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g|Deed of Union 1932and Method~st
Church Act 1976|| ||How the charity is constituted||| ||Ion methods|TheTrust eesare the members oftheCh urch CounciIand are eitherex
offiico, elected annually
by the general church meeting or appointed|| |||annually
by the Church Council.|| |Additional
governance
issues (Optional
information)|||| |You may choose to include||Penketh
Methodist
Church is part ofthe Sankey Valley Methodist|Circuit| |additional
information,
where
relevant,
about:||The Church Council sets the Charity's
strategy and monitors
results at
periodic meetings.|| |~|policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and
training oftrustees,|The Church Council has established
a Management
Stewards Group that
meets bi-monthly
to focus on deploying
and managihg
Church strategy
and reviewing
results.|| |~|the charity's
organisational||| ||structure
and any wider|The Church Council has appointed
committees
forthe furtherance|ofthe| ||network with which the charity|Charity's
work in certain areas, i.e.Pastoral, Worship and Resources|| ||works,||| ||relationship
with any related
parties;|The Church Council has appointed
individuals
to oversee Safeguarding
and Health 8 Safety|| |~|trustees'
consideration
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,
Mission,|| ||and procedures
to manage|Fellowship,
Worship,
Children 8 Youth and Community|| ||them.||| |||~ ~|| |||The purposes
ofthe Methodist
Church are and shall be deemed|to have| |||been since the date ofthe union the advancement
of:-|| |||(a) the Christian
faith in accordance
with the doctrinal standards|and the| |||discipline ofthe Methodist
Church;|| |Summary ofthe objects ofthe||(b) any charitable
purpose for the time being ofany connexional,|district,| |charity set out in its||circuit, local or other organisation
ofthe Methodist
Church;|| |governing
document||(c) any charitable
purpose for the time being ofany society or institution|| |||subsidiary
or ancillary to the Methodist
Church|| |||(d) any purpose for the time being ofany charity being a charity|| |||subsidiary
or ancillary to the Methodist
Church|| ## ## |||r
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~|| |---|---|---|---| |Summary ofthe main
achievements
ofthe charity
during the year||The achievements
and the performance
ofthe Church
in 2022I2023
continued
to reflect the return to normality
for worship and use ofthe
building
following the pandemic.|| |||There has been no significant
increase
in the number of hirers or users|of| |||the building as we remain restricted to a degree by Ambassadors
covering|| |||to open and close the building.
Although
this is under review to determine|| |||ifwe can give keys and access codes to hirers.|| |||There remains a good attendance
and involvement
on a Sunday for|| |||morning
worship
and for Praise 8 Testimony services, which happen
every|| |||month|| |||The Olive Branch cafe continues to successfully
provide weekly lunches|| |||and support a number ofevents throughout
the year.|| |||We hold regular outreach
activities covering mid-week worship
/ school|| |||relationship
outreach Iconcerts Ipantomimes
and lcoffee mornings.
We|| |||also hold services
in the residential
homes —Green Park and Meadow|| |||View —which seem to be well received by the residents
and their families.|| |||Also children's
worship
in the form of LiNe Angels pre-school worship|and| |||Tree House Kids on a Sunday.|| |||There also remains
an eclectic mix ofusers covering
uniformed|| |||organisations,
painting
groups, gardening
groups,
Drop-In sessions for|tea| |||8 coffee, yoga, keep fit, dance groups and fellowship
