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2020-08-31-accounts

Registered Charity number 1127744

St Paul’s Methodist Church, Crawley

Report of the Trustees and Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2020

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St Paul’s Methodist Church, Crawley

CONTENTS of the Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements Year Ended 31 August 2020

Page Reference and Administrative Details .................... 3 Report of the Trustees ............................................ 4 Statement of Financial Activity............................. 11 Balance Sheet ....................................................... 12 Notes to the Financial Statements ....................... 13 Declarations .......................................................... 22 Independent Examiner’s Report .......................... 23

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St Paul’s Methodist Church, Crawley REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

Year Ended 31 August 2020

Minister: Rev Ralph Ward
Trustees: Rev F. Al-Hassan
Mrs J. Bower
Mr M. Bower
Mrs A. Brown
Mrs V. Collins
Rev M. Cooke
Mrs Y. Ellard
Mrs D. Ford
Mrs S. Ford
Mrs B. Gillet
Mr R . Gorringe
Mrs E. Grant
Mrs S. Jones
Dr B. Jones
Mrs J. Jordan
Mr P. Jordan
Ms R. Lewis
Mrs J. Mason
Rev C. McKie
Mrs C. Ofield
Mr M. Ofield
Mr G. Ridgway
Rev R. Ward
Full name of the Church: St Paul’s Methodist Church
Alternative name: Crawley Methodist Church
Registered Charity Number: 1127744
Principal address St Paul’s Methodist Church, Woodfield Road,
Northgate, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 8ER
Independent examiner: Yvette How MAAT
Investment Bankers: Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church

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St Paul’s Methodist Church, Crawley REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES

Year Ended 31 August 2020

The Trustees submit their annual report and unaudited financial statements for the year ended 31August 2020. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the accounts and comply with the charity's trust deed, the Charities Act 2011 and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) as amended by the update bulletin (effective 1 January 2015).

Objectives and Activities

Objectives

St Paul’s Methodist Church Mission is to: Unite in Faith, Worship in Faith, Grow in Faith, Share the Good News, Make Disciples, and Serve in Love.

Note: ‘Faith’ refers to the Christian faith and Good News’ refers to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

The Church also supports and contributes to the purposes of the Methodist Church which are the advancement of:

Activities

The activities of St Paul’s Methodist Church are designed to meet the objectives of the mission statement and, by doing so, to benefit its members, its congregation and the wider public, by supporting Christians as they seek to worship God and to live out their faith, by sharing the Christian message, by helping those in need, and by working for social justice. A list of the main, regular activities is given below. This list does not include one-off special events. For a fuller description of the activities, please see the church website: www.crawleymethodistchurch.com

Activities List

Sunday Worship Services Choir Messy Church Prayer Meetings Tea Services Loaves and Fishes (Community Café) House Groups Pastoral Visiting Fellowship Groups Friary Lunches Women’s Fellowship Flower Ministry Kings’ Kids and King’s Teens Community Use of the Building Performing Arts Project Fund Raising for others Young Peoples’ Singing Group

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St Paul’s Methodist Church, Crawley REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES

Year Ended 31 August 2020

Public Benefit

The trustees have referred to the guidance in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity's aims and objectives in planning its future activities. In particular, they have considered how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives they have set.

Achievements and Performance

Senior Steward’s report

The first half of this year continued in positive and encouraging ways. Attendance at services averaged around 70 as in the previous year. Music plays an important part in our services with new hymns and songs being introduced to the congregation by the choir and the Young People’s Singing Group, both of which continued to flourish. Children and young people are actively involved in our worship through singing, reading the bible and organising monthly collections of loose change from the congregation which contributes to the church building fund.

Sadly, we recognised that our monthly Messy Church sessions would have to cease. Most of the volunteer leaders and helpers were in their 70s and 80s and increasing ill-health and infirmity meant that we could no longer run the sessions. With insufficient younger volunteers coming forward to continue Messy Church, monthly informal afternoon services were introduced in February with familybased Messy Church style activities, a short worship session and tea for all. In March this took the form of a concert involving the Performing Arts Project, Young People’s Singing Group and choir. It was followed by worship led by our minister and was very well received by the congregation.

