## **Guisborough Methodist Church (including Hinton Court)** ## **ANNUAL REPORT 2021 - 2022** Guisborough Methodist Church is part of the Cleveland and Danby Circuit, which includes 15 Churches/Fellowships. The Circuit lies within the Darlington District of the Methodist Church of Great Britain. ## **Mission Statement** Our mission statement continues to be focused on the initial letters of **G** uisborough **M** ethodist **C** hurch, namely: **G** rowing in God **M** oving in the Spirit **C** entred on Christ This is designed to encourage spiritual growth as Christians, and our mission to serve the community in which we are placed. This mission is now incorporated into our Church Logo, publicity material. ## **The Nature of the Local Church - Standing Order 600** 'The Church exists to exercise the whole ministry of Christ. The local Church, with its membership and larger Church community, exercises this ministry where it is and shares in the wider ministry of the Church in the world. In this one ministry worship, fellowship, pastoral care, mission and service are essential elements. Administration and training enable their fulfilment. In the Methodist Church these various tasks are undertaken by the local Church, through its Church Council and committees, in union with the ministry of the Circuit of which it is a constituent. It is represented in the Circuit Meeting and represents it locally. It engages in ecumenical work including, where appropriate, the support of ecumenical housing associations.' The Church Council is constituted to unite those who hold responsibility in the Church in one working community. It has the authority, as trustees, to take decisions for the Church and to manage its affairs to this end. It has the authority and oversight over the whole area of the ministry of the Church, including the management of its property. The senior leadership team of the church, including the minister, and appointed Church Stewards, meets regularly to both deal with the day-to-day running of Guisborough Methodist Church, and also look at the strategic and spiritual leadership issues that arise, namely - To uphold and act upon the decisions and policies of the Church Council, including furthering the mission of the church and its ‘fruitfulness’. - To influence and empower church members engaging in the full range of the church’s life and activity. ## **Vision** The vision of the church is that “Guisborough Methodist Church is a place where people can discover a relationship with God through Christ; a place where they can discover their gifts and calling and then are empowered by the Spirit (and our Church) to fulfil that calling in offering God’s love to each other and the world”. ## **Church Life during 2021/22** The Church is recovering well from the impact of the COVID pandemic. Services are now taking place face to face on a regular basis, house groups and other church groups are now meeting again. Some learning from the pandemic is the value of an online ministry for those who are unable to get to churches or house groups. GMC has continued to provide an online house group via Zoom called the Nurture Group and as part of the Cleveland and Danby circuit there continues to be online services to compliment to face to face services. Other activities like Saturday coffee mornings continue to struggle to get back as they were before the pandemic. All other groups in the church are running and the church is also open to other voluntary groups to hire and use. ## **Spiritual and Social Factors** The church has continued to provide the following activities to support its members. 1. Great use has been made of online facilities, including the Church website (http://www.guisboroughmethodist.online), the Church Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/guismethodist), Zoom meetings, WhatsApp groups. 