Trustees. Annual Report for the perlod
From
01
2024
To
31
08
2025
Section A
Reference and administration details
Chwlty n•
Ludlow M8thodisl Churth
othgr nomm ch•lty l• kn¢Y•m ty
ReglJtsrod chaflty nwnb•r or any}
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charIty￿ prIncl￿ addr•8s
Ludknv
Po•t¢od•
SY8 1NH
ofp•rnon lor body)
Adnan WII11￿8
Ann Prhvell
Annlo Jongs
Brent Waite
R*￿d 31 kndU8t 2025
Cathy Prf¢thar(I
Ch￿81￿ne PBuld8n
t)￿83s8d 12 0(lobor 2025
Apw'nl8d 3 2025
David Evans
Da¥￿ Hadin
Eileen Preaous
31 May 2￿25
10
EIiLqb8th Wntht
Geoff E0￿ard￿m)
Geoff WTrJhl
Heathtrr Prfce
Janet Jame5
12
13
14
Reslgned 31 August 2025
15
16
J8net Wiuiams
John Eadle
17
18
Joy(* Ewans
Lindsay Beavon
M8ure6n Famiery
Mike Owens
19
21
Paul Bumham
Rev Denise
Hargreaves
Rev Neil
Flchardson
Chair
23
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24
Rhiannon
Richardst)n
25
Roger Cbay
Ron Glttings
Ruth Downes
26
27
28
Sara Bumham
29
St8ph8n Daltt
Susan MGGaNey
oftho trustees fortho chwlty. If any. (fw •xwnpl•. •ny cust•xllan tr￿ta•s)
Dato8 act•d If not for t*hol•
Naffl•
X•m•s and addr••M• of •d¥l••Y• Iopllonal Infon￿)
Nam• of chl•f •x•cutlv• or nam•• of Mnlor stsff m•mb•r• Iopllonal Inforniatlonl
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Section B
Structure.
overnance and mana
ement
D￿¢￿pIloTr of thg ¢h¥W$ trusts
' Deed of Unth119321
Type of gov8miTrJ doC￿entI
Methodist Church A¢X 1976
c1￿￿tu¢￿￿al PraGtico D1*ci￿1￿¥ (rfV* Mgthowjist ChufGh, CPD. Th8
¢omFosIl•￿ Church 1$ (xjuined in Stsndw￿ Order 610 of th&
CPD and is ann￿ly. Lu(ttcMI Methodist chu￿ r8gtstered as a
,' chty 18 March 2019.
Stsrxling Order eiJ713) Iwnits ￿ lenwe of ¢hwth stewwds, treasurers or
Church Counal and Pastor81 C¢Mnmrftge 8ecsetsiies arKI those electad to
the Church CoJncOI undèr SlarKlirwJ Order 623 to slx sucussfv6 yoars
(subject to excepkn ￿tIn￿l In Stsndir#J Order eK)7141).
Standing Order 607111 provid&s that all oth8r apwntmonts. either those
members &Jopted by the Churd) lup to 15) or 818Ct•J at tho
Goneral Chur¢h Meeting {beknn 6 * 151. shau be for one year.
Addlllon•l govoman￿ (Optlonal Infom￿110￿)
You m•y cho￿ to Ind￿
8¢ditwal information, where
relevant, about..
polld88 and Pl￿9d￿r
adople¢J for the induction arw
Irabning of trustees;
tha charty's organls8tlon81
Structu￿ and any wider
n6fvK)Tk with whith ts cknity
ralatiornship wrth any rel8tad
P8rU&s:
trustees, consideraticfft of
major rtsks and th& systgm
nd woc8durn8 to mgnwjg
them.
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Section C
Ob'ectives and activities
The a(Iwancement of Ihe Christwi farth tn a(£ordancp wth dC￿1n81
Stawmjwts ar¥J the discwh'ne of the MetFKytsl Chjrch.
The advan(xnent of any charilat4e wrF¥)se of any ￿￿ety. c4YJanisation,
substdiary or ancdtary to the MeUKxJist GI￿rth.
Summary of th• obixts ofth•
¢harlty $8t out In Its
gov•mlng docum•nt
Ludk)w Melhodi8t Church seeks to fulfd its missKn by..
Hel￿n9 to be8m 8b￿t and d8veknp faith and grrm in
Chrisban discirAeshw.
