## **Hucclecote Methodist Church Trustees Annual Report**
From 1st September 2022 - 31st August 2023
## **Section A: Reference and Administration Details:**
**Charity Name:** Hucclecote Methodist Church
**Registered Charity Number:** 1128494
**Charity's principal address:** Carisbrooke Road, Hucclecote, Gloucester, GL3 3QR
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity are shown on the website. They are exofficio or appointments from the church annual meeting.**
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|**Name of Trustee**|**Office / Appointment**|**Name of body**
**entitled to appoint.**|**Appointed under**
**Standing Order**|
|Rev John Hellyer|Superintendent Minister|Ministers under
Clause 4 (ii)||
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|Rev Barry Bishop|Appointed with Pastoral
Charge|Ministers under
Clause 4 (ii)||
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|Lynne Cooke|Church Stewards|General Church
Meeting||
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|Kay Jenkins|Representatives from GCM|General Church
Meeting||
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|Brychan Jenkins|Representatives from GCM|General Church
Meeting||
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|Bernard Brewster|Representatives from GCM|General Church
Meeting||
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|Christine Brewster|Church Stewards|General Church
Meeting||
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|Beth Sweet|Church Stewards|General Church
Meeting||
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|Sue Clarke|Church Stewards|General Church
Meeting||
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|Richard Clarke|Representatives from GCM|General Church
Meeting||
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|Scott Dickens|Representatives from GCM|General Church
Meeting||
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|**Name of Trustee**|**Office / Appointment**|**Name of body**
**entitled to appoint.**|**Appointed under**
**Standing Order**|
|Sandra John|Representatives from GCM|General Church
Meeting||
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|Peter Shaw|Representatives from GCM|General Church
Meeting||
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|Keith Long|Representatives from GCM|General Church
Meeting||
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|John Rainbow|Church Treasurer|Church Council|610 (vii)|
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|Andrew Jackson|Assistant Treasurer|Church Council||
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|Mary Little|Pastoral Secretary|Church Council|610 (viii)|
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|Debbie Long|Secretary of the Council /
Safeguarding|Church Council|610 (ix)|
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|Mark Dickens|Property and Finance
Chair|Church Council|610 (xi)|
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|Maureen Roberts|Boys’ Brigade|Church Council||
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|Jane Jackson|Communications|Church Council||
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|Sylvia Blake|Church Steward|General Church
Meeting||
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|Tim Blake|Church Steward|General Church
Meeting||
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|Jan Butler|Messy Church Leader|Church Council||
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|Lorraine Shaw|Action for Children|Church Council||
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|Arnold Eke|Communion Steward|Church Council||
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|Ron Keasley|Christian Aid|Church Council||
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|Dawn Pearman|Representative from GCM|General Church
Meeting||
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|Sue Woodward|Representative from GCM|General Church
Meeting||
## **Section B: Structure Governance and Management**
Hucclecote Methodist Church is part of the Methodist Church in Britain, which is constituted under the Methodist Church Act 1976 and a Deed of Union, and is governed by The Constitutional Practice and Discipline of The Methodist Church.
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## Appointment of Trustees
Trustees are appointed annually according to the Constitution Practice and Discipline of the Methodist Church by the General Church Meeting (Stewards and Representatives of the Church membership) and by the Church Council (constitution under SO 610).
## Risk Management
The Church has adopted policies and procedures to safeguard children, young people and vulnerable adults. A Safeguarding Officer is appointed who monitors the training of workers with these groups and trustees in leadership roles and DBS checking where appropriate.
The church has appointed a Health and Safety Officer to monitor policies and risk assessments.
## **Section C: Objectives and Activities:**
## **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document:**
Set out in the Methodist Church Act 1976 (clause 4) - synopsis - Advancement of Religion and any charitable
purpose of the Methodist Church or church organisation. (See Methodist Church Act 1976)
## **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
The Hucclecote Methodist Church has identified three major objectives within these overall purposes –
1. to maintain an active community of people seeking to follow Jesus
2. to discern God ’ s will for our lives
3. to invite others to join with us in this mission
We seek to further these objectives by –
1. Providing for encounters with God in worship and fellowship
2. Promoting the knowledge of the faith through study and training
3. Supplying a framework of pastoral care to strengthen discipleship
4. Welcoming everyone into our community and showing our faith to our neighbourhood
5. Making the love of God real in our community and wider world.
6. Offering service to and with our community.
- Funds are invested, where appropriate, with The Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church
- The main part of our church activities is undertaken by lay persons (volunteers)
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## **Section D: Achievements and Performance**
Encounters with God - We continue to maintain regular services of public worship in church though the wish to save energy has led to our holding winter services in our Hall, a more energy-efficient building.
