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← Barton, Brigg and Wolds Circuit

2025-08-31-accounts

ANNUAL REPORT SEPTEMBER 2024 TO AUGUST 2025 BARTON, BRIGG and WOLDS CIRCUIT

Trustees Annual Report for the year ended 31[st] August 2025

Objectives and Activities

The Barton, Brigg and Wolds Circuit exists to advance the mission of the Methodist Church throughout the Circuit by providing support for the sixteen churches in line with the Connexional priorities. The Circuit comprises of 16 local Methodist churches served by a ministerial team of an ordained Superintendent Minister plus a few part time active retired ministers, administrator and volunteers.

The Circuit is led by a Superintendent Minister assisted by Supernumerary Ministers and a part time administrator.

The Circuit Meeting, which met 5 times during the year, sets the policy for the Circuit, serving as a link between the Lincolnshire Methodist District, the Methodist Conference and the Connexional team on the one hand and the local churches on the other. It has oversight of all Circuit affairs, formulating and promoting policies, through its various officers and committees to assist the mission of the Church, to give inspiration to the leaders in the churches and to ensure the interrelation of all aspects of the Church’s life throughout the Circuit. The members of the Circuit meeting are the trustees of the charity registered with the Charity Commission. As a registered charity, the Circuit takes seriously its responsibilities to the Charity Commissioners and adheres to their guidance concerning public benefit in relation to charitable objectives.

The day-to-day work of the Circuit is carried out by the Circuit Leadership Team, which consists of the Superintendent Minister, seven volunteer Circuit Stewards and the Circuit Safeguarding Officer, with the additional assistance of a Circuit Bookkeeper, a Circuit Administrator and Circuit Minute Secretary.

Grimsby and Cleethorpes Circuit kindly allowed Rev. K Deacons to work for one day a week in the BB&W Circuit, focusing on Caistor, Market Rasen and Middle Rasen.

OUR MISSION STATEMENT

Barton, Brigg and Wolds Circuit Mission Statement September 2024

With Jesus at the centre of our lives our mission is to live by faith, be known by love, give voice to hope and be a growing, evangelistic, justice seeking Circuit.

We do this by supporting our congregations to express the joy of being followers of Jesus and to rediscover our Methodist roots through embedding a Methodist Way of Life throughout the circuit. We support each church to:

We believe that worship is the powerhouse of the church and encourage each congregation to:

Energised and empowered by Sunday worship we seek to make Jesus known in our local communities by:

We work together for a more just world:

We do none of this in our own strength; we rely upon the grace of God, the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and the example of Christ who is with each one of us in this pilgrimage of faith.

Achievements and Performance

As the Circuit staffing had been reduced to one full time Minister from September 2024, Dr. Richard Atkinson the Circuit Lay Pastoral worker was asked to increase his hours from 25 to 35 hours per week for the year September 2024 to August 2025. His focus to continue to be on pastoral visiting and officiating at funerals, as this has been of considerable help to the Ministerial team since his appointment and would be of value to the Superintendent enabling him to focus on all other aspects that his role entails. To further assist with pastoral care in the Circuit, two lay Funeral Ministers would officiate at funerals in the north of the Circuit.

The Youth worker with volunteers has been running the following groups of:

Drop in after school on a Monday night Youth Alpha group which has now grown to a question and chat group

Kids Activity Club- Group for those in primary school

TBD group- a group to grow skills and running of a social enterprise

3 o’clock club- formally known as adult youth club, this is a group for adults to use and do what happens at the youth club

Youth club- traditional youth club

All groups have grown and are well attended.

Along with these groups, we have been looking at developing the garden at the back of Brigg Methodist church. We have had paths put in, along with two raised beds, some trees and a bench. We also run a Community Meal Night every month, which we run jointly with Oikos. The children and young people cook with the youth workers, and the adults cook with Hannah Dobson. We then come together and eat the meal and clean up together.

In the summer holidays, we enjoyed going to Broughton, Caistor and Market Rasen to support the groups there. We also ran groups in Brigg. We ran 4 children’s activities, 4 young people activities, 1 day trip for children and 1 for young people and a family trip. We went to Wild Pines Park with the children for the day and Welton Waters Activity Centre with the young people. On the family trip we went to The Forbidden Corner. Every month we have a family service, joint with St. John’s Church.

