2025-08-31-accounts - Lymm Methodist Church

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Lymm Methodist Church The trustees have pleasure in present i ng their report and the f i nancial statements for the year ending 31 August 2025

Annual Trustees Report 1[st] September 2024 to 31[st] August 2025

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) Rev Andrew C Moffoot, Rev Mark Coles Church Stewards Victoria Sims, Eve Collen, Gill Chiverton, Sandra Woodthorpe, Norma Lamb, 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 Redevelopment Facilitator John Woodthorpe

Congregational Representatives

John Saxton, Derek Ogden,

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

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.

Position in the Community

Lymm Methodist Church is located in the centre of Lymm, a town of approximately12.5k 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. Plans are ready to improve our access and facilities in 2026. There is a traditional worship space plus a community building with 2 halls, a kitchen, coffee room, and a generalpurpose room.

Our Mission

We believe there are four elements to achieving our aims: Worship Evangelism Learning and Caring Service

Worship - Maintaining a strong worshiping community that can learn to know Christ and grow in Faith. Our membership numbers have remained stable over the past year. The families who joined us in recent years have become more involved in the worship life of the church especially in the music.

We have a strong Worshiping Community In the current situation where 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. We now live stream all services which take place in the church area.

Our usual pattern of worship is as follows

follows
Sunday in the month	Worship
1st 10.30am	BLEND
2nd 10.30am	Holy Communio n
3rd9am	Holy Communio n
10.30am	Impact
4th 10.30am	Worship in the church
5th(if applicable) 10.30am	Worship in the church

Impact is an interactive less formal 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. We have a large group of volunteers who cook and serve breakfast. It’s registered and promoted via the Chatty Café scheme.

At some point during BLEND, the young people go for a LEGO Church session whilst there is a short reflection time 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.

Evangelism.

Community Outreach continues to be the key element of our work with children and young adults. We are fortunate to be able to employ a Children’s and Family worker who coordinates this work.

Open the Book . Each Term our Open the Book Team visit each of the five Primary schools in the area where they perform Bible stories and share parables and prayers with the children. Where possible the children are encouraged to take part in the activities.

Hope Journey. Twice a year, we welcome up to 180 primary school children to our church building. 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. In the third term, the team visit the Primary schools and holds sessions in the schools for reception age children, looking at the story of the Good Samaritan.

Open the Book and Hope Journey are now integral parts of the five schools’ curriculums.

Messy Church . Held in the local Community Hall, toddlers and primary school children can enjoy fun and craft activities. They also listen to a Bible story and enjoy a meal together. This is a Churches Together Lymm and District event that is run and mainly staffed by our church.

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 and spend time with other young Christians.

Lunch at the Brow is growing in popularity, providing a place for people from the local community to meet and typically raising between £350 and £400 per month for the Warrington Homeless Charity. Each month there is a stall selling cards, donated gifts as

well as homemade jams and cakes. Money from this stall goes towards our redevelopment funds. Our volunteers not only donate the food but also their time.

On Christmas Eve we offer free mince pies and mulled wine to people walking past our building after they have attended the village ’Carols at the Cross’ event. On Transport day , the procession of vintage vehicles passes our church from 10.30am onwards, so we hold an early service and then hand out Jammie Dodgers and cold drinks to the spectators and those driving the vehicles as the parade passes by.

Learning and caring

Our Pastoral Team continues to provide loving support to those within our fellowship and beyond who are experiencing difficulties. All church members and affiliates have a pastoral visitor. The introduction of a church WhatsApp group has helped improve communications and a quick route for collective prayer support. Our Weekly News has been updated and is now e mailed out every Tuesday. For anyone without an e mail address, copies are printed and delivered by hand. This year we have also created a new Church Website , which is updated weekly to include the weekly notices. The website contains information regarding worship, activities, what happens in church and a page for any group who use our premises. The Text4Prayer team continues with its valuable work reaching out beyond the church community.

schoolchildren and supports CareUK by providing items for sale.

A Fairtrade stall is run once a month at our Impact service.

Members of our congregation collect for and support JMA and MHA . The Monday house fellowshi p group is a strong group who meet fortnightly to worship, pray and discuss a wide variety of topics together.

Some members of the church attend the circuit led Advent and Lent study groups.

Service

We have many groups who hire our premises on a weekly basis, as well as several one-off renters.

The premises are also used as a Lymm Festival venue.

To Serve the Present Age . Our redevelopment project is reaching its climax after many years of hard work. After an amazing effort for fund raising, work is scheduled to start in January 2026.

Loving Hearts and Hands group work quietly behind the scenes knitting items for Ukraine orphanages, Uganda

Balance Sheet September 2024 – August 2025

LYMM METHODIST CHURCH
FINANCIAL INFORMATION YEAR TO 31 AUGUST 2025
1. GENERAL ACCOUNT

	BUDGET			ACTUAL		VARIANCE
INCOME
Ofertory		33500			34201		701
Gif Aid			8000		8260		260
		41500			42461		961

Mission and Outreach		7315			8033		718
Church family		1100			517		-583
Letngs		17500			18622		1122
Church Services		240			160		-80
Other includingInterest		2500			2816		316

TOTAL		70155			72609		2454

EXPENDITURE
Circuit Assessment		37500			33800		3700
Utlites		8700			8677		23
Insurance		2490			2319		171
Maintenance & Repair		6000			3481		2519
Cleaning		2530			2530		0
Internet		673			966		-293
YoungPeople		450			319		131
Statonery		200			95		105
Mission and Outreach		7315			8438	-1123
Other		4200			6255	-2055
						0
TOTAL		70058			66880	3178