2. House groups are meeting again including one group that meets on zoom, these groups facilitate people getting together for both social fellowship, prayer and focused Bible teaching. 3. The pastoral care for the Church family, members and friends has been carefully maintained by the Minister (regular visits and telephone calls), the house groups, members of the Church’s Pastoral committee and individuals caring for, and especially watching over, those that were, and are, vulnerable through age, underlying medical concerns or through personal circumstances, such as living alone. 4. Church attendance numbers have been significantly lower than those before the pandemic, and now, many months later even though we see new faces we are still not back to pre-pandemic numbers. ## **Financial Impact** With lower attendances, there was unsurprisingly concern about the ongoing, and future, financial stability of the Church. From a financial point of view, the following negative factors continue from previous years. 1. Weekly cash offerings are still lower, although bank transfer and envelope giving has stabilised. 2. We are able to resume fundraising events, coffee mornings only resumed in September 2021 and to date there has been little take up of dates available to outside charities. 3. Room rentals were also a significant part of regular income, peaking at over £12,000 in the last financial year before the pandemic. Recently these rentals have been improving and continue to attract interest. 4. On the expenditure side, several of our key expenses continued without change. Our ‘Assessment’, which is the calculated contribution paid to the Cleveland and Danby Circuit, incorporating the costs of our Circuit ministers, manses, Circuit overheads, and contribution to District and Connexion costs of the Methodist Church etc, was paid throughout and will continue to be paid for the current financial year. The church also pays for a part time cleaner. 5. Other overheads, such as insurance, water, telecoms, continue unaffected. Energy usage, which had been minimal, has been an increasing cost as greater use of the church building was made. Future energy costs will no doubt be higher as the Church cannot shelter under the cap on costs available to domestic users. **However** , we feel that God particularly blessed us, and provided for us over this period, and indeed continues to do so in the current financial year. Therefore, the financial stability of the church has not, yet, been threatened. The key examples of this were: - a. Most of the Church income comes from direct giving by bank standing orders and transfers. This is normally about 75% of our direct giving. - b. With the support of HMG, tax rebates on gift-aided giving were received promptly. - c. Continued action was taken by the trustees to avoid an unnecessary expenditure where it could be avoided, or at least deferred. Property repairs during the year were minimal, limited to those necessary for Health and Safety and costs associated with technology for live streaming etc. The church finances, as will be seen from the finance summaries on the first 10 pages of this report, ended the year in a reasonably healthy state. ## **The Ongoing Mission and Life of Guisborough Methodist Church** Looking forward, the Church leadership continues to explore new ways of doing things, looking for opportunities to enjoy the worship, singing, teaching and fellowship etc which is so much the part of the Church and Christian life that we value. For the leadership, pro-actively maintaining the community of the Church’s congregation and friends is a high priority. Our mission and vision remain that Guisborough Methodist Church will be a place where people can discover a relationship with God