We continue to provide a Junior Church for children
We have occasional Bible-study sessions
Maintaining a community - All our members are assigned a pastoral visitor who encourages, supports and prays for them. Regular weekly mailings by post and email have been sent to all Church members and regular worshippers. We also have the services of a minister from the circuit staff who cares for our members.
Inviting Others – We have a significant presence within the community – with Boys Brigade and Girls Associations, various social groups and community activities.
We run a café, where people from the community receive hospitality
We have a garden, which we can use to provide opportunities to work with nature
We have, with the help of the City Council, put displays on our green to help give the message of Christmas and Easter.
We have assigned part of our premises as a memorial garden, where people may sit in peace.
We run a Friday Lunch Club, including a number who would otherwise find it hard to go out
We encourage our members to engage with the needs of the world. We continue to support the work of various organisations and charities by fundraising appeals.
## **Plans for 2023-2024**
We will continue to encourage and grow our community
We hope to build on the success of the café, keeping the schedule of opening hours under review
We are encouraging different teams to lead worship, including the of new worship mateial
We hope to develop the community garden, where we can offer opportunity to work with plants.
We plan further displays on the Church Green.
## **Section E Financial Review**
## **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves :**
The Trustees (Church Council Members) note that our unrestricted funds (amounted to £29,711 at 31st August 2023.
They understand that this amount is to be held as a reserve for the following reasons’:-
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- £2500 for stonework repairs
- £12000 to spread the timings of income and expenditure
- £8000 for the projected budget deficit
- £7000 for unforeseen contingencies
Our restricted funds amounted to £2149
- £159 was given for Church flowers
- £291 was given for displays and posters
- £1699 is giving by the congregation, to be dispersed for charitable purposes
This policy will be reviewed in 12 months’ time.
## **Further financial review details**
- the charity’s principal sources of funds
- Funds are sourced through weekly offerings, tax recoveries, donations, and fund raising events. Receipts from lettings also contribute to the running costs of the building.
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- Payment of heating and lighting bills
- Maintenance and security of buildings
- Mission and education expenses.
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted:
- No long term investments
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- Payment of heating and lighting bills
- Maintenance and security of buildings
- Mission and education expenses.
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted:
- No long term investments
## **Section F - Other Optional Information**
None at this time
## **Section G - Declaration**
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**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**John Rainbow Treasurer and Trustee Date: 4th April 2023**
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## HUCCLECOTE METHODIST CHURCH
## August .2023
|SUMMARY OF|Receipts|Payments||Surplus|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|ACCOUNTS||||( Deficit )|
|PROPERTY AND GENERAL|101235.16|95877.57||5357.59|
|GIVING|3684.91|3272.15||412.76|
|OUTREACH FUND|0|0||0|
|FLOWER FUND|0|0||0|
|WELCOME CAFÉ|4321.19|4001.76||319.43|
|WELCOME GARDEN|0|98.13||-98.13|
|TOTAL|109241.26|103249.61||5991.65|
