SOUTH CHADDERTON METHODIST CHURCH TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD FROM 1S" SEPTEMBER 2024 TO 315" AUGUST 2025
A. REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Charity Name: South Chadderton Methodist Church Registered Charity Number: 1174772 Charity Principal Address: Thompson Lane, Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 8LX Names of Charity Trustees: - The trustees are the members of South Chadderton Methodist Church Council. Attachment A lists the names of all trustees who served during the reporting period and also any appointed between 31s August 2025 and the date of approval of this report Names of Trustees for the Charity: The church building is held on Model Trusts and the custodian trustees, holding legal title for the property, are the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes (TMCP). South Chadderton Methodist Church Council acts as managing trustees for the church building.
B. STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT South Chadderton Methodist Church is part of the Methodist Church of Great Britain. Type of Governing Document: Deed of Union Union (1932) and Methodist Church How the Charity is Constituted: Act of Parliament Trustee Selection Methods: The minister appointed by the Oldham
Deed of Union Union (1932) and Methodist Church Act (1976)
The minister appointed by the Oldham Methodist Circuit Meeting to be responsible for South Chadderton Methodist Church is ex-officio chair of the trustees. Other ex-officio trustees include the church stewards appointed by church members at the Annual General Church Meeting, the church treasurer, the assistant treasurer, the church council secretary, the director of music in worship, the property steward, and the pastoral secretary. Up to eight trustees may be appointed by church members at the Annual General Church Meeting and also some trustees may be appointed by existing trustees to ensure that the different ministries within the church are represented. One trustee may be appointed by the circuit stewards of the Oldham Methodist Circuit. , On appointment, all trustees are made aware of the duties and responsibilities of trustees through relevant guidance notes issued by the Charity Commission.
Additional Information:
Structure
South Chadderton Methodist Church is currently one of thirteen churches in the Oldham Methodist Circuit, which in turn is part of the newly formed North West England District from 1° September 2024.
The church treasurer plus one church steward are now ex-officio members of the Oldham Methodist Circuit Meeting, providing the trustees with an important link to the wider structures of the Methodist church.
Governance
Detailed governance arrangements are outlined within the Constitutional Practice and Discipline of the Methodist Church (CPD) by order of the annual Conference.
Organisation and Management
The trustees (the Church Council) normally meet three times per year. They are responsible for making decisions on all matters associated with the church’s mission, and for management of the church’s property and funds.
Three normal plus one extraordinary Church Council meetings took place during the year ended 31* August 2025.
A church leadership team, consisting of the minister, the six church stewards, the director of music in worship, the church treasurer and the property steward, is responsible for providing leadership over the whole range of
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the church's life and activity. The team meets around nine times per year. It acts in accord with the decisions and policies of the trustees and has limited powers to transact business on behalf of the trustees between trustees’ meetings.
Risk Management
The trustees regularly review the risks faced by the church, both financial and otherwise; professional advice is taken, when required. Procedures and guidelines for mitigating risks issued by the Methodist Church and others are also consulted, for example:
Safequarding Procedures. The Methodist Church’s robust safeguarding policy and safeguarding procedures are adopted by the church in its ‘Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults Policy’, which is reviewed annually. All volunteers working with children and vulnerable adults receive formal safeguarding training. Safequarding is an agenda item at every meeting of the Church Council.
Data Protection Procedures. The church complies with the Methodist Church’s Data Protection Policy concerning the use and protection of personal data. A GDPR audit is conducted annually.
Health and Safety Procedures. The church has a written health and safety policy which is subject to annual review; health and safety is also normally an agenda item at every meeting of the Church Council.
C. CHARITABLE OBJECTIVES AND MAIN ACTIVITIES
Summary of the Objects of the Charity set out in its Governing Document
The purposes of the Methodist Church are and shall be deemed to have been since the date of Union:
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The advancement of the Christian faith in accordance with the doctrinal standards and the discipline of the Methodist Church.
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Any charitable purpose for the time being of any Connexional, District, Circuit, local or other organisation of the Methodist Church.
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Any charitable purpose for the time being of any society or institution subsidiary or ancillary to the Methodist Church.
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Any purpose for the time being of any charity being a charity subsidiary or ancillary to the Methodist Church.
Summary of the Main Activities undertaken for Public Benefit in Relation to these Objects
We confirm that the trustees have regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit, including the specific guidance on charities for the advancement of religion.
