# THE METHODIST CHURCH # STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS St James Road Methodist Church # FOR THE YEAR ENDED ## 31 August 2022 **----- Start of picture text -----**
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Registered Charity - Charity Registration number 1127830
If not a registered charity Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs Gift C..s—COYd
(The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in terms of evidence of charitable
Minister:
Church Stewards:
Tr MID SKIN EEminnie
Poe ee MEE SY edtenantESC BONY ON enn
Mrs P Harris
Mrs C Hooper
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Treasurer:
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## St James Road Methodist Church, Southampton Draft Annual Charity Report for the year ended 31 August 2022 ## Administrative information: This report relates to St James Road Methodist Church, Southampton. With 173 members (as at September 2021) 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 SHE. 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 2022: Rev C Coram, Mrs P Wood (Secretary), Mr N Hitch (Treasurer), Ms C Benyon, Mr D Bone, Mr P Broomfield, Mr J Deabill, Mr H Evans, Mrs L Evans, Mr G Fletcher (Circuit), Mr G Fonangwan, Mr C Fullbrook, Ms K Green, Ms V Green, Mrs J Hack, Mr R Hack, Mr O Hack, Ms S Hambley, Mr B Hart, Mrs P Harris, Ms J Herniman, Mr B Hooper, Mrs C Hooper, Mrs G Robinson, Mr D Skinner, Mr P Syed, Mrs M Syed, Ms L Wells, Miss E White, Mrs E Woodman, MrD 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. 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, “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. We also offer a Supper Club and Teapot for the more mature as well as a Memory Café and Bereavement Café. 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, various events and programmes run through the NHS Solent Trust, carers support group and the U3A. 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 was significant and continues to impact. The church 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. Worshipping life within the church has returned to Its regular rhythms and whilst numbers attending are lower than those of pre-Covid levels, there are encouraging signs of growth. 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. This form of worship continues on the second Sunday of the month in the evening and remains popular. Experimentation in using the newly refurbished café area Instead of the main church sanctuary Is being explored and the results assessed. 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 took place In October 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. Following on from this there has been an increasing use of the premises by the Solent NHS Trust in their provision of services in the community which has come from initial seeds sown by the then, Deacon at the church. The church premises has developed into the thriving hub that was envisaged and intended as part of the 'Connect' project. There are still challenges to be faced but the relationships that have already been built with organisations and individuals and those that are currently developing are an_ essential demonstration of the love of Jesus that the church always intended to be shared with the local community. In accordance with normal Methodist practices, the church was aware that this year would be the final year that Rev. Christine Coram would be its Minister. During the year, the church went through the standard process of seeking a new Minster to take over from September 2022 and is delighted that the Rev. Stephen Robinson has been appointed to the role. ## Financial Information The accounts for the year to 31 August 2022 are being independently examined and are included as part of this report. Expenditure has exceeded income by around £11,000 over the year which is primarily the result of making the final retention payment to the contractors employed to complete the Connect project. 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 Stephen Robinson Church No 1127830 ## Name of Church ## St James Road Methodist Church ## Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) for the year ended 31 August 2022 ||Notes to||Designated|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||the|General Fund|Funds||Endowment|Total| ||accounts|(Unrestricted)|(unrestricted)|Restricted Funds|Funds|2021-22| |||£|£|£|£|£| |Income||||||| |1
Offerings|4|81,352|-|-|-|81,352| |2
Donations|5|248|-|1,472|-|1,720| |2a Grants||-|-|26,025|-|26,025| |2b Gift Day|8|7,030|-|-|-|7,030| |3
Gift aid|4|19,420|-|4,854|-|24,274| |4
Interestand investment income|6|352|-|26|-|378| |5
Property Income|7|42,745|-|-|-|42,745| |6
Internal organisations|8|-|1,987|4,699|-|6,686| |7
Other charitable income|8|30,668|3,127||-|33,795| |8 Total income||181,815|5,114|37,076|-|224,005| |Expenditure||||||| |9
Circuit assessment orshare||78,528|-|-|-|78,528| |10 Grants and donations||3,319|-|2,732|-|6,051| |11 Property maintenance||43,034|-|-|-|43,034| |12 Insurance, utilities etc||21,668|-|-|-|21,668| |13 Depreciation||-|-|-|-|-| |14 Interest paid||5,159|-|-|-|5,159| |15 Other expenditure||2,846|3,134|8,902|-|14,882| |16 Internal organisations||7,423|-|7,914|-|15,337| |17 Total charitable expenditure||161,977|3,134|19,548|-|184,659| |18 Gains/(losses) on monetary investments|13||||5|5| |19 Gains/(losses) on investment properties||||||:| |20 Net income/(expenditure)||19,838|1,980|17,528|5|39,351| |21 Transfers between funds||24,004|(3,866)|(20,138)|-|-| |22 Other gains/(losses)||-|-|-|-|-| |23 Netmovement in funds||43,842|(1,886)|(2,610)|5|39,351| |24Total funds broughtforward||59,113|2,780,822|26,199|5,000|2,871,134| |25Totalfundscarriedforward||102,955|2,778,936|23,589|5,005|2,910,485| Church No 1127830 ## Name of Church ## St James Road Methodist Church ## 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
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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 Netmovement in funds||11,520|(183,546)|(152,277)||-|(324,303)| |24Total funds brought forward||47,593|2,964,368||178,476|5,000|3,195,437| |25Totalfundscarriedforward||59,113|2,780,822||26,199|5,000|2,871,134| Name of Church St James Road Methodist Church Church No 1127830 ## Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2022 ||General Fund |||Designated