The Friday evening Performing Arts Project continued to offer instrumental and singing lessons and expanded its activities with a course on the effective use of the speaking voice aimed at people presenting the bible readings during Sunday services and taking part in dramatic performances. This group performed a short drama on Advent Sunday. Another new course on lighting techniques was also started. We began to see successful outcomes; an adult student learning to play drums became the regular drummer with the worship band on Sundays, the Young People’s Singing Group was invited to perform at Horley Methodist Church’s Christmas Tree Festival, parents waiting for their children during the activities got to know each other better and enjoyed playing badminton and table tennis together in the sports hall. Some new volunteers came to help supervise the youngest children and themselves appreciated the Christian fellowship on offer on Friday evenings at St Paul’s.

Room lettings and the Loaves and Fishes café continued to bring the local community onto the premises so fulfilling our promise to serve our community in Christian love and share the Gospel of Christ. Both activities contributed significantly to the finances of the church until they ceased when the Coronavirus lockdown was imposed in March.

Monthly Coffee Stops were held from September 2019 until February 2020 to raise funds for various national and local charities.

Sunday lunches for people in need have for many years been catered by a team from St Paul’s at the Friary in Crawley town centre on the second Sunday of alternate months serving about 40 people at each session. Unfortunately, the Friary had to stop providing premises for these meals so this outreach activity has ceased.

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St Paul’s Methodist Church, Crawley

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES

Year Ended 31 August 2020

Action for Children and Methodist Homes have been supported by St Paul’s for many years. From September-December 2019, £621.09 was raised for Action for Children and £217.30 for Methodist Homes.

The 15th of March saw our last service in the church before the Coronavirus lockdown was imposed and the building was closed down. Our congregation badly missed celebrating Mother’s Day on 22nd March and later the traditional Easter services. From 22[nd] March Rev Ralph Ward began delivering services, live-streamed on Facebook, to the congregations of St Paul’s and the other church in his care, Trinity Church, East Grinstead. He also streamed Bible studies from his home on Wednesday afternoons. Both very successfully attracted viewers from the regular congregations and from wider afield. These initiatives, along with a new weekly newsletter sent by email and social media to the congregation, with paper copies posted to members without internet access, and many contacts between church members by phone and email, successfully kept the church community informed, supported and connected together during this most difficult of times.

Joyce Jordan, St Paul’s Senior Steward

Financial Review

Overview

The year began well with better than predicted income and on-target expenditure in mission critical areas. This continued until March when the Corona virus pandemic started to have a major impact on the Church finances. The Church building was closed, and all the normal Church activities were cancelled, from the start of the lockdown in March and throughout the remainder of the financial year. This situation reduced both income and expenditure and the outcome was an end of year surplus of £3,300 in the General Fund and a surplus of £4,507 in designated funds.

The Church was able to use the closure as an opportunity to carry out several building repair, redecoration, and refurbishment projects. Some of these projects made parts of the building unusable while the work was in progress and would have resulted in loss of lettings income if the building had been open.

A legacy of £418,438 was received in November, which will enable the Church to repair the Sanctuary roof and carry out major refurbishments to the building. Thus, the legacy puts the Church in a much stronger position in terms of its long-term viability in the current building.

The next financial year may prove more challenging as the Church begins to reopen and return to normality. During a full closure, when all activities cease and the building is closed, the loss of income and the saving in expenditure tend to balance out. However, when the building re-opens and activities resume, the income generated may not cover the costs incurred. This will depend on the extent to which the Coronavirus pandemic, and the measures to control it, affect income streams such as lettings, the Loaves and Fishes Café, and donations made at services. However, the end of year surplus leaves the Church with healthy reserves and in a strong position to cope with the challenges ahead.

The declining trend in active membership remains an issue and if it is not reversed, income from pledges, offerings and donations will continue to drop and the Church will have a shortage of volunteers to run the mission critical activities. The Church’s highest priority is to grow the church by sharing the gospel and making disciples.

