Church
Accruals Accounts
202&2025
THE MEfHODIST CHURCH
REPORT AND ACCOUNTS
(ACCRUALS BASIS)
for the year ended 31 August 2025
Poole Methodists - Poole
Reglst9rgd Ch•rfty- Roglstratlon number
1178972
Poole Bay Clrcuft
Clycult No:
26109
Mlnlster:
R6veTeNd Sarah Kngbel
Church Stewards:
John Re[h￿
Eifron HLyper
rim Mitchell
Sh6ny-Lynn Gerard
A￿er Sadayan
Church Treasurer:
Ron Balmer
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Intyoductlon
str￿rfrTr govemance and management:
The governlng document for the Church is the Deed of Union119321 and Methodlst Church
Act119761. Detailed govemance arrangements are outllned withln the Q)nstitutlonal Practice
and Dlsclpline of the Methodist Church by orderof the annual conference ICPDI. Withlnthe
Methodist Church we belongtothe Poote Bay Methodist arcul whith In turn is part of the
SouthamptonDtstrirt.
0￿r governing body 1st￿ Church Councll, vthi¢h meets threetlmes a Ye￿ usually In Febrvary. july
and October. Trustees are generalty appolrted ex (rffitio from leadership of various Church
organlsations, with provlsion forsix others. There are committeesto Lwersee Flnance and Property,
Outrezch, PaS￿ra1 matters andthemanagementofthe thurth cafe and boaklng5 and lettings, wlth
social 3nd other eyents orEanLsed bythe thurth LeadershipTeam.
Day to day management of the ¢hurth rs undertaken bythe Church Leadership T&am along
wlth the Minister.
The Trustees are appointed at the Annual thurch Meotln8.
Alms and oblectlves:
Our objettlves are In line wlth those ofthe Methodist Church ￿1th are:_
Wr#shlp-The Churth exists to inuease aw7reness of GDJ'S preseno and to celebrate God's love.
Learnln8 & Carl￿- The Churdl ex15ts to hdp people togrow and leam as Christians, through
mutual support and care.
Swvlte- The Church existsto be a good nelghbovrto people in need and to challenge
injustlce.
Evan8ellsm- The i*urch exlststo make more followets of Jesus Chrlst.
Review of the Y•ar.
In Ilne with our mlsslijn statementto love God, followjesus and se￿e the communlty our charlty
objective is to Jct as a resource provider ￿thIn the area around Poole fur the Methodlst
church. The purposes of the MethodLst Church are and shall ￿ deEmed to have been SIn￿ the
Date of Unlon the ar￿ancernent ofr.
• The Chrlstian faith In accordance wtth the doctrlnal standards and disdpllne of The Methodist
Church.
• Any charftable purpose for the time being of any Connexional. Oistri(X, Qrcuit, kncal or other
organisatioD of the Methoditt Chvrch.
•Any charrtable purpose forthe time belng of arry society or Inststution subsldiary or andllaryto
the Methodlst Churth.
• Any purpose for the time belng of ary charrty being a tharjty subsidiary or anclllary to the
Methodlst Church.
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Our weekty attfvttles Indudethe Owdnisation and Te50urdng of Te8ular pub51cactsof wwshlp .1. •
open to mernbers ofthe (hurth and noTr-members allke. The teaching of CIN￿Pit￿*_
sermons, courses and srnall groups. The resourcing uf pastoral work rncluditrf￿Bthe ￿1k_
nd bereaved. TakinÉ religious assemblles lotdl sthoob. Promotlon of (hrStta￿ty{l￿Th
the 5ta8ing of evprrts and services. Prow&on (rf cha￿a1￿cY Se￿￿5 to the local MHAc¥e I￿. .•
The large majorSty of the charttVsTrusteestske onth15 responslblllty on a voluntary basis. r.
Trustees iely heavil¥ on members of the arcuit Churthes to volunteer for speclfic roles, such.
