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Statement of Financial Activities	(SOFA	) for the yea	r ended 31August 2023	r ended 31August 2023	r ended 31August 2023
	Notes to the accounts	General Fund (Unrestricted) 6	Circuit Mode! Designated Trust Funds Restricted Endowment (Unrestricted) (unrestricted) Funds Funds E E E				Total 2022-23 F
Income 1 Donations and legacies 2 Income from monetary investments 3 Income from investment properties 4 Assessments on Churches		30,094 2,449 10,000 219,808	9,743				30,094 12,192 10,000 219,808 0
5 Capital Receipts 6 Grants received 7 Other charitable income 8Total income		0 262 351	9,743	29,600 29,600		0	29,600 301,694
Expenditure 9 Grants and donations 10Salaries and associated costs 11 Property maintenance	8 11 12	1,283 258,881 37,165	1,333	39,377			2,616 298,258 37,165 0
12Connexional assessment &model trust levy 13District Assessment & Levy		66,038	15,007				81,135 0
14Depreciation 15Office expenses 16Other outgoings 17Total charitable expenditure 18Gains/(losses) on monetary investments 19Gains/(losses) on investment properties 20 Net Income/(expenditure) 21 Transfers between funds 22 Olher gains/(losses) 23 Net movement in funds 24 Total funds brought forward 25 Total funds carried forward		3,972 10,433 377772 (115,421) 50,000 66421 206,677 141,256	906 17,336 (558) (8,151) (65,000) 73151 317,960 244,809	1,328 40705 (11,105) 15,000 3,895 28,666 32561	0 47,550 47,660 387,205 434,755 2,568,000 3002755	0 0 0 0	3,972 12,667 435813 (558) 47,550 (87,127) 0 387,206 300078 3,121,303 3,421,381

	Notes to the accounts	Circuit Model Designated General Fund Trust Funds (Unrestricted) (Unrestricted) (unrestricted) 6 E 2	Circuit Model Designated General Fund Trust Funds (Unrestricted) (Unrestricted) (unrestricted) 6 E 2	Restricted Funds 6	Endowment Funds E		Total 2021-22 E
income 1 Donations and legacies 2 Income from monetary Investments 3 Income from Investment properties 4 Assessments on Churches 5 Capital Receipts 6 Grants received 7 Other charitable Income 8 Total Income		35,084 395 7,500 280,926 9,619 333,624 1,413 352,793 354206	25,000 25 000				36,084 11808 7,600 280,926 362,793 26,000 9,619 712,730
Expenditure 9 Grants and donations 10Salaries and associated costs 11Property maintenance 12Connexional assessment 8 model trust levy 13District Assessment 5 Levy	8 11 12	310 246,076 37,964 66,038 23,327 117,117 6,080	11,882				23,637 257,957 37,964 117,117 71,118 0
14 Depreciation 15Office expenses 18Other outgoings 17Total charitable expenditure 18Gains/(losses) on monetary Investments 19Gains/(losses) on investment propeAies 20 Net income/(expenditure) 21Transfers between funds 22 Other gains/(losses) 23 Net movement ln funds 24 Total funds brought forward 25Total funds carried forward		3,068 8,371 361,826 (28,302) 25,000 3302 209,979 206,677 432 145956 (880) 207,370 (41,000) 168370 161,590 317,960	452 12334 12,666 18,000 28 866 28 666	10,139 10,139 412,640 422,779 2,145,221 2,668,000		0 0	3,068 9,256 620 116 (880) 10,139 201,873 0 412,640 614613 2,508,790 3,121,303

