## **NAILSEA METHODIST CHURCH** **TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023** **Page 1** ## **NAILSEA METHODIST CHURCH** ## **TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT** ## **YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023** **______________________________________________________________** The trustees present their report and the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 August 2023. ## **Reference and Administrative Information** **Registered charity number** 1128514 ## **Minister** Rev D Mallett ## **Church Stewards** Richard Lancaster Jane Powell Diane Todd Mark Mallett Ceri Bowen Lesley Rogers (For full list of trustees see page 7) ## **Principal office** Chapel Precinct 74 Silver Street Nailsea Bristol BS48 2DS Tel: 01275 854304 e-mail: methodist-church@outlook.com ## **Independent Examiner** Andrew Jordan FCA Haines Watts Chartered Accountants Bath House 6-8 Bath Street Bristol BS1 6HL ## **Bankers** HSBC Bristol Cabot Circus **Page 2** ## **NAILSEA METHODIST CHURCH** ## **TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT** ## **YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023** **______________________________________________________________** ## **Structure, Governance and Management** Nailsea Methodist Church is part of the Gordano Valley Circuit (No.15), in the Bristol District (No.7) within the Methodist Church in Great Britain (The Connexion). In all matters Nailsea Methodist Church is governed by "The Constitutional Practice and Discipline of the Methodist Church". All property is owned on Model Trusts controlled by the Managing Trustees (The Church Council), who govern all areas of Nailsea Methodist Church's activity. Membership of the Church Council is recorded in its minutes. Nailsea Methodist Church was registered as a charity on 12th March 2009. The purposes of the Methodist Church are defined in Section 4 of the Methodist Church Act of 1976: Purposes. The Purposes of the Methodist Church are and shall be deemed to have been since the union the advancement of- a) the Christian faith in accordance with the doctrinal standards and the discipline of the Methodist Church. b) any charitable purpose for the time being of any connexional, district, circuit, local or other organisation of the Methodist Church. c) any charitable purpose for the time being of any society or institution being a society or institution subsidiary or ancillary to the Methodist Church. d) any purpose for the time being of any charity being a charity subsidiary or ancillary to the Methodist Church. This report seeks to define the specific activities of Nailsea Methodist Church within the greater structure of the Methodist Connexion. All the activities of the Church are intended for public benefit, both spiritual and in service to the local community. ## **Trustees** The trustees who served the charity during the period are the members of the Church Council, shown on Page 7. New trustees are voted on by the General Church Meeting normally held in July each year. They are made aware of the financial position of the Church and of their responsibilities as trustees. Trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. ## **Organisation** The Church Council of Nailsea Methodist Church holds the responsibility of running its financial affairs. It is assisted in this role by the Property Management Team and the Church Stewards, operating within a budget approved by the Church Council. **Page 3** ## **NAILSEA METHODIST CHURCH** ## **TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT** ## **YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023** **______________________________________________________________** ## **Related Parties** One trustee, Corinne Day, was employed on a part time basis as Church Office Co-ordinator. During the year, aggregate donations from trustees amounted to £36,555 (2022 - £34,554) of which £9,127 (2022 - £8,520) related to restricted funds. Six loans, totalling £14,000 were made in previous years by trustees for refurbishment of the worship hall. £10,500 had been repaid by 31[st] August 2023, leaving £3,500 to be repaid over the next year. ## **Volunteers** Almost all the activities of the Church involve substantial work by volunteers, for example as Church Council members (trustees), office holders, committee members, activity group leaders and helpers. ## **Grant Making** The Church Council delegate the power to make grants and donations to the Mission Committee. This committee allocates grants of the order of £1,500 to various bodies and reports back to the Church Council. Additional grant funding of £500 was made to the Nailsea Connect Schools Work project. ## **Risks** The trustees have identified the major risks to which the charity is exposed. These risks are reviewed annually, and systems have been established to mitigate the risks. ## **Review of Developments, Activities and Achievements 2022 – 2023** We have achieved official