Wealdstone Methodist Church Trustees’ Report and Accounts 2021
WEALDSTONE METHODIST CHURCH
Address: Locket Road, Wealdstone Harrow. HA3 7ND Church email: wealdstonechurch@yahoo.co.uk website: www.wmclr.org.uk The Church halls telephone: 020 8861 0913 Registered Charity No: 1127748
Wealdstone Methodist Church comes under the auspices of the Methodist Church in Britain whose governing body is the Methodist Conference. The authority by which the Conference acts is laid out in the Methodist Church Act 1976. Wealdstone Methodist Church is part of the group of Methodist Churches in the Harrow and Hillingdon Circuit and is accountable to the Methodist Conference. It is also a separately Registered Charity reporting to the Charity Commission.
All activities are undertaken by volunteers, other than the work of a stipendiary minister, appointed by the Circuit to provide guidance and oversight for the work of this and other local Methodist Churches, and the Church Development Worker who has been employed by the church.
Mission Statement
Wealdstone Methodist Church exists to provide regular public acts of worship open to members of the church and non-members alike. It provides a sacred space, a building, for prayer and contemplation. It explains and commends Christianity through sermons, courses and small groups and runs a “Young Church” for children. It carries out pastoral work, including visiting the sick and the bereaved. It provides a weekly “Friendship Café”, a fellowship meeting (The Wesley Guild) and a Toddlers’ Group, with a Christian ethos. It offers its halls for hire, subject to availability, to community groups.
Minister
The Revd Stephen Poole Tel: 07760 490606 email: steveej55@hotmail.co.uk Services for Marriage, Funerals, Baptisms and Confirmation are arranged directly with the Minister.
Church Council Secretary
David Milne, 38 The Avenue, Harrow. HA3 7DE Tel: 020 8954 7248 email: themilnes@sky.com
Treasurer
Malcolm Aldridge, 35 Boxtree Road, Harrow. HA3 6TN Tel: 020 8954 1619 email: Malcolm.Aldridge@btinternet.com
The General Church Meeting
All church members are entitled to attend the General Church Meeting which has a responsibility to consider the whole ministry of the church. It appoints the Church Stewards and elects representatives of the congregation to serve on the Church Council.
The Church Council (Managing Trustees)
The Church Council has authority and oversight over the whole area of the ministry of the church, including the management of its property. Aims and methods, the determination and pursuit of policy and the deployment of available resources are its responsibility. It appoints committees which have authority, in their own areas of responsibility, to initiate action, co-ordinate the work done in the church, advise the Church Council and report to it. Membership of the Church Council is either “Ex-officio” or by election at the General Church Meeting or by co-option by the Church Council itself.
The Church Council members are the managing trustees of Wealdstone Methodist Church. The Custodian Trustees for property matters are the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes, located in Manchester. On appointment, Trustees receive training in their responsibilities through guidance produced by the Methodist Conference and the leaflet ‘The Role of a Trustee’.
The trustees are responsible for maintaining proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the church for ensuring that financial statements comply with current legislation. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets
of the church and their proper application under charity law and for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud.
Risks are regularly reviewed by the Church Council and recommendations followed up. Where necessary, advice from relevant professionals is sought.
The Trustees have adopted a Safeguarding Policy in relation to children and vulnerable people, and all trustees are subject to DBS clearance. This is reviewed annually.
There is no bar to anyone engaging in the activities of the church on the grounds of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, saving that the trustees must by law be church members.
The Church Council is responsible for producing this Trustees’ Report for the General Church Meeting and the Charities Commission. This Report for 2020 – 21 was approved by the General Church Meeting on 28 November 2021.
THE AREAS OF CHURCH WORK
The Church Council has identified three “areas” of church work plus one additional area for “administration”. The names of these areas are:
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Worship, Learning and Care
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Ministry
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Local and World Mission
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Administration
WORSHIP, LEARNING AND CARE:
This working area includes all the worship and learning activities that happen on a Sunday as well as discussion groups, Guild and the Wednesday communion services. Pastoral Care is monitored by the Pastoral Committee.
Services of Worship
Sunday: 10.30am. Young Church at 10.30 am
Holy Communion is included on the fourth Sunday in the month at 10.30 am.
