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Annual Report 2021-2022 ffi Aylesbury Methodist Church & Centre Buckinghamst. Aylesbury Bucks. HP20 2NQ T. 01296 42&526 E: office a lesbu methodists.o Registered chartty number: 1129749 lesbu methodists.or ini5ter: Rev. Richard Atkinson

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Welcome	2
Organisation	3-7
Youth	7-10
Activities	10-18
Charities	18-24
Contact	24
Finance	24-28

WELCOME

Report Summary – Rev. Richard Atkinson

Whilst writing this, our daughter has just gone down with Covid which is a reminder that this pernicious disease is still out there. However, we also know that thanks to the abilities of scientists and the phenomenal response of the NHS we are in a better position, and, in many ways, life is more normal.

The information contained within the Annual Report shows signs of greater normality as we have learnt to live in our new circumstances. It also means that as a church we have the chance to reset and ask what we can let go of and what else we might be able to do to build our mission and witness.

The Report gives us chance to reflect on what has been and contemplate that which might emerge in the hope that next year’s Report shows us to be a yet more dynamic community .

With thanks for your part in our ongoing life.

Blessings,

Richard

ORGANISATION

Governance – Peter Green

The Constitution Practice and Discipline (CPD) of the Methodist Church of Great Britain sets how we, as a part of that church, are governed. It can be downloaded from the Methodist Church website (www.methodist.org.uk). Changes to CPD can be voted on by the annual Methodist Conference, which includes representation for all the districts. We are part of the Northampton District and the Vale of Aylesbury Circuit.

The local decision-making body of each church is the church council, whose members are also the trustees. Last year, these trustees were:

Rev. Richard Atkinson, Jackie Simpson-Tyda, Roger Kirk, Gill Marks, Gill Nord, Kaz Tyda, Frances Aylen, Elaine Hope, Matilda Phiri, Derek Adams, Lusi Dirorimwe, Keith Wallace, Peter Green, Vivienne Kemp, Margaret Miskin, Albert Odro, Jennie Torpey, Arthur Sara, Pauline Noble, David Neville, Kevin Hardern, John Miskin, Sandie Steeden, Rae Garden, Paul Ingram, Lynn Bernstone, Nick Aylen and Tim Olufosoye.

At Aylesbury, the church council appoints church stewards and a leadership team. The church stewards ensure the smooth running of worship services and act as a conduit between minister and congregation. The leadership team includes church steward representation and acts as the executive arm of the church council.

The Methodist Church believes that God loves everyone unconditionally. In response, it urges its churches and members to do twelve things:

Pray daily Worship with others regularly Notice God in Scripture and the world Care for ourselves and those around us. Learn more about our faith Open with hospitality and generosity. Serve people in our communities and beyond. Flourish by caring for creation and all God’s gifts. Challenge injustice. Tell of the love of God. Live in a way that draws people to Jesus. Share our faith.

Leadership Team – Jennie Torpey

Congregation numbers continue to increase, with more people gradually feeling ready to return after the pandemic, and several new people joining. It has been heartening to see so many of the congregation meeting in the Hall after the service for coffee or tea and a chat. We have also had a record number of Baptisms in Sunday morning services.

Matt Forsyth District Mission Enabler

In May, as part of our Mission and Future Message, the District Mission Enabler, Matt Forsyth, began a series of events to encourage the Church to engage with communities, looking outwards, and building on current projects. Several other ways to share our Christian faith are being planned, with talks by members of the congregation during the Sunday service on their coming to faith, and courses available to attract new people.

The monthly Messy Church has gone from strength to strength, on a Saturday afternoon, offering crafts, games and stories, activities such as table tennis and

air hockey for the older children, and with afternoon tea to end. Many of the little ones attend our weekly Sunbeams Baby & Toddler group on Thursday mornings.

Many regular groups and individual hirers have now returned to the building, and our own groups such as Girls’ and Boys’ Brigades, Tuesday Fellowship and the Prayer Group have resumed meeting. A Social Badminton group has also started on a Friday afternoon.

The Coffee Bar in the Welcome Space has increasing numbers visiting, and is open on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday mornings at present, although, with more volunteers, it would be possible to open other days as well.

The Welcome Space is also host to the AMC Foodbank, in association with the Trussell Trust, on Monday evenings, between 7.30 and 9.00pm, offering a listening ear, issuing food parcels, and serving hot drinks and leftover food donated by Wenzels and Greggs. A box for donations towards the foodbank is available in the Welcome Space.

Sadly, after 33 years and sales of £673,277.40, the charity Cards for Good Causes has decided not to run a Christmas Card Shop from our Church any longer, as a result of increased on-line sales during the pandemic. This is disappointing news for the Church, the volunteer helpers, and of course, the customers.

Membership of the Leadership Team this year has been Rev Richard Atkinson, Kevin Hardern, Vivienne Kemp, Gill Marks, Margaret Miskin, Albert Odro, Tim Olofusoye and Jennie Torpey.

Property – Kevin Hardern

The church and community centre have come back into use during this year, much to everyone’s delight. We have concluded discussions with our neighbour regarding the rebuilding of the wall at the rear of the fire escape passage. This is at no cost to us, many thanks to a friendly neighbour.

We have also fixed a problem due to overflowing gutters by replacing them with much larger ones to take the fall from the roof, the resulting stain on the high ceiling in the church does need us to think about options for repainting without incurring significant cost. The retention for the heat shield is still ongoing, the church leadership team have decided to retain this for another year before transferring it into general fund as we are managing to work around the problem as we need to use it. The front doors have developed an intermittent problem which the suppliers are finding difficult to track down. Again, it seems we have managed to find a workaround when it happens, but we will keep onto this one.

Finally, the Property Stewards continue to provide support to Stoke Mandeville Methodist church on an ad hoc basis as requested by the circuit. Our thanks go to those who have committed to provide that extra support, Bob Bucknell, John Miskin and Paul Ingram in particular. As ever,

many thanks also to John and Roger Kirk who continue to open and shut the building, on a rota basis with myself, which does give more flexibility for lettings.

Communications – Peter Green

Our streamed Sunday services, which can be accessed from the Streaming button on the home page of the website, continues to be well used, especially by those who can no longer easily get to church. We are indebted to our Stream Team of Albert Odro, Harry Darku and Solo Awadzi for sharing the rota on this. Happily, the team has now expanded to include Tim Rolls and Steve Kemp.

In May, we posted the 540[th] Thought For The Day video on the website. In it, our minister Richard, who set up the programme at the onset of the pandemic and lockdowns, paid tribute to the core of local preachers who, together with him, had offered us a varied diet of food for thought, five times a week, every week since they started. As we have come out of the pandemic, the programme is now paused as other means of enriching our thinking and reflecting on our faith have become possible again.

Since the videos ceased, we have reverted to the previous practice of posting a variety of news items on the website each week. The purpose is to provide a shop window to newcomers to the area and others of something of our church’s interests, activities, actions, and values. Linked with each news item is a Facebook posting and Tweet. There is an open invitation for anyone to get involved on a regular or one-off help or advisory basis with our social media. Thanks again to Margaret Smith for her regular updating of our Calendar section.

Church Stewards – Gill Marks

The stewards at AMC are responsible for the smooth running of the Sunday morning services. They work closely together with the minister or visiting preacher to ensure everyone knows what is needed, when and where, every Sunday morning. They liaise with other groups within the church for special services like Easter, Christmas, Communion and the many Christenings we are now having, to make sure everything runs smoothly.

Every Sunday we have 2 stewards available; one to open up the church and one to close up after everything is finished. In the main, everything goes as planned. On the rare occasions it doesn’t, hopefully, most people don’t notice!

YOUTH

Boys’ Brigade – Steve Kemp

We have been delighted to return to normal face-to-face sessions this year. It is nice for everyone to take part in group and team activities again. Headquarters has expanded the resources available throughout the age groups for face-to-face activities and this has made it easier to put together interesting weekly programmes. We shared a joint Awards/Promotion Evening with the Girls' Brigade which gave parents and carers the opportunity to celebrate the achievements of boys and girls in the Brigades.

Before the summer break we presented the church with a rose for the front area to commemorate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. She was our patron for the duration of her reign.

The Boys’ Brigade party, with the minister, at the planting of the rose for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

As always, I am very grateful to all the officers and helpers and the continued support from all parents and carers that enables BB to run; I truly believe we make a difference to the boys' confidence, outlook, and sense of community. My special thanks go to John Miskin who retired as a BB officer at the end of this year after many years of service. He will continue to help as President's and King's Badge Coordinator.

– Girls’ Brigade Sarah Davidge and Dawn Wright

It has been an exciting year at 1[st] Aylesbury Girls Brigade with both an increase in numbers of girls and our 50[th] Anniversary.

We came back last September to face to face Girls Brigade, on a Monday evening, which we were all delighted about. It was so lovely to be able to chat, laugh and re

connect with each other.

