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2024-08-31-accounts

Lymm Methodist Church

The trustees have pleasure in presenting their report and the financial statements for the year ending 31 August 2024

Annual Trustees Report st st 1 September 2023 to 31 August 2024

Administrative Details

Registered charity name Lymm Methodist Church Charity registration number 1188591 Principal office Lymm Methodist Church Eagle Brow Lymm Cheshire, WA13 0LP

The Trustees

The trustees who served the charity during the year and since the year end are as follows;

Church Secretary— June Hill

Circuit Ministers (ex Officio) Andrew C Moffoot (Superintendent), Rev Mark Coles

Church Stewards

Victoria Sims, Eve Collen, Gill Chiverton, Sandra Woodthorpe, Norma Lamb, Rachel Saxton, Dot Shopland

Church Appointments

Church Treasurer Graham Pegg Chair Finance and Property Paul Thompson Worship and Discipleship Graham Pegg Pastoral Care Gill Fuller Churches Together Jean Wardell Safeguarding Officer Jane Thompson Communion Steward Dot Shopland

Congregational Representatives

John Saxton, Derek Ogden,

The Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes act as Custodian Trustees for the Charity’s property.

Structure Governance and Management

Lymm Methodist Church is part of the Sankey Valley Circuit. It is governed by the Deed of Union 1932 and by the Methodist Church Standing Orders.

The church is cared for by a Presbyter (ordained minister).

The decision making body for the Charity (who are its trustees and listed above) is the Church Council that meets 3 times per year.

The Annual General Church meeting, that is open to all members of the Church, raises issues for consideration by the Church Council.

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Position in the Community

Lymm Methodist Church is located in the centre of Lymm, a town of approx.15k people. It is situated on a main arterial road through the village on a small plot of land surrounded by mature trees with marked out parking spaces for two vehicles. There is a public car park within easy walking distance.

The buildings date back to 1850 but are proving difficult to maintain due to their age. There is a traditional worship space plus a community building with 2 halls, a kitchen, coffee room, and a general purpose room.

Our Mission

We believe there are three elements to achieving our stated Mission.

How we structure our activities towards achieving our Mission can be summarised as follows;

Continuing to Grow

Similar to the previous year we have experienced further modest growth in our fellowship, noteworthy being the arrival of Hong Kong families who have settled in Lymm.

Strong Worshiping Community

In the current situation whereby Presbyters have to support multi–churches, there are two

Sundays each month when our Minister is able to lead our celebration of the Holy Communion. On the other Sundays, we are blessed with having Local Preachers and a team of Worship Leaders in our congregation who are supported by a talented music group enabling us to offer a mix of worship styles.

Impact is an interactive style of worship that continues to be well attended.

BLEND has a café atmosphere where our witness is to talk and meet with other people. It’s registered and promoted via the Chatty Café scheme.

LEGO Church session for children is available and an optional short moment of reflection

led by a member of the Worship Team. Attendees include some who are only connected to the church via a weekday adult or children group.

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Evangelism, Pathway to Discipleship

Community Outreach continues to be the key element of our Discipleship programme interacting with children and young adults. Held in the local Community Hall, toddlers and primary school children can enjoy fun and craft activities plus listen to a Bible story and a meal at Messy Church. It’s a Churches Together Lymm and District event that is run and mainly staffed by our church.

During each Term and in all five local primary schools, our Open the Book Team perform Bible stories, where possible the children are encouraged to take

part.

Twice yearly, we welcome up to 180 primary school children to follow the Hope Journey at our church. Rotating around six locations they learn about the true meaning of Christmas and Easter by meeting the

Bible characters. For many of the children it is the first time they have entered a place of worship. The team holds sessions in the schools for reception age children.

Open the Book and Hope Journey are now integral parts of the five schools’ curriculums. 7Up for seven- to eleven-year-olds has fun ac-

tivities, team games for this more active age group. It includes a meal, and each session has an underlying Christian message. Trips out are also included.

We are delighted that children associated with our community outreach have attended the Mersey Christian Youth Camp and the Methodist 3Generate Weekend, where they can meet with other young Christians.