Wednesday: Holy Communion at 11.30 (30 minutes) on the last Wednesday of the month
The Church Stewards
The General Church Meeting annually appoints as church stewards, two or more persons who are members of the Church. The church stewards are corporately responsible with the minister for giving leadership and help over the whole range of the church’s life and activity. This includes being responsible for ensuring that all services appointed on the circuit plan are duly held.
Communion Stewards
The Church Council annually appoints persons to serve as communion stewards who will make provision for the proper celebration of the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper
The Pastoral Committee
The Church Council annually appoints pastoral visitors and a Pastoral Committee secretary to share in the pastoral care of members and adherents.
Fellowship and Discussion Groups
Wesley Guild meets on Thursdays at 7.30 pm from October to February.
House Groups: Two groups previously met monthly in a member’s home but during the pandemic on group has been meeting fortnightly online instead
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MINISTRY
“Ministry” is about the mission of the church to all those who meet on or use the halls for any reason other than worship. Usually these people meet Monday to Saturday. Social activities run by the church are included here as well.
The Church Development Worker
The Church Council has employed a Church Development Worker for the past 5 years. The aim was to develop new opportunities for the church to interact with people from the community and other local churches. A core task is to lead and coordinate the work of the Toddlers’ Group. This employment ended on 31 August 2021 and a new “Church Community Worker” is being sought.
Social Activities Group
The Church Council annually appoints a Social Activities Group to arrange occasional social activities and outings for Church Members, adherents and friends.
Church Community Groups:
The Friendship Café offers a social activity and café on Wednesdays.
The Online Learning Centre is a new group offering digital training to the community.
Toddlers’ Group offers mid-week activities for young children and their parents or carers on Monday and Thursday at 10.00 am.
Shamwari is a social group for members and adherents who normally live alone.
LOCAL AND WORLD MISSION
Local and World Mission is about the mission of the church to people and organisations who are outside the immediate vicinity of the church premises. This includes work in the local community, working with other Methodist churches in the Harrow and Hillingdon Circuit and working with churches of other denominations. It also includes fund raising and other work in support of local and national charities. The charities supported by the church are listed in the accounts.
The Local and World Mission Committee
The Church Council annually appointed a convenor and secretary for the Local and World Mission Committee to discuss and plan the mission of the church and also to decide which charities will receive annual donations from the church. Due to Covid restrictions this committee did not meet between September 2020 and August 2021. A modified church management structure is being tried for the coming year. (See “Achievements” report below).
ADMINISTRATION
The Finance and Property Committees functioned as a single committee during the year
The Finance Committee and the Church Treasurer
The Church Council annually appoints a church treasurer who keeps a record of all church income and expenditure and produces the Annual Accounts.
The Church Council annually appoints a Finance and Property Committee to work with the treasurer on the financial planning of the church and to maintain the buildings and property.
The Finance and Property Committee meets three times a year. The main sources of funds are weekly and monthly offerings, tax recoveries under Gift Aid, donations and some legacies. The church policy is to maintain in its General Reserve an amount equal to six months normal expenses.
The Church Council annually appoints two Property Stewards. The role of Lettings officer is to manage the letting of the premises to organisations who rent the premises for their own purposes. This role is now being carried out by the minister.
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Achievements During The Year
During the financial year, 1 September 2020 – 31 August 2021, the Church Council met three times. (The January meeting was cancelled as we were in a lockdown due to Covid-19 and there was little activity to discuss)
The Church Council has appointed a Safeguarding Officer and the annual review of the church’s Safeguarding policy took place in October 2020.
The following gives an indication of the work overseen or initiated by the Church Council during 1 September 2020 – 31 August 2021. For most of the financial year many church activities were curtailed due to the Covid pandemic and the consequent Government restrictions. These activities are expected to resume after September 2021.
Mission Plan : The church has produced a Mission Plan outlining the intended key activities for the year. The plan was on hold for most of the year up to August 2021. However, it was reviewed and now will be the basis of activity for the coming year.
