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2021-08-31-accounts

CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS

THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS

Circuit
Circuit no
31 August 2021
Stricklandgate Methodist
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
Registered Charity - Charity Registration number		 Church
9/13
1126952

If not a registered charity Her 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)

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Minister:
Rev Melanie Greenall
Church Stewards:
Thomas Fryers Iris Diggle
Hilary Louise Pealing Stuart Helliwell
Eric John Bartlett David William Metcalf
Janet Margaret Kitching Anne Pater
Sylvia Mary Friend Christine Thomas
Alan Reed Michael Pearson
Lynn Margaret Doherty Denise Fogarty
Suzanne Gramina Flynn
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ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021

Stricklandgate Methodist

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Unrestricted Restricted Totals this Totals last
SECTION A Funds Funds year year
£ £ £ £
a1 RECEIPTS Note
a2 Offerings and Tax recovered 65,423 65,423 64,606
Bank and CFB interest and
a3 Investment income 981 981 1,627
a4 Lettings 14,375 14,375 20,607
a5 Other receipts 10,410 10,410 10,785
a6 TOTAL RECEIPTS 91,189 91,189 (a7) 97,625
SECTION B
b1 PAYMENTS
b2 Circuit Assessment or Share 57,508 57,508 56,752
b3 Donations 1,850 1,850 1,350
b4 Repairs and Maintenance 7,508 7,508 11,300
Utilities (Insurances, water
b5 charges, heating & lighting) 5,977 5,977 6,803
b6
b7 Other payments 12,636 50 12,686 17,174
b8 [TOTAL PAYMENTS ] 85,479 50 85,529 (b9) 93,379
SECTION C
NET RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS
c1 FOR THE YEAR (a6-b8) 5,710 (50) 5,660 4,246
Total funds brought forward from
last year
c2 133,648 623 134,271 (c6) 130,025
c3 Sub total (c1+c2) 139,358 573 139,931 134,271
c4 Transfers and adjustments (c7)
c5 [TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR ] (c3+c4) 139,358 573 139,931 (c8) 134,271 (c6)
SECTION D
FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS
d (these amounts are not to be included in total receipts/payments figures £ £
d1 Balance brought forward from last year (348)
d2 Offerings/Gifts - received for external organisations 3,357 3,661
d3 Offerings/Gifts - passed to external organisations 3,357 3,313
d4 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID (d1+d2-d3)
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Stricklandgate Methodist

Church

SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL

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SECTION E Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page
Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2021 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 Net Receipts/ Opening
ORGANISATIONS Receipts Payments Payments Adjustments balances Closing balances
e1 Friendship Group 70 70 176 246
e2 Tuesday Lunches 1,550 1,550
e3 Stricklandgate Stitchers 0 0 653 653
e4 Under Fives Group 160 160 1,189 1,349
e5
e6
e7
Sub total of Internal
e8 Organisations funds 230 230 3,568 (e11) 3,798 (e12)
Church accounts (totals
brought forward from page
e9 2 - totals column) 91,189 (a7) 85,529 (b9) 5,660 (c7) 134,271 (c6) 139,931 (c8)
TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD
e10 BY CHURCH 91,419 85,529 5,890 137,839 (x) 143,729 (y)
Continue on a separate sheet TOTAL
if necessary and bring the TOTAL RECEIPTS
PAYMENTS
totals forward
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SECTION F

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

f1
f2
f3
f4
f5
f6
f7
f8
f9
g1
g2
g3
g4
g5		 CHURCH - CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 August 2021
SECTION G
OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES
Other Assets
Loan(s) - show amount outstanding at year end
TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH
Central Finance Board
Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
Other funds
Other Liabilities
Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
balance total from above) (e12)
Investments (include Endowments)
Bank Current Account
Bank Deposit Account
Land & Buildings (see notes re Insurance value)
SUB TOTAL - Church accounts
Cash in hand		 OPENING
BALANCES
25,725
11,255
22,875
74,416
134,271
(c6)
3,568 (e11)
137,839
(x)
At
1 September 2020
37,872
3,626,224		 CLOSING
BALANCES
20,265
16,766
28,484
74,416
139,931
(c8)
3,798 (e12)
143,729
(y)
At
31 August 2021
44,824
3,626,224

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

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Name of Church .. Stricklandgate IA8thodistChuffh 9113 Declarations and Scrutiny I confirm that these Receipt and Paynent based accounts for the year to 31 Augu 2021 have been prepared from the records of the Church and that they indude all funds under the control of the Church trustees. Signature of treasurer ... Date... Name and address of tr&8surer ....... Hden Speed 18, Queen Katherine Street. Kendal LA9 7fJG Presentatlon to the Church trustees I confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year endgj 31 August 2021 wereli￿" presented to the meeting of the Church trustees held on ...f. .a.fy.4L<i Signature of th8 Chair of the meeting Name of the Chair of the meeting . Rev Melanie Greenall Date 21 Q 022 Independent Examinerfs Report to the Trustees of the Strlcklandgate Methodist Church Charlty Number 1126952 Responsibillties and basis of report I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Stricklandgate Mathodist Church for the year ended 31 August 2021 set out on pages ... As the Church's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charibes Act 2011 {'the Ad). 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. 2015cJwrch R J P. 4crf5

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come lo my attention in connection with the examination (other then that disclosed below") which give me cause to believe that in, any material resped.. the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act., or the accounts do nol accord with the accounting records. I have no concems 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 havelhave 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 Heidi Boardman Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner Name of firm (where appropriate) .ABC Accounting Address-. Heatherlea, Firbank, Sedbergh LA10 SEN Date delete or circle as appropriate

STRICKLANDGATE METHODIST CHURCH ANNUAL REPORT

SEPTEMBER 2020 TO AUGUST 2021

During the year being reported on, we tried to carry out the Aims and Objectives of our mission, namely:

These are in line with the Methodist Church nationally which seeks to respond to the Gospel of God’s love in Christ and to live out its discipleship through worship, learning and caring, service and evangelism.

