## **THE METHODIST CHURCH**
## **STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS**
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St James Road Methodist Church
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31 August 2021
Southampton Circuit Circuit no 26/1
Registered Charity - Charity Registration number 1127830
Minister:
Rev C Coram
Church Stewards:
Mr D Skinner Mr C Bradwell
Mr P Syed Mrs C Benyon
Mrs E White Mr P Broomfield
Mrs M Syed
Mr C Fullbrook
Mrs P Harris
Mrs C Hooper
Mr D Bone
Treasurer:
Mr N Hitch
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## **St James Road Methodist Church, Southampton Annual Report for the year ended 31 August 2021**
## **Administrative information:**
This report relates to St James Road Methodist Church, Southampton. With 166 members (as at September 2020) the church is the largest in the Southampton Circuit, which itself forms part of the Southampton District of the Methodist Church.
The church became a Registered Charity in January 2010. Its registered title is St James Road Methodist Church and its charity number is 1127830. The church address is St James Road, Shirley, Southampton SO15 5HE. Correspondence should be addressed to the church unless a specific address is given by a person acting on behalf of the church.
_The following served as Managing Trustees in the year ended 31 August 2021: Rev C Coram, Mrs P Wood (Secretary), Mr N Hitch (Treasurer), Ms C Benyon, Mr D Bone, Mr C Bradwell, Mr P Broomfield, Mr J Deabill, Mr H Evans, Mrs L Evans, Mr G Fletcher (Circuit), Mr C Fullbrook, Ms K Green, Ms V Green, Mr R Hack, Mr O Hack, Ms S Hambley, Mr B Hart, Mrs P Harris, Ms J Herniman, Mr B Hooper, Mrs C Hooper, Miss C Pritchard, Mrs G Robinson, Miss J Ryder, Mr D Skinner, Mr P Syed, Mrs M Syed, Miss E White, Mrs E Woodman, Mr D Woodman._
## **Aims and organisation**
The church exists primarily for the advancement of the Christian faith, in accordance with the doctrinal standards and the discipline of the Methodist Church; in particular, it aims to welcome and support anyone seeking to know more of the Christian faith, to serve the community in which it is placed, and to support its members and adherents in their commitments to serve God and the community. The church offers a wide range of public worship, open to all, facilities for young people, and numerous mid-week activities particularly, but not exclusively, serving the communities in Shirley and Swaythling. The class operating from Swaythling has sadly ceased to operate during the last year following the sale of the old church premises being completed. The church has though welcomed new members from Northam Methodist Church following the closure of that church.
There are a number of outreach activities for parents of very young children at St James Road, with “Tadpoles” for pre-school children, a twins club, “Who Let The Dads Out” for young children and their fathers as well as an 'after school' club that currently caters for around 30 children and a weekly Spanish class for children. We also offer a Soup & Sweet Lunch, Supper Club and “Thursday Teapot” for the more mature. Additionally the premises are used by a wide variety of groups providing services and facilities for the local community. These
include dance, keep fit classes, mental health services, ex-offenders groups, badminton, bowls, carers support group and the U3A. Some of these groups have not yet re-started following the Covid-19 pandemic and decisions will be made concerning their future in the coming months.
The Church Council is the managing body, operating in accordance with Methodist policies and practice as set out in the document 'Constitutional Practice and Discipline of the Methodist Church', and is chaired by the Minister and administered by its Secretary. The Church Stewards have a special responsibility for the spiritual life of the church and the conduct of worship. The Property Stewards have responsibility for maintaining the premises. The Church Treasurer is responsible for financial administration, assisted by a number of people with specific tasks. Other responsibilities in the church are delegated by the Church Council to specific individuals, subject to annual appointment or reappointment.
## **Review of progress and achievements**
The impact of Covid-19 on the ability of the church to worship in usual ways has been significant. The church has innovated with the use of 'live streaming' of services via YouTube during the Covid-19 lockdowns, having invested in the purchase of new equipment to enable this to be done. Gradually, as lockdowns restrictions have been lifted, worshipping life within the church has returned to Its regular rhythms and whilst numbers attending are lower than those of pre-Covid levels, yet they are encouraging and beginning to grow.
The monthly “New Song Café” Sunday evening event started in April 2016, in which Christians from different denominations gather to celebrate God and our faith together. Following the relaxation of lockdown restrictions, it is planned to re-start this event In September 2021.
