## Gravesend Methodist Church & Community Centre **Trustees Report for 1 September 2021 to 31 August 2022** (agreed 18 October 2022) **Charity Number 1132238** **Organisation** –The Minister we share with a number of other churches is about to change; The Rev Tony Graff has been on a sabbatical from Easter to the end of August 2022 and is moving on 31 August to another appointment. The Rev Alexandra Terrett has been appointed as the replacement and will be joining us on 1 September 2022. Our only other employee is our Community Centre Manager - Vicki Clarke - who runs our Community Centre. Our structure consists of a Church Council (trustees) below which sits a Leadership Team to take day to day decisions and a number of committees and working groups. **Changes for 2021/2022** – We are slowly emerging from the pandemic whilst starting to use our new Foyer etc. completed during the covid outbreak. We have adopted a measured approach to new activities; rather than repeating activities taking place before covid, we are assessing what is needed in the new post covid climate. Our work with homeless people adapted throughout the pandemic continues. **Worship** – Although there are online Sunday services provided by our circuit, we are now back worshipping in person but with sensible post covid restrictions in place. The number of people attending worship has dropped slightly, mainly due to people passing on or becoming housebound, but there are encouraging signs of new growth. **Personal growth** – We recognise that more work is needed in this area. We ran an ‘Alpha’ course during spring and early summer and a follow-up course is proposed for the coming September. **Children’s work** – post covid, we have now re-established our links with families associated with our church. Our “Explorers” children’s group meets on Sunday mornings and although some children have not returned after covid, they have been replaced by new families joining the church. **Pastoral** –pastoral support for our church community continues to be an important aspect of our work although we recognise that we need more Pastoral Visitors. Their work includes visiting the sick, keeping contact with housebound members and dealing with other pastoral matters. Our Pastoral Committee meet regularly to assess needs. **Helping the needy** –The church ethos of “helping the needy” in our town and community continues as a mainstay of our calling. We increasingly work with partner organisations in our area focusing on helping local homeless people. Our Beacon Project “The Daytime Hub” provides cooked breakfasts, showers, new clothes, laundering peoples clothing, dealing with health issues and helping signpost them to outside help. The importance of this work is continually being recognised, this year receiving a community award and our Community Centre Manager being invited to attend a Buckingham Palace Garden Party in the summer. In late 2021 we partnered with the elderly care provider – MHA – to run a community coffee shop and programmes for elderly people in our new foyer. The post covid economic climate proved to work against that and the relationship with MHA sadly ended in the summer. However, some of that work supporting elderly people continues, now being provided directly by the church. **Home and Overseas Support** - We continue to support Samaritans Purse Shoe box appeal, Action for Children, Christian Aid and further afield a Kenyan Street Children’s Project which provides education and a loving home for Kenyan street children. We aim to react positively to one off events and appeals as they arise. **Property** –The second phase of our C21st Project Phase 2 refurbishment project is now in use giving our premises longevity and improved community facilities. We had a Quinquennial Inspection in autumn 2021 which will guide our future maintenance programmes, with as much work being completed by a DIY team as possible to keep costs down. **Use of premises** – Use of our premises, constrained by the pandemic is gradually returning. We regularly review our policies for Risk