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			General	Fund	Circuit Model	Designated	Restricted	Endowment	Totals	Totals
			(Unrestricted)		Trusts	Funds	Funds	Funds	2022/23	2021/22
		Notes to the			iunrestricted'I	IUnrestrictedl
		Accounts	E			E	E
Fixed Assets Circuit Manses &E ul ment Investment ro erlies		13					2486,205 517550		2,485 205 517,550	2098,000 470,000
Investments Total fixed	assets						3,002,766		3,002,766	2,668,000
Current Assets Debtors		15		16,829					16829	18,040
Loans b the Circuit Investments with TMCP Central Finance Board De osits Cash at Bank and In hand		15 15 15		90841 73,534	244,809	32,661			244,809 90841 106,095	317960 119105 144,671
Total current	assets			181,204	244,809	32,661			468,674	599,778
Current liabilities Creditors due in under 1 ear		16		39,948					39948	46473
Grants ayabie within 2021-22 Total current liabilities Net current assetslllabllltles				39948 141,266	244 809	32 561			39,948 418,626	46473 563303
Total assets less current liabilities				141,256	244,809	32,661	3,002,766		3,421,381	3I121,303
Long term liabilities
ue after o e han one ea
Grants a able after 2021-22
Loans to the Circuit
Net	assets			141,266	244,809	32,661	3,002,765		3,421,381	3,121,303	W
Funds ofthe Circuit General Fund Unrestricted Circuit Model Trust Fund (Unrestricted)				141,256	244,809				141,256 244,809	206677 317,960	W
Designated Funds (Unrestricted) Total Unrestricted	Funds					32,661			32,561 418,626	28,666 663,303
Restricted Funds							3,002,755		3,002,755	2,568,000
Endowment Funds
Total	Funds			141,266	244,809	32,661	3,002,766		3,421,381	3,121,303

Dti	ndleacies
.onaons	a g	Unrestricted	Circuit Model Trust Fund	Restricted	2023 Total	2022 Total
		E	E	E		E
Donations		30,094			30094	35084
Legacies Total		30,094			30)094	35,084
5.Investment	income	Unrestricted	Circuit Model Trust Fund	Restricted	2023 Total	2022 Total
Central Finance Board Other Total		E 2,449 2,449	E 9,743 9,743	E	E 2,449 9,743 12,192	E 395 1,413 1,808

		Unrestricted	Circuit Model Trust Fund	Restricted	2023 Total	2022 Total
		E	E	E	E	E
Rent	received	10,000			10,000	7,500
Total		10,000			10)000	7,500

		Unrestricted	Circuit Model Trust Fund	Restricted		2023 Total	2022 Total
		E	E		E		E
Sale	proceeds						352,793
							352)793

8 Grants and Donations
Grants and donations as	listed below		were agreed and			paid during the		year
Local churches Mission grants fund Other donations										1,333.00 960.00 323,00
9, Payments toTrustees
Payments made to trustees for		additional			services provided to the Circuit by agreement					with the
Circuit Meeting
Number oftrustees who	were	paid expenses									None	None
Nature ofthe expenses
Expense payments primarily relate to				reimbursement		for travel and		computing	costs
Total amount paid
10,Fees for examination or audit		ofthe		accounts
Independent examiner's	or auditors'		fees for reporting				on the accounts					984	963
Other fees (eg', advice,	accountancy		services) paid to			the independent		examiner	or auditor			246	231
11.Paid employees
Staff Costs paid during the year were: Gross wages, salaries and benefits in kind Employer's National insurance costs Pension costs												221,183 18,296 41,059	192,214 16,438 38,881
Redundancy cost Total staff costs												280,538	247,533
Average number ofstaff employeed					during the year		were:					10
No employees received employment				benefit ofmore			than f60,000
Other staff costs paid	during	the year			were:							8,379	5,109
Travel												5,751	5,315
Telephone												3,590
Resources												17I720	10I424
Total other staff costs
												298/258	257,957
Total staff salaries and associated			costs
12 Property costs
Property Costs -Manses												6,281	8,476
Repairs
Refurbishment												5,337	6,086
insurance												11,992	11,557
CouncilTax												2,727	3,222
Water												10,828	3,351
Other Total Manse expenditure												37,165	32,692
Other property costs
Investment property costs Costs in respect of property Total other property costs		sold	during the year										5,272 5,272
											E	37,16S	37,964