Excess Income over Expenditure		97			5729	5632

2. CFW
Income		14260			14798
Expenditure		17480			20326
Excess Expenditure over Income		-3220			-5528

3. REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
Income		0			99306

Expenditure	0	21010
Excess Income over Expenditure	0	78296

4. ACTUAL SUMMARY
	INCOM E	EXPENDITUR E
General	72609	66880
CFW	14798	20326
Redevelopment	99306	21010
TOTAL	186713	108216

5.NOTES
Debtor
Creditor

6. BALANCES
General Account			-5896
Redevelopment Account			389333
TOTAL			383437

CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS LYMM Church FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2025 SANKEY VALLEY Ctrcu Clrcult no. 1132 Règl$t•red Charlty - Charlty R•glstralOon numb•r If not a regSstered tharlty HI$ MaJo•tys R•v•nu• and Cu8toms Glft Ald numb•r (The HMRC number Is equivalent to a registered c*writy number In terms of evldence ol charttsbb8 ststU8 and may be used to glve to donors or grant funders wishkng to see evidence of the organisatlon's charitable ststus. Melhod18t charltles In England and Wale8 that are not registered charStles are excepted from reg18tratlon under Statukny Instrument 2014 No.242) 1188591 Mlnlster. Rev Tre8ise Church Stewards: Mrs Vlctoria Slms Mrs Dot Shopland Mrs Ni)nna L4mb Mr5 Gill Chiverton Mrs Sandra W(Mxlthorp¢ Mrs Evc CollL Treasurer. SFA 31.8.25 1ofS

ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUST 2025 LYMM Church Totsls l••t SECTION A Fundz Funds a1 RECEIPTS a2 and Tax recovered Bank and CFB intsrest and Investrfftnt income 42.461 41461 41,938 83 2.816 18.622 8.710 72.609 2.816 18.622 122.814 186.713 1,987 18,847 287,316 Lettin a5 Other re¢etpts TOTAL RECEIPTS 114,104 114104 a6 17) SECTION b1 PAYMENTS b2 Circuit As8essffnt CY Share 36.500 b3 Donat6 air5 and Maintenafflc utilities {In8Urans, 7hBter cha 88 heatin 3.481 3A81 9,594 b5 11,121 b7 Oiher p8rnnts TOTAL PAYMENTS 24.131 72A08 $9.939 108216 54,492 111,707 (bg) SECTION C NET RECÉIPTSIPAThIENT8 G1 201 78.296 70,497 238,181 Total funds brougm forward from 1881 year 6.fr37 311.037 Sub totsl c1+¢2 5,896 389,333 383,437 304940 Trangfers and ad ustrnts TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR (5,8961 383,437 {c8) SECTION D FOR INFORMATION OMLY: IAONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED OM TO ExfERNL ORGANI&4TIONS th•u amounts ar• not to b• Includ•d In t¢*al d1 Balance brou ht forward frorn last d2 Off8rin sIGilts. rwiv8d for extwnal 7.315 d3 7.978 7,315 8AIAMCE sllLL TO BE PAID (d1+(1243) 2of5 SFA318.25

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LW Nam8ofChurch..................................................................... Declarations and Scrutiny I conflm that these Re¢elpt and Parnt based acwxlts for the year to 31 August 21r25 h8ve been prepared from Ihe records of the Church arKI that1trw InckKle all funds under the control of the Church trustees. Slgnature of treasurer . GC Pegg F Name and addrè88 of tre8surer..................... 4 Fox Gard8n8 Lymrn Ch88hirn . Post Coda WA13 gEY Pr•4•ntallon to tha Chur¢h InA•I• I conllrm that the annual report and accounts for the 31 presented to ts meellnq of the Chuth trustees held on ..X.r.lQ...?. . SSgnature of the Chalr of the meeng Name of the Chalr of the edrj ... Rw Jwwny Trn•le• Ind6p6ndont Examlnerfs Report to the Trustaes of th• LYMM ..Church 11e8591 Chwlty Mufflb•r........ .. . Rosponslbllttlu and bul• of report I report to the trustees on my ex8min8tlon of the accxxJ)ts of the ... . . ... .... .. ..... Church for the year ended 31 August 2025 set cAJt on pages ... . As the Church's trustee$, are respon8ible for the preparation ol the accounts in acwrdance 76ith the requirements of the Charftles Act 2011 (Ihe ACV). I r8POrt in respect of my examrrthn of the Clr¢h,5 accounts carrd out K$er section 145 of the Act and, in rying out my exanmnalion, I have folo**d all the applica? DNect8 given by the Ch8rty Commission under sectlon 145(5Mb) of O)e ACL . delete drth as apprcyiate SFA31A 4015

LYMM Name of Church................................................................... ........... No.. Independent ExaMIne5 Stslemenl I have completed my examination. I confirm that no materi81 matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed belo) which give me cause to believe that in, any material respecL' the accounting rerdS knEre not kept in accordanlx with section 130 of tha Act; or the ac(x>unts do nol accord wrth the acInting records. I ha no cx)ncems and have come across no other matters in conneciion wth the examination to which attention should be dra in this fepci in order lo enable a proper understsndlng of the accounts to bg re8ch8d. I havelhave not. obtained iThlependent verifitIOn of all investrnents wlth the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances and funds at the Centr81 Flnance Board of Ihe Methodist Church which are individualty in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at tha balance sheel date. Signature of independent examlner Mr Ken Ltr Name of independent examinef Relevant professional qualifi(ts'on of irty)endent examiner rn.PAr.................................. Name of Ilnn (where appropriate) Address _tsc?s¢J J VC) k-sfbfvj J +W I ri(rTtfyJ Date delete or drde as appropriate SFA 31.825 5of5

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