2020-08-31-accounts - Lidgett Park Methodist Church

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TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR YEAR

1 SEPTEMBER 2019 to 31 AUGUST 2020

CHARITY NAME: LIDGETT PARK METHODIST CHURCH

Registered Charity Number 1129423

CHARITY’S PRINCIPAL ADDRESS: Lidgett Place

Leeds

LS8 1HG

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

The purposes of the Methodist Church are and shall be deemed to have been since the date of Union, the advancement of –

1) The Christian faith in accordance with the doctrinal standards and the discipline of the Methodist Church;
2) Any charitable purpose for the time being of any Connexional, district, circuit, local or other organization of the Methodist Church;
3) Any charitable purpose for the time being of any society or institutional subsidiary or ancillary to the Methodist Church;
4) Any purpose for the time being of any charity being a charity subsidiary or ancillary to the Methodist Church.

The principal activities of Lidgett Park Methodist Church are the provision of opportunities and facilities for regular Christian Worship and associated activities and provision of facilities for youth and other community activities.

To this end we:

1.Provide corporate worship and related activities for spiritual growth and the deepening of faith in God through Christ.

2.Express Christian love through mutual care and support and provide for fellowship for members and for others within the community.

3.Provide outreach of faith and witness within and beyond the local community and to extend the church family.

4.Raise the awareness of the church family of concerns experienced by our fellow Christians and others, in other countries, in this city and the neighbourhood.

In March 2019 the Church identified two priorities that they want to explore and develop further:

Encourage and develop our activities with Children and Young People, supporting those in particular that use our premises.
Encourage developing faith and provide opportunities for growth in Discipleship

In addition, the Church has an annual commitment to raise money for a local, national or international charitable cause. From April 2019 the church was raising money for two projects overseas - Oasis Relief Zambia and Sreepur Village, Bangladesh.

When planning our activities for the year, the Church leadership team considered the Commission’s guidance on public benefit, and in particular the specific guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. In particular, we try to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of our church community through:

Worship and prayer, learning about the Gospel, and developing their faith through participating in house groups, and church activities

Provision of pastoral care for church members, their families and friends

Community and outreach work and supporting the Church project.

To facilitate this work, it is essential that we maintain the fabric of the Church and its ancillary buildings. This is financed in part through letting many of the rooms to local groups and organisations. Activities run throughout the week and provide direct benefit to the local community (such as the provision of playgroups) as well as benefitting the Church.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

The year 2019/2020 was of course disrupted by the arrival of the Covid 19 virus which affected the church from March 2020 to the end of the church year in August. From March the church was closed for routine worship though services via zoom were developed and have been very successful. Church meetings and activities all ceased except for those that could be done on line via zoom.

Church lettings were dramatically reduced /stopped except for the playgroup and the pre-post school service provided by Candystripe; these continuing on and off depending on the nature of the lockdown rules.

The membership of the Church and those attending regular worship (up to March 2020) has been broadly stable with a few new attendees balancing out a few deaths and transfers. Numbers attending junior Church have increased slightly in the past twelve months.

The project for our overseas charities refered to above has still been a great success . In total we raised almost £14,000 and £7000 was sent to each of the two charities concerned.

The Church continues to support ‘Churches together in Roundhay’ which is an ecumenical collective , and has strong ecumenical relationships with St Edmund’s Church and St Andrew’s church as covenanting churches, worshipping frequently together and organizing annual shared events.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

The Church’s main source of funds is from freewill offerings by members and others, supplemented by income from rents paid by organisations for the use of rooms. Expenditure is needed for contributing to the maintenance of ministry in the local Methodist Circuit, for property expenses, for selective grants and for worship.

For 2019/20 , the accounts have been prepared on a receipts and payments basis rather than an accruals basis .

The accounts attached to this report for the year show that during the year 2019/20, the general (unrestricted) fund for the Church increased by £782 , with the closing balance at £12,930 .

Total assets (excluding buildings) including project funding, endowments, and restricted funds, amounted to £40,000 at 31 August 2020.

For 2019/20, the Church had a reserves policy that stated that the General Fund balance on the last day of the financial year should be at least 25% of the General Fund’s expenditure for that year, but should not exceed 50% .