Clrcult stewards and Local Pre3chersTTainers. Poole Methodist Church carrles out a range of
reli8lous, so¢lal communlty and pastoral actfviiies In pursuance of its mlssion. The trustees
considertha: these actmties, summarlsed below, prowfjde ber￿fitt0 those who are members ol
the Church and the wlder communlty of Poole. Acts of WOT5hlp and pastoral c3re Poole
MethodTsts Dffer5the optM)rtunityfor people to parttcipate In Sunday worshlp every week and
at addft6onal tlmes ￿ the chTlstlan calendar. These are open to all people, without charge. The
pastDral care (rfthe churth is undertaken by Ministers, ststioned by the MEthodist Church of
Grèat Brit3in. Baptisms, Weddings, and FuneralsThe Ministers condurted baptisms, wedding5,
and funeob. These servlces arE available atthe dlscretian of the Mlnister. No char8e Is
made for baptisms. A mtyjest set fee Is usuèlly charged forweddings and funerals. Commun
Hub Poole Methodists prowde a community hub (The Spire) for the Feople of Poole, based
around a Chrlsttan ethos but open to those of any faith or none.To serve the kjcal communlty,
both young and old. thTough the use and aydllabilty Lif the church prernise5 Inc. communtty
café.
Plans lor 2025-26
The Leadership Team and Churth F￿￿ are tuffendy undertaklng a 5 year misson plan
revlew. ￿ a result of thL5 a number of new artlwtties have takers place. The church will comtlnue to
develop its regvlar week￿, monthlyznd annual artN[￿e5 and are already planning an agenda of
devotional and SfKlal artThitiies and iooknng at furthei waysto wlteract with Dur local commun￿les.
Volunteerswrthln the churth wlll wntlnue to asskstthe development t)f ourgroupsand work wlth
otherchurches and with non-thurth 8roups who usethe thurihes, premlse5.
Publlt Benefft
We confirm the trustees have had regard to the tharity C<)mmlssion's guidance Dn public
benefft.
Flnanclal Revlew:
Durln8 theyear general income, induding investment income. tot311ed £489.IK12023124: £220.8KI and
expendlture £373.2K12023n4- £204.5KI. Of this. legacies amountingto £10.3K12023124: £3.SKI were
receTved. Thi5 prOdU￿d 3 net surplu5 £115.9K12023124.. £16.2KI. The readlly available reserves carried
forward aM￿￿tt0 £151.6K12023n4: £41.7KI-
TheTrustees have every reason to bellevethat the Church 15 a going concern asthere a￿ sufficient
members and supporters tontrlbutll￿ re8uladyto meettommttments and 51abiltties.
The Church owns the fieehold pr(4Jerty of Poole MethodlsL The Spi￿, Poole. Other In¥e5tments are held
in tssh deposlts which are readily avallable reserve& There were nD unre31ised galn5.
PAgo 3

Ttli5tW5 Annual Report on Flnattce and Governance
Basls of preparntlon and legal Iramework
The Chariivsannual repurt andaccDuntsfortheyearended 31August2025 havebeen
prepared In accordance wlth SORPIFRSI(K21 as updated, beln8 the turrent version of
Accountlng and RepDrtlngby Charltles.. Ststement of Recornmended Pradice,
Full Name of Ch8rityiChurth.. Poole Methodlsts- Poole
Reglstratlon Chartty Number. 1178972
Date of ori8Inal reglstratlon: 17 December2Crf)8
Main Communicatlon address: Pooje Methodists, Hlgh Street. Poole. BH15 IDF.
The members of Poolè Methodlsts- Poole Churth Coundl are the (harltyTruste¢s, who normally
meet three times each year In FEbnJary, July and (ktober. Membership is made up of thurch Dfr
holders, Minister and rewesentstives appo6nted by the thurch atthe Annual Church Meetlng.
Full ltst of Church Councli members and key layemployees are shown on page 8 of thls reptsrt.
Tre￿uYer'.
Ron Balmer
Independent examlner.
Kntght G￿dhead Ltd
Investment Bènkers:
Central Finance Board of the Methodistchurch
Trustees for Methodist Church Puiposes
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Poole Methodlsts- Poole
Truste*s' Responslbllltles
For each flnanclal year endlng on 31 AuEUStthe TTUStees are requlred to prBpare flnanclal statemEnts
that Éive a tNe amd fair vlew of the Church's flnantlal artlvitles during the year and of its financlal
PDsitlon at the erÈd of the year and to prepare an annual report forthat year. In preparing these
flnanclal 5taternents, the Trustee5 have:
selected suttable accounting poliaes and applied them consistendy using the accruals
method
made judgernents and estimates that are Teasonable and prltdent
followed the appllcable SORP and accountlng standard, SORPIFR51021 as updated
adopted the going concem basis
The Trustees ère respon51ble for keeplng proper acc￿JntinE records whlch d1sclose wlth reasonable
accuracy at onytimethè finantial position of the ChLsrch and enables them to ?hsure thatthe flnancial
Statements comply wlth the law. They are also reswnsible for safe8uardin8 the assets of the Church
and eDsurin@ their proper applScatIon under tharity law, and hence for taking réastsnable steps forthe
preventlon and detect]on of fraud and otherirregulor5tles.
