Registered Charity Nurntef.. 1132720 Ou8htlbrid8e Wesleyan Reform Chapel Annual Report and Unaudlted Flnan¢lal Statements For the year ended 31 December 2020 Oughtlbrldge Wesleyan Reform Chapel Contents Pagg Legal and adrnini5tratwe irrformation Trustees, annual ￿port Independent examinerfs report Receipts and pèyments account Statement of assets and liablllties Note5 to the accounts io VASCOMM￿nltyA￿nIif Ou8htibrid8e Wesleyan Reform Chapel Legal and admlnistratlve Informatton For the year ended 31 December 2020 Other names the ¢harlty Is known by,. OWRC Oughtibrid8e Chapel Trustees Matt Brook Jo Bwok Richard Gray50n Richard Hall Angela Howard Adrian Little Pam Smith Jennifer Yeardley Piintipal Address Clo 89 Cockshutts Lène Ou8htibridge Sheffield S35 OFX Indèpendent Examlner Sarah Lightfotst, FCA DChA On behalf of.. VAS Community Accountancy The Circle 33 Rockin8harn Lone Sheffield 514FW VASComMunityArrountanty Oughtibrld8e Wesleyan Reform Chapel Trustees, annual report For the year ended 31 December 2020 Oughtibridge Wesleyan Reform Chapel IOWRCI Is a famlly chur¢h seNSng the people of Dushtibrld8e ènd the surrounding area5. The chapel premises are located c105e to the centre of the village, about five miles north-west of Sheffield city tentre. The church has been meeting in Oughtibridge lor over 150 years and todarf5 Church has 3 mix of ages acr055 all generations. What motivates us is a desire to experience and share the love God has for811 people. Stru¢tureTr go¥ema￿e and management OWRC registered with the Charity Cornmission In N¢>vember 2009 and is governed by the Wesleyan Reference Deed of Ortober 1898. Thi5 Deed is8overnable bythe Wesleyan Reform Union IWRUI-a5a memb¢r olthe WRU the OWRC is also accountable to the Union. The Charlty trustees are all members of the Leadershlp team and are accountable for the running of the thapel's activities. They ensure the corrett information is submitted to members at the Church meetin8s, which ensures such matters are ratified as required bythe WRU. The Leadership teèm rneet every4-6 weeks. Church Meetings are held quarterly or more frequently rfrequlred, with the Annual fjeneral Meetin8 normally btin8 held In April. Major events, decisions and plans are discussed at Church Meetings, whi£h are minuted. The mernbership of the Leadership team is reviewed every three years at the Annual Church MeetinB. The last review, and chan8es In membershlp, ttsok pl8tÈ in Aprll 2018. Day to day actlvities are undertaken by the Leadership tearn and members of the Chapel, The Building that OWRC meet in is governed by a Separate Broup of people. known as the"guildin8 Trustees" who are custodians and hold the buildin8 in tru$t for the church. The"BuildlngTrustee5- are.. Richard Hall *A Norrnan Jackson Christopher Nicholson John Scarffe Peter Shapland Christopheryeardley lan Brearley Matthew brook * Angela Howard * Adrian Little Andrew Mi5iuk3nls Pamela Srnith * Those marked * ore a150 Charity trustees. Thts5• marked A are the registered owners of the prtspertytitle. Under the governing Deed the OWRC are ￿qUIred to provlde the finances to mointain the Building and have power to alter or ￿bUIld. However. if the church was to dernise, the WRU have a restrSttive call option on any sale and will receNe the capital. Therefore, the charity trustees Considerth￿ thty do not own the PToperty. In practice th¢ 6uildin8trustees do not meet and decislons regarding the buSldin&4 are made by the charitytrustees and all costs are met b¥ the charlty. VASCOmmunltyAc(¢urtan¢y Oughtlbrldge Wesleyan Reform Chapel Trustee5' annual report {contlnuedl For the year ended 31 December 2020 Obledves •nd •rtlvltles The principal object a5 disclosed on the Charity Cornmis5ion webslte is.. The trusteesfor the time being shull ut oll tlmes permlt thÈ sold premlses ond tht thopel school or other building$ from tlme to time stjnding thereon to be usedundoccupied ondertjoyedGs o plocefor rhe public worship of God LTnd lor the instruction of children ond odults under the direction of the so¢￿ty or¢hurch LYSsemblinofor worship thereon in connection with thesuiddenominotionorconnexiort ofjcordino to th¢prinriples Gfjnstitutjon U50gespolityondrules from tlme to time of the sold dÈnominutAon ond olso for the profftotion of such other religious educationol or choritoblepurposes as the soids0¢ietyorchurch shollfrorn time to time dirett. In practice. OWRC follow5 the Wesleyan Refomi doctTine5 of the Chrf5tiari faith and share them with the public bv.. Belng è family church seNinz the people in the locallty.. Holdlng regular Sunday services.. provide instruttion in the Chrlstlan falth; hold 8roup5 for Children, teenagers and adults.. provide supportforor8ani5ations and individuals worknn8 for the