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2020-08-31-accounts

ANNUAL REPORT TO THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS Sept 2019 – Aug 2020

The global coronavirus pandemic meant that many of our normal activities were suddenly stopped in mid-March 2020 with the imposition of a national stay-at-home rule and bans on indoor and outdoor gatherings. All our church buildings remained closed throughout the remainder of the year, but our Sunday worship was quickly moved online, some of our small groups continued to meet virtually, and we continued to support each with telephone calls, emails and letters – even running errands for each other when necessary. We began to publish a weekly circuit newsletter to keep people in touch with each other and with the developing situation, and our pastoral teams began working doubly hard to make sure that all those in our pastoral care were receiving the help they needed, with a special focus on those who were deemed more vulnerable. We remained busy throughout the year, despite the lockdown.

Rev’d. Richard Parkes and Rev’d. Phillip Poole continued to work in the North and South of the circuit respectively, and to share pastoral charge for the larger Wrexham church, and Deacon Lisa Rathbone continued to work half-time across the circuit, encouraging prayer and supporting outreach. Our worship services throughout the year were led by a committed team of lay volunteers and active and supernumerary ministers, and one local preacher on trial, Karen Turlay Rose, successfully completed her local preacher training. Congratulations to Karen!

Trish Earlam, our circuit youth and children’s worker worked half-time throughout the year. During the first part of the year we continued to host several well attended parent and toddler sessions each week in our circuit churches and we were able once again to welcome local schoolchildren into ‘Experience Christmas’ presentations at Gresford. At that time Messy Church was taking place monthly in four of our circuit churches and Open the Book/Agor y Llyfr was running ecumenically in six local schools. The after-school drop-in in Llangollen continued to make new links with the community’s high school-age children, and the after-school drop-in in the old Rhosnesni ‘tin chapel’ was regularly attracted 40 to 50 children of secondary school age. Sadly, the majority of this work was halted by the lockdown, but it was possible to transfer some activities online - a monthly Messy Church session continued to support young families from around the circuit, Open the Book teams remained in contact with local schools and we were able to run some online activities and meet-up sessions for drop-in children and their families.

When lockdown began we were meeting in nine churches, situated across the Wrexham borough and also reaching into Denbighshire and Flintshire. We ran Advent courses at the end of 2019 which were attended by people from most of our circuit churches, and we also offered daily devotions on social media during Advent and Lent, allowing the circuit to extend its reach into the surrounding communities. Small groups throughout the circuit met regularly for prayer, Bible study and fellowship prior to the pandemic, and some continued to meet online in the second half of the year.

Most of our churches have for many years made their church halls available to their local communities as a resource, and we have also hosted coffee mornings and luncheon-clubs, which have been a much-valued meeting place for a good many people over the years. These activities continued until lockdown, but were not possible afterwards. Prior to lockdown Wrexham Methodist Church was a key focus for refugees and internationals in the area, hosting both the Just-Across drop in and an additional Red Cross drop-in session each week. Through these the circuit was able to help support many local refugee families, but lockdown has (temporarily) ended these activities too. In early 2020 we took part once again in the local night shelter scheme, providing food and overnight accommodation to some of the town’s homeless people for ten weeks during the winter, and our circuit project this year was to raise funds for Holiday Hunger, a local charity seeking to provide meals for schoolchildren during school holidays. During the year volunteers from the circuit have also worked as

prison and university chaplains, pastoral visitors, hospital volunteers, volunteer drivers, and as helpers in the town’s Foodbank and Holiday Hunger charities.

We praise God for what has been a busy year of service, despite lockdown. We give him thanks for lessons learned, for the many expressions of Christian love and mutual care we have seen throughout the circuit, and for the new avenues this challenging year has opened up for us in our mission and ministry. Alleluia!

Rev’d. Phillip Poole

Superintendent Minister – Wrexham Methodist Circuit

CIRCUIT RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS

THE METHODIST CHURCH

STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS

Wrexham

Circuit

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020

District Circuit no 2/26
Registered Charity -
Charity Registration number

1132841

If not a registered charity Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs Gift Aid 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 wishing to see evidence of the organisation's charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not registered charities are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242 )

Ministers:

Rev Phillip Poole Deacon Lisa Rathbone Rev Richard Parkes

Circuit Stewards: Liz Griffiths Norman Pybus Mrs Meryl Thomas

Treasurer: Ebenezer Sam

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20ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 20ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 20ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 20ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 20ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 20ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 Wrexham Wrexham Circuit Circuit
SECTION A £
£
Un -
restricted
Funds
Circuit
Model Trust
Fund
£

