# Annual Reports 2O20 – 2O21 Reports submitted as of 17/02/2022 CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS BiGester Methodist Church FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2021 Buckln ham, Blcester and Brackle Circult Clrcuit no 3106 Registered Charity - Charity Reglstratlon numbor If not a registered Gharity Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs Glft Ald number (The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in tems of evidence of charitable status and may be used to give to donors or grant funders wishing to se8 evidence of the organisation's charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not registered charities are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.2421 1130238 Minister. Reverend Steve Mann Church Stewards.. Susan Thurfey Marlyn Halford Valerie F)ritchard Sarah Crisp to OW1012020 Kéva Smith to January 2021 Stephen Smith to January 2021 Treasurer.. Valerie Pritchard Church R and P 2015.xb 1 of5 ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 Bicester Methodist Chur¢h Unrnstrlct•d Re•trlcted Totals th• Funds Funds ear Totsla la$t SECTION A a1 RECEIPTS Notè Offerin s and Tax recovered Bank and CFB interest and Investment income 53.178 53,178 50.172 146 146 751 Lettin 4,661 7,787 65,772 4.661 9.327 67.312 19,881 12,097 82,901 85 Other receipts TOTAL RECEIPTS 1,540 (a7) SECTION B b1 PAYMENTS Cirujit Assessment or Share b2 51,690 1.372 3,013 51,690 1.372 3,107 51,288 1,372 b3 Donations Re airs and Maintenance utilities Ilnsurances, water har es healin hlin Youth work and administration 4,371 b5 5,246 6,954 1,144 69.419 5,246 8,394 1,144 70,953 8,065 1,440 10,587 4,439 80.122 b7 Other payments TOTAL PAYMENTS 10 b8 1.534 {b91 SECTION C NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS 3,647 2,779 Totsl funds brought fomard from last year 112,471 15,272 127.743 c6 124,964 Sub totsl c1+c2 108,824 15.278 124.102 127,743 Translers and ad"u$tments c7 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR (¢3+c41 108,824 15,278 124,102 Ic8) 127,743 le8} SECTION D FOR INFORAIATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS these amounts aro not to bo included In total recel ments fi ures alx)vg ¢J1 Balance brou ht forward from last d2 Offerin sIGifts- received for extemal o anisations 930 1,817 d3 OfferingslGifts - passed to external organisations 930 1,817 d4 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID Id1+d2-d3} Chtsr¢h R P2015.xls 2of5 Bicester Methodist Church RTING T TH SECTION E SLmmaty ol ihe Ctturch ￿nUnts forihe yaar enLW 31 AuGusI 2021 and Irrtetnal orgaTN￿IIOns rerNJnbw 10 ihe Ctturch cO￿¢1vChurth M8*￿0. Nots furth ol an lThtemal OroanL%abOn WOL￿￿ norTn￿lY be Restn¢iOd fu￿# urt1￿ be r4egty thaitheYCc￿￿ used foranyP•*tW$l purrxxe Thlssocuon mustbè Cx)mrleted to 8Thive at tt*gross Inwme end eXpendrtU￿ totalsof tneCMr¢h. Ugross irtome exceedj thePAyuua15 threshOlO. thenth&Accruals of ar¥x)unbng AND A D1FFERENT FORM must be used to rerwltrlewnJnts{5￿ M￿)￿￿1￿*￿$￿e). P*ge referto thegUvJa￿ thjtss TegardinJtran$l•rs Dwrici and wnne¢*d tlstrKtOraanisakn8. INTeRIiAL Net Opni ances Chur¢b 385 F•tlrth%h 2.02B 2,028 e3 Wlw 745 74S ¢4 87 118 154 e5 ¢6 Oro8ni$8bons funds 67 29 38 •12 Chur¢h •c¢ount• Itot brwghtforrfmrf from pag• 2-totsls columni $7J12 70,gS3 124,102 {￿} BY CHURC 67,379 70,982 131.027 eontsnue￿ a sep8ratysFwt nKe55ary and l￿Th￿ I $forward TOTAL RECEIPTS TOTAL PAYME14TS SECTION F Ers CLQSWG eTrKHicH. CASH F(WJ$XELD at 31 2021 BALANCES r*sh 30 30 Bank Curn8ntA(cwm 22,120 28,334 Bank Oe LACryAnt 721 722 f4 Ceryltèl Finarth Board 104M72 TfLJStee3 form*￿1¥1 Churd) Pu Oihèr lund$ SU8 TOTAL-Chur¢hxeounts Tot81 funth hold by lfiternal OrganrAkns (the ba￿￿¢•b￿lI[0M 8bow811è121 127.743 Ic8) 124.102 Ic81 3.322 e121 TOTAL CA8H FUNDS HELD BYCtrWJRCH 131,027 127824 ¥ECnOPIG Al 31 AugUSt2021 oTheR ASSETS aThJ LLAJILrnES 1.303 Land & Bulkji 88è nc*s re h8W8fKev8lue Oth¥ L&gbilffjOg - refvn¢* 14 Ir￿de￿I￿ Fu￿3 held at th•C6ftAI FinK￿e Boatyj f5 I￿￿￿e￿lY FU￿ts aiTnthesfr*mèth￿l$* Church Purposes 91 In￿￿e￿Y0￿2r1nVe&J￿OThts Inotth8 Ca￿8￿￿1 olTMCPlrusts accoL¥ts Ills vj in&l￿d In lff*f5 3015 Name of Church . BScester Methodist Church No.. 1130238 Declarations and Scrutiny I confirm that these Re￿Ipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 Augusl 2021 have been prepared from the records of the Church and that they include all funds under the control of the Church trustees. Signature of treasurer Name and address of treasurer . Valerie Prilchard . 