The TrLfStees are responsible forthe MaIntenan￿ and integrity of the corporate and financial
information induded orF the Church's web site. Legisl3tion in the United Kingdom governing the
prepaTatlon and dlwmlnation of financial statements and trustees, reports may differ from
legislation in otherjuri5tictions.
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Methoth- Pode
CHURCH COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP & KEY LAY WORKEI
MINISTER
erend Sarah knbel
thaSr lexoffkjtsl
olnted
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CHURCH gfEWAADS John I￿(￿¥00d
HgTTrper
Sher￿Lynne Gerrard
1210312011
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Abner53dayan
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a4URCH SAFEGUARDING Ct>ORDINATOR
mdrew
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l. Ron Balmer
2. Su¢ Mit£hell
3. Denise Gibbs
4. Marlon Le Poldevln
5. MaTiOn Matthews
6. Barry Matthews
7. Kate 114htte
8. Paul St￿voL
9. Gerald BÈddard
10. pSel2n Caw5
11. Anne RedW￿d
12. Lucy Whitew3y
13. Pat PalmÈr
Trustee TralnlD
Arange of8uSdance produced by Methodtst Connexiontosupporttheeffettive runnlro of the
church and the role of Trustees is ￿veft tothe Churth Trustee5 atYdfiou5 meetings andlor
training se$5ions.
Ad*èd Partie5
The Church ￿ partof the PoDEe Bay Methadlst CIrCu￿ vthlth Is partof thE SoUthaMptE￿ DlstrlLt
and isalsoaEcountabletothe Methodlstconference. None ofthetNstees made a glft of land or
substantlal other asset tothe Church duringthe year orseekto lTrfluencethe Trustees.
Internal organlsatlon linked to this thurch:
The Social Group
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Poole Methothsts. Poole
Rlsk Manaaement
The major ris￿ have been identified and recorded by the TrLthes with professional advice taken 3$ requlred. There is a
regular annual review proce55 undertaken and recorded.
Income and Expenditure is being monitored In totsl arhd Is cgmpared with the approved annual budget on a half yearty
basis to detect trends as part of the dsk managÈmÈnt process to a¥old unforeseen calls on reserves.
Safeguardln8
Every person ha5 a value and di8nlty whlth comes directly from the creation of male and female In God's own image
and likeness. Christians See this potential as luifilled by God's reNcreation of us in Christ. Among other thingsthis
implles a duty to value all people as bearlngthe Image of God and therefore to protert them from harm.
Methodist Connexlonal prartice othllnes commltmentto the following princlple5:
. the care and nurture (rf, and respectfvl pastor81 miThlstywf(h. all thildren, young people and adults
the safeguardlrb8 and protertlon of 311 chlldren. young people and adults when they are vulnerable
the establishing of safe, caringcomrnunttteswhl¢h provKle a lovlng envtronment where there Is Informed
vigilance a5 to the dangers of abuse.
We will carefvlly selert and train all those with any responsibility within the Church, in line with Safer
Recruitment principles, Sn¢ludln¥the use of uiminal records disclosures and reEiStration with the relevant
vetting and barring schemes.
We will respond without delayto every complalnt made whlch suggEststhat an athl￿, chlld oryoung person
may have been harmed. cooperatingwith the poli￿ and local authoTÈty in any investigation.
We will seek to work with anyonewho has suffered abuse, developlng with them an appropriate rninistry of
informed pastoral care.
We wlll seek to challenge any abuse of power, especlally by anyone irt a posltlon of trusL
We wlll seek to offer pastoral care and stjpport, Includingsuperviwon and referr31 to the proper authorltles,
to any member of oyr church communlty known to haye offended against a ¢hlld, young person or vulnerable
adult.
In all these principles we will follow legislation, Buldance and retognlsed £oodpractlce
Poole Methodlsts comM￿S ltselfto ensurlnE the implementation of Connexlgnal Safe8uardlng Poll¢yJ
government legislation, guidance and safe Prattl￿ in the ¢irtui¢ and in the thurthes.