Restricted
Funds
£
131,963
80,492
881
14,900
8,509
Totals this
year
£
Totals last
year
a1 RECEIPTS Note
a2 Assessment/Share 131,963 131,963 115,896
a3 Capital receipts 80,492 80,492
a4 Bank and CFB interest and
Investment income
115 639 127 881 177
a5 Grants 14,900 14,900 4,000
a6 Other receipts 8,509 8,509 8,345
a7 TOTAL RECEIPTS 155,487 81,131 127 **236,745 ** (a8) 128,418
SECTION B 111,971
9,407
15,006
25,097
1,300
7,079
b1 PAYMENTS
b2 Stipends, salaries, NIC, Pension and
travel costs
111,971 111,971 98,311
b3 Manse Costs 9,407 9,407 4,959
b4 Administration etc 14,968 25 13 15,006 16,806
b5 District Assessment 24,789 308 25,097 24,436
b6 Grants & donations 1,300 1,300
b7 CPF Levy
b8 Otherpayments 6,853 226 7,079 9,967
b9 TOTAL PAYMENTS 169,288 333 239 169,860 (b9) 154,479
66,885
SECTION C
c1 NET RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS FOR
THE YEAR
(a7-b9) (13,801) 80,798 (112) 66,885
c2 Total funds brought forward from lastyear 414,050 6,43162,31 62,797 (c6 )
89,354
129,682
c3 Sub total
(c1+c2)
30,249 93,109 6,324 129,682
c4 Transfers and adjustments 41,545 (41,545) (c7) (496)
c5 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR
(c3+c4
)
71,79
4
95,618,526
(4c8)
6,36224
,797 (c6)12
SECTION D
d FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS
Oferings/Gifts -passed to external organisations
BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID (d1 + d2 - d3)
Oferings/Gifts - received for external organisations
Balance brought forward from lastyear
(these amounts should not be included in total receipts/payments above)
d1 Balance brought forward from lastyear
d2 Oferings/Gifts - received for external organisations
d3 Oferings/Gifts -passed to external organisations
d4 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID (d1 + d2 - d3)

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Wrexham Wrexham Wrexham Wrexham Circuit
SUMMARY OF CIRCUIT A CCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATION REPORTING TO THE CIRCUIT MEETING
SECTION E Please follow the Guidance No thesis t poa cgoemplete
Summary of the Circuit accounts for the year ended 31 August 2020 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Circuit Meeting. Note that the funds of an
Internal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This
section must be completed to arrive at the gross receipts and payments totals of the Circuit. If gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold of £250,000,
then the Accruals method of accounting AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website). Please refer to the
guidance notes regarding transfers between the Circuit and connected Circuit Organisations.

INTERNAL
ORGANISATIONS
Receipts Payments Net Receipts/
Payments
Adjustments Opening
balances
Closingbalances
e1 402 112 290 (11) 1,186 1,465
e2
e3
e4
e5
e6
e7
e8 Sub total of Internal
Organisations funds
402 112 290 (11) **1,186 ** (e11) **1,465 ** (e12)
e9 Circuit accounts (totals
brought forward from
page 2 - totals column)
**236,745 ** (a8) **169,860 ** (b9) 66,885 (c7) **62,797 ** (c6) **129,682 ** (c8)
e10 TOTAL CASH FUNDS
HELD BY CIRCUIT
237,147 169,972 67,175 (11) **63,983 ** (x) **131,147 ** (y)
Continue on a separate
sheet if necessary and bring
the totals forward
TOTAL RECEIPTS TOTAL
PAYMENTS
SECTION F
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AN D LIABILITIES
CIRCUIT - CASH FUNDS H EL D at 31 August 2020 OPENING
BALANCES
CLOSING
BALANCES
f1 Cash in hand
f2 Bank Current Account 14,256 60,864
f3 Bank Deposit Account
f4 Central Finance Board 29,794 10,930
f5 Trustees for Methodist Churc h Purposes 12,311 51,564
f6 Other funds 6,436 6,324
f7 SUB TOTAL **62,797 ** (c6) **129,682 ** (c8)
f8 Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
balance totals above) (e12)
1,186 (e11) 1,465 (e12)
f9 TOTAL CASH FUNDS HEL D BY CIRCUIT **63,983 ** (x) 131,147 (y)
SECTION G At At
OTHER ASSETS and LIAB ILITIES 1 September 2019 31 August 2020
g1 Investments(include Endowments)
g2 Land and Buildings(see notes re Insurance value) 800,000 800,000
g3 Other Assets
g4 Loan(s)- show amount outstandingatyear end
g5 Other Liabilities 1,214 858
f4 Include onlyFunds held at the Central Finance Boa rd
f5 Include onlyCFB Funds held at Trustees for Metho dist Church Purposes
g1 Include anyother investments(not the cash eleme nt of TMCP trust account s this is inserted in line f5)

