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|Description ofthe charity's||trusts|||
||Type of governing<br>document||Deed of Union 1932and Methodist<br>Church Act 1976||
||How the charity is constituted||Trust||
||Trustee selection methods||The Trustees are the members ofthe Church Council and are either ex-<br>oNico, elected annually. by the general church meeting or appointed||
||||annually<br>by the Church Council.||
|Additional<br>Qovernance issues (Optional<br>information)|||||
|You may choose to include|||Penketh<br>Methodist<br>Church is part ofthe Sankey Valley Methodist|Circuit|
|additional<br>information,<br>where<br>relevant,<br>about:|||The Church Council sets the Charity's<br>strategy and monitors<br>results at<br>periodic meetings.||
||policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>training oftrustees;|and|The Church Council has established<br>a Management<br>Stewards Group that<br>meets bi-monthly<br>to focus on deploying<br>and managing<br>Church strategy<br>and reviewing<br>results.||
||the charity*s organisational||||
||structure<br>and any wider<br>network<br>with which the charity||The Church Council has appointed<br>committees<br>forthe furtherance<br>ofthe<br>Charity's<br>work in certain areas, i.e.Pastoral, Worship and Resources||
||works;||||
|~|relationship<br>with any related<br>parties;||The Church Council has appointed<br>individuals<br>to oversee Safeguarding<br>and Health 8 Safety||
|~|trustees'<br>consideration<br>of||The Church Council have developed a Mission 8 Growth Plan (Oct1 8-||
||major risks and the system||Oct23), which highlights a number ofgoals; for example,<br>Mission,||
||and procedures<br>to manage||Fellowship,<br>Worship,<br>Children 8 Youth and Community||
||them.||||
||||The purposes ofthe Methodist<br>Church are and shall be deemed|to have|
||||been since the date ofthe union the advancement<br>of:-||
||||(a) the Christian<br>faith in accordance with the doctrinal standards|and the|
||||disciphne<br>ofthe Methodist<br>Church;||
|Summary ofthe objects ofthe|||(b) any charitable<br>purpose for the time being ofany connexional,|district,|
|charity set out in its|||circuit, local orother organisation<br>ofthe Methodist<br>Church;||
|governing<br>document|||(c) any charitable<br>purpose forthe time being ofany society or institution||
||||subsidiary<br>or ancillary to the Methodist<br>Church||
||||(d) any purpose for the time being ofany charity being a charity||
||||subsidiary<br>or ancillary tothe Methodist<br>Church||





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|Summary ofthe main<br>achievements<br>ofthe charity<br>durIng the year||The achievements<br>and the performance<br>ofthe Church<br>in 2021/22 reflected<br>a return to adegree of normality<br>for worship and the general use ofthe<br>building<br>following the emergence<br>out ofthe lockdown<br>and restrictions||
|||throughout<br>the year.||
|||There has been no significant<br>increase<br>in the number ofhirers or users of||
|||the building as we remain restricted to a degree by Ambassadors<br>covering||
|||to open and dose the building,||
|||There is, though, an eclectic mix|ofusers covering children*s groups,|
|||uniformed<br>organisations,<br>painting|groups, gardening<br>groups,<br>Drop-In|
|||sessions fortea 8 coffee, yoga,|keep fit, dance groups and fellowship|
|||groups within the Church.||





|||General Funds - The reserves<br>policy for the General Fund has been reviewed|
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|Briefstatement ofthe||following the impact ofCOVID on the 2021-22accounts and in determining<br>how|
|charity's<br>policy on reserves||much, asa Church, Penketh can continue to contribute toAssessment<br>payments<br>tothe Circuit in 2022-23. Church Council wN review the policy|
|||annually.|
|||Restricted Funds —All funds<br>in the Restricted Funds are for Lay Workers only.|
|||However, to meet any future severance costs in the event ofneeding to make|
|||Lay Workers redundant,<br>the Restricted<br>Fund reserves<br>poHcy is calculated to|
|||cover (for all three<br>I ay Workers) their three month<br>notice period and redundancy|
|||costs (based on statutory<br>redundancy<br>calculations<br>for each Lay Worker).<br>For all|
|||Lay Workers the total notice period costs, including<br>pension,<br>and redundancy|
|||rrents are cF10,000. Church Council will review the<br>Iic annuall<br>.|
|Details ofany funds|materially||
|In deflclt|||
|Further financial review details||(Optional information)|
|You may choose to <br>additional<br>information,<br>relevant about:|include<br>where|General Funds —Total General Funds at the end ofAugust 2022 totaHed<br>825,740,a87,985reduction versus funds at the end ofAugust 2021. Whilst<br>income was up f19,867year on year this included a Circuit Grant ofR7,500and<br>the balance was due toa combination<br>ofincreased<br>giving and room hire fees.|
|the charity's<br>principal<br>sources offunds (including<br>any fundralslng);||Costs we also up year on year (around K10,000)where we had to cover<br>significant costs for lift repairs, PAT testing and hiring cleaners.<br>Finances<br>remain very tight.|
|how expenditure<br>has<br>suppori:ed the key objectives<br>ofthe charity;||Restricted Funds —AH funds<br>in the Restricted Funds are for Lay Workers only.<br>For2021-22we again reported a deficit in paying out more in saiaries then we<br>received<br>in donations.<br>Total funds at the end ofAugust totalled 827,722, a<br>R6,457 reduction versus Aug21,<br>Additional<br>fund raising is being looked at, but|
|investment<br>policy|and|the current outlook does not look good over 2years out|
|objectives including<br>any|||
|ethical investment|policy||
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|||Reverend<br>Mark Harwood||
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|||Church Stewards:||
|John|Legg||Joe Royle|
|Margaret|Docherty||Dorothy Ditchfield|
|||Treasurer:||
|||Mr Steve Devers||





