Rev 7vs 9-17 Minister Report
In this triumphant vision of heaven, we are led to see the vast crowd of witnesses crying out in worship ‘salvation belongs to our God’.
And then, with all the angels that hymn of thanksgiving vs12.
And then there is the promise of eternal shelter and God’s provision and guidance.
This is the 200[th] Anniversary of the building of the first church and a fitting time to give thanks for the saints who have gone before us. The visionaries who stepped out in faith to buy this land and open the first church. Only a small band of saints in Christ. I wonder what they would have thought as they look upon the work of the church today?
We give thanks for the Saints of the past, we stand on their shoulders with a desire to serve our community and proclaim Christ in order to make disciples and make a difference with the practical love of God in our community.
And it is fitting to think about the Saints who have gone before us, because this year has been a sad year when we have lost some of our dearest members and friends.
We remember before God ; Jean Hibbert, Alan Burton, Dorothy Easthorpe, Les Snowden and Shirley Ellins- whose thanksgiving takes place on May 17[th] .
They are now part of that vast crowd worshipping God and face to face with their Shepherd.
In our sadness and loss, let us be inspired by their faith in Jesus and in their service to God with us in this church. May we pick up the baton and continue to follow our Shepherd, the Lamb upon the throne, proclaiming Christ and practically serving our community in the love of Christ.
And in our sadness may God wipe the tears from our eyes.
As we look to the present, we give thanks for the 3 people who were baptised and the two who renewed their baptism and the one who became a member on Easter day: Tom, James, David, Debbie, Emily and Lucy
We give thanks for the Alpha Course that we had this year and for those who became Christians through it.
And we give thanks for emerging leaders and their influence locally and nationally. For Hannah Caval, whose testimony of faith is going to be shared at the National Alpha conference at the Albert Hall. And… news hot off the press… Andy Gordon-McKibbin who is going to candidate for the Methodist Ministry. We pray Hannah, Andy and Naomi and their family. This is the sign of a growing and fruitful church when we can empower growing ministry and witness in the next generations.
This all starts with our evangelism and our welcome into Church. You will hear from Scott about how we are trying to build bridges with those who we welcome into the life of the church. We need to remain intentional in all that we do. We want to bring people into the knowledge and love of Jesus Christ. In the last year we had our first welcome meal and we will be planning the next one soon. This is an opportunity to invite newer people for a meal and to share what it means to be part of the church and what difference it makes that we are part of the Methodist Church. The first one was very successful and we hope to build on that.
We are also still working on a discipleship course and I personally want to get that up and running in the coming year. In the meantime, discipleship continues to be fed through our house groups and in the last year two new housegroups have started. If you are not part of a group please speak to Graham Pettinger.
And another area that we are working on is to improve our communication and it is hoped that you will notice different ways that we are trying to keep people informed.
As I close, I want to bring us back to consider this year bi-centenary year. We started the year with a 24 hour prayer room. We will continue our celebrations with the coronation concert on 6[th] May. Any profit made from that concert will go towards the repayment of outstanding intertest free loans for the building project.
In June we will be attempting a bible marathon. Reading the bible from Genesis to Revelation. As we do, we are declaring that as a church we stand on the Word of God. “Let the word be heard”. We need as many people as possible to join in by reading in relay style non stop for 4 days. There are over 300 individual reading slots – so we need over 100 readers over the 4 days to be willing to share in the 15 minute reading slots. Its an amazing experience and more information will follow.
Then around 25[th] November we hope to have another Gala Dinner and gift day to sow into the future mission of the church. This will include entertainment and a time to celebrate the witness of this church in the past and pray for it witness in the next 200 hundred years.
Finally, I want to thank every person who has offered themselves in whatever way to enable the work and witness of this church to continue. There is a culture of willingness to help in this church and we are blessed for that.
