Histon Methodist Church Trusree5 Annual Report 2024125 to Charity Commission Charity No. 1193162 In all Its attivities Histon Methodlst Church has sought to follow the calling of the Methodist Church and respond to the gospel of God's love in ChriSI and live out its disclpieshlp in worsl¥.Ip and m4SSiQn. General Attendarice at Worship is just about back to what it was before Covid and 4•ée have Nwelcomed many new worshippeis to oljr con8re83tion. We still have close contatt with Castle Street Metodist Church and now we have regular rnonthly joinr services or social events. Currently our membership is 62. Mlsslon One of OUT young people attended 3Gener3te. the Methodlst Church's national children and ywrh assembly, durln8 the reportinl period. This event provided a safe. inspirin& and faith- nurtu'ing environment where young people from across the Connexion gather for worship. learninL discussion, and creaiive expre55Jon. Attendance supported the youn8 rerson's Spiritual development, conlldence, ard sense of belon8in8 Withip. the wider ¥hurch, elping them to see thai faith Is lived out In community and action, Ttre experience has had an on80in8 posltlve Impart locally, strengthening engagernent with churth life and encouragin8 deeper partlooation in worship and disdpleshlp at Histon. The weekly Coffee Shop is very popular and young mums mostly on maiernlty leave afe finding it 3 gwd suppory 8foup fof them and the older generations enjoy their company. We are still suggesting payment by donations allowin8 people to pay what they can afford for drlnks and cakes and It Ve5 U5 handling money and food together. During he winter perTod it becarne more popu13r for a warm welcome and rhe numbers have stayea high ttyroughouL the summer, avera8in8 75. Each month v4e hold a coffee mornin8 on a Saturday which Ss well supported. We now have the followin8 local 8roups rneeting either weekly or monthly-_ The Village Societv. Gardening Club, Wl. Pilates x2, ATchaeolo8y 8TOvP. IPioneers for young people decided that they V4'0uid move away from the centre ol the villa8e as tney wantea a more permanent basel, Imenopause Café has ternporarily suspended their meeting as the or83niser is having health problems and nobody on the committee15 prepared to take over to keep it runnin8 on a Monthly basis), Game5 Afr.e'noon, Country Dancing. 3 9-5 group which is 8 supportlor working adL'lts, and Hope A8ain la IcKally or8anised bereavement course whicn is heid three rimes a year}. Another montniy letting 1$ a Farmers Market heid on a Sazurdayvknich has been very well supported by the whole viitsge.
More loc31 Societies have started to enquire about Using the premise5, a5 3 result of the work the church put in upgradin8 its Premises in recent years and bein8 positied in the centre of the village. We have a basket ar the entrance of the church for fwd to 80 to Cottenham Food Bank (the nextvillage along the main road} whith has been used by anybodv comin8 Into ihe building. December W and 8 we hosted ihe biannual Christmas tree festival. All village or8anisatlons decorated their trees and the church had more twenty tree5 on display, The plan was to have a Santa's grotto Outside for younger chilttren on the Sunday but the weather turned out to be too bad f Dr this so we managed to fit this In the foyer and we offered refreshments in the hall on boin days. We saw over 400 people come through our doors and It was a 8reat chance for the vil,38e to cone together. Histon and Impingron Friends, a local group that supports ihe village community are usin8 the premises for "kloliday at Home- ènd other communtty events. 