The church started a review in 2015, under the name “Dare to Dream”, exploring how we might continue and possibly extend our use of our premises to serve God’s people and make new disciples. From that, plans were drawn up to develop the premises significantly, installing a lift and make greater use of the first floor, extending The Link foyer and upgrading the facilities for the pre-school. These works under the project title, 'Connect: A Space to Share' were formally started late in 2019 and construction was completed during the Covid-19 lockdown. As part of this work the extremely exciting outreach café, 'Make & Brew' is now successfully operating from the new Link space creating a significant focus for the church's future engagement with the local community. This work is already creating interest in the worshipping life of the church from those visiting the café which is encouraging. The formal re-opening celebration of the revised premises is planned for October 2021 to coincide with the annual Church Anniversary.
A further significant development from the 'Connect: A Space to Share' work has
been the decision by the Re-minds charity to base their operation from the newly refurbished community spaces within the church building and making considerable use of the improved facilities on the first floor. This has been a clear demonstration of the church's intention to provide services and facilities for the local community from the premises and is the first indication of some of the anticipated 'fruit' from this work.
Covid-19 has inevitably created significant problems since the pandemic lockdown was announced in March 2020. The groups that normally used the building have been unable to do so. This has though given an opportunity to do things differently and rise to the challenges presented. It is planned to continue to stream one of the church worship services each week to enable people to continue accessing online if they are either unable to attend worship or are among the numbers of people being reached by the church that would otherwise not be the case. The network of pastoral carers has been extremely active in ensuring that regular contact is maintained with church members and to exercise the care required for all its people.
It is hoped that the building can be properly re-opened during the autumn of 2021 as more community groups start to operate again. The Pre-school Nursery and after-school club have both begun operating again and it is planned to expand the number of community groups using the revised facilities progressively as this becomes feasible.
## **Financial Information**
_The accounts for the year to 31 August 2021 are being independently examined and are included as part of this report. Expenditure has exceeded income by around £324,303 over the year which is primarily the result of the redevelopment project, entitled: Connect: A Space to Share._
The church benefits from a substantial amount of expertise and time given freely by its members, especially but not exclusively in property maintenance and administrative functions, including pastoral care and the provision of music for worship. No attempt has been made to quantify that, either in hours or in monetary value.
## **Signed**
Rev Christine Coram
Name of Church
**St James Road Methodist Church**
Church No **1127830**
## **Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) for the year ended 31 August 2021**
||**Notes to**||**Designated**||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**the**|**General Fund**|**Funds**||**Endowment**|**Total**|
||**accounts**|**(Unrestricted)**|**(unrestricted)**|**Restricted Funds**|**Funds**|**2020-21**|
|||£|£|£|£|£|
|**Income**|||||||
|1 Offerings|4|86,056|-|-|-|**86,056**|
|2 Donations|5|-|-|20,422|-|**20,422**|
|2a Grants||-|-|10,000|-|**10,000**|
|2b Gift Day||4,100|-|-|-|**4,100**|
|3 Gift aid|4|25,811|-|10,511|-|**36,322**|
|4 Interest and investment income|6|167|-|19|-|**186**|
|5 Property Income|7|19,961|-|-|-|**19,961**|
|6 Internal organisations|||770|223|-|**993**|
|7 Other charitable income|8|2,144|1,708|2,655|-|**6,507**|
|8**Total income**||**138,239**|**2,478**|**43,830**|**-**|**184,547**|
|**Expenditure**|||||||
|9 Circuit assessment or share||78,528|-|-|-|**78,528**|
|10 Grants and donations||608|-|-|-|**608**|
|11 Property maintenance||46,719|-|324,552|-|**371,271**|
|12 Insurance,utilities etc||15,343|-|-|-|**15,343**|
|13 Depreciation||-|-|-|-|**-**|
|14 Office expenses||-|-|-|-|**-**|
|15 Other expenditure||11,255|4,499|26,959|-|**42,713**|
|16 Internal organisations|||-|387|-|**387**|
|17**Total charitable expenditure**||**152,453**|**4,499**|**351,898**|**-**|**508,850**|
