## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 1st Sep 2019 **To** 31[st] Aug 2020
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1129207
Deptford Methodist Church/Mission
**Charity's principal address** 1 Creek Road
London
**Postcode SE8 3BT**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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||Omobolaji Nzekwe||||
||Bamikole Roberts||||
||Catherine Piombo||||
||Donatus Okoko||||
||Stephen Asare||||
||Daniel Tokenge||||
||MaryWhite||||
||Veronica Abbey||||
||Theodora Abbey
Tetteh||||
||Alison Christie||||
||Edet Okon||||
||Anna Cobbinah||||
||Kofi Antwi||||
||Olga Moore||||
||Nadette Okon||||
||Anastasia Brown
Dosoo||||
||Ini Okoko||||
||Anastasia Nketchi
Nnamani||||
||Tinu Ogundari||||
||JoyNnamani||||
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Deed of Union of the Methodist Church (1976) Type of governing document
(eg. trust deed, constitution)
Trustee appointment is by membership of the church council, which is How the charity is constituted made up of all church members under Methodist Standing Orders, as the (eg. trust, association, company) church has a membership of less than 49.
Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
The Trustees of the charity, as represented by the church council, have governance over the building and the daily work of the church.
The church is part of a wider local group of Methodist churches, the Southwark and Deptford Circuit, in which policy decisions about staffing and mission for the whole circuit are made.
Governing the work of the church and of all Methodist churches in Great Britain is the Methodist Church of Great Britain, the governing document of which is listed above as the governing document for this charity.
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
Deptford Methodist Church/Mission exists to share the love of God with all and to witness that Jesus Christ is Lord and Saviour of all. As a Mission it serves the community of Deptford and works with others to improve the lives of people in this diverse area with its challenges of poverty and other deprivation. We believe that our Christian faith should be seen in action serving others. The church is fully involved with the Disabled People’s Contact to help the elderly and disabled by having a day centre on its premises. The church encourages other agencies that are in sympathy with our general aims to use our building and help others. As part of the Southwark and Deptford Circuit it is committed
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to the wider work of the church in the world. As a Mission we take seriously John Wesley’s words ‘The world is my parish’. The church represents in its membership many different countries of the world, particularly from Africa, and so our service takes on a global significance. Deptford Methodist Church/Mission welcomes all by opening its doors to everyone whatever their situation. Weekly worship. Study groups. Pastoral care. Support of Contact Centre for older people.
**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)**
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
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You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
## Section D Achievements and performance
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## Section D Achievements and erformance p
|**Summary of the main**
**achievements of the charity**
**during the year**|Led and supported by the Minister, Stewards, Trustees and staff, we have
referred to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit
whenever we plan our mission statement objectives, activities and assess our
achievements.|
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## **Section E Financial review**
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
The church aims to hold six months’ worth of expenses in reserves, with a small surplus to pay for emergency repairs. This year we have had to draw on reserves to manage our expenditure given the reduced income from the membership and other organisations using the premises.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)** David Gillman **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc)**
**Date** 17th May 2021
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Independent Examinerfs
Report on the Accounts
Report to the trnsteesl
¢mbers of
DEPTFORD METHODIST MISSION
aCConts for the year
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31° Avgu5t 2020
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Respectiv¢ respbDsibiliti¢s of
trustees eJamiller
The ¢harity's trustKs consider that on audit is not required for this year (under section 43{2)
of the Chartli£s Act 1993 (the Act)) and that Indeident examination is Theedl.
It is my responsibility to
examine the accounts (uoder swtion 43 of the Actx
to follow the procdures laid th)wn in the General Directions given by the Charity
Commission (under sedion 43(7Xb) of the Act). and
to slate whether porticular matters have come to my attenti.
My examination wa5 carried (Mrt ill XCOTdance with General Directions given by the Chority
ComtlliSsÈoners. An examination in¢ludes a Teview of th¢ accounting records kept by tbe
charity and a cotllparison of the a¢¢Jnts presented with thos¢ retords. It a150 includes
consideration of any IU$Ual items or disclosures in the accoun and seeking explanations
from the trustees concerning any such matters. The prdureS undertak¢n do not provide
all the evidence that would be requi ID att ¥udi¢ and cons¢quently I do Dot express an
audit opinion the accounts.
Basiy of ldependent
examiner's ststemeDt
Independent
examiner's statement
In the couTre of my examination, matter has come to my atteDtM)n
which gives me re&soDable cause to lIeVe that itl. any Materi respe¢( the trust
bave Dot rn¢t the requirements to ensure thaL
proper cOUntIng records are kept (in a¢TCe with section 41 of the Act); and
accounts are epal which agree with the )UntIng records and comply with the
awuDting requirements of th¢ ACL or
2. to which, in my 0pitiio atteDtion should be thawn in order to enable a prop¢r
]dersthnding of the acc¢)wits to k reach¢4L
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