CHURCH
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
ACCOUNTS
THE METHODIST CHURCH
STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS
Princes Avenue Methodist
Church
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31 August 2023
Hull
Centre and West
Circult
Clr¢uit no 29137
Rogistered Charlty - Charlty Rogislralion numbor
f not a registered charity Her Majestys R•venuo and
Customs Gift Ald numbor
(The HMRC number is equNalent to a registered charity number in tems of evidence of charitable
status and may be used to give to donors or grant funders wshing to see evidence of the organisation's
charitable statu8. Methodist chaiities in England and Wales that are not registered Charities are
excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242)
1186854
Minister.
Rev Heten Hickson
Church Stewards..
Mrs J CaTr
Mrs J ￿ppon
Miss D Skiven
Treasurer.

ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
Church
Unre8trlcted Rostii¢W T¢)tsls thl
Funds
Funds
Totals last
SECTION A
a1
RECEIPTS
Offerin
s and Tax recovered
Bank and CFB interest and
Investment ino)me
8.320
8k20
5.175
83
3.889
21,653
5.613
39,475
a4
Leth'n
21,665
1.868
28,803
a5
other receipts
TOTAL RECEIPTS
39,515
la7)
SECTION B
b1
PAYMENTS
b2
Circuit Assessment or Share
15.000
15,1)00
299
15,000
82
b3
Donations
299
Re
irs and Maintenan
Utilities {Insurances. water
char
es. heatin
hts.
6.224
6224
20,840
bs
7.623
b7
Other payments
TOTAL PAYMENTS
15,433
44,S79
16,433
44,579
18,328
62,682
b8
(b9}
SECTION C
NET RECEIPTSIPAYMEWJ
FOR THE YEAR
c1
5,104
40
33,880
Total funds brought forward from
last year
172,222
172
c6
206,102
c3
Sub total
cl+c2
167.118
167,158
172.222
Transfers and ad.
ustrnents
224
c7
c5
TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR
167.118
166,934
Ic8)
172.222
(¢6)
SECTION D
FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS
{thg¥0 amounts aro not to be included In total veceiptslpayftwts figurnB
dl
Balance brou
ht forward from last
d2
Offerin
sIGifts- receNed for extemal o
anisalions
d3
OfferingslGifts - passed to extemal OrganiSati￿
d4
BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID
{d1+d2-d3)

SECnON E
e5
e7
8ni88uc￿8
e12
2-tO14￿ ¢olumnl
¥•MIs
7)
le7.168
BY CHURCH
360
260
nue¢)n a Mpgrth
11nec*￿aryW￿ th•
8ecmoN F
CLOSIYG
eALAMCE8
CHUACH-CASH FLW415 bWl•t31
39 091
Bank De
C•ntral Fin•rK• Bo•rd
Tiuawe8forMèthr#Jk* Churth
116.212
119.854
Oth•rfvnd•
SUB TOTAL.cfwrth#¢¢Mu
balarte totsl from8tthel le121
83.066
le121
246.352
Ix)
249.999
SECTION G
31 knJuit2ff23
OYFER A88Efsand LLABKMES
Land & Wkl"
f4 Fundsw at￿ Bc*

Name of Church .. Prin¢os Avort￿ lAeth0¢￿ Church
Declarations and Scrutiny
I corffinn that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2023 have been
prepared from the records of the Church and that they include all furKts urKler the control of the Church
truslees.
Signature of treasurer...... .
Name and address of treasurer........
144 Goddard Avenue Hull HU5 2BA
Pr•8entatlon to thè Church trustees
l o)nfirm that the annual report and accounts for thè ended 31 August 2023 ￿*re wesented to the
meeting of the Church trustees hebj on 04110r2023
Signature of the Chair of the me8tlng
ocfr. lo. Zr)l3
Name of the Chair of the meeting
Independent Examinerfs Report to the Trustees of the
Princes Avenue Methodist
Charity Number .. 11
Responslbllltles and basls of report
I report to the trustees on my examination of the ￿nts of the Prin￿ Avenue Meth￿J$st Church for
the year ended 31 August 2023 set out on pages 1 to 3. As the Churth's trustees. you are reswnsible
for the preparation of the accounts in a￿ordan￿ wilh the requirernents of the Charities Act 2011 ('the
Act,).
I report in respect of my examination of the Churth's *(￿UnIS (2rried under section 145 of the A(*
and, in carrwng out my examination, I have folktwed all the appl￿ble Dir*ins gtven ty the Chanty
Comrnission undw section 14515)(b) of the A<*
' delete or circle as appropriate

Nameofchurch...................
AJ&4J& btsi sf
No............
Independent Examinerfs Statsment
I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention in
connection with the examination (other than that disclosed belo￿) which gNe me cause to believe
that in, any material respect:
the accounting records We￿ not kept in accordan￿ 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 have obtained independent verification of all investments with the Trustees for Methodist Church
Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances and fvnds at the Central Finan￿ 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 independep:. examiner
.. Peter Whebjale
Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner
Name of firm (where appropriate)
Address 15 Fairfax Drrrfe Hepn ￿tyaJ
Post Code .... HU12 8PF
Date
delete or circle as appropriate

INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS, REPORT FORM
This forni sho￿ld bt wsed th to￿1￿￿¢¢10# with the STAf4DARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS {Churth CiTtuit& Distrirt)
A 5epar8te Report Form should be Prepared for I•ternal Org￿tio•
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNr
SECTION H
RECEIPTS
hl
Gifts & ¢knations
19284
Other receiirts
1.079.00
TOTAL RECEIPTS {lo R¢£eipts coi pay 3 im tbe accounts)
20363
SECTION I
PAYMENTS
tknnations
1285
Other PAyments
9,140.00
10425
53
TOTAL PAYMENTS (¢t) hyujents eol PAtt 3 ID the •*1• 4¢¢w4ts)
SECTION J
NET RECEIPTS (PAYMEIYTS)
9938
j2
OPENING BAIANCE (to
3 in the *tcouDts)
73128
Adjustments (show ony n¢8ative adj￿rtments in bTa¢kets)
j4
CLOSING BALANCE Its Ckgimg ￿l￿re CVL p*8e 3 im the *ttM#ts)
lil+j2+1-j3)
83066
SECTION K
HOW THE FUNDS ARE HEIJ)
kl
&8h in hand
383.00
Cath at BanklCFB ¢tc
82.684.¢J)
Othcr accounts
k4
TOTAL FUNDS HELD (sho￿1 *gr¢e Il•¢i4 abov¢)
(kl+k2+k3)
83067
SECTION M
FOR INFORMATION OIYLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO OTHER EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS
Balance brou
t forward from last
Offerin
Offerings/Gifts . rAssed to Organt￿tIm$

THE MEfHODIST CHURCH
IKrERNAL ORGANISATION REPORT FORM
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
Each year every organisation Connec￿ed with a locJ Church, Circuit or Distn"ct is requirèd by Standing
Orders lo present rts accounts to the Church Councivcircuil Meetinglsynod.
The Managing Tnjstees are annually required to ￿nplete the Amual Accounts setting out the )Inancial
affairs of the ChufcNCircuitlDistrict indthling 811 its connerted intemal ¢yganisations.
This fomi ￿lch can be used ftjr a ChurchlCircuiL District organisation) requires details of the accounts
of your organisab'on so that all re$F￿n￿billtses can be fijlfilled. We ask for your ¢>xJperation which
will ensure proper public acccmjnlability th8 protection of vtho willingly act as treasurers.
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DISThCT: Y rk hi
i GrouWOryanls•tlon
I Signatures sectic
I I confirn th411 hwv• pryrrAI ts krformkn th*rknffrton th• ar¥J fvJxdsofth•4knh• n*Md Grwp or OryaniM￿on
or Orgoni¥ation
I confirm that I ha¥• examln•J the aeo>Jnts ofth•
23
al a me8tirwJ*thK* I to ch*r¢
SvJr¥bj￿ ofchairofmeeting

RESERVES POLICY
Report on behalf of
PRINCES AIENUE
rchurch Council)
HULL
CEpifRE AND WES
{"CiTCUit PAeeting)
W8 submit our annLRI repjrt in attordance with the
requirements of the Methodist c0ftferen￿ and the
Charty Commission guidance in CC19.
(11 The trustees have estsblIsh￿ the￿ miSs￿n
aims taking into account all of the resources
available in terms of peokle. prop* and
money
(Hli have agreed a Reswve5 Polry which is
OLrt ovgrleaf and record8d in the
trustees. rninute8 ourAnnual Report
(N) Vk re¢cgnise the need to be accountablo as
charity trustees for au the money which comes
to our hands and will provide further
fomiat*)n
a$
requlred
tho
Cir¢uitlDi$tridJConnex￿n
lil} Mi88h?n initiativeslproJe¢ts have been costed
or 8stim8tes made of proJ￿ted future costs
whi¢h take into account the needs of the
buildings and the requirernants of the
Quinquennial InspgctK)n Re[￿S
(v) Our Re￿￿ is attached ov8deat
To be completed by Receiving Body
The
HULL (CENTRE AND WEST)
'Circuit Meeting received the RESERVES POLICY of
PRINCES AVENUE
"Church Council
Policy accepted aD*l admthvledgement sent lo tr* trustees
YES
Policy noted arKI the following enquiries made of th& trLtstees
Responses received and any further action taken
"Circuit
Slgnatures
. Please ddete as a

RESERVES POUCY of
PRINCES AVENUE
('Church Council)
General Funds held at YE 31108f2023
£249959
Restricted Funds held
£40
Endowment Funds hebj
Reserves policy for Genernl Funds
Thls ReseNe Policy relates to the Gèneral Fund held in the Vlrgln Moneyi CFB and TMCP
accounts. Ideally we alm to hold sufficlent funds to cover approximately 6 months expendlture.
The church neods about 1 month's average expenditure £4800} as worklng capltal to Gover
nornial running costs. The CFB and TMCP are unrestrlcted but tho church assessment is pald
from the CFB a¢¢ounL The church holds a large resetve mainly in the TMCP account as the
tower and splre aro Grade11 Ilsted and any Myrk ngeded to bo undertaken 58 extremely costly.
5. Pollc
for Restrlcted Funds
Benevolent fund at dlscretlon of minlster.
Temis Telatlng to Endry￿￿ent Funds held
This Reser4es Policy has been apwoved
PRINCES AVENUE
('Church Council
Treasurer
Trustee
Full name Barrie Thompson
Full Name .June Ca
uHk LI4FR
Signature
Signature