aRCUIT
RECEIPTSAMD PAYMENTS
ACCOUNTS
THE METhODIST CHURCH
STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNT5
FENS
Clrcult
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31 AUGUST 2023
£AsfANGUA
14122
1133790
If nota re8tstsred charlty H•r M•J•srfi Ilw•nue •nd cwt0￿611IA￿l nurnlJ•r
rThe HMRC number ts equfvllentto a rwstered tharfty number in tern)s of t￿der￿* of tharitable ststus and may be used
Minister5:
Revd Adam J Stebwson ISuperlnt•ndentl
Revd Debor•h Caulk
cIrtu￿ StLwardk'
Sue Dack
Ro¥er liack
Unda Vincent
lane Hurrt
Tim tiewdne
Karr•n Tlbbs
Treasurer.
Aathael Atkin5

Acroufivs FOR THE YEAR E14)ED 31 AUGU5T2013
TOTALS
1-22
rAs
ru51 Fund
RECEIPTS
AssessmenV5hre
Capltal re(ewts
Bank and CFB ht¢restarnl In¥e5
Income
Grants
other recelpts
TOTALRECEIPTS
42
117.404
a4
4.722
1.151
45
70. 756
189,912
204632
SEcnoN B
TOTALS
bl
b2
PAYMENTS
5fjpefids. satsrles. NIQ Perth •nd Ir•%*l
costs
Mansecosts
Administration etc
Distrlct ASsesS￿TrI
TntSt Fund
2022 13
2021-22
132J77
5,245
4,582
24.926
132Jn
S,Z45
5N71
24,926
129.135
bj
7,842
25.025
b6
b7
I10￿93
663
6721•
177221
115.12r)
282.184
TOTAL PAYMEPUS
SECTION C
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-92,273
Totsllufids
-Z4674
382
4(12.569
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1.350
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Name of Circuit FENS
No 14r22
Declarations and Scrutiny
I confimi that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year lo 31 August 2023 have been
prepared from the records of the Cirajit and that they incI￿le all funds under the control of the Clrcuit
meeting.
Signature of treasurer
DATE
23
Name and addres8 of treasurer
Rachael Atkins
20 Gosmoor Lane, Elm, WBbech Cambs PE14 OAJ
Pr•a•ntatlon to th• Clrcult M#￿n9
I confimi that the annual report arKI aclxunts for the year ended 31 Augu8t 2023
pre8ented to the Circurt rneeti￿ hekl on Thurnday 21 S•pt•mb•f 2023
Signature of the Chair of the meeting
Name of the Chair of the meetirKJ
PA¥iD
DATE
21 {q

Independent Examinerfs Report to the Trustees of the
FENS CIRCUIT
Charity Number 1133790
Re8ponslbllltlo8 and ba818 of report
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of ts FENS Cir￿lt
for the year ended 31 August 2023 set out on pages attached.
As Ihe Circuit's trustees, you are responsible for the preparatlon of the accounts Fn accordan￿ with tha
requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Acr).
Name of Circuit FENS No 14122
Indep•nd•nt Exarnin•V• Statomont
I have completed my examination I confim that no material matters have come to my attention In
connection with the examination (other than that disdosed bel￿ which give me cause to believe that
in, any matsrial respect
the accountiro records not knpt in accordan(* with section 130 of the Act., or
the accounts do not accord with thé accounting records.
I hava no concems and have come across no other matters In connects'on with the examination to which
attention should be drawn In this rnport in order to anabkn a proper urKlorstanding of th• a¢¢¢unts to be
reathed.
I have not obtained independent verification of all investrnents Imth the Trusts85 for Methodist Church
Purposes or held in otrtr trusts, bank balances and funds at the Central Finance Board of the Methodlst
Church which are individually in excess of £10.OCK) (ten thousand pounds) at the balance Sheet date.
Signature of independenl examlner
Name of Independent examlner
Rdevant professional qualificati(￿ of indeperNJent examiner
Name of firm (￿re appropriate) ... ................ .. .
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## **CIRCUIT RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS** 