odvancement tsf the Christian faith., allow the premises to be hlred by other organisations with cornpatible aims. A¢ts¥ltlts durtngtheflhanclal year When plannln8 our activlties for the year. the trustees have consldernd the Charlty Commlsslon's guidance on publlt benefit and, In particular, the speckslc 8uidèn¢e to charities for the advancement of rell8lon. This is achieved through the activities Il#ed below. However. itt March 2020thÈ ¢ortsnavirus slgnlficantly Impacted the UK and the government imposed manv restrictions on the nataon to tryto minimise the spread of the vlrus. All actlvitles have been affected by the COVID- 19 pandemic, some cancelled, some new ones, and several adapted or changed to meet the prevallin8 circumstan¢es and re8ulations. 6el¢)w each area of activlty Is reviewed and the necessary Changes durin8 the year explained. Mokln9 the Building COVID sofr.. - A5 the farst lockdown eased steps were taken to make the buildln8 'CoviLI safe,. Risk assessments were completed and appropriate Steps taken to ensure safe use of the buildin8. Notices, QR code and 'free' face masks were made avallable. We have had additional costs for extra cleanlng materia15 and hand 5anitisers. and the$e additional tO$ts will continue forthe foreseeable future. Surtdtry Church Serrfice5'. Weekly Sunday moming servites for public worship ran as usual until March and the first lockdown. These restrictions meant that we close(f the church building from 22 March and stopped all face to face church actNities. InStlalty we were not in a position to hold our own'online, serwices. The congregation was directed towards watching service5 from Christ Church Fulwo¢>d. a large Sheffield church with similar beliefs, theology and purposes to our own. For someweeks the fellowship enjoyed and benefited from these seryices particularly Js all of U5 were thus following the same meetings and serrnon5. In September 2020 we started holding our own service5 again. u5in8 'Zoom'. to enable the fellowship to virtuolly ¥ather together, hear God's word, pray to Him and share together. We have used breakout roomsto enable a virtual after-service coffee time, whlch15 8ppre¢iated by all. For a few week5 in the late auturnn. while regulations allowed, we held the 5ervices.in person, at the church buildin8 for a small soclally dlstanced congregation while simultaneously streaming it uslnB'Zoom'. Ouring December, when we were allowed, we ran'in person, seryices Including th￿e urol Services and a Christmas Morning servite. 8115hared over Zoom forthose who wished to join virtually. Oughtlbrldge Wesleyan Reform Chapel Trustees, annual report (contlnued) For the year ended 31 December 2020 Éarller in the year, in July, beft)re In person servlces We￿ permitted to restart, the government allowed place5 of worship to open for individual prayer. We decided to dg this once a week on Sunday and although not many PEople Came, those who did 3ppreciated being able to corne. Youth Club, Youth tsnd Children'5 Meerings.. During January to March we ran our Friday nl8ht Youth Club for teenagers in tht local are8. running every week during term time. Thls ran in partnership with For8e Youth. who were pald to provide è youth worker for the evenings. On aver¥8¢ we had around 20 youn6 people attend each week. With l(xkdown the meetings stopped. ènd we did not hold anether youth club in the buildinE during 2020. 8etweell March and July we ran weekly mid week bible studie5, to replace our Sunday Morning Youth Group5 with the teenage children. In September. Oughtlbridge Parish Church IOPCI started employin8 a Family and Youth worker. As a churth we are very excited by this and have sought to build relationships wlth OPC and Seek to work together to build God'5 Kln8dom. This resulted in an agreement to run all of our youth and children'5 work together in partnership. The contract wkth Forge Youth ha5 been terminated and the local youth worker will take on this role for the Youth Club. Since September Iwhen government restrictions have allowedl, the Sunday moming youth and children'5 work has been takin8 place jointly. with leadèrs and children from both churches meeting in Oughtibridge Chape1 building. We are also jointly running an online mid-week youth blble study grotsp and will run the youth club together once strittions allow us to restart it. Bible5rtsdy&Smoll Groups Fellowship.'- Wlth lockdowrt all our Bible Study groupsand small fellowship groups ceased to meet in per50n. nelther in the buildin8 nor in homes. Flowever, we opened tr40 accounts with'zoom,, to facilitate notlusl Sunday seNices, bul a150 to enable oursmallgroup5to meetforbible study and fellowship. Fromthesummer these account5 have been very well used and people have really appreciated bein8 able to meet, albelt virtualty- By the autumn every group had restarted with onllne meetings. Open Meeting5 orjd Support groups'.