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||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Totals this|Totals last|
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||SECTION A||Funds|Funds|year|year|
||Offerings and Tax recovered||39,611||51,912|46,814|
||Bank and CFBinterest and||||||
||lrlvestment<br>income||||||
||||11,051||11,051|4,106|
||Other receipts|||||5,177|
||TOTAL RECEIPTS||||||
||SECTION 8||||||
|b1|PAYMENTS||||||
||Circuit Assessment|orShare||||34,650|
||Donations||338|||200|
||Repairs and Maintenance||||25,596||
||Utilities (lnsurances,<br>char es, heating 8|water<br> lighting|||12,808||
||Building Fund Payments||||||
||Other payments|||23,279||30,071|
||TOTAL PAYIIENTS|||23,279|92,954 (b9}|81,315|



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|SECTION C||||
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||||(25,130}|
|Total funds brought forw'ard<br>from last year||67,883 (c6}||
|Sub total|27,722|||
|Transfers and adjustments||||
|TOTAL FUNDS AT END OFYEAR|||67,$83 (c6}|
|SECTION D||||



|FOR INFQRIIATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED QN|TO EXTERNAL|QRGANISATIQNS||
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|(these amounts are not tobe included<br>in total receipts/payments|figures above)|||
|Balance brought forward from last year||||
|Offerings/Gifts<br>-received for external organisations||?10|480|
|Offerings/Gifts<br>-passed to extemai organisations||710|480|
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||Summary ofthe Church accounts|forthe||year ended 31||August|2022and internal|Organisations||reporgng tothe|Church|Coundl(Church||Meeting. Note that||the funds ofan||||
||Internal<br>Organisation<br>would normally be Restricted funds urdess it could bedearly shown that they could be used forany Methodist purpose.<br>This secdon must be<br>comphdad toamve atthe gross income and expenditure<br>totals ofthe District. Ifgross income exceeds the Accruals threshold,<br>then the Accruais method ofaccoungng<br>A DIFFERENT FORM must be used toreport the accounts (see~ist websitej.<br>Please refer tothe guidance notes~translers<br>between the District and|||||||||||||||||AND||
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||INTERNAL|||||||||||||||||||
||ORGANSATIONS|||||||||||O|I|balances||Closin|babrnces|||
|CI|745Ladies Group|||||||||||||||||||
||||||||1,355|||||||||||2,441||
|e3|Olive Tres Cafd||||||6,142|||||||||||||
|e4|Ladies Fellowship|||813|||||||||||501|||||
|e3|Mens Fellowsldp|||||||||||||||||||
||Sub total ofinternal<br>0<br>anisations funds||||||11,470||||||||11,926 (e11}|||11,119|(e12)|
||Church accounts (totals|||||||||||||||||||
|e9|brought forward from page|||||||||||||||||53,461||
||2 -totals column)|||||||||||||||||||
|10|TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD<br>BYCHURCH||||||||(15,228}|||||||||||
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||ifnecessary and bring the|'TOTAL||RECEIPTS||||||||||||||||
||totals forward|||||||||||||||||||
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||STATEMENT OF<br>S<br>ND|UABILITIES||||||||||||||||||
||CHURCH - CASH FUNDS HELD|at|31Auguat 2022|||||||OPENING<br>BALANCES||||||CLOSING<br>BALANCES||||
|ft|Cash in hand|||||||||||||||||||
|f2|Sank Current Account||||||||||18,799|||||||22,729||
|Iy|Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes|||||||||||||||||||
||Other funds|||||||||||||||||||
||SUBTOTAl. - Church accourds||||||||||SI,883|||||||53,481|(c7)|
|Is|Total fundS held by internal<br>Organisations<br>balance total sum above) (e12)|||{theclosing|||||||11,926||||||||(e12)|
||TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BYCHURCH||||||||||79,808|(x)||||||||
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||OTHER ASSETSand UABIUTIES|||||||||1 September 2021||||||31August 2022||||
||investments<br>(indude Endowments)|||||||||||||||||||
||Land &Buildings (see notes re Insurance|||value)||||||2,618,035|||||||2,809,'I71|||
||Other Assets||||||||||88,284|||||||94,729||
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||SECTION A|Funds|||Funds||year||year|
||Gfferings and Tax recovered||39,611||||51,912||46,814|
||Bank and CFBinterest and|||||||||
||lrlvestment<br>income|||||||||
||Lettings||11,051||||11,051||4,106|
||Other receipts||10,996||||15,463||5,177|
||TOTAL RECEIPTS||||||78,532 (a7}|||
||SECTION 8|||||||||
|b1|PAYMENTS|||||||||
||Circuit Assessment<br>orShare||||||||34,650|
||Donations|||338|||||200|
||Repairs and Maintenance||||||25,596|||
||Utilities (lnsurances,<br>water<br>char es, heating 8 ligh8ng||||||12,808|||
||Building Fund Payments|||||||||
||Other payments|||||23,279|||30,071|
||TOTAL PAYIIENTS|||||23,279|||81,315|
||SECTION C|||||||||
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||Total funds brought forw'ard<br>from last year||||||87,883 (c6}|||
||Sub total|||||27,722||||
||Transfers and adjustments|||||||||
||TOTAL FUNDS AT END OFYEAR||||||||67,$83 (c6}|
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||FOR INFQRIIATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED QN||TO|EXTERNAL||QRGANISATIQNS||||
||(these amounts are not tobe included|in total receipts/payments|figures||above)|||||
||Balance brought forward from last year|||||||||
||Offerings/Gifts<br>-received for external organisations|||||||?10|480|
||Gfferings/Gifts<br>-passed to extemai organisations|||||||710|480|
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