www.roms methodist.church Registered Charity Number 1193935 Romseymethodistchurch building a communiiy for Christ Trustees, Annual Report & Accounts for the period to 31 August 2025 Romsey Methodist Church The Hundred, Romsey, 50518BZ Chair- Revd Andrew de Ville Membership= 116 The Methodist Church We take our place as part of The Methodist Church of Great Britain. a Christian denomination. The calling of the Methodist Church is to respond to the gospel of God's love in Christ and to live out its discipleship in worship and mission. Romsey Methodist Church is part of the Winchester, Eastleigh and Romsey Methodist Circuit. within the Southampton District. Governance The Church is govemed by the Deed of Union119321 and Methodist Churth Act11976). The trustees are members of the Church Council. Members. representatives and Church Stewards are elected at the General Church Meeting. The Church Council meets half-yearly, to reviewthe mission ofthe church and to discharge its duties as trustees. The Church Council maintains the hi8hest possible standards in safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. It continues to monitor safeguarding risks, as well as other risks relating to finance and operations and to manage them in as effective a way a5 Possible. In this regard, the Church Council agreed the use of Churchsuite to support compliance with data protection regulations IGDPR} as well as enhancing operations across all children's groups enabling the Church to manage registrations, communicate with parents, and advertise sessions effectively. The General Church Meeting meets annually and is an open forum for members of the church to debate Issues and also to elect and have representation on the governing body (Church Council}. The Minister (Chair of Trustee Body), Church Stewards (Trustees) and the Treasurer ITrusteel form the Leadership Team and meet monthly. At The General Church Meetin& held 2nd July 2025, it was agreed to re- shape the Leadership Team. comprising of two teams, Church Stewards and a Development Team. This is to be developed and implemented in the year 2025/26. Purpose The pufp05es of the Methodist Church are and shall be deemed to have been since the date of union the advancement of- lal the Christian faith in accordance with the doctrinal standards and the dlscipline of the Methodlst Church.. Ibl any charitable purpose for the time being of any Connexional, distrirt, circuit, local or other or8anisation of the Methodist Church- {cl any charitable purpose for the time being of any society or institution or subsidiary or ancillary to the Methodist Church; (dl any purpose for the time being of any charlty being a charity subsidiary or ancillary to the Methodist Church. Page l of5
Constitution of Romsey Methodist Church Counal Mlnlsters The Revd Peter Rèyson. lper6ntendentl The Revd Andrew De Ville" The Revd Rachael Hawknns" November 2025 Church Stewards Mrs Linda Pennells Mrs Heatherwilmanll Mrjason Elkin. 120211 120211 120181 Mrs Chryn Slmons. Mrs Ann coUrLs 120181 120231 Churth Treasurer Mr Don 51mons# 120121 120211 119991 Secretary of the CourKII Ellzabeth Robertson# Mr5 knne Clark ar¢ultSteward Mrfim aifford 120231 120231 Famllle5 P&tor Mrs Maggle Blai epresentatl¥esfor partlcular areas otchurth lffe Imaxrmum in this settion underso is 151 Action For Children Mrs Wictoria Barkert General Churth Meeting Representatlve5 lrnaximum 151 120141 Churches Together in Romsey Communion Steward Direttor of Music Mrjohn Pennells 120211 120211 120231 120221 120161 Mrs Helen Dunn" 120191 Mrjoe Nurse. ECO Champiort GDPH Local Preacher Small Fellowship]Study Group5 Mrs Heather Nurse. Mr Roger Hopper. Mrjason Elkln. Mrs CorlnneThomson Mrs Cthristine JacOn 120191 120191 120241 Mrjohn Read Mr Alan Hill 120181 Women'5 Work in the thuTch Pastoral Committee Property Children's and Youth Work131 Mrs Cath Davidson 120201 Mrs Elizabeth flobertson•# 120181 12017) 120101 Iz0161 120161 Mr Martln Plumb 120211 120211 120221 120221 120221 120231 Mrs Cathryn Simons. Mrs Me8han Elkin. Ms Katie Slrnon5 Mr5 Hrlary Evans MT Davjd Renouf Mrsjanet Renouf Mrs Sandra Plumb# Mrs Marilyn Pack* Prof lan Robinson Safeguarding Mrs Finnev Governance as perCorTrrtliutlonal PrartlrR and Dlsdpllne {CPDI CPD volumeg 1 & 21 htt www.methodi5t.or for-churches overnanc@ Volume I contaifts the fixed texts, includingActs of Parliament and other lew5latior. and historfic documen Volume 2 containsthe Deed of Unton, Model Tnsts, ènd the standing orders. NumberofTrustee5= 38 Mlnimum nUmberOfTr%teeS re4uired= 7 denotes Church Councll members wlth a cuirent DBS disc105ure obtained forchurch or clrcuit purposes.
