2023-08-31-accounts

A.Reference and	A.Reference and	A.Reference and	Administration	Administration	Details
Charity	Name				Wrexham Methodist Circuit
Registered		Charity Number			1132841
Principal Address					Wrexham Methodist Church, Regent Street, Wrexham. LL111RY
B.Structure, Governance				and Management
Type ofgoverning			document		Deed of Union (1932)and Methodist Church Act (1916)
How is	the charity		constituted		Act ofParliament
Trustee	selection		methods		Appointed by local churches and existing trustees: Ministers	are
					automatically trustees.
Structure					Part ofthe Wales Synod; accountable to the Methodist Conference
C.Objectives and			Activities
Summary ofthe objects of				the	The purposes ofthe Methodist Church are and shall be deemed to have
charity	set	out in its governing			been since the Date ofUnion the advancement of:
document					a) The Christian faith in accordance with the doctrinal standards
					and discipline ofthe Methodist Church;
					b) Any charitable purpose for the time being ofany Connexionai,
					District, Circuit, local or other organisation ofThe Methodist Church;
					c) Any charitable purpose forthe time being ofany society or
					institution subsidiary or ancillary to The Methodist Church;
					d) Any purpose for the time being of any charity being a charity
					subsidiary or ancillary to The Methodist Church.
Summary ofthe main activities					The circuit produces a quarterly preaching. plan to ensure regular acts of
undertaken		for the public			worship take place at each ofthe 8Methodist churches and chapels	in
benefit	in relation		tothese		its geographical area. These acts ofworship are open to all.
objects					The circuit supports the Open the Book initiative and teams serve
					several local schools around the circuit. The circuit also runs and
					supports two successful after-school drop-ins in Llangollen and at the
					Kin Can' (the old Rhosnesni chapel), the latter being undertaken in
					partnership with the Church Army. A parent and toddler group is run	in
					Wrexham. Some ofour churches run successful Community Coffee
					Mornings which are a much-valued meeting place for people from the
					wider, community. Most ofour churches make their church halls
					available to their local communities as a resource. Many churches collect
					for the local foodbank. A variety ofother charities are supported by the
					efforts of individual churches. Also during the year volunteers from the
					circuit have worked as prison and university chaplains, pastoral visitors,
					hospital volunteers, volunteer drivers, and as helpers in the town's
					Foodbank. We confirm that the trustees have had regard tothe Charity
					Commission's guidance on public benefit.

D.Achievements	D.Achievements	D.Achievements	and performance
Summary	of	the	main	The circuit exists to resource and support its churches in their mission to
achievements		of	the charity	the communities in which they are situated. Worship takes place in all of
during the	year			the churches on a Sunday, usually in the morning but one church has
				afternoon worship, '%ere are also occasional evening services. In
				addition we continue to offer online worship via Zoom each week. A
				weekly newsletter and worship sheet are distributed by email (by post to
				those who have no access to email). This keeps members informed of
				news and developments.
				Following the decision ofthe Methodist Conference in 2021to allow
				individual churches to apply to conduct same-sex marriages (with the
				consent ofthe local Church Council), Wrexham (Regent Street), Gresford
				and Caergwrle Methodist Churches are now registered for same-sex
				marriages.
				The Circuit Meeting made the decision to reduce the number offull time
				ministers to one and a presbyter who would also bethe Superintendent Minister was appointed for a five year period from 1"September 2023.
				Two new lay pastoral workers along with Supernumerary Ministers
				working under a letter ofunderstanding provide additional pastoral
				support in the Circuit.
				Wrexham Methodist Church's site in Regent Street, Wrexham, needs a
				considerable amount ofwork done to bring it up to a suitable standard
				for on-going mission and ministry. The Church Council began a series of
				conversations to investigate options around both the existing building
				and the alternative of moving to a different building.
				The sale process forthe redundant chapel at Brymbo was initiated.
				Agroup ofyoung people from the after school drop in at Uangollen went
				to 36enerate, the Methodist Church's annual children and young
				people's gathering at the NEC in Birmingham as part ofa large group
				from across Wales Synod Cymru. They were accompanied by the Circuit
				children and young people's worker and a number ofvolunteers from
				the Circuit.
				6resford and Wrexham Methodist Churches achieved the Bronze level
				Eco Church award from ARocha and both churches are deepening their
				environmental work from a Christian perspective and are also providing
				a lead on this work across the Circuit in other churches.

E.Financial Review	E.Financial Review
Srief statement	ofthe charity's		The Reserves Policy forthe Wrexham Methodist Circuit isto hold a sum
policy on reserves.			equivalent to 50%ofa normal year's expenditure —i.e.approximately
			f70,000. This is deemed sufficient to meet any unforeseen item of
			major expenditure on manses and/or to be able tocontinue, in the short
			term, the funding of planned activities in the event ofthe closure ofa
			large church or an inability to raise the full Circuit Assessment from
			churches.
Details of any funds materially		in	None
deficit
Overview ofthe accounts			In the 2022/23 accounts:
			739oofthe Circuit's income was provided by the local churches, and an
			additional 6%came in the form ofgrant support from the Wales Synod
			Cymru ofthe Methodist Church with the rental income making up the
			majority ofthe remainder.
			529' ofthe Circuit's expenditure was on ministerial stipends, lay worker
			salaries and related costs, and afurther 20%was our contribution to the
			Synod, ofwhich part is used to fund the work ofthe wider Methodist
			Church. Manses accounted for a further 1796ofcosts.

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