2025-08-31-accounts - Horfield Methodist Church

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Horfield Methodlst Churth Annual ber 2024- A 2025 Horfield Methodist Church is Part of the 8ristol and Soirth GI0$te¥shIfe arcuil which iKludes 33 churche5 across both local authority areas led by a Superintendent Minister. This circuit is one of nine in the Bristol Methodist Distrlct, whlch also covers rrt of Gloucestershire and parts of bjth Wiltshlre and SomerseL We utilise buildin85 on two site5 in Horfiew and Bishop5ton. with a combined rnernbetship of 99. and is used by 21 community gmUPS throughout the The minister appolnted to Horfield has overgght of other thurches in the arcuit as as Horfield and Bishopston, so about seventy percent of our acts of worshtp are led lry one of his ordained colleagues or by a Methodist Local {lay) Preacher or church leadets who work as a team to provlde services with a partlcular fr)cus and includin8 guest speakers from charities Suppo We acknowled8e the a)ntribution that each of them makes to our CO activity of Christian worship. Year under re¥lv Regular worship activities corrtinue with Sunday momin8 servKes. The service from the Horfield site is also available onllne via Z¢y)m. Junior Church children have their own actNities after a short time of famlty worshlp. A young peoples, group Is offered, but the tsktrup is limited, although the group with its leaders enjoyed participating in the Methodist Church's national 3Generate. a ekeThd of fun and worship, [d at Birniin8ham's NEC. A number of Io(31 charities and organisatiOn5 have been invited to Share their VIrk with u& Averdge attendan at seThices is 51 at Horfield and 9 at Blshopston. A number ol study/disCUssion 8roups been held throughout the year. and have been well supported. as we seek to de¥tlop our Christian undetstsndiryd aThJ outbok Bap weddlry and funeTa15 have been olebrdted, as the need arise The Generdl Church Meetin8 in April provided a It of prlorlties from the Mission Actlon Plan to gulde the Leadership Team. From this. the leadership team has agreed the plan and will look at a specific action from the plan at each of its meetings and review the progress bel8 rnade by the group re4nSIble. We have improved Dur websites and work is on80in8 to enhance our social medla presence. The recent mer8er120211 wlth nearby 8ishopston Methodist Church. continues to move forwar(l. for example now have lust one bank accounL Mainly due to the challerees of Identifying Pather$ we have increased the frequency of'whole church. services where con8re8ants from our t) sites join tO8ether. Thi5 usuallytsk£s place at the Horfietd site for prdLtKzI reason& Communlty and outreath artrrfits continue wlth Messychurch Inm on a monthly baslsl, tsrrnvtlme weekly sessions of Uttle Fishes lour tOddr group), and toffee morniw. While there is no shortage of ideas frjr expandSn8 such aciivities there are limitations as to what can be achieNEd with the volunteer-POl4Pf available. The a fewer people willing to tske on roleslresponslbilltles wlthin the church and those who already do a frjlly committed. We completed a review of all working 8roups and committees and streamlined these and reduced tlme commitments from our volunteer base. The church is aware of the need to succession pkn for key roles. This remains a challenge. not just locally but across the Methodist Church of Great Britain as a whole, we are grateful to all those who ta up any respOnbIlities. We held a successful'meet and Greet, moming in the summer which was *tkomed by building users. The intentlon WB5 to encourage interactions between groups. users of both churth buildiw but was also a chance for us to Introdu oursew and have the opportunity to show the work that we are irNol¥ed In and en8a8e with people about OUT effort5 on Eco Indusi¥e Church, Wirter Ni8ht Shelter 3rKI Christians at Bristol Prlde. Flnances are •sOn4bty healty, but * malntaln c105e control of our expendlture and use of resources. The medium to long tsmi future of retaini both sites will inevitsbty come under review in the next few ar5. The upkeep of ageing buiklin8S1 on both siies, after mary years of just bas•c repairs has conbnued, and ts likety to continue to brlng challenglng declsions about prioriuslng expendItu. Items of note were some Thfjrk which came to light duri the fire risk assessment at one site and p1aMent of deteritiratin8 and disintegrating Stage curtains at the other site. Major expenditure on the fn)nt paths arKI the o)urtyard at the Horfield site YKas carr1 out In the

