CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS
THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS
Hove Methodist
Church
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2022
Registered Charity - Charity Registration number
1127826
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)
Minister:
Rev Andy Lowe
Church Stewards:
Margaret Symes
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Treasurer:
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ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEARENDED 31 AUGUST 2022
| Hove Methodist Church
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|Unrestricted|Restricted|Totals|this|Totals|last|
|SECTION A|Funds|Funds|year|year|
|RECEIPTS|ee|| ee|
|Offerings and Tax recovered|fF|52,972|,|Sf|52,972|54,037|
|Bank|and|CFB|interest|and|
|a3|jInvestment|income|878|878|562|
|jaafuetings||creof||r|28,036|
|a6 [TOTALOther receipts RECEIPTS||NST9794,0 a||||39,794|60,019|
|SECTION|B|
|lb1 |PAYMENTS|
|Circuit Assessment or Share|ee|eee|eee ee|66,612|
|b3|Donationszg]||g 208|5,835|
|Repairs and Maintenance|fr|11,962|Ft|||44,962]|9,971|
|Utilities|(Insurances,|water|
|b5||charges,|heating|&|lighting)|24,548|24,548|23,008|
|bg |TOTALOther payments PAYMENTS||esdT|t50,795[et|sdee |e150,795[ (ba)]]|144,74439,318|
|SECTION|C|
|NET|RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS|
|C1||FOR THE YEAR|(a6-b8)|9,615|(2,090)|
|Total|funds|brought forward|from|
|ep|[ESEvERT|221,391|223,481|
|c3||sub|totat|(eve)|||21,006]|
|TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR|(c3+c4)|| 231,00c] _—*«||221,394]|(c6)|
|SECTION|D|
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FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS
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|Balance|brought forward|from|last year|
|Offerings/Gifts|- received for external organisations|po|
|Offerings/Gifts|-|passed|to|external|organisations|
|BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID|(d1+d2-d3)|pe|fg,|
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SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL
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Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page
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.
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INTERNAL Net Receipts/ Opening
ORGANISATIONS Receipts Payments Payments Adjustments balances Closing balances
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Organisations funds 4,891 (73) 1,409 1,336
Church accounts (totals
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2 - totals column) 160,410] (a7) 150,795] (b9) (c7)
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SECTION F
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
OPENING CLOSING
CHURCH - CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 August 2022 BALANCES BALANCES
a | Bank Current Account 37,787
Bank Deposit Account mae |
ss | Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes 152,313 152,594
fs fowerunas 2,592 | _ 1.640
Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
is |TOTALbalance CASH total from above) FUNDS HELD (e12) BY CHURCH 222,800 (e11) | el (e12)oo |
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OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES 1 September 2021 31 August 2022
Land & Buildings (see notes re Insurance value) 5,904,989 5,904,989
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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 ............. Hove Methodist
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Declarations and Scrutiny
| confirm that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2022 have been prepared from the records of the Church and that they include all funds under the control of the Church trustees.
Signature of treasurer en...
soll ne Date 31 January 2023 novsvoenssozes
Name and address of treasurer ..... Donald Reid
seeseseeees. 2 Princes Crescent Hove
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Presentation to the Church trustees
| confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2022 were presented to the meeting of the Church trustees held on 23 April 2023
SignatureName of the of theChair Chair of the of themeeting meeting..Reva Andy Lowe
independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the
aeeeeeeess HOVE Methodist
Charity Number 1127826
Responsibilities and basis of report
| report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Hove Methodist Church for the year ended 31 August 2022 set out on pages 1 to 3. 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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Independent Examiner’s Statement
| 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:
e the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act: or e the accounts do not accord with the accounting records. [the [the
| have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
| have/have not* obtained independent verification of all investments with the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances and funds at the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church which are individually in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheet date.
Signature of independent examiner eeee Name of independent examiner _oreensy... S. NTE Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner ... Ranta ana enmneanemeEe
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Hove Methodist Church
Annual Report of the Trustees for Year ending 31* August 2022
Hove Methodist Church, Portland Road. Hove. BN3 5DR
Registered Charity: 1127826
Contacts:
Email: office@hovemethodistchurch.co.uk www.hovemethodistchurch.co.uk 01273 324600
Correspondence to: The Administrator, Hove Methodist Church, Portland Road, Hove. BN3 5DR
Minister: Rev Andy Lowe.
Managing Trustees: See Appendix 1 Church Members: There are 77 members of the church.
Organisation
The Church Council, comprising the Managing Trustees, oversees all aspects of Church activities, expenditure and income. The Church is part of the Brighton and Hove Methodist Circuit within the Methodist Connexion. The Minister and the church leadership team, compromising senior stewards, stewards and the treasurer meet regularly. The Finance and Property Committee reports to the Trustees at each meeting. the Trustees meet in November, February and June of each year.
Communications
Internet website www.hovemethodistchurch.co.uk
Weekly ‘Newsnotes’, are emailed to members of the fellowship in line with GDPR guidance. Copies are also available each Sunday, provide information about current activities and forthcoming events. The website is updated weekly with current newsnotes and details of activities. The HMC facebook page is regularly updated with current events, photos etc.
Mission Statement:
‘To share the love of God, as revealed by Christ, through the Holy Spirit’.
Worship
Church services are held each Sunday morning at 10:30am. Holy Communion is celebrated on the second Sunday at 10.30am and weekly on Thursdays at 10.30am.
Baptisms, weddings and funerals are conducted at the church by arrangement.
Children and Families
The church employs a part-time ‘Families & Community worker’, who leads the church’s community initiatives.
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Fellowship & Community outreach
The Monday Guild meetings dare enjoyed by many of the congregation with a hymn, a speaker, tea and refreshments. They also organise outings and visit cafes.
On Tuesdays Rachel, our community worker, joins the Food & Friendship team who host Lunch Club. On Thursday Lunch club is back, run particularly for and by people with learning difficulties. Around 60-70 people attend, some would otherwise not get out without transport assistance.
Friday mornings Rachel, our community worker, and a small team of volunteers, host an informal drop-in café in the church upstairs (Chatty Cafe) . On Friday afternoons, there’s our long-standing drop-in parents and toddlers’ group. ‘Polka Tots’, when the hall are filled by up to 60 families making use of the welcome and support provided by the team of volunteers. Saturdays may see one of our community breakfasts, or a pop-up musical café, or a concert. During school holidays Rachel organises CHOMP free activities and lunch sessions for families in receipt of free school meals, at which volunteers from Food & Friendship and Nam Yang lend a hand.
In tandem with the Martlets organisers and choir we run pop-up cafes and concerts to raise money for the hospice and provide opportunities to socialize.
We also host occasional drop-in Community breakfast on Saturday mornings. These may have a theme with speakers, or just provide a chance to catch up or get to know people over a sausage sarnie.
The Church continues to host a Christmas Day lunch for those who would otherwise be on their own. This is well supported and greatly appreciated by guests and volunteer helpers alike. Most of the volunteers on Christmas Day come from outside our church congregation, Caroline of Food & Friendship and her team have shared the running of the kitchen with the usual Church members.
Achievements
Our minister, Andy Lowe, is superintendent of the Brighton and Hove Methodist Circuit which includes five churches. He is actively encouraging, and cooperating with, ecumenical partners, notably Central URC Church in Blatchington Road, and also the Brighton and Hove Interfaith Contact Group. He has worked to get Hove Methodist Church registered for same-sex weddings, and is working to support the Circuit Refugee Project with a view to Brighton & Hove becoming an official Circuit of Sanctuary.
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