Poole Method15ts commlts Itself to the provlsK)n of support. a(￿ice and tralning for lay and ordained persons that
will ensure pèople are dear and confident about their roles and responsibillties in ￿fegUardIn8 and promoting the
welfare uf children and adults who may be vulnerable.
Reserve5 Pollcy
The ReseTves Pollcyfor the Church is to hold a minimum sum equNalentto six month< average eKpendkturè.
We have nine dlrect employees above Nlltax threshold and have sums Set aside to providefor redundancy
should the need arise.
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Declaratlons
Th8 trustees of Poole MethodSsts declarè that they have approved th8 abova
tfUSte8s' report.
Slgned on beham ot the CharIt￿S truste68
Slgnature(s}
Full namels)
Posltlon (eg Secretary, i Ltrj A I
Chalr. tt¢)..
23
061202
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Independent Examkners Report
To the Trustees on the unaudlted accounts of Poole Methodlsts
l ￿portt0 the tsiJ5tees on my examlnatyon of tb.e acummts of PoDle Methodlsts for the year ¢r￿ed
91 ￿USt 2C125, whlch are set out un pages Ioto l&
Respwlbllities ttnLTè&sts olreport
As the trustees ot the Charlty yTru are rEsponsIb￿[0rthe preparatlon uf the xcount$ accordantÈ
wlth the requlrements of the Charitles Ad 201L
I report In Tespe¢E of my exam5n*lon of the irust¢es'accwnts carrted sectitin 145 ofthe
2011 Act and in caryln8 Out my examlnation I b.ovefollowed 311 the applicablt d[recd￿5 Wven by
the Charrty thmm1551M under settlon 14515llbl ofthe 2DII Act.
lrtdependellrexo￿n¢r'5 Strtemert
Since the charlws gr0&5 income exceeded £250,LKQ yoUrexaml￿r rwrust be a membEr of a bod¥
IIKed sertion 145 ofthe 2011 Att. I conftrm th* l am quallfied to undertake t￿￿KaM¢nation
bt(au$e l am B member of the Insblute of Chart•rtd Acu)ufttants In Er￿L￿d and Wales. which is
one of the Ilsted bodiE5,
I have completed my examlnatlon. I confirm that no rF¥ttrtat mattets have come to myèttentiort
connecilon wlth the e¥aminttl¢m givi￿ me ¢ause to belleve that in any rnoterial respeet."
aec04mllng records not kept in rupct of the Chartty a5 requlred by section 130 of
the Att,. or
the ac¢ounts da not actord those rec￿$. or
the a¢eouirts (to not comply with the aLylicable TequirÈrnÈntscofKorning thè formand
¢antent ofaccounts set out in the Chadtles <Accoth￿ and Reportsl Re8ulaUons 2Q08
¢Xher tILa• any requirement that the accounts 8i¥e a't￿ èndfairvieW which15 nol a
matter consKSefed as part of an independent ellminttlon.
21
31
I hovE no Con￿M5 and have cgme across no other matt￿5 In conrlectlon wlth the ethmination to
which dttenuon should be drawn in this report in orderto enabk g prDPEr understaNling of the
account3 to be reached.