	Other staff costs	paid	during	the year	the year	were:
	Travel
	Telephone
	Resources
	Total other staff	costs
	Total staff salaries and associated				costs
12	Property costs
	Property Costs -Manses
	Repairs
	Refurbishment
	insurance
	CouncilTax
	Water
	Other
	Total Manse expenditure
	Other property	costs
	Investment property		costs
	Costs in respect	of property		sold	during the year
	Total other property		costs
	Total property costs

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				Trustees' Annual	Trustees' Annual	Trustees' Annual	Trustees' Annual		Report	Report	Report	for the	for the	period	period	period
					Period start date						Period		end date
			From		01	09		2022			31		08				2023
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					Charity	name					Derbyshire		North	East		Methodist		Circuit
	Other names		charity is known by										None
	Registered	charity number				(ifany) 1133796
	Charity's			principal address			Central			Methodist		Church
							CHESTERFIELD
							Derbys		hire
							Postcode								S40 1UH
Names ofthe charity				trustees who manage				the		charity
	Trustee name				Office	(ifany)					Dates acted if not whole year				for		Name body) trustee	ofperson (or entitled to appoint ifan
	Alison Adair																Circuit	Meeting
	Revd Sean Adair				Superintendent Chair ofTrustees		Minister			and							Connexion
	Clarice Alvey										Until 07.12.22						Circuit	Meeting
	Gillian Ashton																Circuit	Meeting
	Steven Atkins																Circuit	Meeting
	Frank Bacon																Circuit	Meeting
	Yvonne Birchmore				Circuit	Steward					Until 12.09.2022						Circuit	Meeting
	Revd Michael	Bowman			Supernumerary		Minister										Circuit	Meeting
	Norman Buck				Circuit	Steward											Circuit	Meeting
10	Revd Mark Carrick				Circuit	Minister											Connexion
	Margaret Chinnery																Circuit	Meeting
12	Terry Clarke																Circuit	Meeting
13	Glenys Clinton				Safeguarding Officer												Circuit	Meeting
14	Hazel Collins																Circuit	Meeting
15	June Cope				Circuit	Steward					From 21.02.23						Circuit	Meeting
16	John Cowie				Circuit	Meeting	Secretary										Circuit	Meeting
17	Gillian Daly				Circuit	Steward											Circuit	Meeting
	Valerie Davies																Circuit	Meeting
19	Vivien Dent																Circuit	Meeting
20	John Fidler																Circuit	Meeting
21	Revd Geoffrey	Fisher			Supernumerary		Minister										Circuit	Meeting
22	Jean Fisher																Circuit	Meeting
23	Alyson Franks				Circuit	Pastoral Worker											Circuit	Meeting

