Histon Methodist Churth Twstees Annual Report to Charity Commlssion 2023124 Charlty No. 1193162 In all its attivbtses Hi5ton Methodlst Church has sought to follow the calling of the Methodist Church and respond to the gospel of G¢Jd's love in Christ and live Its discipleship In WOISIHP and mission. G•n•r•l Attendance at worship 15 just about back to what it was before covid and vie have welcomed many new worshipgers to Our con8re8atton. We still have close contart with Castle Street Methodist Church and now we have re8ular monthly joint services or socjal events. Currently our member5hlp15 59. Misslon The weekly Coffee Shop Trs very popular and youn8 mums mosily le•ve are findin8 It a 8ood support 8roup for them and the older 8eneratlons enjoy their cornpany. We are stlll su88estin8 payment by donations allowin8 people to pay what they can afford for drinks and cakes and it saves us handlln8 money and food tO8ether. Durin8 the wlnter period it became more populaf for a warm welcome and the numbers have stayed high throu8houl the summer. avefa8ln8 75. We now have the followini local groups meetin8 either weekly or monthly:" The Villa8e Society, Gardenin8 Club. Wl. Pilates x2. Archaeolo8y 8roup. Pioneers for youn8 people, Menopause Calé, Game5 Afternoon. Country Dancing, a 9-5 group which is 8 support lor wovklng adults. and Hope Al la locally of8an4 bereavement couise whlch is held three tlmes a yeaf ). Another monihly leltlng 1$ 8 F8rmers Market held on 8 Saturdaywhich has been very well 8UPPOrted Oy the whole v1118ge. More local 50Cieties have started to enquire about n8 the wemlses, as a result of ihe work the church put in up8radin8 Its gremises in recent years and beln8 posltloned in the centre of the vllla8e. We have a basket at the entrance of the premises fof lood to 80 to Cottenham Food Bank Ithe next village alon8 the maln lo} whlrh ha5 l>een used by anyt¥ comin8 into the building. In May we held a Flower and Quill Festival Over tlÈ bank boliday weekend and donatyons from thls were sent to a l(xal Cancer Charity. Il'e sa, over 5CQ people come through our do5 ènd it Was a 8Teat chance foi the village to come 108etheT. Butldi The roof above the choir yde of the church has been stripped. insulated and re.felied.
The screen in church has been replaced by a lar8er one to improve visual presentations. Ebenezer Trust, Cottenham gave a grant which covered half of the costs. The Village society which meets monrhly with about 60- 70 attendees + mernbers on Zoom. wanted to improve their zoom presentation and so had some of the AV sy5tern in the church and hall upgraded. a150 (he church insialled intefnei 10 the whole building. We were awarded the bTonze certificate fDr ECO Church ènd are developin8 our Environmental Policy with the aim to meet the Methodisr Church tar8et ot Carbon net zero by 2030. Toll•l Refurblshrn•nt Prol•rt: At t.ie beg,.Ining of September we launched a projecr to refurbish the toilets, thls was due to be done In 2020 but covld stopped any pro8ress. Therefore we have been runnin8 local events to raise funds for this and apply for irants. The estirnate was for £84K, So far we have had In house lund r31sin& £10 pound challen8e. social events, concert etc. As well as a donailon from another local Methodist Church. 8rant from Cambridge CifcuiL grant from Hunter Rowe Bequest and a 8rant from Thalia Community Fundin8 Promised. One of the spin offs from the £10 challen6e was that a Sroup from church and furthef afield is to read the whole of the Bible in J year with monthly rneetrng5 and two other meetin85 open to anybody on the old and new testa.ment S•f•8u•rdln$ We carried oui an audil ol who fequired to complete both foundation and advanced modules and all the training is now up to date. We identified that all the Stewards were due to renew thelr trainln8 and this has been completed. Alongslde the importance of Safeguarding, we take the issue ol Equallty, Dfversity ano Inclusion very sertously. All our stewards have undertaken tiaining a nd are fully compllant wlth the Methoaist Church's EDI policy. J.E. Wyl)om
CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS Hl•ton ¥i•thodlst Church FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2024 C1ul¢ Circuit no. 14126 rnd Ch•rlty - Ch•rlty R•gl•tr•llM numb•f 1193161 11 nol a regislered charrty HI• M•J••ty's R•v•nu• and Gu•tfjms Gift Aid numb•r IThe HfvJRC numter is equivalent io a feg16lefed (anty numbèr in tefrn6 of •vid8nce of chantable status and rnay be used to give to donors or grant funders wffjhing to See evthnc4 ol the Organatn.l charilabie slalus. Methodist charities Ervjland and Wabès that are not regi#lere(J chan19 afe oxcepied from regisiralion under Slaiut¢)ry Inslrumenl 2014 No 2421 Minister". Rev Jèrn Palhrna Julia Daft Ro••mary Wal Kathryn Coles churcn.recelpts41VyV$24.24 Cover WKI Sgnure pages xl¥ 1015
ACCOLNf8 FOR Yf AR ElD 31 AUGUST 2024 Histon Methodist Church Church trid•d Rxtricthd SECTION A RECEIPTS a2 enn-$ a-¢ Ta¥ CC¥erfj4 J-d C= 29 106 In¥&Strn1 Inco 2)4 557 Other recAyig TOTAL RECEIPTS 27 851 48568, 14 6S.111 28.104 93215 59.691 3ECTrON b1 PAYMENTS Cir._I1 45SFJssrront or Stta t,3 3115 ana Ma ptèiance Jlil'.s ',Inknrydnr•s. w•t•r ea',In b5 73 b7 Othor 416 b8 TOTAL PAYIENTS 63.331 63 331 Ib91 46 086 SECTION C NET RECEIPTS.IPAYPKNTS FOR ',C4 Toi•l Iuib¢Jl ofrw9hi Iofrf I sl y••r 46.240 Sub tyt•l c4 n¢•e c7 CS TOTAL FUK)S AT EIKI OF YEAR 1¢3•¢41 41,020 28.10 Tfj 124 Icq) 46.172 SECTION D FOR IIORMATION ONLY. 1K1y RECEIVED ANO PASSED 014 TO EXTEIIKAL ORGAMISAT10148 T•• 4r• not to b• I11•d In ftt•l •• al¥o¥• Ofl•rfn 'Gth- r•c•Ngd lo.. gx1ema o rt3 Ofl•rin 010 d4 8AL41KE SnLL TO BE PAID 'e1-c2<31 2015
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Nam• of Chufch HtOn Math1 Clmxth Declarations and Scrutiny I conflfm th ROCt and PsYnrt baw1 lor th• yw K 31 A4tsst 2024 hawi en préparèd from th• rO¢W ol lh• Chuffh and that Ilw hJnd• uNl•r the ¢Ir01 of th• Church tN•tO09. .i.J.41?u 15 CB74 JIKJ Pr•••ntstbon to th• chUh tru•tw• I confirm that anTru reFy18nd accoun18 the 31 Pf•o•nlod lo th& trnthng ol the Chwctt tru•l•o• .1. 1.4,, z 2024 w•rthll b•. Slgn•tuM ol th• Chw of th• . Nam• ol ihe Ctti ol th• m••t . Dth .... Ind•p•nd•nt Examln•rf• R•port to th• Tt••9 of th• Church Ch•rlty Numb•r ... . . RPOlIbIlItI•• •nd b•sls of r•port I f•POrt 10 th• Iru$t••5 on my •xamk41K ol th• ..IiiJ -DJ ..A fi.Tri Church for Iho year dd 31 August 2024 set cxrf on .. As the Church's trtssi••$. you are resIxSIble tor W•$w•t ol ¥•rth It• r•quwn•nl• of i Ch8fri*s Acl 2011 I the ALI.) I report in re5pocI (rf my ex8rniDat#)n ol the Church'• (xrt urrfl•r 145 of th• Aci ano. In carfying out my eXaMts"0n. I have Folkyd al Iho apphcable grrfeD by Ibe Charity CinimtsSn undw 145ISMbl ol lh• Acl. ' delele or ¢ir¢le • apprr)wwle
Name of Churth Histon Mothodist Church Ind•p•nd•nt Examlnfrrfs Statom•nt I have compieied my exarninat. I confirni that no material matters have come lo my attention In connectson with the examination lothef than that dtsclosed beknv.) whth give rne cause to belve that In. any material respect. the accounting records V•ffj not kept in aCCdanCe wrth section 130 of the Act: or the a¢UnIS do not accord wrth the accountsng rec11. I have no conwn8 and have come acr0&8 no Olhef rnatters in connectKm wrth the examination to which attention should be drawn In this report in order to enable a proper ur#JefStarKling of the accounts to be reached. I havejhave not" obtained independent venfication of all investments th the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts. bank balances and funds ai the Centr81 Finance Board of the Methodist Church which are indivKlually in excess of £10,000 (ten thous8nd pounds) at the balance sheet date. Slgnature of independent examiner Narne ot Independent examlner Angus F Campbel Relevant profeswjnal wallficatk>n of independent examiner .................................. ..... ... Name of firm (where appropriate) Address 11 Birch Trees Rd. Great Shelford. CAMBRIDGE. CB22 SAW Date 1 Olh December 2024 delete or circ* as appfoprAie ChJrCn.fIkts-an.paYrnonIs24.24 Coler Sgnature pw xts Sols