Church Services : After a period of lockdown, the church restarted services from Sunday 6 September. However, Covid-19 restrictions were in place. There was no singing, socialising or after church coffee. Face masks were worn and track and trace recording was in place. After Christmas, due to the worsening pandemic situation, services were stopped again until Sunday 14 March. We were pleased that Easter services could be held this year, even although the Covid restrictions were still in place.
When all legal restrictions were removed on 19 July “normal” services were cautiously restarted but people were encouraged to keep wearing masks when attending.
There were 11 Sunday morning communion services with an average attendance of 50. Last year the average for just 5 services was 69. Seven of the 11 services had over 50 communicants.
Strict Covid guidelines were followed for the preparation and administering of communion. Members remained in their seats instead of coming to the communion rail.
This year, due to Covid restrictions, Wednesday communion services were not held. It is planned to restart these once per month from September 2021
There were no baptisms this year. Formally we still have a Young Church but it is currently not meeting.
Normally, a Worship Forum meets twice per year after a morning service. This year it was not possible to hold these meetings but it is planned to restart them soon.
Pastoral Committee Work : Pastoral visitors care for our members and adherents and distribute our church magazine. Their workload increased during lockdown periods as the pastoral leaders have to support the members, many of whom were shielding or self-isolating. Communication was maintained by telephone and social media as well as some “socially distant” visiting when it was allowed. The current membership of the church is 114 which is 6 lower than for the previous year.
Fellowship and discussion groups provide a means of sharing, discussion, bible study and prayer in people’s homes. The Afternoon House Group and the Evening House Group , did not meet this year but an online Bible Study group met monthly.
The Wesley Guild did not meet at all this year but plans to restart in October 2021
The Social Activities Group did not arrange any outings or social events but hopes to plan events in the coming year.
Shamwari is a church group for people who live on their own. It too had to stop meeting but is restarting in the new year.
The Church Magazine, Dawn , which is normally published every other month, restarted with the October and December 2020 editions but was not produced in February. Since the April 2021 edition it has continued as normal.
Church Development Worker (CDW) ran the Wednesday Friendship Café and The Toddlers’ Group on Mondays and Thursdays. These had to stop during the Covid crisis. However, Zoom
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conference calls, social media and outdoor, socially distant meetings were used to enable members to keep in touch with each other.
During the year, together with a “Digital Ambassador” from the Enderley Road Patients’ Association, the CDW set up an Online Learning Centre . This group offers digital skills training to local people who need access to government and health services which are available online, eg the NHS or surgery appointments. After several weeks of training, 20 students now know how to go online and find the support and resources that they need. It is hoped that more such courses will start in September, working with the NHS and designed especially for diabetic patients.
Together with Harrow Citizens the Wealdstone Baby Bank was started in April. This helps and supports young families by providing baby clothes and small items of baby equipment. It meets in the hall on Friday mornings from 10.00am – 12.00 noon.
The CDW, Kath Harrison, has now finished her employment and a new Church Community Worker is being sought to continue this work.
Charities supported and funds raised:
At Christmas 2020 the church raised a total of £1,124 for Action for Children from the annual gift service, the Christmas Card distribution, a church donation, home collecting boxes and socially distant carol singing outside the church.
The Annual Bread and Cheese Lunch was held as a “Take Away” as it was not possible to meet for lunch. This raised £265 for the Centre Point charity
Christian Aid Week collections were not held this year due to the virus restrictions but church members were encouraged to support the national appeals organised by the charity.
MHA : The annual envelope offering and box collection for Methodist Homes raised £538.67 including Gift Aid.
The church also donated £3,350 to our regular list of local and world charities, which enables us to help people on the margins of society in Harrow and in the wider world
A small team of members enables the church to support and promote Fair Trade by selling Traidcraft products. However, with services not being for much of the year, the level of activity was much lower.
The Finance and Property Committees has met three times during the year, sometimes by using online conference calls. The committee, including the treasurer who is also the Property Secretary, has maintained accounting records of the financial position of Wealdstone Methodist Church. (See attached accounts). Major financial decisions have to be approved by the Church Council.
Use of Premises by other Groups
The church sponsored Scout Group continued to meet on Friday evenings. However, the Brownies, like the Guides the previous year, have closed down due to low numbers.
