**Trinity Methodist Church Brentgovel Street Bury St Edmunds** 

## **Charity No. 1129116** 

## **Annual Trustees Report – Year ending 31[st] August 2020** 

**Membership** 129 

## **Management** 

Trinity Methodist Church is managed under The Methodist Church of Great Britain and its constitutions and policies are determined by that body’s Model trust and standing orders. Finance and Property matters are delegated to committees which report to the Church Council. 

## **Risk Management** 

The trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed, in particular, those related to land and buildings, and are satisfied that systems are in place to control and mitigate their exposure to these risks. 

## **Objectives** 

The calling of the Methodist Church is to respond to the Gospel of God’s Love in Christ and to live out its discipleship in worship and mission. Inspired by this calling the aims are: 

1. To increase awareness of God’s presence and celebrate God’s love. 

2. Help people grow and learn as Christians through mutual support and care. 

3. To encourage more people to follow Christ. 

4. To show a presence in local society by being aware of local needs. 

## **Activities** 

Regular activities 

Sunday Weekly morning worship including activities for children Messy Church – held monthly Monthly evening worship using different formats, or following different themes. 

Sunday worship has continued, during the pandemic, on Zoom with a printed service sheet and newsletter going to all members by email or post weekly. 

Monday Brownies 

Wednesday Coffee Morning until March 2020 Coffee and Chat in the afternoon on Zoom during the pandemic 



Saturday Seniors Lunch Club until March 2020 

Various housegroups meet regularly during the week and have continued to meet on Zoom during the pandemic. In many cases the membership of these groups has increased. 

There is an Events group who co-ordinate events throughout the year to encourage the social life of the church as well as fundraising both for the church and outside charities also. Events include Christmas Fayre, Quiz evening, talks and concerts. We hope that events will be able to restart after the COVID pandemic. 

## **Financial Review** 

Our income for the year was £89,671 slightly higher than the previous year. 

Expenditure was £65,584 giving a surplus of £24,087 

## **Reserves policy** 

## 1. General Fund 

We aim to hold in reserve funds to cover 6 months expenditure - £30,000 This is required to ensure: 

- i) We can meet normal expenditure without recourse to borrowing ii) To cover items not normally covered by the budget 



CHURCH
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
ACCOUNTS
THE METHODIST CHURCH
STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS
Trfnity Methodist
Church
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31 August 2020
Bury St Edmunds
Circuit
Circuit no
14103
Règistered Charity - Charity Registration number
, not a registered chartty Her Majestys Revenue and
Customs Gift Aid number
he HMRC number is equivalent to a registered thanty number in terms of eviden￿ of charitable
status and may be used lo give to donors or grant funders wishing to see eviden￿ 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)
1129116
Minister.
Reverend Debbie Borda
Church Stewards..
Mr Don Day
Mrs Linda Brandon
Mr Andrew INalker
Mr Adrian Romano
Treasurer.
Mrs Joy Inameti
Churth R aTrY P 2015.xls
1 of5

ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020
Trinty Methodist
Church
SECTION A
Unre5trthd Restricted Totals this
Funds
Funds
Totals last
year
RECEIPTS
Note
a2
Offerin
s and Tax recoveled
Bank and CFB interest and
InvestrTrent income
60.398
60.398
a3
165
165
a4
Letb'ngs
other receipts
TOTAL RECEIPTS
9.268
19,840
89.671
9.268
21.463
91.294
as
1.623
1,623
la71
SECTION B
b1
PAYMENTS
b2
Circuit Assessment or Share
Donations
46,790
46.790
b3
42
42
aits and Maintenance
ub"l￿eS (Insurances, water
charges, heating & l*Jhting)
5.891
1.775
7.666
b5
7,674
7,674
b6
b7
Other payments
TOTAL PAYMENTS
5.187
65,584
1,400
3,175
6.587
68.7S9
b8
(b9
SECTION C
NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS
FOR THE YEAR
c1
la6￿)
24.087
(1,552)
22.535
Total funds brought lorward from
last year
329
42,008
42.337
c6)
Sub total
c1+c2
24,416
40,456
64,872
T-9nsfers and ad'ustments
37,799
(37,799)
Ic71
TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR
(c3+c4)
62.215
2.657
64.872
Ic8)
Ic6)
SECTION D
FOR INFORMATION ONLY: AIONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS
(these amounts are not to be included in total receiptslpayrnnts figures above
Balance brou
ht forward from last
ear
OfferingslGifts- received for exlerrF81 organisations
OfferingslGifts - passed to extemal organwtions
BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID
(d1+d2413)
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ofan Internal C￿$1￿P5ati0n be Rs51rKtedfund5 ￿lt¢(￿l trAtth8ycoukl Used forany MetrKxJistwrp0$9. Thi% must
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th9 Oistnctand conr*¢ted DistriL% organ￿1￿￿.
IP4TERNAL
C4IGANISATIONS
ba￿Thre5
balan
¢2
c5
¢7
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anisltions fund5
¢8
e11
e12
-'rchac¢ounts (Its￿s
ght10￿￿rd fram PAge
2- totals tolumnl
1.294
68.759
Ic71
41337
64,872
Ic8
clo
BY CHURCH
91,294
68,759
Contsnwon a s¢paratesheet
necessaryand briry
totsls foward
42,337
64,872
lyl
TOTAL RECEiprs
TOTAL
PAYMEp4rs
SECTION F
TATEMENT OF
SSETS
ND
LME
CHURCH.CASH FiP4DS HELD at31 August202
Cash in hand
CLOSIN
BAL4NCES
Bank Currentlxount
12.649
37.547
Bank
Central Finance Board
27.325
Trusteesfor method￿ Chuth Pwpc6
SIIB TOTAL.Church a¢¢ounts
Tot¥1 funds heid by Internal Organi%aborsS
ck)siny balan¢etotal frorn le121
41337
64.872
Ic81
TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD 8Y CHURCH
42,337
64,872
ly)
SECTION G
At
31 AiJgu*2020
OTHER ASSETS atyj UABIUTIE5
I 2019
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I￿lUde gndo
Land & Buildings (see notès re ltsurance
walue
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Name ofchurch.... ................................................................
No.IiZq I
Declarations and Scrutiny
I confimi that these Re￿ipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2020 have been
prepared from the records of the Church and that they indude all funds under the control of the Church
trustees.
Signature of treasurer .
(,,[aoZO
Date.. !.LÈ...................
Name and address of treasurer . M (L
CL{LfbYU?: &w(LH s i
Ll
Post Code.i. P IQ bFR
Presentation lo the Church trustees
I confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2020 werelwill be.
presented to the meeting of the Church trustees held on
Signature of the Chair of the meeting
Name of the Chair of the meeting
ate.
Independent Examinerfs Report to the Trustees of the
--church
Charity Number .I l I b
Responsibilities and basis of report
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the .
for the year ended 31 August 2020 set out on pages .
Church
to
As the Church's tnjstees, you are
responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordan￿ wth the requirements of the Charities
Act 2011 ('the Act,).
2015 Church R aThJ P
4015

I report in respect of my examination of the Church's accounts carried OLrt under section 145 of the Act
and, in carying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable D1￿CtionS given by the Charity
Commission under section 145{5)Ib) of the Act.
delete or circle as appropriate
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Name of Church ...........
..L i-fr-LA (LC È
No IizqIL
Independent Examinerfs Statement
I have completed my examination. I confim) that no material matters have come to my attention in
connection with the examination (other than that disclosed bek)w") which give me cause to believe that
in, any material respect=
the accounting records were nol kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of the Act" or
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
3ttention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be
reached.
I ljavelhave not. obtained independent verrfication of all invesbnents 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 eX￿sS of £10,000 {ten thousand pounds) at the balance
sheet date.
Signature of independent examiner
Name of independent examiner
bE@or,A11 LeLrfME
Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner B5: F rA
Name of firm (where appropriate)
Nlrt
Address 24 H&4LT5!!4gL
NOr￿kn) IL H
Post Code NA7
Date
2 NDvÉM6ER Zb%2e
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Sep-20
2015 chL¥th R and PJ
5015