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St Paul’s Methodist Church, Crawley

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES

Year Ended 31 August 2020

Income and Expenditure

Most of the Church’s income is from Pledges, Offerings and Donations, and from Property Lettings.

Pledges are normally paid by bank standing order or by enclosing cash or cheque in a pledge envelope and putting this into the collection made at services. It was helpful that some people switched from envelopes to standing order during the closure. However, there remained an overall loss of pledge income because some envelope pledges were not received. There were no loose cash offerings during the closure. The General Fund total from Pledges and Offerings was £3,377 less than the previous year and £2,936 below the budget prediction.

Income from lettings was very promising in the period prior to the closure and well above budget predictions. Lettings stopped during the closure and this resulted in a significant loss of income. The income from lettings was £6,198 less than the previous year and £6,105 below the budget prediction. Without the excellent early performance, the loss of lettings income would have been much greater. The strategy of maximising lettings income to strengthen the financial position, which has been pursued in recent years, has put the Church in a much better position to withstand the financial impact of the pandemic.

The Loaves and Fishes Café was not operational during the closure and this reduced both the yearly income and expenditure. The Café gross surplus was £1,691 less than the previous year and £1,084 below the budget prediction. The Café expenditure shown in the accounts does not include the cleaning and the energy and other utility costs of running the Café, but the surplus was sufficient to cover these additional costs.

Most of the expenditure is incurred on the Circuit Assessment (used by the Circuit to pay Ministers’ stipends and related costs, and to pay the District Assessment); the costs of running the Church building (maintenance, cleaning and lettings salaries, energy and other utilities, etc.) and the costs of running the Church’s activities.

Circuit Assessment and building maintenance expenditure was in line with budget predictions. Expenditure on cleaning and lettings salaries were reduced through furloughing under the Government scheme. There were also significant savings on energy and other utility costs during the period in which the building was not in use.

Overall, General Fund income was £18,563 less than the previous year and £11,358 below the budget prediction and General Fund expenditure was £13,937 less than the previous year and £14,568 below the budget prediction. The impact of the Coronavirus was the cause of these significant variations.

At the end of the year there was a General Fund surplus of £3,300, which was £3,210 above the budget prediction and £4,626 less than the previous year.

Assets

No new assets were added during the financial year. The building has been revalued in accordance with the accounting policy.

Funds and Reserves

The General Fund reserves of the Church (i.e. the net current General Fund assets) at 31[st] August 2020 were £73,504., which is in line with the reserves policy.

At 31[st] August 2020 the total net current assets of all the Church funds was £515,908 and the total of all the Church funds (i.e. including fixed assets) was £4,976,386.

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St Paul’s Methodist Church, Crawley

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES

Year Ended 31 August 2020

Going Concern

The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern .

Future Plans

We plan to worship and serve God, and to share His love with the community, by continuing to pursue the vision expressed in our mission statement.

Our priorities for the year ahead include church growth, fellowship, human resources, and building improvements to our building.

Our aim is to:

We are seeking to follow where the Holy Spirit leads and at this stage we plan to pursue the following strategies:

We also plan to continue running all the activities listed in the activities section of this report.

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St Paul’s Methodist Church, Crawley

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES

Year Ended 31 August 2020

Structure, Governance and Management

The governing document for the church is the Deed of Union (1932) and Methodist Church Act (1976)

Detailed governance arrangements are outlined within the Constitutional Practice and Discipline of the Methodist Church (CPD) by order of the annual conference.

The members of St Paul’s Methodist Church Council are the Charity Trustees, membership being made up of church office holders, Minister, and representatives appointed by the Church at the General Church Meeting (the Church’s Annual General Meeting).

Day to day management of the church is undertaken by the Church Leadership Team together with the Minister. The Leadership Team is appointed by the Church Council.

A Finance Scrutiny Committee appointed by the Leadership Team, including at least two members from outside the Leadership Team, carried out in-depth scrutiny of the church finances.