The premises were let to various community groups: the Montrose Pre-School, a Parkinson’s UK Group, the Harrow African Caribbean Association and a Kumon educational group. All of these groups had to be suspended for some time due to the crisis but are now restarting.
The premises are also let to other Christian denominations. The Arise Church has been meeting here for many years.
A new tenant is the LifeSpring Romanian Fellowship Church, which started in February 2021. Their use of the premises is proving to be significant in terms of the number of regular meetings each week. This is providing more income, offsetting some of the losses due to cancellations caused by Covid.
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THE MEfHODIsf CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS For the year ended 31 August 2021 WEALDSTONE MEfHODIsf CHURCH Inthe HARROW AND HILLINGDON CIRCUIT OF THE LONDON DISTrICT no 35136 Minist Helen Rlley Churrh Stewards Paul Phllllps Gllbert Sam (to 3111 July 2021) David Milne Reglstered Charlty No 1127748
TREASURER'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR TO 31 AUGusf 2021 The COV119 pandll and consequential kthknn(s} from Mard) 2020 has c(xrtinu84 to adve affect the financial potion thrjgh the year 2020121. frcth all has sFwn a slight improvement of 0.75% as tnpared with last year whaE irtome had reduced by Il%. There has s¥Jnfficant reduth.on in cctsts of 15% as compar&J wth prewous year which has LEen the gnfficant factor in the rltant ¢rt-turn of a £8,29) sUU5. This SuU$ has iEen largely achieved by two new incoryt streams from use of and LegaLy Propct Fund supw)rting Serw nd Missons donatK)n5. The thurth zQunts are prepare(l on the reIpts and payments methcrtl. Income The Feople at Wealdthne contlnue to unfrdlr1ng generws In thelr Ilnan¢ial surwrt of the thurth and the vamus chantst4e prO]ts for whKh SUprt Is 9)wht elther through $al appeals. It is ant1c5pati that finandal SUPFOrt through coffee nlIng5 wlll ab to recommen shoruy. However, the effects of the paeMiC have ctr"nd to have an impact on the finarKe5 ofthe church. Freewlll offerlng has shown a signTffKant imwoveThnt of 9.7% over the pa 12 months but thls neeés to read agalnst a general ruLti0n in lethr due 45 not all grwp5 tefffj th to rrt. Income from Gift has red1 by 12% with 2020. Expenditur• {erall costs have remained wrthin budget. The church has conb'nued to maintaln a &gnificant number of (ksnatlons to various 9yxI causes. kxal and wider. totsllitvj £5,850. albett a rèlLOrt of £5,325 from the Lyevlous year from the geral Inc and legary proJts fijnd. It must as always be acknowledged that suth giwng is onty made p0SbIe thrrAyh the m)ny trsks undertaken by meMrS and friends in the thurth wsthout whKh sgnifv2nt hher coas would te Incur1. Such Se - some known, unknown - continues to te a rroior conln'lyJtL to the Christian wlthess in our communlty. Legaclos No new Legacy fijnds have tréen recthd durfTrJ the r. La)w fijrkts conb'nue to te eXpeIed durtThJ the year wrth the transfer of funds to support the Savke Misskn) donations. Katharine Harf>)n, cojr thurch Devdopment Worker. has em0y&l Ctiotxr 2016 a1 her sakiry costs contynue to be fiJtThJed frcn the Legacy Fund. Her emYnI has now Se as she has moved away. A new Church Community Worker is being s(wht to tinue the sgnrflcant Outre W[ that has teen athieved. The Churth 15 extreThEty grdtefvl for the gener051ty of memteys and the Church Coundl will conbnue to deliberate carefully