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15iorb & Mission Following a period of prayerful disMment, the Leadership Team refreshed our Church W15ion. 'Building a Community for Chri5V. for the next season of mission and ministry. Thls updated model was adopted by the General Church Meeting in July 2025. Our Vision: To build a Chri51-centred community that flourishe5 across generations. Our Mission: We will live out this vision by: Investing in family ministries that evofve alongside the people they See. Creating intentional, intergenerational worship that unite5 all age5. Nurturlng deeper splrituallty through conslstent prayer and Blblical study. Providing high-quality relational hosp¢tality that moves beyond "radical" welcome to personal connection. Safeguarding: The Church is committed to ensuring that safeguarding 15 foundational to the ministry it is involved in. The Church Safeguarding Officerf5 role ensures that safer recruitment prartices are followed: appropriate training is undertaken: and an annual review of the Church Safeguarding Policy is undertaken. Publk BenefiL' The tnjstees of The Methodist Church have due regard to the public benefit guidan published by the Charity Commission in compliance wtth its dutie5 under section 17 of the Charitie5 Act 2011. This guidance sets out two key principles: l. The organi5ation must have an identifiable benefit. 2. The benefit must be to the public or a Section of the public. The Church exists, inter alia. to= l. 1Case awareness of God's presence and to celebrate God's love; 2. help people learn and grow as Christians. through mutual support and care; and 3. be a good neighbour to people in need and challenBe injustice. The trustees consider that for these reasons the charity meetsthe5e public benefit requirements. The church misslon is achieved through a wide variety of worship services. fellowship meeting5, group activities. learning opportunrties. and the presence of the church and tts members in the local community. More details can be found on the church website www.romse methodist.church Obiectlves & Attivlties: Farnily Ministries. As the appointment of a Families Pastor develop5 across the second year within the church community, we have been seeing the impact of thls ministry and where growth in not only artivities but also numbers attending has been occurring. Working with the existing teams and new volunteers to provide a wide range of activities has been a strength of the role and part of the Sucss. The continued developments of family proviston on Sundays through Funday Sunday, Co8s and the IG services have seen marked growth in the number of families attendin& No longer is it unusual to hève a few families at worship, but it becomes unusual if onty a few families are present. Building on the existing church community ventures like Tune and Story Tot5 as well as the Beacon Café means the church has been able to prioritise a ministry to families during school holidays, valued by the community, the church has become a hub forfamilies in the area during the holidays. With the growth in number5 as well as ages of the children across all groups we have begun to explore how V grow and offer forthe juniors and teenager5. A few specific one off events like pancake breakfast have been successful. But the restriction of the part time hours forthe Families Pèstor has limited the momentum of this across the year. Support to Who Let the Dads Out group as well as the Church Toddler group continues to see these well attended and linking with the families has provided several pastoral support opportunities of the church and especially the Family Pastor. Page3 ofs