Following a ‘Bring a Friend’ evening the numbers on a Monday night increased and we now regularly have over 20 girls each week playing games, listening to bible stories, discussing many topics from our environment to needs in our local community, making crafts and always laughing and making lots of noise. Some of our new girls had never been in a church before so it has been great to introduce them to the Christian Faith.

This year we celebrated 50 years since 1[st] Aylesbury Girls Brigade opened at Aylesbury Methodist Church. We had an afternoon tea for nearly 100 people followed by a Thanksgiving Service which all the girls took part in. The service was taken by our Chaplain Arthur Sara who has been a huge part of 1[st] Aylesbury over many years. We invited back previous girls, Officers and Captains of the Girls Brigade and were honoured to see so many coming and received some lovely messages afterwards. It was a fun afternoon sharing old memories and meeting with faces we had not seen in a long time – no one had aged! We look forward to many more years of 1[st] Aylesbury.

J Team - Vivienne Kemp

Our numbers have been building back slowly after lockdown. Although attendance is irregular, we generally have 4 or 5 children each week and continue to work in 2 groups, with our younger group focussing on bible stories and crafts and our older group discussing the bible and how it relates to our everyday lives. I’m very grateful to our J Team leaders, who have proved very adept and flexible; able to accommodate an extra 10 children from a christening party at a moment’s notice.

Sunbeams – Margaret Miskin

Our numbers continue to grow on a Thursday morning with new mums, dads and grandparents accompanied by their toddlers/babies. Everyone enjoys their time due to the amount of space we have, plus a varied selection of toys and bigger equipment such as slide and mini trampoline. This is the first year that we

have introduced a charge per session to keep us in line with other groups. This has enabled us to purchase some new toys. Everyone is welcome to join our happy group, so if you know someone who could benefit from coming, then please pass on our details. Many thanks to Elaine Hope who is with me every week, helping out in this truly wonderful place.

ACTIVITIES

AMC Greeting Cards – Janice Matthews and Rosemarie Bucknell

Janice and Rosemarie continue to provide a large variety of handmade crafted greetings cards appropriate for birthdays, anniversaries, weddings and all other like occasions. These are available to purchase from the display stand in the rear reception area.

The cards are attractively priced and the substantial income from sales is transferred into church funds periodically. Why pay more at local shops

for mass produced printed cards when you can have unique examples of superior quality at lower cost!

We are happy to create Personalised Cards to order. Please speak to one of us advising your requirements, you won’t be disappointed.

AMC Social Badminton Club – John Miskin

Friday 22[nd] October 2021 saw the first afternoon for the new badminton club. 4 people turned up. We now have a core of 10 people. Sometimes only 2 players have arrived which meant an energetic afternoon, but most afternoons there are 6 to 8 players.

We have a variety of standards of skill, but we all have a good time. We play from 2.00pm till 4.00pm with a tea & biscuit break halfway through, all for only £4.00 a session. From Oct 21 to the end Aug 22, we raised £626.00 for the church. Our only costs being for shuttles & biscuits.

If you fancy a go then please just turn up at 2.00pm on a Friday, we have spare rackets if you do not have one.

Banner Group – Brenda Horne

I am glad to report that we have a new member, who has joined us this session. We are currently finishing off a new "music banner " to be put next to the "choir" one and there are other ideas in the pipeline.

It is lovely to be back sewing again!!!

Bedgrove House Group – Rosemarie Bucknell

As the pandemic began to lessen our House Group met last November for our AGM and programme planning for the next year. Still wary of joining large gatherings of people, instead of our “Christmas Lunch” in January, we

had a soup lunch at a member’s home, and it was good to meet and chat with each other.

An afternoon in March found us drinking tea and asking Rev. Richard Atkinson various questions as part of our religious/spiritual theme. In June a few of us rambled gently in Wendover Woods enjoying the sunshine and spectacular views. On a fine evening in July, we held our annual Garden party in the back garden of one of our members, and it was enjoyed by all. In August we travelled to Whipsnade Village and enjoyed a visit to the Tree Cathedral (NT owned) and then moved to the Dunstable Downs Visitor Centre overlooking the downs for lunch.

In between visits out we have met for coffee or afternoon tea and have enjoyed meeting together and hearing everybody’s news.

Food Bank – Karen Crussell

Aylesbury Methodist Foodbank, run in conjunction with the Trussell Trust, launched in January 2022. We welcome between 10 and 12 guests each Monday evening in the Welcome Area.

We appreciate all the generous food donations you place in the white basket in the Welcome Space for the Food Project. We hand out food parcels to those in need and share out food donated at the end of the working day by Wenzels and Greggs to all those present. We serve tea, coffee, cakes, and biscuits and, latterly, toast as well (thanks to Wenzels). Food is an important part of what we do. However, at least as important, is the atmosphere of trust, safety and friendship we seek to create for everyone who visits us.

Any perishable food left over at the end of the evening goes to other organisations we have links with or the homeless guests in a local hotel who are being supported into housing by Bucks Council.

The Foodbank offers an atmosphere of trust, safety, and friendship.

Some of our guests have never had the easiest of lives, others are going through a temporary ‘blip’. We have rough sleepers who join us (we have recently given out sleeping bags and extra blankets to guests). We have also welcomed an illegal immigrant who has no recourse to public funds so sleeps rough and receives no financial or other help from the state whatsoever. We have someone who is currently being exploited by an

unscrupulous local landlord, being a victim of the Universal and Housing Benefit system. The delays in rent being paid means he could be asked to leave at any time and the landlord uses that as a lever to exploit him to do cheap labour so that, as he says, he can ‘keep her sweet’. We have seen one visitor I used to call Harry Potter, because he slept under the stairs in a block of flats, who succumbed to a breakdown at the beginning of lockdown after the death of his mother. He has overcome his heroin addiction, found a room in a shared house, and settled back into well-paid work and hopes to become a volunteer in due course.

We currently have 18 volunteers: six are members of AMC and seven are members of other Christian churches in Aylesbury. We would like to see more volunteers from AMC who are willing to accept the cost of this service, witnessing to the love of God in Christ, for the sake of the common good of our community. Quite apart from that, it is hugely rewarding, and you would be working alongside a friendly and motivated, enthusiastic team of volunteers.

Cards For Good Causes – John Miskin

It was with sadness that I had to announce that the Cards for Good Causes charity Christmas card shop would no longer be held at our church. Following Covid they found that more people were buying their cards on-line. This led them to the decision to only open their 80 biggest selling shops, and a few smaller one where they had free use of the premises. They closed all the other shops.

The 2010 Cards for Good Causes pop-up Christmas card shop in our church

Over the 33 years we have run the card shop we raised £673,277.40.

I would like to thank everyone who has helped in the shop, past and present. The companionship that we all had will be sadly missed.

Flower Arrangers – Melanie Dean

The Church Flower Arranging team have been kept busy on Friday mornings every week this last year with floral creations for the Welcome Space and the Church, going all out for the various celebrations.

The team are Janice Matthews, Edith Awadzi, Ruby Darku, Sue Kirk and me. We would welcome anyone who would like to come along on a Friday morning and arrange flowers with us. Even if you don’t have any experience, but are keen to learn, we have a wealth of knowledge between us, and will be happy to help you.

The Good Faith Book Club – Peter Green

In January this year, the club celebrated its tenth anniversary with its sixtieth book. It continues to fulfil its main purpose ‘to provide a forum for people to discuss matters of faith and what they believe, through the discussion of a book in a relaxed, convivial, non-threatening atmosphere’. It has also succeeded ‘to provide motivation for wider reading on matters spiritual’.

This year’s six books included a religious novel, an autobiography about a woman who became Pakistan’s leading squash player, despite the best efforts of the Taliban, another autobiography of a Nobel Peace Prize doctor on his work in Africa, caring for the victims of sexual violence, and three different slants on hope and certainty in these uncertain times. All the books, especially where we disagreed with some of the author’s thinking, generated some lively discussions on wide-ranging aspects of faith and belief in today’s world.

The value of the club to those attending was seen in the desire to continue beyond the ten years. So, whilst I have stepped down from co-ordinating and chairing meetings, others have stepped up and we have also welcomed two new members. Given that our membership is circuit-wide, it has been decided that to save people travelling time, most of our meetings will be held on Zoom with a couple of face-to-face meetings in the summer months.

Music Director’s Report – Derrick Matthews

The Organists and Choir continue to provide music accompaniment for our worship on many Sundays throughout the year. Our small, but loyal choir are given advance opportunity to familiarise themselves with the chosen hymns together with their selected tunes to enable them to give an effective lead to the congregation singing.

I am particularly grateful to my fellow organists, David Brooker and William Parker who with many hours of practice, assist me in providing fitting organ accompaniment to the hymn singing, also playing appropriate voluntaries to set the mood for preparation and conclusion of worship.