Assessment, Fire Risk Assessment, Safeguarding and Positive Working Together. Our Community Centre Catering Kitchen has just been awarded the highest hygiene rating by the Council and key staff have Food Hygiene certificates and attend catering hygiene courses wherever possible. Plans for the future include “The Gr@nd” Healthy Living Project moving into our premises allowing us to jointly support our local community with an increased range of activities. In support of the local Ukrainian population, our local M.P. and others are now using our premises for Ukraine Family support. **Working with other churches and charities-** we continue to play an active role in “Churches Together in Gravesham” and assist other churches and Christian groups wherever possible. We continue to be very grateful to our volunteers, coming from a variety of backgrounds and supporters who recognise that without their help our work would be severely constrained. Some of the churches and organisations we now partner with include Porchlight, Serveco, Gravesham Sanctuary, Gravesend Street Pastors, Gravesham Foodbank, The Gr@nd, the Kent Crime Commissioner and the Gravesham Borough and Kent County Councils. **The future** – With covid receding and our C21st works complete, we are looking toward a bright future especially the work supporting the wider community in Gravesham. God is good to us. “ Your local Town Centre Church bringing God’s love to the heart of the community”. **Finance** – please see separate report. Gravesend Methodist Church, Milton Road, Gravesend. Kent. DA12 2RE Gravesend Methodist Community Centre, 4-9 Wilfred Street, Gravesend. DA12 2HA Charity no. 1132238 Tel. 01 474 328249 www.gravesendmethodistchurch.org.uk Facebook – Gravesend Methodist Church email- gravesendmethodistchurch@gmail.com |**GRAVESEND METHODIST CHURCH ACCOUNTS**|**GRAVESEND METHODIST CHURCH ACCOUNTS**|||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Sept 2021- Aug 2022**||||| |||||| |**INCOME**||||| |||||| |||||| |Cottage Rent|10007.00|||| |Hall/Church Rent|2415.50|||| |Gift Aid|13881.03|||| |Gift Day|4933.75|||| |Collections/Donations - Lloyds|12653.69|||| |Collections/Donations - CFB|40018.00|||| |Autumn Market|1401.41|||| |Interest|387.58|||| |21st Project Fundraising|3358.85|||| |Other|13920.00|||| |Donation|20000.00|||| |||||| |**TOTAL INCOME**|**122976.81**|||| |||||| |||||| |**EXPENSE**||||| |||||| |Circuit Assessment|50810.00|||| |Cleaner|10262.56|||| |Gas|3125.63|||| |Electricity|2856.58|||| |Telephone|382.74|||| |Insurance|4789.64|||| |Water|637.00|||| |Maintenance/Repairs|22949.47|||| |Donations|1117.39|||| |Other Expenses|21986.41|||| |||||| |**TOTAL EXPENSE**|**118917.42**|||| |||||| |||||| |**BALANCE**|**4059.39**|||| |||||| |||||| |Cash|||0|| |At Bank - Lloyds|||18802.63|| |CFB - General|||8867.38|| |CFB -Planned Mainteence|||30124.65|Restricted| |CFB - 21st Fundraising|||4852.61|Restricted| |CFB - Builders Fund|||9816.57|Restricted| |CFB - Youth Fund|||894.75|Restricted| |CFB - Benevolent Fund|||186.53|Restricted| |TMCP|||31021.52|Restricted| |||||| |**TOTAL AT BANK - 31st August 2022**|||104566.64|| CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS GRAVESEND MEfHODIST Church FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2022 NORTH KEP Clrcuit Clrcuit no. 36121 Roglst8r•d Charlty - Charlty Reglstratlon number If not a registered charty Hor MaJvJty'8 Rovenue and Custom8 Glft Ald 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 wshing lo see evidence of the organisation's charrtable status. Methodist charitses in England and Wales that are not registered charities ar8 excepted from regislration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242) 1132238 Mlnister.. REV ALEXANDRA TERRErr Church Stewards.. SHEILA ALLISON EMMANUEL ESHUN MARY ONISIMO VELMA WILLIAMS STEPHEN BRERÉTON Treasurer-. KATHRYN HARDY Pagel of5 ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022 GRAVESEND METHODIST Church UnTrstrictsd Rostrici•d Totskn th Funds Funds ar SECTION A Totals last year a1 RECEIPTS a2 Offerin s and Tax recovere¢J Bank and CFB