CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS Wesley Methodisl Church {incluthng C1*5terton Methodist Churthl FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2020 Cambrfdge Circuit Circuit no 14126 Reglgterad Charfty- Charlty Registration nun* If not a registered charity Hor Maigstys Revènue arKI Customs Glft Ald number (The HMRC nLMnber is equivaFent to 8 registered charity number in terms of evKlence of charitable status and may be used to give to donors or grant fvnders wtshing to see evidence of the organi5atron's charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not regi5t8red chariti85 are excepted from registration urKler Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242) 1129303 Minister. Revd Colin Smtth Church Stewards: Lynda M8harry Rachel Hallam Barbar8 Sirid&r Graham Burghall nan Mathntosh Treasurer. Paul Ashley 2015<*wth R * P.AIF 4olS ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 Wwley M8thc4JistChuri* IlncludlTrJ Chesterton M8thrAIF¥tChurchl T¢)tsls last SECTION A Fund¥ RECEIPTS Offerin S 8nd Tax recovered Bank and CFB interest and InYe$tMent incom8 134.985 985 a3 958 94 Lettin 63,475 39,217 237.923 102717 as Othèr receipts TOTAL RE¢￿pTs 31,682 230.388 17.370 234,971 7.536 lan SECTION b1 PAYMENTS b2 Ciffull Assessment or Share 97.728 97.728 94,258 b3 Donation8 airs and Ilainlenance Utilities (Insurances, waler cha es. healin htin 28,955 b5 Staff b7 Othef payments TOTAL PAYMENTS 25,700 283.589 22.157 247.613 240.981 $88 Ib91 SECTION C NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR 01 Totsl funrjs brou9hl fomard from last year 273.822 71,418 34S 238.38 &57,880 Sub totsl ¢l+e2 36.3B4 Transfers and ad'u8tments 2,636 2.63$ c7 c5 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR (c3+c41 33.728 299,593 Ic8) 345.238.38 {eSl SECTION D FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO ExfERNALORGANISATIONS {the8e amounts 4r# not to bo included in total payrnents flguTes above) d1 Balance brou hl foTwar(S from last 2,601 2,750 Offarin sIGifts- received forextemal o anisathons OfferingslGlfts - passed lo external organisations 10,560 5,758 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID d14d2413) 32 2.601 aTrlSc#wroh R •XKI P.>J• 4(*5 SEC7￿ E ORQANtsATIC*4 Subld81 d Itrteinql el? ¢hur¢haccfJuTrtsOd41 2-tDt*l# Col￿￿￿) 297.923 BY¢HURCH 237. TOTJL FAYIXIITS If1￿1•F•ry￿N thg 3EClm F CLOSWts CHUKH-¢ASM FUPW HELD4iJ1 C£Eh In 19T.en 15gn17 {1.47n (9.2541 299 67 tunde lnlml0rq￿lskn1tr￿f￿￿ et¢*EI Iromatvxql l+t21 1&'.2) TOTNLCASH PUIIDSHELDVICHLIICH 345238 (xi 299.5B7 SECTIQNO jj9￿ 2 OTrERASSETS * LL•kYUrnS e¢•rth ￿ Ir*uranr*v4k 14 117 eA8 14117846 342 938 at er L￿￿11 14 d5 Name of Church .. Wesley M•thodlst Churrh {includkng Chest¢rton MBthodl* Church) Declarations and Scrutiny I confim that these Receipl and Payment based acccahts for the year to 31 August 2020 have been prepared from the records of the Church and that tPw indude all funds Lmder the control of the Chur¢ trustees. Signature oftreasurer................................ Name and address of ￿aSurer........ 