Music Group – Nick Aylen

We have continued to accompany morning service once a month. New singers and musicians of all ages are always welcome to join us.

SOS Group – Lynn Bernstone

We are a group who meet roughly once a month and thoroughly enjoy each other’s company. We bring and share amazing food and enjoy a glass of wine or something soft along with a good chat and catch up.

The SOS group have been meeting regularly for nearly 30 years with people coming and going, dipping in and out and just being. Our year has, as usual been just an overall feeling of friendship and warmth.

As SOS, we very much look forward to 2023 with lots more food, laughter, and fellowship.

Tuesday Fellowship – Coral Soulsby

We are enjoying the Fellowship on the first Tuesday of the month, starting at 2.30pm. God has been kind to us so that our faithful members are now keeping well and confident of being Covid-free, thanks to the regular Covid injections. However, we are down in numbers, so we would welcome any like-minded Church members.

We have had some interesting speakers, and inspiring speakers are planned. Also, on alternative months, we plan to re-introduce members’ afternoons for favourite readings, hymns, and sharing of interests.

We hope and pray that you will join us in 2023.

Welcome Space Coffee Bar – Margaret Miskin

The coffee bar is open Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays and is a haven for our regular ladies and gentlemen. The Knit and Natter group continue to use our premises on a regular basis.

We always make time to chat to everyone as sometimes, we are the only contact they will have with anyone that day. It is such a lovely bright space to meet in and I must say that the cakes the volunteers make are delicious.

My thanks go to all the volunteers who give up their time to enable the coffee bar to open. Come and give us a try; you won’t be disappointed.

CHARITIES

Action for Children – Pauline Noble

As we begin to look forward to Christmas and our annual Toy Service this year, we remember the joy we brought to many children in the area last Christmas. As children and adults brought forward new toys for children of all ages the communion area became packed with toys and gifts.

Presents are never wrapped, but we supply Christmas paper so that presents can be matched to each child before being wrapped. Many who were not able to purchase toys brought in cash donations. As it will be this

year the cost-of-living crisis is huge and with cash donations we were able to purchase food vouchers for Family Workers to be able to give out when some families suffered food emergencies.

The Toy & Gift Service, 2021

Fund Raising is never easy and this year we concentrated on Action for Children Sunday by running a cake, plant and produce stall plus a church collection and raised £565.79.

As well as fund raising activities several of our members have a little Home Collecting box where small change can to placed. Boxes are collected in and counted once a year and for the year up to March 30[th] 2022 we collected over £300 with an extra £208.17 from a Christmas Day collection.

Christian Aid – Jennie Torpey & Maureen Tucker

Christian Aid exists to create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty.

“Everyone is equal in the sight of God. Yet we live in a world where poverty still persists. Poverty is an outrage against humanity. It robs people of their dignity and lets injustice thrive. But together we have the power to transform lives.

For over 70 years, we’ve been standing with the poorest of our neighbours. We work in 37 countries, with people of all faiths and none, to stand up for dignity, equality, and justice.

Together we can create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. Our voices and actions are stronger together. And with your help, we can make an even bigger difference. Together with our supporters and partners, we aim:

to expose poverty throughout the world
to help in practical ways to end it
to highlight, challenge and change the structures and systems that favour the rich and powerful over the poor and marginalised.” – Christian Aid website.

At Aylesbury Methodist Church, in October 2021, we were able to celebrate the work of Christian Aid at our Harvest Festival service, to replace our usual May service during Christian Aid Week which was cancelled due to Covid. We watched a video and held a retiring collection amounting to £632.28 (with Gift Aid - £720.53). A collection for Christian Aid at our annual Carol Concert in December 2021, totalled £39. In Christian Aid Week, May 2022, the retiring collection totalled £484.50 (with Gift Aid - £560).

Karibuni Children – Joy Murphy

As Kenya recovers slowly from the pandemic, and people begin to pick up the pieces again, they find they are struggling again, with droughts in many areas, floods in other places, and rapidly rising prices of all basic foodstuffs, fuel, and the already unreliable electricity supply. They are, of course, affected by the war in Ukraine and the shortage of wheat flour from there, and the cut in the UK grant aid which is having a massive effect on every aspect of Kenyan life, especially on health and education. Not just ‘double whammies!

Children at Tusaidie Watoto (Let us help the children), Kibra, Nairobi.

Sugar, maize flour, beans, cooking oil and margarine, all basic ingredients of the Kenyan diet, have all doubled in price, and are beyond the means of the families Karibuni is involved with. This is having a serious knock-on effect on Karibuni’s budget, as all the projects we are working with request extra funding to continue providing the children with nutritious food. The last thing we want to do is reduce the nutritional value to these children, who get little or no food at home.

Despite the challenges the social workers and other staff continue to explore ways of raising funds in their own areas. At Njoro, the project continues to sell the clean fresh water from the borehole, but this supply will be affected if the drought reaches the area.

At Tharaka, they continue to provide fruit trees that were granted to the project, to each of the families in the area – and are praying that the rain, which started to fall this week, will continue to water the trees, and break the drought of the last two years of failed wet seasons. The hope is that there will eventually be a fruit tree forest – mangoes, bananas, papaya, and avocado - which will itself bring much needed rain!

So, all is not doom and gloom. The children are doing well in school, although they are having to deal with many organisational changes – reducing from 8 years in Primary to 6 years, therefore extending Secondary from 4 to 6 years. The effect on the Karibuni budget is huge as secondary education is very expensive whereas primary is (supposedly) free. 2023

and 2024 will be especially difficult, as there will be children moving up from both classes 6 and 8 at the same time – another ‘double whammy’!

Children at Embakasi slum near Nairobi Airport

We heard yesterday that the relevant children have all completed their end of the National Primary exams and that the Secondary school leavers have started their final National exams. Sometime in January we will get the results and learn what their next steps will be in education.

Here Karibuni will be losing two Trustees in January, John Cotton, who followed Bill as Chair 12 years ago, resigning

from that early this year, and Pat Starr who has been the Trust Treasurer for about 25 years! We certainly benefit from long and faithful service both within the Trust and among our lovely donors, both here at AMC and in the circuit, and in the wider community. We are very thankful that we at last have a Kenyan trustee, and hopefully another will be joining us in 2023, and bringing a new insight to the charity.

Thank you again for your faithfulness and love for the children in Kenya that we are empowering in our partnership.

Link To Hope – Margaret Miskin

We had a slightly better year than the previous one. In total, 93 boxes were sent from Aylesbury and surrounding villages. I managed to fill quite a few boxes on behalf of church members due to their generous monetary donations.

It is so pleasing when the pickup van arrives, and we catch up with the drivers for another year and feel part of The Link to Hope Family. John and

I are always on hand to help pack the shoeboxes into the van and then we get the use of our garage back again until the following year. It’s a truly wonderful charity to be part of as it allows us to help others who are less fortunate than ourselves. Thank you everyone for your continued support.

MHA – Jennie Torpey

MHA (originally called Methodist Homes for the Aged) is a charity founded in 1943 by members of the Methodist Church. The charity provides care, accommodation, and support services for older people throughout Britain. Their mission is to inspire the best care and wellbeing at every stage of later life, and they are proud to be recognised as a leading provider of care and support.

We have strong ties traditionally with Hillside Care Home, partly as a result of our close proximity, since AMC is more accessible for residents to attend our Sunday services, if they are able. Our Minister and others regularly hold a short communion service for the residents at the home, and although this had to stop during the Covid-19 pandemic, it has now thankfully resumed.

After two years of Church closures during the pandemic, which prevented our regular MHA Sunday service and collection, we were able to celebrate MHA Sunday this year on 12[th] June 2022, with a short video about their work. The theme was ‘Growing Together’ , inspired by Isaiah 43:19: ‘See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.’ (NIV).

It was to celebrate how the beauty, tranquillity, and joy of nature, can reduce isolation and bring communities together. Fundraising and donations in 2022 will enable MHA to improve their gardens and outdoor areas to benefit the residents' and their families' wellbeing. The retiring collection totalled £260.50.

Whitechapel Mission – Ruth & Peter Watkins

Since my report last year, we have kept in contact with the Mission. The work increases and changes. Beside the breakfast feeding programme there are various support systems in place and there is a greater need for these with the financial difficulties so many faces.

As a church we have sent extra deliveries of clothing since the 2021 Harvest giving, joining with other churches to make the collection viable. At Easter we saw the return of the Easter Breakfast and a wonderful £252 was sent to the mission.

This year we again supported them with our Harvest gifts and as I remarked last year despite a smaller congregation the giving was very generous with gifts of food, clothing (old and new) plus money.

FINANCE

Accounts – Roger Kirk

The accounts are presented on the following pages.

We are once again indebted to Michael Foote for auditing them.