Summary of thè maln
a¢tlvlUos undgrtak•n th•
publlc b•n•fft In r￿111•￿ to
th•ge obJocts (Include wlthlTh
th1* 8èetlon thè $tatutory
declarntlon that trustees have
had regard to th• guldanc•
l•$u¢d by th• Ch•rlty
Commls8lon on publlc
b•nefft)
SupFrfI'ng memLw5 of the CIKwc* famty and belng a c4rtng
Ensurkng that all asp&* of life refie(a Its open and
make PrW8￿ fcK 811 ay8s.
WorkiNJ our Ch￿￿tin n8vJhtrKJurs In other k>cal Church85, a3
wdl a5 pw of other fath and Tr) faith. and tha wSder
Church lamity lh8 Shrcf&Mr8 and Mths CIr￿it aTrJ
throughoul the *Drfd.
The charty Trustees have gi￿? ragwd to tha gUkla￿l$su0d by
the Charity Commisston cffj Publ￿ benefft.
Addltlon•l d•taUs ol obJ•ctlv•• and actlvliles Iopllonal Inlomi•Oon)
You may choos• to InckKI
fvrth8r stst8m8nts. wh8rn
rp18vant, atxjut..
cy on gNrtmaknng"
Jlicy prcorsmme relatsd
inveslmenL
• ￿ntribUtIOn made by
volunteers.
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Section D
Achievements and performance
Woyshlp". Wo (x)ntinue to maintain our weekty Sunday ¥w)rship led, 8S IS
the Meth(Kli5t trad￿. ty a wwje r¥wJe of lay WKI ¢)r(laIr￿ leaders who
bring their gtfts to seM¢xs. Tea & VlorshSp', monthty on Sunday
aftern￿)￿$. is aimed at and aPP￿rated by thosè living 3lon8 bul open to
811. BeiThJ at4e to Zoom worship overy week 15 a huge t*)nus for our
house-bourKI IT￿Mi￿3 Lxrt open to aTrJ usod ty oth0￿. somotlmes
in18rn8tknnatyl
Summary ol th• maln
achlevomonts of thè charlty
durlng th• y•ar
Lfj•mlng and CarfThg.' Rwwl¥ Bt4& Sludy cthinu68, a sh)rt Talzg
prayer and wryshp swwce has stsrt&J. aknng with othar limgs
ieflection at the major festival limes of year. Pastoral c8re Is offered to all
wlv) atteThJ Ihe churth atml to those *hx) fra]￿t cu We51ey's Café. staff
are re&Yy to that
S•r¥lc•.' Th8 Café Trs a Ma￿ part of wtreach and caro. WO ar8 still
PTBW'ng for ¥catntogrs and tO8m leaders lo step ￿.
Thg various Ihe churth are rtused by the crnimunty for Ih8lr
regukir dassas. occasKxwl meetings and events. coThJ¥egaknon 810
The mll thopd * Blod(I￿1. V&tMch c8m& undèr the cats and ¢ontrd of
our Church Council. c4owJ. V4e have entered into a now
'8Otellite and hub. arrangemerrt with anothèr ktal Church. Orbton,
whicth has w88kty VKKship arbj plays an aL*ve role in th8ir community.
E¥•nyll¥m: Th8 thurth F4ay$ 8 r(Ag In the wm8nlcal 8v8nts
around Christrnas and Easter. as the LMTrJ Nalivty and the Walk of
I￿tr￿s.
Membws conlritxrto on 8 rylar b961s to tho ctrif￿n VIVA￿nI column
in the ktal newspapw.
We are swro {￿e a nèw fa¢es ￿regakn. a number from
Ihe Mental Heatth $uptKYi gn)up that meets ￿ on the prgmises.
their faith every day r8lhgr than I￿t tslk about It ￿ a h￿Y hjdd￿.
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Section E
Financial review
,, The aim ol Lth Meltsjdist Church is to maintrin at ieasl a £S0k '
resoNe tD 074Er a hall of the Assessrf u1th1￿ aTrJ Running Costs,
Brlèf *tatsment olthe
chaTWs polley on ro￿ry
or the £124.9￿ tcrt31 ￿$h lur*ds held by lh& thurth at th& year-end,
£21,852 in the desNJnated funds of ow Intem￿ oTrJanisations.
The fre8 resopffjs at the erKI of thg f￿￿￿al yew wwe £103.05412024.'
Detalls of any fitnd• mat•rfalty
In d￿ett
Further flnanclal rovl•w d•tslls {Optlon41 Infonth)
You may choose to inthde
8ddtts.onal InformaUon, where
relevant about:
thè ¢h8rity's ￿nripal
sources ol fiJnd8 {includry
any fUndra￿￿J1.'
how expenditure hos
SLtpporte(l the key C￿t￿eS
of thg chthy.
inv8stm8nl policy and
&ctlves iftckjdlng any
ethical Inv081ment rAiky
odopted.