to enj that future deLisons on exrEnd1tU from the fvnd are wlsely made. Movlfig f¢KvArd The budget for 2021122 contIn to contsin an aMt of uncertainty. It Is hoFed that g)me "nomiality" to church life wll rthm. AtyJmpts"¢Jns have r8Janling freewll giwng and lettiThJs. At kYesen¢ it is assLbmgJ a grets use of the p1 thrOh tting$ will be athiev8J from September. The budget will te freqLEntty rtwMiioYed and, tCessary, adjustrFEnts made. There is no increase in the FuThJ for Ministry (arojit ASSnt) ¢y supply of gas and elettriaty th15 year. We have also review&J the tharges tr the use of premlses and lThJeasal, where approprrdte, the lettiw tharges for the coming year. It is hop&1 that incoffE from fr11 offeTtng and lettirys will in¢yea during the coming year. It is hoFed that It may be to reinsLate the servi and MIort arKJ PrqErty Budgets bad( to pre- pandemic knLs. Malcdm Adridge
Notes to the Flnandal Statements for the Year ended 31 August 2021 l. Charitable Status The thurth is registered wilh tl Ctsrity CrynnW. 2. Basls of Accountlng These accounts have teen twared C the basls of hlstorlc cc6t The accounts show recelpts ènd 3.Funds General Fundg The funds hdd constitute: Unre5trided Funds ctsnprlslrbj (knal FutKls hekl for any purrxx of the charity and Jnated Funds held for swfic wrwses of the charity th)wn by the Churth Cwnol. Restricted Funds are hekl by the church for narYcpHer Pu, and comprise the Benevolen Fund to meet cases of need and the fvnds rf Organisaiions Ret>Nting to Churth Counol. FurKls cdlected for and p4id over to Extemal Organotiry are also Restricted but these are not IlLded in the SOFA or Balance Sheet, The church has had EndoWTh Funds Awust 2007. 4. Aecountlng pollcles Incomlng Resources Tonglble fixed as•ts for uge by the Church Other than the hl&(vk cost of the building, no TaThJit4e Fixed Assets have been captsliwj. The thurch trnnises and contsnts are hdd by thurth cou1 as Managlng Twstees on behalf of the Custojlan trusiee5, the Trustees for Methc4Jist Churth PUrpSe$. The ttk11ngs, contents and organ wlll be Insured from renewal on 29th Septemter 2021 for £3,478,999, £153,665 and £401,082 respectivdy represenUng the rdnstatement cost. not histon"c o)st less depre0"atn. The figures for 2020 were £3.352,(M)1. £148,056 and £386.441. Investmént prop•rti4 The church holds no 1nvesimt propwth% The churth Fdds no Investsnent& The thurch hokls no loans Th¢15 rAher s(MJrc Three Trustee5 al&) fulfil organts duties and 1V& paylit against invceS in accordan with the rates given in Note 7 k)W totslling £924 {2020 £868). No c*her Trustees, or persons connect with them, receNed any nuatiOn or other benefft5 from Church or any connectej organi5ation as a Ult of their Offi during the year e 31st August 202112020 £Nil). Trustees are allowed to reclalm certaln exn incurred as a regjlt of fuffilling their dles. The aThbJunt ciaim8J during the year was £Nil. (2020 £Nill. Pdge 2
- Fees for examination of the accounts The In(*nt Examiner reCeId ex154 for rerxyting (n the aco)unt& (2020 £Nil).
- Pald employees The church has one paKI empbiee- the Churth Wfv- at a (ost of £19,492, induding nson payments, (2020 £18,965) in ¥darKe wrth the contract aThJ temL% and (1)rltIOns as agre1 by Church Counol. The only other rSOnS to re ranurwb.on for thr 1]vitieS on trthalf of the churd) were organ5 paid at rate of £28 ViCe, at a total crst of £924 {2020, £28 & £896).
- Capltal Commltments At the 315t August 2021 rn cathl conwnltsmts eKlstal. (2020. £Nil).