The contact address for any queries is:

Roger Kirk, Church Treasurer 77 Aylesbury Road Bierton Aylesbury Bucks. HP22 5BT.

AYLESBURY METHODIST CHURCH Informal income and expenditure account for the year ended 31st August 2022

General (Unrestricted) Funds on accruals basis

Note: The full accounts submitted to the Vale of Aylesbury Circuit will be found in an appendix to the Trustees Report.

2020/21 £	GENERAL FUND	2021/22 £
	INCOME
83,232	Offerings & tax recovered:	83,428
67,673	Collection (services, standing orders and annual)	68,040
15,559	Income Tax refund	15,388
	Bank & CFB interest and investment income Lettings Other income,detail in shaded area below:
13		34

23,982		38,108

19,923		8,806
3,180	Fund raising	3,064
6,839	Donations and legacies	2,745
4,000	Layworker (last year) and Young Leaders Scheme grants	-
4,966	Government Job Protection Scheme re Covid 19	253
926	Weddings and funerals	1,406
12	Coffee Bar profits	1,338
-	Miscellaneous	-

127,150	Income Grand Total	130,375

	EXPENDITURE
74,616	Circuit contribution Donations and subscriptions Repairs & maintenance,detail in shaded area below:	86,724

1,000		520

13,524		22,165
2,157	Building maintenance	3,816
6,154	Cleaner's wages and supplies	9,250
5,213	Equipment maintenance (incl.organ & piano)	9,099
	Utilities & insurance,detail in shaded area below:
11,292		13,654
7,742	Heat, light, water and refuse	9,881
3,550	Insurance	3,772
	Other expenditure,detail in shaded area below:
17,602		9,768
2,126	Administration	2,766
9,320	Administrators - wages, less Circuit share	5,258
2,902	Layworker (last year only) and Young Leaders Scheme	121
1,738	Telephones	4
1,025	Church Activities	962
491	Publicity & miscellaneous expenses	658

118,034	Total Expenditure, excl. Welcome Area Improvements	132,831
9,116 35,088	NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) FOR THE YEAR accruals basis Balance brought forward 1/9/2021 Subtotal Net transfers between funds,excl. Welcome Area Fund Subtotal Welcome Area Improvements: Funds transferred from the Welcome Area Fund Above funds then expended on the Welcome Area and capitalised	( 2,456) 44,214
44,204 10		41,758 433
44,214 - -		42,191 - -
44,214	GENERAL LIQUID FUNDS AT 31/8/22 C/ FWD.	42,191

AYLESBURY METHODIST CHURCH Informal Income and Expenditure Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2022 Restricted Funds, Endowments and Church Organisations

Note: The full accounts submitted to the Vale of Aylesbury Circuit will be found in an appendix to the Trustees Report.

	RESTRICTED FUNDS	RESTRICTED FUNDS	RESTRICTED FUNDS
2020/21		Welcome Area Fund	Benevolent Fund	Total 2021/22
£		£	£	£
5 -	Income Offerings Grants, donations, etc & tax recovered Total income Payments Other expenses (£102,352 treated in 2018/19 as part of 'Transfer between funds' below) Total expenditure Net income / (expenditure) Earlier years' expenditure capitalised (added to and treated in 2018/19 as part of 'Transfer between funds' below) Transfers between funds Net income / (expend.) after transfers Balances brought forward 1/9/2021 Net income / (expenditure) Balances carried forward 31/8/2022	-	38	38 -
5		-	38	39
-		-	-	-
-		-	-	-
5 - -		- -	38	39 - -
5		-	38	38
3,783 5		3,393 -	395 38	3,788 38
3,788		3,393	433	3,826

ENDOWMENT FUNDS HELD BY THE TRUSTEES FOR METHODIST CHURCH PURPOSES

Totals 2020/21		Mead Bequest	Stranks & Staley's Bequests	Totals 2021/22
£		£	£	£
3,759 10 ( 10) - ( 27)		Restricted	Unrestricted
	Balances brought forward 1/9/2021 Income Paid to General Fund Paid to J Team and Choir Change in Value of investments Balances carried forward 31/8/2022	210 1 ( 1) - -	3,521 12 ( 10) - ( 209)	3,732 13 ( 11) - ( 209)
3,732		210	3,314	3,524
	CHURCH ORGANISATIONS
£	Income Offerings & tax recovered Investment income, etc Other income Total income Payments Other expenses Total expenditure Net income / (expenditure) Transfers between funds Net income / (expend.) after transfers Balances brought forward 1/9/2021 Net income / (expenditure) Balances carried forward 31/8/2022 *			£
1,846				4,603
1,846				4,603
3,066				4,043
3,066				4,043
( 1,220) -				559 ( 422)
( 1,220)				137
11,715 ( 1,220)				10,495 137
10,495				10,632

AYLESBURY METHODIST CHURCH

Informal Summary of Income and expenditure accounts for the year ended 31st August 2022 (on Accruals Basis)

All Funds

Note: The full accounts submitted to the Vale of Aylesbury Circuit will be found in an appendix to the Trustees Report.

Actual 2020/21 accruals basis £		General Fund £	Resticted Funds £	Endow- ment Funds	Church Organ- isations £	Totals 1921/22 £
129,012 121,100	Income Expenditure, excl. Welcome Area improvements Net income/(Expenditure) Welcome Area improvements: Earlier years' expenditure capitalised Expenditure capitalised this year Change in value of investments Subtotal Net transfers between funds: Welcome Area Fund Other funds Subtotal Liquid Funds Balances b/fwd 1/9/2021 Liquid Funds Balances c/fwd 31/8/22	130,375 39 132,831 -		13 4,603 4,043		135,030 136,874
7,912 - - ( 27)		( 2,456) 39 - - -		13 560 ( 209)		( 1,844) - - ( 209)
7,885 -		( 2,456) 39 - - 433 -		( 196) 560 ( 11) ( 422)		( 2,053) -
7,885 54,345		( 2,023) 39 44,214 3,788		( 207) 138 3,732 10,495		( 2,053) 62,229
62,230		42,191	3,827	3,525	10,633	60,176

AYLESBURY METHODIST CHURCH

Informal Statement of Assets and Liabilities on an accruals basis as at 31st August 2022

Note: The full accounts submitted to the Vale of Aylesbury Circuit will be found in an appendix to the Trustees Report.

Actual 2020/21 £	General fund £ 42,191 1,015,720	Rest	Rest	ricted funds	Church orgs. £ 10,633	Total 2021/22 £ 60,174 1,015,720
		Welcome area £ 3,393	Benevol- ent £ 433	Endow- ments 3,524
62,228 1,015,720
1,077,948	1,057,911	3,393	433	3,524	10,633	1,075,894
1,015,720 -	1,015,720 -	3,393	433	3,314 210	148 10,484 -	1,015,720 -
1,015,720	1,015,720					1,015,720
14,569 8,626 755 8,276 100 10,366 3,521 210 17,296	10,833 8,896 2,599 4,669 100 16,192					10,833 8,896 2,599 8,643 100 10,484 - 3,314 210 16,192
63,719	43,289	3,393	433	3,524	10,633	61,272
600 892	600 498	3,393 3,393	433 433	3,524 3,524	10,633 10,633	600 498
1,492	1,098					1,098
62,228 1,077,948	42,191 1,057,911					60,174 1,075,894

*Held by Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes

There are differences of up to £1 which are due to rounding.

These informal accounts show the position as at 31st August 2022 before any charge for depreciation of fixed assets. The formal accounts will include provision for depreciation, yet to be approved.

ANNUAL REPORT 2021-2022 Aylesbury Methodist Church & Centre Accounts Roger Kirk Auditor Michael Foote Production Jennie Torpey Editor Peter Green

– Aylesbury

AYLESBURY METHODIST CHURCH

A Registered Charity

ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS

(ACCRUALS BASIS)

for the year ended 31st August 2022

Charity Registration Number 1129749

Belonging to Vale of Aylesbury Methodist Circuit - Circuit number 23/29

Minister Church Stewards Treasurer	Rev. Richard Atkinson Gill Marks Philip Kolade Matilda Phiri Frances Aylen Jackie Simpson - Tyda Kaz Tyda Elaine Hope Gill Nord Lucinda Dirorimwe Derek Adams Roger Kirk

1129749

Name of Church

AYLESBURY METHODIST CHURCH

Church No

Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) for the year ended 31 August 2022

Income	Notes to the accounts	General Fund (Unrestricted) See Note 2 * £	Designated Funds (Unrestricted) £	Restricted Funds £	Endowment Funds £	Totals 2022 £	Totals 2021 £

1 Offerings		68,040 2,745 38 15,388 - 34 - 13 4,603 44,169 -				68,040	67,673
2 Donations,legacies &grants						2,783	10,844
3 Gift aid tax	3					15,388	15,559
4 Interest and investment income	4					47	42
5 Income from investmentproperties						-	-
6 Internal organisations	5					4,603	1,828
7 Other charitable income	6					44,169	33,066
8Total income Expenditure		130,376	4,603	38	13	135,030	129,012