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Name of Circuit …………………………………………………………… No…02/26…….. Wrexham

Declarations and Scrutiny

I confirm that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2020 have been prepared from the records of the Circuit and that they include all funds under the control of the Circuit meeting.

Signature of treasurer ……………………… ……. Ebenezer Sam

Name and address of treasurer ………………………………………………………………………….Ebenezer Sam. 85 Smithy Lane, Wrexham

…………………………………………………………………………………. Post Code………………LL12 8JN

Presentation to the Circuit meeting

I confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2020 were

presented to the Circuit meeting held on …8th June 2021……..

Signature of the Chair of the meeting ……………… PT Poole ………………………………

Name of the Chair of the meeting ……Rev’d. Phillip Poole……………… Date …8th June 2021...

Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the

……………………..…………………….. CircuitWrexham

Charity Number ………….. 1132841

Responsibilities and basis of report

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the ………………………………….Wrexham Circuit for the year ended 31 August 2020 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’).

I 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, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

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Name of Circuit …………………Wrexham……………………………… No …2/26

Independent Examiner’s Statement

I have completed my examination. I 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:

I 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.

I ~~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 RAFogg

Name of independent examiner …… Richard A Fogg ………………………………………………….

Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner …Chartered Accountant……….……

Name of firm (where appropriate) …………………………………………………………………..……

Address ………98 Erddig Road, Wrexham , ……………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………….. Post Code LL13 7DR

Date ………………17 May 2021……

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CIRCUIT RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS

THE METHODIST CHURCH

STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS

Wrexham

Circuit

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020

District Circuit no 2/26
Registered Charity -
Charity Registration number

1132841

If not a registered charity Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs Gift Aid 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 wishing to see evidence of the organisation's charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not registered charities are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242 )

Ministers:

Rev Phillip Poole Deacon Lisa Rathbone Rev Richard Parkes

Circuit Stewards: Liz Griffiths Norman Pybus Mrs Meryl Thomas

Treasurer: Ebenezer Sam

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20ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 20ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 20ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 20ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 20ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 20ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 Wrexham Wrexham Circuit Circuit
SECTION A £
£
Un -
restricted
Funds
Circuit
Model Trust
Fund
£

Restricted
Funds
£
131,963
80,492
881
14,900
8,509
Totals this
year
£
Totals last
year
a1 RECEIPTS Note
a2 Assessment/Share 131,963 131,963 115,896
a3 Capital receipts 80,492 80,492
a4 Bank and CFB interest and
Investment income
115 639 127 881 177
a5 Grants 14,900 14,900 4,000
a6 Other receipts 8,509 8,509 8,345
a7 TOTAL RECEIPTS 155,487 81,131 127 **236,745 ** (a8) 128,418
SECTION B 111,971
9,407
15,006
25,097
1,300
7,079
b1 PAYMENTS
b2 Stipends, salaries, NIC, Pension and
travel costs
111,971 111,971 98,311
b3 Manse Costs 9,407 9,407 4,959
b4 Administration etc 14,968 25 13 15,006 16,806
b5 District Assessment 24,789 308 25,097 24,436
b6 Grants & donations 1,300 1,300
b7 CPF Levy
b8 Otherpayments 6,853 226 7,079 9,967
b9 TOTAL PAYMENTS 169,288 333 239 169,860 (b9) 154,479
66,885
SECTION C
c1 NET RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS FOR
THE YEAR
(a7-b9) (13,801) 80,798 (112) 66,885
c2 Total funds brought forward from lastyear 414,050 6,43162,31 62,797 (c6 )
89,354
129,682
c3 Sub total
(c1+c2)
30,249 93,109 6,324 129,682
c4 Transfers and adjustments 41,545 (41,545) (c7) (496)
c5 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR
(c3+c4
)
71,79
4
95,618,526
(4c8)
6,36224
,797 (c6)12
SECTION D
d FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS
Oferings/Gifts -passed to external organisations
BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID (d1 + d2 - d3)
Oferings/Gifts - received for external organisations
Balance brought forward from lastyear
(these amounts should not be included in total receipts/payments above)
d1 Balance brought forward from lastyear
d2 Oferings/Gifts - received for external organisations
d3 Oferings/Gifts -passed to external organisations
d4 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID (d1 + d2 - d3)

