CIKIRCH
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
ACCOUNTS
THE MEfHODIST CHURCH
STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS
Iiwon Open Door
Chw¢h
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31 August 2025
West Durham
1312
R¢gl•l•r¢d Chwlty. Ch•rfty numb•r
11 • rngi8knJ ¢*wity H• M•i•W• R•¥wu•
1203431
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1rf5

13894
3894
854
2962
0496
784
7217
30496
TOTAL RECEPTS
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>1
PAYIAÉPITS
21278
1278
0655
, he&tr & i9￿r￿J)
0692
)7
4600
120177
24778
2363
TOTAL PAYIIENTS
{bO1
3347S
79304
4171
605
YL%iii
Syb 10141
TOTAL FUP4>S AT E14Y)
101613
3467
2116
J1
474
474
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179183
65012
41n
117
79183
65012
4171
22117
6288
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l•121

Declarations and Scrutiny
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WILLINGTON OPEN DOOR MEfHODIST CHURCH
TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT
CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1203431
FINANCIAL REVIEW
2024125
Mission Ststement
to express as fvlty 88 pO￿lb18 of Chrht ￿ all. Ilwh the kle
2024125 Financial Revlew
chaiity MlirvJton Open DCKK Methcxdtst Churc*t Lrtilws 118 fvr¥Js wi
iodist Churd) organMts)rL
V￿lin the chwch alBo irKIth all grant KKome aThJ expendrture
assctiat&S with the Our Confiderrt Communty Prqect Ithich is a c£Thnunty
The financjal 8ccA￿rrts for 2024r25 detail all fvnd8 held ￿ overseen by the
of the y￿lI￿gtOn Open Meltr#>Ji8t Churth ch￿lty.
The Re8erve8 Policy rnktes to tr* ger*rnl (unrestrthd) ftmds which are
freety available to be used ftx ary of the purposes of the Church. Restrtted
Funds hekl in the gener￿ acttmjnt a￿ spe¢JfKally earmar￿ for the Our
Conf#Jent C(xnmunty Pro
Other fvnd3 indudirwJ moni6$ h•ld at the Central Finan¢* Board 85 part of the
98nwal funds total are also Ir￿1￿ for darty and owne88 arm* lo that
Ihe Churth has a polity for ts m8n*J8mort of *1 its re60ur(x not swnply
(1) To rlecure arml sustain trt Churth's vi8tAty arKI futwe:
(2) To give reassl1ran￿ to the general public that the Church, vthich is a
Tity. intends to use all of mow ￿￿ning into its care for the
{3) To enstKe all fvrrtts with thg OUT confi￿ c(￿WnrtY

Church Financial Pollcy
Essentially provMJes for.
meth￿Jtst Churd) and its t￿￿dIr¥a.
b) Tr support of ￿ Our Confijent C(xnmunty Project
Financial Manag&ment
cx6ts ir￿1￿lIng the c031s of (a) lo (c) above and ts rwuirement to fuffil
fubJrg Staffing
resoufces available in tenns of people, prc4)ety aThJ
The Church Fund (General Account)
Tf* totsl wr￿unt in Church Fund G￿￿ra1 A(KcKJnt at th2 end of the
year was £136,228. This In￿￿eS £84.479 Tr￿1d in the Methodist Churth
Central Finance Board Acc<xJnt. t)uring ts y￿r in to 9enefal church
rovenue and exP￿￿rtUre. £1 fyJ.873 Wds r￿eNed in 8UPWt of the Open Docx
Our CMfMSent Cornmunrty Pr¢￿ armj £120,177 was expen￿1 largoly fx)
t￿p and initiatsves.
Churc* and PTWL
Approximatety £8,W was sP￿t ￿ buildiNJ
F¢Y example. ¢*sarges have Kvxea6ed by c. £2.(X)O p.a. in the last
financial seW of the Chur¢h. s￿h as..
Lookir¥J into a sm8118dmin fee to cover food prcpd ovtht￿;
RevI￿￿d rentsl rtharges ts all f*ilty users,"
F¥wYitsa1K￿ of buikying maintenarK* requiren￿lts.

During yoar total inco¥ne ￿￿1ved was £179,183 and tdal exp￿dilure
was £165.012. Year lo date income has exceeded eXp￿￿ltUre by £14,171.
ile this is kx)srtive. it is an indicati(xi that the financial treryj of last
events. A more ￿1￿11¢ 83&esSff￿ W￿ld be of movirwJ towards SLtstainiry a
b￿k￿en ￿1tH)n on ts ba6is of dl other fadix5 (su(* as grant funding)
remainiTrJ the same.
Consequently, buildiTrJ in 12 months reserve woukl be prudent to reflecl
the evolvir¥J divtr* u88 of ￿ bJikJing aTrJ tevenue costs. together wrth
c￿linuIng (*all￿Ning c(￿1 of INirvJ incieases. We also have a number of
JenIffi￿j uft￿￿, essentsl swJnificant buildiThJ mainlenance and repair
Use of Designated Funds 2025126 and Reserves
The Charty Commission requires that Trustees set a polry ts the
management of the Churth Furxls. The total funds hekl at the ermj of the year
{August 2025) £136,288 8f#J have been eamwth&J as folkm:
Reserves FuThl
. £65,000 12 Month Reven￿ Costs
General Fund (restrthl) . £34.675 Our CorTfy￿ C(Ynmunty Prqect
(knl Furnl
. £10.000 Transl￿1 Grant Redudk
Gwieral Fund
IAanaging Trustoes
Wllllngton Open Door Methodist Church