Basis of preparation and legal framework

The Charity’s annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2020 have been prepared in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 and the Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice 2015 as applicable to the Financial Reporting Standard (FRSSE) 2015

Trustee Training

A range of guidance produced by Methodist Connexion to support the effective running of the church and the role of Trustees is given to the Church Trustees at various meetings and / or training sessions.

Related Parties

The Church is part of the Redhill and East Grinstead Circuit which is part of the South East District and is also accountable to the Methodist Conference.

The internal organisation(s) linked to this church are:

St Paul’s Methodist Church Women’s Fellowship

Risk Management

The major risks have been identified and recorded by the Trustees with professional advice taken as required. There is a regular annual review process undertaken and recorded.

Income and Expenditure is being monitored in total and is compared with the approved annual budget on a quarter yearly basis to detect trends as part of the risk management process to avoid unforeseen calls on reserves.

Safeguarding

St Paul’s Methodist Church commits itself to ensuring the implementation of Connexional Safeguarding Policy; government legislation, guidance and safe practice in the circuit and in the churches.

St Paul’s Methodist Church commits itself to the provision of support, advice and training for lay and ordained people that will ensure people are clear and confident about their roles and responsibilities in safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults who may be vulnerable.

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St Paul’s Methodist Church, Crawley

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES

Year Ended 31 August 2020

Reserves Policy

The General Reserves Policy for the Church is to hold a minimum sum equivalent to 6 months’ average expenditure. This should be sufficient to meet any unforeseen item of major expenditure on the church building and / or to be able to continue, in the short term, funding planned activities in the event of any inability to raise the full expenses including the assessment payable to the Circuit.

Investment Policy

A low risk liquid position is maintained. The Deposit Fund administered by the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church is utilised to deposit any funds surplus to immediate requirements.

Exemptions from Disclosure

There are no exemptions from disclosure.

Funds held as custodian trustee on behalf of others

The Church holds no funds as a custodian trustee on behalf of others.

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St Paul’s Methodist Church, Crawley STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITY

Year Ended 31 August 2020

Notes Unrestricted Designated Restricted Total Prior year
funds funds funds funds total funds
Income and endowments from:
Donations and legacies 4
Pledges and offerings 47,164 — — 47,164 50,561
Donations 2,170 3,050 — 5,220 7,247
Gift Aid tax refunds 11,227 800 — 12,027 11,757
Legacies — — 418,438 418,438 —
Income from charitable activities 5
Fund raising 27 162 — 188 390
Loaves and Fishes 4,849 — — 4,849 7,591
Traidcraft — — — — 850
Other charitable activities 312 — — 312 631
Other trading activities 6
Lettings 33,895 — — 33,895 40,093
Investments 7 448 185 2,373 3,006 529
Other income 8
Internal organisations — 551 — 551 807
Miscellaneous income — — — — 510
Total income 100,092 4,747 420,811 525,650 120,965
Expenditure on:
Salaries, NIC and pension costs 9 12,219 — — 12,219 14,101
Circuit Asessment 39,000 — — 39,000 42,500
Maintenance of Church buildings & property 12 24,257 — 11,320 35,577 23,223
Utilities (insurance, energy, water, etc) 13 11,811 — — 11,811 12,749
Internal Organisations — 240 — 240 484
Grants and Donations 14 90 — — 90 465
Loaves and Fishes 1,433 — — 1,433 2,484
Traidcraft — — — — 850
Other expenditure 15 7,982 — — 7,982 14,478
Total expenditure 96,792 240 11,320 108,352 111,332
Net income / (expenditure) resources before transfer 3,300 4,507 409,491 417,298 9,632
Transfers
Gross transfers between funds - in — — — — 500
Gross transfers between funds - out — — — — (500)
Other recognised gains / losses
Gains / losses on investment assets 16 113,044 — — 113,044 183,230
Gains on revaluation, fixed assets, charity's own use — — — — —
Net movement in funds 116,344 4,507 409,491 530,342 192,862
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward 4,417,638 28,406 — 4,446,044 4,253,181
Total funds carried forward 4,533,982 32,913 409,491 4,976,386 4,446,044