9 Circuit assessment or share		86,724 520 - - 22,165 - 13,654 15,843 8,028 1,741 - 4,043				86,724	74,616
10 Grants and donations	7					520	1,100
11 Property& equipment maintenance	8					22,165	13,524
12 Insurance,utilities etc	9					13,654	11,292
13 Depreciation	1c(v),*2					15,843	15,843
14 Office expenses	10					8,028	13,184
15 Other expenditure	11					1,741	4,419
16 Internal organisations activites	5					4,043	2,966
*17 Total charitable expenditure*	* 2	148,675	4,043	0	0	152,718	136,944
18 Gains/(losses)on monetaryinvestments	13	( 209)				( 209)	(27)
19 Gains/(losses)on investmentproperties						-	-
20Net income/(expenditure)	* 2	( 18,299)	560	38	( 196)	( 17,897)	(7,959)
21 Transfers between funds 22 Other gains/(losses) 23Net movement in funds 24 Total funds brought forward *25 Total funds carried forward*	14	433 ( 422) ( 11)				-	-
						-	-
		( 17,866)	138	38	( 207)	( 17,897)	(7,959)
		1,076,678	10,495	3,788	3,732	1,094,693	1,102,652
	* 2	1,058,812	10,633	3,826	3,525	1,076,796	1,094,693

*** Note 2 of Notes to Accounts shows division of the General Fund between unrestricted Funds and Property Reserve.**

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Name of Church

Church No.

1129749

AYLESBURY METHODIST CHURCH

Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2022

Fixed Assets	Notes to the accounts	General Fund (Unrestricted) £	Designated Funds (Unrestricted) £	Restricted Funds £	Endowment Funds £	Totals 2022 £	Totals 2021 £

Land and buildings	15	845,053				845,053	849,831
Welcome Space	15	89,590 81,978				89,590	95,190 87,443 0
Contents						81,978
Investmentproperties						0
Investments	16				3,524	3,524	3,732
*Total fixed assets*		1,016,621	0	0	3,524	1,020,145	1,036,196
Current Assets
Debtors andprepayments	17	16,192				16,192	17,296
Loans bythe Churches						0	0
Investments with TMCP						0	0
Central Finance Board Deposits	18	4,669	148	3,826		8,643	8,277
Cash at Bank and in hand	18	22,428	10,484			32,912	34,416
*Total current assets*		43,289	10,632	3,826	0	57,747	59,989
Current liabilities
Creditors (due in under 1 year)	19	1,098				1,098	1,492
Grantspayable within 2018-19						0	0
*Total current liabilities*		1,098	0	0	0	1,098	1,492
*Net current assets / liabilities*		42,191	10,632	3,826	0	56,649	58,497

*Total assets less current liabilities*		1,058,812	10,632	3,826	3,524	1,076,794	1,094,693

Long term liabilities(due after more than oneyear)
Grantspayable after 2022/23						0	0
Loans to the Church						0	0
						0	0
*Net assets*		1,058,812	10,632	3,826	3,524	1,076,794	1,094,693

Funds of the Church

Funds of the Church
General Fund(Unrestricted)	20	1,058,812	10,632 3,826 3,524			1,058,812	1,076,678
Designated Funds(Unrestricted)			10,632			10,632	10,495
*Total Unrestricted Funds*						1,069,444	1,087,173
Restricted Funds				3,826		3,826	3,788
Endowment Funds					3,524	3,524	3,732
*Total Funds*		1,058,812	10,632	3,826	3,524	1,076,794	1,094,693

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Aylesbury Methodist Church

Church no. 1129749

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31st August 2022

1 Basis of accounting and accounting policies
a. Basis of Accounting

The accounts have been prepared under the historic cost convention, (except where noted below) and in compliance with the Standard of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), and the Charities Act 2011.

b. Public benefit entity

Aylesbury Methodist Church of Buckingham Street, Aylesbury meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. It is an unincorporated charity.

c. More on the basis of accounting, including departures from the historic cost convention.
i The accounts have been prepared on an accruals basis.
ii The accounts are designed to show a true and fair view of Aylesbury Methodist Church's financial position and activities. iii Quoted investments are shown at their market value, rather than cost.
iv Tangible fixed assets values:
`
As the original cost of the church's land and buildings and much of the contents is not known, (apart from improvements and alterations carried out within the last 13 years), a deemed cost has been established. In the case of the land on which the church buildings stand, its estimated current use value has been used. As regards the buildings and contents, their deemed cost has been determined by using Discounted Replacement Cost (DRC) in place of actual cost. This method applies a discount, calculated by reference to the age of the building and estimated age of the contents, and their useful economic life, and applying the discount to their sum insured values.

This does not apply to additions to fixed assets aquired since 1st September 2017, where cost stated is actual cost.

v Depreciation policy: Assets held at 1/9/2017

Land upon which the church stands Not depreciated The church building, including community centre Over 140 years on a straight line basis Contents Over 20 years on a straight line basis

Assets acquired since 1/9/2017

Modernising church foyer ('Welcome Space') Over 20 years on a straight line basis These expected useful lives, which represent a standard/initial assessment for each asset-class, have been reviewed against current assumptions of each asset's likely further useful life.

vi All values are expressed in sterling (pounds), and have been rounded to the nearest pound.

vii The accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis as the trustees are of the opinion that the church is sufficiently resourced financially and in members' support to continue for the forseeable future.
viii Income is recognised when the church becomes entitled to the resources, and the monetary value is reliably measurable, and it is considered more likely than not that the economic benefit of the income will be forthcoming. In accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102), the monetary value of volunteers' time is not recognised in the accounts.
ix Expenditure is recognised when a liability is incurred, or a constructive obligation arises, where the value is reliably measurable and it is considered more likely than not that there will be an outflow of economic benefit.
x The church is not registered for VAT, and consequently expenditure on which it has been incurred has been included gross in the accounts, i.e. inclusive of the VAT.
xi The church's only monetary investments held in the year and the previous year, were those pertaining to the Stranks endowment. They are deposited with TMCP as custodian trustees, and have been valued at market value by TMPC.
xii Debtors stated represent the amounts owed to the church or prepaid by the church at the financial year end. Creditors are amounts owed by the church or have been received in advance at the financial year end.
xiii The church makes monthly contributions to the Vale of Aylesbury Methodist Circuit, which have been assessed by the circuit annually, based on the the church's main regular sources of income. The circuit remits part of the contributions received to the Northampton Methodist District by way of its assessment on the circuit. The district in turn remits most of its income from the circuits in its jurisdiction, to The Methodist Church Fund.