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Poole Methodists
Charily No
1178972
Stai8rn8nt of Financial Activltles (SOFA)
for the year ended 31 Augusl 2025
D091gnated
General Furnl
Fund8
a￿oUnts {ilnTestrlctedl (unrostrictod)
R8stilctod
Funds
To￿1
202+25
Income
1 Offerings
2 tknnallons
3 Glft a6d
4 Inièrosl and Invest￿￿nI 4Kom8
5 Income Irom Investsnerrt prcwlies
5a Calé Tthngs
5b Lettlry ineome
6 Internal organi88U'on8
7 Other chwitabb income
8 Total Incc>m
2a,975
a,198
2Z51908
225,908
135221
20.302
20A02
103,762
489,064
468.762
Expenditure
9 Clrcuit as68ssmeni rrf shara
10 Grwils ￿ donations
11 Property maintenanc8
12 Insuran¢e,ulllktles el
13 Doprgdation
14 expenses
14a Café Expendliure
15 Olher expendllure
16 Inl8mal Organ￿atron$
17 Total oharitablg ￿pendItUT0
18 GArnslllo$s8s1 on mon81ary iri¥estnTerts
19 Galnslllos8e81 on Thiestmerrt prLVrtI88
20 N•t Incomelloxpendlture)
21 Translors t*tt¥een furnls
22 Ots galnslllossosj
23 Net mo¥ement ln funds
24 Totalfunds broughlforwèrd
25Totallunds¢airledlonMard
22,917
so
14,379
48,026
11
12
14
13
14
4655
19&970
35Q852
14R34
373.188
10Y,910
115P78
109,910
5,968
115￿78
1.511.412
25,709 1,62729Q
1.6111AB1
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Poole Methodlsts
Charity No
1178972
Restated Comparative Statement ol Flnanclal Actlvlties (SOFA)
for the year ended 31 Augusl 2024
Not¢s to
D￿lUnat*d
IhE*
General Fund
Fund8
•CP)WFts (Urntrlthd) (Unre¥t￿￿)
R4$1rfcttrd
Fund8
Totsl
202&24
Income
l Ollfjrings
2 Drinal￿n&
3 Glft ald
4 InlOFOSt and WN8sknenl inwme
S Incomo from In￿StrA￿nt propwles
Sa cala Taklng6
5b LÈiung Income
6 IVIern￿ oraar#5at'ofls
7 OthwchaAtalJe Incw
8 Totsl ltte¢mÈ
Expendlture
9 Glr¢uit asGe5sment or $h#r#
ID Grants aTrJ donation8
11 Propprty m￿nI￿nant&
12 Insuiame,Ulilitw8 elc
13 Dep￿lation
14 Off ice e%pon8eS
14a Cal8 E¥pgrdlur8
15 othgr 8xpenditurg
16 Internal or0￿[￿at￿M$
17 Total charflabl8 expend1￿19
18 Gains,'Ilosts¢&l on mDnetary Investrnenls
IP Gainsllloss951 on Invgsiment
20 N&1 Incomellex￿d1tyre}
21 Tr8nsfgrs belwe8n funds
22 Other uakn3lllossesl
23 Nel nio¥emèni In fvnd•
24Totaltunds brought lo￿ard
25 Totsl Nnd5Èanled lorward
2&￿39
13472
3,331
29,270
129,999
1185Q
11850
1&,754
220,m
207,Y23
34A74
io
11
ID￿s
4LI,085
12
14
13
14
4,094
1.9,864
80,824
164￿64
19
201548
7JJ14
1V25
7.014
18225
1,495,187
1￿11012
1h91.671
19,741
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Pool• MÈthJdlsts
ChavltyNv
1178972
Balance Shael as at 31 August 2025
REStA7EO
TAa4$yJ24
**pa*
%lolh•
ch￿￿h b
1.4￿￿J0
%.4Jtt,COJ
1r,vesi￿.ern wopoN
1.45
prepay￿Kr,IS
Loartsby IhèGhuttth95
I￿￿￿bren1*￿lh TMCP
cAr.tr￿ BoÈrdDow8Ns
Cash al Bark 4nd.n hand
17,1
17.f48
,2&4
17
V£,045
A53
T59,1
214È43
&453
8.OBS
68,5
132,Vl
2&709
Currort liabl1n￿$
Crwlttsis ith41rt
Loaf￿1￿ church
39.5
7,fS9
54.(
71,169
61,412
>,SS5
17T290
151
1127
1.511.412
LDDUloYm11oblllllg•
aftermcrfeth8non4yearl
ÉNSPQY3￿9 Ott￿ 2VLR6
I￿s1O*heCk4￿c
(du#
ftknt•3S8ts
1.SPI.581
1,827,290
Dd5*yth• Church
G8Tv&I ￿,￿•s1￿clE
FutKts (ur￿$11￿
Toral lIn￿9&￿e￿Fmls
1.SDI,$81
1.4FJI.671
1.&n,501
.7rJ
1I91.671
1g,T41
RgSlrtctqd
2&709
FUA
10OIA81
47C
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Signed
Church Tr6asurer

Poole Methcrtllsts
Charity Number 1178972
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sTATEmE￿s FOR THE YEAR ENDtD 31st August 2025
prtn¢lpal4¢COUDtlngpoU¢lgs
AccoulltingCDnventien
Thefinanc1alststementshavvbeen p￿par￿j In accordancewth applkabie ace0untlngst3r￿af￿S andthe chant￿SAct
2011, The5efin8n¢lalstat¢mentsfortheyearenOed31August2025 aretheffr5tfinancialvAien*nts of Poole Methodlsts
Ihar cDmplywlthA¢counwng and Repwting by ch8riiies.. the StatementufReeonMended Practice applicable to thaK%lÉes
propariwtheirac¢ounts in ?ccordaice FRS 102lseeewJ edttk>n-Octobw20191.Th8datg o*transÈknDn was I
Septembèr 2ts24. Thppiloryearln8ne181 st21ementswEre prepared Aecewand P￿er￿S basls a5 income was
below£250.000.