Summer. We fortunate to receive grants towards this work a5 Thyll as donations from ffleMbe individua fvnd rai%n8 at the Bristol Iok and church fund raising activi Fintshlr¥ off touches are stlll to tske place. The thurth contioues to be ecolca1ty awa. It runs regular activitie5 to pronK)te care of the erniironment and the climate crisis. and arrdrges litterpick everrts tn the streets around one of the church buildir8s. Our young people h constructed a number of bug hotels and planted sorne I)efrIendlY herb seeds which can 80 into the new planters In the Couftyard. We were grJtefvl to be awarded a Brant to Instsll a gnart thenn05tat for the boilers at the laryer site. The congreEatlon Is very diverse and we are proud of offering a wami and inclusi¥e welcorne to all visitors. We are regularly seeing rth people attendin8 which is testsment to the welcome and reflerts the ideals of the InclusNe Church movement. Rev Martin Sbcombe on behalf of the Mana8in8 Tntstees. Febnory 2026

CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS Hotheld Mothodl•t Church FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2025 Brl•tol & South Glouc••tsrnhlro Clrcult Clrcult no. 712 R•¥l•t•md Ch•rfty- CrIty R•ohtrntlon numb•r If not a register charty HI8 MaJeJty'• R•vonuo and Cu•tom¥ Glft Ald nurnr (The HMRC nurnber is 8quwak8nt to a regi8ter*J charity number in terns of 8¥id8nce of charita6 stattJ8 and may be u88d lo oive to donors or o•nt fundors w18hlng to $88 evidence of the organi$ation'$ charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wa188 that ar8 not regi81ered tharit ore excepted frorn registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.2421 1191908 26699 MInter.. Rav. M8rift Slocomt Church Stewards.. Lou Cari8$ P8m Gannon Pauline Harris Christine Williams Jennr McLar8n Donna Sh•we Tre88urer'. Hen Wallbddg8 40a Final accounts for 2425. to audlt.x1sx 1ofS

ACCOLINTS FOR THE YEAR EIIDEO 31 AUGUST X*28 Horfiold Methodi8t Church unr••tth1 Ro•trkt¢d Tota th Fund• SECTION A AECEIPT8 Offerin s Bnd Tax loc1•d 8ank and CFB Intor881 and In¥egbThnl Incar 49.374 49.374 3.547 3,647 84 LetbrvJg Other re¢•ipt6 YOTAL AECEIPYS 63.446 12.055 1AO,4Z3 83,446 21,183 157.660 76,057 ,133 133.71S 9.127 .127 a6 SECTION B b1 PAY%IEt4TS b2 Cir¢urt Asses8mwl (K Share 85,066 68,080 26 88,228 82 b3 DotJn& 25 Irs and M8intena UblilKs {Insur&rws, water ¢80, ho81ing & 1jhI1nQl 7,470 7,470 bs 22.578 22.071 18,096 b7 Olh8rp&ym8nt6 TOTAL PAYMENTS 33.960 9.127 43.087 131,248 b6 129.120 9,127 Ib91 119,Q07 SECTION C NET RECEIPT8TrAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR ¢1 19,302 19,302 14,709 Touifund8 browhl foTh%wd fmm la81 95,570 9S,670 80,861 Sub total c1+c2 114,872 114.872 Transfers and ad uslment8 Ic7 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR IcJ+¢41 114N2 114,872 SECTION D FORINFORWITIOII ONLY.. MONEY RECEIVED ANO PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGA141$ATIONS th•#• •mDunts ar• notto Includ•d In totsl rwl d1 BaL•fte8 bfo mforWa from1851 421 125 d2 Grft¥. fOrexknI 4n18llllon 3,974 d3 OfferhigFJGrftB . P460od t¢ektem81 organl8thn6 2.776 3,679 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID (d1+d2413 2of5