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Aylesbury Methodist Church

Church no. 1129749

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31st August 2022

2	Division of unrestricted General Funds between Liquid Funds and Property Reserve Total Total 2022 2021 2022 2021 2022 2021 £ £ £ £ £ £ 8 Total income per Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) 130,376 127,150 130,376 127,150 17 Total charitable expenditure per Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) 148,675 133,878 148,675 133,878 13 Adjust for depreciation charged in the accounts for the year - see note 15 ( 15,843) ( 15,843) 15,843 15,843 - - 17 Adjusted expenditure 132,832 118,035 15,843 15,843 148,675 133,878 18 Gains/(losses) on monetary investments - - 19 Gains/(losses) on investment properties - - 20 Net income/(expenditure) ( 2,456) 9,115 ( 15,843) ( 15,843) ( 18,299) ( 6,728) 21 Transfers between funds 433 10 - - 433 10 22 Other gains/(losses) - - - - - - 23Net movement in funds ( 2,023) 9,125 ( 15,843) ( 15,843) ( 17,866) ( 6,718) 24 Total funds brought forward 44,212 35,087 1,032,466 1,048,309 1,076,678 1,083,396 25 Total funds carried forward 42,189 44,212 1,016,623 1,032,466 1,058,812 1,076,678 Liquid Funds Property Reserve	Division of unrestricted General Funds between Liquid Funds and Property Reserve Total Total 2022 2021 2022 2021 2022 2021 £ £ £ £ £ £ 8 Total income per Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) 130,376 127,150 130,376 127,150 17 Total charitable expenditure per Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) 148,675 133,878 148,675 133,878 13 Adjust for depreciation charged in the accounts for the year - see note 15 ( 15,843) ( 15,843) 15,843 15,843 - - 17 Adjusted expenditure 132,832 118,035 15,843 15,843 148,675 133,878 18 Gains/(losses) on monetary investments - - 19 Gains/(losses) on investment properties - - 20 Net income/(expenditure) ( 2,456) 9,115 ( 15,843) ( 15,843) ( 18,299) ( 6,728) 21 Transfers between funds 433 10 - - 433 10 22 Other gains/(losses) - - - - - - 23Net movement in funds ( 2,023) 9,125 ( 15,843) ( 15,843) ( 17,866) ( 6,718) 24 Total funds brought forward 44,212 35,087 1,032,466 1,048,309 1,076,678 1,083,396 25 Total funds carried forward 42,189 44,212 1,016,623 1,032,466 1,058,812 1,076,678 Liquid Funds Property Reserve	Division of unrestricted General Funds between Liquid Funds and Property Reserve Total Total 2022 2021 2022 2021 2022 2021 £ £ £ £ £ £ 8 Total income per Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) 130,376 127,150 130,376 127,150 17 Total charitable expenditure per Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) 148,675 133,878 148,675 133,878 13 Adjust for depreciation charged in the accounts for the year - see note 15 ( 15,843) ( 15,843) 15,843 15,843 - - 17 Adjusted expenditure 132,832 118,035 15,843 15,843 148,675 133,878 18 Gains/(losses) on monetary investments - - 19 Gains/(losses) on investment properties - - 20 Net income/(expenditure) ( 2,456) 9,115 ( 15,843) ( 15,843) ( 18,299) ( 6,728) 21 Transfers between funds 433 10 - - 433 10 22 Other gains/(losses) - - - - - - 23Net movement in funds ( 2,023) 9,125 ( 15,843) ( 15,843) ( 17,866) ( 6,718) 24 Total funds brought forward 44,212 35,087 1,032,466 1,048,309 1,076,678 1,083,396 25 Total funds carried forward 42,189 44,212 1,016,623 1,032,466 1,058,812 1,076,678 Liquid Funds Property Reserve
	8 Total income per Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) 17 Total charitable expenditure per Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) 13 Adjust for depreciation charged in the accounts for the year - see note 15 17 Adjusted expenditure 18 Gains/(losses) on monetary investments 19 Gains/(losses) on investment properties 20 Net income/(expenditure) 21 Transfers between funds 22 Other gains/(losses) 23Net movement in funds 24 Total funds brought forward 25 Total funds carried forward	Liquid Funds	Property Reserve

Property Reserve

SORP (FRS102), the fair value of the land, the buildings and contents on a DRC basis is taken as their deemed historical cost under FRS102, and treated as belonging to an expendable endowment for the church's general purposes. More on the calculation of DRC values can be found in note 15.

General Internal Welcome Benevolent Funds Organisations Area Fund Designated Unrestricted Unrestricted Restricted Restricted 15,388 - - 15,388 - 34 - 34 -	General Internal Welcome Benevolent Funds Organisations Area Fund Designated Unrestricted Unrestricted Restricted Restricted 15,388 - - 15,388 - 34 - 34 -	Endowment 13	Total Total 2022 2021 15,388 15,559 - - - -	Total Total 2022 2021 15,388 15,559 - - - -
			15,388	15,559
			34 31 13 11
34	-	13	47	42

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Aylesbury Methodist Church

Church no. 1129749

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31st August 2022

5 Designated Funds (unrestricted)

Internal organisations J Team (Junior Church) German Exchange Girls' Brigade Boys' Brigade Youth Club Tuesday Fellowship Choir Banner Group Flower Fund Sunbeams Toddler Group Badminton Club Other charitable income Fund raising Income from use of church premises Layworker grants Government Job Protection Scheme Weddings and funerals Coffee Bar profits Miscellaneous Total Grants and donations expended Aylesbury Town Chaplaincy Connexional donations: Diaconal Order Home Mission Fund Methodist Property Fund Methodist Ministers Housing Society Donation from Benevolent Fund Boys Brigade Headquarters Minor donations Property & equipment maintenance and	Balances b/f Income from activities Expenditure on activities & interest & donations 393 42 - 7,005 - - 355 1,200 1,107 1,455 1,630 1,784 674 - - 176 84 20 19 - - 135 - - 155 838 1,022 128 - 40 809 71	Balances b/f Income from activities Expenditure on activities & interest & donations 393 42 - 7,005 - - 355 1,200 1,107 1,455 1,630 1,784 674 - - 176 84 20 19 - - 135 - - 155 838 1,022 128 - 40 809 71	Balances b/f Income from activities Expenditure on activities & interest & donations 393 42 - 7,005 - - 355 1,200 1,107 1,455 1,630 1,784 674 - - 176 84 20 19 - - 135 - - 155 838 1,022 128 - 40 809 71	Internal transfers - - - 200 ( 622) (422) Benevolent Endowment Fund Restricted - -	Balance c/f Balance c/f 2022 2021 435 393 7,005 7,005 448 355 1,301 1,455 674 674 240 176 19 19 135 135 171 155 88 128 116 -	Balance c/f Balance c/f 2022 2021 435 393 7,005 7,005 448 355 1,301 1,455 674 674 240 176 19 19 135 135 171 155 88 128 116 -
	10,495	4,603	4,044	(422)	10,632	10,495
	General Internal Welcome Funds Organisations Area Designated Unrestricted Unrestricted Restricted 3,064 - 38,108 - 253 1,406 1,338 - 44,169 - 500 - - - - - 20 520 - repairs 3,816 9,250 9,099 - - 22,165 -				Total Total 2022 2021 3,064 3,180 38,108 23,982 - - 253 4,966 1,406 926 1,338 12 - -
			-		44,169	33,066
			-		500 500 - 100 - 150 - 100 - 150 - - - 100
	520	-			500	1,100
	repairs 3,816 9,250 9,099 - 22,165				3,816 2,157 9,250 6,154 9,099 6,435 - ( 1,222)
Buildings maintenance Cleaner's wages and cleaning supplies Equipment repairs and replacements Organ & piano repairs and maintenance
	22,165		-		22,165	13,524

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Aylesbury Methodist Church

Church no. 1129749

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31st August 2022

General Internal Welcome Benevolent Endowment Funds Organisations Area Fund Designated Unrestricted Unrestricted Restricted Restricted 8,816 522 544 3,772 13,654 5,258 4 2,766 8,028 121 962 424 234 - 1,741 -	Total Total 2022 2021 8,816 7,518 522 ( 215) 544 439 3,772 3,550	Total Total 2022 2021 8,816 7,518 522 ( 215) 544 439 3,772 3,550
	13,654	11,292
	5,258 9,320 4 1,738 2,766 2,126
	8,028	13,184
	121 2,902 962 1,025 424 491 234 1
1,741	1,741	4,419

12 Salaries & associated costs (included in Notes 8, 10 & 11 above).

Salaries & associated costs (included in Notes 8, 10 & 11 above).	Salaries & associated costs (included in Notes 8, 10 & 11 above).
Salaries were paid to 4 (5 in 2020/21) members of staff during the year and were in total as follows Gross salaries,before deduction of Circuit contribution of £3,840 16,710 Employer's: NIC - Pension contrib. 513 17,223 There were no members of staff employed full-time last year, or in 2021/22. Gains/(losses) in value of monetary investments Unrealised gain/(loss) in market value on endowment investments (209)		16,710 20,278 - 444 513 720
		17,223	21,442

	(209)	(209)	(27)

13 Gains/(losses) in value of monetary investments

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Aylesbury Methodist Church

Church no. 1129749

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31st August 2022

14 Transfers between funds

General/Welcome area

The Welcome Area Fund was instigated to raise funds for transforming the church foyer into a more welcoming space for the community in which the church stands. This was achieved during the 2018/19 financial year, and funds were transferred to the General Fund to enable the works to be carried out. These were completed also in the 2018/19 financial year. A small balance is retained in the Welcome Area Fund for use on furnishings and other future related costs associated with the space.