- TreasureV$ Declaratlon I confirm that I have weparg& the accounts from the record5 ofWealdth)e Meihc•Jlst Churth and that they indude all funds under the ccx)trol of thurd) Counol. Makolm dridge. Treasurer Signèl- L*t&l. >loq Iii
- Dgdaratlon by the Chair of th• Churth Coundl I ccfflfirm that the accounts wlll te to thurth Cwncil which l inteTrJ to thalr on 20th Ortober 2021. The Rev. Steph , IaIr cl the ntil Sign&J:
W•aldstone Methodist Church - 1127748 Balan Shggt detailed Asat 31108Q020 3110812021 Fixed a$s•ts 5.rth.Tr) S,{.00 2,715.00 2.715.Tr) 7.77S.00 7.775.00 urrontas8•ts 13.949.58 3.014.96 6,943.74 1,863 56 42.870.53 (0.011 63.46 10011 22.39 18.25 68.754.85 93,773.90 11. Fwjtrra$byknAth gJ12.. Cash kn kknJ. T+xbJkn5 18.C ZO).. kjnts Rerrf8bl& 1x381.24 146.312J6 Llablllt Totsl UbMW 14I207A9 153.097.36 Re8eTV•8 110.879.871 15Y.OB7 38 143.970.961 197.058.32 142.2D7AO I.081.36 14 Septèrtw 2021 P8oe4
3110812021 31108r2020 R•pwesented by Funds 51.772.71 68.095.83 22..95 49.763.38 87.273.43 18.05035 141207A9 153,1187J6 14 SeFlwrthr2021 Pag8 5
WaaldstoM Vthodist Chur¢h- 112T148 Statennt of Financial Activiti•s For the period from 01 September 2020 10 31 August 2021 Totsl PrioYy•ar total funds frJnds fvn4ts Offerings and t8X tE¢oveTrblE Intefe5t InTrarrt irKLW Lethng5 omer InrAmÈ temal gaI60t liwrtl LegleS 54.130.85 370 15 28.203 31 3.3B4.1)5 625.95 12.75 54.143.40 370.15 28.303.31 3.394.05 11.660.71 50.527.22 1.359.23 29,360.50 4.510.26 8.216.05 11.034.76 Total kncon 11.047.61 97N1.62 93.9n.26 R#sourc•s US tircurt assessrrwl orsh Grants and th)n8lbns R6PBif8 8nd m81n18n8 45.980.fy) 5.850.fy) 15.231.05 10.656.Q8 45,9.Tr) 5,650.00 1S,231.05 10,658.V8 44.714 00 11.243.C6 14.184 84 10.549.65 Pro¥isDn6 0th8reXpendjIe Intwn81 oroanlsatbrs S..09 1.276.89 19.492 27 5.504 09 8.036 19.492.27 6.427.57 7.%0 03 43,465.27 4.7Sg.11 103.99UB 759.11 108,701.48 137,944.l2 N•t Incorm I l•xp•Ddl•I r•((•4 b•for trnMf•r 117.168.271 6.28B.40 110,879.871 143,970.%) Tmnlfern Gro88 Iransftrn befrJDOl. lll G$3 Iran8fer8 bJThJ8. ¢X 20.132.8S 0,132.e61 20.132.86 (20.132.881 12.000.00 112,WO.001 I kn88e8 In8ent 888ets on rt¥aLbon. fixed as8ets. chW8(n N•t rnovemtht In lun 110.879.871 143.970.961 Trt•l fund¥ brought lryw•rd IJ7.IWI 1&05(1.06 153.087.38 197,OSB.32 Total ILmLts lor*•r 119,168.54 213x96 142.207Ag 153,087.31 14 2021 Paoe 6
Wealdstone Methodist Church - 1127748 Fund movement summary Selected period: 01 September 2020 to 31 August 2021 Fund ohtfOr Carr f¢Jwr¢ DHiugins- Dwwy Higgy oung People) FutKJ 8ComCI. Di8bet68 Communty aub Fund DIGTF- Th91 Inckn5K IGo(Kl Tnings Fdnl Funo OnlLeam- Onli Le8mino Fund Bene¥enc. 8enevolence Fu Bulldln9s- Chu Buildin9s Furvj ChurchHs-Churth blkjay Fu 3.tK#).rA) 3.OW.QO 3.tIM).(Kl 1,5n.41 11.5ll.411 8.9Tr.41 3.782 40 5.19).01 931.37 12.75 944.12 7.TT5.CQ 7,775.00 617.4$ 617 45 393.96 Fund FafePry- FnwKIB Csfeiproioo Fuyl Gener81. G6ner81 IniEv8- Intemalkjn Ewning Fund L8gProl. Legy P Fund organ- ¢*n Fund Printing- Priniiny Fur PropÈty. Propety Fund 318.34 1eo.18 49.763.38 88,186.18 7S.355.97 .832. S1.772.71 1,697.21 19.492.27 82.837.80 2,000.00 1.318.64 1,820.81 276.88 769.56 2.688.( 276.88 625 12W. 7.CrfKS.rAI 7.86725 Fund Toddlgts. Toddkns T¢19ft. Tr8 Fund Guikl-ww Guld Furn1 YOunh- Younp crth Fur 434 72 730.42 16.fy) 456.58 274.43 605.76 178.29 581.24 118.58 118.$8 fotsl• 153.017. •Tml.12 101.761A• 142.207.49 14 set1202] P8ge 7
