## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/09/22 Period start date To 31/08/23 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 purposes 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 online services included**
**B) The provision of sacred space (a**
**building) for prayer and**
**contemplation**
**C) The teaching of Christianity**
**through sermons, courses and**
**small groups including zoom and**
**telephone**
**D) Pastoral work including visiting**
**the sick and bereaved**
**The provision of young peoples’ groups,**
**senior citizens’ groups etc with a**
**Christian ethos**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance|Para 1.18|**The Trustees have had regard to this**
**guidance**| issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit ## **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 including Sunday**
**morning worship and monthly**
**lunchtime services. This includes**
**streaming some of these services**
**for those unable to attend in**
**person**
**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 and lunchtime services**
**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 small house groups that**
**meet regularly and are open to**
**members and non-members alike**| **D) Members of our church regularly visit and support people who are ill including non-member. We try to offer comfort and practical support including lifts to hospital appointments and help with shopping etc E) We run the following groups on a regular basis – young people discussion group, two parent and toddler groups, prayer group In addition we make our premises available to Boys’ Brigade, Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Rainbows, Brownies, AA and Self Help Anxiety group** **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 and whilst reserves have reduced**
**during the Covid pandemic they remain**
**at an acceptable level although slightly**
**below the desired level **| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**To maintain a balance of £53,500 to cover**
**6 months expenditure**| |Amount of reservesheld|Para 1.22|**£45,298**| |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**| |**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**
**park letting.**| |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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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Ian Roberts|Treasurer||| ||Pauline Roberts|Steward||| ||LesleyEntwistle|Steward||| ||Christine Hynes|Steward||| ||Don Hines|||| ||Liz Harwood|||| ||Rachel Miller|||| ||Hugh Davies|||| ||Catherine Merrell|||| ||Carol Dodd|||| ||Graham Jackson|||| ||Matthew Davies|||| ||Laura Grewer|||| ||Dot Bretherton|||| ||Fiona Pearson|||| ||Ruth Brankin|||| ||David Taylor|||| ||Debbie Wadsworth|||| ||Olga Wood|||| |||||| – 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 From time to time funds are collected for other charities held in this capacity such as All We Can, Action for Children 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 Funds are identified separately in accounts but are generally safe custody and sent to the relevant charity within 1 month of being collected segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **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)** Ian Roberts **Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer **Chair, etc) Date** 4/12/23 **Altrincham Methodist Church 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 **To from** 01/09/2022 31/08/2023 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** **Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds Last year funds funds funds to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £** ## **A1 Receipts** |Offerings and tax recovered|Offerings and tax recovered|**36,762**||**-**||**-**|||**36,762**||**41,324**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Bank and CFB interest||**759**||**-**||**-**|||**759**||**57**| |Lettings||**61,879**||**-**||**-**|||**61,879**||**52,950**| |Other income||**14,373**||**1,050**||**-**|||**15,423**||**7,309**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_||**113,773**||**1,050**||**-**|||**114,823**||**101,640**| ||||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**|||||||||||| |**(see table).**|||||||||||| |||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||| |||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||||| ||**_Total receipts_**|**113,773**||**1,050**|||**-**||**114,823**||**101,640**| |**A3 Payments**|||||||||||| |Circuit assessment||**61,145**||**-**||**-**|||**61,145**||**67,578**| |Repairs and maintenance||**9,167**||**-**||**-**|||**9,167**||**9,439**| |Utilities||**13,527**||**-**||**-**|||**13,527**||**11,750**| |Otherpayments||**34,938**||**1,040**||**-**|||**35,978**||**41,391**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**_Sub total_ **|**118,777**||**1,040**||**-**|||**119,817**||**130,158**| ||||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**|||||||||||| |**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||||| |||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||| |||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||| ||**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||||| ||**_Total payments_**|**118,777**||**1,040**|||**-**||**119,817**||**130,158**| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**||**- 5,004**||**10**|||**-**||**- 4,994**||**- 28,518**| |**A5 Transfers between funds**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**A6 Cash funds**|**last year end**|**50,292**||**-**||**-**|||**50,292**||**78,809**| |**_Cash funds this year end_**||**45,288**||**10**|||**-**||**45,298**||**50,291**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 04/12/2023 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
TMCP
CFB
**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 £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**23,043**||**-**||**-**| |||**21,804**||**-**||**-**| |||**451**||**-**||**-**| |||**45,298**||**-**||**-**| |||||||OK| |||||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||||**4,072,255**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**When due**
**(optional)**| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||Date of
approval| |||||||| |||||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 04/12/2023 2 Name of Church .............. Atrincham Méthodist Independent Examinerfs Statement I have completed my examination. I confirm Ihat no material matters have come to my attèntion in connection with th8 examination (other than that disdosed below.) which give me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act: or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records. 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 b8 reached. I havelhave not. obtained independènt verifKation of all investrnents with the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts. bank balancés and fund8 at the Central Financ8 Board of the Methodist Church which are individually in exce&8 of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at the balanc8 sheet date. Signature of indapendent examiner Name of independent examiner Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner Name of firm (where appropriate) Address . Post Code .. Date delete or GirGI8 as appropriate churGhes-receipls-and-payn*nts-202311) 5of5