Transfer from Welcome Area Fund to General Funds Transfer from Endowment funds for Junior Church and Choir for general purposes Transfers from General Funds to to Internal Church Organisations Transfers from Internal Church Organisations to General Funds	General Internal Welcome Benevolent Endowment Total Total Funds Organisations Area Fund 2022 2021 Designated Unrestricted Unrestricted Restricted Restricted - - - - - ( 11) ( 11) ( 10) - - - 11 11 10 - - - ( 200) 200 - - - - - 622 ( 622) - -	General Internal Welcome Benevolent Endowment Total Total Funds Organisations Area Fund 2022 2021 Designated Unrestricted Unrestricted Restricted Restricted - - - - - ( 11) ( 11) ( 10) - - - 11 11 10 - - - ( 200) 200 - - - - - 622 ( 622) - -	General Internal Welcome Benevolent Endowment Total Total Funds Organisations Area Fund 2022 2021 Designated Unrestricted Unrestricted Restricted Restricted - - - - - ( 11) ( 11) ( 10) - - - 11 11 10 - - - ( 200) 200 - - - - - 622 ( 622) - -	General Internal Welcome Benevolent Endowment Total Total Funds Organisations Area Fund 2022 2021 Designated Unrestricted Unrestricted Restricted Restricted - - - - - ( 11) ( 11) ( 10) - - - 11 11 10 - - - ( 200) 200 - - - - - 622 ( 622) - -	General Internal Welcome Benevolent Endowment Total Total Funds Organisations Area Fund 2022 2021 Designated Unrestricted Unrestricted Restricted Restricted - - - - - ( 11) ( 11) ( 10) - - - 11 11 10 - - - ( 200) 200 - - - - - 622 ( 622) - -	General Internal Welcome Benevolent Endowment Total Total Funds Organisations Area Fund 2022 2021 Designated Unrestricted Unrestricted Restricted Restricted - - - - - ( 11) ( 11) ( 10) - - - 11 11 10 - - - ( 200) 200 - - - - - 622 ( 622) - -	General Internal Welcome Benevolent Endowment Total Total Funds Organisations Area Fund 2022 2021 Designated Unrestricted Unrestricted Restricted Restricted - - - - - ( 11) ( 11) ( 10) - - - 11 11 10 - - - ( 200) 200 - - - - - 622 ( 622) - -
	433	(422)	-	-	(11)	-	-

15 Tangible fixed assets

Land Buildings Welcome Church Total Space contents 200,000 668,943 109,305 978,248 111,990 111,990 - -	Land Buildings Welcome Church Total Space contents 200,000 668,943 109,305 978,248 111,990 111,990 - -	Land Buildings Welcome Church Total Space contents 200,000 668,943 109,305 978,248 111,990 111,990 - -	Land Buildings Welcome Church Total Space contents 200,000 668,943 109,305 978,248 111,990 111,990 - -	Land Buildings Welcome Church Total Space contents 200,000 668,943 109,305 978,248 111,990 111,990 - -
200,000	668,943	111,990	109,305	1,090,238
N/a 19,112 16,800 21,861 57,773 N/a 4,778 5,600 5,465 15,843
N/a	23,890	22,400	27,326	73,616
200,000 649,831 95,190 87,444 1,032,465 200,000 645,053 89,590 81,978 1,016,621

The expected useful lives, which represent a standard/initial assessment for each asset-class, have been reviewed against current assumptions of each asset's ilkely further useful life. No significant changes are considered necessary at this time.

Deemed cost - Discounted Replacement Cost (DRC)

Insurance values at 1/9/2017:

Assets excl. land	Acquired	Insurance	Total useful Average age
	date	values	economic at 1/09/2017
	(approx)		life (years) (years)
Buildings-church & commun. c'tre	1893/1920	3,902,168	140 110
Contents	Various	218,609	20 10

Tangible fixed assets continued overleaf

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Aylesbury Methodist Church Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31st August 2022

Church no. 1129749

15 Tangible fixed assets continued

Land value £200,000 (Current use value estimated by the trustees after taking professional advice.)

DRC calculation - deemed cost at 1/9/2017

Buildings-church & commun. c'tre Contents Assets excl. land	3,121,734 30/140 218,609 10/20 3,340,343 Insurance values (buildings less 20% for site clearance) Anticipated future life divided by total useful economic life	Fair value on DRC basis 668,943 109,305
	3,340,343	778,248

Tangible fixed assets Year ended 31st August 2021

Deemed cost 1/9/2017 Actual cost 2019 Depreciation to 31/8/2021 Net book value at 31/8/2021 Annual rate of depreciation	Land Buildings Welcome Contents Total space 200,000 668,943 109,305 978,248 111,990 111,990 19,112 16,800 21,861 57,773	Land Buildings Welcome Contents Total space 200,000 668,943 109,305 978,248 111,990 111,990 19,112 16,800 21,861 57,773	Land Buildings Welcome Contents Total space 200,000 668,943 109,305 978,248 111,990 111,990 19,112 16,800 21,861 57,773	Land Buildings Welcome Contents Total space 200,000 668,943 109,305 978,248 111,990 111,990 19,112 16,800 21,861 57,773	Land Buildings Welcome Contents Total space 200,000 668,943 109,305 978,248 111,990 111,990 19,112 16,800 21,861 57,773
	200,000	649,831	95,190	87,445	1,032,465
	1/140 1/20 1/20

Property Reserve

Since there is no evidence of a permanent endowment, it is assumed that the money donated to build the church premises at various times, was in the expectation of their long-term use, and therefore in these accounts prepared under SORP (FRS102), the fair value of the land, and the buildings and contents on a DRC basis is taken as their deemed historical cost under FRS102, and treated as belonging to an expendable endowment for the church's general purposes.

Endowment 3,732 13 ( 11) (209)	Total Total 2022 2021 3,732 3,759 13 10 ( 11) ( 10) (209) (27)	Total Total 2022 2021 3,732 3,759 13 10 ( 11) ( 10) (209) (27)
3,525	3,525	3,732
Endowment	Total Total 2022 2021 7,031 7,227 5,600 5,815 2,879 2,444 682 1,810
	16,192	17,296

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Aylesbury Methodist Church

Church no. 1129749

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31st August 2022

18 Cash at bank and in hand

Current accounts: HSBC 10,833 Metro Bank 2,599 Deposit funds: HSBC deposit account 8,896 Central Finance Board 4,669 148 3,393 433 Various held by Internal Church Organisations 10,484 Cash in hand - Imprest account 100 27,097 10,632 3,393 433 Creditors & accruals (due within one year) For goods and services 287 Grants and donations received in advance for expenses relating to the next financial year - Deposits held relating to use of church premises 600 Gift Aid tax to pass on Donations collected to be passed on 211 1,098	Current accounts: HSBC 10,833 Metro Bank 2,599 Deposit funds: HSBC deposit account 8,896 Central Finance Board 4,669 148 3,393 433 Various held by Internal Church Organisations 10,484 Cash in hand - Imprest account 100 27,097 10,632 3,393 433 Creditors & accruals (due within one year) For goods and services 287 Grants and donations received in advance for expenses relating to the next financial year - Deposits held relating to use of church premises 600 Gift Aid tax to pass on Donations collected to be passed on 211 1,098	10,833 14,569 2,599 755 8,896 8,626 8,643 8,277 10,484 10,366 100 100	10,833 14,569 2,599 755 8,896 8,626 8,643 8,277 10,484 10,366 100 100
		41,555	42,693
		287 300 - - 600 600 - 592 211 -
For goods and services Grants and donations received in advance for expenses relating to the next financial year Deposits held relating to use of church premises Gift Aid tax to pass on Donations collected to be passed on
	1,098	1,098	1,492

20 Funds of the church

General funds (unrestricted)

These exist for the furtherance of the church's general objectives, and are represented by the church building and its community centre, and liquid assets for use at the trustees' discretion in the achievement of those objectives, and maintaining the church's premises.

Internal church organisations (Designated fund)

These are maintained by various groups to support their activities within the church, who are required to provide annual accounts to the church council. The funds are represented by bank and cash balances.

Welcome Area Fund (Restricted)

The Welcome Area Fund was instigated to raise funds for the transformation of the church foyer into a more welcoming space for the community in which the church stands. This was achieved during the 2018/19 financial year, and funds were transferred to the General Fund to enable the works to be carried out. These were completed also in that financial year. A small balance is retained in theWelcome Area Fund for use on furnishings and other future related costs associated with the space.The Fund is represented by a balance held within the church's bank account. Income 2022 2021 2 Donations, legacies & grants - - 3 Gift aid - - 7 Other charitable income - - 8Total income - - Expenditure 11 Property & equipment maintenance - - 15 Other expenditure - - 17 Total charitable expenditure - - 20Net income/(expenditure) - - 21 Transfers between funds - - 23 Net movement in funds - - 24 Total funds brought forward 3,393 3,393 25 Total funds carried forward 3,393 3,393 Page 9	The Welcome Area Fund was instigated to raise funds for the transformation of the church foyer into a more welcoming space for the community in which the church stands. This was achieved during the 2018/19 financial year, and funds were transferred to the General Fund to enable the works to be carried out. These were completed also in that financial year. A small balance is retained in theWelcome Area Fund for use on furnishings and other future related costs associated with the space.The Fund is represented by a balance held within the church's bank account. Income 2022 2021 2 Donations, legacies & grants - - 3 Gift aid - - 7 Other charitable income - - 8Total income - - Expenditure 11 Property & equipment maintenance - - 15 Other expenditure - - 17 Total charitable expenditure - - 20Net income/(expenditure) - - 21 Transfers between funds - - 23 Net movement in funds - - 24 Total funds brought forward 3,393 3,393 25 Total funds carried forward 3,393 3,393 Page 9	The Welcome Area Fund was instigated to raise funds for the transformation of the church foyer into a more welcoming space for the community in which the church stands. This was achieved during the 2018/19 financial year, and funds were transferred to the General Fund to enable the works to be carried out. These were completed also in that financial year. A small balance is retained in theWelcome Area Fund for use on furnishings and other future related costs associated with the space.The Fund is represented by a balance held within the church's bank account. Income 2022 2021 2 Donations, legacies & grants - - 3 Gift aid - - 7 Other charitable income - - 8Total income - - Expenditure 11 Property & equipment maintenance - - 15 Other expenditure - - 17 Total charitable expenditure - - 20Net income/(expenditure) - - 21 Transfers between funds - - 23 Net movement in funds - - 24 Total funds brought forward 3,393 3,393 25 Total funds carried forward 3,393 3,393 Page 9
	-	-
	- - - -
	-	-
	- - - -
	-	-
	3,393 3,393
	3,393	3,393

Aylesbury Methodist Church Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31st August 2022

Church no. 1129749

20 Funds of the church continued……

Benevolent Fund (restricted)

The Benevolent Fund exists for the relief of poverty and distress, and is required by Methodist Standing Order 651. It is represented by balances held at bank.