WEALDsfoNE MErHoD CHURCH Independent Examin$ repwtto the Trustees of W6ik15t(xbe Metho(r thurth This rer4)rt Is on the Churd) Furnls for the year etxled 31 August 2021 whld) a w out on the accompanwng pages 2-7 and is in re5PeLt of an examination oarrij CHJt under 145 of the Charits. Att 2011. Respecuve rtsponsibilities of the Churth CowKil and the Examiner As trustees, you are reible for rmintainiro prorv ac(Dunts"ng records and the prepardtion of the appropriate accounts Ltnder 130 of the ACL It Ls my reXX511lty to Issue tJ)Is [X)rt on tho ccoynts in accordan with sethon 145 Of ACL Basis of IndepeThlent Ex•mlneV$ report My examlnaljon was carrfèj out in accordan with trE chreCtKS m•Je undu sectic) 14515) (b) of the Art. This eyAmination brLth a revtw of the accounliThJ red$ kept by the Church Treasurer and a fDmrh3ri9Jn of the accounts wth those reccKds. The procalures uThlertaken do rt wovide evidence that woulLI be required in an and con58]uentty I do rw)t express an audit oplnion on the view gwen by the accounts. In o)nnectkn wlth my examinaljon, r Matt has tome to my attention: (l) which gives rea50roble cause to that In any materlal respttt the r4ulrements . to keep accounts.ng records in K(ordan with S110 130 of the Att; and - to prepare accounts which accord wrth the acccJntirrfJ reLords and to comply with the accounting requirements of the Act have been r. {2) to whlch, In rrry 0"nIOn. attention shoukj W teen drdwm In trder to effjatAe a prorEr understsndlng of the nts trj be reached. 13) I have obtsined independent verificatkjn of all Insthnts wth the Trustees for MethcJlst Church Purpos IYMCV) or held In ots Tnjsts, Bank bakin and FU5 at the Central Finan Board of the Methtrjist thurch ("CFB'). whlth a indNldualty In excess of £IO.I))O ltsn thousand p)unds) at the balan S date. Signed: G. f 29rfL 20)? I Page 8
EARMARKED DONATIOTIS The amounts rnlsed for other charities and oryanisations which do nrt forni part of the Church's Income or Expenditur< were as follo Organlsation Artion ft)r Child Aknm Swedru Methtsjist church, Ghan Iwecan Centre Point Child to Eastem Eumte (hnsban at Chrislmas CW"c Rbrosis Trust Demenba UK rm Foundab"on Friends of Amasango Great (knnd street Ho$1 Harrow Focxybank Harrow Young Carers Intematr'onal Women's AKI to Mahats Hc6ptsl {Leprosy Mission) Kartbunl Trust Marfs Meals Macmlllan Canr Rf MethJ[St H(xnes (MHA) Methodist Wesley Guild Methodist Church World MISS Furd IMW8 EasteT Offerfngl Moorfields Eye Hosprtal MUfak0 Methodlst Church NkJerfa Health Care Project RNU st Luke5 H¢Jgxce Traidcraft Exchange Tree Aid (Circyit SeThi 29109119) Work Zimbabwe Victims SupFQt Fund 2020121 898.60 2019120 1,658.70 180.00 ¥¥655.41 ¥235.00 265.fy) 536.50 408.20 141.85 183.00 81.] 125.00 201.00 150.00 205.00 447.00 I20.) 210.00 119.00 73.50 200.00 205.90 28.C 538.67 213.(KJ 200.00 300.00 152.00 245.00 354.50 2,OLM).00 317.75 I].80 102.00 I.00 £3,866.77 £9,044.61 lndudes Grft Aid redaimèl by WMC on t£ha of dkirity and added to the amount raised. **lndudes Gift Akl to redaimed ty the tharrty. Page 9