Elworth Methodist Church Report 2024-2025 This year, Elworth Methodist Church has continued to work within the community, by providing a 'warm place' for people to come, enjoy a meal and seek companionship and help when needed. This has brought new friends to join our church family, which includes all who meet for whatever reason on the premises. Many who attend our events and activities do so regularly and for those who live on their own, we hope that we are playing our part in reducing any sense of isolation and loneliness. All activities held in the church are open to everyone and payment for any activity is by donation, thus ensuring that nobody is restricted from access to any of our events. This continues to be one of the most important decisions made years ago. We have been fortunate to be able to continue to follow that plan and still meet our yearly expenditure despite an increase in costs, thanks to the dedication of church members willing to give of their time and energy each week. Working with the community has a high place in our regular weekly activities. We are open every Sunday morning for worship, four days a week for serving refreshments, keeping one day for other activities or for use by other charity organisations. The monthly quiz nights and walking group continue to attract people from church and local community, and both groups have thrived this year. Our income is supported through a small number of room hires during the week – for U3A groups, yoga sessions, etc. We have continued this year to work in partnership with local supermarkets to challenge food waste and have regular times throughout the week where the community can come and collect a wide range of surplus supermarket foods. Small quantities of food have also been grown in the church allotment and they, too, have been used to contribute to the many meals we provide. We continue to work together with the local park committee and the station committee. In November 2024, we were, as always, responsible for the village Remembrance service at the local War Memorial. In December 2024, we provided refreshments following the community “Carols in the Park” event and at Easter 2025, we organised a community Easter Egg hunt in the park. On the weekend of Remembrance Sunday, through a community breakfast and through offerings on the Sunday, we supported the British Legion and Help for Heroes. Other charities supported during the year included the Christmas shoe box appeal and Action for children. We have continued to care for church members now housebound or in care homes through our pastoral visiting system and in the last 12 months have celebrated the baptisms of three children. When possible we have been able to support residents at our neighbouring Approved premises with people released from prison who stay for a short period of time before moving on to other accommodation. Our aim is to continue to be a Christian presence in the local community, working to bring people together for social events and, where needed, to give support and help. ## **CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS** # **THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS** ## **Elworth Methodist Church** **Church** FOR THE YEAR ENDED Sunday, August 31, 2025 |**Cheshire South**
**Circuit**|**Circuit no.**|**11**| |---|---|---| |**Registered Charity - Charity Registration number**||| |||1175469| 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'd CAROLYN LAWRANCE Church Stewards: PATRICIA JONES CATHERINE WILKINSON ALISON BAILEY Treasurer: JEAN ELLERSHAW Church-receipts-and-payments-2025_Normal.xls 1 of 5 **Elworth Methodist Church Church** **ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025** ||**SECTION A**|**Unrestricted**
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**year**|**Totals this**
**year**|**Totals last**
**year**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||**£**|**£**|**£**||**£**|| |a1|**RECEIPTS**||**Note**||||||| |a2|Offerings and Tax recovered|||12,648||**12,648**||14,724|| |a3|Bank and CFB interest and
Investment income|||580||**580**||619|| |a4|Lettings|||3,278||**3,278**||2,230|| |a5|Other receipts|||21,200||**21,200**||19,684|| |a6|**TOTAL RECEIPTS**|||**37,706**|**0**|**37,706 **|**(a7)**|**37,257**|| ||||||||||| ||**SECTION B**||||||||| |b1|**PAYMENTS**||||||||| |b2|Circuit Assessment or Share|||13,540||**13,540**||13,661|| |b3|Donations|||400||**400**||555|| |b4|Repairs and Maintenance|||1,532||**1,532**||2,370|| |b5|Utilities (Insurances, water
charges, heating & lighting)|||12,988||**12,988**||14,476|| |b6||||||**0**|||| |b7|Otherpayments|||5,911||**5,911**||5,876|| |b8|**TOTAL PAYMENTS**|||**34,371**|**0**|**34,371 **|**(b9)**|**36,938**|| |||||||**3,335**|||| ||**SECTION C**||||||||| |c1|**(a6-b8)**
**NET RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS**
**FOR THE YEAR**|||3,335|0|**3,335**||319|| ||||||||||| |c2|Total funds brought forward from
last year|||21,190||**21,190 **|**(c6)**|20,871|| |||||||**24,525**|||| |c3|**Sub total**