recognition as a _Church of Sanctuary_ within the wider network of groups affiliated to City of Sanctuary. Over the past two years we have made endeavours to learn more about people seeking sanctuary and to embed practices of welcome and hospitality more deeply in church life. A celebration in July was both a high point and a springboard for timely further work in partnership with ecumenical friends from local refugee support groups. Our efforts to attract more people to worship and fellowship have included poignant and joyful celebrations of Christmas, Easter, and Pentecost alongside our monthly outreach café services. We have reestablished our church community lunches, and enjoyed walks, quizzes, and coffee gatherings together as well as quarterly worship with friends from West Town, Backwell. We have continued to foster discipleship and prayer through the regular ministry of our house groups and a very well-attended Lent Course. A monthly Wednesday morning service of Holy Communion was introduced in March, which we hope to grow over the coming year. We have established a link with the Mbereshi Mission Church in Northern Zambia and look forward to developing this relationship and expanding our understanding of global mission in today’s world. Post-pandemic attendance at Busy Bees has picked up since Christmas with new cohorts of parents, carers, babies, and toddlers. Both here and through Begin Well, Messy Church, Muddy Church, and Café Church, we continue to work hard at nurturing caring and faith-sharing relationships with children and families. Our witness to living sustainably in creation has been sustained and encouraged in worship and through the commitment of our Eco Church Group. **Page 4** ## **NAILSEA METHODIST CHURCH** ## **TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT** ## **YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023** **______________________________________________________________** As we give thanks for all this fruitfulness, we remain acutely aware of the challenges ahead of us. Church leaders have given much time this year to discussions about the reconfiguration of the Circuit in the light of falling membership and the connexional shortage of ministers. From September 2024, the Circuit plans to be served by three, not four ministers, and our section will include Yatton. The annual craft fair took place again in November and was back to normal. A total of 43 stalls included lots of different Christmas crafts, jewellery, fused glass, scarves, chocolate, wood items, knitted toys & clothes, soaps, cakes, weaved baskets, items made from horseshoes, table decorations, fair trade clothes, household items, items for pets . We also had our bric-a-brac, books & Girls‘ Brigade stalls, activities for children and of course our refreshments – including the ever-popular bacon butties and homemade cakes. All were really well supported. The total raised was some £2,700 and the Girls’ Brigade raised a record amount. From this sum we continue to support mission & outreach activities both locally and overseas. Other groups within the Church fellowship continue to meet regularly including the various house groups, Bookmark reading and discussion group, Hobbyhorse craft group, Film Club and Tuesday Fellowship. The Girls Brigade, now 32 years old, run a wide range of activities and currently have two young leaders and have been supported by girls taking their Duke of Edinburgh Award. As indicated in last year’s report a review of the Community Alcohol and Drug Misuse Forum took place during the year and the decision was made to disband the Forum, with the remaining funds being transferred to the Wellspring Counselling charity for work with young people. ## **Financial Review** 2022-23 saw the continuing recovery in activity following the previous two years disruption due to the Coronavirus lockdowns. At the start of the year, a deficit of some £10,000 was anticipated, but this was turned around with the benefit of specific donations and a legacy. The longer-term effect of high energy prices and inflation revealed a continuing deficit and a financial appeal for increased giving was made at Easter. The congregation responded generously to the appeal which enabled the budget to be brought back into balance in the full year. The accounts are divided into separate funds and accounts. ## **1. General Account** This includes the Church's main source of income - weekly and monthly "collection". Expenditure is principally the "assessment" paid to the Gordano Valley Circuit to cover Ministers' stipend and central Methodism and Circuit costs, together with the church's non-property related administration expenses. ## **2. Property Account** The income is made up of rent and room hire charges arising from the use of the Silver Street premises, balanced by expenditure on the maintenance, upkeep and administration of the premises. The property account is kept in balance, with any shortage of income transferred