We usually have a good turnout. The service includes songs, dancing, activities relating to the service and afterwards, food. We continue to help with Broughton Prayer Spaces in Schools too. This happens twice a month and they are activities that happen at lunchtime that children can join in with, if they wish.

Lay Pastoral Worker Report - During the past year, whilst I have been working full-time I have engaged in more of the activities I had done in the previous year. In addition to this, for the last year I represented the circuit on the governing body of the West Wold Federation of Grasby and Caistor Schools. I have conducted funerals in 9 of the churches in the circuit and performed services at 3 of the local crematoria. I have attended activities and events associated with every church in the circuit. I have visited members and associates of the church community in 7 of the hospitals in and around the region. I have visited at least 26 care homes in and around our circuit. I have made innumerable visits, both requested and suggested, to members and adherents across the whole circuit. I continue to find my work inspiring and enjoyable. I am pleased that as people get to know me they are able to have more spiritual conversations.

We now have a role outline for all roles in the churches and circuit with safer recruitment a priority. Safeguarding oversight for the Circuit safeguarding officers is now in place

Staffing from September 2025

Following stationing in November 2024 we were delighted to be matched with Rev. John Schofield, who will be the second Minister in the Circuit from September 1[st] 2025

Plans for the Future

To develop team Ministry. The two ordained Presbyters to work across the Circuit: Rev. Roberts to focus on; Superintendency, Discipleship, Bible Study and Spiritual Formation (Inward looking)

Rev. Schofield to focus on; Outreach, Mission and Evangelism (Outward looking). The Lay Pastoral Workers hours to be 25 hours per week as per original contract.

We are also continuing to review the following:

All of the above, we will continue to discuss and develop through 2025-26.

Financial review

The Circuit is in a good financial position. The accounts show a total income of £274,315, with the following principal sources:-

The Circuit had nett deficit of £15,744 for the 2024/25 financial year.

The total cash funds held as at 31st August 2025 was £67,767 and the total investments was £304,337

The Circuit has a Reserves Policy which prioritises mission for the use of these financial reserves. It also has also set up a loan scheme which, though repayable, is available for any church experiencing unforeseen expenditure that cannot be covered by its own reserves.

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i, CIRCUIT RECEIPTSio AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS

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Ministers:

Circuit Stewards:

Ms Sandra Burniston (Treasurer)

Janet Faulkner

Mrs Kate Marr

Mrs Anne Morgan

Mrs Joyce Harris

Mr Brian Cook

Mr lan Short

Book Keeper

Mr John McCartney

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ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2025

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SECTION D is FORthese INFORMATIONamounts should ONLY:not MONEYbe included RECEIVEDin total ANDreceipts/payments PASSED ON TOabove)EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS dt Balance brought forward from last year PF | oll 42 | Offerings/Gilts - received for external organisations fF a), Offerings/Gifts - passed to external organisations ——a C— | dd BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID (d1 + d2-d3 eee

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Summary of the Circut accounts tor the year ended 31 August 2025 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Circuit Meeting. Note that Ine funds ot
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No: 17/11

Declarations and Scrutiny

| confirm that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2025 have been prepared from the records of the Circuit and that they include all funds under the control of the Circuit meeting.

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Presentation to the Circuit meeting

| confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025 were/witbe* presented to the Circuit meeting held on ./7. FEB. CO26 , a Signature of the Chair of the meeting phot fVbR[so] Name of the Chair of the meeting: Rev Robert Roberts Date /W#B 20e

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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of the

Barton, Brigg & Wolds Circuit Charity Number: 1132257

Responsibilities and basis of report

| report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Barton, Brigg & Wolds Circuit for the year ended 31 August 2025 set out on pages 1 to 3 As the Circuit's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’),

| report in respect of my examination of the Circuit's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and, in carrying out my examination, | have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act

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Independent Examiner's Statement

| have completed my examination. | 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: é

e the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or e the accounts do not accord with the accounting records.

| 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.

| 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 .. TAPANA...... SLaigu RUE LANR GEAR ERR CDETEN ESS Name of independent examiner ...... CAIRNE SERSEM cn, Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner S| ee a

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