through Jesus Christ; a place where they can discover their gifts and calling and then are empowered by the Holy Spirit (and our Church) to fulfil that calling in offering God’s love to each other and the world. As we seek to fulfil this vision and mission we will undoubtedly change, and develop, with God’s guidance and inspiration through prayer and the active involvement of the Holy Spirit. **Rev John Henry Superintendent Cleveland and Danby Circuit** ## **GUISBOROUGH METHODIST CHURCH** **Part of the Cleveland and Danby Circuit of the Methodist Church of Great Britain** **Registered Charity – Charity Registration Number:** **1128499** ## **Statement of Financial Activities** ## **For the Year Ended:** **31[st] August 2022** ## **Table of Contents** ## **Page** - **2 Accounts Title page** - **3 Receipts and Payments Account** – key figures and breakdown - **4 Statement of Assets and Liabilities** – year-end bank balances etc - **5 Analysis of Restricted Funds** – breakdown of movements in Restricted funds - **6 Notes to the Accounts - Receipts** – comparison to previous year - **7 Notes to the Accounts - Expenditure** – comparison to previous year - **8 Constitution of the Church Council and Trustees** – as at 31[st] August 2022 - **9 Declaration of Approval of Accounts by the Church Council** - **10 Declaration of Approval by the Independent Examiner** Page **1** of **10** ## **CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS** ## **THE METHODIST CHURCH** # **STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS** ## **Guisborough Methodist** **Church** ## FOR THE YEAR ENDED ## 31 August 2022 |**Circuit**
**Cleveland & Danby**|**Circuit no**|**13/07**| |---|---|---| |**Registered Charity - Charity Registration number**||| |||**1128499**| ## 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. John Henry** Church Stewards: **Pat Anderson Dorothy Brown Sheila Crossman Bob Rogers Christine Smith Isabel Stuart** Treasurer: **Peter Crabb** Page **2** of **10** **13 / 07** ## **Cleveland and Danby Circuit** ## **Name of Church** ## **Guisborough Methodist Church** ## **Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) for the year ended 31 August 2022 (Receipts & Payments)** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Notes to the Restricted Funds
Endowment
accounts General Fund (inc Internal Total 2021- Total 2020-
Funds @
(page 5 and (Unrestricted) Organisations & 22 21
TMCP
6) Charities) Note 1
£ £ £ £ £
Receipts and Endowments from:
1 Donations and Legacies 1 292.82 292.82 4,873.76
2 Offerings and Tax Recovered 2 67,853.44 - 67,853.44 73,311.83
3 Bank & CFB interest and Investments 8.34 - 8.34 11.29
4 Lettings 3 8,481.60 8,481.60 5,165.50
5 Grants from Circuit/District/Connexion 4 - - 21,677.77
6 Funerals & Weddings 750.00 - 750.00 -
7 Fund Raising 5 2,532.40 82.40 2,614.80 443.05
8 Other Receipts 6 350.48 3,532.62 3,883.10 856.64
9 Total 1-8 80,269.08 3,615.02 - 83,884.10 106,339.84
Payments on:
10 Circuit Assessment 53,180.00 53,180.00 54,913.00
11 Grants and Donations - - -
12 Repairs and Maintenance 7 17,320.93 - 17,320.93 12,985.64
13 Insurance and Utility Costs 8 12,151.19 12,151.19 6,365.44
14 Worship Expenses 9 778.16 778.16 905.78
15 Funds passed to other Charities 10 8,114.00 1,075.50 9,189.50 843.05
16 Other Outgoings 11 1,166.41 2,930.08 4,096.49 26,137.32
17 Total 10-16 92,710.69 4,005.58 - 96,716.27 102,150.23
18 Net income/(expenditure) (9-17) (12,441.61) (390.56) - (12,832.17) 4,189.61
19 Transfers between funds 2,998.51 (2,998.51) -
20 Net movement in funds 18+19 (9,443.10) (3,389.07) - (12,832.17) 4,189.61
Reconciliation of funds:
21 Total funds brought forward 57,681.56 22,090.41 13.78 79,785.75 75,596.14
22 Total funds carried forward 20+21 48,238.46 18,701.34 13.78 66,953.58 79,785.75