from the general account. **Page 5** ## **NAILSEA METHODIST CHURCH** ## **TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT** ## **YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023** **______________________________________________________________** ## **3. Designated and Restricted Funds** Within the general funds the Church Council has designated income from the installation of solar panels towards further energy efficiency initiatives and towards the refurbishment of the worship hall dais and lighting etc. The refurbishment project has additionally been financed grants from the District and All Churches Trust and loans from members. The funding for the families worker comes from specific donations. These funds have been treated as being restricted. The cost of the post to date has been largely met from restricted funds, with the remainder met from general (unrestricted) church funds. In recent years the Church Membership (together with Backwell) has funded the post on a full-time basis, the present commitment ending in August 2024. A number of internal organisations within the Church organisation hold separate funds, i.e., the Film Club, Tuesday fellowship, and the Girls Brigade which has its own bank account. The transactions for internal organisations have been recorded separately in the accounts. ## **4. Outreach** Income from Mission and Outreach comes partly from general church funds and partly from specific church collections or collections from church affiliated organisations that pass income through the church funds and on to nominated charities. Expenditure is by way of cash payments to nominated charities and Methodist organised charities, and by way of discounted room hire charges to one charitable organisation using the premises. ## **5. Accounting Policy** The accounts are presented on a receipts and payments basis using the Methodist Church standard form of accounts. ## **6. Reserves and Covid 19** Reserves are held to cover general or designated purposes and the general risks of unforeseen expenditure or a fall in anticipated income. Each year the trustees review the level of reserves. The trustees consider the church’s exposure to major risks in terms of their likely impact on its income resources and expenditure. In recent years, the trustees have adopted a policy of seeking to maintain a minimum reserve based on a sum advised by the Circuit in respect of the annual assessment and 50% of other expenditure. The minimum reserve based on this policy was some £45,000 at 31[st] August 2023.The trustees have also designated certain funds for family work, energy efficiency and repairs. On 31[st] August 2023, the reserves comprised: **Page 6** ## **NAILSEA METHODIST CHURCH** ## **TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT** ## **YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023** **______________________________________________________________** ||Designated|Restricted|Unrestricted|Total| |---|---|---|---|---| ||£|£|£|£| |General Reserve|||75,812|75,812| |Property Reserve|23,250|||23,250| |Funds for Worship Hall||||| |refurbishment||1,460||1,460| |Funds to finance the||||| |family worker post|13,046|11,292||24,338| |Funds designated for future energy||||| |efficiency work and refurbishment*|
2,679|||2.679| |**Total**|**38,975**|**12,752**|**75,812**|**127,539**| |Funds held on behalf of others:||||| |Year end balances of internal organisations||6,317||6,317| *£14,000 was loaned towards the Worship Hall refurbishment, of which £3,500 was repaid in 2021-22, £10,500 repaid in 2022-23 leaving £3,500 to be repaid in 2023-24. The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the trustees Rev D Mallett Chairman of the Meeting Mrs E Rose Church Council Secretary 5[th] February 2024 **Page 7** ## **NAILSEA METHODIST CHURCH** ## **TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT** ## **YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023** **______________________________________________________________** ## **Trustees** ## **Church Stewards:** ## **Representatives:** 1. Richard Lancaster 1. Trevor Bowen (to 8[th] Nov 2022) 2. Jane Powell 2. Eleanor Espley 3. Diane Todd 3. Mike Poxon 4. Mark Mallett 4. Meryl Markall 5. Ceri Bowen 5. Joy Shipway 6. Lesley Rogers 6. Peter Todd 7. Alan Emery (to 16[th] July 2023) 8. Anita Dale 9. Jacqui Braithwaite (from 16[th] July 2023) 10. Phyllis Wilmott (from 16th July 2023) ## **Ex-officio & Church Council Membership:** |**Trustees**|**Trustees**| |---|---| |**Church Stewards:**
1. Richard Lancaster
2. Jane Powell
3. Diane Todd
4. Mark Mallett
5. Ceri Bowen
6. Lesley Rogers|**Representatives:**
1. Trevor Bowen (to 8thNov 2022)
2. Eleanor Espley
3. Mike Poxon
4. Meryl Markall
5. Joy Shipway
6. Peter Todd
7. Alan Emery (to 16thJuly 2023)
8. Anita Dale
9. Jacqui Braithwaite (from 16thJuly 2023)
10. Phyllis Wilmott (from 16th July 2023)| |**Ex-officio & Church Council Membership:**|| |1. Secretary
2. Treasurer
3. Pastoral Secretary