As b result oltse trènstuon. balènc&s for cornparativefigLÈrès have been restated.
The èccounts have been prapar￿1 on the golngconcorn basls, The￿ are no matertal uncertaintle5 abouttho chaiities ablllty
to¢onrinue.
Iii¢omlngRestsurtes
All incomine re80urcps ar&accountwl fOrWh￿ ltse church becom85thtwiothe rèsources. and the MDT*￿ry￿Iue can
bemeasured withsufficlgni ￿￿ebIllty.
ResoufCQS Eypended
E¥pendlture15 accountedforwhenthe Ilablltyts Inc45rr8d.
VAT
Po￿• MethodlstswasregistererllorVAT ￿ringtr￿ year,wifbvAT Nmbpr474 186468. Ir [*-￿'StereO &fter theyearerKt
11 March 20261
T&nBfjble FFxedAssetÉ
Tho church property15 heldal deemed hlstt>rlc cosi.
TNstees Remun4Yaiion
wtN"Isl na Tru5teeswere remunerated tsrlhelrrole duringetthertr*cutrenliwplNyaar, thefollttwing INsiees
wete 8uthorlsadiO purchase ItCm5 on behalf of th&ehur¢h aN[￿r￿￿#nbUrs9dlhe CD5tof those items.
R￿, Sarah Knebel
Run*d Balm8r
PaulStiyNod
AndiewCrumEr
Gerald Beddard
The fuliowlngTw5teeswgrè also TrI￿ee50f PDcde Bay m￿hO￿L￿ cIr￿lL
Rev. SafahKnèbel
Ron?14 Balmer
Ellron Hopper
Gerald Beddard
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$8a Change Nanag?mÈntCoD)wy Ltd
Sea Managementcompany Ltd ISCMCOITPAS acOmp￿Y￿mQI£dby￿ar￿letWI*h Independerrtiyman3getJthe
cèterfnga￿1vbt￿S al the cnuich preTh15e$ untIlJu￿2v24 The Church i&el¥t#no rerrtaltorchurch premlsey Irom SCMCO
In 20241251£14,92D-2023120241.
On30th lune 2024thtr Dlre-tuts ot SCMC¢ re*ned. Rgtyacgmerrt5 could ￿ l*foundand itrie company¢eased lotrade.
On 1stluly20241heTiusteesol Poole Methodlsts look ovarthe management of the ￿lIdIngand running olWesl¥s Caf
The Étaff employed by SCMCO weretrarisferFed to Pocle ￿.ethod1Sts undeftheTran*rofUndertakings IProt8ctlonol
Employment) ReQU￿riOnS 2006.
SCMCO was fornauydlssolved on4 March2025.
Poole Methc*Jlsts rt8i8te*d forVAffrom tslluiy2024optlngio submiian annu31 Return.
The VAT nurnber Is474 la64 68
3a. The SplrB MonaoemerrtGroupTradlng Ltd
The SpirE MbnagementGroupTrading Ltl Is a compary thiied tyi sknafe.which Isawholty mied 5ubsKliary of Poole
Methc4Jl$ts. ItW8s I￿Orporated on 2SAugusi 2025 ioaa a5 atradiwsub$hltaryofthe cb.urch. The compartydoe5 not yel
hève its own bank account, andtherewere no tran$art￿5 belwwi Ihe thufchand compary duiinÈtheyeartnded 31
August2Q25. As a resull It Is notconsidered ￿￿esSary*0 prepare groupa¢¢ounts.