## **THE METHODIST CHURCH** 

## **STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS** 

**FENS** 

Circuit 

**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023** 

|**31 AUGUST 2023**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|**District**<br>EAST ANGLIA|**Circuit no**|14/22||
|If not a registered charity**Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs Gift Aid number**<br>**Registered Charity - Charity Registration number**<br>1133790||||
||1133790|||
|||||
|||||



(The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in terms of evidence of charitable status and may be used Ministers: Revd Adam J Stevenson (Superintendent) Revd Deborah Caulk Circuit Stewards: Sue Dack Roger Dack Linda Vincent Jane Hurst Tim Dewdney Karren Tibbs 

Treasurer: 

Rachael Atkins 



**ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023** 

**5** 

||**SECTION A**||**Un - restricted**<br>**Funds**|**Circuit Model**<br>**Trust  Fund**|**Restricted**<br>**Funds**|**TOTALS**<br>**2022 23**|**TOTALS**<br>**2022 23**|**_TOTALS_**<br>**_2021-22_**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|a1|**RECEIPTS**|**Note**|£|£|£|£||_£_|
|a2|Assessment/Share||118,808|0|0|**118,808**||_117,404_|
|a3|Capital receipts||0|0|0|**0**||_0_|
|a4|Bank and CFB interest and Investment<br>income||4,722|4,698|0|**9,420**||_1,751_|
|a5|Grants||0|0|0|**0**||_0_|
|a6|Other receipts||75,404|0|0|**75,404**||_70,756_|
|a7|**TOTAL RECEIPTS**||**198,934**|**4,698**|**0**|**203,632 **||**_189,912_**|
||||||||||
||**SECTION B**||**0**<br>**0**<br>**0**||||||
|b1|**PAYMENTS**||**Un - restricted**<br>**Funds**|**Circuit Model**<br>**Trust  Fund**|**Restricted**<br>**Funds**|**TOTALS**<br>**2022 23**||**_TOTALS_**<br>**_2021-22_**|
|b2|Stipends, salaries, NIC, Pension and travel<br>costs||132,377|0|0|**132,377**||_129,135_|
|b3|Manse Costs||5,245|0|0|**5,245**||_5,062_|
|b4|Administration etc||4,582|889|0|**5,471**||_7,842_|
|b5|District Assessment||24,926|0|0|**24,926**||_25,025_|
|b6|Grants & donations||0|0|0|**0**||_0_|
|b7|||0|0|0|**0**||_0_|
|b8|Otherpayments||110,893|66,328|0|**177,222**||_115,120_|
|b9|**TOTAL PAYMENTS**||**278,023**|**67,218**|**0**|**345,241 **||**_282,184_**|
||||||||||
||**SECTION C**||||||||
|c1|**NET RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR**|<br>**(a7-b9)**|**-79,089**|**-62,520**|**0**|**-141,609**||**_-92,273_**|
||||||||||
|c2|Total funds brought forward from lastyear||-28,674|382,922|46|**354,294**||_402,569_|
||||||||||
|c3|**Sub total**|**(c1+c2)**|**-107,763**|**320,402**|**46**|**212,685**||**_354,294_**|
||||||||||
|c4|Transfers and adjustments||0|0|0|0||_0_|
||||||||||
|c5|**TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR**|**(c3+c4)**|**-107,763**|**320,402**|**46**|**212,685 **||**_354,294_**|
||||||||||
||**SECTION D**||||||||
||**FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO  EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS**||||||||
||**(these amounts should not be included in total receipts/payments above)**|||||**TOTALS**<br>**2022 23**||**_TOTALS_**<br>**_2021-22_**|
|d1|Balance brought forward from lastyear|||||0||_0_|
|d2|Offerings/Gifts  - received for external<br>organisations|||||1,700||_1,350_|
|d3|Offerings/Gifts - passed to external<br>organisations|||||1,700||_1,350_|
|d4|**BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID(d1 + d2 - d3)**|||||0||_0_|