4. Families Worker
5. Centre Manager
6. Circuit Steward
**Representatives:**
7. Worship Planning
8. Mission
9. Property Management Team
10. Local Preacher
11. Junior Church
12. Girls Brigade
13. Administration
14. ICT Manager
15. Eco-Congregation representative
16. Christians Together in Nailsea
17. Safeguarding|Liz Rose
David Markall
Marian Emery
Patty-Lou Bryant
Mike Rose
Nigel Hardman
Felicity Gibb
David Sharp
Mike Rose
Marian Emery (to 16thJuly 2023)
Alan Emery (from 16thJuly 2023)
Rose Lancaster
Jane Powell / Officers on rotational basis
Corinne Day
Richard Lancaster
John Silvester
Marjorie Sharp
Jane Powell (from 5thOctober2022)| |**Ministers**
18. Deborah Mallett
19. Russell Herbert|| ## **CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS** # **THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS** |**STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS**|**STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS**|**STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS**| |---|---|---| |||| |**Nailsea Methodist Church**||| |FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31 August 2023||| |**District 7**|**Circuit 15**|| |**Registered Charity - Charity Registration number**
Minister:||| |||1128514| |||| |Rev Deborah Mallett||| |Church Stewards:||| |Richard Lancaster||| |Jane Powell
Diane Todd
Mark Mallett
Ceri Bowen
Lseley Rogers||| |Treasurer:||| |David Markall||| |||| 8 ## **ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023** ## **Nailsea Methodist Church** ||**SECTION A**|||**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**|**£**
**71,068**
**18,218**
**24,178**
**3,967**
**48,638**
**13,319**
**Totals this**
**year**|**£**
**71,068**
**18,218**
**24,178**
**3,967**
**48,638**
**13,319**
**Totals this**
**year**|**Totals last**
**year**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||**£**|**£**|**£**||**£**| |a1|**RECEIPTS**||**Note**|||||| |a2|Offerings and tax recovered|||71,068||**71,068**||61,118| |a3|Ad Hoc donations and legacies|||17,554|664|**18,218**||9,700| |a4|FamilyWorker contributions||||24,178|**24,178**||20,906| |a5|District Grant|||||||| |a6|Bank and CFB interest and
Investment income|||3,967||**3,967**||403| |a7|Lettings|||48,638||**48,638**||40,195| |a8|Government furlough, additional
restrictions and restartgrants|||||||3,339| |a9|Other receipts|||13,319||**13,319**||13,975| |a10|**SUB-TOTAL (AR)**|||**154,546**|**24,842**|**179,388**|(a10)|**149,636**| |a11|Loans|||||||| |a12|**TOTAL RECEIPTS**|||**154,546**|**24,842**|**179,388**|(a12)|**149,636**| ||**SECTION B**|**SECTION B**|**SECTION B**|||**55,534**
**27,492**
**1,900**
**18,193**
**15,653**
**43,863**|**55,534**
**27,492**
**1,900**
**18,193**
**15,653**
**43,863**||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |b1|**PAYMENTS**||||||||| |b2|Circuit Assessment or Share|||55,534||**55,534**||52,139|| |b3|FamilyWorker||||27,492|**27,492**||26,299|| |b4|Donations|||1,900||**1,900**||1,900|| |b5|Repairs and Maintenance|||17,743|450|**18,193**||19,752|| |b6|Utilities (Insurances, water
charges,heating& lighting)|||15,653||**15,653**||11,861|| |b7|Otherpayments|||43,863||**43,863**||33,463|| |b8|**SUB-TOTAL**|||**134,693**|**27,942**|**162,635**|(b9)|**145,414**|| |b9|Loans repaid|||3,500|3,500|**7,000**||3,500|| |b10|**TOTAL PAYMENTS**|||**138,193**|**31,442**|**169,635**|(b10)|**148,914**|| |||||||**9,753**|||| ||**SECTION C**||||||||| |c1|**NET RECEIPTS (PAYMENTS)**
**FOR THE YEAR**
(a12-b10)|||16,353|(6,600)|**9,753**||722|| ||||||||||| |c2|Total funds brought forward from
last year|||98,434|19,352|**117,786**|(c6)|117,064|| |||||||**127,539**|||| |c3|(c1+c2)
**Sub total**|||114,787|12,752|**127,539**||**117,786**|| ||||||||||| |c4|Transfers and adjustments||||||(c7)||| ||||||||||| |c5|**TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR**
**(c3+c4)**|||**114,787**|**12,752**|**127,539**|(c8)|**117,786**|**(c6)**| ||**SECTION D**||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |d|**£**
**FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS**
**(these amounts are not to be included in total receipts/payments figures above)**||||**£**
| |d1|Balance brought forward from last year||||54| |d2|Offerings/Gifts - received for external organisations||7,077||8,691| |d3|Offerings/Gifts - passed to external organisations||7,007||8,745| |d4|**BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID** (d1+d2-d3)||**70**||| 9 Nailsea Methodist Church ## **SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL** ## **SECTION E** ||**SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL**|**SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL**|**SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL**|**SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL**|**SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL**|**SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL**|**SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL**|**SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL**|**SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL**|**SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL**|**SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL**|**SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**SECTION E**|||||||||||| ||**INTERNAL**
