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
do￿5 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The screen in church has been replaced by a lar8er one to improve visual presentations.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
C1￿ul¢
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 Organ￿at￿n.l
charilabie slalus. Methodist charities Ervjland and Wabès that are not regi#lere(J chan1￿9 afe
oxcepied from regisiralion under Slaiut¢)ry Inslrumenl 2014 No 2421
Minister".
Rev Jèrn
Palhrna
Julia Daft
Ro••mary Wal
Kathryn Coles
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ACCOLNf8 FOR Yf AR El￿D 31 AUGUST 2024
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Church
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RECEIPTS
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29 106
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557
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TOTAL RECEIPTS
27 851
48568,
14
6S.111
28.104
93215
59.691
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TOTAL PAYIENTS
63.331
63 331 Ib91
46 086
SECTION C
NET RECEIPTS.IPAYPKNTS FOR
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46.172
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Declarations and Scrutiny
I conflfm th￿ ROC￿t and PsYn￿rt 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.
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Pr•••ntstbon to th• chU￿h tru•tw•
I confirm that anTru￿ reF*y18nd 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 Ctt*i ol th• m••t
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Ind•p•nd•nt Examln•rf• R•port to th• T￿t••9 of th•
Church
Ch•rlty Numb•r ... . .
R￿PO￿lIbIlItI•• •nd b•sls of r•port
I f•POrt 10 th• Iru$t••5 on my •xamk41K￿ ol th• ..IiiJ -DJ ..A fi.Tri
Church for Iho year ￿d￿d 31 August 2024 set cxrf on ..
As the Church's trtssi••$.
you are resIx￿SIble tor W•$w•t￿ ol ¥•rth It• r•qu*wn•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 eXaM￿￿ts"0n. I have Folky￿d al Iho apphcable grrfeD by Ibe
Charity CinimtsS￿n 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
bel*ve that In. any material respect.
the accounting records V•*ffj not kept in aCC￿danCe wrth section 130 of the Act: or
the a¢￿UnIS do not accord wrth the accountsng rec￿11.
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
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