59 Gilbert Road. Cam￿1 .. PostCode.................CB43NZ Presgntatlon to the Church trustOOS l ¢onfimi that the annual report ar￿ acojunts for the yearended 31 ￿guSt 2020 presented to the meeting of the Churth trustees held on 19 November2020................. Signature of the Chair of the trseetirvJ Name of the Chair of the meeting .. Revd Colln Smith Independent ExamIne￿6 Report to the Trustees of the Wesley Methodist Church (Including Chesterton Methodlst Church> Charlty Numbfrr 1129303 RespOnslblllt￿S and basls of report I report to the tnjstees on my examination of Ihe aCc￿rrtS of the Wesley Methodlst Church Church for the year ended 31 August 2020 set out on pages 1 to 3 As the Church's trustees. you a￿ responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance wfjlh the requiternents of the Chaiities Act 2011 I'the Act,). I report In respect of my examination of the Church's accounts (xrried ￿t under seclJon 145 01 the Act and, in Carr￿ng out my examination. I have f￿r￿ed all the ap￿l￿b￿ Dire(#ions given by the Charity Commission under Secti￿ 145(5){b) of the ACL ' delete or drcle as appropriate 2015&uth Rand PA• 4Lrf5 kl¢ol& ...Nelh.odi3t Chufch Name of Church .... 119303 Independent Examinerfs Statement I have completed my examination. I confinn that no material matte[3 have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed belo￿> ￿[¢￿ give me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. the accounting records were not kepl in accordan￿ section 130 of the Ac( or the accounts do not accord with Ihe accounting records. [the [the I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. I havelhave not" obtsined independent vertfication of all investments 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 excess of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at the balan￿ sheet date. Signature of independent examiner Name of independent examiner Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner Name of firm (where appropriate) Add￿8$ 115c Post Code C6u IX& Date delete or cirde as appropriate Sep-19 2015 church R and P.xls 4of5 ## **WESLEY CHURCH CAMBRIDGE** ## **Trustees Annual Report - year to 31[st] August 2020** ## **Required information** |**Required information**|| |---|---| |Charity name|Wesley Methodist Church, Cambridge| |Charity registration number|1129303| |Address:|Christ’s Pieces, Cambridge CB1 1LG| |Trustee names|Paul Ashley
Barbara Sinclair
Graham Burghall
Geoff Batty
Kathy Batty
Janet Davis
John Papaloizou
Lynda Meharry
Timothy Cliff
Rachel Hallam
Elaine Papaloizou
Rosemary Tice
Adrian Mackintosh
Margaret Skempton
Natalie Amery
Helen Garside-Hornby
Tricia Graves| |Structure and management|Wesley Methodist Church, as a charity, incorporates the physically
and numerically larger Wesley Church and the smaller Chesterton
Methodist Church.
Wesley Methodist Church is governed and managed in accordance
with the standing orders of the Methodist Church. The church is led
a minister who chairs the Church Council, the governing body. The
members of the Church Council, excluding the minister(s) and
representatives of external organisations, are the trustees of the
charity. Members of the Church Council are chosen by one of the
following processes: (1) Ministers appointed to the church by the
Methodist Church (2) ordinary members elected by the annual
General Church Meeting (3) stewards of the church, elected by the
annual General Church Meeting (4)_ex officio_officers of the church,
such as the treasurer, who are appointed by the Church Council
itself (5) representatives from the Methodist Church in the local
circuit.
The Church Council meets normally three times a year, and
receives reports from officers and organisations within the church.
Day-to-day management is devolved to the ministers, stewards, the
Finance & Property Committee, the Pastoral Committee, and the
officers of the church, such as the pastoral secretary, treasurer and
property steward.