CHURCH
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
ACCOUNTS
THE METHODIST CHURCH
STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS
Trfnity Methodist
Church
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31 August 2020
Bury St Edmunds
Circuit
Circuit no
14103
Règistered Charity - Charity Registration number
, not a registered chartty Her Majestys Revenue and
Customs Gift Aid number
he HMRC number is equivalent to a registered thanty number in terms of eviden￿ of charitable
status and may be used lo give to donors or grant funders wishing to see eviden￿ 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)
1129116
Minister.
Reverend Debbie Borda
Church Stewards..
Mr Don Day
Mrs Linda Brandon
Mr Andrew INalker
Mr Adrian Romano
Treasurer.
Mrs Joy Inameti
Churth R aTrY P 2015.xls
1 of5

ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020
Trinty Methodist
Church
SECTION A
Unre5trthd Restricted Totals this
Funds
Funds
Totals last
year
RECEIPTS
Note
a2
Offerin
s and Tax recoveled
Bank and CFB interest and
InvestrTrent income
60.398
60.398
a3
165
165
a4
Letb'ngs
other receipts
TOTAL RECEIPTS
9.268
19,840
89.671
9.268
21.463
91.294
as
1.623
1,623
la71
SECTION B
b1
PAYMENTS
b2
Circuit Assessment or Share
Donations
46,790
46.790
b3
42
42
aits and Maintenance
ub"l￿eS (Insurances, water
charges, heating & l*Jhting)
5.891
1.775
7.666
b5
7,674
7,674
b6
b7
Other payments
TOTAL PAYMENTS
5.187
65,584
1,400
3,175
6.587
68.7S9
b8
(b9
SECTION C
NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS
FOR THE YEAR
c1
la6￿)
24.087
(1,552)
22.535
Total funds brought lorward from
last year
329
42,008
42.337
c6)
Sub total
c1+c2
24,416
40,456
64,872
T-9nsfers and ad'ustments
37,799
(37,799)
Ic71
TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR
(c3+c4)
62.215
2.657
64.872
Ic8)
Ic6)
SECTION D
FOR INFORMATION ONLY: AIONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS
(these amounts are not to be included in total receiptslpayrnnts figures above
Balance brou
ht forward from last
ear
OfferingslGifts- received for exlerrF81 organisations
OfferingslGifts - passed to extemal organwtions
BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID
(d1+d2413)
Cjjurth Ratsi P2015.￿3
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Trin
methI￿15t
Church
SUMWIRYOF CHURCH ACC
CHSJICH COUPKI
SECTK)TrI E
Please follow theCuklar*e Note5 tr> com
tethis
Sumrnaryofthp Church acrnunts forthe yearended 31 AugL￿202oand In*mal tyni5ats￿sWP￿bwtr>theeh￿f¢h ¢￿tIv¢hUrCh Kl*ting. Notèthatthe funds
ofan Internal C￿$1￿P5ati0n be Rs51rKtedfund5 ￿lt¢(￿l trAtth8ycoukl Used forany MetrKxJistwrp0$9. Thi% must
be compw toaTrr￿althegr￿5S Incornè and exW¥Ji￿reIthl5(lth• Ctsjrch. ff uross Irwfje exceetsthpk£nA* thre5W. then thgAccruals rr￿ of
accounbllg AND A DIFFEREMf F(YiU rnust￿ accajrts PlÈasoTeferknttwgui(kn¢g ncles regardingtr*nsfers bets¥¢en
th9 Oistnctand conr*¢ted DistriL% organ￿1￿￿.
IP4TERNAL
C4IGANISATIONS
ba￿Thre5
balan
¢2
c5
¢7
Subtotal of IntemBI
anisltions fund5
¢8
e11
e12
-'rchac¢ounts (Its￿s
ght10￿￿rd fram PAge
2- totals tolumnl
1.294
68.759
Ic71
41337
64,872
Ic8
clo
BY CHURCH
91,294
68,759
Contsnwon a s¢paratesheet
necessaryand briry
totsls foward
42,337
64,872
lyl
TOTAL RECEiprs
TOTAL
PAYMEp4rs
SECTION F
TATEMENT OF
SSETS
ND
LME
CHURCH.CASH FiP4DS HELD at31 August202
Cash in hand
CLOSIN
BAL4NCES
Bank Currentlxount
12.649
37.547
Bank
Central Finance Board
27.325
Trusteesfor method￿ Chuth Pwpc6
SIIB TOTAL.Church a¢¢ounts
Tot¥1 funds heid by Internal Organi%aborsS
ck)siny balan¢etotal frorn le121
41337
64.872
Ic81
TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD 8Y CHURCH
42,337
64,872
ly)
SECTION G
At
31 AiJgu*2020
OTHER ASSETS atyj UABIUTIE5
I 2019
Investmerts
I￿lUde gndo
Land & Buildings (see notès re ltsurance
walue
.show anMwnt(utstsrvJ'
LAt4iitFps
f4 IndudÈthly Funds hddarthe Cetthl FinorKe Board
f5 IrKlude only Funds hekl al Ttustees formethodistchurch Pww5es
g1 Include anyotherinvesknents (nottrk(J5h fwts15
3tt5

