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TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR YEAR

1 SEPTEMBER 2020 to 31 AUGUST 2021

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. However, in view of the financial situation arising from COVID, the Church decided that the project for 20/21 would be to raise money to enhance the sound and visual systems within the church itself .

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 2020/2021 was of course still disrupted by the continuation of the Covid 19 virus which affected the church from March 2020 to the end of the church year in August (and beyond). The church was closed for routine worship off and on throughout the year though services via zoom were developed and have been very successful. Church meetings and activities all ceased in person except for those that could be done on line via zoom.

Church lettings were 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. (However, Candystripe ceased trading in September 2021 as a result of reduced numbers arising from Covid. )

The membership of the Church and those attending regular worship has been broadly stable with a few new attendees balancing out a few deaths and transfers. Junior Church has not met in its traditional form but a new ‘messy church’ was launched and has been successful.

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.

Post August 2021, activities are gradually returning to a new normal although lettings remain well down and numbers attending church in person have not yet recovered to pre-pandemic levels.

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 2020/21 , 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 2020/21, the general (unrestricted) fund for the Church decreased by £5281 , with the closing balance at £7,649 .

Total assets (excluding buildings) including project funding, endowments, and restricted funds, reduced to £23,852 at 31 August 2021.

For 2020/21, 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% .Our general reserves are now below the lower threshold and need to be increased.

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 Mrs S Wittrick Church Steward Mrs D Barton Church Steward Mrs J Dalton Church Steward Mrs V Faint Church Steward Mrs J Roberts Church steward Mr H Clinkard 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 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 Mr G Saunders Mr C Tear Mrs M Tear Dr S Pearson

This annual report was approved by the Chair of the Finance and property committees, the Church Treasurer and the Minister on behalf of the Church Council in May 2022.

Dated 26 May 2022

CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS Lldgett Park Church FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2021 Leeds Norlh and East Clrcuit Circuit no 27 Registered Charlty- Charity Reglstratlon numbor If not a registered charty Her Mafvstys Revenue and Customs Glft Ald number (The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in tenns of evthnce of charitable status and may be used to give to donors or grant funders wishing to see evidenrA of the organisation, charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are rt registered chanties are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242) 1129423 Minister. Rev T8n a Short Church St8wards.' Mr Hovrard Clinkard Mr5 Susan Wttinck Mrs Jennifer Dalion Mrs Daphne Barton Mrs Val Faint (to énd May 2021 } Mrs Joan Roberts Treasurer. Mr Alan Witirick Chuf¢* R and P 2015J 1rt5

upirs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 Lidgett Park Church Totsl$ l#¥1 CTION A Fund¥ CEIPTS erin s and Tax recovered nk and CFB intet and estment income 72.190 71190 14 14 43 ttin 12.413 2,202 86,819 12N13 12.301 96.918 20,943 21,743 117.518 her receipts TAL RECEIPTS 10,099 10,099 (a7) CTION B YMENTS rcuit Assessment or Share 61,761 61,781 14.000 5,887 62,912 4,500 2.564 nations airs and Malnlenance 'lities Ilnsurances, water ar , healin & lightr'ng) 5.887 12,978 12,978 14,210 her payments TAL PAYMENT8 11.474 92,100 18.440 113,066 23,519 107,705 CTION C RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS R THE YEAR 10.86 9,813 lal funds brought forward frc*r l year 12,930 25.221 38,151 28,338 b total c1+c2 7.649 14.354 nsfers and ad'ustments c7 TAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR fc3rt41 14.354 22,1)03 le8) 38,151 {c61 CTION D R INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS eso amounts are not to b8 Included In tolal rn¢el lance brou ht forvrard from last 310 28 erin sIGrft5- receNed for external nisations 1,917 1,608 ringslGrfts - passed to exlemal organtsatM)ns 2,267 1.326 LANCE STILL TO BE PAID (d1+d2-d3> 310 R a]kf P 2015.x 2of5

Park SE¢TIC4 E INTERNAL ORGANISATK)NS baLar¢es LadIG e2 1.738 ¢5 Sub tdal o Intwna lund• •11 •12 Church a¢COUNS brought loThrnrd Irom pog• 2-toW• ¢rJlumrbl 11&14•) <¢7) 38.161 22.003 BY CHURCH 114148) 23.852 il neGsary)Y 101818 forward TOTAL SÉCTION F CL08WG CHIMICH-CAOM FUND8 HELD at 31 Cagh In haTrJ 76 78 Bank CurrnnlAcD2LM Bank Centra Financ Bogrd J21 Trymteej fryM2llvJthl Chur 36 OthBrfut 8UB TOTAL.ehurrh •ccourt• Total fund& hpk1 Dy htsmai CWdg*m e71 (e12 TOTAL CASH FUNDS FELD BY CHUR Ix) 23,852 SECTION G At 31 Myat2021 &8 Liablthe8 14 Ie(ty F5 hehl atthe cen FirMrKe 8rad 2•I5apx¢bRXP 3d5

Name of Church .. Lidgett Park Ilothodist Church Leods Declarations and Scrutiny I confimi that these Receipt and Paent based accounts for the year lo 31 August 2021 have been prepared from the records of the Church and that they include all funds under the control of the Church trustees. Signature of treasurer . Date... 1012 Name and address of treasurer . .. Mr Alan WrttrKk .. 9 The Drive, Adel. Leeds LS16 6BG Presentation to th• Church trust•8S I confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2021 were presented to the meeting of the Church trustees held on 21 October 2021 Signature of the Chair of the meeting Name of the Chair of the meeting .RovT Dat8 6.2-IL Independent Examinerfs Report to the Trustees of the .. W Park M8thcMlist Church Charity Number . 1129423 Responsibilities and basls of report S report to the trustees on my examinalion of the accounts of the Church for the year ended 31 August 2021 set oul on pages . l. to 3. As the Church's Irustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charrties Act 2011 ('the Acl,). 2015chJrch R P.)ts 4of5

Name of Church ... Lu4Èff Z7 Indepandont Examinerfs Statement I have completed my examination. I confimi thal no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examinalion (other than that disck)sed bel(M") which give me rause to believe thal in, any material respect.. the accounting records *Ere not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act: or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records. Ithe [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 underslanding of the accounts to be reached. l the[haVe not" obtained independenl verifKation of all investrnents 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 balance sheet date. Signature of independenl examiner Name of independent examiner Relevant professional qualification of independenl examiner FCCA Name of fiTrn (where appropriate) Address Post Code Date delete or circle as appropriate 2015 R arnl PJ 5crf5

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