**(c1+c2)**|||24,525|0|**24,525**||**21,190**|| ||||||||||| |c4|Transfers and adjustments|||||**0 **|**(c7)**||| ||||||||||| |c5|**TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR**
**(c3+c4)**|||**24,525**|**0**|**24,525 **|**(c8)**|**21,190 **|**(c6)**| ||**SECTION D**||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |d|**(these amounts are not to be included in total receipts/payments figures above)**
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**FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS**||||| |d1|Balance brought forward from lastyear||0||0| |d2|Offerings/Gifts - received for external organisations||648||773| |d3|Offerings/Gifts -passed to external organisations||648||773| |d4|**BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID** (d1+d2-d3)||**0**||**0**| 2 of 5 Church-receipts-and-payments-2025_Normal.xls Elworth Methodist Church **Church** ## **SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL** **SECTION E Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page** Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Church Council/Church Meeting. Note that the funds of an 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 and connected District Organisations. ||**SECTION E**
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an 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 and
connected District Organisations.|||||||||||| ||**INTERNAL**
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**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD**
**BY CHURCH**|Receipts
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**37,706 **||Payments||Net Receipts/
Payments|Adjustments||Opening
balances||Closingbalances|| |e1||||||0|||||0|| |e2||||||0|||||0|| |e3||||||0|||||0|| |e4||||||0|||||0|| |e5||||||0|||||0|| |e6||||||0|||||0|| |e7||||||0|||||0|| |e8||||0|||0||0|**(e11)**|0|**(e12)**| |e9|||**(a7)**|**34,371**|**(b9)**|**3,335**||**(c7)**|**21,190 **|**(c6)**|**24,525**|**(c8)**| |e10||**37,706**||**34,371**||**3,335**|**0**||**21,190**|**(x)**|**24,525**|**(y)**| ||Continue on a separate sheet
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**PAYMENTS**||||||||| |**SECTION F**||||||||||||| ## **SECTION F** ## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES** ||**STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES**|**STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**CHURCH - CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 August 2025**||**OPENING**
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**BALANCES**||||| |f1|Cash in hand||0|||65|| |f2|Bank Current Account||||||| |f3|Bank Deposit Account||9,853|||13,150|| |f4|Central Finance Board||11,337|||11,310|| |f5|Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes||||||| |f6|Other funds||||||| |f7|**SUB TOTAL - Church accounts**||**21,190**|(c6)||**24,525**|(c8)| |f8|Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
balance total from above) (e12)||**0**|(e11)||**0**|(e12)| |f9|**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH**
||**21,190**|(x)||**24,525**|(y)| ||||||||| ||**SECTION G**||At
At||||| ## At 1 September 2024 At At 31 August 2025 2,498,813 2,563,791 ## **OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES** ||**OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES**| |---|---| |g1|Investments(include Endowments)| |g2|Land & Buildings(see notes re Insurance value)| |g3|Other Assets| |g4|Loan(s)- show amount outstandingatyear end| |g5|Other Liabilities| f4 Include only Funds held at the Central Finance Board f5 Include only Funds held at Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes g1 Include any other investments (not the cash element of TMCP trusts accounts this is included in line f5 3 of 5 Church-receipts-and-payments-2025_Normal.xls Nam2ofChurth... EkLJOPTr ..fXIEThIObJ&T.....Q¥iP.@.£.4............... Ind•p•nd•nt Examln•rf* Statom•nt I have compleled ry exarninalion. I confirm that no m8terid matters have lo my att•nlion in onnection wrth the examinatio Athich gwe me cause to bel*ve Ihat in. any mats￿81 respect the acc(yJnling r￿ordS **re not kept ift a¢¢ordan¢e with se¢lion 130 of the * or tha accwnts do r￿1 B¢cord wth the accounbng r•cord8, I h8ve no con¢em8 and heve come acro88 no other mattern in connection Iha examination lo whith attenb.on 5houkl te drawn in this rEF*)rt in order to 8nable a proper understanding of the accounts to be Teached. I have1ka¥￿a￿. obtalned Indepe￿Ient verificath)n of 011 Investments wilh the TnJstee5 for Melhcdiot Churth Purposes or hebj Èn othertrusts, bank balarKe5 and furKf5 at the Central Finance Board ot the Methodist Church Ithich ore rndIV￿ua1lY In excess of £10,CQO (ten thou88TrJ pounds) al the balonc• 8heot dale. Signature of I1￿￿dent examlner Namo of Ind8peTrJent wmin8r .. .. Refovarrt profeswnal qu91ifjcabon of Ind8pendentexamlner Name offim (whereappropriate) ..................................................,.............................. Address .......... 44&6 Post Code. S. TTr A.hl.4 del* or a$ appropriate 5015