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Page **3** of **10** **Cleveland and Danby Circuit** **13 / 07** ## **Name of Church** ## **Guisborough Methodist Church** ## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES** **----- Start of picture text -----**
CLOSING
OPENING BALANCES
CHURCH - CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 August 2019 BALANCES (1/9/21) (31/8/22)
f1 Cash in hand 270.00 -
f2 Bank Current Account 77,196.80 65,397.69
f3 Bank Deposit Account - -
f4 Central Finance Board 808.35 626.69
f5 Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes 13.78 13.78
f6 Other funds -
f7 SUB TOTAL - Church accounts 78,288.93 66,038.16
Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
f8 1,496.82 (it1) 915.42 (it1)
balance total see note 1) (it1)
f9 TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH 79,785.75 25 66,953.58 26
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## At At **----- Start of picture text -----**
OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES 1 September 2021 31 August 2022
g1 Investments - -
g2 Land & Buildings (see notes re Insurance value) 2,774,328.00 2,976,875.00
g3 Other Assets 77,582.00 83,246.00
- -
g4 Loan(s) - show amount outstanding at year end
g5 Other Liabilities - -
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Page **4** of **10** **Cleveland and Danby Circuit** **13 / 07** **Name of Church** ## **Guisborough Methodist Church** ## **Restricted Funds analysis** ## **Notes** ## **Note 1:-** ||**INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS**|**Receipts**||**Payments**||**Net Receipts/**
**Payments**||**Adj/Transfers**||**Opening Balances**
**(1/9/21)**||**Closing Balances**
**(31/8/22)**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |1|**Flower Fund**
**Tuesday Toddlers**
**Tuesday MwiB (Tuesday at 8)**
**Womens Fellowship**|355.00
291.65
394.50
1,427.57||436.33
261.00
210.00
1,182.79||(81.33)
30.65
184.50
244.78
-
-
-
-
-||170.00
(700.00)
(430.00)||89.67
475.53
579.27
352.35||178.34
506.18
63.77
167.13
-
-
-
-| |2||||||||||||| |3||||||||||||| |4||||||||||||| |5||||||||||||| |6||||||||||||| |7||||||||||||| |8||||||||||||| |9||||||||||||| ||**Sub total of Internal Organisations**
**funds**|**2,468.72**||**2,090.12**||**378.60**||**(960.00)**||**1,496.82**|**io1**|**915.42**| |||||||||||||| ||**Restricted Funds**|**Receipts**||**Payments**||**Net Receipts/**
**Payments**||**Adjustments**||**Opening Balances**
**(1/9/21)**||**Closing Balances**
**(31/8/22)**| |1|**Lay Worker Account (closed)**
**Benevolence fund in GA**
**Flower Fund in GA**
**Good Neighbours in GA**
**Tuesday MWiB in GA**
**Youth & Childrens Fund in GA**
**Lay Worker Reserves in GA**|-
30.80
40.00
-||-
-
30.00
393.00
416.96
-||-
30.80
10.00
(393.00)
(416.96)
-
||(100.00)
90.00
500.00
8,373.21
(10,901.72)||433.20
300.00
602.31
-
8,356.36
10,901.72||-
433.20
230.80
702.31
107.00
16,312.61
-| |2||||||||||||| |4||||||||||||| |6||||||||||||| |7||||||||||||| |8||||||||||||| |9||||||||||||| ||**Sub total of Restricted funds**|**70.80**||**839.96**||**(769.16)**||**(2,038.51)**||**20,593.59**||**17,785.92**| |||||||||||||| ||**Charities**|**Receipts**||**Payments**||**Net Receipts/**
**Payments**||**Adjustments**||**Opening Balances**
**(1/9/21)**||**Closing Balances**
**(31/8/22)**| |1|**World Mission Fund**
**Funeral Collections**|82.40
993.10||82.40
993.10||-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-||||-
-
-