Horfield Mbthodist TKE 31 202511l Ory•nithmWr¢tr&tr INTERP4• LhthFlihi 1.107 144 nd& 276 1U htforw•rflMs 2.trthcolumn 1x2 •S.070 114W72 I.IM 9$.848 TOTN PAYME 8É¢TIOklF CHVrtH.WHFUMYHELOolJ1 V13 3g,J74 8wTOTAL.chh<UthA 90,07 114871 &bD¥•l{•121 276 144 OTALCAIHPUND5HELDVY¢IIM¢ ¥E¢T)Nty OTHERWET•thidU•ALmEts ré¢ 91 3(45

NamofCurch...... Declaratlons and Scrutiny I confrn that Ihw Ret 8nO Payment b•5¢¢ a¢¢wnts for the year lo 31 Augu¥l 2025 h@v• boon prepar•J from tho r•cords of the Church and Ihol they all fund5 underlhe control of the Church tru¥teos. Snature of treaeurer... Date..1.7/1./zf H£L& ..20... Lehiis.LÉ.Y...Cfy-.scW, Narnè aThl addre oiirèa&uror...... . . ..£.S9....4.PG Pr•nton to th• Chur¢htru•t• l Qrffm th81 Ihe annual report and rth• year 8nthJ 31 August 2025 rth11 btr. prosented to the mBe Svjnaturo of Iho Chalr of tho meeting Nam8 oftho Ch8lrofth8 mlno ...... Indgpend•nt Examlngrf• Report to the Trust¥ of thfr Horfleld Mathodlot Church Charlty NurnbDr 1191908 R•wi•lbllltkn• •nd b•4• of r•port I report to the Iiu8teasen my examination oftho accounts Df the Hcrfiekl Methodist Church for the year ethd 31 Auoust2025 Sot Dul on page$ I to 5 A6 Ihe Church'8 trU$tees. you are r88pon8ible fort preparation of the accounts in aEtord8nEe the requirnm?nty ofthe ¢horth¥kn¢2011 I'ihe Arfl I report In respect ofmy 8xamhaUon of thè Church's accounts carried out under secbon 145 of IheAct and. in Corrw out my 8¥gminaton. I hav8 follow 811 th& applicab Dire¢bons gNefi bythB Charty Commission under wction 14451(bl of tho Art ' dOe (cird• •* ¥prcpriat¢ 4ofS

N8nof Chuteh H¢rfa M8lhcdlit No 712 Ind•p•hdothtExmln•rf StItnt I havecompletotr rnyexarninalon. I wnfirrn tho1 no m•torfal mthrs ha¥0 Wrnoto In (wn9n wth I examknatton lolherthan Ih&tdl8¢loBed beW)whth me ¢8u86 10 bel• th81 In, any m•t8rf81 respett. tho 8¢counllno r8¢Ord8r¥ not kapt in acc¢rdan¢ewith 8bon 130 of A¢t,' or the accounts do notaccord th ihe aCrUnn rerdS. I h8¥0 rKJ (i)n(m8 and h8vecom&arm¥4 no otr matte[¥ in wilh examinalk)n tOV4hh •lIonOn be drawll in thia raport order to enab a pr¢per underst•ndlw of the attountsto t reached. I Wh•vo noi. oMain8d indokndenl ¥erifKation of all investments Véilh ihe Tru818e& for Mbthodist Chur¢h Purpw6 or held In olherlruit8. bank balances and fundg allhg Contral Flnanc8 Board of the MothcO181 Church whh are dIdua1ty •xc¢M of£lO.000 Itgn thDN•nd pourKlsl $1 tho b•lane oh88id•ts Svanllture ofindepBthnl N8 ofindepeTrJenl ex4miner .. Re¥Anl woffiOnal qu8lM¢aUon of hd8P8ndèni exsminèi ..._ Postccde } 400 Flnal •¢wunt8 lor 2445 £I.5X 5of5