Keeping connected to the wider church there are many events that link all ages and parts of the community together, these opportunities have occurred most often during the Seasons of Christmas and Easter with the extra activities and service5 being well sUPPOrted and received. School links continue to develop as well a5 initiatives such as Parenting for Faith Courses and the national Prayer Month for Toddler groups. Looking into the next year we know that the Families Pastor role will need to be developed for the expansion into offering regular activities forjuniors and teenagers as well as to keep up with growth across the church. MO infomiation about these activities can be seen at www.romse methodist.church children-Families In addition. we proactively use social media in order to achieve our Mission objective5 and to share ideas & events. Creating Intentional, intergenerational worshlp that unltes all age5: this is more than just having children and adults worshipping in the same space; it is the art of weaving together all people- regardless of age- into a joint act of worshipping and praising God. This ha5 required us to consider liturgy. music and activities which will hold both the child's wonder and an adutvs wisdom within the one act of worship. This is something which we continue to reflert on and challenges ourselves abolrt. Nurturlng deeper spirituality through consistent prayer and Biblical study: where we continue to reflect on how we enable and develop a deeper spiritualty for all ages through consistent prayer and Biblical study. Providing high*uallty relatlonal hospitality that moves Iwond "radical" welcome to personal ¢onnectlon: A cornerstone of our approach. We look to deliver relational hospitality at every opportunity. from Sunday worship, to our bi-weekw café and curious cafés. to larger events and festivals, like the annual Christmas Tree Festival. Beacon Café (member of Chatty Café scheme) continues to be very SUC$fUl. The 'wedneSda Beacon Café follows an activity for pre-school children ITune Tots and Story Totsl and ha5 been a great success. Throughout the Summer, and during school holidays we also provided crafts and other activities on Wednesdays and Fridays to run in conjunrtion wlth the Beacon Café. These programs were well-received by families, providing a consistent space forconnection and support. The premises are well used by other charities (Romsey Young Carers, Oasis Christtan Trust who are offered the use of our premises free-of-chargel aswell as other organisations in the community- Varioussocial events have been held to support fund raising for our de5ignoted charities. In December we held our Christmas Tree Festival which was an opportunity for charities and local organisations to raise funds. This event raised just Over£2,{ split 50-50 between the Church and the charitie5 represented. Key Charities 5UPPOrted: The Church makes annual donations to Methodist Connexional Funds in support of the wider Methodist Church as well as 3 nominated charities through variou5 activities, like the Beacon Café. This year, Church Council agreed to continue the support to the international charty'AII We Can,. the national chartty'MHA' and the local charity. 'RomseyYoung Carerg. In addition, we made a grant of £1.394.50 to Halterworth School. Romsey to help provide for the needs of vulnerable families within their catchment area. Net Zero Carfaon Pathway: At Romsey Methodist we try to ensLrre we consider our environment as part of every decision we make, from what soap we use in the bathrooms to replacing our windows. We care about our planet and know that working to protect it is part of our Servi to God. Under the A Rocha Eco Church scheme in 2016 we achieved a Bronze Award, a SilverAward in 2017 and a Gold Award in 2020. This journey included updating the heating, insulation. double glazin8 and the installation of solar panels. In March 2025 Church Council agreed that our next Step would be to undertake a 360 Carbon review using the Climate Stewards Carbon 360 exercise, calculating our carbon footprint across Energy, Travel, Food. Expenditure and waste. This established total emissions of 20.06 tCO2 for the year and. under the scheme. we made an offset payment of £458.23 to Climate Stewards, supporting community forestry. water filter, and cookstove projerts in Ghana, Kenya, Peru, Tanzania and Uganda. Page 4 of 5