South Chadderton Methodist Church aims to live out the Calling of the Methodist Church, summarised as:
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To increase awareness of God’s presence and to celebrate God’s love.
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To help people to grow and learn as Christians through mutual support and care.
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To be a good neighbour to people in need and to challenge injustice.
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To make more followers of Jesus Christ.
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This is encapsulated within the church’s mission statement ‘Celebrating God's love, connecting with Jesus, and caring for Chadderton and beyond’. This has been expanded to “To be a community of Christians who: e Worship and glorify God e Serve one another and the local community . e Demonstrate God’s love, mercy and compassion to all e Equip everyone to grow in their relationship with God to achieve their full potential”
In accord with the mission statement, the trustees are committed to reaching as many people as possible in ' the local area in numerous ways, normally including:
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e Weekly Sunday morning services of worship, which are free-of charge and open to all who wish to attend. Provisions are made for children attending worship, including weekly activities for older children (Kidsworx) and opportunities to contribute to the occasional all-age worship.
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e Provision of a Prayer Room, offering sacred space for prayer and reflection to all who wish to use it.
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e Nurturing people’s faith, helping them to grow as Christians and contribute to a better and fairer society.
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e Alpha Courses (a 10-week practical introduction to the Christian faith) aimed at people who wish to find out more about Christianity.
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e Pastoral care (including visiting the sick and bereaved) to demonstrate compassion and concern for people’s welfare.
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e A Boys’ Brigade/Girls’ Association Company which trains and develops children and young people and promotes ‘the advancement of Christ’s kingdom’ amongst those who wish to join.
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e Activities for children and parents/carers, including a weekly toddler group (Tots’ Time) and Messy Church afternoons around Christmas and Easter. Both activities support young families by providing opportunities for social contact between young children and between their parents/carers.
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e A Social café (known as Meeting Point) for the local community which opens weekly during term-time, offering food, fellowship and various activities.
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e Supporting local community groups including Street Pastors, Street Angels, Christians Against Poverty and local Foodbanks; contributing practical support, financial support and volunteers.
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e Providing financial and practical support to local and national charitable bodies, including both Methodist and other Christian organisations.
Almost all these activities are heavily reliant on the input of volunteers who give freely of their time and talents to assist with the ministries of the church. The trustees extend their thanks to all who contribute in this way. D. ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
Minister in Pastoral Charge
Rev Dr Kennedy Gondongwe, a minister from Zimbabwe, took pastoral charge of the church from 1% September 2022.
Community Work Development and Building Development Projects
Community Work Development. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, as part of the exercise to become more accessible to the local community, Meeting Point was introduced. Meeting Point offers a warm welcome, a simple meal, and a gentle exercise session. Meetings continued weekly throughout the reporting period on Wednesdays from 1.00 p.m. to 3.00 p.m. apart from during holiday periods. Around 30 people plus volunteer helpers attend each session.
Building Development. Having completed the redevelopment ofthe church kitchen, the Trustees continue to consider the needs ofthe building to carry out the mission of the Church and are considering how to meet this. They are having discussions regarding how to best use the existing rooms and possibly alter these where this will be of benefit.
Worship, Prayer and Discipleship
Sunday worship services in church took place weekly at 10.45 a.m. On several occasions during the year the form of worship at 10.45 a.m. was structured as All-Age Worship to include the whole of the church family. To provide the wider community with an opportunity to participate in worship, the necessary equipment for livestreaming Sunday worship was purchased in summer 2021 and from September 2021, services were livestreamed on our YouTube channel and are available to view retrospectively Five small groups of church members (Home Groups) continued weekly meetings for fellowship and Bible Study. .
Pastoral Care
75 people were identified as church members in June 2025 the same as in the previous year. The existing system for providing pastoral care continued. Six people now act as pastoral visitors, three others act as pastoral links to households, and home group leaders act as pastoral links to members of their home group.
Work with Children and Young People
Tots’ Time (Thursdays 9.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m.). Tots’ Time continued to meet weekly during termtime. Around 30 children plus adults now attend each session and they find it to be a good and safe place for the children to meet. New people continue to turn up on a regular basis. Boys’ Brigade/Girls’ Association (Wednesdays 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.). Meetings continued, with activities for Anchors and Juniors (boys and girls from five to eleven years old). 10 children regularly attend. Kidsworx. Kidsworx on Sunday mornings has continued and up to 20 children of varying ages now meet with their leaders during Sunday morning worship in 2 separate age groups. It is hoped to plan for 3 age groups in the near future.