Note: Components may not sum to totals because of rounding to the nearest pound

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St Paul’s Methodist Church, Crawley

BALANCE SHEET

Year Ended 31 August 2020

Notes General Designated Restricted At 31/08/2020 At 31/08/2019 At 31/08/2020 At 31/08/2019
Fund Funds Funds
£ £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets 16 4,460,478 — — 4,460,478 4,347,434
Fixed assets 4,460,478 — — 4,460,478 4,347,434
Current assets
Debtors 17 1,193 — — 1,193 11,105
Cash at bank and in hand 17 69,269 32,913 415,370 517,552 92,325
Current assets 70,462 32,913 415,370 518,745 103,429
Liabilities
Creditors: Amounts falling due in one year 18 (3,042) — 5,878 2,837 4,819
Net current assets less current liabilities 73,504 32,913 409,491 515,908 98,610
Total assets less current liabilities 4,533,982 32,913 409,491 4,976,386 4,446,044
Total net assets less liabilities 4,533,982 32,913 409,491 4,976,386 4,446,044
Represented by 21
Unrestricted
Unrestricted - General fund 4,533,982 — — 4,533,982 4,417,638
Designated
Designated - Hymn Book Fund — 100 — 100 100
Designated - Outreach Hospitality — 510 — 510 510
Designated - Redevelopment & Refurbishment — 31,829 — 31,829 27,651
Designated - Benevolence — 28 — 28 11
Designated - WF - Internal Organisation — 446 — 446 135
Restricted
Restricted - Redevelopment & Refurbishment — — 409,491 409,491 —
Funds of the church 4,533,982 32,913 409,491 4,976,386 4,446,044

Note: Components may not sum to totals because of rounding to the nearest pound

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St Paul’s Methodist Church, Crawley NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Year Ended 31 August 2020

In the following notes the components of tables may not sum to totals because of rounding to the nearest pound

1. Basis of accounting

The financial statements have been prepared under the Charities Act 2011 in accordance with the 2015 version of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of lreland (FRS 102) as amended by the update bulletin (effective 1 January 2015).

2. Funds

The funds held constitute: General Funds held for any purpose of the Church which are Unrestricted. Restricted funds which are held for a narrower purpose including those for internal organisations. Details of each material fund are disclosed in note 21. Any funds may be represented by more than just cash.

3. Accounting policies

Basis

These accounts have been prepared on the basis of historical cost, except that investments are shown at their market value at the end of the year, on the accruals basis to show a true and fair view of the Church’s financial position and activities.

Income

Income is included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) when the Church becomes entitled to the resources, and the trustees are reasonably certain they will receive the resources; and the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability.

Expenditure

This is recognised when a liability is incurred, or a constructive obligation arises, that results in the payment being unavoidable. Liabilities are recognised as soon as an outflow of economic benefit is considered more likely than not under the legal or constructive obligation committing the Church to pay out resources.

Grants

Grants made by the Church from its own funds are recognised in full at the time of agreement or when the Church accepts that there is a legal or operational obligation to make the payment.

VAT

Since the Church is not VAT registered, all input VAT is charged with the expenses to which it refers.

Tangible fixed assets for use by the Church

These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year, and individually cost at least £1,000. The freehold property is shown at cost, based on the insurer’s valuation.

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St Paul’s Methodist Church, Crawley NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Year Ended 31 August 2020

Depreciation

Assets having an initial cost of £1,000 or less are written off in full in the year of acquisition. Furniture and Fittings of a durable nature having an initial cost greater than £1,000 are depreciated at the rate of 10% per annum on a straight-line basis. Computer and Electronic equipment having an initial cost greater than £1,000 are depreciated at 25% per annum on a straight-line basis.

Investment Properties

Investment properties - no property is currently deemed to not be held for the long-term purposes of the charity.

Investments

Investments are valued in the balance sheet at market value at the year end. Investment income is included in the accounts when receivable. Any gains or losses on revaluation at the year-end are shown in the SOFA.

Debtors and Prepayments

Debtors include outstanding lettings invoices in August.

Creditors

Creditors include outstanding items relating to utilities, telephones, etc. in August .