interest and Inveslmènl income 71,327 20.159 91.486 63,932 45 343 388 137 a4 Lettin 12.423 12.423 18,680 122.977 11,001 a5 Other receipts TOTAL RECEIPTS 15,321 99.116 3.359 23.861 56,326 131,396 a6 la71 SECTION b1 PAYMENTS b2 Circuit Assessment or Share 50.810 56,481 b3 Donations 900 217 1,100 Re airs and Maintenan Ulililies {In$urances, water cha es, heatin hlin 20.666 12,546 b5 11.792 11,792 10,073 b7 Other payments TOTAL PAYMENTS 19,572 103,740 2.414 15,177 21.986 118,917 160,625 237,433 b8 Ib9} SECTION C NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR c1 •6 4.624 8,684 4.060 1 C6.037 Total funds brought forward from 1891 year 32,294 68,213 100.S07 ¢6 206.544 c3 Sub total ¢1+c2 27.670 76,897 100,507 Transfers and ad'ustments c7 c5 TOTAL FUNDS AT E14D OF YEAR {c3+c4) 27.670 76.897 104,567 (c8} 100.507 SECTION D FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AMD PASSED ON TO ExfERNAL ORGANISATIOMS th•Ba amounts ar• nol to b• Includ•d In total r•cel paym•nts fi urgs abov•) d1 Balance brou hl forward from last ar d2 Offerin sIGifts- received for extemal o anisations 183 d3 Offerin9sIGifts - passed to extemal organisali¢y¢s 183 d4 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID Id1+d2-d3} Page2of5 GRAVESEND METHODIST thwch SECIIQN E ORGANtsAT￿$ 311 125 12 19 16 31 14 16 •* Chur¢h •c¢ourt• (tth• l.t0￿ Colurnnl 11V17 l¢n BY CHURCH 137.1145 112MJS> 119367 Contknue rm • TOT*LREC*TS 5 for￿rd ¢L091NQ DALW4¢E• CMURCM.¢A811 FIM)8 KLD Il JI ¢•Ahkn 12 Bnnk PLtrNJnl T￿11•$fLI Plethod￿lc4￿Xl* 31.022 OthwtrJnd• auB TOTAL. •¢e•urt¥ ar￿*￿ frL￿ •Lvrtl (8121 800 ?12 rov*Le￿N FVIIDS MELD8Y CIIURCII ooz SECIIOII G 31 AwL*t 2022 L*¥J&&JMn SXS.(ts) 163.f•)2 1fj9.LV2 P*Jè3d5 Name of Church Gravesend Methodist Church Declarations and Scrutiny I confirm thal these Recelpt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2022 have been prepared from the records of the Church and that they include all funds under the control of the Church trustees. S￿natUre oftrèasuTrr...... Name and address of treasurer ...￿fiT. . lfr. lo Postcode......... Prgsentatlon to tho Chureh tru8toe• I confirm that the annual rewrt and a¢counts for the year ended 31 August 2022 ￿re*￿ill￿¢. presented to the meeting of the Church trustees held on . i g - li Ix signatu￿ of the Chair of the meeting Name of the Chairofthe meeting Independent Examinerfs R6POrt to the Trustees of the Gravesend Methodlst Church Charlty NUm￿r 1132238 R•$pon•lbllltl88 and b•sl8 of Mport I report to the Irustees on my examination of the *￿Unts of the Gravesend Methodist Church for the year ended 31 August 2022 sel out on pages 2 to 3. As the Church's trustees. you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 I'the AcY}. I report in respect of my examinatK)n of the Church's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and, in carrying out my examination. I have followed all the applbcable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(51{b) of the Act ' delete or circle as appropriate p￿40f5 Name of Church Gravesend Methtsjist Chur Indepondent Examinees Slatement I have completed my examinats'on. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention in connection wrth the examination (other than that di￿oSed below") vthi¢h give me caLtse to believe that in, any matenal resFect.. the accounting records V+pre not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act.. or the accounts do not a¢xord with the accounbng rec4)rds. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection wlth the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts lo be reached. I have obtained independent verification of all investments with the Trustees for Methodist Church Purwse$ or held in other tnJst$, bank balances and fvnds at Ihe Central Finance Board of th? Methc￿list Church which are individually in ex¢ass of £10.rxJo lien thousand pounds) at the balance sheet date. Signature of independent eXaMi￿r Name of independent examiner Keith Scuddor Relevant professional qualif￿tion of ind8pendent examiner ICB Address 42 Frobisher Way, Gravesend. Kent DA12 4RA Date IL PageS015