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Transforming Lives for Good (TLG). Volunteers work within local schools as coaches to children who struggle in the school environment for various reasons, supporting a national project to provide hope and a future for disadvantaged children.
E. FINANCIAL REVIEW
Review of Accounts for Year Ended 31%t August 2025
Unrestricted Funds
Receipts during the year ended 31% August 2025 totalled £54,930, (approximately £5000 higher than in the previous year).
Receipts from the weekly/monthly offerings of the congregation and the associated Gift Aid/GASDS tax recovery amounted to £45,575. The tax recovered included in this sum was £4,272. The total receipts from these sources were slightly lower than the previous year (£48,421). Receipts from the offering/tax recovery remain considerably lower than in the year before the pandemic.
Letting of part of the church premises to 2 local schools meant increased income from lettings (£3775) and other receipts including donations amounted to £5,057.
Payments from unrestricted funds totalled £59,909 with the most significant item being the payment of the annual assessment levied by the Oldham Methodist Circuit, which amounted to £31,536. This was lower than the previous year (£37,288) as the Circuit continued to support local churches with surplus funds held by the Circuit. In addition, significant reductions in both unrestricted income and “reserves” held as unrestricted funds of the church since 2022, have contributed to reducing the annual assessment levied.
The church continues to commit at least 10% of unrestricted receipts from the offering and tax recovered to charities and causes nominated by the trustees. This is known as the ‘missionary tithe’ and the list of recipients is normally reviewed by the trustees every three years. The ‘donations’ section of the accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025 includes the payment of the missionary tithe for the year, amounting to £6,000.00 which was divided equally among four different charities (Tearfund, Transforming Lives for Good, Boaz and Christians Against Poverty). Other, smaller, charitable donations together amounted to £1,586, resulting in total gifts of £7,586 to charitable causes (very slightly higher than the previous year). Payments for repairs/maintenance amounted to £6,808, significantly less than the previous year due to the completion of the works carried out in the previous two years regarding the roof, and kitchen work. Payments for utilities amounted to £3,365 and insurance £3,149. Other payments totalled £7465. This included church cleaning (£2730), photocopying (£1183), website/IT (£136), telephone (£769), CCLI licences (£621) and a number of smaller payments, together totalling £2026.
The sum held as unrestricted funds decreased from £107,248 at the start of the year to £102,269 at 31° August 2025, a decrease of £4,979.
Restricted Funds
Restricted funds receipts (£9,966) during the year ended 31% August 2025 comprised £5,036 Meeting Point grants and receipts, £100 received for Cliff College weekend for young people, £50 gifts for a defibrillator and £4,780 for a special summer appeal. The restricted fund payments (£4,679) were largely associated with the Meeting Point project £4,085), and the Cliff College weekend for young people (£513). £80 held from 2023-24 was passed to Boaz and TLG. As at 31% August 2025, the balance held as restricted funds was £29,357.
Money Received for and Passed on to External Organisations
Funds received and passed on to external organisations in the year ended 31% August 2025 amounted to £2,094.
Funds of Internal Organisations Reporting to the Church Council
Organisations reporting to the Church Council (Tots’ Time and Boys’ Brigade/Girls’ Association) received toial receipts of £1,721 during the reporting period and after payments totalling £1,428, held funds totalling £2,850 at 31° August 2025.
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Reserves Policies
Unrestricted Funds (£102,269)
In order to meet its ongoing financial obligations, including payment of the annual assessment to the Oldham Methodist Circuit, and to provide for the possibilities of future income failing to keep pace with church expenditure or for unanticipated or emergency expenditure, the church must maintain sufficient ‘free’ unrestricted reserves. ‘Free’ reserves are defined as unrestricted reserves, less funds already designated by the trustees for specific purposes. In line with guidance provided by the Methodist Church, the trustees have historically have aimed to maintain ‘free’ reserves at a level around six months’ expenditure, typically £40,000.
Although £102,269 was held as unrestricted funds at 31° August 2025, the large balance resulted mainly from the balance of gifts and bequests received in earlier years. Much of this had previously been designated for work to the kitchen, repairs to the roof to prevent water ingress and improvement to the front of the worship area. Most of this work was completed during the previous year.
