|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
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