## **CLITHEROE METHODIST CIRCUIT** ## **- ANNUAL REPORT 2020 21** # **LANCASHIRE DISTRICT CIRCUIT NO 21/09** ## Superintendent Minister Rev Dr Ian M Humphreys ## Minister Rev Kathryn Flynn ## **CIRCUIT MISSION STATEMENT** “By encouraging each other to grow in faith and make new disciples of Jesus Christ, we seek to revitalise our Christian witness in the Ribble Valley” ## **CENTRAL AIM OF THE CIRCUIT** To manage the necessary structures and resources to enable the churches in the circuit to support one another and to maximise their efficiency and effectiveness in accordance with the Mission Statement ## **NATURE AND PURPOSE OF THE CIRCUIT** The Circuit is the primary unit in which local churches express and experience their interconnexion in the Body of Christ, for purposes of mission, mutual encouragement and help. It is in the Circuit that presbyters, deacons and probationers are stationed and local preachers are trained and admitted and exercise their calling. The purposes of the Circuit include the effective deployment of the resources of ministry, which include people, property and finance, as they relate to the Methodist churches in the Circuit, to churches of other denominations and to participation in the life of the communities served by the Circuit, including local schools and in ecumenical work in the area. _taken from Standing Order 500 of The Constitutional Practice and Discipline of the Methodist Church_ ## **OVERVIEW OF THE YEAR** The Clitheroe Circuit of the Methodist Church is a small rural circuit composed of five churches. These churches are located in the villages of Chatburn, Paythorne, Waddington and Whalley and the local market town of Clitheroe. Each church has a Church Council which is responsible for the day to day management of the church and each church is represented at the Circuit Meeting which has the responsibility of overseeing the well-being of Methodism in the area and providing a link between the individual churches, the Lancashire District and the Methodist National Connexion. The regular work of the Circuit includes: the planning of Ministers and Local Preachers to lead worship; caring for our staff members; exercising financial prudence; accepting and undertaking our District and National responsibilities; arranging training sessions for new leaders and staff; training and re-training of officers and members with responsibilities for working with children and vulnerable adults in accordance with the safeguarding policies and procedures of the Circuit and individual churches; overseeing Circuit property and giving support to both individual churches and church members. We are pleased to record that during the year under review we have had no serious incidents to report. ## **FINANCE** All the churches and Circuit are financially sound and the finances are being responsibly managed. Meetings are normally held twice each year of a Finance Support Group, which has representatives from the Circuit Meeting and each church, the ministers and Circuit Stewards, to oversee the Circuit Finances, including the procedures for completing the annual accounts and the recommendation of the annual budget for the Circuit. The Finance Group also provides opportunities for the members to discuss items of interest or concern relating to the finances of each church. ## **PUBLIC BENEFIT** Although the work of the Circuit is primarily that of providing support, advice and encouragement to the churches within the Circuit, it does create ideas and initiatives which are of public benefit accommodating a unique range of community activities and groups. These normally include Whalley Elevenses, Toddler Groups – Trinity Tots, Whalley Little Fishes, Waddington Waddlers, Walking Groups and pastoral care in a range of small and large group settings. These activities were obviously affected during the Covid lockdowns, but resumed as soon as regulations allowed. The Ribble Valley Foodbank has temporarily re-located from the building at Trinity to another location in Clitheroe, while Trinity undergoes building works. The Foodbank intends to move back into the Trinity building when the works are completed. It continues to supply a much - needed service for the area, run by a team of 75 volunteers, supplying c125 three day emergency supplies of food per month. All the churches hold collecting boxes for the Foodbank which are emptied regularly and delivered to the central Foodbank. Trinity Methodist Church also rent offices to the local Citizens Advice Bureau. Our churches in Clitheroe, Whalley, Waddington and Chatburn all provide meeting space for local community groups. All churches hold regular collections for charities both in this country and abroad, and donations are made to a wide variety of appeals. CIRCUIT RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS Cllth•roo Mothodist Circuit FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 Lan¢a$hiTe Dlstrl¢t Clrcult no 2119 