-||-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-| |2||||||||||||| |3||||||||||||| |4||||||||||||| |5||||||||||||| |6||||||||||||| |7||||||||||||| |8||||||||||||| |9||||||||||||| ||**Sub total of Charities**|**1,075.50**||**1,075.50**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||||||**(390.56)**||**(2,998.51)**||**22,090.41**||| ||**Total Restricted Funds**|**3,615.02**||**4,005.58**||**(390.56)**||**(2,998.51)**||**22,090.41**||**18,701.34**| Page **5** of **10** **Cleveland and Danby Circuit** **13 / 07** ## **Name of Church** ## **Guisborough Methodist Church** Following the closure of the Lay Worker project and bank account before the end of last year, the accounts were left a reserve of the Gift Aided tax refund (£2,528) from 2019-2020 and a reserve created awaiting a decision of its donor as to how it should be either returned or utilised. The former of these has been utilised and transferred to this years gift aided tax rebate, which was lower as a consequence of the repayments last year from the Lay Worker closure. The issue of the other outstanding reserve was resolved in October 2021, when Methodist Connexion authorised those funds to be used for childrens and youth work at Guisborough Methodist Church, consequently £8,373 was allocated to the restricted reserve for Youth & Childrens Fund ## **Notes on Receipts** |1
**Donations**
Lay Worker Fund
General Fund
Legacy
**Total**
2
**Offerings and Tax Recovered**
Collections - Unrestricted
Tax refund - Unrestricted
GASDS Tax Refund
Collections - Restricted
Tax refund - Restricted
**Total**
3
**Lettings**
Church Premises
Aislaby Court
**Total**
4
**Grants from District/Circuit**
Connexion Grant to LW Fund
District Grant to LW Fund
Circuit Grant to LW Fund
Circuit Grant for Live Streaming costs
**Total**
5
**Fund Raising**
Coffee Mornings
Sunday Coffee
Fund Raising events
Fund Raising for Charities
Other Fund Raising
**Total**
6
**Other Receipts**
Internal Organisation receipts
LW Account - local grants etc
Printing & copying
Books & magazines etc
Benevolence Fund
Other Restricted Funds
Others
**Total**|**2020/21**|**2021/22**|| |---|---|---|---| ||527.50
-
3,846.26
292.82
500.00
-||| ||**4,873.76**|**292.82**|| ||||| ||**2020/21**|**2021/22**|| ||59,185.99
56,168.67||Collections & giving have declined since lockdown| ||12,756.62
11,581.79||| ||-
102.98
(1,159.29)
-
2,528.51
-||20/21 now received| ||||Closure of Lay Worker Project in May 2021| ||**73,311.83**|**67,853.44**|| ||||| ||**2020/21**|**2021/22**|| ||978.00
4,054.00||Church building now open for room rental| ||4,187.50
4,427.60||| ||**5,165.50**|**8,481.60**|| ||||| ||**2020/21**|**2021/22**|| ||10,000.00
-
10,000.00
-
813.39
-||Lay Worker Project ended May 2021.| ||864.38
-||Restoration of fund raising activities has been somewhat
unproductive| ||**21,677.77**|**-**|| ||||| ||**2020/21**|**2021/22**|| ||-
2,102.28
-
-||Restoration of fund raising activities has been somewhat
unproductive| ||100.00
430.12
-
-
343.05
82.40||| ||**443.05**|**2,614.80**|| ||||| ||**2020/21**|**2021/22**|Note that Tuesday MwiB (previously Tuesdat at 8) have moved their
banked funds to the Church Accounts to avoid charges etc..Activity
for most Internal Org'ns has increased this year compared to little
activity in previous year| ||520.25
2468.72
270.18
-||| ||-
150.48
60.00
-
-
-
6.21
70.80||| ||-
1,193.10||Funeral collections £993| ||**856.64**|**3,883.10**|| Page **6** of **10** **Cleveland and Danby Circuit** **13 / 07** ## **Name of Church Guisborough Methodist Church** ## **Notes on Expenditure** |7
**Maintenance**
Repairs
Equipment renewal
Cleaning
**Total**
8
**Insurance and Utilities**
Insurance
Electricity
Gas
Water
Telephone/WIFI
**Total**
9
**Worship Expenses**
Preachers expenses
Copyright/Licence exps
Lockdown Licences & expenses
Others
**Total**
10
**Funds passed to other Charities**
Funeral Collections for Charities
Methodist Charities
Other Charities
**Total**
11
**Other outgoings**
Layworker salary & expenses
Internal Organisation exps
Fruitful/Mission Expenses
Catering etc
Stationery & Admin
Food4All
Payroll Costs/Apprentice Levy
Benevolence Fund costs
Youth Fund costs
Bank Charges
Others
**Total**|**2020/21**|**2021/22**|| |---|---|---|---| ||3,388.98
6,443.16