|18 Gains/(losses) on monetary investments|13|||||**-**|
|19 Gains/(losses) on investment properties||||||**-**|
|20**Net income/(expenditure)**||**(14,214)**|**(2,021)**|**(308,068)**|**-**|**(324,303)**|
|21 Transfers between funds||25,734|(181,525)|155,791|-|**-**|
|22 Other gains/(losses)||-|-|-|-|**-**|
|23**Net movement in funds**||**11,520**|**(183,546)**|**(152,277)**|**-**|**(324,303)**|
|24 Total funds brought forward||47,593|2,964,368|178,476|5,000|**3,195,437**|
|**25 Total funds carried forward**||**59,113**|**2,780,822**|**26,199**|**5,000**|**2,871,134**|
Name of Church
Church No **1127830**
## **St James Road Methodist Church**
|**Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) for the year ended 31**|**Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) for the year ended 31**|**Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) for the year ended 31**|**Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) for the year ended 31**|**August 2020**|**August 2020**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Notes to**||**Designated**||||
||**the**|**General Fund**|**Funds**|**Restricted**|**Endowment**|**Total**|
||**accounts**|**(Unrestricted)**|**(unrestricted)**|**Funds**|**Funds**|**2019-20**|
|||£|£|£|£|£|
|**Income**|||||||
|1 Offerings|4|85,921|-|-|-|**85,921**|
|2 Donations|5|6,429|-|56,683|-|**63,112**|
|2a Grants||-|-|450,000|-|**450,000**|
|2b Gift Day||5,166|-|19,705|-|**24,871**|
|3 Gift aid|4|25,099|-|9,452|-|**34,551**|
|4 Interest and investment income|6|3,806|-|47|-|**3,853**|
|5 Property Income|7|27,060|-|-|-|**27,060**|
|6 Internal organisations||-|8,434|5,277|-|**13,711**|
|7 Other charitable income|8|1,703|1,524|19,511|-|**22,738**|
|8**Total income**||**155,184**|**9,958**|**560,675**|**-**|**725,817**|
|**Expenditure**|||||||
|9 Circuit assessment or share||97,074|-|-|-|**97,074**|
|10 Grants and donations||3,506|-|-|-|**3,506**|
|11 Property maintenance||21,618|-|-|-|**21,618**|
|12 Insurance,utilities etc||21,576|-|-|-|**21,576**|
|13 Depreciation||-|-|-|-|**-**|
|14 Office expenses||-|-|-|-|**-**|
|15 Other expenditure||20,355|7,555|5,112|-|**33,022**|
|16 Internal organisations||-|-|5,533|-|**5,533**|
|17**Total charitable expenditure**||**164,129**|**7,555**|**10,645**|**-**|**182,329**|
|18 Gains/(losses) on monetary investments|13|-|-|-|-|**-**|
|19 Gains/(losses) on investment properties||-|-|-|-|**-**|
|20**Net income/(expenditure)**||**(8,945)**|**2,403**|**550,030**|**-**|**543,488**|
|21 Transfers between funds||(15,000)|706,694|(691,694)|-|**-**|
|22 Other gains/(losses)||-|-|-|-|**-**|
|23**Net movement in funds**||**(23,945)**|**709,097**|**(141,664)**|**-**|**543,488**|
|24 Total funds brought forward||71,538|2,255,271|320,140|5,000|**2,651,949**|
|**25 Total funds carried forward**||**47,593**|**2,964,368**|**178,476**|**5,000**|**3,195,437**|
**1127830**
**Name of Church**
Church No
## **St James Road Methodist Church**
## **Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2021**
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General Fund Designated Restricted Endowment Totals 2021 Totals 2020
(Unrestricted) Funds Funds Funds
Notes to the (Unrestricted)
Accounts £ £ £ £ £ £
Fixed Assets
Church building and other property 12 - 3,010,522 - - 3,010,522 2,958,212
Investments 13 - - - 5,000 5,000 5,000
Total fixed assets - 3,010,522 - 5,000 3,015,522 2,963,212
Current Assets
Debtors and prepayments 14 7,532 - - - 7,532 6,544
Gift Aid 14 8,671 - 893 - 9,564 5,500
Investments with TMCP 14 - - 523 - 523 523
Central Finance Board Deposits 14 72,623 1,452 15,232 - 89,307 218,983
Cash at Bank and in hand 14 6,937 2,683 9,551 - 19,171 47,775
Total current assets 95,763 4,135 26,199 - 126,097 279,325
Current liabilities
Creditors (due in under 1 year) 15 36,650 - - - 36,650 2,100
Grants payable within 2018-19 - - - - - -
Total current liabilities 36,650 - - - 36,650 2,100
Net current assets/liabilities 59,113 4,135 26,199 - 89,447 277,225
Total assets less current liabilities 59,113 3,014,657 26,199 5,000 3,104,969 3,240,437
Long term liabilities
(due after more than one year)
Loans to the Church - 55,000 - - 55,000 45,000
Chapel Aid Loan - 178,835 - - 178,835 -
Net assets 59,113 2,780,822 26,199 5,000 2,871,134 3,195,437
Funds of the Church
General Fund (Unrestricted) 59,113 - - - 59,113 47,593
Designated Funds (Unrestricted) - 2,780,822 - - 2,780,822 2,964,368
Total Unrestricted Funds - - - - 2,839,935 3,011,961
Restricted Funds - - 26,199 - 26,199 178,476
Endowment Funds - - 0 5,000 5,000 5,000
Total Funds 59,113 2,780,822 26,199 5,000 2,871,134 3,195,437
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Signed
Church Treasurer
Name of Church **St James Road Methodist Church**
Church No.