General Funds may be transferred to a property repair fund on the advice of the finance committee. The amounts transferred and the overall value of the fund will relate to the predicted extra-ordinary items of maintenance and repair which can reasonably be expected to be required in the next five years.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE and MANAGEMENT

The governing document is the Deed of Union (1932) and the Methodist Church Act (1976)

The Local Church is governed by a Church Council consisting of Church members acting as Trustees. The Trustees consist of the Circuit Ministers, designated Church office holders ex officio and a number of other members by election.

The Church Council makes all key decisions relating to the day to day running of the Church unless delegated to one of the committees, (though it retains ultimate accountability). Some key decisions including the appointment of circuit ministers and the contribution that Churches shall make to the local Circuit, are made by the local Methodist Circuit (Leeds North and East Circuit of the Methodist Church).

The key committees of the Church which support the work of the Church Council are:

Finance Committee

Property Committee

Pastoral Committee

Worship Committee

The names of the current members of the Church Council (Charity Trustees) as at the date of this report are as follows :

Trustee Name Office held (if appropriate)

Rev Tanya Short

Minister and Chair of Church Council

Mrs J Sanders Church Council Secretary

Mr A Wittrick Church Treasurer Mr H Clinkard Church Steward Mrs S Wittrick Church Steward Mrs D Barton Church Steward Mrs J Dalton Church Steward Mrs V Faint Church Steward Mrs Joan Roberts Church steward Mr G Albiges Mrs R Albiges M/S B Ashton Mrs B Belsham Miss J Bennett Mr P Bennett Mrs K Benson Mrs P Brooke Mrs J Clinkard Rev R Creamer (Circuit Superintendent) Mrs P Davies Mrs M Farrar Mrs C Firth Mrs H Fry

Mrs J Green (circuit rep)

Mrs B Holmes

Mrs K. Illingworth

Mrs M Lee

Mrs M Leake

Mrs P Nolan Mrs J Rippin

Mr G Saunders

Mr C Tear

Mrs M Tear

This annual report was approved by the Church Stewards, the Church Treasurer and Minister in April 2021.

Dated 21 May 2021

CHURCH RECEIPTS ANO PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS Lld •tt Park Mathodllt Church FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2020 L8ed8 North and Eat Clrcult Circuit no 2712 R•gl8t•red Ch•rlty- Ch•rlty R•gl•tratlon numb•r If not a registered charity H•r M•Je•ty'• R•v•nu• •nd Cu8tom8 Glft Ald number IThe HMRC number 1$ equivalent to a registered charity number in tems of evidence of charitable ststus and may be used to give to donors or grant funder5 wishing 10 See evidence of the or9ani5ation's ¢hafrte status. Meih¢)thst chaf11$ In Eftglat and W*es a not wstered charities are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.2421 1129423 Minister. Rev Tan a Short Church StvNar(Is. Mr Plowaro Chnkard Mrs Susan Wittnck Mfs Jennifer Dalton MTS Dophne BRrton Mrs Ilai Faint Treasurer.. Mr Alan Wittrick P 2015 xl& 1d5

Accoupifs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 Lidgett Park Methodist Church Unr••trtctsd RMtrict•¢l Totsi• th1# Fund• Fund• Tol•l• l••t SECTION A R£CEiprs Offerin s and Tax recovered 8ank and CFB interest and Investment in¢ome 74,789 74,789 74,337 a3 43 72 Lettin 20,943 12 472 108.247 34,263 58,283 166,966 Other receipts TOTAL RECEIPTS 9,271 9,271 21.743 117,518 1•71 SECTION b1 PAYMENTS b2 Circurt As8888mgnl or Shafe 62.912 62.912 61,500 6,300 b3 Donation8 4.350 Re aifS anLI Maintenan¢8 Utilities Iln5urancefj, wat•r har es, healsn htin 2.$84 7.125 bs 14,210 14,210 13,869 b7 Other paymen18 TOTAL PAYMENTS 23,429 107,465 90 23,S19 107.70S 73.367 162,161 b8 Ib91 SECTION C NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR ¢1 782 9.031 9,813 4.794 Total funds brought forward from last yoar c2 12,148 16, 190 c6 23.544 Sub total ¢1+c2 12.930 25221 38,151 28,338 Transfers and ad"u8lmentS c7 c5 TOTAL FUNOS AT END OF YEAR Ic3+c41 12,930 25.221 38,151 28.338 Ic61 SECTION D FOR IIIFORIIJATIOPI ONLY: hlONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED OP4 TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIOP4S Ithe•e amounts arn not to b• Includ•d In total rnce5ptsl m•nts fi abov•l d1 Balance bfou hl forward from 81 28 d2 Offerin Grfts. ¥ed lor 8XtemBI o nts8tInts 1.608 d3 OfferingslGrfts - passed lo extemal organisations 1.326 3,316 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID Id1+d2431 310 chh R tyl P2015 xls 2of5