8uildin8:" Tollet Refurbishm•nt Proi•rt: A year after we started fund-raisin8 for thls project the builders started ènd completed within eight weeks. We continued fund ralsin8 and had a 8rèpt of £4QK from Thalia WB Communlty Fund. We Invited all the parties that 8ave u$ 8rants to a service of celebration and ble55ing of the toilets. We have now oaid In full for this prolect. Havlng cornpleted this proiett we started to look more in depth at our joumey to move from a bionze ECO church to a gold standard. We are continuin8 to developin8 Envlronmental Pollcy with the aim to rneet the Methodist Church tar8et of Carbon net zero by 2030 At the celebration and blessing service for the tollet refurbishrnent, parties who had given us grarts gave us posit',ve comments regardin£ this and ind:.cated t.yat they mighr support US a83 n If we considered Install.18 solar panels and battery stora8e. eguardini L%'e cari bed cut an audit of who required to complete b¢xh foundatlon and advanced modules and all the tralnin8 IS now up to date. We identified that all the Stewards were due to renew their training and this has been completed. Alongside the importance ofSafegu8rding, we take the Issue of Equ811ty. Diversity and Inclusion very seriously. All our stewarQs h8ve undertaken training 2nd are +uily compliant with the Methodlstchurch's EDI policy. J.E. Wyl)om
CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS Hlston M•thodl•t Church FOR THE YEAR ENDED Sunday. 31 August 2025 Clrcult Clr¢ult no. 14r26 R•g1St•r Charlty - Charlty R•ghtratlon numb•f rf rol a reg'.slered charty HI8 MaJ•$tY8 Rev•nu• and Customs Gift Ald numb•r (The HMRC numter s ffj'Jrv8nl 8 reg6iered cryarry iunber In terms ofevthice of cha-rtab,é sTAlus and used to gve to Or$ o. grait fuiders wis ryg -.o s88 evthnce ol the organisaion's charlable ststus. MetncJ,'sl charrtk8S In Egland and W85 Ihat are Yil reg.ered char ies a'e excep',e(J from gislratK)n under S;alu:ory Inslrurnent 2014 No 2421 .93.62 Mls1r. Rev. Jen Pamrnara l Rev Barbara Gar¢cAJ Chu-ch &ewa'45 Julia DaP. J Jcy Ptougiion Rc*emary Watson Wynn T'easJ"er Kathr% n C'iil¥ ) Jiihn 11 i biirn Y••r End Acuunts 2024-25 xls lof5
hton Stat8m•nt of Financi&l ktivili•8 For the p•rlod from 01 S•plwnb•r 2024 to 31 9$1 2025 Tthl 47.717 29.1 zm 7.915 6247B 48 567 •3315 29701 io 11971 ".3W1 S37J 63331 121 Z9JS¢ (>7$ TW51N5 721AXI f17214 2•A14 Irw 124 14 21J 76,114
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am¢ of Church No.... Declaratlons and Scrutiny I conflrn) Ihal tres8 Recelpl and ponI bs5ed acroun br trg •r * 31 AA•gust 2025 h•vé Pfepared from tre Jfthe Churtr and thallhey inaude a I lJnds undèr th• conTfoI ofth• Churth trustees. Slgnawre ot tyea5uror ..... .. . Namo and addr•uoltr•aww .... C•y G. PosiCoOe c4ty Sa. Pr•s•ntstion to th Ctthch trust•• I coDfinT& th81 the •npu•l report and accounts br the par ond•d 31 August 2025 w•reMII b•. w•s•nl•d the meetsng Qftho Chur¢h bNstee• beld on l.tl.,... SIgnaTe ol Ihe Ch•ir of¢he ftei"nq NAM• ofbyè Chair olth• mBettng .?ate. Independent Examlnefs Report to the Tru$te•• of th• ..Chur¢h 117.:s 162 Ch•rbty Nwnb•r...... R•SPthMll1l•1 and bas ol f•pwI I report b tho trustyes op my •xam"Trnatson ol th• accouftts olth• . Church y the ye#r epded 31 Augdst 2025 t oJt on pages . As th8 Churth's trustees. you are spo51b1e r tho proparatson ofme a¢counM In actordance wlth the quIrnen of the Charyiies Act 2Q11 I'1he Act'l I r8port In rn8P•Ct of my 8xaminatkJn ofvle chth.8 a1x0ts Ggrned out under gecoon ' 45 of tre Ad 8Dd. In caryng out my eyamina)"Jn. I have fcl'.C%ed al bye applicable Oireccf s gr¥ep tsy the Cb8rity cornm•86 nder secbon ".4?15k'b j ofh ACL deleie or )rde •s appropvla 4015
Name ofchurth.. No... Irthndent Examlner'$ Statement I have comDleEd my exarnlnailon. I confinn Ihat no ma'@rial matters have come to my a18ntion in connection witr the examinabon (other than thal disdosed below-) which give me cause to believe that in. any maienal respecL the accounbng records wer• not kept In accordance with secbon 130 of the Act" or the accounts do notaccord with the 8ccounbng records. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in conneth'on with the exarninabon 10 which attenbon should tye ¢rawn in tris report In order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to b8 reached. I havemave not. Obtai-..ed independent verification of all investrnents with the Tfustees for Metr)odist Church Purposos or reld In ottter u usts. bap.rf ba ances ari.d funds at the Central Finance Board of the Meihodisi Church which are Individually Iri excess of£10,000 (t•n Ihousand POtJndsl at the balance sheet date. Signature of Indepandeni examiner Name of inoependent examiner Relevant professional qualiflcats'on of independent examiner J/7S Name of fimi (where appropriats) Address 11 . S IfcZFofo I"A n Post Code Date delete or cirde as appropriate Ygar End Aruunts 2024-25,119 5015