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Wrexham Wrexham Wrexham Wrexham Circuit
SUMMARY OF CIRCUIT A CCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATION REPORTING TO THE CIRCUIT MEETING
SECTION E Please follow the Guidance No thesis t poa cgoemplete
Summary of the Circuit accounts for the year ended 31 August 2020 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Circuit Meeting. Note that the funds of an
Internal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This
section must be completed to arrive at the gross receipts and payments totals of the Circuit. If gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold of £250,000,
then the Accruals method of accounting AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website). Please refer to the
guidance notes regarding transfers between the Circuit and connected Circuit Organisations.

INTERNAL
ORGANISATIONS
Receipts Payments Net Receipts/
Payments
Adjustments Opening
balances
Closingbalances
e1 402 112 290 (11) 1,186 1,465
e2
e3
e4
e5
e6
e7
e8 Sub total of Internal
Organisations funds
402 112 290 (11) **1,186 ** (e11) **1,465 ** (e12)
e9 Circuit accounts (totals
brought forward from
page 2 - totals column)
**236,745 ** (a8) **169,860 ** (b9) 66,885 (c7) **62,797 ** (c6) **129,682 ** (c8)
e10 TOTAL CASH FUNDS
HELD BY CIRCUIT
237,147 169,972 67,175 (11) **63,983 ** (x) **131,147 ** (y)
Continue on a separate
sheet if necessary and bring
the totals forward
TOTAL RECEIPTS TOTAL
PAYMENTS
SECTION F
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AN D LIABILITIES
CIRCUIT - CASH FUNDS H EL D at 31 August 2020 OPENING
BALANCES
CLOSING
BALANCES
f1 Cash in hand
f2 Bank Current Account 14,256 60,864
f3 Bank Deposit Account
f4 Central Finance Board 29,794 10,930
f5 Trustees for Methodist Churc h Purposes 12,311 51,564
f6 Other funds 6,436 6,324
f7 SUB TOTAL **62,797 ** (c6) **129,682 ** (c8)
f8 Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
balance totals above) (e12)
1,186 (e11) 1,465 (e12)
f9 TOTAL CASH FUNDS HEL D BY CIRCUIT **63,983 ** (x) 131,147 (y)
SECTION G At At
OTHER ASSETS and LIAB ILITIES 1 September 2019 31 August 2020
g1 Investments(include Endowments)
g2 Land and Buildings(see notes re Insurance value) 800,000 800,000
g3 Other Assets
g4 Loan(s)- show amount outstandingatyear end
g5 Other Liabilities 1,214 858
f4 Include onlyFunds held at the Central Finance Boa rd
f5 Include onlyCFB Funds held at Trustees for Metho dist Church Purposes
g1 Include anyother investments(not the cash eleme nt of TMCP trust account s this is inserted in line f5)

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Name of Circuit …………………………………………………………… No…02/26…….. Wrexham

Declarations and Scrutiny

I confirm that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2020 have been prepared from the records of the Circuit and that they include all funds under the control of the Circuit meeting.

Signature of treasurer ……………………… ……. Ebenezer Sam

Name and address of treasurer ………………………………………………………………………….Ebenezer Sam. 85 Smithy Lane, Wrexham

…………………………………………………………………………………. Post Code………………LL12 8JN

Presentation to the Circuit meeting

I confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2020 were

presented to the Circuit meeting held on …8th June 2021……..

Signature of the Chair of the meeting ……………… PT Poole ………………………………

Name of the Chair of the meeting ……Rev’d. Phillip Poole……………… Date …8th June 2021...

Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the

……………………..…………………….. CircuitWrexham

Charity Number ………….. 1132841

Responsibilities and basis of report

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the ………………………………….Wrexham Circuit for the year ended 31 August 2020 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’).

I 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, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

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Name of Circuit …………………Wrexham……………………………… No …2/26

Independent Examiner’s Statement

I have completed my examination. I 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:

I 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.

I ~~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 RAFogg

Name of independent examiner …… Richard A Fogg ………………………………………………….

Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner …Chartered Accountant……….……

Name of firm (where appropriate) …………………………………………………………………..……

Address ………98 Erddig Road, Wrexham , ……………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………….. Post Code LL13 7DR

Date ………………17 May 2021……

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