## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1[st] September 2024 to 31[st] August 2025 Charity name: Ivybridge Methodist Church Charity registration number: 1192612** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The deed of Union (1932) and Methodist**
**Church Act (1976) are the governing**
**documents.**
**The purposes of the Methodist Church are and**
**shall be deemed to have been since the date of**
**union the advancement of-**
**a) the Christian faith in accordance with the**
**doctrinal standards and the discipline of the**
**Methodist Church;**
**b) any charitable purpose for the time being of**
**any Connexional, district, circuit, local or other**
**organisation of the Methodist Church;**
**c) any charitable purpose for the time being of**
**any society or institution subsidiary or**
**ancillary to the Methodist Church;**
**d) any purpose for the time being of any**
**charity being a charity subsidiary to the**
**Methodist Church.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17
and 1.19|**Ivybridge Methodist Church provides**
**buildings, facilities, a place for worship**
**(including live-streaming services), the general**
**advancement of the Christian faith, Christian**
**education, pastoral care, evangelising,**
**maintaining the church building, conducting**
**Christian services, such as funerals,**
**marriages, welcoming new children and**
**raising awareness of the Christian faith.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Yes the trustees have regard to the guidance**
**issued by the Charity Commission on public**
**benefit and always seek to fulfil that to the best**
**of their ability within the guidance of its**
**governing document.**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**No grants have been made by Ivybridge**
**Methodist Church.**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**Ivybridge Methodist Church has no social**
**investments.**| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**The contribution of volunteers is essential to**
**the work of the charity. Volunteers undergo**
**DBS checks where appropriate. Together they**
**contribute around 7000 hours of service per**
**year. Without them the charity would be unable**
**to provide services to our Church and**
**community. They are involved in diverse areas**
**from bookings management to youth work and**
**group leaders to providing technology for**
**worship service live streaming.**| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**The Charity’s main focus is a place for**
**services of worship for its fellowship and**
**surrounding community. The charity also**
**seeks to build up the fellowship and serve the**
**community – such as, community lunches are**
**held weekly, offering food, conversation and**
**listening ears to all who attend and other**
**groups (both spiritual and secular) for young**
**and old to further develop this aim and**
**achievement. The livestreaming of the Sunday**
**morning service has continued. We undertake**
**joint community outreach events, such as**
**‘Party in the Park’, the Light Party and an**
**outdoor Town Carol Service. We are**
**experiencing encouraging growth with our**
**work with families, such as through, the ‘Baby**
**Hub’ group to support new parents. Our work**
**on a Sunday with children has also increased,**
**and we are now starting to explore ways we**
**can develop relationships with our local**
**Primary Schools through the ‘Easter**
**Experience’ and class visits.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**The main objective of the Charity is to be a**
**body of people committed to following Jesus**
**Christ and to enable others to explore what**
**this might mean for them.**
**To also ensure all have every opportunity of**
**joining in the established fellowship. We have**
**five guiding aims namely: Providing accessible**
**worship, Sharing the Good News, Encouraging**
**Spiritual growth, Blessing our community and**
**being a Church family and these guide our**
**ongoing strategy which is to sustain the**
**growth we are experiencing. We aim to keep**
**offering regular whole church courses for**
**further discipleship and to reach out in fresh**| |||**ways to the community through our outdoor**
**community events and keep welcoming the**
**community onto the church premises through**
**secular ‘specials’ such as the Advent Craft**
**Market, as well as the ongoing warmth of**
**fellowship on a Sunday, with our**
**contemporary worship and relevant messages.**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**We receive our funding via donations from the**
**fellowship, gift aid, rental income and some**
**grants. During this year with all its challenges**
**we maintained enough funding to remain**
**financially stable.**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**Ivybridge Methodist Church holds no**
**investments.**| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**For the year 2024/25 the fellowship has been**
**blessed by the Lord to have ended the year**
**with a healthy bank balance of £131,925.**| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The reserve policy is circa a quarter of**
**Ivybridge Methodist Church annual**
**expenditure. This should provide sufficient**
**time to enable the trustees to rectify any**
**financial jeopardy due to either falling income,**
**rising expenditure or a combination of both.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£26,000**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Not applicable.**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**Not applicable.**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**There are no financial concerns re the viability**
**of the charity, but this is kept under a**
**continued review by forecasting a few years**
**ahead.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**The principal sources are donors who are**
**largely church attendees who contribute either**
**by standing order, weekly envelopes or cash in**
**the church collection. As many of these**
**donations are from UK tax payers, IMC claims**
**the gift aid.**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**IMC would comply with the Methodist Church**
**investment policy.**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Our principal risks are:**
**1) A large fall in fellowship numbers that could**
**impact donations.**
**2) A major safeguarding problem.**
**3) A major building repair.**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||**Not applicable.**| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**The deed of Union (1932) and Methodist**
**Church Act (1976)**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**1976 Methodist Church Act authorises the**
**Methodist Conference as the governing body**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees (Stewards) are appointed by the**
**Annual Church meeting from nominations**
**received from the Church membership. Other**
**Trustees are appointed by the Church Council**
**as per Methodist rules. The only Trustee not**
**appointed in this way is the Chair (the Minister)**
**who is selected by the Circuit and appointed**
**by the Conference of the Methodist Church.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|**The Methodist Church Trustee Eligibility**
**Declaration with Addendum 1 and Addendum 2**
**– Ivybridge Methodist Church – Guidance and**
**Policies.**| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**The national Methodist Church/The**
**Connexional is the governing charity that**
**devolves responsibility via local District &**
**circuit charities that are formed from individual**
**Methodist Churches. Ivybridge Methodist**
**Church is governed by the Church Council,**
**who all are trustees.**| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**The Church hosts the office of the local Youth**
**for Christ team and the local Food Bank under**
**annual license as prescribed by TMCP**
**(Trustees of Methodist Church Purposes).**| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|**Ivybridge Methodist Church**| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|**IMC, Ivybridge Methodist Church Trustees**| |Registered charity number|**1192612**| |Charity’s principal address|**Ivybridge Methodist Church,**
**Fore Street,**
**Ivybridge,**
**Devon**
**PL21 9AB**| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee (if**
**any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Rev Amanda Roper|Minister/Chair||Methodist Conference| ||LindseyReid|Secretary||Church Council| ||Robin Duckering|Treasurer||Church AGM| ||Valerie Marriott|Administrator||Church AGM| ||RegMarriott|Senior Steward||Church Council| ||Christine Gentle|Steward||Church AGM| ||Pam Shead|Steward|Resigned 10thMarch 2025|Church AGM| ||David Rowe|Steward||Church AGM| ||Lynn Allen|Steward||Church AGM| ||Madeline Allen|Steward||Church AGM| ||Carole Mitchell|Pastoral Secretary||Church Council| ||Chris Phillips|PropertySteward||Church Council| ||Andrew Phillips|Youth Vision Fund||Church Council| ||Sara Hladkij|SafeguardingOfficer||Church Council| ||Maureen Scoble|Congregational Rep||Church Council| ||JudyJago|Congregational Rep||Church Council| ||Stephen Gill|Congregational Rep||Church Council| ||Anna Chalk|Congregational Rep||Church Council| ||Helen Martin|Congregational Rep||Church Council| ||Tom Cole|Congregational Rep|From 14thOctober 2024|Church Council| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name Not applicable** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**Trustees for the Methodist**
**Church Purposes**||| |||| Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others Description of the assets held in this ca aci Name and objeds of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the ¢xslodian chari 's ob ecls Detsils of a￿angeMentS for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the chari 's own assets Not Appllrable Additional Informatlon {optional) Names and addresses of advlsars (Optional infomiallon) Type of Namo Address adviser Name of chlef executive or names ol $•nlor Staff memb•rs Ioptlonal Inforniatlon) Exemptions from disclosure rsonnel details Reason for non4isclosure of ke Other o tional information Declarations Th• tru8tee$ declare that they have approved the trustoes, report above. Slgned on bahall of tho charity's Irust••8 Signature{s> Full namols) P081tlon leg Secretary. Chair. etc) Rev Amanda Roper Mlnlster & Chalr Reg Marriott Sanlor Stoward Date ## **CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS** # **THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS** ## **IVYBRIDGE METHODIST CHURCH** FOR THE YEAR ENDED Sunday, 31 August 2025 |**Circuit**
**Plymouth & Devonport**|**Circuit no.