625 250 1,875 1,800 3,750 1,375 62 19,140 2,250 375 1,250 500 3,750 3,600 7,500 2,750 125 28.710 3.845 562 1,875 750 5.625 5,400 11,250 4.125 187 3,300 500 Restricted SURPLUS 87,025 20.809 41,240 66,129 WALTON-ON-THAMES METHODIST CHURCH Charitable Giving 2022123 2023124 Connexional Funds Easter Offering Worfd Mission 75.00 500.00 575.00 500.00 500.00 Other Donations Action For Children All We Can Alzheimers Bible Society Cherry Trees Christian Aid Crisis Elmbrtdge Ecohub Foodbank Love Russia Mcmillan Cancer care MHA Princes Trust Target Ovarian Cancer Tear Fund York Road 1,336.12 125.00 136.55 193.04 55.00 826.87 547.89 168.16 181.17 170.40 119.20 86.40 70.00 293.87 297.00 279.75 453.71 47.95 244.10 205.00 233.00 396.00 222.57 62.74 3,737.69 3,013.80 Glft Day Charities Action For Children All We Can Alzheimer's Society Anna Chaplaincy Eco Hub Elmbridge Can Foodbank Fund For Human Need MHA Rent Start War Child 202.00 500.00 202.00 202.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 202.00 202.00 202.00 202.00 202.00 500.00 3.000.00 1.616.00 7.312.69 5.129.80 Walton on Thames Methodist Church Reports for the Annual Church Meeting Ih Sunday 7 April 2024 Contents: This year we will group the reports under 3 broad headings or sub sections as follows: l . Leadership and Pastoral Care Section Minister (Sydney Samuel Lake) Leadership Team (Ross Richardson) Pastoral Care (Ruth Evans) 2. Church Administration and Stewardship Section Finance (Duncan Curtis) Property {Chris Mills) Safeguarding (Catherine Heffernan) 3. Worship and Outreach Section Pudding and Praise (Ross Richardson) Sunday School (Catherine Heffernan) Crèche (Eileen Boye) Messy Church (Jeannette Curtis) Prayer Group (Ross Richardson) Small Groups: Tea and Fellowship,. Lent, Advent and Contemplative (Jeannette Curtis / Ross Richardson) singing. The heating system is now repaired and we have had a second pump fitted in the 'well' to hopefully mitigate further flooding ofthe boiler room/cellar. Thank you to all those who worked so hard to get it resolved. I participate, alongside other representatives from our church, in Circuit training days, mission supper, circuit meetings, meetings of local preachers and worship leaders, and the circuit leadership team. We hope that we shall have people from our church becoming member(s) of the Circuit Stewards team so that we have a direct link with that body in addition to the circuit steward that has been linked with our church on an ongoing basis. Our work of outreach into the community includes visits to bNO care homes in our neighbourhood, where we hold various forms of informal service and activities, including singing and praying with and for elderly people and people with learning needs. We also reach out further afield to Kingston, where we provide Bible reading to residents of Galsworthy House Nursing Home and host a Christian conversation with the residents once a month. We also take part in ecumenical services, Ministers, fraternity, Lent Groups and our church hosted the World Day of Prayer at the beginning of March 2024. Our finance is strong and well managed by our treasurer, Duncan Curtis, to whom we owe a debt of gratitude for the services he provides to our church. Very recently, members of the Church Council mentioned that we need a vision. Thankfully this developed from some people considering the fact that the church has some money that has been earmarked for youth work, evangelism etc. and these monies are still not spent. So, the idea was that there is the need for a strategic vision that will be a point of focus going forward. l agree that this is very welcome, for the next stages of our enrichment. I say thank you to Catherine Heffernan, our church administrator, and to Wendy Mulvagh, who is now assisting on a voluntary basis, for covering the administrative needs of our church. They prepare the orders of service, the digital weekly notices, do much more and are all going well. My thanks as well to Rita Hopkins, who faithfully compiles and prints our paper weekly Notices. Which brings to mind the good work done by many people to support the regular activities of the church, including Sunday School, Assessment and Safeguarding) and then try and think "Strategically" about new worship, service, or church growFh ideas. We also try and execute some of these ideas. Some of us went to the Circuit Planning days last year and came away with seeds of new ideas for services and initiatives, some of which we have put in place. It is also time for us to review our Mission Statement and our plans, purposes and future direction as a Church. We will start doing this work in August. We are looking for new stewards to join the Leadership Team. If you feel called to be part of what I have described, then please speak to me. I would be very keen to explore this further with you. As ever, we would appreciate your prayers for our efforts