**Dalton Community Church** Charity No 1208602 Address: Market Street, Dalton-in-Furness, LA15 8RQ Trustees Annual Report for 1[st] September 2024 to 31 August 2025 Dalton Community Church is a charity with the following purpose: To advance the Christian faith in the area where we are situated in accordance with the principles and practices of the participating churches – these being the Methodist Church and the United Reformed Church. We aim to do this by: - a) the celebration of public worship b) the teaching of the Christian faith - c) mission and evangelism d) pastoral work including visiting the sick and bereaved e) the provision of facilities with a Christian ethos for the local community, including the elderly, the young and other groups with special needs. f) the support of other charities in the UK and overseas. This report describes how the Church has met these charitable aims in the period September 2024 to August 2025 (our financial year). We have: - Held worship services weekly on Sunday mornings, monthly on Tuesday afternoons and extra services during the Christmas and Easter periods. - Held 8 trustee meetings and 4 congregational meetings (one of which was an Annual General Meeting) in accordance with our constitution. - Held free weekly afternoon drop-in sessions as a “Warm Hub”, providing a warm environment, hot drinks and soup, and a chance to chat, do crafts, play board and table games, complete jigsaws, etc. - Held fortnightly meetings with speakers on a variety of mainly Christian topics. - Held 8 “Messy Church” sessions and 4 “Eco-Warriors” sessions where children aged up to 11 years and their parents and carers have learnt about the Christian faith and caring for our planet through crafts, games, singing and stories. - Hired the church premises out to organisations and individuals for coffee mornings, children’s parties, ante-natal classes, plus meetings of Furness Stroke Support Group, Dropzone Youth Group and Askam Local History Group. All hiring purposes have been vetted and agreed by the Trustees. - Hosted community meals, concerts, a garden party, a local history exhibition and other social events. - Undertaken activities to raise money for other charities including the Furness Homeless Support Centre and Breast Cancer Now!. Our Minister and other Trustees kept in touch with any sick or bereaved members and friends through phone calls, social media, visits and Christmas cards. ## Financial Summary for the year 1.9.24 to 31.8.25 Income: **£42,899** – mainly received from members’ and attendees’ donations, hire of our premises, fundraising events and grants. Expenditure: **£40,960** – mainly spent on contributions to the Methodist and United Reformed Churches who oversee us, utilities, repairs and building maintenance. Credit for the Year **£1,939** ## _Margaret Harrison,_ Trustee, on behalf of the Trustees of Dalton Community Church Date: 27.2.2026 - Trustees (elected / re elected at AGMs and serving a term of 3 years): Rev Katherine Rachael Hunt Robert Edward Mantle (re-elected 4.12.22) (Ex-officio Chair and Minister) Lynne Marie Pearce (re-elected 4.12.22) Rev Ann Margaret Hufton (re-elected 17.11.24) Alan Mason (elected 4.12.22) Margaret Edith Harrison (re-elected 4.12.22) Gillian Margaret Routledge (elected Patricia Ann Wilson (re-elected 17.11.24) 4.12.22) Margaret Eleanor Cain (elected 17.11.24) ## CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS ## THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS Dalton Community Church with Askam Methodist Church ## FOR THE YEAR ENDED Sunday, August 31, 2025 |Sunday, August 31,|2025|| |---|---|---| |Circuit|Circuit no.|1/10| |Registered Charity - Charity Registration number||| |||1208602| If not a registered charity His Majesty's Revenue and Customs Gift Aid number (The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in terms of evidence of charitable status and may be used to give to donors or grant funders wishing to see evidence of the organisation's charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not registered charities are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242) Minister: Rev Kate Hunt (URC) Trustees (LEP) Robert Mantle Lynne Pearce Margaret Harrison Patricia Wilson Gill Routledge Ann Hufton Treasurer: Lynne Pearce & Robert Mantle 1 of 5 ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025 Dalton Community Church Church with Askam Methodist |||||||Church
Dalton Community
Church with Askam
Methodist|Church
Dalton Community
Church with Askam
Methodist|Church
Dalton Community
Church with Askam
Methodist|Church
Dalton Community