Thank you
Jonathan
CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS
THE METHODIST CHURCH
STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS
Greenhill Methodist
Church
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31 August 2023
| Circuit Sheffield |
Circuit no. | 25/1 |
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| Registered Charity - Charity Registration number | ||
| 1130675 |
If not a registered charity Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs Gift Aid number
(The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in terms of evidence of charitable status and may be used to give to donors or grant funders wishing to see 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.242)
Minister: Rev. Jonathan Haigh Church Stewards: Mr. Andy Gordon-McKibbin Mr. Neil Grant Mrs. Elaine Hollings Mrs. Hannah Luxton-Caval Mrs. Rhiannon Pettinger Mr. Greg Unwin Mrs. Sam Wallace Treasurer: Dr. Ken Dutton
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ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
Greenhill Methodist
| SECTION A | Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds |
Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds |
£ 115,172 276 20,792 60,188 Totals this year |
£ 115,172 276 20,792 60,188 Totals this year |
Totals last year |
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| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||||||
| a1 | RECEIPTS | Note | |||||||
| a2 | Offerings and Tax recovered | 108,775 | 6,396 | 115,172 | 124,040 | ||||
| a3 | Bank and CFB interest and Investment income |
276 | 0 | 276 | 11 | ||||
| a4 | Lettings | 20,792 | 0 | 20,792 | 11,907 | ||||
| a5 | Other receipts | 15,013 | 45,175 | 60,188 | 53,737 | ||||
| a6 | TOTAL RECEIPTS | 144,857 | 51,571 | **196,428 ** | (a7) | 189,695 | |||
| SECTION B | 75,000 0 28,517 15,232 29,056 41,936 |
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| b1 | PAYMENTS | ||||||||
| b2 | Circuit Assessment or Share | 75,000 | 0 | 75,000 | 69,000 | ||||
| b3 | Donations | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,570 | ||||
| b4 | Repairs and Maintenance | 28,517 | 0 | 28,517 | 29,435 | ||||
| b5 | Utilities (Insurances, water charges,heating& lighting) |
15,232 | 0 | 15,232 | 13,912 | ||||
| b6 | Salaries,NIC and Pensions | 0 | 29,056 | 29,056 | 26,771 | ||||
| b7 | Otherpayments | 14,548 | 27,388 | 41,936 | 84,237 | ||||
| b8 | TOTAL PAYMENTS | 133,297 | 56,444 | **189,740 ** | (b9) | 227,925 | |||
| 6,688 | |||||||||
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| c1 | NET RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR (a6-b8) |
11,560 | (4,872) | 6,688 | (38,230) | ||||
| c2 | Total funds brought forward from last year |
35,352 | 30,963 | **66,315 ** | (c6) | 104,545 | |||
| 73,003 | |||||||||
| c3 | (c1+c2) Sub total |
46,912 | 26,091 | 73,003 | 66,315 | ||||
| c4 | Transfers and adjustments | (c7) | |||||||
| c5 | TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR (c3+c4) |
46,912 | 26,091 | **73,003 ** | (c8) | 66,315 | (c6) |
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| d | (these amounts are not to be included in total receipts/payments figures above) FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL |
£ 0 919 919 0 ORGANISATIONS |
£ |
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| d1 | Balance brought forward from lastyear | 0 | 0 | |
| d2 | Offerings/Gifts - received for external organisations | 919 | 4,917 | |
| d3 | BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID (d1+d2-d3) Offerings/Gifts -passed to external organisations |
919 | 4,917 | |
| d4 | 0 | 0 |
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SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL
SECTION E Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2023 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Church Council/Church Meeting. Note that the funds of an Internal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must be completed to arrive at the gross income and expenditure totals of the Church. If gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold, then the Accruals method of accounting AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website). Please refer to the guidance notes regarding transfers between the District and connected District Organisations.