groups within the|| |||Church.|| ## ## # # ## ## ## ## ## ## |||Reverend|Mark Harwood||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||Church|Stewards:||| |John|Legg|||Dorothy|Ditchfield| |Margaret|Docherty||||| ## ||||||Unrestricted|Unrestricted|Restricted|Restricted||Totals this||Totals last| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||SECTION A||||Funds||Funds|||year||year| |a1|RECEIPTS|||||||||||| |a2|Offerings and Tax recovered|||||52,145||6,346||58,491||51,912| |**3**
a|Bank and CFBinterest and
Investment
income|||||479|||350|||106| |||||||14,69?||||14,697||| |a5|Other receipts|||||4,43?||||4,437||15,463| |a6|TOTAL RECEIPTS|||||71,758||6,896||78,455 (a?)||78,532| ||SECTION B|||||||||||| |b2|Circuit Assessment
or Share|||||23,000||||23,000||23,9?5| |b3|Donations|||||||||245||338| |b4|Repairs and Maintenance|||||12,492||||12,492||25,596| ||Utilities (Insurances,
water
charges, heatin
8 lightin
)|||||10,879||||10„879||12,808| |b6|Building Fund Payments|||||||||||| |b7|Other payments|||||6,946||15,366||22312||30,23?| |b8|TOTAL PAYMENTS|||||53,562||15,366||68,928||92,954| ||SECTION C|||||||||||| ||NET RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS
FOR THE YEAR|||(a6-b8)||1S,197||(8,870)||9,527||{14,422)| |c2|Total funds brought forward
from last year|||||25,740||27,721||53,481||87,S83| |c3|Sub total|||(c1+c2)||43,937||19,051||62,988||53,461| |c4|Transfers and adjustments||||||||||(c8)|| |c5|TOTAL FUNDS AT END|OFYEAR||(c3+c4)||43,937||19,051||62,988|(c?)|53,461 (c6)| ||SECTION D|||||||||||| ||FOR INFORMATION
ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND||||PASSED ON|TO EXTERNAL||ORGANISATIONS||||| ||{these amounts are not|to be included||in total receiptslpayments||figures|above)|||||| |d1|Balance brought forward|from last year||||||||||| |d2|OfferingslGifts
-received|for external|organisations|||||||2,233||710| |d3|Offerings/Giffs
-passed|to external|organisations|||||||2,233||710| |d4|BALANCE STILLTO BE PAID|||(d1+d2-d3)||||||||| ## ## ## ## # # ## ## ## ## ## ## |||Reverend|Mark Harwood||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||Church|Stewards:||| |John|Legg|||Dorothy|Ditchfield| |Margaret|Docherty||||| ## ||||||Unrestricted|Unrestricted|Restricted|Restricted||Totals this||Totals last| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||SECTION A||||Funds||Funds|||year||year| |a1|RECEIPTS|||||||||||| |a2|Offerings and Tax recovered|||||52,145||6,346||58,491||51,912| |**3**
a|Bank and CFBinterest and
Investment
income|||||479|||350|||106| |||||||14,69?||||14,697||11,051| |a5|Other receipts|||||4,43?||||4,437||15,463| |a6|TOTAL RECEIPTS|||||71,758||6,896||78,455 (a?)||78,532| ||SECTION B|||||||||||| |b1|PAYMENTS|||||||||||| |b2|Circuit Assessment
or Share|||||23,000||||23,000||23,9?5| |b3|Donations|||||||||245||338| |b4|Repairs and Maintenance|||||12,492||||12,492||25,596| ||Utilities (Insurances,
water
charges, heatin
8 lightin
)|||||10,879||||10„879||12,808| |b6|Building Fund Payments|||||||||||| |b7|Other payments|||||6,946||15,366||22312||30,23?| |b8|TOTAL PAYMENTS|||||53,562||15,366||68,928||92,954| ||SECTION C|||||||||||| ||NET RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS
FOR THE YEAR|||(a6-b8)||1S,197||(8,870)||9,527||{14,422)| |c2|Total funds brought forward
from last year|||||25,740||27,721||53,481||87,S83| |c3|Sub total|||(c1+c2)||43,937||19,051||62,988||53,461| |c4|Transfers and adjustments||||||||||(c8)|| |c5|TOTAL FUNDS AT END|OFYEAR||(c3+c4)||43,937||19,051||62,988|(c?)|53,461 (c6)| ||SECTION D|||||||||||| ||FOR INFORMATION
ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND||||PASSED ON|TO EXTERNAL||ORGANISATIONS||||| ||{these amounts are not|to be included||in total receiptslpayments||figures|above)|||||| |d1|Balance brought forward|from last year||||||||||| |d2|OfferingslGifts
-received|for external|organisations|||||||2,233||710| |d3|Offerings/Giffs
-passed|to external|organisations|||||||2,233||710| |d4|BALANCE STILLTO BE PAID|||(d1+d2-d3)||||||||| ## ## ## ##