Volunteers

A certain amount of time is expended on the charity's activities, which is donated free of charge. lt is not possible to quantify the value of time given and accordingly it is neither recorded as donated income or as expense in the financial statement.

4. Donations and legacies

haritable activities
Envelope Scheme - Pledges
Offering - Loose Cash
Donations
Contributions From Ext Orgs
Tax Reclaimed On Gift Aid
Legacies
Donations and legacies Totals
Other Fund Raising
Loaves & Fishes
Traidcraft Sales
Catering
Fees - Weddings, Funerals etc
Refreshments At Services
Income from charitable activities
Totals		 Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted
This year
Last year
45,428
—
—
45,428
48,365
1,737
—
—
1,737
2,196
1,945
3,050
—
4,995
6,322
225
—
—
225
925
11,227
800
—
12,027
11,757
—
—
418,438
418,438
—
60,561
3,850
418,438
482,849
69,565
27
162
—
188
390
4,849
—
—
4,849
7,591
—
—
—
—
850
80
—
—
80
160
—
—
—
—
60
232
—
—
232
411
5,188
162
—
5,349
9,462

5. Charitable activities

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St Paul’s Methodist Church, Crawley NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Year Ended 31 August 2020

6. Other trading activities

nvestment income
Property Lettings
Other trading activities Totals
CFB General Dep a/c Interest
CFB Redev Dep a/c Interest
CFB Project Dep a/c Interest
Investments Totals		 Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted
This year
Last year
33,895
—
—
33,895
40,093
33,895
—
—
33,895
40,093
Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted
This year
Last year
448
—
—
448
354
—
185
—
185
48
—
—
2,373
2,373
128
448
185
2,373
3,006
529

7. Investment income

The Church holds three interest-bearing Methodist Church Central Finance Board (CFB) deposit accounts

  1. CFB General Deposit Account : used primarily to hold on deposit General and Benevolence funds that are not immediately required.

  2. CFB Redevelopment Deposit Account: used to hold on deposit Redevelopment and Refurbishment designated funds until they are required

  3. CFB Project Deposit Account: used to hold on deposit the Redevelopment and Refurbishment restricted funds until they are required.

8. Other income

aid employees
Donations - Internal Organisations
Income - Internal Organisations
Miscellaneous Income
Other income Totals
Salaries - Cleaners
Salaries - Lettings
Salaries - L&F Cleaners
Salaries, NIC and pension costs
Totals		 Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted
This year
Last year
—
—
—
—
250
—
551
—
551
557
—
—
—
—
510
—
551
—
551
1,317
Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted
This year
Last year
7,400
—
—
7,400
9,157
4,819
—
—
4,819
3,790
—
—
—
—
1,154
12,219
—
—
12,219
14,101

9. Paid employees

The Church has two part-time paid employees and the average salary is £6,110 per annum.

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St Paul’s Methodist Church, Crawley NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Year Ended 31 August 2020

10. Paid trustees

Vanessa Collins, Trustee, is employed as a cleaner and was paid £5,869 during the 2019-20 financial year

11. Fees for examination or audit of the accounts

2018-19 Independent Examination Fee £275 2019-20 Independent Examination Fee £325 (provision)

12. Maintenance of Church buildings and property

Property Maintenance
Property Redevelopment
Grounds Maintenance
Window Cleaning
Cleaning Materials
Cleaning
Maintenance of Church buildings
and property Totals		 Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted
This year
Last year
18,965
—
3,345
22,310
19,097
—
—
5,475
5,475
—
3,219
—
2,500
5,719
2,565
882
—
—
882
795
1,191
—
—
1,191
716
—
—
—
—
50
24,257
—
11,320
35,577
23,223

13. Utilities

Gas
Electricity
Water
Waste Disposal
Telephone and Broadband
Insurance
Utilities (insurance, energy,
water, etc) Totals		 Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted
This year
Last year
2,945
—
—
2,945
3,721
1,572
—
—
1,572
2,626
701
—
—
701
833
823
—
—
823
1,010
608
—
—
608
410
5,162
—
—
5,162
4,148
11,811
—
—
11,811
12,749