Ofte15￿8$
RESTATED
Uniethlgd Dtt*￿ated Reslncied 2WToral
Vnregtricted t*SI￿At¢￿ R*i¢tEd 2WToto1
Oftsrrory tyCo$h
Offertory ty Envelope Scherne
l)ffertory ty sidndlnllhéer
GIItAld Tax Refund
5,272
5,034
1,951
13,752
1.951
1,528
13.752
1%382
14472
13,472
2Q.975
20.975
39,411
39.411
IrrtereJt& In￿SItn•fftlnc0m*
REsfATED
U1¥*￿rICted De￿￿￿ted Re5trictpd 2V25Tuial
Unrosthcterf D8&ignated tywlcted 2Q24rth81
402
CertralFlnance Bc•ard
367
4112
TMC,P
1,577
Bank
L352
IA52
1198
3,331
S,331
Letting$
unwestrttted De*naiel H&*riried 2025Toial
135.221
Unrestycled Des£￿ted REstrktsl 2D24Total
128,999
129,999
Letlings
5321
135,221
135.221
129,993
129.999
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Wesleycalé Takirfs
REsfAfED
Vnre8trfctod Ooslgnaied Rtstrtlod ￿)25T￿
72.667
72.5fj7
143,082
10.259
itnfys1rtt￿ U¢¥Watea Rejtrtctsd 2024Ttttl
9,893
17,M4
1.641
Cash Taklng8
Card TEklng5
CatoringTakin
9,893
17.844
I￿.0￿2
10,259
1.541
225,>08
225,908
29278
29,278
Other (*aTitabke Incomè
REsfATED
Unre*rfe.ed De¥wea Re$irfcted 2D24Total
Unrestfftted DeslBn8lEO RÈsiytsL 2D25TOts1
Solar Panai
Cards and Books
Magaxin@ lllcomo
General Donations
Grants
other
Lègaclgs
Loan Gltted
1,279
L279
72
402
779
5,487
5,487
20W J>.302
248
118&0
885
10,289
84,(MJO
10.289
64.000
3M6
3.626
460
20.3Q2
lQ3,762
12A50
18.754
CtrcUllA￿e3i￿eTht
Poole Method1515 paij a total Of￿,9171£34574 2023124lto Poolg BayMethTrJistClrcuit as Its as5e55mentundeT
Methodlsi Sian¢lr*gOrders and in a￿h￿nCe tol￿a$Sa$s￿l￿rprrnvLl adopted bythe annual P￿￿e B¥y Method1￿ Clrcuit
Meetin&
10. Donatlans Made
RESTATED
UrffethiclBd 0¢*￿ed P*srKieLI 2025Totsi
DEslNed Reslrfcted 2tr24Tot?I
General Don8tlon
11, Rèpalrs & Molnt•nan¢e
General expendtture on propeitymalntenancewas £14379 1È10,935 In 2Q231241
11 InsUrar￿e &Utitttte$
RESTA TED
D•$lEnatsd Resir4cted 2O24Ttstol
Unre5tricled Jes18nbt￿ Rtrliy￿ 2025Toiai
Stjppller
P¢nitlve Gas
Citswn Gas
Brltl$h Gos- Ele¢trl¢frty
Water2 Bus5ness
P4etfiC￿É$t Insuranc8
L219
30,207
1,219
3(k207
23,165
11.123
23,165
11.123
48,026
48,085
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W•sley calé ExpendI￿r#
RESTA7ED
Ufto3fficied DeSI￿ared RestriGt¢d 2024ToMI
4,332
4.332
241
11241
7.257
7,257
Unr85trfdÉ¢ Des1￿ Res￿¢1*&1 ￿￿T0￿1
79.215
79,215
54626
628
42,928
43.92B
8.353
8353
io,g79
iOS79
1,86?
1.869
C8terlngSLsppifes
Wages. Tax, Nl & Penslon
Repalrs
Cleaning
Card Proce551n¥Fees
198S70
L98370
26.036
26.036
Qffi¢e EKpenses& OthprPaynRnt5
Unre5tricttd ces1p￿ ￿t￿Cted 2tr25Totsi
14,334
RESTATED
Unrestrftied De*gnai¢d Rdlrlcitr￿ 2024Total
19,864
19,864
17.298
Vol. c￿rdIn￿10T C051$
Wa¥es, Tax, Nl & PenslQti
r¢mpworySt8ff
PholocDp￿ng
Bank Charges
Cleenlng
Phone & InteffleT
Magazine PdntlngCost$
Llcences
Sundiie$
a509
10.9)8
1.3e6
160
2b.718
17,498
11,3e6
1,394
147
25,828
1258
10.506
147
25,828
2.25B
1.482
958
25,718
1.137
n2
9x21
712
921
4.373
373
74510
14,334 88,844
63.054
19,884
73,552
Included in Sundries Isthè l* to Iht IndependentExarninerol É1.75012024.. £4801.