IfLITVI i
MÉii40"?ISI
Name ofchurch.... ................................................................
No.IiZq I
Declarations and Scrutiny
I confimi that these Re￿ipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2020 have been
prepared from the records of the Church and that they indude all funds under the control of the Church
trustees.
Signature of treasurer .
(,,[aoZO
Date.. !.LÈ...................
Name and address of treasurer . M (L
CL{LfbYU?: &w(LH s i
Ll
Post Code.i. P IQ bFR
Presentation lo the Church trustees
I confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2020 werelwill be.
presented to the meeting of the Church trustees held on
Signature of the Chair of the meeting
Name of the Chair of the meeting
ate.
Independent Examinerfs Report to the Trustees of the
--church
Charity Number .I l I b
Responsibilities and basis of report
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the .
for the year ended 31 August 2020 set out on pages .
Church
to
As the Church's tnjstees, you are
responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordan￿ wth the requirements of the Charities
Act 2011 ('the Act,).
2015 Church R aThJ P
4015

I report in respect of my examination of the Church's accounts carried OLrt under section 145 of the Act
and, in carying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable D1￿CtionS given by the Charity
Commission under section 145{5)Ib) of the Act.
delete or circle as appropriate
2015 church R arvj P.¥
4of5

Name of Church ...........
..L i-fr-LA (LC È
No IizqIL
Independent Examinerfs Statement
I have completed my examination. I confim) that no material matters have come to my attention in
connection with the examination (other than that disclosed bek)w") which give me cause to believe that
in, any material respect=
the accounting records were nol kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of the Act" or
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
3ttention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be
reached.
I ljavelhave not. obtained independent verrfication of all invesbnents 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 eX￿sS of £10,000 {ten thousand pounds) at the balance
sheet date.
Signature of independent examiner
Name of independent examiner
bE@or,A11 LeLrfME
Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner B5: F rA
Name of firm (where appropriate)
Nlrt
Address 24 H&4LT5!!4gL
NOr￿kn) IL H
Post Code NA7
Date
2 NDvÉM6ER Zb%2e
delete or circle as appropriate
Sep-20
2015 chL¥th R and PJ
5015