**ORGANISATIONS**|Receipts
£||Payments £||Net Receipts/
Payments
£|Adjustments
£||Opening balances
£||Closing balances
£|| |e1|Film Club|584||584|||||15||15|| |e2|Hobby Horse|705||830||(125)|||125|||| |e3|Tuesday Fellowship|1,421||1,632||(211)|||700||489|| |e4|Girls Brigade|2,086||2,956||(870)|||6,683||5,813|| |e5|Community Drug Misuse
Forum|36||6,145||(6,109)|||6,109|||| |e6|**Sub total of Internal**
**Organisations funds**|**4,832**||**12,147**||**(7,315)**|||**13,632**|(e11)|**6,317**|(e12)| |e7|**Church accounts (totals**
**brought forward from page**
**2 - totals column)**|**179,388**||**169,635**|(b10)|**9,753**||(c7|)
**117,786**|(c6)|**127,539**|(c8)| |e8|**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD**
**BY CHURCH**|**184,220**||**181,782**||**2,438**|**131,418**
(x)||**131,418**|(x)|**133,856**|(y)| |||**TOTAL RECEIPTS**||**TOTAL**
**PAYMENTS**||||||||| ## **SECTION F** ## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES** ||**STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES**|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Cash in hand
Bank Current Account
Bank Deposit Account
**CHURCH - CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 August 2023**
Central Finance Board
Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
Other funds
**SUB TOTAL - Church accounts**
Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
balance total from above) (e12)
**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH**|**OPENING**
**BALANCES**
**1st Sept 2022**||**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Endowment**
**Funds**
12,752
**12,752**
**6,317**
**19,069**
**CLOSING BALANCES**||**Total 31st Aug**
**2023**|| |f1|Cash in hand|50|(c6)
(e11)|50|||50|| |f2|Bank Current Account|13,319||1,783|||1,783|| |f3|Bank Deposit Account|3,006||||||| |f4|Central Finance Board|101,411||112,954|12,752||125,706|| |f5|Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes|||||||| |f6|Other funds|||||||| |f7|**SUB TOTAL - Church accounts**|**117,786**||**114,787**|**12,752**||**127,539**|(c8)| |f8|Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
balance total from above) (e12)|**13,632**|||||**6,317**|(e12)| |f9|**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH**|**131,418**|(x)|**114,787**|||**133,856**|(y)| |||||||||| ||**SECTION G**
**OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES**
Investments
Land & Buildings(note 1)
Buildings Contents(Insured Value)
Other Assets - Debtors and Prepayments
Liabilities - Loans
Other Liabilities - Creditors|**1st Sept 2022**
631
4,117,671
255,756
13,728
10,500
768||**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**
**Funds**|**Endowment**
**Funds**
605|**Total 31 Aug**
**2023**
605
4,717,344
292,071
18,798
3,500
730|| |g1|Investments|631||||605|605|| |g2|Land & Buildings(note 1)|4,117,671||4,717,344|||4,717,344|| |g3|Buildings Contents(Insured Value)|255,756||292,071|||292,071|| |g4|Other Assets - Debtors and Prepayments|13,728||18,798|||18,798|| |g5|Liabilities - Loans|10,500||3,500|||3,500|| |g6|Other Liabilities - Creditors|768||730|||730|| Notes: - 1 Land and Buildings and Contents are shown at the insured value which was last assessed by Methodist Insurance in June 2023 10 ## **DECLARATIONS** ## **Treasurer** I confirm that I have prepared the accounts set out on pages 1-3 from the records of the Church and that they include all funds under the control of the Church Council **----- Start of picture text -----**
Signature of Treasurer Date 19th January 2024
Name David Markall
Address 3 Huntley Grove, Nailsea, Bristol BS48 2UQ
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## **Presentation to the Nailsea Methodist Church Council for approval** I confirm that the Accounts have been presented to the Church Council on 5th February 2024 and were approved. Signature of the Chair of the meeting Name of the Chair of the meeting Rev Deborah Mallett Date 5th February 2024 11 **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** |**On accounts for the year**
**ended**
**Set out on pages**
**Report to the trustees/**
**members of**|Nailsea Methodist Church|Nailsea Methodist Church|Nailsea Methodist Church| |---|---|---|---| ||||| ||31st August 2023|Charity
no|1128514| ||||| ||8-11||| I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/08/2023 As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or ## **Independent examiner's statement** - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ## **Signed:** ## **Name:** ## **Relevant professional qualification(s) or body Address:** ||7th February 2024| |---|---| ||| |Andrew Jordan FCA|| ||| |ICAEW|| ||| |Haines Watts, Bath House, 6 - 8 Bath Street, Bristol BS1 6HL|| 12