24	Richard Gostling							Until 12.06.23	Circuit Meeting
25	Norma Graham								Circuit Meeting
26	Valerie Gratton								Circuit Meeting
27	David Green								Circuit Meeting
28	Sheila Green								Circuit Meeting
29	June Hancock							Until 07.12.22	Circuit Meeting
30	Revd Richard Harris		Circuit Minister						Connexion
31	Revd Tracey Harris		Circuit Minister						Connexion
32	John Hawkins								Circuit Meeting
33	Jonathan Hood		Circuit Community				Pioneer		Circuit Meeting
34	Allison Hunt								Circuit Meeting
35	Roger Jones		Circuit Steward						Circuit Meeting
36	Jill King								Circuit Meeting
37	Revd Paul King		Supernumerary Minister and Ecumenical Officer						Circuit Meeting
38	George Lewis								Circuit Meeting
39	Hazel Madin								Circuit Meeting
40	Jean Metcalf								Circuit Meeting
41	Adam Milner							Until 07.12.22	Circuit Meeting
42	Louise Mount							From 07.12.22	Circuit Meeting
43	Sarah Mount								Circuit Meeting
44	Gillian Mountford							Until 12.06.23	Circuit Meeting
45	Revd Margaret	Mwailu	Circuit Minister						Connexion
46	Lois Newton								Circuit Meeting
47	Ruth Oscroft								Circuit Meeting
48	Jill Ramsdale								Circuit Meeting
49	Christine Richardson							Until 07.12.22	Circuit Meeting
50	David Riley								Circuit Meeting
51	Timothy Rossell		Circuit Youth		Pastor				Circuit Meeting
52	Lauren Rossell							Until 07.12.22	Circuit Meeting
52	Margaret Rowley		Safeguarding		Officer				Circuit Meeting
53	Patrick Sabin								Circuit Meeting
54	Ruth Sadler								Circuit Meeting
55	David Slater								Circuit Meeting
56	Michael Spriggs								Circuit Meeting
57	Hazel Stimpson								Circuit Meeting
58	Agnes Tranter		Safeguarding		Officer				Circuit Meeting
59	Eric Vaughan								Circuit Meeting
60	Richard Vintin		Local Preachers and Worship Leaders Secretary						Circuit Meeting
61	Angela Walker								Circuit Meeting
62	Malcolm Webster								Circuit Meeting
63	Nicholas Whitworth							From 12.06.23	Circuit Meeting
64	Linda Wickens								Circuit Meeting
65	Noeline Wilkins								Circuit Meeting

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ription	ofthe	charity's trusts
Type of	governing		document	t The governing document ofthe Methodist Church A t ]976 ct 1 ,		is	the Methodist Church
How the	charity	is constituted		The Derbyshire North East Methodist Circuit is governed in accordance with the Constitution, Practice and Discipline (CPD) ofthe Methodist Connexion,
				in which it is the second offour tiers,
				individual Churches whose governance		is	exercised by Church
				Councils;
				Circuits (geographical groups	of Churches)		whose	governance	is
				exercised by Circuit Meetings;
				Districts (geographical groups	of Circuits)		whose	governance	is
				exercised by Synods); and
				The Connexion, directed by the	Conference.
Trustee selection methods				Circuit managing trustees are appointed by a) the the Circuit Meeting and c) Church Councils ofthe		Methodist individual		Connexion, b) churches which
				constitute the Circuit.

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							Much ofthe detailed activity in relation to the above objectives is	Much ofthe detailed activity in relation to the above objectives is
							undertaken by local churches, which are interconnected at Circuit level
							for purposes of mission, mutual encouragement, and help.
							The tasks ofthe Circuit are:
							a)	to make invitations to Ministers
							b)	to appoint and manage lay employees
							c)	organisation of preachers, including accreditation of new
								preachers, ongoing review, and allocation of accredited preachers
								to take all services
							d)	to maintain a strategic Circuit Policy, in support ofthe above
								objectives
							e)	to promote new initiatives in line with Circuit Policy, but outside
								the scope of existing churches acting individually
							f)	to facilitate the sharing of activities and resources across the
								churches ofthe Circuit
Summary ofthe main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)							g) to manage the Circuit Budget to develop new initiatives, and to enable financial contributions to support the work of District and Connexion. h) to provide Manses ofappropriate standard for Presbyters stationed within the Circuit i) to encourage the sharing together in complementary ways of lay and ordained staff in every part ofthe work of ministry j) to provide practical help in training and equipping churches for the tasks which they undertake. k) to ensure that the procedures for safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults are strictly followed. In undertaking these activities, the Circuit Trustees exercise due
							regard in ensuring compliance with the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit and on charities for the advancement		of
							religion.
							The ongoing activities ofthe fourteen individual churches, which with one
							exception (Central) are exempted charities, included:
							1.	Public acts ofworship on Sundays at churches, or online. (At year
								end the combined church membership stood provisionally at 635.)
								Services are led by ministers, local (lay) preachers and worship
								leaders.
							2.	Activities for children and young people across various churches
								within the circuit.
							3.	Public availability of pastoral assistance.
							4.	Arrangement ofweddings, baptisms, and funerals.
							5.	Availability of church premises for lettings for approved purposes
								to external organisations, subject to individual church councils'
								agreement.

