## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From** 1[st] September 2020 **To** 31[st] August 2021 **Charity name:** The Fens Methodist Circuit **Charity registration number:** 1133790 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The purpose of the Methodist Church is and shall be
deemed to have been since the Date of the Union the
advancement of:
a) The Christian faith in accordance with the
doctrinal standards of discipline in the
Methodist Church;
b) Any charitable purpose for the time being of
any Connexional, District, Circuit, local or other
organisation of the Methodist Church;
c) Any charitable purpose for the time being of
any 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.
These objectives are interpreted at Circuit levels
through the ‘Circuit Mission Statement and Policy’
document (available on request).| |Summary of the main activities
in relation to those purposes
for the public benefit, in
particular, the activities,
projects or services identified
in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|The Circuit produces a quarterly plan to ensure that
regular acts of worship take place in each of the ten
Circuit Churches. These are open to all without
charge.
All the Circuit churches serve their local community
through their availability for baptisms, marriages
and funerals.
The properties are variously used by community
organisations. Some properties were specifically
built to serve both as a worship and as a community
centre. The trustees encourage all Circuit churches
to use their buildings, where suitable, for the
benefit of the community.
Where appropriate, grants are made available to
promote this community engagement. Examples of
such are: Parent and Toddler Group,community| |||lunches, a daily coffee bar, women’s fellowship,
youth groups, uniformed organisations,
professional advice services. These are open to all,
irrespective of Church allegiance.
We seek to address the spiritual needs of those in
residential care.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming whether
the trustees have had regard
to the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|We confirm the trustees have had regard to the
Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to the
circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a whole.|Para 1.20|The Circuit continues the process of each church
undertaking a mission and vision review.
September 2020 continued with a settled team
consisting of a Hospitality Lay Pastor to support the
Superintendent and Stipendiary Minister, in
addition to a part-time Administrator and Coffee
Bar Manager for Trinity Coffee Bar.
The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns
continued to impact how the Circuit operated. The
Coffee Bar Manager was furloughed under the
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in March 2020,
returned to work in September 2020, and was
subsequently furloughed again from December
2020 until May 2021. All other Circuit Staff were
able to work from home throughout the lockdowns
and cessation of public worship, allowing the work
of the Circuit to continue and to provide pastoral
support to Circuit members.
The Hospitality Lay Pastor interacted across the
churches, with congregations and local
communities, to encourage working towards the
principles of the Social Gospel and the Methodist
Church doctrine that:
All need to be saved
All can be saved
All can know they are saved
All can be saved to the uttermost.
The churches have updated and will continue to
monitor their Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable
Adults procedure training and DBS checks.
One redundant building still remains on the market.
Worship has ceased at one more building (St
Andrews Outwell) Decisions are still to be made
about the future use of the building.| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end of
the period|Para 1.21|The Circuit accounts are available for inspection.
The Circuit Advance Fund is used to subsidise the
Connexional assessment, to provide grants towards
the cost of major repairs and to cover any shortfall
in the assessments from local churches.
The sale of Roseleigh bungalow in Upwell resulted
in a payment of £134,000 to the Circuit Model Trust
Fund, after a £56,000 levy.
Tydd St Giles Chapel is now redundant; a survey has
been conducted, and the surveyor has suggested a
sale by auction.
On the 1stSeptember 2020, the Fens Circuit held
total cash funds of £402,569 and on the 31stAugust
2021, had a closing balance of £446,567.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|It is necessary to hold sufficient working capital to
facilitate the payment of Connexional and District
assessments, business expenses and the services of
a part-time Circuit Administrator and Lay
Employees.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£209,943| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the charity
continuingas agoingconcern|Para 1.23|N/A| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed,royal charter)|Para 1.25|Deed of Union (1932) and Methodist Church Act (1976)| |How is the charity constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association,CIO)|Para 1.25|Act of Parliament| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of any
person or body entitled to
appoint one or more trustees|Para 1.25|Appointed by local churches and existing trustees.