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2,871,134| Ee Church Treasurer ## 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 whena 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. **----- Start of picture text -----**
|||||||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |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|ona|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.| **----- End of picture text -----**
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 |||||2022|2021| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |4|Offerings Including GiftAid|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total| |||£|£|£|£| ||Standing Orders|56,902|-|56,902|57,311| ||Collections and regular giving|24,450|-|24,450|28,745| ||Tax Credits|19,420|4,854|24,274|36,322| ||Total|100,772|4,854|105,626|122,378| |||||2022|2021| |5|Donations and Legacies|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total| |||£|£|£|£| ||Donations|248|1,472|1,720|20,422| ||Legacies|-|-|-|-| ||Total|248|1,472|1,720|20,422| |||||2022|2021| |6|Investment Income|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total| |||£|£|£|£| ||Central Finance Board|352|-|352|167| ||TMCP|-|26|26|19| |||352|26|378|186| |||||2022|2021| |7|Property Income|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total| |||£|£|£|£| ||Lettings|42,745|-|42,745|19,961| |||42,745|-|42,745|19,961| |||||2022|2021| |8|Other Income|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total| |||£|£|£|£| ||Fundraising Events|-|-|-|-| ||Special Offerings|7,030|-|7,030|4,100| ||Other|35,782|4,699|40,481|17,500| |||42,812|4,699|47,511|21,600| ## St James Road Methodist Church **----- Start of picture text -----**
|||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |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|11|13| |Nature|of the|expenses:|postage,|supplies,|fundraising event|costs,|printing,| |stationery,|electrical|equipment,|worship|materials|and|general|consumables| |Total|amount|paid|£|6,189|17,100| |10|Fees|for|Examination|or|Audit|of the|Accounts| |Independent|Examiner's|or|Auditor's|fees|£|990|990| |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|-|-| **----- End of picture text -----**
## 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 **----- Start of picture text -----**
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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 **----- Start of picture text -----**
||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |2022|2021| |Change|in|Investment|Values| |£|£| |Carrying|(market)|value|at|beginning|of year|5,000|5,000| |Add:|additions|to|Investments|at|Cost|5|-| |Less:|Disposals|at|Carrying|Value|-|-| |Net|gain/loss|on|revaluation|-|-| |Carrying|(market)|value|at|end|of Year|5,005|5,000| **----- End of picture text -----**
## St James Road Methodist Church ## 14 Analysis of Current Assets |14|Analysis of Current AssetsCurrent AssetsAssets||| |---|---|---|---| |||2022|2021| |||£|£| ||Debtors and Prepayments||| ||Pre-paid Assessment|6,871|6,544| ||Gift Aid|9,028|9,564| ||Gartec Lift Inspection Plan|494|988| ||Total Debtors and Prepayments|16,393|17,096| ||Analysis ofCash at Bank||| ||Bank Balance held at HSBC|16,542|9,598| ||Bank Balance held at Central Finance Board|95,566|89,307| ||Bank Balance held in TMCP Model Trust Bequests|564|523| ||Petty Cash|22|22| ||Balances held by Internal Organisations|6,522|9,551| ||Total Cash and Bank Balances|119,216|109,001| |15|Analysis ofCurrent Liabilities||| ||Examination Fee|2,130|1,650| ||Other Creditors|820|35,000| ||Total Current Liabilities|2,950|36,650| |16|Analysis of LongTerm Liabilities||| ||Chapel Aid Loan|192,701|178,835| ||Interest Free Loans|45,000|55,000| |||237,701|233,835| ## 17 Capital Commitments and Contingent Liabilities As at the 31st August 2022 the church has no capital commitments. No contingent liabilities were identified as at 31st August 2022. St James Road Methodist Church ## 18 Detailed Analysis of Individual Fund Movements |Unrestricted Funds| |---| |fetnere_Ietmner_["ee_
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——-—-|-—~=ti|| ## 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 Loan Repayment Fund: these are funds held towards the repayment of the loan for development of the new Link and 1st floor rooms. This was previously known as Development Fund (Connect). 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 Name of Church St James Road Methodist Church Charity No. 1127830 ## Declarations and Scrutiny | confirm that these accruals-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. Yoo scnaure ot veaswer WEE nate 1&1 (222 Name and address of treasurer: Neil Hitch 22 Marybridge Close, Totton, Southampton, SO40 9AQ ## Presentation to the Church trustees | confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2022 were/will be* presented to the meeting of the Church trustees held on ................. Signature of the Chair of the meeting: SMF Name of the Chair of the meeting: SistiiOd...2e8 sto. Date Me2: 20m | . ## Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of ## St James Road Methodist Church ## Charity Number 1127830 ## Responsibilities and basis of report | report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Church for the year ended 31 August 2022. 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. ## Independent Examiner’s Statement | have completed my examination. | 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: - 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; or - e the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form 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 fair’ view, which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination - e the trustees’ annual report is not consistent with the accounts | 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 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 ne RL REET OL eee ieee ene eee te nett ennees Name of independent examiner: Chris Goodhead Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner: Chartered Accountant Name of firm (where appropriate): Knight Goodhead Ltd Address: 7 Bournemouth Road, Chandler’s Ford, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO53 3DA Date: ....) 5. Seymteny 23,