- We have two regular groups rneetin8 for friendship and fe15ow5hip which are open to anyone in the community..'Forum' for men and'ladies of Leisure. for women. Initially with lockdowrt b¢th were Suspended, but by late summer both had resumed their usual programmes and were meeting online using Zoom. Startin8 in November, while re5trittions allowed, we a150 started to run a Parent and Baby Support Group. once a8ain in partnership with OPC. The government restrictions limited attendance at this to 15 parents and it has been fully booked everyweek since It startedl A WhatsApp Eroup was ¢re8ted to enable church member5 and other contacts to keep connected with one another. to share spiritual encouragement5 and practical support. This has been well used and appreciatÈd. Cufé ond meGIs'. At the start of the year the Community Café continued to be very popular 8nd well attended, runnin8 every ThuT5day moTning. But in March is wa5 tlosed and has not re-opened as a café. However, durln8 December we started making mea15 and delivering them On￿ 3 week to older people in our community. who would normally attend ) lunch club which has been suspended due to the pandemlc. Thi$ appears to have been mu¢h appreciated by those who receive them 3rtd the provision of meals has now extended beyond the Lunch Club mernbers to other older people. We intend the Cèfé to restart once resulètions make it possible. Work in Schools.. . Until lockdown in March. we continued with 'Olswverers' 8TOUP in the local prlmary schoo1- lunchtirne class for education about the Bible and Chri5tiin falth. We also presented 'Open the Book, a5sernblies based on materia15 supplied by the Bible Society and nationally recognised. With schotsls closed this work stopped. Although 'Discoverers' and In person assemblies have not taken place since March, we dld prepare some videos of Bible Stories for use in school 8ssemblie5. These were welcomed by the school. Both these artivities will restart wh•r* r•strirt5ons ar• liftAd. Ou8htlbrld8e Wesleyan Reform Chapel Trustees, annual report Icontinuedl For the year ended 31 Deeember 2020 Local Support during the Pandemlc.. A local Broup was formed to 5UPPOrt Our community durinE the pandernlc. named Helpin8 Oughtibrid8e, Worrall ènd Wharncliffe Locals ITrIOWWLI. One of the thing5 HQWWL or8ani5ed was a local food bank, we offered our buildingto be used 85the 5tora8e and distribution hub forthis. Some of ourmembers have been very involved in the organisation and running of this initiative. Outside Groups.. Norn)ally several Community groups rent our premises for thelr event$ and meetings- Brownies. Rainbows, a Community Choir, dance classes 50 on. In Nfjarch all these stopped meetin8 and to date none have restarted. This ha5 affetted our income with little rent comin8 in. However. the local nursery and after xhool club (Coumes Spring Children's Centrel required additional space in orderto create'bubbles, forthe afterschool club. So. during the autumn they rented our hall. Th5$ need decllned after October half term. Alterotions to Kitchen Toilets.. In February we completed Improvements to our kitchen to accommodate the ncreased use by the Café. These improvements included an e¥tra sink for washlng up. extr8 Storage spèce, a new larger oven, a dishwa$her and a handwashin8 sink. In the surnmer, after the easSng of the first lockdown. we took the opportunity to renovate ourtollets wlth improved ar¢e5S to three separate cubl¢les. Fuiurt plans During 2021 we plan to continuè serving our fellowship and community as best we can during the Coronavirus Pandemlc. We wlll ￿$tart'in person, actlvities and s•rvi£e5 ès restrictions allow. We will restart running the Youth Club with OPC, rather than with Forge Youth. Reserv•s Pollcy The trustee5 aim to keep £4,5CIJ as working capital and an addltlonal £1,5(K> in reserve for Unfo￿$een buildin maintenance or other unforeseen expenditure. Thi5 15 reviewed annually as we prepare the following year's budget. The unrestrirted cash reserves at 31 De￿fflber 2020 were £62,830. In addition there were unrestricted debtors of £2,445 and liabilities of £420. The unrestricted reserves are very high due to the legacy ￿CeiVed in 2018. At presentthere is no Confirm￿ plan as how best to use thls legary for the benefit of the church or to further the charitable aims. we are exploring the best 00t￿On for its use. ststemtnt Re8ardin8 the COV1fy19 Pandeml Finally, it is important to note that. at the date of thls report, the UK Is experiencirtg a period of soeial distancin8 and 5elf-i501ation in response to the COVID-19 pandernic, which