Church with Askam
Methodist|Church
Dalton Community
Church with Askam
Methodist| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||Unrestricted
Restricted|||Totals this||£
27,090
1,736
8,580
39,622
684
77,712
25,982
9,730
8,012
50,000
3,321
97,044
(19,333)
69,016
49,683
Totals last
year|| ||SECTION A|||
Funds

Funds|||£
21,642
1,286
10,074
8,562
1,335

year||
year|| ||||||£|£|£||£|| |a1|RECEIPTS||Note|||||||| |a2|Offerings and Tax recovered||||21,642||21,642||27,090|| |a3|Bank and CFB interest and
Investment income||||1,286||1,286||1,736|| |a4|Lettings||||10,074||10,074||8,580|| |a5|Grants & Fundraising||||8,562||8,562||39,622|| |a6|Other receipts||||1,335||1,335||684|| |a7|TOTAL RECEIPTS||||42,899|0|42,899|(a7)|77,712|| |||||||||||| ||SECTION B||||||25,982
0
6,494
7,768
0
716|||| |b1|PAYMENTS|||||||||| |b2|Circuit Assessment or Share||||25,982||25,982||25,982|| |b3|Donations||||||0|||| |b4|Repairs and Maintenance||||6,494||6,494||9,730|| |b5|Utilities (Insurances, water
charges, heating & lighting)||||7,768||7,768||8,012|| |b6|Loan Repayment (to United Area||||||0||50,000|| |b7|Other payments||||716||716||3,321|| |b8|TOTAL PAYMENTS||||40,960|0|40,960|(b9)|97,044|| ||||||||1,939|||| ||SECTION C|||||||||| |c1|(a6-b8)
NET RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS
FOR THE YEAR||||1,939|0|1,939|||| |||||||||||| |c2|Total funds brought forward from
last year||||37,077|12,606|49,683|(c6)|69,016|| ||||||||51,623|||| |c3|Sub total (c1+c2)||||39,017|12,606|51,623|||| |||||||||||| |c4|Transfers and adjustments||||||0|(c7)||| |||||||||||| |c5|TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR
(c3+c4)||||39,017|12,606|51,623|(c8)|49,683|(c6)| ||SECTION D|||| |---|---|---|---|---| |d|(these amounts are not to be included in total receipts/payments figures above)
£
Balance brought forward from last year
0
Offerings/Gifts - received for external organisations
1,879
Offerings/Gifts - passed to external organisations
1,879
0
FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS
BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID(d1+d2-d3)|||£
| |d1|Balance brought forward from last year||0|35| |d2|Offerings/Gifts - received for external organisations||1,879|1,220| |d3|Offerings/Gifts - passed to external organisations||1,879|1,255| |d4|BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID(d1+d2-d3)||0|0| 2 of 5 n Community Church with Askam Met Church ## SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL SECTION E Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2024 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Church Council/Church Meeting. Note that the funds of an Internal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must be completed to arrive at the gross income and expenditure totals of the Church. If gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold, then the Accruals method of accounting AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website). Please refer to the guidance notes regarding transfers between the District and connected District Organisations. ||SECTION E
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Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2024 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Church Council/Church Meeting. Note that the funds of
an Internal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must be
completed to arrive at the gross income and expenditure totals of the Church. If gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold, then the Accruals method of accounting
AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website). Please refer to the guidance notes regarding transfers between the District
and connected District Organisations.||||||||||||| ||INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS|Receipts||Payments||Net Receipts/
Payments||Adjustments||Opening
balances||Closingbalances|| |e1|Cuppa,Chat & Company|300||820||(520)||||3,477||2,957|| |e2|||||||||||||| |e3||||||0||||||0|| |e4||||||0||||||0|| |e5||||||0||||||0|| |e6||||||0||||||0|| |e7||||||0||||||0|| |e8|Sub total of Internal
Organisations funds|300||820||(520)||||3,477|(e11)|2,957|(e12)| |e9|Church accounts (totals
brought forward from page 2 -
totals column)|42,899|(a7)|40,960|(b9)|1,939|||(c7)|49,683|(c6)|51,623|(c8)| |e10|TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD
BY CHURCH|43,199||41,780||1,419||0||53,161|(x)|54,580|(y)| ||Continue on a separate sheet
if necessary and bring the
totals forward|TOTAL RECEIPTS||TOTAL