**1127830**
## **Cash flow statement for the year ended 31 August 2021**
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2021 2020
Statement of cash flows Note £ £
Cash from operating activities
Net cash used in operating activities (294,991) 542,849
Cash flows from investing activities
Dividends,interest and rents from investments 186 3,853
Purchase of property,plant and equipment (52,310) (708,212)
Net cash provided by investing activities (52,124) (704,359)
Cash flows from financing activities
New borrowing 188,835 45,000
Net cash used in financing activities 188,835 45,000
Change in cash and cash equivalents in the reporting period (158,280) (116,510)
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the reporting period 266,758 383,268
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the reporting period 108,478 266,758
2021 2020
Reconciliation of net income to net cash flow from operating activities £ £
Net income for the reporting period ( as per statement of financial activities) (324,303) 543,488
Adjustments for:
Gains on investments - (4)
Dividends, interest and rents from investments (186) (3,853)
(increase)/decrease in debtors (5,052) 2,198
increase/(decrease) in creditors 34,550 1,020
Net cash used in operating activities (294,991) 542,849
2021 2020
Analysis of cash and cash equivalent £ £
Cash in hand 108,478 266,758
Total cash and cash equivalents 108,478 266,758
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## **Notes to the Accounts**
## **St James Road Methodist Church**
## **1 Basis of Accounting**
The financial statements have been prepared under the Charities Act 2011 in accordance with the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with FRS 102 (effective from 1 January 2015) - the Charities SORP (FRS 102).
## **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. There are also Designated funds which have been earmarked by the trustees for particular purposes within Unrestricted funds. Details of each material fund are disclosed in note 18. 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 it, the trustees judge it probable that they will receive it, 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.
## **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 deemed historical cost. Other fixed assets are depreciated on a straight line basis over periods as set out in note 12.
## **Investment Properties**
Investment properties - no property is currently deemed to not be held for the long term purpose 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 and any gains or losses on revaluation at the year end are shown on the SOFA.
## **Debtors and Prepayments**
Debtors include Gift Aid not yet received in respect of donations up to the balance sheet date, and prepayments such as Circuit Assessment paid for subsequent periods.
## **Creditors**
Creditors include outstanding loan balances from church members which are repayable on demand and interest free.
## **Going Concern**
The accounts have been prepared on the basis that the charity is a going concern.
## **St James Road Methodist Church**
|**4 Offerings Including Gift Aid**
Standing Orders
Collections and regular giving
Tax Credits
**Total**
**5 Donations and Legacies**
Donations
Legacies
**Total**
**6 Investment Income**
Central Finance Board
TMCP
**7 Property Income**
Lettings
**8 Other Income**
Fundraising Events
Special Offerings
Other|**2021**
**2020**
**Unrestricted Restricted**
**Total**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
57,311
**57,311**
50,345
28,745
**28,745**
35,576
25,811
10,511
**36,322**
34,551
**111,867**
**10,511**
**122,378**
**120,472**
**2021**
**2020**
**Unrestricted Restricted**
**Total**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
-
20,422
**20,422**
57,892
-
-
**-**
5,220
**0**
**20,422**
**20,422**
**63,112**
**2021**
**2020**
**Unrestricted Restricted**
**Total**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
167
-
**167**
3,806
-
19
**19**
47
**167**
**19**
**186**
**3,853**
**2021**
**2020**
**Unrestricted Restricted**
**Total**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
19,961
-
**19,961**
27,060
**19,961**
**-**
**19,961**
**27,060**
**2021**
**2020**
**Unrestricted Restricted**
**Total**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
-
-
**-**
3,149
4,100
-
**4,100**
-
4,622
12,878
**17,500**
19,589
**8,722**
**12,878**
**21,600**
**22,738**|
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**St James Road Methodist Church**