**|**24/1**| |---|---|---| |**Registered Charity - Charity Registration number**||| |||1192612| If not a registered charity **His Majesty's Revenue and Customs Gift Aid number** (The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in terms of evidence of charitable status and may be used to give to donors or grant funders wishing to see evidence of the organisation's charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not registered charities are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242) |Minister:|Minister:| |---|---| |Rev Amanda Roper|| |Church Trustees:|| |Reg Marriott|Andrew Phillips| |Lindsey Reid|Sara Hladkij| |Val Marriott|Maureen Scoble| |Christine Gentle|Judy Jago| |David Rowe|Steve Gill| |Lynn Allen|Anna Chalk| |Carole Mitchell|Helen Martin| |Chris Phillips|Pam Shead resigned 10th March 2025| |Madeline Allen|Tom Cole from 14th October 2024| |Treasurer:|| |Robin Duckering|| ||| 2024-2025 IMC Standard Form of Accounts.xls 1 of 5 |**AC**|**SECTION A**
**COUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**|**SECTION A**
**COUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**|**SECTION A**
**COUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**|**Designated**
**Grants:**
**General Funds**
**(unrestricted)**
**Sub-total**
**(unrestricted)**|**Designated**
**Grants:**
**General Funds**
**(unrestricted)**
**Sub-total**
**(unrestricted)**|**Designated**
**Grants:**
**General Funds**
**(unrestricted)**
**Sub-total**
**(unrestricted)**|**IVYBRIDGE**
**METHODIST CHURCH**|**IVYBRIDGE**
**METHODIST CHURCH**|**IVYBRIDGE**
**METHODIST CHURCH**|**Churc**|**h**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||**Restricted**
**Funds**|**£**
**86,889.39**
**2,630.35**
**11,674.49**
**5,198.60**
**Totals this**
**year**||**Totals last**
**year**|| ||**SECTION A**||||||||||| ||||||||||||| |||||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**||**£**|| |a1|**RECEIPTS**||**Note**||||||||| |a2|Offerings and Tax recovered:|||76,218|8,759|84,977|1,912|**86,889.39**||90,129|| |a3|Bank and CFB interest and Investment
income:|||2,630||2,630||**2,630.35**||2,306|| |a4|Lettings:|||11,674||11,674||**11,674.49**||10,581|| |a5|Other receipts:|||5,199||5,199||**5,198.60**||8,255|| |a6|**TOTAL RECEIPTS:**|||**95,722**|**8,759**|**104,481**|**1,912**|**106,392.83**|**(a7)**|**111,271**|| ||**SECTION B**
**PAYMENTS**|||||||**41,385**
**8,725**
**13,397**
**14,998**
**14,403**|||| ||**SECTION B**||||||||||| |b1|**PAYMENTS**||||||||||| |b2|Circuit Assessment:|||41,385||41,385||**41,385**||47,152|| |b3|Donations:|||6,620||6,620|2,105|**8,725**||5,445|| |b4|Maintenance:|||8,180|5,217|13,397||**13,397**||13,022|| |b5|Utilities (Insurances, water charges,
heating &lighting):|||14,998||14,998||**14,998**||12,685|| |b6|||||||||||| |b7|Other Payments:|||10,861|3,542|14,403||**14,403**||9,793|| |b8|**TOTAL PAYMENTS**|||**82,044**|**8,759**|**90,803**|**2,105**|**92,908**|**(b9)**|**88,097**|| |||||||||**13,485**|||| ||**SECTION C**||||||||||| |c1|**NET RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS**
**FOR THE YEAR**
**(a6-b8)**|||13,678||13,678|(193)|**13,485**|||| ||||||||||||| |c2|Total funds brought forward
from last year|||93,883||93,883|193|**94,075**|**(c6)**|70,902|| |||||||||**107,560**|||| |c3|**(c1+c2)**
**Sub total**|||107,560||107,560||**107,560**|||| ||||||||||||| |c4|Transfers and adjustments
**Error from prior year:**||||||||**(c7)**|(0)|| ||||||||||||| |c5|**TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR**
**(c3+c4)**|||**107,560**||**107,560**||**107,560**|**(c8)**|**94,075**|**(c6)**| ||**SECTION D**||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |d|**FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS**
**(these amounts are not to be included intotal receipts/payments figures above)**||**£**||**£**| |d1|Balance broughtforwardfrom last year||||| |d2|Offerings/Gifts- receivedforexternalorganisations||||| |d3|Offerings/Gifts -passed to external organisations||||| |d4|**BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID** (d1+d2-d3)||||| 2 of 5 2024-2025 IMC Standard Form of Accounts.xls IVYBRIDGE METHODIST CHURCH **Church** ## **SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL** **SECTION E Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page** Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2024 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Church Council/Church Meeting. Note that the funds of an Internal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must be completed to arrive at the gross income and expenditure totals of the Church. If gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold, then the Accruals method of accounting AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website). Please refer to the guidance notes regarding transfers between the District and connected District Organisations. ||**INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS**|**INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS**|Receipts||Payments||Net Receipts/
Payments|Adjustments||Opening