Section F
Other optional information
Section G
Declaration
Th• trusto•s dttlarè that they have apwov•d th• lJu•tso•' report abov•.
slgned on ￿h*ll ofth• ¢h•rW* Inrnlw•
Slgiiaturn(s}
Full nam￿•}
P￿EtIon leg S•cr•tsry. Chalr.
j(y￿ Evar
Chalr
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I CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR £NGLAND AND WAL
Independent examinerfs report on the
accounts
SÈction A
Independent Examiner's Report
Rèport to th• Iwsto••1
mombgr• of
On 4ceounts for th# yèar
•nded
3110812025
Ch•rlty no
IM any)
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8•t out on pag••
9-10
I rw)ort lo ￿ trustees cffl my examination ol the o¢xounts ofthe 8t￿v$
tharity llhe Trusfi kn th8 yw 8￿1￿d 31108r202&
R••ponslbllltl•• •nd
il• ol r•port
As th¢ ¢h8riV8 trustees. you are reS[￿SIble for Iho preparation ol tho
accounts In accudanca *ith thg raquir8m8nts of thè Ch8rrtS8s A¢t 2011
rfv kri.
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under s&ctMJn 145 of the 2011 Act and In canying my examinetlon, I
hava Idlowed all the ath1¢ab￿ Direcli¢Th given by th8 Charity Commiss
urKlw seclion 14q5Kb} of the AGL
Indepondent I have C•Jnpleled my eX￿inal*)n. I confim) that no material mottgrs h8vo
•xamln•f8 8tat•m•nt come to my altenlion in <)￿ne¢t￿l with the examination which gives me
cause lo b81ieve that in, any m8terial respect..
the accnunting records nrA kfjO in acc¥ydw wlth s•c¢lon 130
ol Iho CharIti￿ A¢t: or
th• accwnts dkl not acoyd the aczounting rec(*ds; or
th8 aC￿Unts dkl Th)t comply the apFlicable r8quirgments
concgmlNJ the and ts)nlenl of accounts sel out in the Charibes
(Accounts and Rep￿) Regulatths 2008 other than any requlrement
that thè accwnts givè a Yruo and fairf view wh￿h is not 8 m3tteT
¢onsthrtrJ as part of an w￿epe￿Jent examinakn.
I hava no (x)ftwr￿ arK1 have cune acyoss no olher matters in connection
wth the ex8minaticffl to which attentlon sWld b& drawn in this rekkn In
ordor to enaLq• a wop8r u￿r$t81￿￿1ng ￿ tho to ￿ reachad.
Slgnqd:
1511212025
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quallfi¢atlon(81 or body
111 #ny)-
BA FCCA Nfrpi
Addr￿8.
WR Parts*
Shrvlthry. SY2 6LG

Se¢tion B
Disclosure
Only complete If the ex2m&nei r.eeds to higNight mater￿1 matters of concern
(see CC32. Independènt exaMIn8b(￿ of tharity accounts". directw)ns and
guidan￿ for examin*sl.
Glv? here brlol d¢t4118 01
any it•ms that the
•xJmlnor wl$hes to
di•clo•e.

CTrIARtN (OliMI5SION
FOREPItL414DAIID WAES
Recelpts and payments accounts
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Unr06trided
lund•
Rostrfctod
fvnd•
Endowm$nt
fun
Totsi
Luiy•ar
A1 R•c•l
ot
24MI
11.71J
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21.018
Sub to
AR)
ub tot
141A42
130805
A3P•
nt•
250
11.1•7
1*731
14437
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Othèr•x￿ll￿
m*0
IlJ.372
124,
Sub to
124.•M
• tabl
Sub tol•1
124891
121.141
N•t o1r*glpls4pa￿ts)
A5 Tran•f•rs b•lweon fund•
Caih funds la•tJw•nd
C•$h fiffids t1￿5 yw•nd
1¢7S1
147$1
118.1$5
1249M
105.155
fO8.155
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Section B Statement of assets and liabil ities at the end of the period
D6ts48
fundl
fund
81 ¢a•h fwd•
1¥
Endowmont
nds
Detall
O•tsl
B3 Inv••tmgnt wqt•
Dotallg
B4 A•Mts r•tsln•d forth•
ch•rW• own IM•
X47
D9talls
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t￿h8￿claU lheIr￿le89
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