14. Grants and donations

rants and donations
Gifts & Donations
Benevolence - Disbursements
Grants and Donations Totals		 Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted
This year
Last year
20
—
—
20
—
70
—
—
70
465
90
—
—
90
465

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St Paul’s Methodist Church, Crawley

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Year Ended 31 August 2020

15. Other expenditure

16. Tangible assets
This Year (2019-2020)
Worship Resources
Presentation Bibles, Candles
Choir Expenses
Printing & Stationery
Junior Church & Youth
Performing Arts Project
Benevolence - Friary lunches
Other Catering Expenses
Publicity & Church Growth
Publicity
Messy Church
Church Growth
Web Site development
Property Letting Expenses
Miscellaneous Expenses
Treasurer/Stewardship
Professional Fees
Visiting Preacher Expenses
Other expenditure Totals		 Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted
This year
Last year
1,527
—
—
1,527
7,079
—
—
—
—
13
144
—
—
144
82
317
—
—
317
399
(94)
—
—
(94)
817
2,233
—
—
2,233
—
128
—
—
128
308
—
—
—
—
148
22
—
—
22
2,604
295
—
—
295
—
513
—
—
513
1,171
1,431
—
—
1,431
—
193
—
—
193
191
787
—
—
787
1,127
111
—
—
111
74
75
—
—
75
75
300
—
—
300
345
—
—
—
—
46
7,982
—
—
7,982
14,478
Church (non-investment)
land and buildings
Fixtures, fittings, and
Equipment
Total
£
£
£
Cost or valuation
At beginning of the year
Additions
Disposals
Revaluations
Transfers		 4,347,434
-
4,347,434
-
-
-
-
-
-
113,044
-
113,044
-
-
-
At end of the year
4,460,478
-
4,460,478
Depreciation and impairments
At beginning of the year
-
-
-
Disposals
-
-
-
Depreciation
-
-
-
Impairment
-
-
-
Transfers
-
-
-
At end of the year
-
-
-
Net book value at beginning of the year
4,347,434
-
4,347,434
Net book value at end of the year
4,460,478
-
4,460,478

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St Paul’s Methodist Church, Crawley NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Year Ended 31 August 2020

Previous Year (2018-2019)

Church (non-investment) Fixtures, fittings, and Total
land and buildings Equipment
£ £ £
Cost or valuation
At beginning of the year 4,164,204
 -
 4,164,204
Additions -
 -
 -
Disposals -
 -
 -
Revaluations 183,230
 -
 183,230
Transfers -
 -
 -
At end of the year 4,347,434 - 4,347,434
Depreciation and impairments
At beginning of the year - - -
Disposals - - -
Depreciation -
 -
 -
Impairment -
 -
 -
Transfers - - -
At end of the year - - -
Net book value at beginning of the year 4,164,204
 - 4,164,204
Net book value at end of the year 4,347,434 - 4,347,434

17. Analysis of current assets

Debtors and prepayments This year Last year
Prepayments 543 4,568
Accrued income (582) 6,536
Other debtors 1,231 -
Total debtors and prepayments 1,193 11,104
Analysis of cash at bank This year Last year
Bank balance held in HSBC Bank 10,593 8,194
Bank balance held in CFB 506,513 83,996
Bank balance held in Nationwide Bank 446 135
Total Cash at Bank 517,552 92,325

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St Paul’s Methodist Church, Crawley NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Year Ended 31 August 2020

18. Analysis of current liabilities and long-term creditors

Current Liabilities This year Last year
Trade Creditors 2,634 4,468
Other Creditors 202 351
Total Current Liabilities 2,837 4,819

19. Capital commitments and contingent liabilities

At the 31st August 2020 the Church has no capital commitments. No Contingent liabilities were identified at 31st August 2020.

20 . Loans and creditors due after one year

There were no creditors due after one year in the financial year 2020-2021.

21. Detailed analysis of individual fund movements

Unrestricted funds

General Fund: for the running costs of the Church and the Church building, including the Church activities, the Circuit Assessment and any costs not covered by the other funds.