is having a profound Èffed the prattical functioning of the charity. Servlces and other rneetings are Suspended. and the trustees are strivin8 trj make sure the church members rernain connected by other mean5 and supported as practS¢ally as possible. The trustees will monitor the financial situation closely, with cl83r expectation that the economic impact of th pandemi¢ will be far*re8thing. But overall, the assessment of the Charity's financlal reslllence is positive and the trustees ère satlsfted of the church's abllltyto continue as a 80ing concern. In settin8 a budget some speciflc changes to income and costs have been tsken into account, while at the same time assuming activities will largely return to normal In autumn 2021. Ou8htlbrldge Wesleyan Reform Chapel Trustees, annual report Icontinuedl For the year ended 31 December 2020 Income.. OWRC receives the tnajority of Its incolne frotn re8ylar monthly donations land a5$0ciated 8ift aidl and h85 large reseNes due to the 2018 legacy which ¢an be utillsed for the general funds if required. There ha5 been a reduction in collections at servlces, but thi5 impart is quite Ilmlted. More significantly, there continues to be very Ihtle rental Incomt from room hire. These changes to in¢eme have been reflected In the budget set for 2021. Expenditure.. kn a resultof much reduced usa8e of the buildin8, costs for healing, li8htin8 and cleaning have reduced. There has a150 been 3 drop in ¢ostS assoclated with some one-off and special events. These reductions In cost help to offset the drop in income and are again reflected in the budget. There are comparatively small Increases in costs for ?oom' accounts and odditionèl cleaning matertal5. The Trustees. declare thatthey have approved the abgve report on behalf by.. z6 rtA-Li and are signed on their Name.. éb ÉF)ok Trustee Trustee VASCommunltyA(rount Independent Examlnerfs Report to the trustees of Ou8htlbrld8e Wesleyan Reform Chapel 1.the Charlrfl I reportto the trustee5 on my examination of the accounts of the Charityfor the yearended 31 December 2020. Responslbllitres and basis of report As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparatlon of the accounts In accordan￿ with the requiremènts of the Charbties Act 20111.the A￿1. I report in respett of my e¥amination of the Trusvs accounts carried out under 5ertion 145 of the 2011 Act and In ¢arrying out rny exarnination 1 have followed all the appli¢able Directions given by the Charity Commission under settion 14515llbl of the Act. Indepèndent exarnlnerf$ ststement I have completed my emarnination. l £onfirm that no m¥teri¥l m)tt¢r5 have come to my attention In ¢onnettion w5th the examination givin8 me cause to believe that In any materlal respect- accounting records were not kept as requlred by sectlon 130 of the Act.. or 2. the accounts do not accord with those record5. I have no concerns and have tome across no other matters in connertion with the examSnation to which attention should be drawn in this report in orderto enable a proper understanding of the ¥¢¢ountsto be reached. 5i8ntd.. Sarah Lightfoot, FCA OChA On behalf of.. VAS Community Accountèncy The Circle 33, Rockingham Lane Sheffield SI 4FW Date.. 2> March2021 Oughtlbridie Wesleyan Reform Chapel Recelpts & payments auount For the year ended 31 December 2020 Llnr•strlcted nd Restrfcted fund5 Total 2019 Notos Re¢elpts Regulardon3tlon5 Non-re8ul8rdonations Gift aid received Rth)m Hire YDUth club Café Gala gr8ntforYouth Club J G Gravesgrant for kitchen Oonaiionsand Rift ald forltuna CornmunityProj&t Donationsfor defibrillètor5' upkeep Bank interest other retèipts- ut111t￿ refufid 20,950 1,219 5,030 1,835 76 1.439 20,950 1,219 5,030 1,835 76 1,439 20,280 1.809 5.441 5,572 498 5,067 450 29 29 961 18 675 Tot•1 r4¢elpts 31.$10 77 31.587 42,644 P$ym•nt5 MeetlnE costs C3fécosts Youth cluband Ioc81 mission Youth Club equipment IGala g￿ntI Youth club costs Youth and children Spec￿1¢ costs Mission support Circultcontributiong Other membershlp contributionslsubscrlptlons Printin& stationery and other adminisiTatlon costs Utilitie$ and wi-fi Cleaner CDSts Insorance and ground ￿nt Building$8nd garden maintenante One￿bUIldInsand equiprneThteostS Leadershipteam discretionary support A¢countancy& independent examination fÈÈ Glfts to Ituna Community ProjeL 1.020 1,388 3,693 1.020 1,388 4,143 L507 4.103 4,766 4ZO 20 56 14,976 2,023 iio 1,050 2,782 2,09S 1.658 1,730 3,181 450 98 14,976 1,920 ILO 14,976 1,920 iio 417 2.513 878 1.700 1,348 17,671 5(K) 417 2.513 878 1.700 1,348 15,671 51KI Totsl p•ymeDts 46.614 588 49,202 4L075 et r•ceIptsllpaymttrtslf¥r￿Velr 115.lQ41 12Jlll I17￿15) 1,569 TotalfufiiJsbrou8htfoThYard 77,934 3.911 81,845 80.176 Total fund5 ￿r￿Id{Orward 64210 81,845 A5COmm￿n￿Y ACC