The trustees are now looking at carrying out improvements to the lounge area adjoining the worship area, and to carry out refurbishment and decoration and a sum of £20,000 is designated for this purpose. The trustees will continue to commit at least 10% of the Church’s gross offertory income to the ‘missionary tithe’. In 2025/26 this is expected again to amount to £6,000. Designated funds therefore total £26,000. Financial projections also indicate that it is likely that use of reserves will be necessary to meet our Circuit Assessment for 2025-26 and in future years due to the decline in receipts from offertory income and the lack of other sources of income. Hence, the trustees do not consider the level of ‘free’ reserves to be excessive.
Restricted Funds (£29,357)
Church Building and Community Development Project (£7851)
These funds are the balance of a National Lottery grant for community work and building development
Meeting Point Project (£15,902)
These funds include grants and other funds received for the running costs of Meeting Point. The funds are intended to cover the cost of food, activities, heating/lighting etc. -
Special summer appeal (£4779) Gifts received for an appeal for help for the’ Presbyter’s family Sensory Equipment (£775). These funds are gifts for this equipment in the room used for childrens’ work.
Other (£50) This is a gift for the defibrillator.
F. OTHER OPTIONAL INFORMATION
No further information is provided.
G. DECLARATION
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above at a trustees’ meeting held on 23 February 2026.
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ATTACHMENTA
SOUTH CHADDERTON METHODIST CHURCH
Trustees Serving during the Reporting Period or up to the Date of Approval of this Report.
| Office Dates acted (ifnot Nameofperson (orbody) |
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| GG RevDrKennedy Gondongwe Church Minister(Chair) |
= - sd Excofficio = ee QO CG |
| MrMike Brierley | Church Steward/ Annual General Church Meeting |
| Safeguarding Officer | |
| Mrs Jennie Gilpin Mrs Christina Potts Miss Ruth Radcliffe |
Church Steward |
| Mrs Carol Shepherdson | Church Steward/ Annual General Church Meeting |
| Mission Secreta | |
| Mrs ClaireOgden (2) |
Church Steward/ From 9"June2025 |
| Kidswork Leader | |
| MrsAndrina Baxter (1 MrPaulShepherdson MrJohnWilkinson Mrs Sally Wilkinson Mr David Schofield MrLuton Edghill Miss Pauline Jackson Mrs Margaret Brumell Mrs Lynne Radcliffe Mrs SybilLamb |
Church Treasurer, |
| MrsPamelaTaylor | - from5"October2025 AnnualGeneralChurchMeeting |
(1) To 26.02.24 appointed by Annual General meeting as Trustee, from 26.02.24 appointed by Trustees as Treasurer (2) _To5.10.25 appointed by Trustees as Kidswork leader ex officio, from 5.10.25 appoihted as Steward by Annual General Church Meeting
AnnRep2025
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CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS
THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS
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FOR THE YEAR ENDED
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31 August 2025 Oldham Circuit cineu no. | 1/27 | ae - Charity Charity Registration number number | 1174772 | His Majesty's Revenue and |
Registered Charity - Charity Charity Registration number number
lf not a registered charity His Majesty's Revenue and Customs Gift Aid number
(The HMRC number is equivaient 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 Dr Kennedy Gondongwe . ‘ Church Stewards: | Ruth Radcliffe | Mike Brierley | Jennie Gilpin | \ ! | Bev Jones Christina Potts | Carol Shepherdson Shepherdson i Sewn nryear reayear rea reaa Treasurer: | Andrina Baxter ||
| Carol Shepherdson Shepherdson i Sewn nryear reayear rea reaa
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ACCOUNTSS FFOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
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|Offerings and Tax recovered|Fs|45,575||45,575|48.421|
|Bank|and|CFB|interest|and|
|[ada3 |[LettingsInvestment income||ee||ee523|ee||ee523]|536|
|ada6|[TOTAL!Other|receipts RECEIPTS||54,930]5,057|9,966]|9,965|_64,896]15,023|(a7);|||63,46814.281|
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|1b2b3 [Circuit[Donations Assessment or|Share|a eeeee|ee|37,288|
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|7,586|80|7,666||8,061|
|Repairs and Maintenance|||6808,si|6,808|39,351|
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|b6b7|[Bank|charges, charges heating &|lighting)||eeee6,515!|ia|6,515|3,941]|
|lbs||Other payments|7,300|4,599|11,900|20.989|
||TOTAL|re PAYMENTS|Po|59,909]|4,679]]|64,589]|(b9)|109,817]|
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|C1||FOR THE YEAR|(a6-b8)|(4,979)|5,287|307|(46,349)|