|**SUMMARY OF CIRCUIT ACCO**|**UNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATION REPORTING TO THE CIRCUIT MEE**|**THE FENS(14/22)**|
|---|---|---|
|**SECTION E**|**Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page**||
|Summary of the Circuit accounts for the year ended 31 August 2023 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Circuit Meeting<br>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.<br>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<br>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<br>transfers between the Circuit and connected  Circuit Organisations.|||



||||2|||3|||4|||5|||6|||7||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||||Net Receipts/||||||Opening|||||
||**INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS**||Receipts|||Payments|||Payments|||Adjustments|||balances|||Closingbalances||
|e1|Circuit Youth & Ed||0|||0|||0|||0|||340|||340||
|e2||||||||||||||||||||
|e3|||||||||0|||||||||0||
|e4|||||||||0|||||||||0||
|e5|||||||||0|||||||||0||
|e6|||||||||0|||||||||0||
|e7|||||||||0|||||||||0||
||Sub total of Internal|||||||||||||||||||
|e8|Organisations funds||0|||0|||0|||0|||**340 **|**(e11)**||**340 **|**(e12)**|
||**Circuit accounts (totals**|||||||||||||||||||
||**brought forward from page**|||||||||||||||||||
|e9|**2 - totals column)**||**203,632**|||**345,241**|||-141,609|||**0**|||**354,294 **|**(e11)**||**212,685 **|**(c8)**|
||**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD**|||||||||||||||||||
|e10|**BY CIRCUIT**||**203,632**|||**345,241**|||**-141,609**|||**0**|||**354,634 **|**(e11)**||**213,025 **|**(y)**|
|||||||||||||||||||||
||Continue on a separate|||||||||||||||||||
||sheet if necessary and bring||**TOTAL RECEIPTS**|||**TOTAL PAYMENTS**||||||||||||||
||the totals forward|||||||||||||||||||



||**SECTION F**|01-Sep-22<br>**OPENING**<br>**BALANCES**|01-Sep-22<br>**OPENING**<br>**BALANCES**|31-Aug-23<br>**CLOSING**<br>**BALANCES**|31-Aug-23<br>**CLOSING**<br>**BALANCES**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|f1|Cash in hand|0||0||
|f2|Bank Current Account|26,959||29,267||
|f3|Bank Deposit Account|0||0||
|f4|Central Finance Board|15,304||20,710||
|f5|Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes|312,031||162,709||
|f6|Other funds|0||0||
|f7|**SUB TOTAL**|**354,294**||**212,685 **|**(c8)**|
|f8|Total funds held byInternal Organisations(the closing|340||340|**(e12)**|
|f9|**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CIRCUIT**|**354,634**||**213,025**|**(y)**|
|||||||
||**SECTION G**<br>**OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES**<br>Investments(include Endowments)<br>Land and Buildings(see notes re Insurance value)<br>Other Assets<br>Loan(s)- show amount outstandingatyear end<br>Other Liabilities|At<br>01-Sep-22<br>4,028<br>697,883<br>0<br>0<br>0||At<br>31-Aug-23<br>3,856<br>697,883<br>0<br>0<br>0||
|||01-Sep-22||31-Aug-23||
|g1|Investments(include Endowments)|4,028||3,856||
|g2|Land and Buildings(see notes re Insurance value)|697,883||697,883||
|g3|Other Assets|0||0||
|g4|Loan(s)- show amount outstandingatyear end|0||0||
|g5|Other Liabilities|0||0||



f4 Include only Funds held at the Central Finance Board 

f5 Include only CFB Funds held at Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes 

g1 Include any other investments (not the cash element of TMCP trust accounts this is inserted in line f5) 



aRCUIT
RECEIPTSAMD PAYMENTS
ACCOUNTS
THE METhODIST CHURCH
STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNT5
FENS
Clrcult
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31 AUGUST 2023
£AsfANGUA
14122
1133790
If nota re8tstsred charlty H•r M•J•srfi Ilw•nue •nd cwt0￿611IA￿l nurnlJ•r
rThe HMRC number ts equfvllentto a rwstered tharfty number in tern)s of t￿der￿* of tharitable ststus and may be used
Minister5:
Revd Adam J Stebwson ISuperlnt•ndentl
Revd Debor•h Caulk
cIrtu￿ StLwardk'
Sue Dack
Ro¥er liack
Unda Vincent
lane Hurrt
Tim tiewdne
Karr•n Tlbbs
Treasurer.
Aathael Atkin5

