BROMLEY METHODIST CHURCH ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING AUGUST 2022
The Church Council submits its Annual Report and Accounts for the year ending 31 August 2022.
Members of the church are managing trustees of the Church, and the ordinary general meetings are held three times per annum. Day to day administration of the church is delegated to the Church Stewards and the other officers, including the Treasurer and to a number of committees, including Finance and Property.
The number of members at 31 August 2022 was 108.
The purpose of Bromley Methodist Church is to glorify God, proclaim the Gospel and seek to win people for the Kingdom of God
- e To nurture and care for those who are committed to Christ e To extend pastoral oversight to the church’s wider family e To promote Christian values e To respond in the name of Christ to contemporary issues e To share a vision of the world church
The following is a summary of the main activities undertaken during the year in pursuit of those objectives:
Worship: The Church meets regularly for acts of worship, the weekly 10.30 am service on Sundays averaging 65 adults and 8 children. The service takes the form of Holy Communion once a month and All Age Worship once a month (with occasional attendance of the uniformed organisations). The services are led by the Bromley Circuit Ministers and local preachers.
The Church also holds mid-week prayer meetings on a Thursday with average adult attendance of 12. This attracts some of our elderly and more infirm members who cannot attend on a Sunday. This is led by both the local Methodist preachers and members of the church.
During the year the Council Council discussed, agreed and applied for registration for the conduct of same-sex marriages as permitted by the Methodist Conference and GRO.
Pastoral Care: Revd Karen George continues to take pastoral charge of Bromley Methodist Church. Karen is supported by a team of pastoral visitors whose work is overseen by the Pastoral Committee. There are 3 house groups which provide opportunities for fellowship and study for the church membership.
Service: The Church seeks to make itself available to the local community. It is open on a Thursday morning for coffee, fellowship and prayer. The Church also has close links with uniformed organisations (Scouting and Guiding) which meet weekly on Church premises and participate in regular ‘Parade’ services. Rooms are also made available for the use of a wide range of groups and organisations (including local Alcoholics Anonymous and Bromley Drug and Alcohol service). During the year several collections of food and toiletries were organized in support of the Bromley Borough Foodbank.
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From January 2021 the church hall has been used during term time by an independent Preschool. During the Spring and Summer of 2022 the church held informal weekly English conversation sessions for those wishing to improve their English and this was attended by up to 12 people, some of whom had recently arrived in the UK from Ukraine. Over the school summer holidays Stay and Play sessions were organized for this group and their children as well as others from the local community.
Mission and Outreach: Members of the Church contribute to the mission work of the Methodist Church, both overseas and at home, through regular giving and by special fund-raising events. The Church has continued to support overseas mission work and a range of charities working at local, national and global level (including JusB, Action for Children, Bible Society and Christian Aid) as well as providing significant financial support for Bromley Town Centre Chaplaincy.
Ecumenical: The Church is actively involved in the Churches Together in Central Bromley group. During August we shared services with the local Churches in Bromley and we participated in joint activities for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
Social Events: During the year the Church held a number of social events, including some as charity fundraisers and some just for fun and fellowship.
Property: Our policy continues to be maintaining the fabric of the premises in good condition. Work was done this year to replace the glazed roof in the church concourse and to make the surrounding roof sound and watertight.
Finance: Details of the church’s financial affairs appear in the attached accounts. Normal church activities, which continued to be adversely affected by the pandemic, resulted in a loss of £54,329 and in addition £28,651 was spent on major building works. Revaluation of our investments resulted in a loss of £14,514 and our Reserves stand at £194,770 compared with £209,284 at the end of the previous year. The Church Council is satisfied that the church's Reserves are adequate to meet the church's obligations and to allow for the future development of its work. To date, investments totalling £60,000 have been converted to cash to compensate for loss of income and to enable urgent repairs to be done.
Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities: Charity legislation requires the Trustees to prepare Financial Statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charity as at the end of the financial year and of surplus and deficit for the period. In preparing for the Financial Statement, suitable accounting policies are to be adopted and consistently applied to the best of the Trustees’ knowledge and belief, making reasonable and prudent judgements and estimates as necessary. The statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting by Charities is to be followed, together with applicable Statements of Standard Accounting Practice. The Trustees are responsible for maintaining accounting records, for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and for preventing and detecting Fraud and other irregularities. The Trustees are also required to indicate where the Financial Statements are prepared other than on the basis that the Charity is a going concern. Bromley Methodist Church Signed on behalf of the Trustees College Road Oe mary ASuagbresD Bromley Wendy Whybrew BRI 3NS Secretary of Church Council
CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS
THE METHODIST CHURCH
STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS
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FOR THE YEAR ENDED
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31 August 2022 Circuit = no. | asa | number 1127526
Registered Charity - Charity Registration number
lf 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)
Minister:
Revd. Karen George
Church Stewards:
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Treasurer:
COUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022
Bromley Methodist
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|SECTION A|Funds|Funds|year|year|
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|||Offerings and Tax recovered|eae|54,175||54,175|52,233|
|Bank|and|CFB|interest|and|
|.jlInvestment income|4,244|4,244|2,691|
|-jLettings|pa|36,542]|||36,542|44,771|
|Other roceiots|es|eeee ||es|3,449|
|[ToTAi. RECEIPTS|a|aee|||103,144|
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|PAYMENTS|
|‘Circuit Assessment or Share|Po|61,250[| ||61,250]|62,791|
|IponaionsTT|2,804|
|[Repairs and Maintenance|wo sea]| | 60,388|45,438|
|Utilities|(Insurances,|water|
||charges,|heating|&|lighting)|13,331|13,331|13,889|
|"|Other payments|||63,167f|63,167|17,140|
|;||TOTAL PAYMENTS|fT|t98,136]|198,136]|(b9)}]|142,062|
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|FOR THE YEAR|(a6-b8|54,330)|(38,918)|
|Total|funds|brought forward|from|
|last year|106,910|1,874|108,784|94,611}|
|i||Sub total|c1+c2)|52,580|1,874|55,693|
|.||Transfers|and adjustments|TT [sd ez)|53,091|
|;|TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR|(earea)||52,580]|_1,874|[|54,454]|(c8)|[|108,784]|(c6)|
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FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS
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(these amounts are not to be included in total receipts/payments figures above) £ £
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Bromley Methodist Church SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL ~ , :
SECTION E Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page
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Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2022 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
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efByCHURGHOTA ASH FUNDS HELD 143,806 198,136 (54,330) | 108,846 | _ 54516 ly
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
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CHURCH - CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 August 2022 BALANCES BALANCES
le | Bank Current Account 103,599 32,267
Central Finance Board 1,636 18,528
Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes 1,049 1,159
is | Other funds 2,500 2,500
SUB TOTAL - Church accounts 108,784 | easy (cE
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SECTION G At At
1 September 2021 ; 31 August 2022
OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES
1 | Investments (include Endowments: 208,235 193,611
a Land & Buildings (see notes re Insurance value 5,527,322 5,714,353
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Loan(s) - show amount outstanding at year end f [|
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4 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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Declarations and Scrutiny
i confirm that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2022 have been orepared from the records of the Church and that they include all funds under the control of the Church TUSTeSS.
Signature of treasurer Deron aene Date... 8/1/2922. Name and address oftreasurer GRACE DEVARAES UND. ccccccccccesceseseesseeeeseeteseesee 333 COURT. ROAD ORPINGTON, KENT.occ. Post Code BRS. TB
Presentation to the Church trustees | confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2022 were/will be* presented to the meeting of the Church trustees held on .............004 Signature Ex, p ) Pe Pore 7 f of the Chair of the meeting lstinlet Name of the Chair of the meeting LEV. KRREW GER .f¥... Date Af. l{2022
Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the
Charity Number .!2.752.6
Responsibilities and basis of report
| report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the SSO.MLE7.. METS Church for the year ended 31 August 2022 set out on pages 4. 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’). | 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, | have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5){b) of the Act.
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| have completed my examination. | 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: = o
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| 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.
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Report on behalf of
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We submit our annual report in accordance with the (iii) We have agreed a Reserves Policy which is requirements of the Methodist Conference and the set out overleaf and is recorded in ‘the Charity Commission guidance in CC19. trustees’ minutes and our Annual Report. (i) The trustees have established their mission (iv) We recognise the need to be accountable as aims taking into account all of the resources charity trustees for all the money which comes available in terms of people, property and into our hands and will provide further money information as required by the
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Policy noted and the following enquiries made of the trustees
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RESERVES POLICY of BROMLEY METHODIST CHURCH
(Church Council[]|/Gircuit-Meeting| |/District[_])
1. General Funds held at Y/E 31/08/2022 [£248,064.77, sd
12. Restricted Funds held i [£1,869 |
3h Endowment Funds held “ [fo tt tC(ti‘(‘(zqQ
4. Reserves policy for General Funds
The policy of the church is to retain sufficient funds to sustain the mission of the church and
maintain the fabric of the church building and other assets in good condition.
5. Policy for Restricted Funds
The benevolent fund of £1,869 shall be spent on charitable needs.
6. Terms relating to Endowment Funds held
This Reserves Policy has been approved by | Bromley Methodist Church
(Church MeetingL_|/District[_])Council[x]/Gireuit
Full name Grace Deverajulu : Full Name Alan John Ash
Signature | Signature
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Declarations and Scrutiny
i confirm that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2022 have been orepered from the records of the Church and that they include all funds under the control of the Church ivustees.
Signature of treasurer Derertien cn Lenaeeeseeeeees Date... 8/1/2022. |. Name and address oftreasurer GRACE DEVAIAES UND. ccccccccceceesstesessesenevessneeneen 333 COURT. ROARORPINGTON,KENT. ooo Post Code BRS, TB2
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| 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.
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