as stewards, for our Minister and his family as they move to their next appointment, our incoming minister (Rev Shaun Sanders), and for our Church in the coming months. Ross Richardson Pastoral Care (Ruth Evans) The Pastoral Team is still functioning well. All our church family is cared for by a pastoral visitor. We visit our folk regularly or by phone to see how they are and we deliver the church magazines when issued. However, there are going to be some gaps soon as some of our team, who have been faithful visitors for many years, wish to retire. l am sure there are members of the congregation who would make excellent pastoral visitors, it is a very worthwhile service for our church. So please would you give it some prayerful thought? Is God calling you into this position? Please speak to me if you want to know more. Yours in hope, Ruth Evans Our Charitable giving increased this year to a total of just over £7300. A list of those donations is available from Duncan. Bank interest on our funds is increasing but of course inflation is reducing the capital value and the cost of building work, (which most of the funds are for) is going up by leaps and bounds. However, it came in at £4500 as compared with the budget of £750. Cash collections were around 14 % of our total collections, the rest coming by standing order, cheque and internet banking. As of January 2024 - Banks now used are the Charities Aid Foundation Bank and the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church. Many thanks again to Alan Weight, for all his help with both accounts and the Gift Aid claim. He is of great assistance. As your treasurer l am at your service and in the event of any query please contact me. Duncan E Curtis Please see below for the list of charities that we have supported over the past year: Properly (Chris Mi I Is) REPORT ON THE PROPERTY FOR 2023 The main church buildings project, completed during 2023, was the redecoration of the Church Hall, which now looks much fresher and brighter. This cost £15,160. As part of this project, we have had new acoustic panels put up on the ceiling, at a cost of £6474, which, as we know, has improved the sound quality in there immensely. The hall floor now needs sanding and resealing, which will cost £2,750 and this will be carried out during 2024. The total cost of all this work will be in the region of £24,000- yes, a lot of moneyi but necessary for such a well-used space. Other work carried out during the year included: Repair of damage to the railings at the front of the Church (no one came forward to own up to the damage). This was paid for by our insurers, less the excess of £1 000. Re-tarmacking the parking area - £4,200 Work to bring our electrics up to current regulations (new consumer boards) and other remedial work - £6,500 There have been the usual annual services and general maintenance. We also had a visit from the insurance company's risk assessor, who set out some items we needed to put in place. Most of these were making sure we have the right risk assessments in place and tidying up areas. The only condition that will require some cost on our part is making sure the wheelie bins are in fireproof storage and this should only be a few hundred pounds. Unfortunatelyi 2024 has not started too well. The pump in the well in our boiler room had a problem so the water was not being pumped out correctly. This caused water damage to the boiler and we have had to get several parts replaced. This work has now been completed and the Volunteer Application Form A major change happened in November 2023 with the introduction of a new single safeguarding form which replace 5 different forms. This streamlining has been welcomed, as it was quite complicated working out which form was needed for which role. Now there is just the one form, which every volunteer must complete, which includes taking references and notes that it is to be used in conjunction with a Job Description/Role outline. DBS checks All our volunteers who require a DBS check have a valid one in place and I make sure that when the DBS comes up to 5 years old, that I contact the volunteers and arrange for a new DBS check to be carried out. Safeguarding Training Many of the roles in church require volunteers to attend Safeguarding training. This is carried out within 6 months of taking up an appointment and every 4 years after that. We are very fortunate that our circuit delivers regular training courses and so all of our volunteers are up to date in their Foundation safeguarding training. Some volunteers require a higher level of training- Advanced Module training, and this is delivered on-line by the District. Again, we are very fortunate that the SE District make many courses available on-line and so our volunteers are able to keep up- to- date with this training as well. Circuit Audit I have just completed the annual safeguarding audit requested by the Circuit. This involves checking that all the church safeguarding paperwork is up to date and confirming that all the necessary procedures are being followed. Safeguarding Sunday Safeguarding Sunday is a national day set aside for churches to focus on Safeguarding. Last year I was able to give a short talk on Safeguarding during the morning worship in November 2023, using a bible passage to illustrate that safeguarding is an intrinsic part of a Christian life. On the I" Sunday in the month, when we have Holy Communion, we do not have Sunday School, but the young people are encouraged to stay with us in the service instead. th The 2. 