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|TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR|(c3+c4)||| 102,269)|29,357][|131,626]|(c8)||]|131,319]|(c6)|||
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[FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS
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|d2 |Offerings/Gifts - received for external organisations | 2,095) i 961}
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SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL
Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025 and intemal Organisations reporting to the Church Council/Church Meeting Note that the funds of |
lan Internal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must be |
completed to arrive at the gross income and expenditure totals of the Church. if gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold, then the Accruals method of accounting |
AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website). Please refer to the guidance notes regarding transfers between the District |
jand connecied Disirict Oraanisations i
INTERNAL Net Receipts/ Opening
ORGANISATIONS Receipts Payments Payments Adjusimenis balances Closing balances
jet_ [Tots Time 4,106 | 4,067 39} | 178 217
Boys' Brigade 616 255 2,378 2,633
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e9 {2 - totals column) 64,896| (a7) 64,589| (b9) 307 (c7) 131,319) (c6) 131,626) (c8)
{c10/BY CHURCH | i 66,617 i| 66,046 | 04] i i | 433,876 | 9) ij 134,476| {y) |
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
OPENING CLOSING
CHURCH - CASH FLINDS HEIP at 31 August 2025 F BALANCES BALANCES
Bank Current Account ‘ 87,756
6 |Bank Deposit Account | 25,792 | 26,270]
Central Finance Board —
fS_ |Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes 900 900
Bank Missions Account 16,871 0.oo|
SUB TOTAL - Church accounts 131,319 131,626
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8 Total|balancefunds totalheld fromby above)Internal(e12)Organisations (the closing 2,5571 (211) | 2,850) (612)
TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH raaarel os | I 134,476) (y) |
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1 September 2024 31 August 2025
OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES
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@| {Investments (include Endowmenis) | 298) os 298
g? |Land & Buildings (see notes re Insurance value) | 2572815) 2701000
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Name of Church . South Chadderton Methodist Church 1174772
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Declarations and Scrutiny
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| confirm that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2025 have been
prepared from the records of the Church and that they include all funds under the control of the
Church trustees.
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Name and address of treasurer ...... Andrina Baxter
8 Hannerton Road, Shaw, Oldham 200000000 coos. Post Code OL2 8HS
Presentation tc the Church trustees
| confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025 were/#ttpe
presented to the meeting of the Church trustees held on 2>:2'26
Signature of the Chair of the meeting ...VCK- an den gene cece cee eee eee te cence tenet testes
Nameof the Chair| of the meetingmg LErne0yKEM ™ ERT) RVICowordutGy, WOOUGUN Ha. 23°ALD SV \oalarabJOR?
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independent Examiner's Report io the Trustees of the
South Chadderton Methodist Church
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Charity Number 1174772
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Responsibilities and basis of report
| report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the South Chadderton Methodist Church for the year ended 31 August 2025 set out on pages ... to .... 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, | have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
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|Name of Church South Chadderton Methodist Church No 1174772
independent Examiner’s Statement
| have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below*) which give me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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- e the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act: or e the accounts do not accord with the accounting records.
| have no conceims 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.
| have/have not* obtained independent verification of all investments with the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances and funds at the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church which are individually in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand ~ pounds) at the balance sheet date.