Income 2 Donations, legacies & grants Expenditure 10 Grants and donations 20Net income/(expenditure) 23 Net movement in funds 24 Total funds brought forward 25 Total funds carried forward Endowment Funds	2022 2021 38 5 - - 38 5	2022 2021 38 5 - - 38 5
	38	5
	395 390
	433	395

These arise from bequests in the past. They are: Mead, for general purposes

Stranks and Staley, for the junior church and the church choir

The endowment funds are represented by investments and CFB balances held. The information below combines the Stranks and Staley

Mead Stranks & Mead Stranks & Staley Staley 1 12 1 10 (209) (27) 2021 2022	Mead Stranks & Mead Stranks & Staley Staley 1 12 1 10 (209) (27) 2021 2022	Mead Stranks & Mead Stranks & Staley Staley 1 12 1 10 (209) (27) 2021 2022	Mead Stranks & Mead Stranks & Staley Staley 1 12 1 10 (209) (27) 2021 2022
1	(197)	1	(17)
( 1) ( 10) ( 1) ( 9) - ( 207) - ( 26) 210 3,521 210 3,547
210	3,314	210	3,521

21 Capital Commitments and contingent liabilities

The church had no capital commitments at 31st August 2022.

There were no known contingent liabilities at that date.

22 Loans and creditors due after one year

There were no loans or other liabilities due after more than one year as at 31st August 2022.

23 Related party transactions

Relationship Contibutions to Vale of Aylesbury Method.Circuit Connexion Methodist Connexional Funds: Methodist Fund for Property Connexion Diaconal Order Connexion Home Mission Fund Connexion Methodist Ministers Housing Soc. Connexion Aylesbury Town Chaplaincy Charity Name of related party	Payments to related par- ties 2021/22 86,724 - - - - 500 87,224	Payments to related par- ties 2020/21 74,616 100 100 150 150 500
	87,224	75,616

There were no trustees employed by Aylesbury Methodist Church in other roles (other than the minister's stipend)

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Aylesbury Methodist Church Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31st August 2022

Church no. 1129749

23 Related party transactions continued

Trustees who received fees in respect of weddings/funerals: Rev. Richard Atkinson 620 295 John Miskin 140 95 Margaret Miskin 80 Stephen Marks 80

24 The church trustees

The trustees are the members of the church council. Those who served in the year ended 31st August 2022 were: Superintendent minister: Leadership team: Representatives appointed by Rev. Richard Atkinson Rev. Richard Atkinson the Annual Church Meeting: Team ministry: Jenny Torpey John Miskin Arthur Sara Kevin Hardern Barbara Trend Secretary: Margaret Miskin David Neville Jackie Simpson - Tyda Vivienne Kemp Lynn Berstone Church stewards: Trevor Nord Stephen Marks Gill Marks Peter Green Paul Ingram Philip Kolade Tim Olufosoye Albert Odro Matilda Phiri Peter Farmer Rae Garden Frances Aylen Circuit steward: Sandy Steeden Jackie Simpson - Tyda Keith Wallace Elaine Hope Kaz Tyda Pastoral Co-ordinator: Karen Crussell Elaine Hope Pauline Noble Gill Nord Lucinda Dirorimwe Derek Adams Church treasurer: Roger Kirk

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AYLESBURY METHODIST CHURCH …………………………………No 1129749

Declarations and Scrutiny

I confirm that these accruals-based accounts for the year to 31 August 2022 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…………………….. Name and address of treasurer: Roger Kirk………………………………………………….

77 Aylesbury Road, Bierton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP22 5BT

Presentation to the Church trustees

I confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2022 were/will be* presented to the meeting of the Church trustees held on ……………..

Signature of the Chair of the meeting ……………………………………………………………………

Name of the Chair of the meeting: Rev. Richard Atkinson………………… Date ……………………

Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the

AYLESBURY METHODIST CHURCH

Charity Number 1129749

Responsibilities and basis of report

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Aylesbury Methodist Church for the year ended 31 August 2022 set out on pages 1 to 11. As the Church’s trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of the Church’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and, in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission

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Aylesbury Methodist Church…………………………………………… No 1129749

Independent Examiner’s Statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination 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; or

the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view, which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination ` the trustees’ annual report is not consistent with the accounts

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 have obtained independent verification 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 balance sheet date.

Signature of independent examiner ………………………………………………………………….

Name of independent examiner: Michael Foote…………………………………….

Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner: FCA

Address 8 Bates Lane, Weston Turville, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

Post Code: HP22 5SL

Date .......................

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Aylesbury Methodist Church....--.......--...........---.......-... No 1129749 Independent Exarnln*s Statem I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which give me cause to belleve that In, any material respect the accounting records were not kept in accordance with settion 130 of the Act; or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records: or the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2CQ8 other than any requirement that the acwunts give a 'true and falrf vtew, whl¢h is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination the trustees, annual report is not consirtent with the accounts I have no concerns and have corne across no other rnattefs 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 have obtsined independent verffication of all investments wlth the Trustees fof Methodist Church Purpose5 or held in other trusts. bank balances and funds at the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church vthich afe individually in excess of £10,1 (ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheet date. Signature of independent examiner Name of independent examiner: Michael Foote_........-. Relevant professio1 qualffication of independent examiner: FCA Address 8 Bates Lane, Weston Turéille. Aylesbury. Buckinghamshire Post Code: HP22 SSL Page 13

CONTENTS

WELCOME

Report Summary – Rev. Richard Atkinson

ORGANISATION

Governance – Peter Green

Leadership Team – Jennie Torpey

Property – Kevin Hardern

Communications – Peter Green

Church Stewards – Gill Marks

YOUTH

J Team - Vivienne Kemp

Sunbeams – Margaret Miskin

ACTIVITIES

Banner Group – Brenda Horne

Bedgrove House Group – Rosemarie Bucknell

The Good Faith Book Club – Peter Green

Music Group – Nick Aylen

SOS Group – Lynn Bernstone

Tuesday Fellowship – Coral Soulsby

Welcome Space Coffee Bar – Margaret Miskin

CHARITIES

Karibuni Children – Joy Murphy

Link To Hope – Margaret Miskin

MHA – Jennie Torpey

Whitechapel Mission – Ruth & Peter Watkins

FINANCE

AYLESBURY METHODIST CHURCH Informal income and expenditure account for the year ended 31st August 2022

General (Unrestricted) Funds on accruals basis

AYLESBURY METHODIST CHURCH Informal Income and Expenditure Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2022 Restricted Funds, Endowments and Church Organisations

ENDOWMENT FUNDS HELD BY THE TRUSTEES FOR METHODIST CHURCH PURPOSES

AYLESBURY METHODIST CHURCH

Informal Summary of Income and expenditure accounts for the year ended 31st August 2022 (on Accruals Basis)

All Funds

AYLESBURY METHODIST CHURCH

AYLESBURY METHODIST CHURCH

ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS

(ACCRUALS BASIS)

for the year ended 31st August 2022

Name of Church

AYLESBURY METHODIST CHURCH

Church No

Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) for the year ended 31 August 2022

AYLESBURY METHODIST CHURCH

Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2022

Funds of the Church

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31st August 2022

Property Reserve

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31st August 2022

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31st August 2022

14 Transfers between funds

General/Welcome area

15 Tangible fixed assets

Deemed cost - Discounted Replacement Cost (DRC)

Property Reserve

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31st August 2022

18 Cash at bank and in hand

20 Funds of the church

General funds (unrestricted)

Internal church organisations (Designated fund)

Welcome Area Fund (Restricted)

20 Funds of the church continued……

Benevolent Fund (restricted)

21 Capital Commitments and contingent liabilities

22 Loans and creditors due after one year

23 Related party transactions

23 Related party transactions continued

24 The church trustees

Declarations and Scrutiny

Presentation to the Church trustees

Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the

AYLESBURY METHODIST CHURCH

Charity Number 1129749

Responsibilities and basis of report

Independent Examiner’s Statement