|**9 **|**Payment to Trustees**||**2021**|**2020**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Payments made to trustees for additional services||||
||provided to the church by agreement with the Church||-|-|
||Council Meeting||||
||Number of trustees who were paid expenses||13|10|
||Nature of the expenses: postage, supplies, fundraising event costs, printing,||||
||stationery, electrical equipment, worship materials and general consumables||||
||Total amount paid|**£**|17,100|7,925|
|**10 **|**Fees for Examination or Audit of the Accounts**||||
||Independent Examiner's or Auditor's fees|**£**|990|600|
||for reporting on the accounts||||
||Other fees (e.g. advice, accountancy services)|**£**|-|-|
||paid to the Independent Examiner or Auditor||||
|**11 **|**Paid Employees**||||
||**Staff Costs paid during the year were:**||||
||Gross wages, salaries and benefits in kind|**£**|-|-|
||Employers National Insurance Costs|**£**|-|-|
||Pension Costs|**£**|-|-|
||Total Staff Costs|**£**|-|-|
||**Average number of staff employed during the year**||-|-|
## **Volunteers**
In accordance with FRS102, the value of volunteer time is not recognised in the accounts. However it is acknowledged that the Church benefits greatly from all the work done by its many volunteers, enriching and expanding so many areas of our worship, service and mission. This includes the members of Church Council (trustees) who kindly provide time free of charge to oversee the church's operations and ensure compliance with our many obligations.
**St James Road Methodist Church**
## **12 Tangible Fixed Assets**
Cost or Valuation
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Church (non investment) Other Land & Buildings Organ Other Fixed Assets Total
Land & Buildings
£ £ £ £ £
Balance Brought Forward 2,958,212 - 313,512 2,269 3,273,993
Additions 52,310 - - - 52,310
Balance Carried Forward 3,010,522 - 313,512 2,269 3,326,303
Accumulated Depreciation
Balance Brought Forward - - 313,512 2,269 315,781
Depreciation charge for the year (-) - - - - -
Balance Carried Forward - - 313,512 2,269 315,781
Net Book Value
Brought Forward 2,958,212 - - - 2,958,212
Carried Forward 3,010,522 - - - 3,010,522
Depreciation rate/period nil 3 years 10 years 3 years
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**St James Road Methodist Church**
## **13 Investments**
The funds that support the various funds are held by TMCP in Trustees Interest Funds on which interest is credited to the accounts each month. These are regarded as medium and long term investments.
TMCP is the legal owner and Custodian Trustee of all Methodist Model Trust property, including Legacies, Endowments, and Accumulated Funds. Trust property is held for and on behalf of local Managing Trustees who are responsible for the day to day management of trust property. TMCP ensure that, through providing guidance and acting under their direction, the Managing Trustees comply with charity law and Methodist law and policy as determined by the Methodist Conference.
|**Analysis of Investment Movements**|||
|---|---|---|
||**2021**|**2020**|
|**Change in Investment Values**|||
||**£**|**£**|
|Carrying (market) value at beginning of year|**5,000**|**5,000**|
|**Add:**additions to Investments at Cost|-|-|
|**Less:**Disposals at Carrying Value|-|-|
|Net gain/loss on revaluation|-|-|
|Carrying (market) value at end of Year|**5,000**|**5,000**|
## **St James Road Methodist Church**
|**14 Analysis of Current Assets**
**Debtors and Prepayments**
Pre-paid Assessment
Gift Aid
Gartec Lift Inspection Plan
**Total Debtors and Prepayments**
**Analysis of Cash at Bank**
Bank Balance held at HSBC
Bank Balance held at Central Finance Board
Bank Balance held in TMCP Model Trust Bequests
Petty Cash
Balances held by Internal Organisations
**Total Cash and Bank Balances**
**15 Analysis of Current Liabilities**
Examination Fee
Other Creditors
**Total Current Liabilities**
**16 Analysis of Long Term Liabilities**
Chapel Aid Loan
Interest Free Loans|**2021**
**2020**
**£**
**£**
6,544
6,544
9,564
5,500
988
-
**17,096**
**12,044**
9,598
38,037
89,307
218,983
523
523
22
22
9,551
9,716
**109,001**
**267,281**
1,650
600
35,000
1,500
**36,650**
**2,100**
178,835
-
55,000
45,000
**233,835**
**45,000**|
|---|---|
## **17 Capital Commitments and Contingent Liabilities**
As at the 31st August 2021 the church has no capital commitments.