All public acts of worship at Stricklandgate Methodist Church are open to members of the Church and non-members alike. The same applies to the teaching of Christianity through sermons, courses and small groups.

Membership at the end of this year was 115 members, which represents a loss of 17 (due to deaths and people moving to be nearer relatives). There were another 36 people on our community roll, plus 5 retired (supernumerary) ministers were part of our fellowship.

Due to concerns around Covid-19 infections, the church premises were largely closed for public worship and for hire (apart from essential services) from November 2020 to March 2021. One fellowship group managed to continue online and a regular act of online worship was provided (with a home worship sheet for people without internet access). In addition, members supported each other via phone calls/letters etc. A Christmas and Easter card was sent to every regular attender as well as some suggested Lent devotions. At the time of writing, some church groups are gradually restarting.

Social Outreach

Prior to the national lockdown, a large number of community groups used the Church premises: Parents/grandparents and toddlers singing groups; a play group, with church volunteers providing drinks and biscuits; Rainbows, Brownies and Guides: a Youth Choir ‘Amabile’ ‘Slimming World’, Kendal South Choir, Kendal Recorded Music Society and Kendal Ramblers. Child Contact used the premises to enable parents and children to

maintain their relationships. The Church also provided accommodation for the South Lakes Talking Newspaper Association and a studio for a local artist.

Sadly, most of these activities ceased after March 2020, apart from Child Contact, the Talking Newspaper and the local artist studio. At the time of writing, some community activities have restarted e.g. youth choir.

During the year in question, we were one of six Kendal churches who agreed to form a partnership to fund the setting up of a CAP (Christians Against Poverty) debt centre to provide drop-in advice and support for families struggling to manage in these hard economic times. At the time of writing sufficient funds have been raised and a manager appointed with a view to launch the service in January 2022.

Ecumenical relationships

Throughout the year we continued to work with other Churches in Kendal to look at ways in which we could come together within a Mission Community. An online meeting of ministers in Kendal and District has met regularly to share good practice and discuss how we can work better together in the future, sharing gifts and skills. This yielded a joint venture during Holy Week 2021 when a series of daily reflections were filmed and uploaded onto YouTube.

In October 2020 a new minister arrived to take oversight of Fellside, Sandylands and Stricklandgate Methodist Churches. There was scope in the circuit budget to appoint another 0.5FTE lay worker as support. Discussions are ongoing to discern the best use of this person.

Stewardship and Giving

The extra present appeal during Advent 2020 raised £870 to provide Bee Hives in Kenya. As the majority of this was gift-aided, Christian Aid was able to raise a further £172.50. In total 17 families were able to set up their own beekeeping business and get a sustainable source of honey and income. In December 2020, church members and others made up, and sent approximately 100 ‘Boxes of Hope’ to Romania for children who would otherwise not receive any gifts.

Along with other Churches in Kendal we continued to support the local food bank.

RESERVES POLICY

Report on behalf of

Stricklandgate Church Council

To

Kendal Circuit Meeting

We submit our annual report in accordance with the requirements of the Methodist Conference and the Charity Commission guidance in CC19.

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To be completed by Receiving Body
The
Circuit Meeting/District received the RESERVES POLICY of
Church Council/Circuit Meeting/District
Policy accepted and acknowledgement sent to the trustees YES /NO
Policy noted and the following enquiries made of the trustees
Responses received and any further action taken
Circuit/District
Signatures ……………………………………. ……………………………………. Date…………
 Please delete as appropriate
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RESERVES POLICY of

Stricklandgate Church Council

1.
GeneralFunds held at Y/E 31/08/2021		 £64,941
2.
RestrictedFunds held at Y/E 31/08/2021		 £4141
3.
EndowmentFunds held at Y/E 31/08/2021		 £44824
  1. Reserves policy for General Funds

The policy for this fund seeks to ensure that funds are sufficient for the Church’s viability and future, but funds are not excessive.

The policy is to reserve 50% of our average annual turnover to provide a cushion for a sudden reduction in income or a large item of expenditure such as an urgent repair or equipment replacement. With a usual annual turnover of around £110,000 (although this was reduced in FY 2020-21 to £93,500 during the pandemic) this indicates a reserve of £55,000. We additionally hold £55,000 for property repairs linked with the Quinquennial property report.

5. Policy for Restricted Funds

The restricted funds are held and used for specific purposes. They comprise the Benevolent Fund and the 4 internal church organisations (Stricklandgate Stitchers, Friendship Group, Tuesday Lunches and Under 5s Group) and funds are used for those purposes only.

The balance needed for these funds is dictated by the specific purpose of each fund.

6. Terms relating to Endowment Funds held

Endowment funds are held by TMCP, as custodian trustee, on behalf of the Managing Trustees.

Stricklandgate’s endowment funds are held by TMCP under the terms of ‘Trust Type B - Model Trust Bequests’.

This Reserves Policy has been approved by Stricklandgate Methodist Church Council
Treasurer Trustee
Full nameHelen Speed Full Name
Signature Signature