Trustees must all be members of Wesley Methodist Church or
Chesterton Methodist Church. They serve for a period of six years
at a time, and may be reappointed.| ## **Objectives in the year** Our objectives are summarised in our mission statement: Our mission is to be a... _Worshipping Welcoming Witnessing Christian Community_ - with a distinctive Methodist character serving Cambridge and district. To that end, we intend… - To maintain a centre of Christian worship in the Methodist tradition, of high quality and in a wide variety of styles - To strengthen expressions of our fellowship and unity in Christ, through growth and nurture and pastoral care - To deepen the Christian knowledge and faith of the church community - To engage in effective outreach to those who live, work, study or play in central Cambridge - To serve the local community through individual participation and the use of our premises - To co-operate with other Churches and Christian workers in the city and in our circuit In particular, we intend to increase our efforts… - To reach out to children and young people - To welcome and integrate those who join our community - To provide adequate resources to reach our targets – resources of people, premises and money to reach our targets in: - Increasing small fellowship groups and extending other opportunities for Christian Education - Extending the use of premises for outreach and improve interaction with users - Improving and extending the use of technology for worship, administration and promotion. ## **Activities and achievements** _The year to August 2020 was severely disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. There was no Annual Church Meeting in the spring of 2020. The following summary is therefore based on reports presented to the Church Council on 3 February 2020 and 19 November 2020, and necessarily reports our activities in two halves of the year._ ## _**Wesley Church**_ In the **first half** of the year, worship and activities continued as normal: - Worship: regular worship in the nave on Sunday mornings, and in the Chapel on Sunday evenings. Midweek prayer meetings were also held in the Chapel. - First Friends: a weekly group for small children and carers, with a Christian ethos. - King Street Preschool: a weekly group for preschool children. - Science Meets Faith: a monthly evening meeting with invited speakers. - Foodcycle: an external organisation uses the premises to provide low/no cost meals to all comers, using food products from supermarkets that would otherwise be thrown away - Friday Centre: a lunch club for older members others in our church ‘family’. The premises continued to be used by a wide range of other organisations, including the NHS Blood Donation Service, community mutual support groups, music and dance, and others. Our pastoral outreach was affected and limited by the resignation of the newly appointed Pastoral Outreach Worker at the beginning of the year. Consideration of how to proceed thereafter was halted by the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. The premises remain in good condition and well maintained. The central heating boiler failed beyond repair in the autumn, and has now been replaced in its entirety. Our safeguarding policy was reviewed and reaffirmed. There have been no incidents reportable or of concern. The **second half** of the year brought a halt to almost all activities because of the pandemic lockdown and subsequent restrictions. - Worship. no regular in-person worship was held at all in this period. A wedding was held on 25 July 202 in accordance with requirements at the time. - Video services: since the end of April 2020, weekly services have been recorded in the Chapel. The only people present are the minister and the video camera operator, who normally leaves the space for the duration of the recording. The services are combined with readings recorded at home by members, and with recordings of hymns sung by the full congregation in previous years. The complete service is uploaded to YouTube for public viewing. They have proved popular with members of the church and with an unexpectedly large number of people further afield in the UK and other countries. - The King Street Preschool restarted when permitted, and has continued, but with smaller numbers. - First Friends, Science Meets Faith, Foodcycle, and the Friday Centre all ceased activities. - The only external organisation to continue using the premises were the NHS Blood Donation Service. The minister kept in pastoral contact with members of the church, remotely or distanced, as required by legislation, guidance, and the vulnerability of the persons concerned. The lay employee custodian of the premises remained in employment throughout the year, and the premises were fully maintained in the second half. The centre manager transferred to working from home, and was part time furloughed. ## _**Chesterton Church**_ In the **first half** of the year, worship and activities continued as normal: - Worship: regular Sunday morning worship either in the Chapel or, for all-age worship, in the Octagon. - Headway: the charity is a major user of the premises for several days each week - Little Music Makers: a community singing daytime group for children and their carers. It was brought under the management of the church during the year and will be financially supported by us. - The premises were used by a range of other community groups, for music, dance and other activities. In co-operation with Headway, the construction of a new DDA toilet block extension was commenced during the year – it was near complete at the end of August 2020. Plans are still in development for the construction of a new community café on land fronting Green End Road. Our partner, who would both build and operate the café, is New Meaning, a social enterprise that helps disadvantaged people to enter or re-enter employment. The **second half** of the year brought a halt to almost all activities because of the pandemic lockdown and subsequent restrictions. - Worship: no regular in person worship was held. Online worship commenced using Zoom, and has been popular. - Headway ceased all its activities at Chesterton, but was planning to return in September 2020. - Little Music Makers and other community groups halted all activity. The part time lay employee administrator remained in post. The construction of the toilet extension continued with some delay, and an extended construction programme. The premises remain in good condition and well maintained. ## **Financial review for year ended 31[st] August 2020** The registered charity consists of Wesley Church proper, and Chesterton Methodist Church, which is formally a ‘class’ of Wesley Church. The accounts ‘books’ are kept separate for each church. Our formal financial statements however, are combined with Chesterton Methodist Church for reporting to the Methodist Church and The Charity Commission. Even combined, our income is still below the threshold (£250,000) above which we would be legally required to employ professional experts to examine our accounts. Nevertheless we do so because the size and complexity of our accounts makes it difficult to find a suitable ‘lay’ independent examiner. Prentis & Co has acted as our independent examiner. ## _**Wesley Church**_ Wesley Church was already expecting to show a deficit in the year, but the pandemic made the situation much worse. About half of the deficit is attributable to the boiler replacement in the autumn, which was funded from reserves. The General Fund deficit of over £36,000 is mainly attributable to the loss of lettings income since March. A transfer of £30,000 from the Legacies & Donations fund was made earlier this summer to support cash flow in the General Fund. Giving by members has remained steady since March, as many people have switched to one-off donations or standing orders. We are obviously missing the Sunday collection from non-members. Regular giving overall is in the same range as recent years, though slightly down. Our overall financial position, in terms of ‘cash in the bank’, remains strong because of past legacies. During the year we became aware that land held by the trustees of the Betty Calow estate for the benefit of Wesley Church and five other charities was expected to be sold for development, with the proceeds to be distributed to the beneficiaries; they are likely substantially to exceed £100,000. Progress continued on reaching agreement with the proposed buyer/developer. There are no particular hold-ups, but it must be emphasised that it may be some years before we actually receive income. We make donations under our Planned Giving programme amounting to 10% of the previous year’s regular giving (collections and standing orders). Donations arising from giving in 2017-2018, amounting to £7,103.93, has not yet been distributed. From the year 2018-2019 we would now be ready to make donations of £7,232. These two items make up the bulk of the £15,050 in ‘Accounts Payable’. Three funds have now been closed: the Chinese International Fellowship, Pastoral Worker and First Friends, for which no activity is envisaged in the near future. Their balances have been merged with the General Fund. ## _**Chesterton Methodist Church**_ Chesterton made a loss of £1,471 in 2019-20 compared to a budgeted surplus of £1,698 (Table A, first column). We were actually on course to exceed the budget until the coronavirus pandemic, which halted income from lettings in the second half of the year. Giving by members was almost up to budget. Staff costs were much less than budget because the increase in hours anticipated to manage extra lettings did not materialise. Chesterton Methodist Church is engaged in a development project that has income and costs out of proportion to its normal finances. Therefore in these reports the Development Project has been separated from other ‘normal’ activities. In the past year Chesterton has also taken over responsibility for the Little Music Makers group, which has received funding from legacies and the Circuit Youth fund; this group is also shown separately. The current Phase 2a of the development project (construction of a toilet extension) was completion at the end of the year. We were fortunate to received generous donations from members, grants from the city council, from our partner, Headway, the circuit and district and other grant-making bodies. At the date of this report we have received a further £30,000 to add to the £26,500 reported here, sufficient to cover at least the bulk of the costs. Chesterton’s balance sheet remains stable, after excluding the Development Project income (Table B). We did not draw from the Trust Fund last year. ## _**Combined charity accounts**_ Then financial statements of the registered charity are dominated by the finances of Wesley Church. The charity made a net deficit of £45,646 in 2019-20, on income of £237,923 and expenditure of £283,569. The deficit was funded from reserves. We retain reserves of £299,593 (£265,864 in unrestricted funds and £33,728 in restricted funds). We also hold endowment funds whose value on 31 August 2020 was £133,982. _Paul Ashley, Treasurer_