3, and 4 Sundays were covered by our three regular Sunday School teachers: Catherine Heffernan, Lynda Shaw and Ross Richardson, who each take one session a month. Carol Morgan has also kindly offered to help the team by taking one session a quarter, to cook! In August, we had to say a fond farewell to Christopher Heffernan, as he moved away to live in Nailsea and so we lost one of our Sunday School teachers. He did return in October to take our young people to 3Generate in Birmingham, along with Naomi Deacon and Ross Richardson. We are very grateful to the three of them for giving up their weekend so that our young people could go to this event. Ross Richardson has very kindly said he will plug the gap in Sunday School and says he very much enjoys his sessions with the young people, but as a steward of the church, his time is limited and so we really do need one more person to come and join the team. It would be really great if someone could come forward and offer to take one Sunday School lesson a month. We follow the material provided by 'Roots' which is available in a magazine and online. 'Roots' provide all the material and the Sunday School teacher just has to choose which items they think will work best for our groups, so they do not have to think up a lesson themselves! So, if you are reading this and think you can spare one Sunday morning a monthi please let us know! When we have a 5 Sunday month, Jeannette Curtis very kindly covers that session, so no teacher has to commit to more than one session a month. Messy Church (Jeannette Curtis) In the last year we have run Messy Mothers for Mothering Sunday and Messy Easter when we made the Easter Garden and hunted for Easter eggs. In the autumn we had Messy Church on the third Saturday in September. In October we made cotton wool sheep and had games to play around this theme. In November we had no Messy Church in the church, but we asked families at the Walton Festival of light to find our lost sheep which had been put in various shops close to the church. On Christmas Eve we joined with the church and had Christingle activities in the hall and then all came back into the church for the celebration. Some good new ideas have been put into practice. l am not planning any activities for the spring as I need to stand back for a bit. Maybe start up again in the autumn. My thanks go to the great team that have helped this part of outreach to continue. Please pray for young families in Walton. Jeannette Curtis Walton MC Prayer Group (Ross Richardson) Our prayer group has been meeting since 1998 each Saturday morning. As Christians we are encouraged to "pray at all times" not just "some" times. We are encouraged to pray for all people and across the whole spectrum of life's circumstances and seasons - joy, success, happiness, celebration, doubt, distress, illness, lament and pain. The Prayer Group prays through all these things, every Saturday from 8am for our Church, Nation, Local Community and World. We successfully moved our prayer meeting online as soon as we went into lockdown 4 years ago. It is very rare for us to have missed a week in and the concept of "Tarrying" (abiding / wrestling / waiting) on, in or with God. It has given us the opportunity to think about different elements of our spirituality, some of which have been challenging. Contemplative Group (Ross Richardson) I came across the TakeTime contemplative organisation some time ago, and sensed that there may be an opportunity and desire for this spirituality for this at WMC. The meditations are based on the principles of Ignatian contemplation which involves immersing yourself as an onlooker in a piece of Gospel. I trained myself on one of their courses, which enables me to lead these sessions in their style, and we have purchased a licence which gives us access to a huge database of scripts and videos that can be used in services or small groups. So far, I have run 2 of these groups, the first during Advent and the second during Lent,. both following Advent and Lenten themes. The response to these has been enlightening and gratifying with around a dozen people dipping into these groups and really enjoying the opportunity to slow down and sit quietly in the presence of the Divine each week.