balances||Closingbalances|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |e1|**Youth Vision Fund:**||11,668||14,656||(2,988)|||27,353||24,365|| |e2|||||||||||||| |e3|||||||||||||| |e4|||||||||||||| |e5|||||||||||||| |e6|||||||||||||| |e7|||||||||||||| |e8|Sub total of Internal
Organisations funds||11,668||14,656||(2,988)|||27,353|**(e11)**|24,365|**(e12)**| |e9|**Church accounts (totals**
**brought forward from page 2 -**
**totals column)**||**106,393 **|**(a7)**|**92,908 **|**(b9)**|**13,485**||**(c7)**|**94,075**|**(c6)**|**107,560**|**(c8)**| |e10|**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD**
**BY CHURCH**||**118,061**||**107,564**||**10,497**|||**121,428**|**(x)**|**131,925**|**(y)**| ||||**TOTAL RECEIPTS**||**TOTAL**
**PAYMENTS**||||||||| ||||||||||||||| ||**SECTION F**||||||||||||| ||**STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND L**||**IABILITIES**||||||||||| ||**STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES**|||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**CHURCH -CASH FUNDS HELDat 31 August 2025**
Cash in hand
BankCurrentAccount
Bank DepositAccount
**SUB TOTAL - Church accounts**
**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH**
Central Finance Board
Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
Other funds
Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
balance total from above) (e12)|**OPENING**
**BALANCES**
46,569
47,506
**94,075**
(c6)
**27,353** (e11)
**121,428**
(x)|**CLOSING**
**BALANCES**|| |f1|Cash in hand|||| |f2|BankCurrentAccount||44,904|| |f3|Bank DepositAccount|||| |f4|Central Finance Board||62,657|| |f5|Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes|||| |f6|Other funds|||| |f7|**SUB TOTAL - Church accounts**||**107,560**|(c8)| |f8|Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
balance total from above) (e12)||**24,365**|(e12)| |f9|**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH**||**131,925**|(y)| |||||| ||**SECTION G**|At|At|| ||**SECTION G**|||| ||**OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES**
Other Assets
Land & Buildings(see notes re Insurance value)
Loan(s)- show amount outstandingatyear end
Other Liabilities
Investments(include Endowments)|1 September 2024
10,100,335
203,135|31 August 2025
10,403,368
209,230|| |g1|Investments(include Endowments)|||| |g2|Land & Buildings(see notes re Insurance value)|10,100,335|10,403,368|| |g3|Other Assets|203,135|209,230|| |g4|Loan(s)- show amount outstandingatyear end|||| |g5|Other Liabilities|||| 3 of 5 2024-2025 IMC Standard Form of Accounts.xls Name of Church Iv￿)ridge Methodist Church. tharity numbér 1192612 Declarations and Scrutiny confim thalthese Receipland PayThentbased accounts forthe yearto 31 August2025 have been prepared from Ihe rectirds ofthe Church and thatthey indude all fvnds under Ihe control ofthe Chur¢h tnJstees. Signaknre oftreasurer.................................... Oale Namo and address of treasurer Robin Du(*ering 6 Scoldens Close. Modbury. fv￿)ridge, Devon PL21 OSN Pr•sentatlon to th• Church tru$te•s I confirm thatthe annual report and accounts for Ihe year ended 31 Augu8t 2025 were￿11$ be" presented to the meeting ofthe Chur¢h trustees held on Signaknfe ofthe Chair of Ihe meeting Name ofthe Chairoflhe meeting RovAmanda Roper. Dats 2s / z/ z Independent Examlnerf8 Report to the Trustees of the Ivybrfdge Methodlst Church Ch•rlty Numb•r 1192612 Re•ponsibilltles and basis d report I report to Ihe ￿Stee$ on my examination of the accounts ofthe ￿ybridge Methodist Church for the year ended 31 August2025 setoulon pages 1 b 3. As the Church'struslees, you are ￿spOnsIble forthe preparatson of the accounts in accordance with the ￿QUIrements ofthe Charities Act 20111.the Act'l. I report in respeclofmy examination ofthe Churth's ac￿￿nts carried outunder section 145 ofthe Acland. in carying out my examination. I have followed all Ihe applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515)Ibl ofthe Act delete or ¢ir¢le as appropriate 4ofS Narne ofChurch- Ivybridge Methodistchurch, tharity no.: 1192612 Independent Examlner's Ststomenl I have completed my examination. I confim Ihat no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examinats'on which give me cause to believe that in, any material respe¢t: the accounting ￿e0rdS were not kept in accordance wilh section 130 of the Act,. or the accounts do not accord wilh the accounling records. I have no concems and have Come across no olher matters in connectson with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper Unde￿tandIng of the accounts to be reached. I h•￿Ihave nor oblained independent verification ofall inveslmgnts with the Trustees lor Methodlst Church Purposes or held in other trusts. bank balances and funds al the Central Finance Board of the Melhodisl Church which are indiwdually in excxss of £10,000 {ten Ihousand pounds) at the balance she&l date. Slgnalure of Independent examiner Name of independent examiner Michael Young Relevant professional qualification of indepen