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| INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS |
Receipts | Payments | Net Receipts/ Payments |
Adjustments | Opening balances |
Closingbalances | |||||||
| e1 | Bookstall | 434 | 517 | (84) | 555 | 471 | |||||||
| e2 | Toddler Group (a/c closed) | 0 | 1,945 | (1,945) | 1,945 | 0 | |||||||
| e3 | Women'sNetwork | 298 | 332 | (34) | 431 | 397 | |||||||
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| e8 | Sub total of Internal Organisations funds |
731 | 2,794 | (2,063) | 2,931 | (e11) | 868 | (e12) | |||||
| e9 | Church accounts (totals brought forward from page 2 - totals column) |
196,428 (a7) 197,159 |
(a7) | **189,740 ** | (b9) | 6,688 | (c7) | **66,315 ** | (c6) | 73,003 | (c8) | ||
| e10 | TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH |
192,534 | 4,625 | 69,246 | (x) | 73,871 | (y) | ||||||
| Continue on a separate sheet if necessary and bring the totals forward |
TOTAL RECEIPTS | TOTAL PAYMENTS |
SECTION F
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
| STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES | ||||
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| CHURCH - CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 August 2023 Cash in hand Bank DepositAccount SUB TOTAL - Church accounts TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH BankCurrentAccount (HSBC+CAF) Central FinanceBoard Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes Other funds Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing balance total from above) (e12) |
OPENING BALANCES 50 23,317 42,947 66,314 (c6) 2,931 (e11) 69,245 (x) |
CLOSING BALANCES |
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| f1 | Cash in hand | 466 | ||
| f2 | BankCurrentAccount (HSBC+CAF) | 6,012 | ||
| f3 | Bank DepositAccount | 66,523 | ||
| f4 | Central FinanceBoard | |||
| f5 | Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes | |||
| f6 | Other funds | |||
| f7 | SUB TOTAL - Church accounts | 73,001 | (c8) | |
| f8 | Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing balance total from above) (e12) |
868 | (e12) | |
| f9 | TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH | 73,869 | (y) | |
| SECTION G OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES Other Assets Land &Buildings (seenotesreInsurancevalue) Other Liabilities Investments (includeEndowments) Loan(s)-showamount outstanding at yearend |
At 1 September 2022 0 4,294,422 222,007 32,000 0 |
At 31 August 2023 0 4,530,691 224,014 8,000 0 |
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| g1 | Investments (includeEndowments) | 0 | 0 | |
| g2 | Land &Buildings (seenotesreInsurancevalue) | 4,294,422 | 4,530,691 | |
| g3 | Other Assets | 222,007 | 224,014 | |
| g4 | Loan(s)-showamount outstanding at yearend | 32,000 | 8,000 | |
| g5 | Other Liabilities | 0 | 0 |
f4 Include only Funds held at the Central Finance Board
f5 Include only Funds held at Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
g1 Include any other investments (not the cash element of TMCP trusts accounts this is included in line f5
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Name of Church ……..……..........……Greenhill……….…….....……… No …25/1…
Declarations and Scrutiny
I confirm that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2023 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 …… Dr Ken Dutton
………………………………………… 41 Hemper Lane, Sheffield Post Code…S8 7FA…………
Presentation to the Church trustees
I confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2023 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 …………………………………………… Date ……………………
Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the
Greenhill Methodist Church
Charity Number 1130675
Responsibilities and basis of report
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the ……Greenhill Methodist…. Church for the year ended 31 August 2023 set out on pages 1 to 3 . 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 under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
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Name of Church ……..……..........……Greenhill……….…….....……… No …25/1…
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 (other than that disclosed below*) which give me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or
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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 ~~have~~ /have not* 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 ……Richard Thomas………………….
Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner …ACA………………
Name of firm (where appropriate) ………………………………………………………………………
Address …12 Grasmere Road, Dronfield Woodhouse, Dronfield…………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………….. Post Code S18 8PS…
Date …10/01/2024…………………………
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Form Review
May-23
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GREENHILL METHODIST CHURCH, SHEFFIELD
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT ON THE 2022-23 ACCOUNTS
(This is a copy of page 5 of the accounts document)