Lid at Park Mhcilist SECTrON E Surnrnary ofts Ch •)xunis ftylhe hEar erthd 31 Au9USt 2020 aw Internal oan4$•I0)S t•rtsttylO tr cTch CaUrrkn Vaetry 14Dlethal the ndS Gf ND A OIFFERENT FORM must r tr•nJfws t the thstr Ana 01slW OrganisaDo ORGAJIISAllQN8 a0nI1und lrt Grr 1 337 203 Drnmb G t7 ub ltstsl Im•1 8319 3770 chUh ithta bffvwjhi fvom p ?- IO¢¥li Eolumni 117.511 28,331 38,151 ey CHURCH 121,916 114.024 32,108 eontinu•on • wp•r•t• • If ind th• totsis towrd TOTAL RÈCEIPTS TQTIL PAYllellTS 8ecTroN F CL08mG LANCES CMUACM-eAIH FUNDS HELD 1131 C•h In ha 75 75 eank CuwiiAt£ththi e•nk P• A¢¢tyJni Cenlril Fin•ru Bo•rO 6405 Tfus•slor ¢hurth Pu Othw luTr 8LIB TOTAL. CnurEh ¢ounts 21.338 38,151 To1 frJnd• h• * h¢•m•i Im• 1770 l.J49 •12 TOTAL CASH FUIIDS HELD BY CHURCM 32,108 40.1]00 SECTIOIIO Al I S•pw¥2011 Ai 31 ALW812020 OTHER A8aET8 LBIL5 Inv•sthw L•ntt & &Jih11 -.5 LO8n LK9ts1thJ 14 InuLth atthèC•nirnl Fowrt• Bowd 15 Inty oty Furth hfjd al TDJ5teeJ ts metL Chwr* Pwr#xe gi Induae8ny oTht Invesbxerfs Inottrecash irn¥ts lix1S R•kntp

Name of Church .. Udqett Park methodlst Churth Declarations and Scrutiny I confirm that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2020 have been prepared from the fecords of the Church and that they Include all funds under the control of the Church trustees. Signature of treasurer 26/1 /2pil Name and address oftreasurer........ 9Th•C Adel L¢•¢$ LS1888G Prnsentstlon to tho Church tru•taes I confinn that the annual Teport and accounts for the year ended 31 A presented to the meéting of the Church trustees held on . st 2020 werehMIW lolo Signalure of the Chair of ihe meeting Name of the Chair of the meeting Date . Independent Examinerfs Report to the Trustees of the Lidgett Park methodlst Church Charlty Number.............. 1129423 Responslbilbties and basis of report I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounls of the . . Church for the year ended 31 August 2020 set out on pages . I toc. Asthech rch's trustees. you are responsible frjr the pparation of the accounls in accordance wtlh Ihe requirements of Ihe Charities Act 20111'lhe Act.). L,J ,p ¢.If /7ea,k 2015 R and P 4glS

Name of Church ............... Lidgett Park Methodist church Independent Examinor's Statement I have completed my examination. I confinn that no material matters have come to my attention In connection with the examinats'on (other than that disclosed below"} which give me cause to believe that in. ary rnaterol respect.. the accounting records were not kept in accordance with secbon 130 of the Act,. or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records. lthe lthe I have no concems and have come auoss no other matter5 In connecbon the ex7minatson to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. I Iw•lhave nor obtained independent verificats'on of all investments wth 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,OW (ten thousand pounds) at the balance 5haet date. Signature of independent examiner Name of independent examiner ..8.Npr& ..L4 ¥cy.¢.rf Relevant profewonal qualificabon of Independent examiner Name of firm (where appropriate) LIJA Address Post Code Date 15 FEl5RAll U)L.I ddete or orde as appropnate Sep-19 2015 r¢h R a1 P.A* 5015