## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01/09/2020 Period start date To 31/08/2021 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Altrincham Methodist Church** ## **Charity registration number: 1129558** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The purposes of The Methodist Church**
**are, and shall have deemed to have**
**been since the date of the union, the**
**advancement of**
**A) The Christian faith in accordance**
**with the doctrinal standards and**
**the discipline of the Methodist**
**Church**
**B) The charitable purposes for the**
**time being of any Connexional**
**District, Circuit, local or other**
**organisation of the Methodist**
**church**
**C) Any charitable purpose for the**
**time being of any society or**
**institution subsidiary or ancillary**
**to the Methodist Church**
**Any purpose for the time being of any**
**charity being a charity subsidiary or**
**ancillary to the Methodist Church **| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**A) the provision of regular acts of**
**worship open to members of the**
**church and non-members alike**
**with on line services provided**
**during lockdown**
**B) the provision of sacred space (a**
**building) for prayer and**
**contemplation when lockdown**
**guidelines allow**
**C) the teachings of Christianity**
**through sermons, courses and**
**small groups including via zoom**
**and telephone**
**D) Pastoral work including visiting**
**the sick and bereaved as**
**lockdown guidelines allow**
**The provision of young people’s**
**groups, senior citizens groups etc with**
**a Christian ethos as lockdown**
**guidelines allow**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees have had regard to this**
**guidance**| |---|---|---| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**A) The church held regular public**
**services each Sunday: early**
**morning communion and**
**morning worship together with**
**regular Sunday evening worship**
**until the impact of Coronavirus**
**took hold and lockdown**
**guidelines came into effect.**
**During the morning service,**
**crèche facilities are provided so**
**that parents of younger children**
**can attend. Sunday club is run**
**enabling young people to**
**worship in a style more suited to**
**their needs.**
**With the impact of coronavirus**
**restrictions we have switched to mainly**
**online services available to members**
**and non-members alike**
**Additional services are held during**
**Christmas and Easter together with**| **special services for some of the groups that use our premises e.g. parent and toddler service, senior citizens lunch service, shoppers / office workers service when possible given lockdown restrictions B) In addition to the regular services we have a prayer chapel that is available for quiet prayer and contemplation with church members available for support if required C) Our services include regular Christian teaching in the form of sermons but we also run Bible study groups and prayer groups and have a number of small house groups that meet each month and are open to members and non-members alike D) Members of our church regularly visit and support people who are ill including non-members. We try to offer comfort and practical support including lifts to hospital and help with shopping etc E) We run the following groups on a regular basis – young people discussion group, weekly lunch and social group aimed at senior citizens but open to all ages, 2 parent and toddler groups, prayer group although many of these groups are currently unable to meet in person given lockdown restrictions In addition we make our premises available for Boys’ Brigade, Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, group working with adults with learning difficulties, anxiety group, AA as restrictions allow** ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |||| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity is considered to be**
**financially stable although reserves will**
**potentially reduce over the next 12**
**months due to a reduction in income**
**from room and car park letting due to**
**lockdown restrictions**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**To maintain a balance of £70,000 to**
**meet 7 months Circuit assessment at**
**£35,000 plus a further £35,000 to cover**
**general expenditure**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£78,809**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/a**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**None**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**None assuming coronavirus restrictions**
**do not continue post then end of 2021**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Members donations, room hire and car**
**parking although the latter two have**
**been significantly reduced for the time**
**being given the lockdown restrictions**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Governing document issued by The**
**Methodist Church**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Governing document issued by The**
**Methodist Church**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Elected by annual Church Council**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Altrincham Methodist Church| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|n/a| |Registered charity number|1129558| |Charity’s principal address|Barrington Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 1HF| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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22|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Rev. Janet Aspey|Chair||| ||Ian Roberts|Treasurer||| ||Pauline Roberts|Steward||| ||Christine Hynes|Steward||| ||Don Hines|||| ||Liz Harwood|||| ||Judith Cichocki|||| ||Rachel Miller|||| ||Hugh Davies|||| ||Catherine Merrell|||| ||Carol Dodd|||| ||Graham Jackson|||| ||Matthew Davies|||| ||Laura Grewer|||| ||Leslie Entwistle|Steward||| ||Dot Bretherton|||| ||Fiona Pearson|Secretary||| ||Ruth Brankin|||| ||David Taylor|||| ||Debbie Wadsworth|||| ||Rose Buckley|||| ||Kevin Jaquiss|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|From time to time funds are collected for other charities
such as All We Can, Action For Children, Oxfam etc| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own
assets|Funds are identified separately in accounts but are general
sent to the relevant charity within 7 / 10 days of being
collection| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**| |---|---|---| |**adviser**||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||Rev Janet Aspey|Ian Roberts| ||

Chair|Treasurer| ||10/03/2022|| ||10/03/2022|| **1129558 1129558** ## **ALTRINCHAM METHODIST CHURCH 1129558 Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts** **Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/09/2020 31/08/2021 |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**48,031**
**42**
**19,070**
**38,781**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**105,924**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**105,924**
**72,036**
**-**
**5,812**
**10,240**
**32,260**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**120,348**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**120,348**
**- 14,424**
**-**
**93,233**
**78,809**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**48,031**
**42**
**19,070**
**38,781**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**105,924**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**105,924**
**72,036**
**-**
**5,812**
**10,240**
**32,260**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**120,348**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**120,348**
**- 14,424**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Offerings and tax recovered|**48,031**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**48,031**||**51,415**| |Bank and CFB interest and investment
income|**42**|||**42**||**207**| |Lettings|**19,070**|||**19,070**||**53,831**| |Other receipts|**38,781**|||**38,781**||**41,184**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**105,924**|||**105,924**||**146,637**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| ||||**-**|**105,924**||**146,637**| |||||||| |
Circuit Assessment|**72,036**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**72,036**||**66,000**| |Donations|**-**|||**-**||**-**| |repairs and maintenance|**5,812**|||**5,812**||**5,435**| |Utilities|**10,240**|||**10,240**||**16,286**| |Otherpayments|**32,260**|||**32,260**||**39,644**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**120,348**|||**120,348**||**127,365**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||| ||**-**|||**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| ||||**-**|**120,348**||**127,365**| |||||||| ||**- 14,424**|**-**|**-**|**- 14,424**||**19,272**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**93,233**|**-**||**93,233**||**73,960**| ||**78,809**|**-**|**-**|**78,809**||**93,232**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 10/03/2022 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Bank c/a
Central Finance Board
TMCP
**Details**
**Details**
Land and buildings
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**47,304**||**-**||**-**| |||**435**||**-**||**-**| |||**31,069**||**-**||**-**| |||**78,808**||**-**||**-**| |||||||OK| |||||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||||**4,072,255**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**When due**
**(optional)**| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||Date of
approval| |||Ian Roberts||||10/10/2021| |||Rev Janet Aspey||||**25/01/2022**| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 10/03/2022 2 I