Flnance & Reserves: For the financial year to 31" August 2025 the Church Funds grew by £22,(NJO. The surplus on the General Fund of £15.105 was primarily driven by:_ Increased offering £4k General donations of £5k in memory of loved ones passed Invoites for Quinquennial SeV & Electric In5pertion. totslling £4.5k, received after year-end The surplus on Designated Funds of £7,378 wa5 primarily drNen by donations to the Growth fund of £15.LKII lof which £12,000 mode in memory of loved ones passedl Our Designated Fund.'Growing for Mission. was developed to receive donations to support the Families Ministry and this, along with an annual grant of £5,Ocl received from the Southampton Distrirt, has enabled usto coverthe additional costs of this role. The Families Pastor is employed via the Circuit to avoid additional administration. and the Church pays additional Assessment to cover all employment costs associated wlth the role. Reserve Poll General Fund: At ourfinancial year end131 Aug 20251 our General Fund balance was £63,925 We aim to maintain a contingency reserve of £20.(XJO within our general funds l approximately three~month's expenditu) to enable the church to continue its mission should revenlres fall away unexpectedly. We hold approximately £lO.CX)O to cover normal working capital requirements as well as reflecting that a key element of income is tax recovered IGift Aid). which is received at the end of our financial year in August. In addition, we budget for the following items during the year to 31" August 2026 in support of the work and mission of the Church: Ads & Publicity Agreed donations to Connexional funds & others Ideas budget Repairs & Maintenance Transfer to Growth Fund Transferto Property Fund £500 £6.500 £1,000 £io,I)cK) £6.OC £6.IXM) Designated Funds: At our financial year end131 Aug 20251 our Designated Funds total was £72.188 Designated Funds being funds donated for speafic projects or allocated by Church Council to cover a specific purpose in support of our mission. At the 31 August 2025 these are specified as below: Children & Families £3,192 Growth Fund IFamllles Pastorfvnding) £54.458 Property Reserve £14.001 Thursday Aftemoon Fellowship £537 Signed on behalf of the trustees: Revd Andrew de Ville Date PageSofS
CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS ROMSEY Church FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2025 Winchester, Eastleigh & Romsey Circuit Circult no 26102 Registered Charity- Charity Registration nurnber If not a registered charity His Majesty's Revenue and Customs Gift Ald number (The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in terms of evidence of chatrlable slalus and may be used to give to donors or grant funders wishing lo see eviden of the organisalion's charitable statu5. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not registered charities are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.2421 1193935 NIA Minister.. Rev'd Andrew de Ville Church Stewards.. Cathryn Sirnons Ann Cousins Heather Adey Jason Elkin Linda Pennells Treasurer.. Don Simons Page1of5
ACCOUNTS FQR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025 ROMSEY chUh Unr•strKtsd DeBiyn*¢d Fund¥ Fundè SECTION A Totsl•tth r rDtsls knstyur RECEIPTS 42 otterings and Tax recovered 78.246 78,246 74,35t 8ank and CFB terest and Investment incom6 4.694 4,694 4,$60 Letting¥ 7.9BD 7,980 8,1$9 85 Other rFts 22.361 30,791 53,152 48,B60 TOTAL RECEIPTS 113,281 30.791 144,072 la71 135,930 SECT1014 B b1 PAYMENT$ b2 Circuit Assessmentor Share 55.824 16,978 72.802 71.518 b3 Donaiton$ 11.243 250 11,493 t1,797 Repaits and Maintetrance 5.980 2,928 8,908 17,444 b5 Utillli88 I water chorges, heating &Iting, Broadbandl 7,286 7.286 7.143 Insurance 2,121 2,OS6 b7 Other p8yments 1S.722 3.257 18,979 15,707 b8 TOTAL PAYMENTS 98,176 23N13 121,S89 126,676 SECTION C NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS FOR ThE YÉAR 15,105 7.378 22.483 10,255 Tot81 fund5 browhtforward from lastyear 59.020 54.610 113.630 103.375 t3 Sub tDtsI 1¢1+¢21 74,125 61.988 136.113 113.630 Transfer¥ and adjustments 110.20DI 10,200 63.925 72,118 136,113 113,630 SECTION D FOR INFORMATION ONLY.. MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED OM TO EXTERNAL ORGA141SATIONS (these amouttsare not to be Includod in total recelptslpayments figur88 •bov81 d1 Balance browhl forward from 18s1 year d2 OfferingsIGfft8- weive¢ for external organÉabon9 2.791 4.729 d3 Offering51Gffts - passed to external organisation$ 2,791 4,729 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID Id1+d2431 P89È2rrf5