PAYMENTS|||||||||| SECTION F ## STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES |STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES|STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |CHURCH - CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 August 2025
f1
Cash in hand
f2
Bank Current Account
f3
Bank Deposit Account
f4
Central Finance Board
f5
Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
f6
Other funds
f7
SUB TOTAL - Church accounts
f8
f9
TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH
Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
balance total from above) (e12)||67
2,255
22,951
11,722
12,606
83
49,683 (c6)
3,477 (e11)
53,161
(x)
OPENING
BALANCES||CLOSING
BALANCES|| |f1|Cash in hand|67||57|| |f2|Bank Current Account|2,255||826|| |f3|Bank Deposit Account|22,951||33,905|| |f4|Central Finance Board|11,722||4,145|| |f5|Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes|12,606||12,606|| |f6|Other funds|83||83|| |f7|SUB TOTAL - Church accounts|49,683|(c6)|51,623|(c8)| |f8|Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
balance total from above) (e12)|3,477|(e11)|2,957|(e12)| |f9|TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH|53,161|(x)|54,580|(y)| ||SECTION G|||At|||At| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||1 September|2024||31 August 2025| ||OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES||||||| |g1|Investments(include Endowments)||||||0| |g2|Land & Buildings(see notes re|Insurance value)||1,809,005|||2,541,434| |g3|Other Assets||||||| |g4|Loan(s)- show amount outstandingatyear end||||0||0| |g5|Other Liabilities||||||| f4 Include only Funds held at the Central Finance Board f5 Include only Funds held at Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes g1 Include any other investments (not the cash element of TMCP trusts accounts this is included in line f5 3 of 5 Name of Chu Dalton Community Church with Askam Methodist ## Declarations and Scrutiny I confirm that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2025 have been prepared from the records of the Church and that they include all funds under the control of the Church trustees. Signature of treasurer ……………………………………………………… 11/1/2025 Name and address of tre Robert Mantle 14 Romney Park …………Dalton in Furness LA15 8BL ## Presentation to the Church trustees I confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025were/will be* presented to the meeting of the Church trustees held on …………….. Signature of the Chair of the meeting …………………………………………………………………… Name of the Chair of the Rev Kate Hunt ## Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the ## Dalton Community Church with Askam Methodist Charity Number 1208602 ## Responsibilities and basis of report I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the …………………………………. Church for the year ended 31 August 2025 set out on pages … to …. As the Church’s trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements 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 145(5)(b) of the Act. * delete or circle as appropriate 4 of 5 1-Oct Dalton Community Church with Askam Methodist Name of Ch ## 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 with the accounting records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. I have/have 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 excess of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheet date. Signature of independent examiner …………………………………………………………………. Name of independent examiner ………………………………………………………………………. Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner ……………………………………… Name of firm (where appropriate) ……………………………………………………………………… Address …………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………….. Post Code ……………… Date ………………………………………… * delete or circle as appropriate 5 of 5 RÈvIÈ￿d ALtr24 5of5 ## **Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Dalton Community Church Charitable Incorporated Organisation (‘the CIO’)** I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the CIO for the year ended 31 August 2025. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the charity trustees of the CIO you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). I report in respect of my examination of the CIO’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act ## **Independent examiner’s statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe: 1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the CIO as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or 3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Joel Williams Fellow of The Association of Charity Independent Examiners 1 Montrose Avenue Stretford Manchester M32 9LN ## **14/11/2025**