No contingent liabilities were identified as at 31st August 2021.
**St James Road Methodist Church**
## **18 Detailed Analysis of Individual Fund Movements**
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Unrestricted Funds
Fund Name Opening Income Expenditure Transfers Revaluation Closing
Balance Gains/Losses Balance
General Fund 47,593 138,239 152,453 25,734 - 59,113
Benevolent Fund 892 - - - - 892
Fixed assets 2,958,212 - - (181,525) - 2,776,687
Tadpoles 12 255 - - 267
Who Let The Dads Out 203 - - 203
Thursday Teapot 669 88 - - 757
Youth Work 748 - - 748
Others 3,632 2,135 4,499 - - 1,268
Totals 3,011,961 140,717 156,952 (155,791) - 2,839,935
Restricted Funds
Fund Name Opening Income Expenditure Transfers Revaluation Closing
Balance Gains/Losses Balance
Internal Organisations:
SJR Boys/Girls Brigade 6,286 - - - - 6,286
286 Boys Brigade 746 - - - - 746
Choir 357 - - - - 357
Bowls Club 1,064 40 25 - - 1,079
Soup & Sweet Lunch 135 - - 135
Womens Wednesday Grp 259 73 - - 186
Youth Club 673 - - 673
Chatty Crafters 195 183 289 - - 89
Internal Orgs Total 9,715 223 387 - - 9,551
Flower Fund 242 242
Development Fund (Connect) 148,789 40,952 345,532 155,791 - -
Organ Fund 1,670 310 - - - 1,980
Property Reserve 16,179 - 3,450 - - 12,729
Badminton Club 262 - - - - 262
All We Can 39 240 259 - - 20
Basics Bank 330 2,105 2,270 - - 165
Legacy - 286 1,250 - - - - 1,250
Totals 178,476 43,830 351,898 155,791 - 26,199
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## **Fund Purposes**
**Benevolent Fund:** for giving at the discretion of the Ministers to needy individuals in the locality **Tadpoles and Who Let The Dads Out:** for providing services to the community in connection with
young families
**Thursday Teapot:** for distribution at the discretion of the Church Council from funds donated at month meetings
**Fixed Asset Fund:** Shows the carrying value of the fixed assets less outstanding loans on those assets. **Internal Organisations:** funds held by groups reporting to the Church Council
**Flower Fund:** funds donated for the provision of weekly church flowers **Connect:** funds held towards the development of the new Link and 1st floor rooms.
**Organ Fund:** funds held towards the repair and maintenance of the church organ
**Property Reserve:** funds held towards larger than normal property expenses funded from underspend of previous years property maintenance budgets
**Badminton Club:** funds held on behalf of the club that meets on the Church premises **All We Can/Basics Bank:** funds held from member donations for these specified causes **Legacy 286:** legacy received for restricted use for Boys Brigade at '286'.
## **Transfers Between Funds**
Various transfers were made between funds to release funding for the building project.
## **19 Related party Transactions**
There were no related party transactions
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## **Declarations and Scrutiny**
I confirm that these accruals-based accounts for the year to 31 August 2021 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 ……………………………………………………… Date **12/03/2022**
## Name and address of treasurer : **22 Marybridge Close, Totton, Southampton. SO40 9AQ**
## **Presentation to the Church trustees**
I confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2021 were presented to the meeting of the Church trustees held on ……………..
Signature of the Chair of the meeting ……………………………………………………………………
Name of the Chair of the meeting : **Rev Christine Coram** Date ……………………
## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the**
## **St James Road Methodist Church**
## **Charity Number 1127830**
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of St James Road Methodist Church for the year ended 31 August 2021. 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’).
I report in respect of my examination of the Church’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and, in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
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Independent Examinerfs Statement
I have completed my examlnation. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in
connection with the examination which give me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act., or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records. or
the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements conceming the fomi and content
of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any
requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fairf view, which is not a matter considered as
part of an independent examination
the trustees, annual report is not consistent with the accounts
I have rK) concerns and have Come across no other matters In connection with the examination to
which attention should be drawn in this report Sn order to enable a proper understanding of the
accounts to be reached.
Signature of independent examiner
Name of independent examiner C J Goodh•ad
Relevant professional qualification of Independent examiner FCA
Name of firm (where appropriate) Knlght Goodhead Llmlted
Addross: 7 Bournemouth Road, Chandlers Ford, Eastlolgh. SO53 3DA
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