Acroufivs FOR THE YEAR E14)ED 31 AUGU5T2013
TOTALS
1-22
rAs
ru51 Fund
RECEIPTS
AssessmenV5hre
Capltal re(ewts
Bank and CFB ht¢restarnl In¥e5
Income
Grants
other recelpts
TOTALRECEIPTS
42
117.404
a4
4.722
1.151
45
70. 756
189,912
204632
SEcnoN B
TOTALS
bl
b2
PAYMENTS
5fjpefids. satsrles. NIQ Perth •nd Ir•%*l
costs
Mansecosts
Administration etc
Distrlct ASsesS￿TrI
TntSt Fund
2022 13
2021-22
132J77
5,245
4,582
24.926
132Jn
S,Z45
5N71
24,926
129.135
bj
7,842
25.025
b6
b7
I10￿93
663
6721•
177221
115.12r)
282.184
TOTAL PAYMEPUS
SECTION C
14Ef RECEIPTSIPAYMEKO Foft TME YEAII
-92,273
Totsllufids
-Z4674
382
4(12.569
¢3
d•r2
TTrn5fqvsind Id
roTALFUNOSAT EPID OFYEAR
-￿.?6>
SECflYI D
FOR INFO￿TraN IX4LY: IthÈY RMED AND PASSED I)N TO EXTfft14Ai OAfA141SAYIOIIS
TALS
021-22
dl
balan￿ brwforward from last ￿1¥
Oflenws/Grfts . rqtdvEd trextemll
oryani5ation$
d2
1.700
1.350
0vganl5arfc￿s
L350
d4
ICE STILL TO K PAID{dl +rt2. dl)

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Name of Circuit FENS
No 14r22
Declarations and Scrutiny
I confimi that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year lo 31 August 2023 have been
prepared from the records of the Cirajit and that they incI￿le all funds under the control of the Clrcuit
meeting.
Signature of treasurer
DATE
23
Name and addres8 of treasurer
Rachael Atkins
20 Gosmoor Lane, Elm, WBbech Cambs PE14 OAJ
Pr•a•ntatlon to th• Clrcult M#￿n9
I confimi that the annual report arKI aclxunts for the year ended 31 Augu8t 2023
pre8ented to the Circurt rneeti￿ hekl on Thurnday 21 S•pt•mb•f 2023
Signature of the Chair of the meeting
Name of the Chair of the meetirKJ
PA¥iD
DATE
21 {q

Independent Examinerfs Report to the Trustees of the
FENS CIRCUIT
Charity Number 1133790
Re8ponslbllltlo8 and ba818 of report
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of ts FENS Cir￿lt
for the year ended 31 August 2023 set out on pages attached.
As Ihe Circuit's trustees, you are responsible for the preparatlon of the accounts Fn accordan￿ with tha
requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Acr).
Name of Circuit FENS No 14122
Indep•nd•nt Exarnin•V• Statomont
I have completed my examination I confim that no material matters have come to my attention In
connection with the examination (other than that disdosed bel￿ which give me cause to believe that
in, any matsrial respect
the accountiro records not knpt in accordan(* with section 130 of the Act., or
the accounts do not accord with thé accounting records.
I hava no concems and have come across no other matters In connects'on with the examination to which
attention should be drawn In this rnport in order to anabkn a proper urKlorstanding of th• a¢¢¢unts to be
reathed.
I have not obtained independent verification of all investrnents Imth the Trusts85 for Methodist Church
Purposes or held in otrtr trusts, bank balances and funds at the Central Finance Board of the Methodlst
Church which are individually in excess of £10.OCK) (ten thousand pounds) at the balance Sheet date.
Signature of independenl examlner
Name of Independent examlner
Rdevant professional qualificati(￿ of indeperNJent examiner
Name of firm (￿re appropriate) ... ................ .. .
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