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 Met*odist 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 positi￿ed 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•$tY8 Rev•nu• and
Customs Gift Ald numb•r
(The HMRC numter s ffj'Jrv8*nl ￿ 8 reg6iered cryarry iunber In terms ofevthice of cha-rtab,é sTAlus and
used to gve to ￿￿Or$ o. grait fuiders wis* ryg -.o s88 evthnce ol the organisaion's charlable
ststus. Metnc*J,'sl charrtk8S In E*gland and W8*5 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
M￿ls1￿r.
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

*4 at. 31 W 2025
Ciw *n*J n¢mn•l cod•
G•A•r¥ 1vhr•rtr￿di D••b9na•d Il•stn¢t•d enoowmni
Total La•t ￿*r
n.ry 15
f.* n8 13 £17 1&179
tars994 tsJ3442S
£43,114
1.029.•4
e•.644.JO tYe.123.•J
É43.114 M
ÉIW.644 YJ E78,123.•5
R•pr•wnl•¢ ty
JAI4.
£43614 ￿ i32.r75
6J)24.94 i￿,3￿￿5
Total
. f26.029 94
. £W.WJO £76.123.95

am¢ of Church
No....
Declaratlons and Scrutiny
I conflrn) Ihal tres8 Recelpl and po￿nI 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 Ctth*ch 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.,...
SIgna￿Te ol Ihe Ch•ir of¢he ft*ei"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•SPthM￿ll1l•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 ￿spo￿51b1e
r tho proparatson ofme a¢counM In actordance wlth the ￿quI￿rnen￿ of the Charyiies Act 2Q11 I'1he Act'l
I r8port In rn8P•Ct of my 8xaminatkJn ofvle ch￿th.8 a1x0￿ts Ggrned out under gecoon ' 45 of tre Ad 8Dd.
In caryng out my eyamina)"Jn. I have fcl'.C%*ed al bye applicable Oirec*cf 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...
Irth￿ndent 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