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THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS
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Registered Charity - Charity Charity Registration number number
lf not a registered charity His Majesty's Revenue and Customs Gift Aid number
(The HMRC number is equivaient 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 Dr Kennedy Gondongwe . ‘ Church Stewards: | Ruth Radcliffe | Mike Brierley | Jennie Gilpin | \ ! | Bev Jones Christina Potts | Carol Shepherdson Shepherdson i Sewn nryear reayear rea reaa Treasurer: | Andrina Baxter ||
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|Offerings and Tax recovered|Fs|45,575||45,575|48.421|
|Bank|and|CFB|interest|and|
|[ada3 |[LettingsInvestment income||ee||ee523|ee||ee523]|536|
|ada6|[TOTAL!Other|receipts RECEIPTS||54,930]5,057|9,966]|9,965|_64,896]15,023|(a7);|||63,46814.281|
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|1b2b3 [Circuit[Donations Assessment or|Share|a eeeee|ee|37,288|
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|Repairs and Maintenance|||6808,si|6,808|39,351|
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|b6b7|[Bank|charges, charges heating &|lighting)||eeee6,515!|ia|6,515|3,941]|
|lbs||Other payments|7,300|4,599|11,900|20.989|
||TOTAL|re PAYMENTS|Po|59,909]|4,679]]|64,589]|(b9)|109,817]|
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||c3 |Sub total|fetze2)|||102,269]|29,3571||131,626]|||134,349]|
|TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR|(c3+c4)||| 102,269)|29,357][|131,626]|(c8)||]|131,319]|(c6)|||
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[FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS
d i{these amounts are not to be included in total receipts/payments figures above) £ £
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|d2 |Offerings/Gifts - received for external organisations | 2,095) i 961}
d3ie - passed to external organisations | | 2,095 | =
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SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL
Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025 and intemal Organisations reporting to the Church Council/Church Meeting Note that the funds of |
lan Internal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must be |
completed to arrive at the gross income and expenditure totals of the Church. if gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold, then the Accruals method of accounting |
AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website). Please refer to the guidance notes regarding transfers between the District |
jand connecied Disirict Oraanisations i
INTERNAL Net Receipts/ Opening
ORGANISATIONS Receipts Payments Payments Adjusimenis balances Closing balances
jet_ [Tots Time 4,106 | 4,067 39} | 178 217
Boys' Brigade 616 255 2,378 2,633
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Sub total of internal
e8 |OrganisationsfundsEL72] a SP 2S (ett) 2,850) (e12)
Church accounts (totais
brought forward from page
e9 {2 - totals column) 64,896| (a7) 64,589| (b9) 307 (c7) 131,319) (c6) 131,626) (c8)
{c10/BY CHURCH | i 66,617 i| 66,046 | 04] i i | 433,876 | 9) ij 134,476| {y) |
Continue on a separate sheet
if necessary and bring the TOTAL RECEIPTS Same
tolals forward
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
OPENING CLOSING
CHURCH - CASH FLINDS HEIP at 31 August 2025 F BALANCES BALANCES
Bank Current Account ‘ 87,756
6 |Bank Deposit Account | 25,792 | 26,270]
Central Finance Board —
fS_ |Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes 900 900
Bank Missions Account 16,871 0.oo|
SUB TOTAL - Church accounts 131,319 131,626
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8 Total|balancefunds totalheld fromby above)Internal(e12)Organisations (the closing 2,5571 (211) | 2,850) (612)
TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH raaarel os | I 134,476) (y) |
SECTION G At At
1 September 2024 31 August 2025
OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES
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@| {Investments (include Endowmenis) | 298) os 298
g? |Land & Buildings (see notes re Insurance value) | 2572815) 2701000
23 |OtherLoan(s}Assets- show amount outstanding at year end |_| |a|
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Name of Church . South Chadderton Methodist Church 1174772
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Declarations and Scrutiny
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| confirm that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2025 have been
prepared from the records of the Church and that they include all funds under the control of the
Church trustees.
Sighaite of iret nn. itt pag yecws va sns.ine vaxwmis rm m4 ma sae Date. Jt Ccrokar 4s
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Name and address of treasurer ...... Andrina Baxter
8 Hannerton Road, Shaw, Oldham 200000000 coos. Post Code OL2 8HS
Presentation tc the Church trustees
| confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025 were/#ttpe
presented to the meeting of the Church trustees held on 2>:2'26
Signature of the Chair of the meeting ...VCK- an den gene cece cee eee eee te cence tenet testes
Nameof the Chair| of the meetingmg LErne0yKEM ™ ERT) RVICowordutGy, WOOUGUN Ha. 23°ALD SV \oalarabJOR?
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independent Examiner's Report io the Trustees of the
South Chadderton Methodist Church
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Charity Number 1174772
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Responsibilities and basis of report
| report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the South Chadderton Methodist Church for the year ended 31 August 2025 set out on pages ... to .... 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, | have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
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|Name of Church South Chadderton Methodist Church No 1174772
independent Examiner’s Statement
| have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below*) which give me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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- e the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act: or e the accounts do not accord with the accounting records.
| have no conceims 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.
| have/have not* obtained independent verification of all investments with the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances and funds at the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church which are individually in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand ~ pounds) at the balance sheet date.
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