IS. Monie$ Held bykntemal0rg￿lsallO1l5
unrèsfii£ted DeSi￿ated ReStyk￿d 2025TNal
RESTATED
Unrestricted tt8*4ed Restr￿￿# 2024Tolal
328
SDcialGroup
235
235
328
>28
l& Slaff Costs Pjld DuTirftheYear
2025
2024
Gros$waKes, 98lar1e5al￿ Denèfrts in
Soc1al seGurityCOSts
Pènslon costs
.LWi
49,lJ2
1.115
Total staff costs
IOlJ24
51.650
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17. Analy$l3olC•sh hi Investm4Jnts ind ￿￿kAccOunts
uh￿tr￿ted Destqnatyd P*strkted 1125TorBI
783
783
44,401
3&70
110.343
RESTATED
UnrethIth￿ Desi8Mto¢ Re5thcred 2024TDtsI
5,417
6A17
27,110
27.110
2.651
2.651
2A2
33,242
8.086
8.086
29.922
759
Lloyds Buslne#s Account
Ll0ydsTre8su￿rA¢coUryl
CAF C&shAccount
CAFGoldAc¢Dunl
CFB GeTreRIAccount
TMCP Accoynt 1758Q
rMCP Account20216
PettyC&sh
110,343
31.252
793
loa
31.252
7S9
100
loo
loo
199.695
199.695
107387
107,287
l&. Lartd & BuUdlng¥
Theopen maiketvaluallon ofthB Church bu￿￿N¢$waS É1.d50.C0)O w •SLmEy vi May 2019.The tru51ees regaidthlsas deernefj
hlsioilc com Ds at31￿8$U12025.
19. OthÉrAs8ots
RESTA YED
Vu￿rIe1Ed Des¥Tratsd AEsIFkied 2025Tsrtai
13.333
13,333
Umestrltred t3e8lgnatÈd HÈ8trleted 2024T(*i•l
2&284
24284
D8btor5- Hall Leifiry
Prepayments
3.816
3016
17.149
17.149
25.284
25,284
20. L￿0￿1￿the Chui¢h
RESTAfED
Unresirfcteo Be*￿￿ed Rethctqd 20267rthi
51rlthl DesigMaLed Restrlcted 2tr24Tot41
64,000
64,000
Poo16 Bay M8rhodlst Circuit
4,000
64,ts00
Poole BWJ Methodisicircull Loan £80.000 Interegifree over 5)*ars 23Wil 2￿
Purp)5eolthe lopn15to g￿e an InlectSon tsf ¢ash andto l*lp supporttheRe5erves Poliey.
At It5 rneetingln Maieh 2023 it aWBd to Suspend repayTreTrtspflhe ioarL
The balance ai 31August2024was £64.000.
Atthe Clrcuitmeetln8 InsepteMb￿ 2024 itwas ayeed towaibf repJJrnentottheYthfjle rernatnlng264.000, whlch hasthèrelore
been re￿aSed as'Loan GMtatt' per Not88.
21. Other Llab11111*5
RESTA TED
Unrestsi¢ted D8signaM ROSth¢ted 21725TDtsI
125
22.lls
Vnrexrtded Desl8Mted 2024Toial
7.084
Other CreL*tor5
enevolent Funtt
75
75
75
75
R¥timal Organi¥ations
VgLunteerCoordillalor
VAT dueto HMRC
17.298
172JB
29.553
7.159
7,159
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22. Doialled analysls of1nd1￿41u8llUNd movements
Unreslilcted Fundg
Unestrlctod Fund Name
Openlng
Bal•nce
1,491,671
Income
Expendltyre
Galnsl
losses
Transfers
Clo$lAg
Baianre
1,601,581
General
468,76
1358,8521
Total
I,#￿1,671
468,762
1358,8521
1,601,i81
Restrlcted Funds
Rtstrlcted F(tnd Name
Openlnll
Baiartce
lftcome
Expendltur¢
Galnsl
losses
Transfers
Closlng
Balallc¢
20,709
5,000
VoiunteereogrdlnatOF
Toltei ret
19,741
5.302
5.000
114,3341
Totsls
19.741
20,302
{14.3341
25,709
Fund PLrrpo$es
Volunteer Coordinator
TollBt refll
Paying IOT volunteprco-ordinator
Funds Sup￿.ed for refitli4gthe Splretollet
23. R¢lated PartyTran¥actions
There were notransactior13wth reiaied parties in etther2025 or2024.
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