On Christmas Eve we offer free mince pies and mulled wine to those attending the village ’Carols at the Cross’ and at the village Transport day - Jammie Dodgers and drinks served outside as the procession of cars passes by.

Caring and Learning

Our Pastoral Team continues to provide loving support to those within our fellowship and beyond who are experiencing difficulties. The introduction of a WhatsApp group has helped improve communications and a quick route for collective prayer support. The Text4Prayer team continues with its valuable work reaching out beyond the church community.

Loving Hearts and Hands group work quietly behind the scenes knitting items for Ukraine orphanages, Uganda schoolchildren and supports CareUK by providing items for sale.

Lunch at the Brow is growing in popularity, providing a place for people to meet and typically raising between £350 and £400 per month for the Warrington Homeless Charity.

To Serve the Present Age

We were delighted when Planning Permission for the realignment of our premises was granted in September 2023 by Warrington Borough Council.

The next stage is to work with the architect to produce the Engineered Design that will form the basis for the tendering process. The current cost estimate is £669k and the target construction start date September 2025

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Balance Sheet

September 2023 to August 2024

Regular Giving
Standing Orders
Envelopes Loose cash & cheques
Loose cash & cheques
Others income
Funds for Mission & Outreach
Amount - Gift Aided
Amount - non Gift Aided
Funds for Lymm Church Family
Amount - Gift Aided
Amount - non Gift Aided
Dev Fund - Gift Aided
Dev Fund - non Gift Aided
C&F Worker - Gift Aided
C&F Worker - non Gift Aided
General Income
Church Services
Lettings
Bank Account Interest
Other
Total Income
Income		 £
29,957.00
3,475.00
381.00
8,125.50
41,938.50
0.00
7,314.62
7,314.62
182.52
1,069.85
77,261.00
191,093.89
10,640.00
4,118.50
284,365.76
240.00
18,646.65
1,987.33
2,710.00
23,583.98		 £
29,957.00
3,475.00
381.00
8,125.50
41,938.50
0.00
7,314.62
7,314.62
182.52
1,069.85
77,261.00
191,093.89
10,640.00
4,118.50
284,365.76
240.00
18,646.65
1,987.33
2,710.00
23,583.98		 Mission & Outreach
Designated Offerings for Organisations
General Mission & Outreach
Children & Families Worker -salary
Children & Families Worker -expenses
Circuit/Partnership
Circuit Assessment
Running Costs`
Utilities
Insurance
Maintenance & Repair
Cleaning
Stationery & photocopying
Internet Expenses
Young People
Other Expenditure
Projects
P1 Church Development Plan
P2 BLEND
P3 Livestreaming
P4
Expenditure		 £
7,314.50
370.64
21,848.82
596.32
30,130.28
36,500.00
36,500.00
8,857.48
2,263.58
9,594.35
2,530.00
1,166.65
672.97
475.90
4,204.49
29,765.42
22,625.82
0.00
0.00
0.00
22,625.82
119,021.52
238,181.34
357,202.86 Total Expenditure 119,021.52
Balance - Income vs Expenditure 238,181.34
£
Fresh Expressions
65
Mission & Outreach
0
OTB
30
Ministers Benevolent Fund
500
Dev Fund
311,037
Circuit Assessment
0
311,632
Avalable Funds
-6,692
Creditors		 £
Fresh Expressions
65
Mission & Outreach
0
OTB
30
Ministers Benevolent Fund
500
Dev Fund
311,037
Circuit Assessment
0
311,632
Avalable Funds
-6,692
Creditors		 £
Co-op Bank
CFB
CFW		 2,084
302,856
304,940
0
304,940
Avalable Funds -6,692

Signature

Date

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Name of Church …Lymm

Independent Examiner’s Statement

I have completed my examination. I 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:

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/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.

Signature of independent examiner …………………………………………………………………. Mr Ken Long Name of independent examiner ……………………………………………………………………….

Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner ………………………………………

Name of firm (where appropriate) ……………………………………………………………………… 2 Cypress Close Woolston Warrington Address …………………………………………………………………………………………………… WA1 4EB ……………………………………………………………………………….. Post Code ………………

Date …………………………………………

* delete or circle as appropriate

Form Reviewed Aug-24

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