R•gl•tsr•d Chorlty - Charlty R•ol8tr•tlon numb•r 1133020 If not o registered charity H•r M•JMty'8 R•v•nu• and Cu•tom• Glft Ald nuffl￿r (The HMRC number is equNalent lo a registered charity number in terms of ev*Jen¢e of ¢haritable statu5 and may te used lo give to donors or grant furKlers wishing to see evidence of the organisation's tharitable status. Methodlsl charities in England and wa￿ that are not registered Charit￿ are ex¢opt6d from registration under Stslutory Instrument 2014 No.242) Minklters: Cwcuit Stewards: R¢)1ond Haitr¥%rod Ste￿rt Kelli Treasurer.. Steuart Kelli 2015 P. 1d1 ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 Cllth•roe PAethodlst Clrcult Ctr¢u rnotri¢W Ilod•l Tntht R•strlct•d To¢•h thi• Fund Fundl Tol•l¥ l••i y￿1 SECTION A a1 RECEIPTS a2 A55e$$menVShare 125,450 125.450 Ca rtal ￿Ce1 Bank and CF8 intèrest afrfl InvestwEnl income a4 97 16 614 as Grants Other r8ceipt8 TOTAL RECEIPTS 822 1.787 127,350 4,208 a7 126.512 16 822 130.270 SEcmoN 8 b1 b2 PAYMENTS Stip•nds, ￿larI¥S, NIC. P•nwn •ThY tr8vel ¢oBts 81.661 80,397 b3 Manse Costs 14.485 15,737 9,130 Administration otc 10 8,578 b5 Dtstrict A8Mssm•nt 22.712 120 22,694 Grants & don•tity)s 115 b7 b8 OtheT p3yments TOTAL PAYMENTS 3,683 1.98e 6,631 133,166 7.933 b9 131.06T 130 136,1)06 SECTION C NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR ¢1 4,665 c2 Tot81 lund8 bro ht lor•Ard Irom18St 68,290 4,801 20.841 113,932 119.668 Sub total c1+c2 83,735 4.687 10,696 113 932 Tf•n31ers and ad" ¢7 TOTAL FUNDS AT ENO OF YEAR Ic3+c41 83.735 19.695 108,117 113.932 Ic8 SECTION O FOR INFORMATION ONLY: hlONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS th•s• amounts $hoyld not b• Includ•d In totsl r•c•l •b￿•) dl Balance bro ht forward from last d2 Offeri sIGifts - re￿1Ved lor ext8rnal o anisalions 250 d3 offerin9￿G¢ftB- passed to external ¢JnJanisalhons BALANCE STILL TO aE P￿D d1+d2-d3 200 d4 2015 Cirtyjil R and P I￿4 ¥ecnoN E SLYnnwry of the CIr￿LIC¢0UDts forthe ￿lf 31 Awl 2Wki atKJ Inbrn¥ 10 ￿ Cirojii Metrtiny Notethalthe fuThts of an ifftemal ￿an￿￿7n rKm*ity t* RewKi¢d L￿sS It cr•JlY be L*aty IJWIIWiyJubJ t* i*•d forany Mbthodisl Thi$ sec AcLYu*5 ol accounbr¥J ANDAOIFFERENT FORM bv b) •rtwis Aeaye ￿fer¥) thè wdance 0￿c￿l$Arn[ 113931 ¢1 MELD•Y CIICLIT 133.1 5.8151 113932 101117 TOT￿ RECEIPTS TOTAL PAY4EKri IP*lnl•4 SECT￿ F OPEMNO CLOSIN cNicurr.CAIM Fulm MELD4tS* 76 4.801 4.887 111932 1118,117 •12 TtsT￿ ¢IBH FUIIOJ HtLO bYCKtffT 113.932 108 117 769 &81 ISf￿R￿p Name ofCir¢uit.. Clitheroe No.. 21 Declarations and Scrutiny I confirm that these Re¢eipt and Payment based accounts for the year lo 31 August 2021 have been prepared from the records of the Circuit and that they include all funds under the control of Ihe Circu meeting. Signature of bookkeeper.......... Name and address of bookkeep8r.......i.r:¥.k.Y. 5PcP¥ac..... Tracey Spencer. Br¢)ok Fami, L¢Jwsi9ht Road. Claykni4frDale, BB19EX Signature of treaSu￿r ..... Name and addré88 of treasurer ........S-rtr.V.￿.....iJy4tl.@.<..s... kE&Ll.￿. &YRfy................... . Post Code...K.6.? 1 (. PrM0nl•tlon to th• Clr¢ull mo•t6ng l ¢￿￿mI that the annual f•POrt and •￿ints for ts year ended 31 AwJust 2021 w&￿/wIt1 bo" presented to the cir￿11 meetirvj held on ................. Slgnature of the Chair of Ihe meeting Name ofthe Chair of the meeting Ind•pendont Examlnefs Report to the Trustees of the CIAtheroe Methodlst ClrGuft Ch•rlty Number 1133020 RMpon8lbllltlM •nd baslB of r•port I report to the trustse$ on my examination of ttle acuunts ofth8 ....... Circuit for the year ended 31 Augusl 202158t out on pages .1. to 3. As the Cir¢urt'$ tru$tees. you are responsible for the p￿paratIon of the accounts in acc(¥rdance 7dryth the requirements of the Charitles Act 2011 ('the Ad'l. I report in respect of my examinaticm of the Circuifs accounts caryied out under section 145 of the A¢t and. in carrying out my examination, I have follrywed all the applic*ble Direclions given by the Charity Commission under secb.on 145(5}Ibl of the Act. ' delete or orc5e as appmwith 31*4 Name of Circuit: Clitheroe No: 2119 Independent Examiner's Statement I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention in connection wrth the examination (other than that disclosed below'> which give me cause lo believe that in, any matefial respect= the accounting records r￿1 kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act: or the accounts do not accord with the accounting re(￿rdS. I have no conorns and have come across no other matters in conneciion with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reachèd. I havelhave not" obtsined independent verifution of all investments wrlh the Trustees for MethTrJist Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balance$ and funds at the Central Finan￿ Board of the Methodist Church which are individualty in excess of £10.000 (ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheet date. 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