43 Linden Road, Bicester, Oxon, OX26 6PE Presentation to the Church trustees I confirm that Ihe annual report and accounts for the year ende 31 August 2021 werelwill be" presented to the meetina of the Church trustees held on . wl.,.1.. Signature of the Chair of the meeting Name of the Chair of the meeting . Revd Steve Mann Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of the Bicester Methodist Church Charity Number . 1130238 Responslbllltles and basis of report I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Church for the year ended 31 August 2021 set out on pages /. to 3. As the Church, trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act,). L7H.obisr 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 2015 thurch R and P.xls 4ofS Name of Church . Blcester Methodist Church No: 1130238 Indepondent Examlnerf8 Statement I have cornp￿ted 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 record5 were not kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of the Act., OT 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 be reached. I I￿1￿￿)ave not" obtained independent verification of all investments WFth the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances and funds at the Central Finan￿ Board of the Methodist Church which are individualty in eX￿s$ of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at the balan sheet date. Signature of independent examiner /{ Name of independent examiner Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner Name of firm (where appropriate) Address Post Code Date delete or circle as appropriate 2015 P.￿S 5of5 ## **BMC Wives Club** The Wives Club didn’t meet at all during this time. So nothing to report, Regards Joan Francis ## **Christian Aid Report** Unfortunately because of the Covid situation as a Bicester C _hurches Committee has been very much restricted in its activies._ _However throughout the year the churches have supported the ongoing work. We met on 29th March via_ Zoom to discuss Christian Aid week. We were not able to do a full street collection or collect at the Rail stations. However individual churches did their own thing. However i am pleased to report that donations were received from collections at Linden Lodge (£127-80p) Church Collection (£179-99) ,part of Merganser Drive (£88.50p) and close friends and neighbours in Bure Park For special appeals in May and July cheques were forwarded for £290-and Launton £123. Donation taken at the 2021 Harvest Festival amounted to £87 Many thanks to all who contributed in any way. Beryl Mann (Church Rep on Bicester and district CA Committee) ## **Tuesday Fellowship Annual Report Year Ended August 2021.** There were no meetings during the year so nothing to report. P Knight V Taylor ## **Health and Safety Report 2021 – 2022** Since taking over as the H&S Officer for the church, it has been a time of recovery from the lockdown and restart. Taking over from John was easy as the legal stuff had all been done, for which I thank him. We have followed all the guidelines that have been given by the Government and Methodist church and are still requiring all church users to maintain a 2-metre distance and to wear face coverings in church. We are moving into a time when all restrictions will be removed on 1[st] March, as a result we will be reviewing our guidelines for all church users. We are in a position that all the some of the hall users are not required to use face covering by their organisations so we are suggesting that face coverings are used in public areas when two of the groups may meet. We are leaving it to them to be sensible while in the rooms they are using. We will however continue to wear face covering in church and maintain the social distancing as a guideline but can not enforce it as of 1[st] March I have met with the electrician who has submitted a report as to the work required, significant but not needing urgent work, so he has submitted an estimate and will be commencing the work on week commencing the 7[th of] March changing some fittings and upgrading the church and the halls to 2022 requirements. I look forward to the serving the church and take us into a safer future ## Christine Townsend **Health and Safety Officer** ## **Bicester Methodist Church Pastoral Report** Since the start of the Corona virus pandemic in early 2020 pastoral care has mainly been maintained via the telephone and email plus zoom links to recorded Services, Bible studies and informal zoom conversations. One to one telephone chats by Rev Steve Mann, myself and others have been an excellent method of keeping up with each other and has been vital to ensure that members and friends continue to feel included and part of the fellowship/church family. I have very much enjoyed many long telephone conversations and had very positive responses from members and friends. **Angela Peters Pastoral Secretary**