Ministers are automatically trustees.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the charity
works|Para 1.51|The Fens Methodist Circuit is part of the East Anglia
Methodist District. It has 10 churches that were served
by the Superintendent Minister and 1 Stipendiary
Minister.| |---|---|---| |Other||Statistical returns for 1stNovember 2021 showed a
membership of 171. The Methodist/URC Local
Ecumenical Partnership Church in March had an
additional 7 URC members.| |---|---|---| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|The Fens Methodist Circuit| |---|---| |Other name the charityuses|| |Registered charitynumber|1133790| |Charity’s principal address|The Fens Circuit Office, Trinity Methodist Church, 17 Church Terrace,
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37|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee (if**
**any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Adam Stevenson|Superintendent Minister||| ||Deborah Caulk|Stipendiary Minister||| ||Nicola Warden|Lay Pastor||| ||Susan Askew|Circuit Steward||| ||Roger Dack|Circuit Steward||| ||Susan Dack|Circuit Steward||| ||Timothy Dewdney|Circuit Steward||| ||Mary Jane Hurst|Circuit Steward||| ||Linda Vincent|Circuit Steward||| ||Eileen Sattin|Circuit Steward||| ||Sylvia Ringham|||| ||Rosemary Marchant|||| ||Evelyn Hamps|||| ||Elaine Thornton|||| ||Christine Horn|||| ||Mavis Ashcroft|||| ||David Thompson|||| ||Joyce Dobson|||| ||Anne Emmerson|||| ||Roy Askew|||| ||Eric Cross|||| ||Christopher Coates|||| ||Joy Coates|||| ||Veronica Nelson|||| ||Nannette Rose|||| ||Elaine Knight|||| ||Trevor Vincent|||| ||Robin Vincent|||| ||Diana Burling|||| ||Janice Powers|||| ||David Fairbrother|||| ||Patricia Tuthill|||| ||Gwendoline
Dewdney|||| ||Mary Gibbs|||| ||Joy Smalley|||| ||Joan Thompson|||| ||Wendy Chandler|||| Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** Date CIRCUIT RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS FENS Clrcull FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 EAST ANGLIA Dlstrlct Circull no 14122 Reglstered Charity- Chartty RegL8tratlon number 1133790 If not a registered chadty Her Majestys Revenu6 and Custom& Glft Ald number (rhe HMRC number Is equlvalenl lo a registered tha￿ty number in lems of evidence of charitable slalus and may be used to giv8 to donors or grant funders wshin9 lo see ev¢dence of the organisation's charitablè slalus. Methodist ch8rftie8 in England and Wales that are r￿1 registered charities a￿ excepted from reglslratson und•r StatLrtory Instrument 2014 No.2421 ni8ters.' Revd Adam J Stevenson Su ntendent Revd Deborah Caulk c1￿1t SleYMftls.' Sue Askew Sue Dack R_oger Dack Linda win￿nI Jane Hursl Tim Dththlne rim De￿￿rE Treasurer. Rachael AU¢ins 2OL5CircL¥tRandP￿s J*f5 ACCOUNTS FOR THEYEAR ENDED 31AUGu￿1fj￿ SEalOtI A Un. restrl¢thd Restricted Funds TOTALS 202021 TOTAL 201920 Trust Fund RECEIPTS Assessmentlsha Capital recetP15 83nk andCFB inteTestaNI Invpskneni income Grants OthEf rectipts TOTAI RECEIPTS 113.624 113.624 I31￿7 è3 3,134 a5 61098 326A42 388,740 SO3.744 193.206 32?￿17 87 SEcnoN B Un.rnstrftthd Funds TOTAiS 2020 21 TOTALS bl b2 PAYMEiirs Stirknds. sa18rios, NIC. Pension andtravel 051$ Mansecosts Adrnini5tratlon etc Dlstrld As%e$5ment Granis &donatign5 Trust Fund unds 124.770 3.767 5,329 25,631 124.7YO 5,767 6)J54 25.631 125,033 b3 726 6.Z50 23.954 1.780 b5 b6 b7 b8 Othef payments TofAL PAYMEpirs 76.391 235.688 223.133 299,524 459.746 178526 350 51 Ib91 SEcf1014 C NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR cl 87-b9 Tot31 fund5 bro lornird from last 19.746 382,777 46 4101,569 425J83 Subtotsl ¢l+t21 569 Transfrrs and a¢'ustments Ic71 Z] TOTAL FUNDS AT END OSYEAR 446.567 SEcn014 D FOR INYORMAfioN IJIJLY.. MONEY AECENÉDAND PA55fDONTO EXleAIIAi ORGANISATthS lth•M •mpuntsshould not belrKWed In total rtt*Ipts/w￿￿tsatth*> TOTA 202021 TorA 201>20 dl 8alance tXOU8ht foThthrd ￿ last Offoiln8s/Gifts . received foremremal or ani51tlon5 Offerln8s/GIfts- p05sed to ttternal nlsètiot)s d2 588 BAL4NCE5TILL TO BE PAID Idl+ d2- djl TIEFW15 SECnDNE tsulda 0tethatthÈlu￿AS1tsf￿ Inter111 Optrlr re¥ IlllERViILQHGAIIIUnOf15 arcwltYouLh&Èd 370 370 e5 es •? btotiloflntot OIwI4¥DDslunds UN TOTA 202021 TorA 201>20 dl 8alance tXOU8ht foThthrd ￿ last Offoiln8s/Gifts . received foremremal or ani51tlon5 Offerln8s/GIfts- p05sed to ttternal nlsètiot)s d2 588 BAL4NCE5TILL TO BE PAID Idl+ d2- djl TIEFW15 SECnDNE tsulda 0tethatthÈlu￿AS1tsf￿ Inter111 Optrlr re¥ IlllERViILQHGAIIIUnOf15 arcwltYouLh&Èd 370 370 e5 es •? btotiloflntot OIwI4¥DDslunds UN