ROMSEY Church SECTK)tI E Summaryofthechwch accouThtsfatth2yearended 31 t25 and 1ntemaloanrIs repDrt toltrE Churth Crrthiclchurch Noièthatlhg fundsor an InrnaiorgèniS&tion jou tsormpiiy be Restr¢W funtys unsft couil be cleadyshtyvn thai Ihey¢whJ be used lorbty lIealpU1pu yeckn musl b crrfnpt8d to arrw altrègrosskicorn8and exp8ndre ofthechurch Income exceeds th•AccmalE thshDl. thaPLerual$ mglhod of&c¢ounti ANDA DIFFERENT FORM musl b¢ v$ed 10 reportthg g#OUnts 1$¢¢ pw¢rnfert¢the guotel wotdiny Iran¥ferJ befven the DiitrLt th• GuancNot•Sto OM INTERNAL ORGANISArnFIS Nei Recpw Payments P4yrnnL Cb&h9 bn¢ ¢3 1021 ChUh arrounts (Ivtsls IlrOUghtfOrw•rf pag 144,•72 121,589 Ibg) 22MB3 113.630 136.113 BYCHURCH 144.072 121.489 22A83 113.630 136,113 Con10 8 6ep8¢a gheei TOTAL RECEIPTS TOTAL PAYMENTS ioia& forward SECTION F STATEMENT ET OPENING BALANces eL051NG SALANCÉS CHUACH-CASH FUNDS HELD 0131 yt2026 hand BankCurtElltAcrwnl 27.507 Bank De D5rtALuurt f4 Central Fr¢nM Boatd 98.912 108.605 SUB TOTAL-¢hurrharrounts 113.630 136,113 Ic81 TulluTts hdd ty InteTnalOrganisthns1tsth fvom abwgl le121 TOTALCA5H FUND5 HELD BY CHURCH 113,630 138,113 tyi SÈCTKJN G At 31 Augusl2024 1 SEptynbBr2023 OThERASSETS and LBlTIEs InvesbnEnls frde Endawmentsl Land & nates re 2,201.404 2.2S8,648 Loanl&l-strwgfiwniouwndMg atyegrey M hdLwJE FutsheJ ¥tUCra1F1Te EoBrd 15 onty Fundstttkl oi TNsieesf¢f Meiho(1stCtrrtYth Purposes 91 In&udE ¥llyOthEiinvethenl%lTr2tthe cashemenl4fTMCF tru$t¥aiXOJlVIsth il¢*Jded vl rme15 P35
Name of Church.. Romsey Methodlst Church No 30620 Declarations and Scrutiny l confirm thal these Reoipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2025 have been prepared from the records of the Ch h and that they include 811 funds under the Control of the Church trustees. Signature of treasurer . Name and address of treasurer= Don Simons Woodley Dene, Braishfield Road, ROMSEY S051 7NZ Presentation to the Church trustees I confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025 werelwil*L" presented to the meeting of the Church trustees held on P.6 - !!. zr Signature of the Chair of the meeting Name of the Chair of the meeling Rev'd Andrew de Ville Date . OL,.Il.'Z5 Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of the Responsibilities and basis of report I report to the trustees on my examination ofthe accounts of the Romsey Methodist Church for the year ended 31 August 2025 set out on pages 1 to 3. As the Church's Irustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requiremenls of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act,). I report in respect of my examination of the Church's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and, in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515)(b) of the Act. delete or circle as appropriate Paye4ofS
Name of Church:. ROMSEY METHODIST CHURCH Charity Number 1193935 Independent Examiner's Statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below") which give me cause to believe that in, any material respect- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act,. or the accounts do not accord wtth the accounting records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection wtth the examination to whiGh attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ave not obtained independent verification of all investments with the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances and funds at the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church which are individually in eXsS of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheet date. Signature of independent examiner Name of indopendent examiner Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner Address Post Code . soio4.GJ.F Date delete or circle as appropriate Page5of5