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Summary ofthe main achievements ofthe charity during the year			2.		Public acts ofworship were held regularly on Sundays at each church in the Circuit. The local church at Duckmanton was transferred to the managing
					trusteeship of Bolsover Methodist Church, but a public act of
					worship continues to take place every month.
			3.		Online Sunday evening worship has continued on Zoom, and
					some physical services are regularly streamed on YouTube.
			4.		Other activities such as prayer meetings and certain church or
					circuit business meetings have from time to time continued to	be
					held on Zoom.
			5.		Training and monitoring of local preachers took place across	the
					Circuit through the quarterly Circuit Local Preachers' and Worship
					Leaders' meeting.
			6.		A good number of mission-oriented activities that typically take
					place in local churches, such as children's activities, toddler
					groups, 'Messy Church' events, and other initiatives have
					continued to take place across the Circuit.
			7.		Churches across the Circuit continued to serve the community	by
					providing meeting spaces for a variety ofexternal groups and
					organisations, many ofwhich enjoy a close relationship with the
					churches be ond the formal lettin arran ements which a I	.

			8.	The five manses for which the Circuit is responsible were
				maintained to a good standard to ensure that the accommodation
				needs of presbyters and their families were met. Various
				maintenance and repair activities were undertaken during the
				year.
			9.	A further series of quinquennial inspections was undertaken at
				four churches, one manse and one former church building at
				Hillstown (see below). The Circuit includes in its five-year rolling
				programme all local church buildings as well as its own
				properties.
			10.The Circuit has continued to work in partnership with Freedom
				Community Project, a Christian charity working to support people
				who are struggling with poverty in Bolsover. During the year, the
				former Hillstown Methodist Church building continued to
				accommodate the charity's foodbank and administrative offices.
			11.Safeguarding training and DBSchecks were carried out as
				required for presbyters, lay employees and volunteers across the
				Circuit and its churches in accordance with the safeguarding
				policies ofthe Connexion, the Circuit, and local churches.
			12.At the year end the Circuit Youth Pastor left resigned to pursue
				full-time teacher training and it was agreed both to review how
				best to replace that post and to consider wider needs.
			13.Accordingly, agreement was reached towards the end ofthe year
				to make two new part-time lay appointments: a Circuit Young
				People's Pioneer and a Circuit Operations Manager, both
				expected to be recruited in 2023-2024.
			14.The expected reduction in Circuit ministry from September 2024
				was confirmed by a decision ofthe Trustees to station three
				(currently five) presbyters in the Circuit from that point.
			15.Consultative commenced in summer 2023 following confirmation
				that three existing presbyters, including the superintendent
				minister, expected to leave the circuit, creating the need to seek a
				replacement superintendent to join two remaining presbyters in
				2024. One ofthese, the Revd Mark Carrick requested the Circuit
				to consider a re-invitation from September 2024 until August
				2030, and following due consultation, this was supported by a
				recommendation ofthe Circuit Invitation Committee.
			16. A review of oversight and trusteeship across the Circuit, possibly
				through creation of multi-site churches, was deferred pending
				staffing changes in 2024, after which the Circuit has agreed to re-
				visit the matter.
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			It is the policy ofthe Circuit to maintain liquid funds equivalent to at least
Brief statement		ofthe	six months' operational expenditure. Operational expenditure is
charity's	policy	on reserves	principally the costs ofthe ministers' stipends, lay employees' salaries,
			routine	property maintenance, travel and other expenses and the
			payment ofthe District Assessment. During the year, the Circuit was able
			to maintain reserves above the policy minimum although year-on-year
			cash balances have declined.