Designated funds

Hymn Book Fund: for replacing and/or updating hymn books.

Redevelopment & Refurbishment Fund: for redeveloping and refurbishing the Church buildings and resources.

Benevolence Fund: for disbursements to those in need and support for those in poverty.

Outreach Hospitality Fund: for funding refreshments and other hospitality expenses for outreach events and activities.

Women's Fellowship Fund: for running the Women’s Fellowship, which is an internal organisation.

Restricted funds

Redevelopment & Refurbishment Fund: for redeveloping and refurbishing the Church buildings. All donations given specifically for the purpose of this fund, and any proceeds from fundraising specifically advertised as raising money for this purpose, are placed in this fund. It complements the identically named designated fund above.

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St Paul’s Methodist Church, Crawley NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Year Ended 31 August 2020

This Year (2019-2020)

Fund and type Fund balances Incoming Outgoing Transfers Gains and Fund balances
brought Resources Resources Losses carried forward
Unrestricted
General 4,417,638 100,092 96,792 — 113,044 4,533,982
Sub-totals 4,417,638 100,092 96,792 — 113,044 4,533,982
Designated
Hymn Book Fund 100 — — — — 100
Outreach Hospitality Fund 510 — — — — 510
Redevelopment & Refurbishment Fund 27,651 4,178 — — — 31,829
Benevolence Fund 11 18 — — — 28
Womens' Fellowship Fund 135 551 240 — — 446
Sub-totals 28,406 4,747 240 — — 32,913
Restricted
Redevelopment & Refurbishment Fund — 420,811 11,320 — — 409,491
Sub-totals — 420,811 11,320 — — 409,491
Totals 4,446,044 525,650 108,352 — 113,044 4,976,386

Previous Year (2018-2019)

Fund and type Fund balances Incoming Outgoing Transfers Gains and Fund balances
brought Resources Resources Losses carried forward
forward
Unrestricted
General fund 4,226,982 118,655 110,729 (500) 183,230 4,417,638
Sub-totals 4,226,982 118,655 110,729 (500) 183,230 4,417,638
Designated
Hymn Book fund 100 — — — — 100
Outreach Hospitality fund — 510 — — — 510
Redevelopment & Refurbishment fund 25,918 1,233 — 500 — 27,651
Benevolence fund 101 30 120 — — 11
Women's Fellowship fund 81 537 484 — — 135
Sub-totals 26,200 2,310 604 500 — 28,406
Restricted
Redevelopment & Refurbishment fund — — — — — —
Sub-totals — — — — — —
Totals 4,253,181 120,965 111,332 — 183,230 4,446,044

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St Paul’s Methodist Church, Crawley NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Year Ended 31 August 2020

22. Related party transactions

Name of related party Relationship Description of transaction Payments to Value of gifts to
related party related party
during the year during the year
£ £
Redhill and East Grinstead Methodist Church Payment of Circuit Assessment 39,000 -
Methodist Circuit
Total Related Party 39,000 -
Transactions

23. Donations

Donations made to other organisations by the Church from Church funds or from Internal Organisation funds which are not itemised elsewhere.

There were none made this year.

24. Events after the reporting period

There were no reportable events after the reporting period.

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St Paul’s Methodist Church, Crawley

DECLARATION Year Ended 31 August 2020

This Report of the Trustees and these Financial Statements were approved by the Church Council on 2[nd] March 2021 and signed on behalf of the Church Council by

Signature:

Name: Rev Ralph Ward

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St Paul’s Methodist Church, Crawley

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT To the Trustees of St Paul’s Methodist Church

This Report is on the Church Accounts for the year ended 31[st] August 2020

Respective responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner

The Church's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The Church's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under Section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (effective January 2015) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

Basis of Independent Examiner’s Report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a “true and fair view” and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent Examiner’s Statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

have not been met; or

Name: Yvette How MAAT

Signature:

Relevant Professional qualification or body: MAAT

Address: 6 Frailey Close, Maybury, Woking, GU22 8EB

Date: 15[th] June 2021

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