|STATEMENT OF BALANCES||SOURCE OF BALANCES|||
|PROPERTY AND GENERAL|34436.38|CFB PROPERTY AND GENERAL||35686|
|GIVING|1699.38|CASH AT BANK||4214.21|
|OUTREACH FUND|291.27|CASH IN HAND||0|
|FLOWER FUND|158.79||||
|HELD FOR JELLYTOTZ|268.09||||
|HELD FOR WELCOME CAFÉ|1894.43||||
|HELD FOR FRIENDSHIP|250||||
|HELD FOR WELCOME GARDEN|901.87||||
||39900.21|||39900.21|
|||OPENING BALANCES|||
||PROPERTY AND GENERAL||29078.79||
||GIVING FUND||1286.62||
||OUTREACH FUND||291.27||
||FLOWER FUND||158.79||
||HELD FOR JELLYTOTZ||768.09||
||HELD FOR CAFÉ||1575||
33158.56
## **HUCCLECOTE METHODIST CHURCH**
## **PROPERTY & GENERAL FUND**
## **FINANCE STATEMENT AUGUST 2023.**
|**INCOME**
MEMBERS GIVING
TAX REFUND - GIFT AID
GIFT DAY AND LEGACIES
FUNDRAISING
OTHER INCOME
DONATIONS
GRANTS AND DESIGNATED GIFTS
LETTINGS
WEDDING / FUNERAL FEES
INTEREST / INVESTMENTS
ALL MY FRIENDS
OTHER
GRAVEYARD
**EXPENDITURE**
CIRCUIT ASSESSMENT
UTILITIES
FUNDRAISING
TITHE
NEW ROOF PROJECT
BUILD BACK BETTER
REPAIRS / MAINTENANCE
CONNEXIONAL GRANTS
INSURANCE|**ACTUAL**
**2022/23**
**£**
43863.68
12288.35
2190
8722.98
0
7744.06
23428.31
2060
0
787.78
0
0
150|
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||101235.16|
||54972.00
4031.72
269.14
847.21
12332.29
6515.60
9453.06
0.00
3927.22|
|WEDDING / FUNERAL FEES
BANNERS
COPYRIGHT LICENCES
PRINTING / STATIONERY
JUNIOR CHURCH
DUKE OF EDINBURGH
PACA
ORGAN / PIANO TUNING
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
OTHER
GRAVEYARD
**SURPLUS / ( DEFICIT )**|0.00
27.50
679.28
935.47
0.00
0.00
0.00
165.00
0.00
1592.08
130.00|
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||95877.57|
||5357.59|
## **HUCCLECOTE METHODIST CHURCH**
## **OTHER FUNDS AUGUST 2023**
## **GIVING**
## **INCOME**
## **EXPENDITURE**
|COMMUNION
MACULAR DISEASE SOCIETY
ALL WE CAN XMAS CARDS
TITHE
ALL WE CAN
ACTION FOR CHILDREN
EASTER OFFERING
CHRISTIAN AID
UKRAINE APPEAL
TURKEY EARTHQUAKE APPEAL
THE LEPROSY MISSION
JAMES HOPKINS TRUST
**SURPLUS / ( DEFICIT )**|349.95
UKRAINE COLLECTION
65.00
40
FAMILY HAVEN
350
187
ACTION FOR CHILDREN
630.21
847.21
GLOS CITY MISSION
350
169.44
MACULAR DISEASE SOCIETY
40
280.21
ALL WE CAN
356.44
289
EASTER OFFERING
289
135
TURKEY/SYRIA EARTHQUAKE
350
30.6
THE LEPROSY MISSION
706.5
350
CHRISTIAN AID
135
806.5
200
3684.91
3272.15
412.76|
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## **WELCOME CAFÉ**
## **INCOME**
## **EXPENDITURE**
|REFRESHMENTS DONATIONS|4123.05|TRANSFER TO GENERAL FUND|1800.00|
|---|---|---|---|
|AFTER CHURCH DRINKS|198.14|ADVERTISING|187.50|
|||FURNITURE|858.40|
|**SURPLUS / ( DEFICIT )**|4321.19
CAFÉ REQUISITES
FLOORING
319.43|155.86
1000.00|
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|||4001.76|
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## **WELCOME GARDEN**
**INCOME**
## **EXPENDITURE**
|GATE KEYS|13.50|
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|WATER SUPPLY|84.63|
0.00
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Independent Examlnerf8 Statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come
connection with the examination (other than that disclosed b&low') which give m(
that in, any material respect:
the accounting records were not kept in accordance wth section 130 of th
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records.
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which attention should be dravm In thls report In order to enable a proper undersl
accounts to be reached.
I ha¥elhave not" obtained independent verificatlon of all Investments wlth the Tru
Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances and funds at the Central
the Methodist Church which are Individually in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand
balance sheet date.
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