1,924.90
2,909.76
7,671.76
7,968.01||H&S £2,287,Church Frontage repairs £4,000, Others £156| ||||Live Streaming/worship £1,732, Cleaning Eq £1,070| ||||| ||**12,985.64**|**17,320.93**|| ||||| ||**2020/21**|**2021/22**|| ||3,346.19
3,588.35||| ||671.51
2,003.58
1,289.61
5,899.82
420.00
10.00
638.13
649.44||Impact of Church reopening/increased energy costs and after
previous supplier went into liquidation| ||||Account still in credit| ||||New Telephone/WIFI contract arranged through Virgin| ||**6,365.44**|**12,151.19**|| ||||| ||**2020/21**|**2021/22**|| ||-
-
578.91
607.17
326.87
-
-
170.99||| ||**905.78**|**778.16**|| ||||| ||**2020/21**|**2021/22**|| ||-
993.10
||| ||843.05
8,196.40
-
-
**843.05**
**9,189.50**||Pension Reserve Appeal £7,964, Property Fund £150, World Mission
£82| ||||| ||||| ||**2020/21**|**2021/22**|| ||23,492.15
-

312.49
2,090.12||Lay worker resigned May 2021, no costs this year| ||||See comments on Int Org'ns receipts| ||183.41
28.99
-
477.02
90.62
-
-
567.92
-
200.00
-||| ||||Fellowship Meal £249, Other Supplies £228| ||||| ||||Relating to Layworker Project 2020-21| ||||| ||111.63
416.96
409.93
293.71
769.17
789.69||Youthwork now funded through General Acc reserve| ||||Reduced with use of Direct bank transfer payments| ||||Tuesday MWiB donations to Connexion MWiB £393| ||**26,137.32**|**4,096.49**|| Page **7** of **10** **Cleveland and Danby Circuit** **13 / 07** ## **Name of Church** ## **Guisborough Methodist Church** ## **MEMBERSHIP OF CHURCH COUNCIL 31 August 2022** ## **Minister :-** Rev John Henry ## **Stewards :-** Pat Anderson Dorothy Brown Sheila Crossman Bob Rogers Christine Smith Isabel Stuart Senior Steward & Secretary to Church Council Hinton Court/Secretary to Resources Committee ## **Treasurer :-** Peter Crabb ## **Property Secretary :-** **Secretary to Church Council :-** See above ## **General Church Meeting Appointees :-** In addition to the above Mel Bradley Rachael Cort Ken Darragh John Harrison Juanita Osborne Roma Ross Jenny Tyrie Sally Wardell Youth Work Prayer Co-ordinator Gift Aid Secretary/Good Neighbours Circuit Representative Junior Church co-ordinator MWIB/Keyholders Bookings Safeguarding officer Elaine Brough Michel Cort Shona Joselin Chris Hume Church Life Rep Linda Lister Church Life Rep Church Life Rep Richard Osborne Church Life Rep Church Life Rep Ruth Todd Church Life Rep Church Life Rep Joyce Turner Church Life Rep Page **8** of **10** Name ofchurch............................... Gulsl)orough Methodist Church Declarations and Scrutiny I conffi￿ that these Re(*ipl and Payment t)￿5￿ e￿nts lortM year lo 31 Auyust 2020 have been prepared from the records of Churth and that they inclLKle all fund5 underthe wntrol of Ihe Churd) Itustee5 Signature of trea5urer..... 10 Name and addrvss of Ireasurer...... Mr Peter Crabb 40 St Leonards Road. Gulsborough. TS1488U Pr¢gentatlon totho Ghur¢h tru6iw8 l {￿fi￿rn thatthe annual report and ar£ounts for the year efided 31 Augu$1 2022 wll ts pr￿nted lo the rnee*ng ofthe Church trustees held on Wedr￿daY, 19th October 2022 SvJnalure ofthe Chwr ofthe Meet￿ N8m8 oft￿* Chair of tha meeting . Rw K•vltt Xlghffield Ind0￿ndent Examln•ffs R•port to th• Trusto0s of thg Guis￿rough Methodist Church Chanty NLMnber........ 1128199 Responslblllueg and ba818 of r•port I repDrt ID the Iw5tses on my ex￿l￿allOn ofthe a>J•*I1 IL4TrJA wntroi Chuth io Mr P•i•rCMbb 40 St L•DMrd• ft￿¢. Ovl•bwouyh, T8141BU l¢)Mfyrn thotthè4nrvAI Tep(rftA￿ yèArwth 21 AuyAt 2mvJil t• wwthi*dtoth•rn•tro tslth• W•th•xd•y. l*th Oclot•r Z . Hlyhfvld Ind•p•1￿ Examln•rts R•portto theTn￿ ofthe Guknborough Methodl8t Church C￿rIty Mumber........ 1121499 XX￿￿￿7th ts ryWEtnEttsofthE Ch8ritiesAd.2011 ￿￿eA￿l. I rw *i re5peciofmyexxmin*knoftheChurth,sacu￿nts caftied OUtufthr¥￿￿￿￿ l45olthe&*¥￿. 14S5Mblofthp*